Heinrich’s Last-Lap Pass Delivers JDC-Miller’s First GTP Win at Laguna Seca

Overview

• JDC-Miller’s Porsche 963 won Sunday at Laguna Seca after Laurin Heinrich overtook Earl Bamber on the final lap to prevail by 0.758 seconds.
• The team gained late pace by taking four new Michelins on the next-to-last stop and making an energy-only final stop in a race shaped by a single full-course caution.
• Bamber stayed on old tires for two closing stops and the duel featured light contact in traffic that left a left-rear rub on the Action Express Cadillac.
• The breakthrough marks the first modern-era GTP victory for a customer team and moves Heinrich, on loan from Porsche Penske, to the top of the IMSA prototype standings.
• In GT classes, Frederic Vervisch and Christopher Mies earned Ford’s first IMSA win with the EVO-spec Mustang GT3 in GTD Pro on fuel stretch, and Trent Hindman with Danny Formal won GTD for Wayne Taylor Racing.