Overview
- Meyer Shank Racing’s No. 93 Acura won Saturday at Long Beach by 0.818 seconds over Action Express’s Jack Aitken and Frederik Vesti after leading 53 of 70 laps.
- Nick Yelloly started from pole and lost the lead in GTD traffic before a well-timed stop set up Renger van der Zande to finish the sprint.
- A clash between BMW’s Philipp Eng and JDC-Miller’s Laurin Heinrich brought out a full-course yellow, and officials later issued Eng a stop-and-60-second-hold for avoidable contact.
- Late incidents, including contact that sidelined Roman De Angelis’s charge and a mechanical for Ricky Taylor, set up restarts that van der Zande controlled to keep Vesti behind.
- In GTD, Aaron Telitz and Benjamin Pedersen won the class for Pedersen’s first IMSA victory, and Acura’s triumph ended a lengthy Long Beach drought as the series turns to Laguna Seca in two weeks.