Porsche captures 600th career IMSA victory with Porsche 963 win; AO Racing adds 601st

May 13, 2024 by Porsche

• Porsche earns its 600th and 601st career victories in IMSA with wins in GTP and GTD Pro classes.

•Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 of Tandy/Jaminet score overall win in Monterey.

•AO Racing takes 'Rexy' Porsche 911 GT3 R GTD Pro victory lane.

•Campbell/Nasr score fourth consecutive podium finish in first four races.

Monterey, California. Porsche extended its historic presence in IMSA sports car racing scoring not only its 600th but also its 601st victory today. The No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 made a late race pass in the Course de Monterey to earn the overall win at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for drivers Mathieu Jaminet (France) and Nick Tandy (United Kingdom). It was the pairing's first victory of the 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. In the hotly contested GTD Pro class for GT3-style race cars, AO Racing scored its first victory with the Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Laurin Heinrich (Germany) and 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup North America champion Seb Priaulx (United Kingdom).

Porsche earned podium finishes in each of the three classes competing on the Monterey Peninsula in today's two-hour and 40-minute sports car race. The Driver and Team championship points leading No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 – shared by Dane Cameron (Huntersville, North Carolina) and Felipe Nasr (Brazil) – earned their fourth-straight podium finish in GTP class in as many races this season.

Race result:

GTP class:

1. Jaminet/Tandy (France/United Kingdom), Porsche 963 No. 6, 119 laps

2. Derani/Aitken (Brazil/UK), Cadillac No. 31, + 5.764 seconds

3. Nasr/Cameron (Brazil/USA), Porsche 963 No. 7, + 34.673 seconds

8. Van der Helm/Westbrook (Netherlands/UK), Porsche 963 No. 85, + 77.343 seconds

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10. Bruni/Rockenfeller (Italy/Germany), Porsche 963 No. 5, 118 laps

GTD Pro class:

1. Heinrich/Priaulx (Germany/United Kingdom), Porsche 911 GT3 R No. 77, 111 laps

GTD class:

1. Ellis/Ward (United Kingdom/USA), Mercedes-AMG No. 57, 111laps

2. Foley/Gallagher (USA/USA), BMW No. 96, + 3.458 seconds

3. Adelson/Skeer (USA/USA), Porsche 911 GT3 R No. 120, + 9.371 seconds

10. Andretti/Chaves (USA/USA), Porsche 911 GT3 R No. 43, 109 laps

13. Li/Fjordbach (China/Denmark), Porsche 911 GT3 R No. 86, +25.368

Full results on https://imsa.alkamelsystems.com