Corvette Racing’s Antonio Garcia credited a mistake-free Six Hours of the Glen performance, marking their fourth IMSA podium in five races.
The #3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R duo of Garcia and Alexander Sims entered the GTD Pro championship lead after finishing in second position from sixth on the grid.
Intermittent wet weather, followed by a heavy spell, made the opening race hour hectic and dramatic, with drivers on slick tyres, and some ending up in an incident amid the struggle and chaos.
Conditions soon dried as temperatures and humidity levels rose for the remainder of the race.
“Starting sixth in my stint, I was a little bit on the back foot there on track position,” said Garcia when he took over from Sims, the Brit having taken the race start.
“But overall, we made no mistakes. Every stop or every strategy call, we kind of felt like we always went in the right direction.
“We got into the lead near half-distance, so that felt really good.
“I felt I had the pace just to be there, and nobody seemed to be faster than us, at least at that time.
“But the car felt really good. On the restarts, I didn’t expect the #48 and #1 to be that fast.
“Pretty much everyone was competitive.
“It was difficult to defend on restarts and so on.
“So I thought I had a really good run, and the car felt really good.
“It’s a shame that we seem to be doing the lap time in different places than the others, but in a way, I think we maximised whatever we had today.
“So fuel strategy, the race strategy, driver changes, everything worked really, really good. So I’m happy with that.”
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