{"id":55012,"date":"2017-07-03T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-acura-lally-legge-make-it-two-in-a-row-at-watkins-glen\/"},"modified":"2017-07-03T10:54:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T14:54:02","slug":"acura-lally-y-legge-ganan-dos-victorias-seguidas-en-watkins-glen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/acura-lally-y-legge-ganan-dos-victorias-seguidas-en-watkins-glen\/","title":{"rendered":"Acura, Lally &amp; Legge Make It Two in a Row at Watkins Glen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WATKINS GLEN, New York<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 2, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Michael Shank Racing Acura duo of <span class=\"xn-person\">Andy Lally<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Katherine Legge<\/span> scored its second consecutive GTD class victory of the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season Sunday at Watkins Glen International Raceway, starting from the pole and leading much of the six-hour endurance contest to take the checkers in their Acura NSX GT3.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg39c0left\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg39c0left\" title=\"Andy Lally and Katherine Legge piloted their Acura NSX GT3 to a second consecutive 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship victory Sunday at Watkins Glen International Raceway.\" style=\"HEIGHT: 267px; WIDTH: 400px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Andy Lally and Katherine Legge piloted their Acura NSX GT3 to a second consecutive 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship victory Sunday at Watkins Glen International Raceway.\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/530092\/Acura_Motorsports_Lally_Legge_Win.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Today&#8217;s victory on the sweeping, 2.4-mile <span class=\"xn-location\">Watkins Glen<\/span> circuit \u2013 one of the fastest tracks on the IMSA schedule \u2013 follows last month&#8217;s equally emphatic victory for Acura, Lally and Legge at the Detroit Grand Prix street circuit, the tightest track on the circuit and one of only two sprint races on the schedule. Both victories serve to highlight the impressive scope of development work on the NSX GT3, which is in its first year of world-class sports car competition. <\/p>\n<p>Starting from the pole, Lally built a four-second lead over the course of his opening, 50-minute stint. Although a series of caution flags in the third hour jumbled the order and several competitors adopted alternative pit strategies, the Lally\/Legge Acura never dropped below fifth place, and a triple stint from Legge moved her #93 NSX GT3 to second place behind teammate <span class=\"xn-person\">Ozz Negri<\/span> in the #86 Acura.<\/p>\n<p>With two hours to go, Negri and Legge continued to run 1-2, then handed off to their respective co-drivers, Segal and Lally, to close out the race.\u00a0 However, with just 36 minutes remaining, <span class=\"xn-person\">Olivier Pla&#8217;s<\/span> prototype car made side-to-side contact with Segal&#8217;s Acura.\u00a0 Although both cars continued, Segal reported suspension issues almost immediately, and was forced to park his Acura with damaged left-front suspension on the next lap.<\/p>\n<p>Segal&#8217;s issues led to a final full-course caution.\u00a0 When the green flag waved for the final time with 25 minutes to go, held off a gaggle of GTD cars to the finish, taking the checkers ahead of a Ferrari, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and a pair of Lexus entries.<\/p>\n<p>The Acura NSX GT3s compete in the GTD class of the WeatherTech series, campaigning against premium automotive brands including Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. <\/p>\n<p>Developed from the production Acura NSX, the NSX GT3 utilizes the production NSX&#8217;s ultra-rigid and lightweight multi-material body with aluminum-intensive space frame, which is produced at the Performance Manufacturing Center in <span class=\"xn-location\">Ohio<\/span>, exclusive worldwide manufacturing facility for the NSX. The 3.5-liter racing engine uses the same design specifications as the production Acura NSX, including the block, heads, valve train, crankshaft, pistons and dry-sump lubrication system. A six-speed, sequential-shift racing gearbox delivers power to the rear wheels. <\/p>\n<p>Video recaps from this weekend&#8217;s Acura WeatherTech SportsCar Championship victory at <span class=\"xn-location\">Watkins Glen<\/span> are being posted on the &#8220;Honda Racing\/HPD&#8221; YouTube channel. \u00a0Produced by the Carolinas Production Group, the video packages can be found in the 2017 HPD Trackside Video Playlist at: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/HondaRacingHPDTV\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/HondaRacingHPDTV<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After consecutive victories for Acura at <span class=\"xn-org\">Detroit<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Watkins Glen<\/span>, the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship now moves to another classic road course. Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, located outside of <span class=\"xn-location\">Toronto<\/span>, will be the site of the <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 9<\/span> Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Andy Lally<\/span> <\/b>(Driver, Michael Shank Racing #93 Acura NSX GT3) <b>GTD race winner at <span class=\"xn-location\">Watkins Glen<\/span><\/b>: &#8220;Being my home state, and my home track, this \u2013 other than putting a Rolex on your wrist [for winning the Rolex 24] is the most important race in the world to me \u2013 and I can&#8217;t believe we won it. &#8216;Kat&#8217; [<span class=\"xn-person\">Katherine Legge<\/span>] ran a triple stint in the middle and did really well, and our teammates <span class=\"xn-person\">Jeff [Segal]<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Ozz [Negri]<\/span> were flying today, it&#8217;s just such a shame they had their problem so close to the finish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Katherine Legge<\/span> <\/b>(Driver, Michael Shank Racing #93 Acura NSX GT3) <b>GTD race winner at <span class=\"xn-location\">Watkins Glen<\/span><\/b>: &#8220;My stint started out pretty eventful.\u00a0 I got some pickup on my tires after moving off line to let some prototypes pass, and the vibration and noise was pretty incredible until I was able to clean up the tires.\u00a0 But we got the #93 car back up to just behind [teammate] <span class=\"xn-person\">Ozz [Negri]<\/span> and handed it off to <span class=\"xn-person\">Andy [Lally]<\/span> in good shape.\u00a0 Then, Andy just dominated that final stint.\u00a0 This has been an amazing day, and I think it proves Acura is here at the front [of the field] and here to stay.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Steve Eriksen<\/span> <\/b>(Vice President &amp; COO, Honda Performance Development) <b>on today&#8217;s second consecutive IMSA race win for the Acura NSX GT3: <\/b>&#8220;It was another great race weekend for Acura.\u00a0 Our first GTD pole on Saturday, followed by back-to-back race wins for the #93 NSX GT3 driven by <span class=\"xn-person\">Andy Lally<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Katherine Legge<\/span>.\u00a0 The team looked poised for a 1-2 finish, until a post-contact mechanical failure ended what was a spectacular run for <span class=\"xn-person\">Ozz Negri<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Jeff Segal<\/span> in the #86 Acura.\u00a0 The relentless work of Michael Shank Racing and all of our HPD associates is beginning to reap dividends, and proves that the NSX GT3 is a competitive platform on all types of circuits \u2013 everything from the tight and rough <span class=\"xn-org\">Detroit<\/span> street course to the smooth and very fast track here at <span class=\"xn-location\">Watkins Glen<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg1561left\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; 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