{"id":70035,"date":"2019-07-01T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T01:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-meyer-shank-racing-takes-acura-nsx-gt3-evo-to-victory-at-watkins-glen\/"},"modified":"2019-07-01T15:12:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T19:12:01","slug":"meyer-shank-racing-se-lleva-el-triunfo-con-el-acura-nsx-gt3-en-watkins-glen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/meyer-shank-racing-se-lleva-el-triunfo-con-el-acura-nsx-gt3-en-watkins-glen\/","title":{"rendered":"Meyer Shank Racing Takes Acura NSX GT3 Evo to Victory 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\">June 30, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0Acura Motorsports continued its run of mid-season wins and podiums today at Watkins Glen International Raceway, with Meyer Shank Racing taking its Acura NSX GT3 Evo to the GTD class win in the Sahlen&#8217;s Six Hours of The Glen, while Acura Team Penske added another podium finish with a third-place overall result for the Acura ARX-05 prototype.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgcb93left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgcb93left\" title=\"Trent Hindman, Mario Farnbacher and Justin Marks combined to take their MSR Acura NSX GT3 Evo to victory today at Watkins Glen International Raceway.\" style=\"HEIGHT: 267px; WIDTH: 400px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Trent Hindman, Mario Farnbacher and Justin Marks combined to take their MSR Acura NSX GT3 Evo to victory today at Watkins Glen International Raceway.\" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/941335\/Acura_Motorsports.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><b><u>Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo<br \/><\/u><\/b>Starting from the GTD class pole, <span class=\"xn-person\">Trent Hindman<\/span> and co-drivers <span class=\"xn-person\">Mario Farnbacher<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Justin Marks<\/span> remained in the thick of the GTD battle throughout the six-hour contest.\u00a0 During the final round of pit stops, the MSR team elected to have Mario &#8220;double-stint&#8221; his tires to the finish.\u00a0 The move enabled Farnbacher to beat most of his competitors out of the pits for the final time, but he would have to fight competitors with fresher, quicker tires under them for the final 40 minutes of the race.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Farnbacher was successful in his defense of the lead, and scored his first IMSA GTD win of 2019 and second career win.\u00a0 For regular co-driver Hindman, this was his first GTD win, to go with two poles, increased their lead in the drivers&#8217; championship to an unofficial 16 points over Townsend Bell and <span class=\"xn-person\">Frank Montecalvo<\/span>.\u00a0 For endurance racing specialist Marks, today&#8217;s win is the ninth in his long career, dating back to 2001.<\/p>\n<p>In the second MSR Acura, <span class=\"xn-person\">Christina Nielsen<\/span> and co-drivers <span class=\"xn-person\">Katherine Legge<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Bia Figueiredo<\/span> led the GTD class multiple times, and remained in contention for the class win through the final pit stop.\u00a0 Electing to install two new tires for the final run to the checkers, Legge was able to move from eighth to fifth.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Acura Team Penske ARX-05<br \/><\/u><\/b>In prototype, the final laps boiled down to a fight for the win featuring <span class=\"xn-person\">Juan Pablo Montoya&#8217;s<\/span> Acura ARX-05 and the Mazda Team Joest trio of <span class=\"xn-person\">Jonathan Bomarito<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Oliver Pla<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Harry Tincknell<\/span>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>As in GTD, today&#8217;s prototype endurance contest at <span class=\"xn-location\">Watkins Glen<\/span> came down to the final 40 minutes, with Montoya taking a &#8220;short fill&#8221; \u2013 less than a full fuel load \u2013 to gain the lead with just over one hour remaining.\u00a0 After a frequent side-by-side battle for several laps, Tincknell executed a forceful pass on Montoya and extended his lead through the final laps to the checkers. However, Montoya and regular co-driver <span class=\"xn-person\">Dane Cameron<\/span> remained in the thick of the championship after six of 10 races by virtue of their third consecutive finish on the podium.<\/p>\n<p>Driving the #7 sister ARX-05, starting driver <span class=\"xn-person\">Ricky Taylor<\/span> and co-driver Helio Castroneves started and finished fifth, results that belied the intensity of the contest at the front of the prototype field throughout the race.<\/p>\n<p>Social media content and video links from this weekend&#8217;s Sahlen&#8217;s Six Hours of The Glen are available on Facebook (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2513826-1&amp;h=788952875&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHondaRacingHPD&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHondaRacingHPD\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HondaRacingHPD<\/a>) and Twitter (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2513826-1&amp;h=416748733&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FHondaRacing_HPD&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FHondaRacing_HPD\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/HondaRacing_HPD<\/a>) channels.\u00a0 Produced by the Carolinas Production Group, YouTube video packages can be found at: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2513826-1&amp;h=3865952446&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FHondaRacingHPDTV&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FHondaRacingHPDTV\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/HondaRacingHPDTV<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><b><u>Next<br \/><\/u><\/b>Next weekend, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship travels to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, outside <span class=\"xn-location\">Toronto<\/span>, for the <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 7<\/span> Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix, Presented by Acura.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Quotes<br \/><\/u><\/b><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Mario Farnbacher<\/span> <\/b>(#86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3) <b>started first, finished first, his first IMSA GTD win of 2019 and second career victory, leads the GTD drivers&#8217; championship by 16 points with co-driver <span class=\"xn-person\">Trent Hindman<\/span><\/b>: &#8220;We double-stinted the tires at the end [did not put on a fresh set of racing tires during the final spit stop so that the team could gain positions]. Bill [Auberlen] was pushing like crazy [for the class win].\u00a0 It was really hard work for the team, so I&#8217;m really happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Juan Pablo Montoya<\/span><\/b> (#6 Acura Team Penske ARX-05 prototype) <b>started third, finished third: <\/b>&#8220;Honestly, apart from where we [had to save fuel] there at the end and made some contact [in the closing laps], everything was pretty smooth.\u00a0 The Mazdas have been really fast for some time now, they just haven&#8217;t been able to complete a race.\u00a0 For us, it was another solid result, and good for the championship.\u00a0 That&#8217;s exactly what we need to be doing right now.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Katherine Legge<\/span> <\/b>(#57 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo) <b>started second in GTD, finished fourth:\u00a0 <\/b>&#8220;I am slightly disappointed [to finish fourth]. We have great handling, and overall the car is really strong, but we don&#8217;t have any pace at the end of the straights. We are fast but it is a struggle to pass, causing us to lose track position. The car was a top-two car today but we just couldn&#8217;t get it done. I am looking forward to next weekend and hopefully, we can get a better result.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Allen Miller<\/span> <\/b>(HPD Race Team Principal): <b>on today&#8217;s GTD race win and DPi podium result for Acura Motorsports:<\/b> &#8220;&#8221;On a day which\u00a0began with Honda&#8217;s first Formula One race victory since 2006, congratulations to the Meyer Shank Racing team for winning from the pole today at Watkins Glen,\u00a0and extending its points lead in the GTD drivers&#8217; championship. In DPi, Acura Team Penske extended its streak of podium finishes with an excellent\u00a0recovery from\u00a0its mandated pit-lane start for the #6 Acura, and a\u00a0determined third-place\u00a0effort against strong competition from Mazda. 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