{"id":93225,"date":"2021-03-22T13:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-podium-finish-for-acura-at-sebring\/"},"modified":"2021-03-22T13:50:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T17:50:01","slug":"final-con-podio-para-acura-en-sebring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/final-con-podio-para-acura-en-sebring\/","title":{"rendered":"Podium Finish for Acura at Sebring"},"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\">SEBRING, Fla.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 21, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0In a typically fraught and hard-fought Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of <span class=\"xn-location\">Sebring<\/span>, it was the Meyer Shank Racing trio of <span class=\"xn-person\">Dane Cameron<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Olivier Pla<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Juan Pablo Montoya<\/span> leading the way for Acura at Sebring International Raceway, finishing third in their AutoNation\/SiriusXM Acura ARX-05.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg1b82left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg1b82left\" title=\"Driving their Acura ARX-05 prototype, the Meyer Shank Racing trio of Dane Cameron, Filipe Albuquerque and Juan Pablo Montoya finished third in this weekend's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring sport car race. \" style=\"HEIGHT: 400px; WIDTH: 267px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Driving their Acura ARX-05 prototype, the Meyer Shank Racing trio of Dane Cameron, Filipe Albuquerque and Juan Pablo Montoya finished third in this weekend's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring sport car race. \" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1470406\/levitt_SEB_032021_GB_12822.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Today&#8217;s race was marked by multiple incidents and a trio of heavy crashes, but all without serious driver injury.\u00a0 When the green flag waved for the final restart with just under 30 minutes remaining, Cameron powered his Acura past the similar ARX-05 of Wayne Taylor Racing to claim third place and the first podium result for Meyer Shank Racing since the team returned to prototype competition after back-to-back GTD championships for Acura in 2019-20.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Wayne Taylor Racing appeared to be in contention for a second consecutive 2021 victory, but the season-opening Rolex 24 race winners <span class=\"xn-location\">Sebring<\/span> hopes were dashed \u2013 four hours into the 12-hour contest \u2013 by contact with a GTD car, resulting in damage and a loss of coolant in the right-side intercooler of the ARX-05.\u00a0 The driver lineup of Filipe Albuquerque, <span class=\"xn-person\">Ricky Taylor<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Alexander Rossi<\/span> persevered despite the resulting loss of power, and their fourth place finish keeps them in the thick of the DPi championship battle.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Acura NSX GT3 Evo<br \/><\/u><\/b>In the production-based GTD division, the Magnus with Archangel&#8217;s NSX GT3 Evo driven by <span class=\"xn-person\">Andy Lally<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">John Potter<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Spencer Pumpelly<\/span> had a steady run through the first seven hours, then picked up pace as the circuit cooled in the later afternoon and into the night, beginning a long battle with the Porsche of Team Hardpoint-EBM for a possible podium result.\u00a0 In the final minutes, while fighting for third place, <span class=\"xn-person\">Katherine Legge<\/span> in the Porsche made contact with Lally&#8217;s Acura, sending the NSX briefly off track and resulting in a fourth-place finish.\u00a0 Legge would finish fifth after being penalized for the contact.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Acura Rolex 24 Results<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>3<sup>rd<\/sup> overall &#8211; #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05 DPi<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Drivers Dane Cameron, <span class=\"xn-person\">Olivier Pla<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Juan Pablo Montoya<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>4<sup>th<\/sup> overall &#8211; #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 DPi\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Drivers Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque, <span class=\"xn-person\">Alexander Rossi<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>4<sup>th<\/sup> GTD &#8211; \u00a0Magnus with Archangel Acura NSX GT3 Evo<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Drivers Andy Lally, <span class=\"xn-person\">John Potter<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Spencer Pumpelly<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>DPi Manufacturers&#8217; Championship <\/u><\/b><b><u>(unofficial, after 2 of 10 rounds)<br \/><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>Cadillac\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 740 <\/li>\n<li>Acura\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 712 <\/li>\n<li>Mazda\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 682<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b><u>Acura Rolex 24 Fast Facts<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Acura Motorsports and its performance arm, Honda Performance Development, have recorded a total of eight victories at the 12 Hours of <span class=\"xn-location\">Sebring<\/span>, including three class wins for Acura, four LMP2 class wins under the HPD umbrella, and an overall win in 2016. <\/li>\n<li>Tonight&#8217;s third-place result was the second consecutive podium finish for Acura at Sebring.\u00a0 Acura and drivers Taylor and Helio Castroneves secured the 2021 IMSA DPi championship here last November when, due to schedule changes as a result of the COVID pandemic, the Twelve Hours of <span class=\"xn-location\">Sebring<\/span> served as the season finale. <\/li>\n<li>Acura first entered IMSA competition in 1991, shortly after the company&#8217;s founding in 1986, and the 1991 Daytona race was the first major event for the company. Comptech Racing and drivers <span class=\"xn-person\">Parker Johnstone<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Steve Cameron<\/span> [uncle of current Acura racer <span class=\"xn-person\">Dane Cameron<\/span>] and <span class=\"xn-person\">Bob Lesnett<\/span>, driving a Spice Acura SE90P, claimed the victory that year in a class that compares to today&#8217;s LMP2 division.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>Quotes<br \/><\/u><\/b><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Dane Cameron<\/span> <\/b>(#60 Meyer Shank Racing ARX-05) <b>finished 3<sup>rd<\/sup> with co-drivers <span class=\"xn-person\">Olivier Pla<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Juan Pablo Montoya<\/span>: <\/b>&#8220;There always seems to be a final lap &#8216;shootout&#8217; under the lights at <span class=\"xn-location\">Sebring<\/span>, and tonight was no exception. I had a good final restart and made up a position.\u00a0 But we were just a little bit off on the balance all race, and in the end didn&#8217;t have quite enough [for the victory]. We were kind of hanging on, so I think we got the most out of what we had in terms of pace, and the team did a really good job all day, really good strategy and quick pit stops throughout so, we made some good strides and it&#8217;s nice to get a podium here for Acura and Meyer Shank Racing in their return to prototypes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Ricky Taylor<\/span> <\/b>(#10 Konica Minolta Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05) <b>finished fourth with co-drivers Filipe Albuquerque and <span class=\"xn-person\">Alexander Rossi<\/span>: <\/b>&#8220;It was really looking like a good day until the damage we had [following contact with a GTD car]. I think the whole Konica Minolta Wayne Taylor Racing team did a really nice job preparing the car with the end of the race in mind.\u00a0 Man, the car was handling so well at the end, it&#8217;s just a shame with the damage we sustained, we were fighting without a full-powered Acura after [the contact]. The bright side is we took away some decent [championship] points [for finishing fourth], and a lot of our main rivals were behind us. On that note, we can go back to Mid-Ohio, for Acura&#8217;s home-town race and try and go four-for-four for Acura.&#8221; [Acura teams and drivers have won the last three Acura Sports Car Challenge events at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.]<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">John Potter<\/span> <\/b>(#44 Magnus with Archangel Acura NSX GT3 Evo) <b>finished 4<sup>th<\/sup> in GTD with co-drivers <span class=\"xn-person\">Andy Lally<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Spencer Pumpelly<\/span>: <\/b>&#8220;You know, we&#8217;re feeling great!\u00a0 We came here knowing that this track hasn&#8217;t always been favorable for the Acura NSX GT3, so we&#8217;re really excited to show the consistency this car has, to bring home a fourth-place finish, and survive all the carnage that claimed a lot of our competitors today.\u00a0 We were expecting just a &#8216;points-paying&#8217; finish, but we got some really good championship points, so we&#8217;re really happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">David Salters<\/span> <\/b>(President, Honda Performance Development) <b>on today&#8217;s race at <span class=\"xn-location\">Sebring<\/span>: <\/b>&#8220;I guess it&#8217;s a good thing to be disappointed with third- and fourth-place results. But the competition at this level is so tight, that you have to have a perfect day to win. It was an exciting race at the end for the fans, and we&#8217;re pleased to see Acura take another podium in DPi here, and contest for a podium in GTD. It was a tricky race, in constantly changing conditions that presented a variety of challenges for our teams.\u00a0 Our teams and drivers gave it their all, as always, and even though we had some problems with contact in both classes, delivered the best possible results on the day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Next<br \/><\/u><\/b>After starting the 2021 season with a pair of endurance contests in <span class=\"xn-location\">Florida<\/span>, the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship now takes an eight-week break before resuming with the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 14-16<\/span> at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.<\/p>\n<p>Acura Motorsports Social media content and video links from this weekend&#8217;s Twelve Hours of <span class=\"xn-location\">Sebring<\/span> are available on Instagram (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3103748-1&amp;h=2932267994&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fhondaracing_hpd&amp;a=www.instagram.com%2Fhondaracing_hpd\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.instagram.com\/hondaracing_hpd<\/a>), Twitter (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3103748-1&amp;h=2952352045&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2FHondaRacing_HPD)&amp;a=www.twitter.com%2FHondaRacing_HPD)\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.twitter.com\/HondaRacing_HPD)<\/a> and Facebook (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3103748-1&amp;h=1251560205&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHondaRacingHPD)&amp;a=www.facebook.com%2FHondaRacingHPD)\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.facebook.com\/HondaRacingHPD)<\/a>.\u00a0 Additional features and long-form videos can be found on the Honda Racing\/HPD YouTube channel (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3103748-1&amp;h=2393529850&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>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3103748-1&amp;h=1580901759&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1470406%2Flevitt_SEB_032021_GB_12822.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1470406%2Flevitt_SEB_032021_GB_12822.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1470406\/levitt_SEB_032021_GB_12822.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Acura Motorsports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SEBRING, Fla.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 21, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0In a typically fraught and hard-fought Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of <span class=\"xn-location\">Sebring<\/span>, it was the Meyer Shank Racing trio of <span class=\"xn-person\">Dane Cameron<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Olivier Pla<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Juan Pablo Montoya<\/span> leading the way for Acura at Sebring International Raceway, finishing third in their AutoNation\/SiriusXM Acura ARX-05.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;div id=&quot;prni_dvprnejpg1b82left&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automotriz"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}