Morad, Eng Lock Up IMSA iRacing Pro Series presented by SimCraft Titles at Road Atlanta

May 8th, 2021 by

Scott Andrews won the battle, but Daniel Morad won the war as the IMSA iRacing Pro Series presented by SimCraft wrapped up its three-race season at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta on Thursday. While Andrews went two for two in his two starts over the past month, Morad’s consistency of three consecutive runner-up finishes allowed him to lock up the LMP2 class championship by 16 points over James Vance.

Scott Huffaker completed the LMP2 race podium, while Vance was the final lead lap car in fourth. Robert Wickens, fresh off of a highly celebrated test session with Bryan Herta Autosport in a hand control-operated TCR car, completed the overall top five as the first driver one lap down.

In GTE, meanwhile, the BMW M8 continued its turn as the dominant car, finally locking out the podium—but without Philipp Eng on top of it. Instead, it was Rodrigo Pflucker who would best the GT division at Road Atlanta, coming in a lap ahead of Agustin Canapino and Eng, who completed the podium. Julian Santero would give BMW a 1-2-3-4 result, with Tommy Milner giving Chevrolet its best finish in fifth.

Despite Eng’s inability to complete the hat trick, though, he still came out as the champion of the GTE division, sporting an 18-point advantage over Connor De Phillippi when all was said and done. The BMW was the car of choice for most of the division, as the top eight points finishers all drove the M8 at Laguna Seca. Ninth place Riley Dickinson missed the finale, while 10th place Dylan Murry was the top Porsche driver in the season.

Full results from the IMSA iRacing Pro Series presented by SimCraft race at Road Atlanta were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Driver

Car

Class

Laps

Interval

Led

Best
1 1 74 Scott D Andrews Dallara P217 LMP2 51 49 1:09.699
2 2 70 Daniel Morad Dallara P217 LMP2 51 -14.954 2 1:09.727
3 4 51 Scott Huffaker Dallara P217 LMP2 51 -16.688 0 1:10.166
4 7 83 James Vance Dallara P217 LMP2 51 -1:05.095 0 1:10.387
5 23 6 Robert Wickens Dallara P217 LMP2 50 -1 L 0 1:10.705
6 24 40 James pesek Dallara P217 LMP2 50 -1 L 0 1:11.135
7 9 12 Michael Johnson21 Dallara P217 LMP2 49 -2 L 0 1:11.430
8 8 33 Harold Gottsacker IV Dallara P217 LMP2 48 -3 L 0 1:10.977
9 10 1 Lance Willsey Dallara P217 LMP2 48 -3 L 0 1:13.505
10 12 47 Rodrigo Pflucker BMW M8 GTE GTE 48 -3 L 0 1:16.265
11 11 86 Agustin Canapino BMW M8 GTE GTE 47 -4 L 0 1:16.163
12 15 89 Philipp Eng BMW M8 GTE GTE 47 -4 L 0 1:16.452
13 14 68 Julian Santero BMW M8 GTE GTE 47 -4 L 0 1:16.554
14 17 4 Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTE GTE 47 -4 L 0 1:16.933
15 13 7 Bruno Spengler BMW M8 GTE GTE 47 -4 L 0 1:16.460
16 25 25 Connor De Phillippi BMW M8 GTE GTE 47 -4 L 0 1:16.757
17 16 24 John M Edwards BMW M8 GTE GTE 47 -4 L 0 1:16.981
18 20 17 Michael Ogren BMW M8 GTE GTE 46 -5 L 0 1:18.085
19 21 38 John Tecce Porsche 911 RSR GTE 45 -6 L 0 1:18.487
20 26 44 Spencer Pumpelly BMW M8 GTE GTE 45 -6 L 0 1:19.330
21 22 3 Randy Sellari Ferrari 488 GTE GTE 44 -7 L 0 1:18.655
22 18 39 Tyler McQuarrie BMW M8 GTE GTE 44 -7 L 0 1:17.183
23 19 91 Dylan Murry Porsche 911 RSR GTE 44 -7 L 0 1:17.897
24 6 45 James C French Dallara P217 LMP2 15 -36 L 0 1:11.208
25 5 9 Ross Gunn Dallara P217 LMP2 12 -39 L 0 1:10.380
26 27 15 Augusto Farfus BMW M8 GTE GTE 8 -43 L 0 1:17.731
27 3 52 Mikkel Jensen Dallara P217 LMP2 3 -48 L 0

 

Click here for the final IMSA iRacing Pro Series presented by SimCraft standings.

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season continues on May 14-16 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.

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