Fourth for Acura in incident-filled day at Road America
Road AmericaThe Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian #93 team maintained their second-place standings in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with a fourth-place finish in an incident-filled six-hour race at Road America.
The #93 started on pole in the hands of Nick Yelloly for the second straight year, leading the opening 15 laps of the race before pitting during the first of nine cautions. Unfortunately, the #93 ARX-06 would be called for a speeding penalty during the first stop—one of more than 40 penalties doled out by the series over the course of the six-hour event—dropping them to the rear of the GTP field.
Yelloly and co-driver Renger van der Zande's issues were further compounded by a torque shaft sensor failure which reduced their power output and straight-line speed for the remainder of the race. Despite the setbacks, Yelloly and van der Zande would cross the line fifth on track. The duo was further promoted to fourth following a penalty assessed to the #23 for an earlier incident with the #93.
The #93 Acura MSR team remains second in the IMSA championship fight with two races left to run.
The sister #60 Acura ARX-06 of Tom Blomqvist and Colin Braun started second and looked set to contend for a podium before multiple incidents required longer pitstops to replace bodywork on the car. This moved the #60 outside of the top five before their day was finally ended via an incident in the final hour.
The 2026 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTP class will return for the TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks from the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 18-20.
We salvaged a semi-good result after dealing with a few things throughout the race. We had some torque shaft sensor issues which caused us to lose straight-line speed. We picked up the pieces and we were able to finish fourth in what was quite a chaotic race. I think we were able to maximize the package that we had in the end. Great job from the team as always and we'll keep trucking along to Indy.
We salvaged a semi-good result after dealing with a few things throughout the race. We had some torque shaft sensor issues which caused us to lose straight-line speed. We picked up the pieces and we were able to finish fourth in what was quite a chaotic race. I think we were able to maximize the package that we had in the end. Great job from the team as always and we'll keep trucking along to Indy.
It was a crazy day. We lost the torque sensors, so we had to turn down power, and from there on we were sitting ducks. We had a good car and it drove well and the team did a really nice job. We learned something at the test and it was really useful during the race. Today if we made it onto the podium, it would have been like a victory because we didn't have much fighting power. All things considered I think we should be happy with where we ended up.
It was a crazy day. We lost the torque sensors, so we had to turn down power, and from there on we were sitting ducks. We had a good car and it drove well and the team did a really nice job. We learned something at the test and it was really useful during the race. Today if we made it onto the podium, it would have been like a victory because we didn't have much fighting power. All things considered I think we should be happy with where we ended up.
Obviously tough day for us. Things were great after qualifying and then it just didn't translate into the finish that we wanted. We have a couple more races to finish the season strong. We'll rebuild and then hit the ground running in Indy.
Obviously tough day for us. Things were great after qualifying and then it just didn't translate into the finish that we wanted. We have a couple more races to finish the season strong. We'll rebuild and then hit the ground running in Indy.
Another tough day in the office for us. Got shuffled back a bit after a few others short-filled at the first pit stop. Making contact because we were out of position just made our race really difficult. And then I made a mistake there at the end, that one was on me. It was just a bad day, unfortunately.
Another tough day in the office for us. Got shuffled back a bit after a few others short-filled at the first pit stop. Making contact because we were out of position just made our race really difficult. And then I made a mistake there at the end, that one was on me. It was just a bad day, unfortunately.
Tough day at the office. A torque shaft sensor failure on the #93 had us on the back foot throughout the race. But we can be pleased to come out with a fourth-place finish in what was more of a demolition derby than a sports car race.
Tough day at the office. A torque shaft sensor failure on the #93 had us on the back foot throughout the race. But we can be pleased to come out with a fourth-place finish in what was more of a demolition derby than a sports car race.
