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Terça, 21 Junho 2022 05:55 | Actualizado em Quinta, 28 Março 2024 09:33

Stunning GT World Challenge America pole position for NSX GT3 Evo 22

 

Racers Edge Motorsports became the first Pro-Am team to score an outright GT World Challenge America pole position this year thanks to a supreme effort by Mario Farnbacher at Virginia International Raceway.
 
The German proved the pace of the JAS Motorsport-built in the NSX GT3 Evo 22 on Saturday morning, but had to watch on when co-driver Ashton Harrison was eliminated early in Race One in a high-speed multi-car incident.
 
Incredible work by the team, using some components borrowed by fellow NSX squad Rick Ware Racing, ensured that the car was able to start from the front of Sunday’s race.
 
Farnbacher led all the way to the mandatory pit window with Harrison looking set for Pro-Am victory and second place overall as the clock ticked down to the 90-minute limit.
 
An error just six minutes from the finish resulted in a spin across the track that dropped Harrison to seventh in Pro-Am, but a daring last-lap move allowed her to finish sixth.
 
RealTime Racing duo Erin Vogel and Michael Cooper endured a challenging weekend; missing FP2 due to an electrical issue and qualifying 12th in Pro-Am for both races.
 
Vogel lost ground in Race One as she went off-track to avoid the incident in which Harrison was eliminated, and was later spun by a rival, meaning she reached the pit window ninth in class.

Once aboard, Cooper began a mighty fightback and snatched fifth in Pro-Am on the final lap with a slick move. A braking issue led to him crashing out of Race Two at quarter distance. He and Vogel are seventh in the points with Harrison and Farnbacher remaining third.
 
Both cars were competing as part of the NSX GT3 Customer Racing Programme; a global collaborative project with JAS Motorsport responsible for assembly of all cars.
 
Honda Performance Development (HPD) and M-TEC handle sales and technical support in North America and Japan respectively, with JAS responsible for these areas across the rest of the world.

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 Mario Farnbacher/Ashton Harrison, Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 Evo 22, GT World Challenge America, Virginia, USA (credit: Chris Green/Racers Edge Motorsports); Lower 1 Mario Farnbacher/Ashton Harrison, Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 Evo 22, GT World Challenge America, Virginia, USA (credit: Chris Green/Racers Edge Motorsports); Erin Vogel/Michael Cooper, RealTime Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo 22, GT World Challenge America, Virginia, USA (credit: SRO).

About JAS Motorsport

Founded in 1995, JAS Motorsport is one of the world's leading touring car teams and constructors. Initially fielding Alfa Romeos in the ITC, JAS became a technical partner of Honda in 1998 and has been at the forefront of its activities with touring cars and rallying ever since. In 2012, JAS was chosen to develop, in partnership with Honda R&D, the Civic WTCC, with which it claimed the Manufacturers' world title a year later. JAS designed and built the Civic Type R TCR, which has claimed 50 major titles so far (35 with the current model), and is also responsible for the build of the NSX GT3 Evo race car; itself a 16-time title winner.

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