Aitken, Whelen Cadillac and Cadillac Racing crowns
Both the #31 Cadillac Whelen (team championship) and Jack Aiken (drivers championship) had to roll off the grid of the 29th Annual Motul Petit Le Mans to secure the titles. By starting the race, Jack Aitken and the #31 Cadillac Whelen V-Series.R officially clinched the Drivers, Teams, and Manufacturers championships.
Aitken
Jack Aitken, driver of the #31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R, qualified fifth while Lauren Heinrich qualified seventh for the 29th Annual Motul Petit Le Mans from the Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Thanks to the points difference awarded after qualifying Aitken had a 151-point lead over Lauren Heinrich in the IMSA driver championship before the race. Aitken took the start and completed the first hours stint before Earl Bamaber took over. As he started, Aitken became officially Drivers Champion.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R
Jack Aitken, #31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R run by Action Express Racing after qualifying: “What can I say? It's been a long year and feels like we've got it done slightly early, which is a bit surreal after such a hard battle. I mean, I can only say I'm massive thank you to all the boys and girls here at Whelen Cadillac. And Cadillac put an awesome car out from the word go. We've had a lot of fun, and it means we can go out and race properly tomorrow, so going to enjoy that one too. We've got such a nice culture here. People are passionate about what they do. They want to come into work. They want to make the car as fast as they can. As a driver, it actually puts a lot of pressure on you, because you've got to come with your absolute A-game every time, and me, Earl (Bamber) and Fred (Vesti), I hope we did that. Just super proud right now.” Source: Cadillac Racing
Whelen Cadillac
The #31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R., was leading the IMSA GTP team title. As for Aitken, the #31 team clinched the GTP Team championship by starting the race.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R
Cadillac
As at least one a Cadillac V-Series.R had to rolled off the grid of the 29th Annual Motul Petit Le Mans to secure the title, Cadillac Racing wins its 11th IMSA Manufacturer title and fifth since 2017.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R started sixth
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R started tenth
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