{"id":3384,"date":"2021-07-03T16:57:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T16:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2022-08-09T17:28:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T17:28:18","slug":"strong-seventh-for-gilbert-korthoff-motorsports-in-weathertech-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/03\/strong-seventh-for-gilbert-korthoff-motorsports-in-weathertech-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong Seventh for Gilbert\/Korthoff Motorsports in WeatherTech Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (3\u00a0July 2021)<\/strong> \u2013 Gilbert\/Korthoff\u00a0Motorsports made its debut in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD competition on Friday, earning plenty of hard-earned knowledge with a seventh-place finish in Friday evening\u2019s WeatherTech 240 at Watkins Glen International.<\/div>\n

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Shane Lewis and Guy Cosmo shared the wheel of the No. 32 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, finishing overall in the race scheduled for two hours, 40 minutes.<\/div>\n

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A thunderstorm near the one-hour mark brought out the red flag, delaying the action for nearly one hour. When racing resumed, Cosmo was running 10th \u2013 and improved three positions in the 28-minute sprint to the finish.<\/div>\n

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\u201cI feel so good, and so happy,\u201d Cosmo said. \u201cThe guys did an incredible job. They nailed it on our first pit stop \u2013 the tires were done before the fuel was. We got the driver change done, and no infractions. We were competitive. It\u2019s such a crazy range of emotions. We know we have a lot of work to do, but it\u2019s so encouraging to know that we\u2019re in the hunt and there\u2019s so much potential here. It\u2019s\u00a0a\u00a0great way for Gilbert\/Korthoff\u00a0to start\u00a0off\u00a0in this series.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Cosmo pointed out that due to the lack of track time prior to the start of the race, Lewis had little indication of what to expect from the new car early in the race. Lewis was able to use his experience to get right into a steady pace and keep up with the field for his 52-minute stint \u2013 even though it was soaked at one half of the track and dry at the other prior to his pit stop.<\/div>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m super-proud of each member of the team,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know hardly any of them when I got here. It really shows you that hard work pays\u00a0off, with the team effort they put together. I had a blast in my first time back in an IMSA race in five years.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Lewis was impressed with the performance of the new Mercedes.<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe moment they said it was going to be an AMG-Mercedes, I wanted in,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cThat\u2019s one of the reasons I was so enthusiastic about being part of this program. It did everything I expected and wanted it to do, and more.\u201d<\/div>\n

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After enjoying winning success in IMSA LMP3 competition, the team moved up to GTD and took possession of a brand-new Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo less than a month ago. The team had a pair of shakedown tests \u2013 including one at the Glen \u2013 but this weekend was the team\u2019s first official GTD outing.<\/div>\n

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\u201cOperationally, this was a critical weekend for us as a group, just to dive into an IMSA weekend and learn as much as we could and build from there, so I\u2019m thrilled with how things went,\u201d Cosmo said. \u201cWe had never had this car on the setup pad; our crew had never done a pit stop; we had never even practiced before. We need a couple of months of testing to expect to be competitive at this level of GTD in WeatherTech. But we have all the right stuff. This Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo is a proven winner. But we are running it the way it was when it came\u00a0off\u00a0the airplane when it was delivered to us. It\u2019s never been aligned, no adjustments, nothing.\u201d<\/div>\n

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The next IMSA event takes the GTD field to Lime Rock Park for the Northeast Grand Prix July 16-17th.\u00a0 After Lime Rock, the next event is the IMSA Sportscar Weekend August 5-8 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis.<\/div>\n

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