{"id":3814,"date":"2021-10-11T18:09:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T18:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=3814"},"modified":"2022-08-09T17:27:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T17:27:10","slug":"gilbert-korthoff-motorsports-battles-to-11th-at-vir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/11\/gilbert-korthoff-motorsports-battles-to-11th-at-vir\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports Battles to 11th at VIR"},"content":{"rendered":"

DANVILLE, VA (9 Oct. 2021)<\/strong> \u2013 Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports\u2019 third foray into IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition resulted in an 11th -place finish in Saturday\u2019s Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway.<\/p>\n

Guy Cosmo and Mike Skeen co-drove the No. 32 Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the GT Daytona class, covering all but one of the 85 laps in the two-hour, 40-minute contest.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor our first weekend with this revamped team, I think we learned a lot,\u201d Cosmo said. \u201cWe just didn\u2019t have the pace this weekend. So we took a little bit of a \u2018Hail Mary\u2019 with the strategy to see if it could get us anything, but ultimately, we finished where we would have, anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cosmo started eighth and settled into 10th position in the early laps. He pitted at the 47-minute mark, with Skeen taking over in 13th position.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe opening stint was real exciting,\u201d Cosmo said. \u201cThe track was still damp in a number of sections, so racing side by side was challenging. I got into a groove early on. It was the same issue that we\u2019ve been battling this weekend, we just didn\u2019t have quite enough front end to make the car turn as much as we needed to, but we were doing alright. A couple of guys got a run on me, as we were slipping and sliding coming down into 17, heading into Turn 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen somebody gets alongside, you\u2019ve got to leave them room, but then you\u2019re off-line and on the damp part of the track,\u201d said Cosmo. \u201cLosing a position is one thing, but you also lose time because you had to slow up. We did what we could; we just didn\u2019t have enough grip. When we got Skeen in the car, we were hoping he could let it rip, but he was facing the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The race had its lone caution at the 1:15 mark. While most of the GTD competitors took to pit lane for service, Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports opted to stay out, moving Skeen up to second in the class. When the race resumed with 1:14 remaining, Skeen ran second before making his final pit stop. Skeen returned to the event in 13th, gaining two positions in the closing laps.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew going into the race that we weren\u2019t starting up front, so we had to make it up somewhere,\u201d Skeen said. \u201cWe had a decent pace at the start of each stint. Once the yellow fell, it was a matter of seeing where we fell on the fuel. We made a guess, but came up a little shorter than we wanted to. Still, it was a decent, clean result, and the car came home in one piece.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cosmo qualified 10th in Friday\u2019s opening session, running 1:44.790-seconds. Since the team is not running for the championship, Skeen ran two easy laps in the second session that awards GTD points, opting not to post a competitive lap.<\/p>\n

Only one race remains on the 2021 WeatherTech Championship season, the Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta on Saturday, Nov. 13.<\/p>\n

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