Priaulx and Halcome Porsche one-make class champions; One race remains

Dimitri Dimakos (USA) – No. 96 Goldcrest Motorsports

Pro-Am 991 Class.

The talk of the paddock remained newcomer Dimitri Dimakos. The Goldcrest driver started on the Pro-Am 991 class pole position and then immediately pulled away. His performance was so strong that he was 11th in the overall standings, ahead of every Pro-Am class competitor on his way to a 100 percent win rate in the series. Kurt Hunt was second in the No. 24 ACI Motorsports Porsche. Champion Matt Halcome returned to the podium in third-place.

Round 16, the final race of the 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup North America Presented by the Cayman Islands season, will be run as part of Friday’s Petit Le Mans lineup. The green flag will fly for the final time on the field at 11:15 a.m. ET. The livestream and live timing and scoring can be found at PorscheCarreraCup.us.

Full race coverage of today’s 45-minute event can be found on the Porsche Motorsport North America YouTube channel (youtube.com/PorscheMotorsportNorthAmerica). Additional post race coverage and special programing will also be found here.

Comments after the races.

Race 1 Winner, 2021 Pro Class Champion.
Seb Priaulx, Driver, No. 15 Kelly-Moss Road and Race Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.
“It was a nice start-to-finish race really there for me. It was clean. A couple full course yellows but overall, it was amazing. I just can’t believe how it happened. Amazing. It [the championship] hasn’t hit me yet. I don’t know what to say. It is amazing. I can’t thank Kelly-Moss and Multimatic enough. Porsche makes an remarkable car for me to drive. I loved it.”

Pro. Race 2 Winner.
Kay van Berlo, Driver, No. 3 Kelly-Moss Road and Race Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.
“Coming here this weekend was quite a challenge after everything that happened at VIR. Getting a car and coming here to Road Atlanta we didn’t do any testing. We showed up here for Free Practice One and we knew it would be pretty difficult to close that gap in such a short amount of time. The start of the second race I was able to hang-on around the outside of Parker which worked out pretty well and was able to keep second-position. My goal was to build a gap to third-place and stay with Priaulx and see where we go from there. I was expecting traffic all the way through the race and traffic here can make a huge difference. Once we hit traffic, I chose the right side, and he chose the wrong side, and I was able to pull just ahead of him and brake a little bit later and move into P1. With Priaulx behind me it was quite a lot of pressure. Out of the [Turn} 10B he was able to pull his nose right next to me. I wasn’t sure how close he was to me because in the dark it is pretty hard to see where the headlights are. It was hard to get a feel for how close he was. I decided to take a wider approach in the last corner and I crossed the finish line with my wheels in the sand. After everything that has happened the last few races, it was fun to have some fights out on track. It was an incredible effort by Kelly-Moss and by Porsche. It is a great win for Racing For Childrens and for me as well.”

Pro-Am. Race 1 and Race 2 Winner.
Efrin Castro, Driver, No. 65 Team Hardpoint Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.
“It was an awesome day. I love this track. My Porsche 911 GT3 Cup was on rails. I couldn’t ask for anything more than today. Today was an amazing day. Two wins, I felt great, no pressure and super focused. It was just amazing. I want to thank Team Hardpoint and all the guys for a great car. We’ve got one more race tomorrow and it’s not over until the fat lady sings!”

Pro-Am 991. Race 1 and Race 2 Winner.
Dimitri Dimakos, Driver, No. 96 Goldcrest Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.
“This is our first Carrera Cup event, so we came in not really knowing what to expect. We just wanted to do the best we could do. Practice went well. Qualifying went well. Unfortunately, we got disqualified from qualifying for being underweight, so we had to start at the back. That threw a wrench into all the plans that we had but we made the most of it. Race 2 was a little bit easier because we started up front. I just tried to maintain that. The Cup car I have the most experience in is the 991. I have grown with it. The car communicates with me really well. This is my second time at Road Atlanta for a race. The track has a really nice flow to it, I really enjoy it. This is fun for me. We are doing this for fun.”

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Porsche Carrera Cup North America by the Cayman Islands is the premier one-make race series in the United States and Canada utilizing a combination of the latest Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car, type 992, and MICHELIN® Pilot® Sport Cup N3 racing slick to challenge the best road and street race courses on the continent. As with all national Carrera Cups worldwide, the inaugural season of the championship is scheduled to host 16-rounds. Each 45-minute race counts toward a season-long driver and team championship in each of three classes: Pro, Pro-Am and Pro-Am 991.

For more information on Porsche Carrera Cup North America by The Cayman Islands can be found at www.PorscheCarreraCup.us.

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Publish date : 2021-11-12 03:00:00

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