Robertson Racing Petit Le Mans mid-race update

Robertson Racing continue to run strongly at Petit Le Mans as an action-packed final round of this season’s American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron enters its second half.

 

Competing at their home circuit, the Braselton-based outfit’s #40 Ford GT has successfully negotiated the opening four-and-a-half hours of the 1000-mile/10-hour sportscar classic at Road Atlanta despite being the innocent victim of numerous on-track clashes. The team currently occupies a strong 12th place in the GT class with Melanie Snow now at the wheel.

 

After failing to set a qualifying time due to damage sustained in final practice, David Murry wasted little time making light work of the GTC contingent in the opening stages before also breaking into the GT class top-ten during the several caution periods that have interrupted this year’s race. 

 

Co-driver and team co-owner Andrea Robertson continued that good work during her stint to keep the car in top-ten contention before handing over to Snow.

 

With no less than 53 starters spread across five different classes jostling for position on such a short circuit however, incidents between the faster prototype machines as they lap their production-based GT counterparts have been a frequent occurrence.

 

And that was the case two-and-a-half hours in when the front-running LMP1-spec Audi R18 TDI made contact with Murry. Fortunately the Ford survived the impact to escape largely unscathed, although the car now bares the scars of further contact in traffic.

 

Andrew ‘H’ Smith, Team Manager: “The car is running strongly and setting competitive times, especially given the amount of traffic the guys have encountered this year. David’s (Murry) excellent opening stint at a circuit he knows well, coupled with our canny pit strategy, allowed us to break into the top ten. We have always known how robust the Ford can be and it’s certainly being tested here! Hopefully we can now enjoy a clean run to the flag.”

 

Don’t forget you can keep abreast of the team’s fortunes throughout the race by logging on to  www.RobertsonRace.com and following links to the live blog.

 

ENDS