DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (January 28, 2019) –
#Lexus and newly formed race team AIM VASSER SULLIVAN (AVS) opened the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season this weekend with top-six finishes for both
#Lexus RC F GT3s, including a third-place podium result for the AVS No. 12
#Lexus.
The podium finish by AVS drivers Townsend Bell, Frankie Montecalvo, Jeff Segal and Aaron Telitz in the team’s inaugural IMSA
#Event marked the best finish in an
#endurance race for the
#rcfgt3 since joining IMSA’s GTD class in 2017.
The No. 1 4
#Lexus #rcfgt3 finished sixth in the grueling 24-hour
#Event, which had two red flag periods and multiple cautions due to heavy rain on the track. Co-drivers in the No. 14
#Lexus included Nick Cassidy, Austin Cindric, Jack Hawksworth and Richard Heistand.
The AIM VASSER SULLIVAN
#Lexus RC F GT3s combined to lead a total of 53 laps during the 24-hour race with the No. 12 leading 31 laps and the No. 14
#Lexus led 22 circuits around
#Daytona International Speedway’s road course. Bell led 22 of the laps, while Cassidy (nine laps), Segal (nine), Hawksworth (eight) and Cindric (five) also paced the GTD class during the
#Rolex24.
The
#Lexus #rcfgt3 will return to
#racing action on March 16 in the Twelve Hours of Sebring at Florida’s historic Sebring International Raceway.
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