LONG BEACH, Calif. — Roger Penske earned his first IMSA sports activities automotive victory since partnering with Porsche with a win on the Grand Prix of Lengthy Seaside.

Mathieu Jaminet received Saturday’s race below warning for Porsche Group Penske when Ricky Taylor of Wayne Taylor Racing crashed attempting to cross him for the win. The win for Jaminet and Nick Tandy was the primary since Penske launched this system, which dabbled within the World Endurance Championship final season earlier than getting into IMSA’s high class this 12 months.

The Taylor crash pushed Connor De Phillippi and Nick Yelloly of BMW into second for the second consecutive race, with Penske taking third with Matt Campbell and Felipe Nasr.

Jaminet and Tandy delivered the primary victory for the Porsche 963 by finishing the complete 100-minute race on a single set of Michelin tires.

A spin by Sebastien Bourdais at first knocked the No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac out of the race. He collected the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura of Tom Blomqvist, who dropped a lap off the tempo. Bourdais’ automotive, which sustained nostril injury, was stranded within the Flip 1 runoff and introduced out the race’s first yellow.

In the meantime, within the GTD Professional class, Vasser Sullivan scored a commanding win with Jack Hawksworth and Ben Barnicoat.

Barnicoat drove the No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3 to the win over the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD of Jordan Taylor.

Hawksworth began from the category pole and by no means gave up the lead. Barnicoat solely prolonged the lead following the motive force change. It was the duo’s first GTD Professional class win since final 12 months’s season-ending Motul Petit Le Mans.

In GTD, Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow received for Paul Miller Racing in a BMW M4 GT3. It was the duo’s third consecutive win on the downtown streets of Lengthy Seaside.