Eight entries with U.S. ties will race 24 Hours of Le Mans for overall victory in 2023 Supercross 2023: Results and points after Arlington

The 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans entry list will include eight cars with American ties vying for overall victory as the Ford v Ferrari era returns to the world’s biggest sports car race on June 10-11.

Cadillac will enter Le Mans three times with its V-Series.R cars, two of which will race full-time in the Grand Touring Prototype class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. They will compete for overall victory in the Hypercar class alongside the Porsche 963 from Porsche Penske Motorsport.

Legendary team owner Roger Penske, whose teams have won 18 Indy 500s and three Daytona 500s, is trying to win the Le Mans overall for the first time. This year it will be the 100th event at the Circuit de la Sarthe.

Glickenhaus Racing is an American high performance car company. competed in the World Endurance Championship and raced at Le Mans in 2021, and raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice this year.

This season, IMSA’s core prototype division has been re-engineered with the introduction of the rebranded GTP class of Le Mans Daytona (LMDh) hybrid cars, which can move into the top hypercar category of the World Endurance Championship (sports car series that includes a 24-hour race). Le Mans).

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For the first time in decades (and going back to the heyday of the 1960s, described in the movie Ford v Ferrari), LMDh GTP cars will allow the same team and car to win the overall crowns at Dayton and Le Mans. (although Meyer Shank Racing’s Acura, the overall winner of the 2023 Rolex 24, won’t be racing at Le Mans this year).

Cadillac Racing will include number two Chip Ganassi Racing (drivers Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn and Richard Westbrook) and number three (drivers Sebastian Bourdais, Renger van der Zande and Scott Dickson, who took first place in the IMSA). Whelen Engineering Action Express Vehicle No. 31 Cadillac V-Series.R, which is also a full-time IMSA competitor, will be driven by Pipo Derani, Alexander Sims and Jack Aitken.

“Cadillac is excited to continue its racing legacy by competing against the best internationally and in one of the toughest races in the world,” GM Sports Car Racing Program Manager Laura Wonthrop Clauser said in a press release. “We are proud to represent the United States and the Cadillac V-Series.R is a great continuation of our racing heritage.”

Cadillac made its Le Mans debut in 1950 with privateers Briggs Cunningham, Miles and Sam Collier driving a Series 61 coupe powered by a 5.4-liter Cadillac OHV V-8 engine. Cadillac competed in the LMP division of Le Mans in 2000-02 with a 4.0L turbocharged V8 Northstar engine.

Penske Porsche Motorsport will be representing No. 5 (drivers Dane Cameron, Michael Christensen and Frederik Makowecki), No. 6 (Kevin Estre, Laurens Vanthor and Andre Lotterer) and No. 75 (Felipe Nasr and two TBA teammates). .

There are also two more entries from IMSA for contingency winners – No. 13 John Farano and Tower Motorsports in LMP2 (for the Jim Truman Award) and No. 16 in the Ryan Hardwick and Proton Competition (for the Bob Akin Award). ) at LMGTE Am.

The Le Mans entry list also confirmed that a Garage 56 slot for the next generation Camaro is in the pipeline. from Hendrick Motorsports and NASCAR.

Legendary number for a legendary event.

#NextGenG56 will run at number 24 this year @24hoursoflemans! pic.twitter.com/ZIZqIoduIF

— NASCARG56 (@nascarg56) February 27, 2023

Each of the three riders who scored 450 ran into problems in at least one of the three features that make up the Arlington Monster Energy Supercross Triple Crown format, but when the checkered flag flew over Race 3, the results were the same as everyone expected.

Cooper Webb won his second race of the season, Chase Sexton finished second and Eli Tomac finished third, bringing the title closer. The three riders are separated by only five points.

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The night started hard for Webb. He was stuck in traffic at the start of Race 1 and could only move up to fifth place in that feature. With Tomac winning and Sexton on the podium, he could have been crossed off the list, but Webb did what Webb does.

Webb kept his composure and finished better each successive round with second in race 2 and a race 3 win. His 5-2-1 totaled eight points and equalized Sexton, but thanks to a win in the last race, he owned the tiebreaker.

Sexton did not manage to win any of the three races, but his 3-3-2 was also enough for eight points. Race points are not paid out until the three features have been added together, so Sexton’s second overall finish allowed him to catch up on Tomac in the hunt for the championship. Sexton is now five behind Tomac and three behind Webb, finishing second in a three-man competition that is getting very exciting.

Tomac rarely makes mistakes, so he was a bit of a shock when he crashed while leading race 3. As with Anaheim 1, he failed to get past the tunnel jump, but where he was able to correct his mistake was in California, a track in Texas was not as forgiving. Tomac dropped to fourth immediately after the crash and lost a couple more positions due to the loss of rhythm.

His 1-4-6 totaled 10 points and put him in third place on the grid.

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Like Webb, Jason Anderson got better in every race, but the crash at the start of the first part was too difficult to overcome. In that race, he was at the back of the pack, and as he climbed to eighth in checkers, the damage was done. He put in a valiant effort, winning race 2. His 8-1-3 total brought 12 points and put him in fourth place overall.

Ken Roczen also scored 12 points with a 2-6-4 score, but as Anderson had the best result in race 3, Roczen finished in fifth place. It was still a solid rebound from 11th last week and fifth in the top 5 in the first seven rounds of 2023.

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It turns out that Hunter Lawrence can be defeated.

Despite a knee injury, Nate Thrasher took the podium in three Arlington Supercross Triple Crown races and his 2-2-3 record was enough to give him the overall win. He has yet to climb to the top of the podium after the individual race, but his second place at the opening of the 250 East in Houston contributes to his third place in points.

Thrasher’s teammate Jordon Smith had a mathematical path to win the overall standings before tripping over the cheers in the last minutes of race 3. Finishing fourth in part one put him at a slight disadvantage, but he recovered to win race 2. In the final tally, his 4-1-5 tied him with Lawrence on points, with Smith finishing second on the tiebreaker.

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Perhaps the only thing keeping Lawrence from first place on the podium is bad luck. He ran out of space on the first corner of the final race and crashed. He could have gotten over it so far if Max Anstey hadn’t run over his bike and pinned Lawrence to the ground for a few seconds. Due to a broken clutch lever, Lawrence had to ride conservatively in this race but moved up to sixth at the end and his 1-3-6 was enough to put him on the podium.

European motocross star Tom Vialle continues to impress. This year, he fought for the top five in every race and finally made it to Arlington. His 5-9-2 put him in fourth place on the table.

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Anstey’s involvement in a race 3 lap 1 crash pushed him into the background for that race; in the end, he could only move up to ninth place. After placing third in race 1 and fourth in race 2, he was fifth overall overall.

Jeremy Martin won the last race of the evening, but poor results in race 2 and 12th placed him down to sixth overall. In a race filled with crashes, Martin was as surprised as everyone else that he climbed to the top of the podium in this final run.

Results of 2023

Race 6: Eli Tomac and Jett Lawrence win
Race 5: Cooper Webb, Hunter Lawrence win
Race 4: Tomac, H. Lawrence win
Race 3: Chase Sexton, Levi Kitchen wins
Race 2: Tomac and Jay Lawrence win
Round 1: Tomac, Jay Lawrence win

2023 supermotocross ranking

Week 6: Perfect night in Oakland keeps Tomac number one
Week 5: Cooper Webb and Chase Sexton close the gap
Week 4: Eli Tomac regains the lead
Week 3: Ken Roczen takes first place
Week 2: Roczen moves up; sexton falls
Week 1: Tomac reaches 450; Jett Lawrence 250s