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The Acura DPI # 60 of the Meer Shank Racing, with Bogota driver Juan Pablo Montoya in the last lap, finished in fourth place in the traditional endurance race. Gabby Chaves retired due to oil pump damage from her car, in the LMP3 category.
Colombian driver Juan Pablo Montoya and his teammates Meyer Shank Racing, Dane Cameron, Olivier Pla and AJ Allmendinger, aboard the Acura DPI # 60, finished in fourth place in the 24 Hours of Daytona, won by another Acura, the # 10 of Wayne Taylor Racing, with drivers Helio Castroneves, Felip Albuquerque, Ricky Taylor and Alexander Rossi.
The Bogota team started fourth and finished in the same position in the highest category of the Daytona International Prototype, the most prestigious in the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship 2021.
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“It was a complicated 24 Hours. The truth is, on Thursday when we trained we were very fast and we were very happy with the car and I don’t know what they changed. They say nothing, but the car goes from fast to slow, from fast to slow and unfortunately for the race it was very difficult to handle.When I was in the car we were able to get close, we were seconds and in the fight, here we came, like 10 seconds from the tip, keeping us with what came, then we decided to loosen up to take care of the cart, there was nothing else to do. We finished quarters and that’s what it is, let’s see what to expect in the rest of the year, “explained Montoya, champion at Daytona in 2007, 2008 and 2013.
Gabby Chaves, in vehicle # 7 of Forty Motrosport, did not finish the test due to damage to the oil pump of her vehicle, in the LMP3 category. “It’s sad to say that our car withdrew from the race with a fault in the engine oil cooling pump. It hurts me not to finish but I really enjoyed the opportunity to get back on track,” he said .