Third for Archangel Motorsports at Road Atlanta

With two Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport race cars in the field, the customer entry list for the four-hour IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge race at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta was not large but the pair of Porsche race cars in GS class had formidable driver lineups. With a limit of only one professional – “silver” level driver – the No. 7 Archangel Motorsports car again combined Porsche Young Driver Academy North America graduate Trent Hindman (Long Branch, New Jersey) with 2019 Porsche Cup winner Alan Brynjolfsson (Tampa, Florida). Hindman sat the car on the outside of the front row in qualifying and, ultimately, finished in third-place.

The podium was in question until the closing minutes when, following extensive pressure from the young driver, the third-place runner ran out of fuel allowing the mid-engined Porsche to drive past and onto the final step of the victory roster.

The No. 38 BGB Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport saw Jan Heylen (Belgium) as the pro in the pairing with Tom Collingwood (Canada). Heylen, a hero in Saturday’s WeatherTech race driving in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R, has been pushing hard for the 2020 Porsche Cup racing GT3 and GT4-spec Porsche machinery around the world, He, Collingwood and team owner John Tecce (Ormond Beach, Florida) raced to 15th-place in class.

The Michelin Pilot Challenge resumes Sept. 25-27 with the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.