The Ford GT grabbed IMSA victory at Lime Rock after pressuring Jan Magnussen into a mistake in the dominant Corvette with just 15 minutes to go.
Antonio Garcia’s pole sitting #3 Corvette took the lead from the start over Laurens Vanthoor in the #912 Porsche, while the second Corvette of Tommy Milner beat Muller’s #66 Ford to grab third, but a yellow-flag flew immediately for a GTD collision.

The restart saw the order remain static among the leaders, but John Edwards slotted his BMW M8 ahead of the second Ford of Richard Westbrook, and the second BMW of Connor de Phillippi and Patrick Pilet in the #911 Porsche.
Before Lap 30, however, Westbrook had passed Edwards for fourth and set about trying to close what was now a six-second deficit to teammate Muller. Instead, Muller kept the gap static and instead started pressuring Milner’s Corvette for third.

Following the first stops, the first two remained in place, #3 Corvette ahead of #912 Porsche, but with Jan Magnussen and Earl Bamber now in their respective cockpits.
But now their nearest pursuers were the two Ford GTs, with Joey Hand and Ryan Briscoe now ahead of the second ’Vette, which now had Oliver Gavin at the wheel.
Magnussen pulled in from the lead on Lap 106 but Bamber made a costly error as he sped up before his pitstop, running off course.
The Porsche drivers’ issues were compounded when a faulty wheelgun stretched the pitstop so long that he rejoined in fourth.

Tandy in the other Porsche lost second place to Hand’s Ford GT with 45mins to go, just before he stopped, which allowed his teammate into the final podium spot, 2sec ahead of Gavin’s #4 Corvette, but 18 sec behind Hand who in turn was almost 10 sec behind Magnussen.

However, Hand started slicing into the leader’s advantage, although once the gap came down to 5sec with half an hour to go it stabilized.
When Hand tagged the Magnus Racing Audi as he tried to lap it, he dropped back to 8sec behind the leader.

He then regrouped and charged again. Into traffic with 25 mins to go,
Magnussen was also having to contend with Tandy trying to unlap himself, something Jan grudgingly allowed to happen, allowing the Porsche driver a chance to chase after Briscoe’s fifth placed #67 Ford.
It also meant that Magnussen’s mirrors were now full of Ford GT with 15 mins to go, and two minutes later the Dane went briefly off the road at the final turn and Hand was through and gone.

Magnussen would cross the line 11.4sec behind the new leader and only 2sec ahead of Bamber. Gavin took a solid fourth,