It’s the 2nd Straight Victory for the No. 4 Corvette

Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach: Unofficial Race Results

LONG BEACH, Calif. – The rule at Corvette Racing is simple: Race hard but race clean.

Tommy Milner followed the script Saturday at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, zooming cleanly around teammate Jordan Taylor and into the GT Le Mans (GTLM) lead halfway through the 100-minute race. From there, Milner and co-driver Nick Tandy brought the No. 4 Corvette Racing C8.R home first in class for their second straight win of the 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.

Milner started second to Taylor in the No. 3 Corvette but hounded his teammate throughout the first half before finding the opening he needed while battling through slower traffic.

“Jordan went for a move (on a lapped car) down the inside in (Turn) 6, and it didn’t quite stick, so his exit was a bit compromised,” Milner explained.
“I was able to get outside of him on the entry, and that’s the preferred line for the next corner.
I really only had the one opportunity (to make a pass), and thankfully I was close enough to take advantage of that.”

Ten minutes after the decisive overtake, Taylor and Milner made their lone pit stops of the race, a lap apart
When the cycle was complete, Tandy had nearly a three-second lead on No. 3 co-driver Antonio Garcia.
Though the advantage dwindled several times as the Corvettes continued negotiating through traffic, Garcia was unable to attempt an overtake and finished 0.751 seconds behind at the checkered flag.

It resulted in the fourth Long Beach victory for Milner and third for the American in the last four GTLM races on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn street circuit. It’s the second win for Tandy, who passed all the credit to his co-driver.

“He won the race,” Tandy said of his co-driver. “He drove an awesome first stint, got in front of the (No.) 3, and basically whoever came out of the stop in front was the car in prime position – and that was us today.”

Taylor and Garcia, who have four victories this season, finished second for the third straight race.
They still hold a comfortable 160-point lead over Milner and Tandy in the standings, and essentially only need to start the final two races to clinch their second consecutive GTLM championship.

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