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Oscar Tunjo Sweeps VP Racing SportsCar Challenge With Rain-Soaked Win at Daytona

A one-lap shootout after Brady Golan's crash decided the rain-hit sprint.

Overview

  • Showers began less than 30 minutes before the start, prompting a wet start that proved especially tricky for LMP3 machinery.
  • Starting from pole, Tunjo ceded the lead to Danny Soufi and then Brady Golan as the 45-minute race unfolded in worsening conditions.
  • Golan later clipped a painted curb exiting the Kink, spun into the West Bend tire barrier, scattered debris, and retired after triggering a full-course caution.
  • The field took a green-and-white one-lap dash to the finish, where Tunjo pulled clear to win by 5.089 seconds over Brian Thienes, with Lincoln Day third.
  • In GSX, Westin Workman overcame pre-race air-jack and power-steering issues to charge from the rear and defeat Justin Di Benedetto, as the Roar weekend wraps and focus turns to the Rolex 24 on Jan. 24–25.