Three Teams in Tight Fight for IMSA WeatherTech Title at Petit Le Mans

Action Express Seeks Third Consecutive Championship

Christian Fittipaldi, Filipe Albuquerque, and Joao Barbosa in the #5 Action Express Coyote-Corvette won the IMSA championship in 2014 and 2015. Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times

The 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season is approaching its finale, the ten-hour Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, with three Prototype teams locked in a tight battle for the overall honors.

The #5 Action Express Racing Coyote-Corvette, which has won the two IMSA titles awarded so far, has the slimmest of leads—a single point—over its sister car, the Action Express/Whelen #31. The #5 has 253 points, the #31 has 252.

The #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Dallara-Corvette trails by ten points with 242.

Action Express #5 has had a stable driver lineup throughout the three seasons of the United SportsCar Championship, now called the WeatherTech Sposrtscar Championship. Christian Fittipaldi and Filipe Albuquerque drive the sprint races, with Joao Barbosa joining for the endurance events.

Eric Curran, Dane Cameron, and 2016 IndyCar champion Simon Pagenaud in the #31 AXR Coyote-Corvette will try to take the title from their sister car at Petit Le Mans. Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times