Whelen Wins Wet IMSA WeatherTech Sebring 12 Hours Race

Felipe Nasr wheels the race-winning #31 Whelen Cadillac into Victory Lane at the end of the 2019 IMSA Sebring 12 Hours, March 16. 2019. Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times

SEBRING, Fla.—The Whelen Engineering racing team took its first overall win at the nation’s oldest sports-car endurance race on March 16—in part by hiring the driver who had won there two out of the three prior years.

The #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-Vr finished first overall in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Series 12 Hours of Sebring, it’s first win in that historic race. The victory left the 2018 champions tied for the 2019 title with the Wayne Taylor Racing team, which won the season opener at Daytona.