A quick look at the stints and times of the #85 car, which ended up 10th after stopping twice after contact with a GT3 Aston Martin.

How did #85’s race pan out:

Two stops. The first was normal and similar to everyone else. The second was to repair damage after contact with #27 Aston Martin.

The first stop was under caution and decent. Faster than BMW, but slower than Penske. #85 was running 8th before the stop and climbed up to 5th after yellow went back in.

Then it made contact with #27 Aston Martin on entry into turn 6, lost its rear wing and had to stop for repairs and to check the car over. The contact dropped it to 9th, the stop, which was under yellow, dropped it to 10th.

“Unfortunately, as so often happens on a street course, Gimmi had an incident and we had to pit to repair the rear wing. With only a little over a half hour left in the race, there just isn’t much you can do.” – John Church, Managing Partner, No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche 963¹

Race Official’s said it was a racing accident:

15:17:31

Race Control

INCIDENT INVOLVING CARS 85 & 27 REVIEWED, NO ACTION INCIDENTAL

Comparison of the drivers

Tijmen van der Helm didn’t get many laps, as was the normal strategy at Long Beach each year – one stop and get it in as early as possible.

Despite Bruni having the advantage of getting more laps to set faster times, in the handful of laps we can compare the pace was comparable between the two drivers.

Other data from the race can be found here on Équipe43.

Intrigue prompted by post on 10-10ths.

1. JDC Miller MotorSports race review is here: DC-Miller MotorSports finishes in the 10th position at the 2025 Grand Prix of Long Beach ↩︎