WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- Christian Fittipaldi, Joao Barbosa and Filipe Albuquerque teamed to win the six-hour race at Watkins Glen International on Sunday, while brothers Jordan and Ricky Taylor's bid for a sixth straight IMSA SportsCar Championship victory ended on the first lap.
Barbosa took the lead in the No. 5 Action Express Racing Cadillac with nine minutes remaining, taking advantage of slower traffic to pass Stephen Simpson in the No. 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports ORECA prototype. Barbosa held off Simpson by 1.183 seconds.
"I knew if traffic could play a role in the race, I could take advantage of it," Barbosa said.