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Pilet, Werner win at Lime Rock in new Porsche

LAKEVILLE, Conn. (AP) Patrick Pilet and Dirk Werner led a Porsche GT Team sweep Saturday in the IMSA SportsCar Championship race at Lime Rock Park, the first victory for the new mid-engine Porsche 911 RSR.

Pilet finished the 2-hour, 40-munute race, beating teammate Laurens Vanthoor by 14.5 seconds. Pilet and Werner drove the No. 911 Porsche, and Vanthoor teamed with Gianmaria Bruni in the No. 912 Porsche.

”It means a lot,” Pilet said. ”Since the first race of the season, we’ve fought for the victory but never achieved that. It was great because everybody worked so hard.