LONG BEACH, Calif. – The tight, 1.97-mile, 11-turn Long Beach street course is known for tight racing and its fair share of car-to-car contact, and the 2015 Pirelli World Challenge round five was no exception. This year's 50-minute sprint through the city featured more time under caution than green flag racing.
James Davison made a brilliant pass on the first of six full course cautions, moving from 15th spot up to sixth to earn the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race award. The Australian, now living in St. Petersburg, Florida, was able to work his #33 Always Evolving ReplayXD/Nissan NISMO GT-R GT3 around the Acura of Ryan Eversley to cap off a strong drive and capture fifth place during the limited green flag racing at Long Beach.
"Our best of chances to move forward today were on restarts," said Davison. "I timed the first one perfectly, passed four cars on the jump then went double or nothing down the inside into turn one and passed another four. Our pace was good but still needs some work. It was a great result for the team to score our first top five and I look forward to improving on it at Barber next weekend!"
The Long Beach race will be rebroadcast on CBS Sorts Network on Sunday, April 26 at 3:30 p.m. Eastern/12:30 p.m. Pacific.
The Pirelli World Challenge visits Barber Motorsports Park for rounds six and seven on April 25 and 26. Live online streaming of both Barber races will be available at www.world-challengetv.com. Delayed broadcast on CBS Sports Network will be Sunday, May 3 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern/11:00 a.m. Pacific.