Mouser-Sponsored Vasser Sullivan Lexus Team Earns Another Podium Finish in IMSA Michelin GT Challenge at VIR
August 29, 2023– Mouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction (NPI) leader™ empowering innovation, congratulates Jack Hawksworth and Ben Barnicoat of the Vasser Sullivan Lexus Racing team on their exciting second-place finish in the GTD PRO class at Sunday's IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Virginia International Raceway (VIR). Aaron Telitz and Frankie Montecalvo also scored a top-five finish with a fifth-place result in the GTD class in Sunday's GT-only race.
"This was another strong weekend for Jack, Ben, and the entire Vasser Sullivan Lexus Racing team," said Todd McAtee, Senior Vice President, Business Development for Mouser Electronics. "Congratulations on bringing home second in GTD Pro and fifth in GTD!"
Hawksworth and Barnicoat scored their eighth podium finish in nine races this season and currently hold the GTD PRO championship lead with 3,165 points. The driver duo led 48 laps around the 17-turn, 3.27-mile Virginia road course in the Vasser Sullivan No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3 on Sunday. Ben Barnicoat was in the lead with 56 minutes remaining in the two-hour, 40-minute race when he stalled in the pits. He quickly got going again, earning the team's third-straight second-place result.
Jack Hawksworth also won the Motul Pole Award for the GT Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) class during qualification on Saturday. The pole award was Hawksworth's third of the season.
In the GTD class, Telitz and Montecalvo ran among the top five throughout, with Telitz crossing the finish line fifth in class for the second consecutive race.
Mouser and valued manufacturer partner Molex co-sponsor the Vasser Sullivan Lexus Racing team, seeing the opportunity as an inventive way to communicate its performance-driven business model and promote the newest technologies.
The next race in the championship is the Battle on the Bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 17, followed by the season finale Motul Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, on October 14 in Braselton, Georgia.
For more information on Mouser's sponsorship of the Vasser Sullivan Lexus Racing team and to see the schedule for the 2023 season, visit https://www.mouser.com/imsa-racing/.