Columbian IndyCar regular Gabby Chaves is set to return to competing in IMSA’s Prototype class with Action Express Racing, at the season-ending Petit Le Mans next month.
There he’ll drive the #31 Whelen Engineering-livieried Cadillac DPi V.R with Eric Curran and Felipe Nasr, in the seat filled by (WEC-tied) Mike Conway at the other IMSA enduros. This is his second drive of the season with the team, his other was back in June when he competed in the team’s #5 Cadillac at the Six Hours of the Glen.
“I’m excited to race the Whelen Engineering Cadillac at Road Atlanta and I hope to help the team close the year out as well as we possibly can,” said Chaves.
“I really like Road Atlanta, it is one of my favorite tracks in this country. The first half of the lap is so fast and requires a ton of commitment from the driver so it is really rewarding to drive, especially in a car that has the kind of performance that the IMSA prototypes do.
“This is a tight, very focused team, so it was no big deal to go from being in the Mustang Sampling car to being part of the 31 Whelen team,” he continued. “Action Express is a very good group, and I felt comfortable right away. This is a race that you have to have good pace, make good decisions for ten hours, and execute perfectly if you want to have a result so that is the focus for everyone and I’m happy to be a part of this effort.”
Team manager Gary Nelson added: “Gabby (Chaves) did a good job for us at the Glen and we think he’ll be a great fit with Eric (Curran) and Felipe (Nasr) at Road Atlanta. He is quick, a great team player, and has experience with traffic management that is so important in a race like this. We are happy to have him with us and looking forward to getting down to Atlanta to get the race weekend going.”
The Motul Petit Le Mans event is set to run from Thursday, October 12th to Saturday October 14th.
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