Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen won for the second straight year in GT1, going flag-to-flag in their Corvette C6.R. Corvette Racing's championship-leading duo was fastest in every session this week including qualifying.
"It was a difficult race because the prototypes were so fast," Magnussen said. "They would pass us every six or seven laps it felt like. The race to us wasn't about the ultimate lap time but being smart in traffic. I was very happy with our guys who helped us know who was coming. We didn't have a scratch on our car and were able to put some time on the second car."
That second Corvette of Olivier Beretta and Oliver Gavin finished second, 22.446 seconds behind the winning C6.R. Bell Motorsports finished third in class. Terry Borcheller and Chapman Ducote ended two laps down and third in GT1.
O'Connell won for the sixth time at Mosport since 1999, and Magnussen is now a three-time winner there. They won overall at Mosport 10 years ago in a Panoz factory prototype.
"This was an amazing race; the history of this place is magical and for us to compete here is a very cool deal to be a part of history," O'Connell said. "We had a really good weekend for both cars. Here, one of your biggest concerns is traffic and how psychotic the P2 cars and P1 cars are. But they were all pretty respectful and I think it showed."
Jaime Melo and Mika Salo won their long-awaited first series race this season, taking a hard-fought GT2 victory for Risi Competizione and its
Ferrari F430 GT. Melo in the pole-winning car got around Dirk Werner's Porsche 911 GT3 RSR with 22 minutes left at turn one.
"The car was really great and it's the first weekend this year where we've had no problems at all," Salo said. "The car was as good as it could have been from the first lap. It was easy driving in this car. If we pushed, the Farnbacher Loles car was a second a lap slower. It was a matter of staying out of trouble. Passing is tough here because the only place to do it is on the backstretch."
