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Originally Posted by MaskedRacer
A collision mid race in the hairpin turn with the #31 Cadillac. Damaged the car and they had to pit. #31 spun and that is how they fell out of contention to win.
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31 (and one of the Acuras) also did one of those classic American strategies that you just wouldn't see outside of North America, and didn't pit under the first yellow. So then everyone else sat behind them with fresh tyres. Then when the next yellow came (which we knew it would, because it's Long Beach), the two leaders needed full stops whilst others just needed a splash, and they got shuffled down. There was no outcome to that strategy that wasn't behind the majority of the good Prototype runners.
It was a terrible strategy and it's the kind of thing that you only ever see in IMSA and IndyCar, and it never ever works.