Montoya, who started the competition, maintained strong pressure on his teammate Penske, the # 7 run by Ricky Taylor and the Brazilian Helio Castroneves.
The vehicles of the GTD and GTLM categories hindered the passage of Taylor, who was pressed in his turn by the South American driver but without giving up the lead.
The change of drivers transformed the dynamics of the race. With Dane Cameron already at the controls of # 6 and with Helio Castroneves in # 7, the competition lived its key moment, and a track exit of the Brazilian and multiple winner of the Indianapolis 500 Miles, opened the door for the partner Montoya will escape until he sees the checkered flag with an advantage of 9.7 seconds.
The Brazilian duo made up of Felipe Nasr, current champion, and Pipo Derani, advanced in the final part to 10 Wayne Taylor Racing to rescue the third place on the podium, which gives them a mathematical option of aspiring the DPi title.
In the GTLM division, # 66 of Joey Hand and Dirk Muller took the checkered flag followed by BMW # 24.
The Spanish Antonio García and the Danish Jan Magnussen closed the podium after snatching in the last 10 minutes to # 25 of the Bobby Rahal team.
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