Prior to this email I had never spoken to
@GdeFerran
He sent this to me after winning Daytona in 2010.
I've never deleted that email. He was just a good good guy to so many young drivers. He just wanted to help and wanted nothing in return.
#RIPGil
#GildeFerran
We won the
#rolex24
. Words cannot describe how happy I am. Its not been an easy few years for me and 2010 Rolex24 win seems like a lifetime ago. Today we are 2021 winners. Couldnt be prouder of
@EraMotorsport
and it’s a major credit to
@KyleTilley
putting this great team together
It’s 5am and i just finished my second triple stint. 1st one we had a water leak which I now know after finding a blister on my ass was leaking boiling water under my seat. Second stint a front aero piece fell off causing so much vibration it gave me a nose bleed in the car. WTF
Well this just happened. 2008
#clk63blackseries
. 1 owner, 11k miles. Thank you Gulf Coast Motorcars for working with me and getting this deal done. 500 produced, 350 to the USA, of that only 50 in white. Even tires are original so
@continentaltire
are on route.
@MercedesBenzUSA
Received my 1 of 50 Tag Heuer Monaco Gulf Special Edition 50th anniversary today. Most amazing part is that the great people at
@TAGHeuer
went that extra special step, surprising me by securing
#44
of 50.
#44
was my 2012
@24hoursoflemans
winning number. Completely awesome 😎
Getting sweaty hasn’t felt this good for a while. Glad to be getting back to some normality and looking forward to racing in July. Oh and how good does bare
#Carbon
look on race cars?? 🤤
Well we didn’t win Daytona
#rolex24
but man did we look good trying. Unbelievably proud of
@starworksmotor
. Perfect pit stops and strategy. One mishap in the night put us behind the wall for 12 laps making repairs. We never gave up, we learnt a lot and we smiled whilst doing it.
Here we go! I will be returning to where it all started at
@starworksmotor
with my 2018 teammate
@parker_chase19
, and our 2019
@audisport
GT3 EVO. Racing is a tough business and its all about surrounding yourself with the right people to be successful. This program will kick ass.
I’m on vacation but look what arrived at the
@PatronESM
shop for me today. So freaking cool to have my 2004 Formula Atlantic car from Sierra Sierra. Can’t wait to see it when I get home.
#PatronWorthy
for sure. The car and team was so good to me.
#thankyouDennisDianeKottke
So today I got to experience an
@MercedesAMG
#GT3
without restrictors and with straight pipes. This is how GT3 cars should be. Enjoy the sweet music. Thanks
@GMGRacing
and Bret Curtis for letting me shake the new toy down.
@MBUSA
This will be my 16th
#rolex24
and I still giggle every time I get on to the banking like it was my first time. For sure it’s just a bloody special place. Fortunate to be able to do this and crazy excited about the program we have with
@EraMotorsport
this year.
Tomorrow is the start of my 14th
#Rolex24
weekend. A new challenge in the GTD but surrounded by familiar
@starworksmotor
faces. I had a smile from ear to ear today. Iv been missing the fun of racing. Happy to have it back. Great team/teammates ready to take our
#Audi
to victory.
Couldn’t be more proud of this little princess Dionne. 8 days after surgery she’s heading home. Been a fighter since the day she was born.
#stillfighting
#RettSyndrome
@RSRT
Gutted. From dead last in the 1st hr we got ourselves back to 5th in class and 10th overall and with 38 min to go we lost the gearbox. No words for this one. One of the toughest 24hrs I’ve ever done. Super proud of our come back as a team. We never gave up so we are still winners
💩 💩 💩 💩 💩 💩 💩 💩 💩 💩
Unfortunate we have officially retired the
#2
from the
#Rolex24h
. Gearbox failure beyond repair. Gutted to say the least after showing great race pace. Nothing we did wrong as a team. 💩 happens sometimes. Cheering on the
#22
now.
Season-best P2 finish for David and I in the No. 63 USALCO/Security National Mortgage Mercedes-AMG GT3 to close out the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Blancpain GT World Challenge America weekend. DXDT Racing podiums in both weekend races for second event in a row!
The body language in this picture sums up my season. So much potential but no luck. I used to believe u make ur own luck but its just not true. I’ve had yrs where everything I touched rewarded me, but this year will go down in my career as ‘character building’. Roll on 2019.
We did it. We won the Sprint X championship. Massive effort from this young team and awesome season from
@parker_chase19
. We took home two 2nd place finishes to clinch it. Proud to have been part of this program and looking forward to the future. Nice to get this for
@audisport
Race tracks take note of how to remove a badly crashed car with respect to the owner by not destroying it even further. Good job
@VIRNow
staff. Not one of my drivers and he was not injured.
Fabtiastic day for us. We started P8, and finished P2. Amazing job from
@PatronESM
crew in pit stops and a couple of decent passes from myself haha. Such a good day for us after two bad races in a row. Great rebound weekend for the
#2
car.
#simplyperfect
#Nissan
#Patron
#Nismo
I miss the days where we had 12 Grand Am races and 9 ALMS races in a single season. We have to find a way to get back to more races to reach more fans nationally. That goes for Imsa and SRO.
#FansMakeTheWheelsGoAround
😢 Really sad day. Cannot thank
@patronracing
enough for all he has done for myself and so many other drivers and crew members over all these years. He is truly a one of a kind and will be a best friend for life. Won’t be the same not seeing the green and black
@Patron
cars. 😞
We'd like to thank
@patronracing
and
@patron
for their contributions to ESM over the years. Our team will greatly miss you as we continue on. Full statement following this morning's announcement:
Special delivery today. My 2004 Sierra Sierra Toyota Atlantic car made it to Orlando. Parked at my parents house for now till it’s final retirement place. Forgot just how cool these cars were. Ultra light, crazy downforce from the tunnels.
#SierraSierra
#SSE
Good on
@BourdaisOnTrack
for making a stance (pretty sure that phone call was IndyCar management), that fence fix looks like they used lego pieces to rebuild it. lets hope nobody hits that same spot again.
#RIPGilDeFerran
One of the most humble stars of our sport. Helped me a lot behind the scenes in my early sports-car career and never asked for anything in return. Just a really really good guy who will be missed.
Today I made a tough decision. I’v officially resigned from the Tower Motorsports IMSA program. Its not been the season we hoped for, due to various factors, and the time has come for me to go another direction. Looking forward to what the future holds and putting 2020 behind me.
So that’s embarrassing 🤣. I’d love to hear the drivers radios just now. I have a feeling that’s not going to be the last wrecked ZR1. Lots of power, probably not enough grip.
#MorePowerThanTalent
Had a blast today driving an old school Daytona Prototype with a modern twist. Built for a
@FallLineMotors
client it has a twin turbo Porsche 996 motor that can put down 800HP on full boost and now fitted with ABS braking too. Now home for 36hrs before heading to the
#Sahlens6HR
We got hit on lap 1, turn 1 by the
#90
car on our left rear wheel. Hard enough to shatter the gearbox internals so we are done with 11hrs and 59mins remaining. Rooting for the
#22
car now.
From someone who flies hundreds of thousands of miles each year it infuriates me when i see passengers not paying attention to flight attendants while they perform the briefing. We all know it by heart, but stop playing games on your phone for 90seconds and have some respect.
Massive congratulations to
@parker_chase19
on today’s win. Last corner, last lap move to take the lead on a drag race to the finish line. Very cool stuff especially in front of his sponsors
#verticalbridge
.
Photo credit to
@Danielle_Crespo