Jack Aitken enters Saturday’s Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta on the verge of securing his first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTP title. Holding a 147-point cushion in the driver standings, the frontman of the #31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R is balancing a championship-minded strategy with the unusual reality of a head-to-head solo driver points battle.
With a maximum differential of 165 points available across qualifying and the race, Aitken controls his own destiny. Scoring no fewer than 2,972 points, a finish of ninth or better guarantees Aitken the drivers' championship. For his chief title rival, Laurin Heinrich — who, after bouncing between GTP entries, returns to the #7 Porsche 963 for Porsche Penske Motorsport alongside Felipe Nasr and Julien Andlauer – to pull off an upset, the German must narrow the gap to within 149 points during qualifying, win the race, and rely on Aitken suffering a finish of 10th or lower.
