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When Action Express Racing pair Felipe Nasr and Pipo Derani clinched last year’s IMSA SportsCar Championship title in November’s Petit Le Mans finale, it marked an important milestone for one of the two Brazilian drivers sharing the #31 Cadillac DPi-V.R.
For Derani, it was the final achievement in the North American series missing from an already-glittering CV, the Brazilian having already won the Daytona 24 Hours, the Sebring 12 Hours - three times! - and Petit Le Mans, as well as the Endurance Cup that links those three races plus a six-hour fixture at Watkins Glen.
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