IMSA Championship Austin 2016 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Lone Star Le Mans		Date: 17.9.2016
Track: Circuit of the Americas (United States), 5.472 kms	Organiser: unknown
IMSA Championship Austin
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (round 11)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	12:35
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 40 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	39
Practiced:	39
Qualified:	39
Started:	39
Finished:	36
Classified:	39

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Prototype	8	8	8
Prototype Challenge	8	8	8
Grand Touring Le Mans	9	9	9
Grand Touring Daytona	14	14	14

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 15-16/9
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 16/9
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	10	Chevrolet Corvette DP	Taylor / Taylor
Prototype Challenge:	8	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	Popow / van der Zande
Grand Touring Le Mans:	912	Porsche 991 RSR	Makowiecki / Bamber
Grand Touring Daytona:	96	BMW M6 GT3	Curtis / Klingmann
Leaders:
laps 1-18:	10	Chevrolet Corvette DP
laps 19-22:	7	Oreca FLM 09
laps 23-48:	10	Chevrolet Corvette DP
lap 49:	31	Chevrolet Corvette DP
laps 50-75:	10	Chevrolet Corvette DP
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	10	Chevrolet Corvette DP	Ricky Taylor (USA)	1:59.721	164.475 km/h	lap 4
Prototype Challenge:	52	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	Tom Kimber-Smith (GB)	2:02.127	161.256 km/h	lap 53
Grand Touring Le Mans:	67	Ford GT	Ryan Briscoe (AUS)	2:04.879	157.716 km/h	lap 30
Grand Touring Daytona:	23	Porsche 991 GT3 R	Alex Riberas (E)	2:09.165	152.405 km/h	lap 2
Pole Positions:
Overall:	10	Chevrolet Corvette DP	Ricky Taylor (USA)	1:58.712	165.923 km/h
Prototype Challenge:	52	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	Robert Alon (USA)	2:01.847	161.578 km/h
Grand Touring Le Mans:	67	Ford GT	Ryan Briscoe (AUS)	2:04.188	158.520 km/h
Grand Touring Daytona:	23	Porsche 991 GT3 R	Alex Riberas (E)	2:08.568	153.210 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Oreca (8), Chevrolet (6), Porsche (4), BMW (4), Lamborghini (3), Audi (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (14), Porsche (4), BMW (4), Lamborghini (3), Audi (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca FLM 09 (8), Chevrolet Corvette DP (4), BMW M6 (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (36), GB (9), D (6), I (4), BR (3), AUS (2), DK (2), E (2), F (2), FIN (2), NL (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (66%), front-engined (23%), rear-engined (11%)
Average engine size:	4969 cc (with regard to 27% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5505 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Mark Kvamme (55), Don Yount (48), Bill Auberlen (48)
Youngest known drivers:	Matthew McMurry (19), Alex Riberas (22), Ben Barker (25)
Female drivers:	Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen

Official Race Programme:

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