IMSA Championship Austin 2017 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Advance Auto Parts SportsCar Showdown		Date: 6.5.2017
Track: Circuit of the Americas, Austin (United States), 5.472 kms	Organiser: unknown
IMSA Championship Austin
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (round 4)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	14:35
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 40 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	39
Practiced:	39
Qualified:	39
Started:	39
Finished:	32

Classes:	Pract	Start
Prototype	10	10
Prototype Challenge	3	3
Grand Touring Le Mans	9	9
Grand Touring Daytona	17	17

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 4-5/5
1 qualifying sessions held for a total of 15 minutes on 5/5
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	10	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Taylor / Taylor
Prototype Challenge:	38	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	French / O'Ward
Grand Touring Le Mans:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Magnussen / Garcia
Grand Touring Daytona:	33	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Keating / Bleekemolen
Leaders:
laps 1-73:	10	Cadillac DPi-V.R
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	10	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Jordan Taylor (USA)	1:57.1980	168.0155 km/h	lap 57
Prototype Challenge:	38	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	Patricio O'Ward (MEX)	2:02.5000	160.7735 km/h	lap 43
Grand Touring Le Mans:	66	Ford GT	Joey Hand (USA)	2:04.7280	157.8766 km/h	lap 61
Grand Touring Daytona:	28	Porsche 991 GT3 R	Mathieu Jaminet (F)	2:08.6850	153.0486 km/h	lap 46
Pole Positions:
Overall:	10	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Ricky Taylor (USA)	1:54.8090	171.5561 km/h
Prototype Challenge:	38	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	James French (USA)	2:00.0660	163.9922 km/h
Grand Touring Le Mans:	24	BMW M6 GTLM	John Edwards (USA)	2:02.8330	160.2907 km/h
Grand Touring Daytona:	28	Porsche 991 GT3 R	Mathieu Jaminet (F)	2:06.5310	155.6236 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (6), Oreca (4), Mercedes-AMG (4), Cadillac (3), BMW (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (6), Chevrolet (5), Mercedes-AMG (4), Cadillac (3), Gibson (3), BMW (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Mercedes-AMG GT3 (4), Porsche 991 GT3 R (4), Cadillac DPi-V.R (3), Oreca FLM 09 (3), BMW M6 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (40), GB (7), D (6), F (3), I (3), NL (3), MEX (2), DK (2), AUS (2), B (2), BR (2), CDN (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (61%), front-engined (28%), rear-engined (11%)
Average engine size:	4696 cc (with regard to 29% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5240 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Scott Pruett (57), Ed Brown (54), Oswaldo Negri (53)
Youngest known drivers:	Parker Chase (16), Harry Gottsacker (18), Jose Gutierrez (21)
Female drivers:	Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen

Official Race Programme:

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