California 8 Hours 2017 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Mazda Raceway California 8 Hours		Date: 15.10.2017
Track: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (United States), 3.601 kms	Organiser: SRO
California 8 Hours
Intercontinental GT Challenge (round 3)

Weather:	sunny, dry
Start time:	9:13
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	8 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	19
Practiced:	19
Qualified:	19
Started:	19
Finished:	15
Classified:	16

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
FIA GT3	8	8	7
FIA GT3 Pro-Am	2	2	2
FIA GT4	7	7	5
Invitation	2	2	2

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 13/10
1 qualifying session held for a total of 40 minutes on 14/10
Super Pole held on 14/10

Winners:
Overall:	44	Audi R8 LMS	Kaffer / van der Linde / Winkelhock
FIA GT3 Pro-Am:	54	Porsche 991 GT3 R	Bleekemolen / Calvert-Jones / Pappas
FIA GT4:	26	Porsche Cayman GT4-R	Kearl / Westphal / McAlister
Invitation:	193	MARC Mazda 3 V8	Camilleri / Morrall / Haber
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	29	Audi R8 LMS	De Phillippi / Mies / Haase	1:24.7560	152.9682 km/h	lap 3
FIA GT3 Pro-Am:	54	Porsche 991 GT3 R	Bleekemolen / Calvert-Jones / Pappas	1:26.0410	150.6829 km/h	lap 274
FIA GT4:	07	Aston Martin GT4	Milzcik / Davis / DeBoer	1:32.1080	140.7693 km/h	lap 161
Invitation:	194	MARC Mazda 3 V8	Kassulke / McLeod / Rodgers	1:30.2340	143.6822 km/h	lap 272
Pole Positions:
Overall:	29	Audi R8 LMS	De Phillippi / Mies / Haase	1:23.9610
FIA GT3 Pro-Am:	54	Porsche 991 GT3 R	Bleekemolen / Calvert-Jones / Pappas	1:24.5640	153.3200 km/h
FIA GT4:	07	Aston Martin GT4	Milzcik / Davis / DeBoer	1:31.0220	142.4500 km/h
Invitation:	193	MARC Mazda 3 V8	Camilleri / Morrall / Haber	1:28.6590	146.2400 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (7), Audi (3), Aston Martin (3), Acura (2), MARC (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (7), Audi (3), Ford (3), Aston Martin (3), Acura (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 991 GT3 R (4), Audi R8 LMS (3), Porsche Cayman (3), Aston Martin V8 Vantage (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (33), D (7), AUS (5), GB (3), NL (3), F (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (15), AUS (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (47%), front-engined (31%), rear-engined (22%)
Average engine size:	4355 cc (with regard to 17% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4651 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Peter Kox (53), Kris Wilson (50), Charles Espenlaub (49)
Youngest known drivers:	Ben Barnicoat (21), Kelvin van der Linde (21), Jules Gounon (23)

Official Race Programme:

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