IMSA Championship Road America 2016

Event: Continental Tire Road Race Showcase Road America		Date: 7.8.2016
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.515 kms	Organiser: unknown
IMSA Championship Road America
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (round 9)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	15:05
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 40 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	41
Practiced:	41
Qualified:	41
Started:	41
Finished:	36
Classified:	41

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Prototype	8	8	8
Prototype Challenge	9	9	9
Grand Touring Le Mans	9	9	9
Grand Touring Daytona	15	15	15

No Photos Yet 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 5-6/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 6/8
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	31	Chevrolet Corvette DP	Curran / Cameron
Prototype Challenge:	52	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	Alon / Kimber-Smith
Grand Touring Le Mans:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Gavin / Milner
Grand Touring Daytona:	33	Dodge Viper GT3-R	Keating / Bleekemolen
Leaders:
laps 1-21:	55	Mazda Prototype
lap 22:	52	Oreca FLM 09
lap 23:	20	Oreca FLM 09
laps 24-28:	5	Chevrolet Corvette DP
laps 29-39:	55	Mazda Prototype
laps 40-43:	10	Chevrolet Corvette DP
laps 44-51:	31	Chevrolet Corvette DP
laps 52-53:	5	Chevrolet Corvette DP
laps 54-56:	55	Mazda Prototype
laps 57-73:	31	Chevrolet Corvette DP
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	55	Mazda Prototype	Tristan Nunez (USA)	1:55.458	203.099 km/h	lap 37
Prototype Challenge:	52	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	Tom Kimber-Smith (GB)	1:59.422	196.340 km/h	lap 57
Grand Touring Le Mans:	67	Ford GT	Richard Westbrook (GB)	2:03.640	189.581 km/h	lap 34
Grand Touring Daytona:	73	Porsche 991 GT3 R	Jörg Bergmeister (D)	2:07.643	183.626 km/h	lap 50
Pole Positions:
Overall:	55	Mazda Prototype	Jonathan Bomarito (USA)	1:54.507	204.709 km/h
Prototype Challenge:	38	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	James French (USA)	1:59.133	196.823 km/h
Grand Touring Le Mans:	66	Ford GT	Dirk Müller (D)	2:02.451	191.512 km/h
Grand Touring Daytona:	23	Porsche 991 GT3 R	Alex Riberas (E)	2:07.520	183.787 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Oreca (9), Chevrolet (6), Porsche (6), BMW (4), Audi (3), Lamborghini (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (15), Porsche (6), BMW (4), Audi (3), Lamborghini (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca FLM 09 (9), Chevrolet Corvette DP (4), BMW M6 (4), Porsche 991 GT3 R (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (39), GB (9), D (7), BR (3), I (3), NL (2), CDN (2), DK (2), E (2), F (2), FIN (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (65%), front-engined (19%), rear-engined (16%)
Average engine size:	4926 cc (with regard to 25% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5418 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Mark Kvamme (55), Don Yount (48), Bill Auberlen (48)
Youngest known drivers:	Matthew McMurry (19), Alex Riberas (22), Jens Klingmann (26)
Female drivers:	Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen

Official Race Programme:

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