IMSA Championship Road America 2017

Event: Continental Tire Road Race Showcase Road America		Date: 6.8.2017
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
IMSA Championship Road America
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (round 9)

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

Entered:	35
Practiced:	35
Qualified:	35
Started:	34
Finished:	31

Classes:	Pract	Start
Prototype	8	8
Prototype Challenge	3	3
Grand Touring Le Mans	8	8
Grand Touring Daytona	16	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 4-5/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 5/8
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi	Van Overbeek / Derani
Prototype Challenge:	38	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	French / O'Ward
Grand Touring Le Mans:	66	Ford GT	Hand / Müller
Grand Touring Daytona:	96	BMW M6 GT3	Krohn / Klingmann
Leaders:
laps 1-51:	10	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 52-58:	85	Oreca 07 Gibson
lap 59:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi
lap 60:	85	Oreca 07 Gibson
laps 61-71:	22	Nissan Onroak DPi
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	85	Oreca 07 Gibson	Stephen Simpson (ZA)	1:54.0950	205.5535 km/h	lap 42
Prototype Challenge:	38	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	Patricio O'Ward (MEX)	1:59.2450	196.6747 km/h	lap 46
Grand Touring Le Mans:	25	BMW M6 GTLM	Alexander Sims (GB)	2:02.7890	190.9986 km/h	lap 62
Grand Touring Daytona:	15	Lexus RCF GT3	Jack Hawksworth (GB)	2:07.3990	184.0880 km/h	lap 63
Pole Positions:
Overall:	10	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Ricky Taylor (USA)	1:53.0580	207.4380 km/h
Prototype Challenge:	38	Oreca FLM 09 Chevrolet	James French (USA)	1:59.1490	196.8340 km/h
Grand Touring Le Mans:	66	Ford GT	Dirk Müller (D)	2:01.4220	193.1486 km/h
Grand Touring Daytona:	16	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Jeroen Mul (NL)	2:06.6490	185.1776 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (6), Oreca (4), Cadillac (3), BMW (3), Nissan (2), Ligier (2), Ford (2), Chevrolet (2), Mercedes-AMG (2), Lamborghini (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (6), Chevrolet (5), Cadillac (3), Gibson (3), BMW (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 991 GT3 R (4), Cadillac DPi-V.R (3), Oreca FLM 09 (3), BMW M6 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (31), GB (6), D (5), F (3), BR (3), NL (3), I (2), MEX (2), CDN (2), AUS (2), B (2), DK (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (61%), front-engined (26%), rear-engined (13%)
Average engine size:	4792 cc (with regard to 25% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5271 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Scott Pruett (57), Mark Kvamme (56), Scott Sharp (49)
Youngest known drivers:	Jose Gutierrez (21), Pipo Derani (24), Laurens Vanthoor (26)
Female drivers:	Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen

Official Race Programme:

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