IMSA Championship Road America 2018

Event: Continental Tire Road Race Showcase Road America		Date: 5.8.2018
Track: Road America (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
IMSA Championship Road America
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (round 9)

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

Entered:	33
Practiced:	33
Qualified:	33
Started:	32
Finished:	27

Classes:	Pract	Start
Prototype	13	13
Grand Touring Le Mans	8	8
Grand Touring Daytona	12	11

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 3-4/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 4/8
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	54	Oreca 07 Gibson	Bennett / Braun
Grand Touring Le Mans:	67	Ford GT	Briscoe / Westbrook
Grand Touring Daytona:	58	Porsche 991 GT3 R	Long / Nielsen
Leaders:
laps 1-17:	85	Oreca 07 Gibson
laps 18-37:	31	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 38-39:	77	Mazda RT24-P
laps 40-57:	31	Cadillac DPi-V.R
laps 58-65:	10	Cadillac DPi-V.R
lap 66:	55	Mazda RT24-P
laps 67-69:	54	Oreca 07 Gibson
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	85	Oreca 07 Gibson	Simon Trummer (CH)	1:52.8020	207.9079 km/h	lap 40
Grand Touring Le Mans:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Antonio Garcia (E)	2:03.7800	189.4697 km/h	lap 58
Grand Touring Daytona:	63	Ferrari 488 GT3	Alessandro Pier Guidi (I)	2:07.4340	184.0365 km/h	lap 52
Pole Positions:
Overall:	85	Oreca 07 Gibson	Robert Alon (USA)	1:51.9330	209.5221 km/h
Grand Touring Le Mans:	66	Ford GT	Dirk Müller (D)	2:02.4790	191.4814 km/h
Grand Touring Daytona:	58	Porsche 991 GT3 R	Patrick Long (USA)	2:06.5930	185.2596 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Acura (4), Porsche (4), Oreca (3), Cadillac (3), BMW (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Gibson (4), Acura (4), Porsche (4), Cadillac (3), BMW (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca 07 (3), Cadillac DPi-V.R (3), Acura ARX-05 (2), Nissan Onroak DPi (2), Mazda RT24-P (2), Ford GT (2), Chevrolet Corvette C7 (2), Porsche 991 RSR (2), Porsche 991 GT3 R (2), Ferrari 488 (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (27), GB (8), P (3), BR (3), CO (3), D (2), DK (2), CDN (2), NL (2), FIN (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (71%), front-engined (21%), rear-engined (8%)
Average engine size:	4166 cc (with regard to 46% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4932 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Scott Sharp (50), Ben Keating (47), Oliver Gavin (46)
Youngest known drivers:	Pipo Derani (25), Felipe Nasr (26), Harry Tincknell (27)
Female drivers:	Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen

Official Race Programme:

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