2 h 40 min Road America 2023 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: IMSA SportsCar Weekend Road America		Date: 6.8.2023
Track: Road America (United States), 6.515 kms	Organiser: IMSA
2 h 40 min Road America
International Motor Sport Association (round 8)

Weather:	dry
Start time:	10:10
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 40 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	46
Practiced:	45
Qualified:	45
Started:	45
Finished:	39

Classes:	Pract	Start
Grand Touring Prototype	10	10
Le Mans Prototype 2	7	7
Le Mans Prototype 3	8	8
Grand Touring Daytona Pro	5	5
Grand Touring Daytona	15	15

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Race notes:
There was a largest IMSA crowd at Road America since the sanctioning body’s debut race at the venue in 1979.

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 4/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 5/8
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	7	Porsche 963	Campbell / Nasr
Le Mans Prototype 2:	52	Oreca 07 Gibson	Keating / Chatin
Le Mans Prototype 3:	74	Ligier JS P320 Nissan	Robinson / Burdon
Grand Touring Daytona Pro:	23	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Riberas / Gunn
Grand Touring Daytona:	1	BMW M4 GT3	Snow / Sellers
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	10	Acura ARX-06	Albuquerque / Taylor	1:49.6760	213.8351 km/h	lap 22
Le Mans Prototype 2:	04	Oreca 07 Gibson	Kurtz / Hanley	1:51.8460	209.6863 km/h	lap 65
Le Mans Prototype 3:	33	Ligier JS P320 Nissan	Pino / Barbosa	1:58.5660	197.8013 km/h	lap 26
Grand Touring Daytona Pro:	23	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Riberas / Gunn	2:04.4410	188.4622 km/h	lap 46
Grand Touring Daytona:	70	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Iribe / Schandorff	2:04.0890	188.9965 km/h	lap 70
Pole Positions:
Overall:	31	Cadillac V-Series.R	Derani / Sims	1:47.7300	217.6976 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	8	Oreca 07 Gibson	Sales / Deletraz	1:54.1290	205.4907 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 3:	33	Ligier JS P320 Nissan	Pino / Barbosa	1:57.9300	198.8682 km/h
Grand Touring Daytona Pro:	23	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Riberas / Gunn	2:02.9180	190.7974 km/h
Grand Touring Daytona:	1	BMW M4 GT3	Snow / Sellers	2:03.2910	190.2212 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (9), Oreca (7), Ligier (5), BMW (5), Acura (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (9), Nissan (8), Gibson (7), BMW (5), Acura (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca 07 (7), Ligier JS P320 (5), Porsche 992 GT3 R (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (34), GB (16), CDN (6), F (5), NL (4), DK (4), E (3), AUS (3), BR (3), A (2), D (2), P (2), I (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (34), CDN (3), D (3), F (2)
Most used colours:	yellow (17%), white (16%), black (15%), red (14%), blue (13%), green (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (66%), front-engined (22%), rear-engined (12%)
Average engine size:	4555 cc (with regard to 40% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5283 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Ari Balogh (59), George Kurtz (58), Steven Thomas (56)
Youngest known drivers:	Nicolas Pino (19), Tijmen van der Helm (19), Louis Deletraz (26)
Female drivers:	Ashton Harrison, Katherine Legge, Sheena Monk

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