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2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship

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The 2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship) was the 49th motor racing championship sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) (which traces its lineage back to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship). It was the sixth season of the United SportsCar Championship and fourth to be held under the name as the IMSA SportsCar Championship. It began on January 26 with the 24 Hours of Daytona, and ended on October 12 with the Petit Le Mans. The 2019 season marked the 50th anniversary since the founding of the International Motor Sports Association.

Series news

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  • NBC Sports Group took over from Fox Sports as the series' official broadcaster.[1] Coverage alternates between local NBC stations, NBC Sports Network, CNBC, and livestreams.[2]
  • Michelin increased its IMSA involvement by becoming the sole official tire supplier of the series, following the departure of Continental Tire at the end of 2018.
  • As part of a plan to attempt to cut costs for the series' GT Daytona (GTD) class, the 2019 season featured a new support championship called the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. The championship was held for the GT Daytona class at the sprint events of the calendar.[3]
  • After an eleven-year partnership, Tequila Patrón ended their involvement with IMSA altogether at the end of the 2018 season. They also ended their sponsorship of the Extreme Speed Motorsports prototype team, who subsequently closed down operations.[4] Michelin took Patrón's place as the sponsor of the endurance cup.[5]
  • As part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of IMSA, multiple teams adopted racing liveries created in tribute to iconic teams throughout IMSA's history, such as Brumos Porsche, Electramotive Engineering, Roush Racing, and Comptech Acura.[6][7][8][9]

Classes

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The DPi (pictured on the left) and LMP2 (right) categories were given their own distinct classes for the 2019 season.

The Prototype class, which previously combined Daytona Prototype international cars alongside Le Mans Prototype 2 cars, was now split into two separate classes.[10]

Rule changes

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  • The DPi class is now the lead class of the championship, and features teams with full professional lineups running DPi cars. The class has its own Balance of Performance (BoP). The LMP2 class is the lower prototype class in the championship, featuring Global LMP2 cars with Pro-Am lineups. There is no BoP applied to the LMP2 class.
  • Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) and GT Daytona (GTD), the Pro-Am classes of the championship, must adhere to driver rating requirements. Each car is only allowed two Platinum-rated or Gold-rated drivers for the endurance events, alongside the requirement of at least one Bronze-rated or Silver-rated driver for all sprint races. In these classes, the Bronze or Silver-rated drivers are required to start the race.[11]

Schedule

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The 2019 schedule was released on August 3, 2018 and features twelve rounds.[12]

   Race is part of the Michelin Endurance Cup
   Race is part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup
Rnd. Race Length Classes Circuit Location Date
1 Rolex 24 at Daytona 24 hours All Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 26–27
2 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring 12 hours All Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 16
3 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach 1 hour 40 minutes[13] DPi, GTLM Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California April 13
4 Acura Sports Car Challenge 2 hours 40 minutes[13] All Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 5
5 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic 1 hour 40 minutes[13] DPi, GTD[N 1] The Raceway on Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan June 1
6 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen 6 hours All Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 30
7 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix 2 hours 40 minutes[13] All Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 7
8 Northeast Grand Prix 2 hours 40 minutes[13] GTLM, GTD Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut July 20
9 IMSA Road Race Showcase 2 hours 40 minutes[13] All Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 4
10 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR 2 hours 40 minutes[13] GTLM, GTD Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 25
11 IMSA Monterey Grand Prix 2 hours 40 minutes[13] All WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California September 15
12 Motul Petit Le Mans 10 hours All Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 12

Notes:

  1. ^ The GTD class only scored points towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

Entries

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Daytona Prototype international (DPi)

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Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
United States Mustang Sampling Racing[14][N 1]
Whelen Engineering Racing[N 1]
Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 5 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque[15] All
Portugal João Barbosa[15] All
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi[14] 1
New Zealand Brendon Hartley[16] 2
United Kingdom Mike Conway[17] 6, 12
31 Brazil Pipo Derani[15] All
Brazil Felipe Nasr[15] All
United States Eric Curran[15] 1–2, 6, 12
United States Acura Team Penske[18] Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 6 United States Dane Cameron[18] All
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya[18] All
France Simon Pagenaud[18] 1–2, 12
7 Brazil Hélio Castroneves[18] All
United States Ricky Taylor[18] All
United States Alexander Rossi[18] 1–2
United States Graham Rahal[19] 12
United States Konica Minolta Cadillac[20] Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 10 United States Jordan Taylor[20] All
Netherlands Renger van der Zande[20] All
Spain Fernando Alonso[21] 1
Japan Kamui Kobayashi[21] 1
France Matthieu Vaxivière[22] 2, 12
Argentina Juncos Racing[23] Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 50 United States Will Owen[24] 1–7, 12
Austria René Binder[25] 1–2, 6, 12
Argentina Agustín Canapino[26] 1–2
United States Kyle Kaiser[27] 1, 3–4
Brazil Victor Franzoni 5, 7
United States Spencer Pigot[28] 12
United States CORE Autosport[29] Nissan Onroak DPi Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 54 United States Jon Bennett[29] All
United States Colin Braun[29] All
France Romain Dumas[29] 1–2, 6, 12
France Loïc Duval[29] 1
Germany Mazda Team Joest[30] Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 55 United States Jonathan Bomarito[31] All
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell[31] 1–3, 5–7, 9, 11–12
France Olivier Pla[31] 1–2, 6, 12
United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 4
77 United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis[31] All
United States Tristan Nunez[31] All
Germany Timo Bernhard[31] 1–2, 6, 12
Germany René Rast[31] 1
United States JDC-Miller MotorSports[32] Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5L V8 84 South Africa Stephen Simpson[33] All
Switzerland Simon Trummer[33] All
United States Chris Miller[33] 1–2, 6, 12
Colombia Juan Piedrahita[33] 1
85 Canada Mikhail Goikhberg[33] All
France Tristan Vautier[33] All
Brazil Rubens Barrichello[33] 1
Canada Devlin DeFrancesco[33] 1
Colombia Juan Piedrahita[33] 2, 6, 12

Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)

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In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.[34]

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
United States DragonSpeed[35] Oreca 07 18 Republic of Ireland Ryan Cullen[36] 1
Mexico Roberto González[37] 1
Venezuela Pastor Maldonado[37] 1
Colombia Sebastián Saavedra[38] 1
81 United Kingdom Ben Hanley[35] 1
Sweden Henrik Hedman[35] 1
France Nicolas Lapierre[35] 1
Australia James Allen[36] 1
United States Performance Tech Motorsports[39] Oreca 07 38 Canada Cameron Cassels[40] All
United States Kyle Masson[40] 1–2, 4, 6–7, 11–12
United States Robert Masson[40] 1
United States Kris Wright[39] 1
United States Andrew Evans 2, 6, 12
United States James French[41] 9
United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports[42] Oreca 07 52 United States Matt McMurry[42] All
France Gabriel Aubry[42] 1–2, 6, 12
France Enzo Guibbert[40] 1
United States Mark Kvamme[40] 1
Denmark Anders Fjordbach[43] 2
United States Eric Lux[44] 4, 6
Canada Dalton Kellett 7, 11–12
United States Patrick Kelly[41] 9

GT Le Mans (GTLM)

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Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
United States Corvette Racing[45] Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 3 Spain Antonio García[46] All
Denmark Jan Magnussen[46] All
Germany Mike Rockenfeller[46] 1–2, 12
4 United Kingdom Oliver Gavin[46] All
United States Tommy Milner[46] 1–4, 6, 9–12
Switzerland Marcel Fässler[46] 1–2, 7–8, 12
United States BMW Team RLL[47] BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 24 United States John Edwards[48] All
Finland Jesse Krohn[48] All
Australia Chaz Mostert[48] 1
Italy Alex Zanardi[47] 1
Austria Philipp Eng[48] 2, 12
25 United States Connor De Phillippi[48] All
United States Colton Herta[48] 1–2, 12
Austria Philipp Eng[48] 1
Brazil Augusto Farfus[49] 1
United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist[48] 2–4, 6–12
United States Risi Competizione[50] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 62 United Kingdom James Calado[51] 1, 12
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi[51] 1, 12
Spain Miguel Molina[51] 1
Italy Davide Rigon[51] 1
Brazil Daniel Serra 12
United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing[52] Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 66 Germany Dirk Müller[52] All
France Sébastien Bourdais[52] 1–4, 12
United States Joey Hand[52] 1–2, 6–12
67 Australia Ryan Briscoe[52] All
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook[52] All
New Zealand Scott Dixon[52] 1–2, 12
United States Porsche GT Team[53] Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 911 France Patrick Pilet[53] All
United Kingdom Nick Tandy[53] All
France Frédéric Makowiecki[53] 1–2, 12
912 New Zealand Earl Bamber[53] All
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor[53] All
France Mathieu Jaminet[53] 1–2, 12

GT Daytona (GTD)

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Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
United States Starworks Motorsport[54] Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 8 United States Parker Chase[54] 1–2, 4–6, 9
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel[54] 1–2, 4–6, 9
Argentina Ezequiel Pérez Companc[55] 1–2
Germany Christopher Haase[55] 1
United States Mike Skeen[56] 6
Canada Pfaff Motorsports[57][58] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 9 Canada Scott Hargrove[57] 1–2, 4, 6–7, 10–12
Canada Zacharie Robichon[57] 1–2, 4, 6–12
Germany Lars Kern[58] 1–2, 6, 12
Norway Dennis Olsen[58] 1, 8
Australia Matt Campbell[41] 9
Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team[59] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 11 Italy Mirko Bortolotti[59] 1–2
Netherlands Rik Breukers[40] 1–2
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen[59] 1–2
Germany Christian Engelhart[59] 1
United States Magnus Racing[60] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 11 United States Andy Lally[61] 8
United States John Potter[61] 8
44 United States Andy Lally[60] 1–2, 4–7, 9–12
United States John Potter[60] 1–2, 4–7, 9–12
United States Spencer Pumpelly[60] 1–2, 6, 12
Italy Marco Mapelli[62] 1
Canada AIM Vasser Sullivan[63] Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 12 United States Townsend Bell[64] All
United States Frankie Montecalvo[64] All
United States Aaron Telitz[65] 1–2, 6, 12
United States Jeff Segal[65] 1
14 United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth[66] All
United States Richard Heistand[67] All
New Zealand Nick Cassidy[65] 1
United States Austin Cindric[65] 1
Switzerland Philipp Frommenwiler 2, 6
United States Parker Chase 12
Brazil Via Italia Racing[68] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 13 Italy Andrea Bertolini[40] 1
Brazil Victor Franzoni[40] 1
Brazil Marcos Gomes[40] 1
Brazil Chico Longo[40] 1
United States Moorespeed[69] Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 19 United States Will Hardeman[69] 1–2, 4, 6
Spain Alex Riberas[69] 1–2, 4, 6
United States Andrew Davis[69] 1–2, 6
Germany Markus Winkelhock[69] 1
Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport[70] Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 29 Switzerland Ricardo Feller[40] 1–2, 6, 12
Germany Christopher Mies[70] 1–2, 6, 12
Canada Daniel Morad[70] 1–2, 6, 12
Belgium Dries Vanthoor[70] 1
United States Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports[68] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 33 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen[62] 1–2, 4, 6–12
United States Ben Keating[62] 1–2, 4, 6–12
Brazil Felipe Fraga[62] 1–2, 6, 12
Germany Luca Stolz[62] 1
Italy Ebimotors[59] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 46 Italy Giacomo Altoè[71] 1
Italy Fabio Babini[40] 1
Italy Emanuele Busnelli[40] 1
United Kingdom Taylor Proto[71] 1
United States Precision Performance Motorsports[72] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 47 United States Don Yount[36] 1–2, 6, 12
Sweden Linus Lundqvist[73] 1
United States Steve Dunn[36] 1
Serbia Miloš Pavlović[36] 1
United States Brandon Gdovic 2, 6, 12
United States Lawson Aschenbach 2
Australia Jake Eidson 6
United States Shinya Michimi 12
United States Paul Miller Racing[74] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 48 United States Bryan Sellers[74] All
United States Ryan Hardwick[74] 1–2, 4–7
United States Corey Lewis[74] 1–2, 6, 8–12
Italy Andrea Caldarelli[75] 1
Germany Marco Seefried 12
Switzerland Spirit of Race[68] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 51 Canada Paul Dalla Lana[40] 1
Portugal Pedro Lamy[40] 1
Austria Mathias Lauda[40] 1
Brazil Daniel Serra[40] 1
United States Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing[76][N 2]
Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian[76][N 2]
Acura NSX GT3 Evo Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 57 United Kingdom Katherine Legge[76] All
Denmark Christina Nielsen[77] 1–2, 4–6, 8, 11–12
Brazil Bia Figueiredo[76][78] 1–2, 6–7, 9, 12
Switzerland Simona de Silvestro[76] 1
United Kingdom Alice Powell[79] 10
86 Germany Mario Farnbacher[80] All
United States Trent Hindman[80] All
United States Justin Marks[80] 1–2, 6, 12
United States A. J. Allmendinger[80] 1
United States Scuderia Corsa[81] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 63 United States Cooper MacNeil[81] All
Finland Toni Vilander[81] All
United States Jeff Westphal[81] 1–2, 6, 12
Germany Dominik Farnbacher[81] 1
United States P1 Motorsports[82] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 71 Germany Maximilian Buhk[82] 1–2
Colombia J. C. Perez[82] 1–2
Germany Fabian Schiller[82] 1–2
Austria Dominik Baumann[82] 1
United States Park Place Motorsports[83] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 73 United States Patrick Long[83] 1–2, 4–11
United States Nicholas Boulle[84] 1–2, 6
United States Patrick Lindsey[83] 1–2, 6–7, 9–11
Australia Matt Campbell[62] 1
Germany Marco Seefried[44] 4, 8
Canada Zacharie Robichon[85] 5
United States Lone Star Racing[86] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 74 United States Lawson Aschenbach[86] 4–5, 7, 9–10
United States Gar Robinson[86] 4–5, 7, 9–10
Canada Compass Racing[87] McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 76 United States Paul Holton[87] 4–5, 7–11
United States Matt Plumb[87] 4–5, 7–11
Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT Speedstar[88] Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 88 Canada Roman De Angelis[89] 1
United Kingdom Ian James[89] 1
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde[89] 1
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch[89] 1
United States Wright Motorsports[90] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 91 United States Anthony Imperato[90] 8–9
Australia Matt Campbell[90] 8
Norway Dennis Olsen[90] 9
United States Turner Motorsport[91] BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 96 United States Bill Auberlen[91] All
United States Robby Foley[91] All
United States Dillon Machavern[91] 1–2, 6, 12
Germany Jens Klingmann[91] 1
Germany NGT Motorsport by Herberth[92] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 99 Austria Klaus Bachler[40] 1
Germany Steffen Görig[40] 1
Germany Jürgen Häring[92] 1
Germany Sven Müller[40] 1
Germany Alfred Renauer[92] 1
United States Black Swan Racing[68] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 540 Germany Marco Seefried[36] 1, 6
Germany Dirk Werner[36] 1, 6
Italy Matteo Cairoli[36] 1
United States Tim Pappas[36] 1
United States Marc Miller 6

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Car No. 5 entered as Mustang Sampling Racing and car No. 31 entered as Whelen Engineering Racing.
  2. ^ a b Car No. 57 entered as Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing and car No. 86 entered as Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian.

Race results

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Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd Circuit DPi Winning Team LMP2 Winning Team GTLM Winning Team GTD Winning Team Report
DPi Winning Drivers LMP2 Winning Drivers GTLM Winning Drivers GTD Winning Drivers
1 Daytona United States No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac United States No. 18 DragonSpeed United States No. 25 BMW Team RLL Austria No. 11 GRT Grasser Racing Team Report
Spain Fernando Alonso
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
United States Jordan Taylor
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Republic of Ireland Ryan Cullen
Mexico Roberto González
Venezuela Pastor Maldonado
Colombia Sebastián Saavedra 		United States Connor De Phillippi
Austria Philipp Eng
Brazil Augusto Farfus
United States Colton Herta 		Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Netherlands Rik Breukers
Germany Christian Engelhart
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen
2 Sebring United States No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing United States No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports United States No. 911 Porsche GT Team Austria No. 11 GRT Grasser Racing Team Report
United States Eric Curran
Brazil Pipo Derani
Brazil Felipe Nasr 		Canada Cameron Cassels
United States Andrew Evans
United States Kyle Masson 		France Frédéric Makowiecki
France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Netherlands Rik Breukers
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen
3 Long Beach United States No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing did not participate United States No. 912 Porsche GT Team did not participate Report
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Portugal Joao Barbosa 		New Zealand Earl Bamber
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
4 Mid-Ohio United States No. 6 Acura Team Penske United States No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States No. 912 Porsche GT Team Canada No. 14 AIM Vasser Sullivan Report
United States Dane Cameron
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 		United States Eric Lux
United States Matt McMurry 		New Zealand Earl Bamber
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Richard Heistand
5 Belle Isle United States No. 6 Acura Team Penske did not participate did not participate Canada No. 14 AIM Vasser Sullivan Report
United States Dane Cameron
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 		United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Richard Heistand
6 Watkins Glen Germany No. 55 Mazda Team Joest United States No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States No. 911 Porsche GT Team United States No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Report
United States Jonathan Bomarito
France Olivier Pla
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 		France Gabriel Aubry
United States Eric Lux
United States Matt McMurry 		France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		Germany Mario Farnbacher
United States Trent Hindman
United States Justin Marks
7 Mosport Germany No. 77 Mazda Team Joest United States No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States No. 912 Porsche GT Team United States No. 96 Turner Motorsport Report
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States Tristan Nunez 		Canada Dalton Kellett
United States Matt McMurry 		New Zealand Earl Bamber
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		United States Bill Auberlen
United States Robby Foley
8 Lime Rock did not participate did not participate United States No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Canada No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Report
Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook 		Norway Dennis Olsen
Canada Zacharie Robichon
9 Road America Germany No. 55 Mazda Team Joest United States No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Canada No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Report
United States Jonathan Bomarito
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 		United States Patrick Kelly
United States Matt McMurry 		Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook 		Australia Matt Campbell
Canada Zacharie Robichon
10 Virginia did not participate did not participate United States No. 911 Porsche GT Team United States No. 33 Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsport Report
France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Ben Keating
11 Laguna Seca United States No. 6 Acura Team Penske United States No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United States No. 48 Paul Miller Racing Report
United States Dane Cameron
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 		Canada Dalton Kellett
United States Matt McMurry 		United States Joey Hand
Germany Dirk Müller 		United States Corey Lewis
United States Bryan Sellers
12 Road Atlanta United States No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing United States No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States No. 62 Risi Competizione United States No. 96 Turner Motorsport Report
United States Eric Curran
Brazil Pipo Derani
Brazil Felipe Nasr 		France Gabriel Aubry
Canada Dalton Kellett
United States Matt McMurry 		United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Brazil Daniel Serra 		United States Bill Auberlen
United States Robby Foley
United States Dillon Machavern

Championship standings

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Points systems

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Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions as shown in the chart below.

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Race 35 32 30 28 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Drivers points

Points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event.

Team points

Team points are calculated in exactly the same way as driver points, using the point distribution chart. Each car entered is considered its own "team" regardless if it is a single entry or part of a two-car team.

Manufacturer points

There are also a number of manufacturer championships which utilize the same season-long point distribution chart. The manufacturer championships recognized by IMSA are as follows:

Daytona Prototype international (DPi): Engine & bodywork manufacturer
GT Le Mans (GTLM): Car manufacturer
GT Daytona (GTD): Car manufacturer

Each manufacturer receives finishing points for its highest finishing car in each class. The positions of subsequent finishing cars from the same manufacturer are not taken into consideration, and all other manufacturers move up in the order.

Example: Manufacturer A finishes 1st and 2nd at an event, and Manufacturer B finishes 3rd. Manufacturer A receives 35 first-place points while Manufacturer B would earn 32 second-place points.
Michelin Endurance Cup

The points system for the Michelin Endurance Cup is different from the normal points system. Points are awarded on a 5–4–3–2 basis for drivers, teams and manufacturers. The first finishing position at each interval earns five points, four points for second position, three points for third, with two points awarded for fourth and each subsequent finishing position.

Position 1 2 3 Other Classified
Race 5 4 3 2

At Daytona (24 hour race), points are awarded at six hours, 12 hours, 18 hours and at the finish. At the Sebring (12 hour race), points are awarded at four hours, eight hours and at the finish. At Watkins Glen (6 hour race), points are awarded at three hours and at the finish. At Road Atlanta (10 hour race), points are awarded at four hours, eight hours and at the finish.

Like the season-long team championship, Michelin Endurance Cup team points are awarded for each car and drivers get points in any car that they drive, in which they are entered for points. The manufacturer points go to the highest placed car from that manufacturer (the others from that manufacturer not being counted), just like the season-long manufacturer championship.

For example: in any particular segment manufacturer A finishes 1st and 2nd and manufacturer B finishes 3rd. Manufacturer A only receives first-place points for that segment. Manufacturer B receives the second-place points.

Drivers' championships

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   Race is part of the Michelin Endurance Cup
   Race is part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup

DPi

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Pos. Driver DAY SEB LBH MOH BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points MEC
1 United States Dane Cameron
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 		6 9 3 1 1 3 3 2 1 4 302 29
2 Brazil Pipo Derani
Brazil Felipe Nasr 		2 1 6 4 2 7 4 4 3 1 297 45
3 Brazil Helio Castroneves
United States Ricky Taylor 		3 4 2 5 3 5 5 7 2 3 284 30
4 United States Jordan Taylor
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		1 2 10 6 9 4 6 5 4 2 274 42
5 United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States Tristan Nunez 		11 11 4 2 10 2 1 3 6 6 268 30
6 United States Jonathan Bomarito 9 6 8 3 11 1 2 1 10 11 263 31
7 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Portugal João Barbosa 		7 3 1 8 6 6 10 6 5 7 258 33
8 Switzerland Simon Trummer
South Africa Stephen Simpson 		10 8 5 7 4 9 8 9 9 5 237 24
9 United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 9 6 8 11 1 2 1 10 11 233 31
10 United States Colin Braun
United States Jon Bennett 		4 5 11 11 7 11 7 10 7 8 230 24
11 Canada Mikhail Goikhberg
France Tristan Vautier 		5 7 9 10 5 10 9 8 8 9 230 24
12 United States Will Owen 8 10 7 9 8 8 11 10 177 24
13 United States Eric Curran 2 1 7 1 126 45
14 France Olivier Pla 9 6 1 11 102 31
15 Germany Timo Bernhard 11 11 2 6 97 30
16 France Romain Dumas 4 5 11 8 97 24
17 United States Chris Miller 10 8 9 5 92 24
18 Austria René Binder 8 10 8 10 88 24
19 Colombia Juan Piedrahita 10 7 10 9 88 24
20 France Simon Pagenaud 6 9 4 75 24
21 United States Kyle Kaiser 8 7 9 69 8
22 France Matthieu Vaxivière 2 2 64 18
23 United States Alexander Rossi 3 4 58 19
24 United Kingdom Mike Conway 6 7 49 15
25 Argentina Agustin Canapino 8 10 44 14
26 Brazil Victor Franzoni 8 11 43 –
27 Spain Fernando Alonso
Japan Kamui Kobayashi 		1 35 18
28 New Zealand Brendon Hartley 3 30 10
29 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 3 30 –
30 United States Graham Rahal 3 30 7
31 France Loïc Duval 4 28 8
32 Brazil Rubens Barrichello
Canada Devlin DeFrancesco 		5 26 8
33 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 7 24 8
34 United States Spencer Pigot 10 21 6
35 Germany René Rast 11 20 8
Pos. Driver DAY SEB LBH MOH BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points MEC

LMP2

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Pos. Driver DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points MEC
1 United States Matt McMurry 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 270 44
2 Canada Cameron Cassels 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 257 49
3 United States Kyle Masson 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 227 49
4 France Gabriel Aubry 4 2 1 1 130 44
5 Canada Dalton Kellett 1 1 1 105 15
6 United States Andrew Evans 1 2 2 99 36
7 United States Eric Lux 1 1 70 9
8 Colombia Sebastián Saavedra
Venezuela Pastor Maldonado
Republic of Ireland Ryan Cullen
Mexico Roberto González 		1 35 19
9 United States Patrick Kelly 1 35 –
10 United States Robert Masson
United States Kris Wright 		2 32 13
11 Denmark Anders Fjordbach 2 32 12
12 United States James French 2 32 –
13 Sweden Henrik Hedman
United Kingdom Ben Hanley
Australia James Allen
France Nicolas Lapierre 		3 30 16
14 France Enzo Guibbert
United States Mark Kvamme 		4 28 8
Pos. Driver DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points MEC

GTLM

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Pos. Driver DAY SEB LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points MEC
1 New Zealand Earl Bamber
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		3 5 1 1 6 1 2 3 2 7 5 330 31
2 France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		5 1 5 3 1 3 4 7 1 8 6 317 37
3 Spain Antonio Garcia
Denmark Jan Magnussen 		6 3 2 2 2 7 5 4 3 3 4 317 30
4 Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook 		4 6 6 5 3 5 1 1 5 6 2 313 38
5 Germany Dirk Müller 7 2 4 7 4 6 3 2 6 1 8 306 31
6 United States Connor De Phillippi 1 7 7 4 7 4 7 5 7 5 3 293 29
7 United States John Edwards
Finland Jesse Krohn 		9 4 8 6 5 2 8 8 8 2 9 279 26
8 United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 8 8 3 8 8 8 6 6 4 4 7 275 27
9 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist 7 7 4 7 4 7 5 7 5 3 258 18
10 United States Joey Hand 7 2 4 6 3 2 6 1 8 254 31
11 United States Tommy Milner 8 8 3 8 8 6 4 4 7 227 27
12 France Sebastien Bourdais 7 2 4 7 8 131 27
13 Switzerland Marcel Fässler 8 8 8 6 7 118 23
14 United States Colton Herta 1 7 3 89 25
15 France Frédéric Makowiecki 5 1 6 86 27
16 Austria Philipp Eng 1 4 9 85 25
17 New Zealand Scott Dixon 4 6 2 85 33
18 Germany Mike Rockenfeller 6 3 4 83 23
19 France Mathieu Jaminet 3 5 5 82 25
20 United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi 		2 1 67 29
21 Brazil Augusto Farfus 1 35 11
22 Brazil Daniel Serra 1 35 13
23 Spain Miguel Molina
Italy Davide Rigon 		2 32 16
24 Australia Chaz Mostert
Italy Alex Zanardi 		9 22 8
Pos. Driver DAY SEB LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points MEC

GTD

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Pos. Driver DAY SEB MOH BEL† WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points WTSC MEC
1 Germany Mario Farnbacher
United States Trent Hindman 		4 7 2 11 1 2 2 5 2 8 12 283 197 31
2 United States Bill Auberlen
United States Robby Foley 		9 13 15 10 2 1 3 3 11 7 1 262 176 34
3 Canada Zacharie Robichon 16 10 12 2 6 5 1 1 4 4 3 262 203 29
4 United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter 		10 2 8 4 7 8 8 6 6 3 8 249 177 26
5 Finland Toni Vilander
United States Cooper MacNeil 		232 3 7 12 3 9 11 7 3 2 5 246 171 35
6 United States Richard Heistand
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 		5 15 1 1 5 12 6 4 13 9 9 237 182 24
7 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Ben Keating 		6 5 14 15 7 9 14 1 5 4 236 141 37
8 United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Townsend Bell 		2 9 5 3 9 3 13 9 7 11 11 236 170 27
9 United Kingdom Katherine Legge 12 8 10 9 4 6 12 13 12 6 7 221 149 25
10 United States Bryan Sellers 15 16 3 5 14 DNS 7 2 10 1 6 215 168 24
11 United States Patrick Long 7 6 4 2 13 4 4 15 5 DNS 193 158 18
12 Canada Scott Hargrove 16 10 12 6 5 4 4 3 192 101 29
13 United States Corey Lewis 15 16 14 7 2 10 1 6 185 112 24
14 Denmark Christina Nielsen 12 8 10 9 4 12 6 7 159 87 25
15 United States Patrick Lindsey 7 6 13 4 15 5 DNS 137 70 18
16 Brazil Bia Figueiredo 12 8 4 6 13 7 137 43 25
17 United States Paul Holton
United States Matt Plumb 		13 8 10 10 12 9 10 122 145 –
18 Germany Marco Seefried 14 4 10 4 6 119 56 19
19 United States Parker Chase 13 14 9 6 12 10 9 119 68 24
20 United States Dillon Machavern 9 13 2 1 107 – 34
21 United States Justin Marks 4 7 1 12 106 – 31
22 United States Lawson Aschenbach 12 11 7 11 11 8 102 107 6
23 United States Spencer Pumpelly 10 2 7 8 100 – 26
24 United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel 13 14 9 6 12 10 97 68 14
25 United States Aaron Telitz 2 9 9 11 96 – 27
26 Brazil Felipe Fraga 6 5 15 4 95 – 37
27 United States Jeff Westphal 232 3 3 5 94 – 35
28 Canada Daniel Morad
Germany Christopher Mies
Switzerland Ricardo Feller 		221 4 8 2 92 – 34
29 Germany Lars Kern 16 10 6 3 91 – 29
30 Australia Matt Campbell 7 5 1 85 61 8
31 United States Gar Robinson 11 7 11 11 8 83 107 –
32 United States Ryan Hardwick 15 16 3 5 14 DNS 78 56 18
33 Norway Dennis Olsen 16 1 8 73 58 8
34 United States Don Yount 18 12 11 10 73 – 24
35 Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Netherlands Rik Breukers
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen 		1 1 70 – 22
36 United States Nicholas Boulle 7 6 13 67 – 18
37 United States Brandon Gdovic 12 11 10 60 – 10
38 United States Will Hardeman
Spain Alex Riberas 		11 17 6 DNS 59 25 18
39 United States Anthony Imperato 5 8 49 49 –
40 Switzerland Philipp Frommenwiler 15 5 42 – 10
41 Germany Dirk Werner 14 10 38 – 13
42 Germany Christian Engelhart 1 35 – 11
43 Argentina Ezequiel Pérez Companc 13 14 35 – 14
44 United States Andrew Davis 11 17 DNS 34 – 18
45 United States Jeff Segal 2 32 – 10
46 Germany Fabian Schiller
Germany Maximilian Buhk
Colombia J. C. Perez 		19 11 32 – 14
47 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
United Kingdom Ian James
Canada Roman De Angelis 		3 30 – 9
48 United States A. J. Allmendinger 4 28 – 11
49 United States Austin Cindric
New Zealand Nick Cassidy 		5 26 – 8
50 Germany Luca Stolz 6 25 – 14
51 Brazil Chico Longo
Brazil Victor Franzoni
Brazil Marcos Gomes
Italy Andrea Bertolini 		8 23 – 8
52 Germany Jens Klingmann 9 22 – 9
53 Italy Marco Mapelli 10 21 – 8
54 United States Marc Miller 10 21 – 4
55 United States Shinya Michimi 10 21 – 6
56 Germany Markus Winkelhock 11 20 – 8
57 United States Jake Eidson 11 20 – 4
58 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro 12 19 – 8
59 United Kingdom Alice Powell 12 19 19 –
60 United States Mike Skeen 12 19 – 4
61 Germany Christopher Haase 13 18 – 8
62 United States Tim Pappas
Italy Matteo Cairoli 		14 17 – 9
63 Italy Andrea Caldarelli 15 16 – 8
64 Italy Fabio Babini
Italy Emanuele Busnelli
United Kingdom Taylor Proto

Italy Giacomo Altoè

17 14 – 8
65 Serbia Miloš Pavlović
United States Steve Dunn
Sweden Linus Lundqvist 		18 13 – 8
66 Austria Dominik Baumann 19 12 – 8
67 Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Austria Mathias Lauda
Brazil Daniel Serra 		20 11 – 8
68 Austria Klaus Bachler
Germany Sven Müller
Germany Alfred Renauer
Germany Jürgen Häring
Germany Steffen Görig 		21 10 – 8
69 Belgium Dries Vanthoor 221 9 – 12
70 Germany Dominik Farnbacher 232 8 – 10
Pos. Driver DAY SEB MOH BEL† WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points WTSC MEC

† Points only counted towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup, and not the overall GTD Championship.

1 Originally finished 2nd in class, but demoted to last after violating minimum drive time regulations.
2 Originally finished 14th in class, but demoted to last after violating minimum drive time regulations.

Team's Championships

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Standings: Daytona Prototype international

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Pos. Team DAY SEB LBH MOH BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points MEC
1 #6 Acura Team Penske 6 9 3 1 1 3 3 2 1 4 302 29
2 #31 Whelen Engineering Racing 2 1 6 4 2 7 4 4 3 1 297 45
3 #7 Acura Team Penske 3 4 2 5 3 5 5 7 2 3 284 30
4 #10 Konica Minolta Cadillac 1 2 10 6 9 4 6 5 4 2 274 42
5 #77 Mazda Team Joest 11 11 4 2 10 2 1 3 6 6 268 30
6 #55 Mazda Team Joest 9 6 8 3 11 1 2 1 10 11 263 31
7 #5 Mustang Sampling Racing 7 3 1 8 6 6 10 6 5 7 258 33
8 #84 JDC-Miller MotorSports 10 8 5 7 4 9 8 9 9 5 237 24
9 #54 CORE Autosport 4 5 11 11 7 11 7 10 7 8 230 24
10 #85 JDC-Miller MotorSports 5 7 9 10 5 10 9 8 8 9 230 24
11 #50 Juncos Racing 8 10 7 9 8 8 11 10 177 24
Pos. Team DAY SEB LBH MOH BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points MEC

Standings: Le Mans Prototype 2

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Pos. Team DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points MEC
1 #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 270 44
2 #38 Performance Tech Motorsports 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 259 49
3 #18 DragonSpeed 1 35 19
4 #81 DragonSpeed 3 30 16
Pos. Team DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points MEC

Standings: GT Le Mans

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Pos. Team DAY SEB LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points MEC
1 #912 Porsche GT Team 3 5 1 1 6 1 2 3 2 7 5 330 31
2 #911 Porsche GT Team 5 1 5 3 1 3 4 7 1 8 6 317 37
3 #3 Corvette Racing 6 3 2 2 2 7 5 4 3 3 4 317 30
4 #67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 4 6 6 5 3 5 1 1 5 6 2 313 38
5 #66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 7 2 4 7 4 6 3 2 6 1 8 306 31
6 #25 BMW Team RLL 1 7 7 4 7 4 7 5 7 5 3 293 29
7 #24 BMW Team RLL 9 4 8 6 5 2 8 8 8 2 9 279 26
8 #4 Corvette Racing 8 8 3 8 8 8 6 6 4 4 7 275 27
9 #62 Risi Competizione 2 1 67 29
Pos. Team DAY SEB LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points MEC

Standings: GT Daytona

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Pos. Team DAY SEB MOH BEL† WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points WTSC MEC
1 #86 Meyer-Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian 4 7 2 11 1 2 2 5 2 8 12 283 197 31
2 #96 Turner Motorsport 9 13 15 10 2 1 3 3 11 7 1 262 176 34
3 #9 Pfaff Motorsports 16 10 12 6 5 1 1 4 4 3 262 171 29
4 #44 Magnus Racing 10 2 8 4 7 8 8 6 6 3 8 249 177 26
5 #63 Scuderia Corsa 232 3 7 12 3 9 11 7 3 2 5 246 171 35
6 #14 AIM Vasser Sullivan 5 15 1 1 5 12 6 4 13 9 9 237 182 24
7 #33 Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports 6 5 14 15 7 9 14 1 5 4 236 141 37
8 #12 AIM Vasser Sullivan 2 9 5 3 9 3 13 9 7 11 11 235 170 27
9 #57 Heinricher Racing with Meyer-Shank Racing 12 8 10 9 4 6 12 13 12 6 7 221 149 25
10 #48 Paul Miller Racing 15 16 3 5 14 DNS 7 2 10 1 6 215 168 24
11 #73 Park Place Motorsports 7 6 4 2 13 4 4 15 5 DNS 193 158 18
12 #76 Compass Racing 13 8 10 10 12 9 10 122 145 –
13 #8 Starworks Motorsport 13 14 9 6 12 10 97 68 18
14 #29 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 221 4 8 2 92 – 34
15 #74 Lone Star Racing 11 7 11 11 8 83 107 –
16 #47 Precision Performance Motorsports 18 12 11 10 24 – 18
17 #11 GRT Grasser Racing Team 1 1 70 – 22
18 #19 Moorespeed 11 17 6 DNS 59 25 14
19 #91 Wright Motorsports 5 8 49 49 –
20 #540 Black Swan Racing 14 10 38 – 13
21 #71 P1 Motorsports 19 11 32 – 14
22 #88 WRT Speedstar Audi Sport 3 30 – 9
23 #13 Via Italia Racing 8 23 – 8
24 #46 Ebimotors 17 14 – 8
25 #51 Spirit of Race 20 11 – 8
26 #99 NGT Motorsport 21 10 – 8
Pos. Team DAY SEB MOH BEL† WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points WTSC MEC

† Points only counted towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup, and not the overall GTD Championship.

1 Originally finished 2nd in class, but demoted to last after violating minimum drive time regulations.
2 Originally finished 14th in class, but demoted to last after violating minimum drive time regulations.

Manufacturer's Championships

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Standings: Daytona Prototype International

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Pos. Manufacturer DAY SEB LBH MOH BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points MEC
1 Japan Acura 3 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 3 329 45
2 United States Cadillac 1 1 1 4 2 4 4 4 3 1 324 56
3 Japan Mazda 9 6 4 2 10 1 1 1 6 6 311 39
4 Japan Nissan 4 5 11 11 7 11 7 10 7 8 286 28
Pos. Team DAY SEB LBH MOH BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points MEC

Standings: GT Le Mans

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Pos. Manufacturer DAY SEB LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points MEC
1 Germany Porsche 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 7 5 358 40
2 United States Ford 4 2 4 5 3 5 1 1 5 1 2 345 42
3 United States Chevrolet 6 3 2 2 2 7 5 4 3 3 4 330 35
4 Germany BMW 1 4 7 4 5 2 7 5 7 2 3 327 34
5 Italy Ferrari 2 1 67 31
Pos. Team DAY SEB LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points MEC

Standings: GT Daytona

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Pos. Manufacturer DAY SEB MOH BEL† WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points WTSC MEC
1 Italy Lamborghini 1 1 3 4 7 8 7 2 6 1 6 294 204 26
2 Japan Acura 4 7 2 9 1 2 2 5 2 6 7 292 204 32
3 Germany Porsche 7 6 4 2 6 4 1 1 4 4 3 291 216 30
4 Germany BMW 9 13 15 10 2 1 3 3 11 7 1 278 188 34
5 Japan Lexus 2 9 1 1 5 3 6 4 7 9 9 277 205 27
6 Italy Ferrari 8 3 7 12 3 9 11 7 3 2 5 271 181 36
7 Germany Mercedes-AMG 6 5 11 7 15 7 9 11 1 5 4 266 187 37
8 Germany Audi 3 4 6 6 8 10 2 166 78 36
9 United Kingdom McLaren 13 8 10 10 12 9 10 139 164 –
Pos. Team DAY SEB MOH BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points WTSC MEC

† Points only counted towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup, and not the overall GTD Championship.

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