2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix

The layout of the Long Beach Street Circuit

The 2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). It was held at Long Beach street circuit in Long Beach, California on 14 April 2018. The race was the third round of the 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The overall race was won by the #5 Action Express Racing team of João Barbosa and Filipe Albuquerque, the duo's second win of the season. In GTLM, Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won for Corvette Racing, their second consecutive victory at the event.^[1]

Background[]

The event was run as a support race to the Grand Prix of Long Beach, the annual IndyCar Series race held at the circuit. The Pirelli World Challenge and Stadium Super Trucks also ran during the weekend.^[2] The race was also the joint-shortest of the season, at just 100 minutes, identical to the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.

Entries[]

A total of 22 cars took part in the event; 14 in the Prototype (P) class and 8 in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class.^[3] The GT Daytona (GTD) class did not take part in the event, owing to a lack of garage space at the circuit. Spirit of Daytona Racing withdrew from the event following a late accident in the previous month's 12 Hours of Sebring. BAR1 Motorsports also withdrew after attending Daytona, but skipping Sebring. In GTLM, the lineup remained unchanged, apart from Risi Competizione's exit.^[4]

Qualifying Results[]

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by .

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	6	Acura Team Penske	Juan Pablo Montoya	1:12.922	—	1
2	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr	1:13.109	+0.187	2
3	P	55	Mazda Team Joest	Harry Tincknell	1:13.156	+0.234	3
4	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves	1:13.346	+0.424	4
5	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	João Barbosa	1:13.733	+0.811	5
6	P	10	Konica Minolta Cadillac	Renger van der Zande	1:13.880	+0.958	6
7	P	77	Mazda Team Joest	Tristan Nunez	1:13.929	+1.007	7
8	P	2	Tequila Patron ESM	Scott Sharp	1:14.177	+1.255	8
9	P	52	AFS / PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Gustavo Yacamán	1:14.622	+1.700	9
10	P	22	Tequila Patron ESM	Johannes van Overbeek	1:14.821	+1.899	10
11	P	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Kyle Masson	1:15.764	+2.842	11
12	P	99	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Mikhail Goikhberg	1:15.807	+2.885	12
13	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand	1:16.869	+3.947	13
14	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Laurens Vanthoor	1:17.013	+4.091	14
15	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet	1:17.263	+4.341	15
16	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	1:17.293	+4.371	16
17	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin	1:17.533	+4.611	17
18	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Richard Westbrook	1:17.549	+4.627	18
19	P	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett	1:17.672	+4.750	19
20	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi	1:18.153	+5.231	20
21	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	Jesse Krohn	1:18.224	+5.302	21
—	P	85	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Did Not Participate			—
Source:[5]

Results[]

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa	Cadillac DPi-V.R	70	1:41:03.988
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8
2	P	2	Tequila Patron ESM	Ryan Dalziel Scott Sharp	Ligier Nissan DPi	70	+4.766
					Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
3	P	10	Konica Minolta Cadillac	Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande	Cadillac DPi-V.R	70	+5.249
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8
4	P	77	Mazda Team Joest	Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez	Mazda RT24-P	70	+6.748
					Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
5	P	6	Acura Team Penske	Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya	Acura ARX-05	70	+10.537
					Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
6	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor	Acura ARX-05	70	+15.532
					Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
7	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Eric Curran Felipe Nasr	Cadillac DPi-V.R	70	+16.340
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8
8	P	99	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Mikhail Goikhberg Stephen Simpson	Oreca 07	70	+19.686
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9	P	55	Mazda Team Joest	Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell	Mazda RT24-P	70	+19.986
					Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
10	P	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Oreca 07	70	+1:09.441
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	69	+1 Lap
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
12	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook	Ford GT	69	+1 Lap
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
13	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford GT	69	+1 Lap
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
14	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	69	+1 Lap
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
15	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Jesse Krohn	BMW M8 GTE	69	+1 Lap
					BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
16	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy	Porsche 911 RSR	69	+1 Lap
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17	P	52	AFS / PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Sebastián Saavedra Gustavo Yacamán	Ligier JS P217	68	+2 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
18	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 RSR	52	Did Not Finish
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi Alexander Sims	BMW M8 GTE	37	Did Not Finish
					BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
20	P	22	Tequila Patron ESM	Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek	Ligier Nissan DPi	32	Did Not Finish
					Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
21	P	85	JDC-Miller Motorsports	Robert Alon Simon Trummer	Oreca 07	20	Did Not Finish
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
22	P	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Kyle Masson	Oreca 07	—	Did Not Finish
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Source:[6]

References[]

External links[]

• IMSA Entry List Notebook