2019 California 8 Hours
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Date | March 30, 2019 | |
Location | Monterey, United States | |
Course | 3.602 km (2.238 mi) | |
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Time | 1:23.156 | |
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The 2019 California 8 Hours was the third edition of the California 8 Hours race held on WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on March 30, 2019. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, "GT Cup" for one-make spec cars, GT4-spec cars. The race was organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).
The third and final California 8 Hours was the second round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge. The event was to be replaced by a race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The race was won by Taiwanese Ferrari team . The Ferrari 488 GT3 completed 327 laps in the allotted eight hours, making a race distance of over 730 miles. Miguel Molina, and Tim Slade beat Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing by twelve seconds. American Porsche team Park Place Motorsports was third.
Lamborghini team ARC Bratislava won the GT Cup class, finishing 24 laps behind the HubAuto Corsa Ferrari and completed 678 miles. Winning the GT4 class was the PF Racing Ford Mustang, a further seven laps down, completing 662 miles.
Entries[]
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Qualifying[]
Pole Shootout[]
These were the 10 fastest cars in qualifying[1]
Pos | N° | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Dif |
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1 | 30 | ![]() |
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Acura NSX GT3 | 1:23.156 | |
2 | 35 | ![]() |
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Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 1:23.342 | +0.186 |
3 | 10 | ![]() |
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Audi R8 LMS Evo | 1:23.420 | +0.264 |
4 | 27 | ![]() |
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Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1:23.459 | +0.303 |
5 | 912 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1:23.528 | +0.372 |
6 | 34 | ![]() |
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BMW M6 GT3 | 1:23.533 | +0.377 |
7 | 42 | ![]() |
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BMW M6 GT3 | 1:23.544 | +0.388 |
8 | 911 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1:23.627 | +0.471 |
9 | 18 | ![]() |
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Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 1:23.673 | +0.517 |
10 | 999 | ![]() |
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Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1:29.714 | +0.558 |
Official results[]
Bold denotes category winner.
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- Race time of winning car: 8:01:11.484
- Race distance of cars on the leaders lap: 731.826 mi (1,177.760 km)
- Fastest race lap: 1:24.287 – Alex Buncombe on lap 5
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "California 8 Hours Intercontinental GT Challenge POLE SHOOTOUT - CLASSIFICATION - FINAL" (PDF). TSL Timing. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- Sports car racing stubs
- Motorsport competitions in California
- 2019 in American motorsport
- 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge