2019 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic

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The 2019 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at The Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan on June 1st, 2019. This race was the fifth round of the 2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the second round of the 2019 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

Background[]

Similar to the Grand Prix of Long Beach, this event ran in conjunction with the Detroit Grand Prix in the IndyCar Series, with one event held on the same day as the IMSA event, and another held a day after as a double-header.

The Detroit Sports Car Classic is a unique event in the GT Daytona (GTD) class, due to not counting towards the overall championship. It instead only counts toward the GTD support championship, the WeatherTech Sprint Cup, in an attempt to cut costs for the class.[1]

Entries[]

Further information: 2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship § Entries

On May 22nd, 2019, the entry list for the event was released, featuring 23 cars in total. There were 11 cars in the Daytona Prototype International class and 12 entries in the GTD class. The Le Mans Prototype (LMP2) and GT Le Mans (GTLM) classes would not be participating in the event. Due to only counting towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup, full-season GTD entries Riley Motorsports, Pfaff Motorsports, and Moorespeed decided to forego the Detroit event in favor of pursuing the full-season championship. Meyer-Shank Racing were initially among the teams that decided to miss the Detroit event, until confirming at the eleventh hour a full-time program in both the full-time and sprint championships with both of their cars.[2][3]

Pfaff Motorsports driver Zach Robichon, who was initially due to miss the event, filled a vacant spot at Park Place Motorsports, replacing Patrick Lindsey, who was preparing for the official test sessions for the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans.[4]

Practice and qualifying[]

Qualifying Results[]

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by double-dagger.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 6 Acura Team Penske Juan Pablo Montoya 1:19.373 _ 1double-dagger
2 DPi 7 Acura Team Penske Hélio Castroneves 1:19.580 +0.207 2
3 DPi 55 Mazda Team Joest Jonathan Bomarito 1:19.960 +0.587 3
4 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani 1:19.991 +0.618 4
5 DPi 5 Mustang Sampling Racing João Barbosa 1:20.239 +0.866 5
6 DPi 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac Renger van der Zande 1:20.448 +1.075 6
7 DPi 77 Mazda Team Joest Tristan Nunez 1:20.508 +1.135 7
8 DPi 84 JDC-Miller Motorsports Simon Trummer 1:20.663 +1.290 8
9 DPi 50 Juncos Racing Victor Franzoni 1:21.075 +1.702 9
10 DPi 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Misha Goikhberg 1:23.313 +3.940 10
11 DPi 54 CORE Autosport Jonathan Bennett 1:24.631 +5.258 11
12 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 1:29.704 +10.331 12double-dagger
13 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Zach Robichon 1:29.735 +10.362 13
14 GTD 57 Heinricher Racing with Meyer-Shank Christina Nielsen 1:30.126 +10.753 14
15 GTD 86 Meyer-Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Trent Hindman 1:30.242 +10.869 15
16 GTD 14 AIM Vasser Sullivan Richard Heistand 1:30.453 +11.080 16
17 GTD 12 AIM Vasser Sullivan Frank Montecalvo 1:30.505 +11.132 17
18 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Ryan Hardwick 1:30.763 +11.390 18
19 GTD 76 Compass Racing Matt Plumb 1:30.814 +11.441 19
20 GTD 44 Magnus Racing John Potter 1:30.926 +11.553 20
21 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Cooper MacNeil 1:31.953 +12.580 21
21 GTD 74 Lone Star Racing Gar Robinson 1:31.970 +12.597 21
22 GTD 8 Starworks Motorsport None None N/A 22
Source:[5]

Results[]

Class winners are denoted in bold and double-dagger.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 6 United States Acura Team Penske United States Dane Cameron
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 		Acura ARX-05 58 1:40:15.563double-dagger
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 DPi 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Pipo Derani
Brazil Felipe Nasr 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 58 +0.820s
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
3 DPi 7 United States Acura Team Penske Brazil Hélio Castroneves
United States Ricky Taylor 		Acura ARX-05 58 +14.887s
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
4 DPi 84 United States JDC-Miller Motorsports South Africa Stephen Simpson
Switzerland Simon Trummer 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 58 +15.050s
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
5 DPi 85 United States JDC-Miller Motorsports Canada Misha Goikhberg
France Tristan Vautier 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 58 +16.205s
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
6 DPi 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Portugal João Barbosa 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 58 +22.583s
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
7 DPi 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun 		Nissan DPi 58 +26.978s
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
8 DPi 50 United States Juncos Racing Brazil Victor Franzoni
United States Will Owen 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 58 +27.390s
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
9 DPi 10 United States Konica Minolta Cadillac United States Jordan Taylor
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Cadillac DPi-V.R 57 +1 lap
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
10 DPi 77 Germany Mazda Team Joest United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States Tristan Nunez 		Mazda RT24-P 57 +1 lap
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
11 GTD 14 United States AIM Vasser Sullivan United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Richard Heistand 		Lexus RC F GT3 56 +2 lapsdouble-dagger
Lexus 5.0 L V8
12 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Long
Canada Zach Robichon 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 56 +2 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GTD 12 United States AIM Vasser Sullivan United States Townsend Bell
United States Frankie Montecalvo 		Lexus RC F GT3 56 +2 laps
Lexus 5.0 L V8
14 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 56 +2 laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
15 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Ryan Hardwick
United States Bryan Sellers 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 56 +2 laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
16 GTD 8 United States Starworks Motorsport United States Parker Chase
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel 		Audi R8 LMS GT3 56 +2 laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
17 GTD 74 United States Lone Star Racing United States Lawson Aschenbach
United States Gar Robinson 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 56 +2 laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
18 GTD 76 Canada Compass Racing United States Paul Holton
United States Matt Plumb 		McLaren 720S GT3 56 +2 laps
McLaren M480T 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
19 GTD 57 United States Heinricher Racing w/Meyer Shank Racing United Kingdom Katherine Legge
Denmark Christina Nielsen 		Acura NSX GT3 56 +2 laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
20 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States Robby Foley 		BMW M6 GT3 53 Did Not Finish
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
21 DPi 55 Germany Mazda Team Joest United States Jonathan Bomarito
United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 		Mazda RT24-P 39 Did Not Finish
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
22 GTD 86 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Germany Mario Farnbacher
United States Trent Hindman 		Acura NSX GT3 20 Did Not Finish
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
23 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Cooper MacNeil
Finland Toni Vilander 		Ferrari 488 GT3 0 Did Not Finish
Ferrari F154 3.9 L Turbo V8
[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Dagys, John (3 August 2018). "IMSA Launches Sprint Cup for GTD". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ Dagys, John (21 May 2019). "Riley, Pfaff Among GTD Teams Set to Forgo Detroit". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ Dagys, John (21 May 2019). "MSR Commits to Detroit, Sprint Cup With Both Acura NSX GT3s". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  4. ^ Dagys, John (22 May 2019). "Robichon Joins Park Place for Detroit in Sprint Cup Bid". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  5. ^ "05/31-06/01 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic--03 Results Qualifying" (PDF). 31 May 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

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