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The 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship) was the 48th motor racing championship sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) (which traces its lineage to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship). It was the fifth season of the United SportsCar Championship and third to be held under the name as the IMSA SportsCar Championship. It began on January 27 with the 24 Hours of Daytona, and ended on October 13 with the Petit Le Mans.

Series News

Classes

At the end of 2017 season, the Prototype Challenge (PC) class was reduced to a support series.

Schedule

Race schedule

The 2018 schedule was released on August 4, 2017 and featured twelve rounds.[1]

   Race is part of the Patron North American Endurance Cup
Rnd. Race Length Classes Circuit Location Date
1 Rolex 24 at Daytona 24 hours All Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 27–28
2 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring 12 hours All Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 17
3 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach 1 hour 40 minutes P, GTLM Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California April 14
4 Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio 2 hours 40 minutes All Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 6
5 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix 1 hour 40 minutes P, GTD The Raceway on Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan June 2
6 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen 6 hours All Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York July 1
7 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix 2 hours 40 minutes All Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 8
8 Northeast Grand Prix 2 hours 40 minutes GTLM, GTD Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut July 21
9 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase 2 hours 40 minutes All Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 5
10 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR 2 hours 40 minutes GTLM, GTD Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 19
11 Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix 2 hours 40 minutes All WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California September 9
12 Motul Petit Le Mans 10 hours All Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 13

Calendar changes

  • The Circuit of the Americas was removed from the calendar, and replaced by a round at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.[1]
  • The GTD was removed from Long Beach due to space limitations.[1]
  • A non-championship round was held at Sebring in November 2018 with IMSA's 2019 rules for the GTD class, along with LMP3, GS, and TCR classes in the secondary series. This saw Michelin's debut as the 2019 series specification tire supplier.[2]

Entries

Prototype

The Prototype class is made up of LMP2 cars both in LMP2 trim, with the ACO specification Gibson V8 engine, and in Daytona Prototype international (DPi) trim, where manufacturers are allowed to use their own engines and bodykits, designed to reflect the automaker's design language. Acura (Oreca), Mazda (Riley Technologies), Cadillac (Dallara), and Nissan (Onroak Automotive) run chassis from the respective constructors featuring manufacturer-specific bodywork and engines.

Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
United States Tequila Patrón ESM[3] Nissan Onroak DPi Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 2 United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel[4] 1–6, 9, 11–12
United States Scott Sharp[4] 1–6, 9, 11–12
France Olivier Pla[5] 1–2, 6
France Norman Nato[6] 12
22 Brazil Pipo Derani[7] All
United States Johannes van Overbeek[8] 1–6, 9, 11–12
France Nicolas Lapierre[5] 1–2, 6
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel[9] 7
Germany Timo Bernhard[10] 12
United States Mustang Sampling Racing[11][N 1]
Whelen Engineering Racing[11][N 1]
Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8[12] 5 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque[11] All
Portugal João Barbosa[11] 1–5, 9, 11
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi[11] 1–2, 6–7, 12
Colombia Gabby Chaves[13] 6
France Tristan Vautier[14] 12
31 United States Eric Curran[11] All
Brazil Felipe Nasr[11] All
United Kingdom Mike Conway[11] 1–2, 6
United Kingdom Stuart Middleton[15] 1
Colombia Gabby Chaves 12
United States Acura Team Penske[16] Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 6 United States Dane Cameron[17] All
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya[17] All
France Simon Pagenaud[18] 1–2, 12
7 Brazil Hélio Castroneves[19] All
United States Ricky Taylor[18] All
United States Graham Rahal[18] 1–2, 12
United States Wayne Taylor Racing[20] Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 10 United States Jordan Taylor[20] All
Netherlands Renger van der Zande[21] All
United States Ryan Hunter-Reay[22] 1–2, 12
United States BAR1 Motorsports[23] Riley Mk. 30 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 20 United States Marc Drumwright[23] 1
United States Brendan Gaughan[23] 1
United States Eric Lux[23] 1
Venezuela Alex Popow[23] 1
United States United Autosports[24] Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 23 Spain Fernando Alonso[25] 1
United Kingdom Phil Hanson[26] 1
United Kingdom Lando Norris[27] 1
32 United Kingdom Paul di Resta[28] 1–2, 6
Brazil Bruno Senna[29] 1, 6
United States Will Owen[24] 1
Switzerland Hugo de Sadeleer[30] 1
United Kingdom Phil Hanson[31] 2, 6
United Kingdom Alex Brundle[31] 2
China Jackie Chan DCR JOTA[32] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 37 Netherlands Robin Frijns[32] 1
Spain Daniel Juncadella[32] 1
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist[32] 1
Canada Lance Stroll[32] 1
78 United Kingdom Alex Brundle[33] 1
Portugal António Félix da Costa[33] 1
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen[33] 1
China Ho-Pin Tung[33] 1
United States Performance Tech Motorsports[34] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 38 United States James French[35] 1–4, 6–7, 12
United States Kyle Masson[35] 1–4, 6–7, 12
Mexico Patricio O'Ward[35] 1–2
United States Joel Miller[36] 1, 6
United States Nicholas Boulle 12
United States AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports[37] Ligier JS P217
Oreca 07
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 52 Colombia Sebastián Saavedra[37] All
Colombia Gustavo Yacamán[37] 1–7, 9, 11
Mexico Roberto González 1–2
United States Nicholas Boulle 1
United States Will Owen 6, 12
Mexico José Gutiérrez 12
United States CORE Autosport[38] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 54 United States Jon Bennett[38] All
United States Colin Braun[38] All
France Romain Dumas[39] 1–2, 6, 12
France Loïc Duval[39] 1
Germany Mazda Team Joest[40] Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 55 United States Jonathan Bomarito[22] All
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell[22] 1–3, 5–7, 9, 11
United States Spencer Pigot[22] 1–2, 4, 6, 12
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti 12
77 United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis[22] All
United States Tristan Nunez[22] All
Germany René Rast[22] 1–2, 6
Brazil Lucas di Grassi 12
United States JDC-Miller MotorSports[41] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 85 United States Robert Alon[42] All
Switzerland Simon Trummer[41] All
United States Austin Cindric[43] 1
Canada Devlin DeFrancesco[43] 1, 12
France Nelson Panciatici[31] 2, 6
99 Canada Mikhail Goikhberg[41] All
South Africa Stephen Simpson[41] All
United States Chris Miller[41] 1–2, 6, 12
United States Gustavo Menezes[44] 1
United States Spirit of Daytona Racing[45] Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 90 United States Matt McMurry[45] 1–2, 5–6
France Tristan Vautier[45] 1–2, 5–6
Italy Eddie Cheever III[46] 1–2

GT Le Mans

Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
United States Corvette Racing[47] Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 3 Spain Antonio García[47] All
Denmark Jan Magnussen[47] All
Germany Mike Rockenfeller[48] 1–2
Switzerland Marcel Fässler 12
4 United Kingdom Oliver Gavin[47] All
United States Tommy Milner[47] All
Switzerland Marcel Fässler[48] 1–2, 12
United States BMW Team RLL[49] BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 24 United States John Edwards[50] All
Finland Jesse Krohn[50] All
Netherlands Nick Catsburg[50] 1–2
Brazil Augusto Farfus[50] 1
United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist[13] 6
Australia Chaz Mostert 12
25 United States Connor De Phillippi[50] All
United Kingdom Alexander Sims[50] All
United States Bill Auberlen[50] 1–2, 6, 12
Austria Philipp Eng[50] 1
United States Risi Competizione[51] Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 62 Finland Toni Vilander[51] 1–2, 12
United Kingdom James Calado[51] 1–2
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi[51] 1–2
Italy Davide Rigon 1
Italy Andrea Bertolini[51] 12
Spain Miguel Molina[51] 12
United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing[52] Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 66 United States Joey Hand[52] All
Germany Dirk Müller[52] All
France Sébastien Bourdais[52] 1–2, 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
Italy Gianmaria Bruni[53] 1–2
France Mathieu Jaminet 12

GT Daytona

Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team[54] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 11 Italy Mirko Bortolotti[54] 1
Netherlands Rik Breukers[54] 1
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen[54] 1
France Franck Perera[54] 1
19 Germany Christian Engelhart[54] 1
Switzerland Christoph Lenz[54] 1
Belgium Louis Machiels[54] 1
Argentina Ezequiel Pérez Companc[54] 1
Netherlands Max van Splunteren[54] 1
United States 3GT Racing[55] Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.0 L V8 14 Austria Dominik Baumann[55] All
Canada Kyle Marcelli[55] All
Switzerland Philipp Frommenwiler[55] 1–2, 12
Brazil Bruno Junqueira[55] 1
15 United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth[55] All
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson[55] 1–2, 4–7, 9–12
Germany Dominik Farnbacher[56] 1
United States Scott Pruett[56] 1
United States Sean Rayhall[31] 2, 12
Germany Mario Farnbacher[13] 6, 8
United States Wright Motorsports[57] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 Germany Wolf Henzler[58] 4–5, 7
United States Michael Schein[58] 4–5, 7
58 United States Patrick Long[57] All
Denmark Christina Nielsen[57] All
Germany Robert Renauer[59] 1–2, 6, 12
France Mathieu Jaminet[59] 1–2
Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport[60] Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 29 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde[60] 1–2, 6, 12
Germany Christopher Mies[60] 1–2, 6, 12
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde[60] 1
Switzerland Jeffrey Schmidt[60] 1
Belgium Alessio Picariello[31] 2
Canada Daniel Morad 12
United States
Australia
Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports[61][N 2]
SunEnergy1 Racing[61][N 2]
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 33 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen[61] All
United States Ben Keating[61] All
Germany Luca Stolz[50] 1–2, 6, 12
United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou[50] 1
75 Australia Kenny Habul[61] 1–2, 4–6
Canada Mikaël Grenier[50] 1–2, 6
Germany Thomas Jäger[61] 1–2, 6
Germany Maro Engel[61] 1, 4
Germany Bernd Schneider[62] 5
United States CJ Wilson Racing[63] Acura NSX GT3 Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 36 United Kingdom Till Bechtolsheimer[63] 2, 6
United States Marc Miller[63] 2, 6
Canada Kuno Wittmer[64] 2
United States Magnus Racing[65] Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 44 United States Andy Lally[65] All
United States John Potter[65] All
United States Andrew Davis[65] 1–2, 6, 12
Germany Markus Winkelhock[65] 1
United States Paul Miller Racing[66] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 48 United States Bryan Sellers[66] All
United States Madison Snow[66] All
Italy Andrea Caldarelli[66] 1
United States Bryce Miller[66] 1
United States Corey Lewis[67] 2, 12
Italy Squadra Corse Garage Italia[50][N 3] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 51 Brazil Daniel Serra[50] 1–2, 6
Canada Paul Dalla Lana[50] 1–2
Portugal Pedro Lamy[50] 1–2
Austria Mathias Lauda[50] 1–2
Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.[13] 6, 9, 11
United States Francesco Piovanetti[13] 6, 9, 11
Germany Manthey Racing[54] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 59 Italy Matteo Cairoli[54] 1
Germany Sven Müller[54] 1
Austria Harald Proczyk[54] 1
Germany Steve Smith[54] 1
Germany Randy Walls[54] 1
United States Scuderia Corsa[68][69] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 63 United States Cooper MacNeil[68] All
Italy Alessandro Balzan[68] 1–2, 4
United States Gunnar Jeannette[50] 1–2, 6, 8, 10–12
United States Jeff Segal[68] 1, 5–7
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi 9
Brazil Daniel Serra 12
64 United States Townsend Bell[69] 1–2, 6, 11–12
United States Frankie Montecalvo[69] 1–2, 6, 11–12
United States Bill Sweedler[69] 1–2, 6
United Kingdom Sam Bird[69] 1
Italy Matteo Cressoni 12
United States HART[70] Acura NSX GT3 Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 69 United States Ryan Eversley[70] 1–2, 6
United States Chad Gilsinger[70] 1–2, 6
United States John Falb[71] 1
United States Sean Rayhall[71] 1
United States Tom Dyer[72] 2, 6
United States P1 Motorsports[73] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 71 Colombia J. C. Perez[73] 1–2, 6, 12
Italy Loris Spinelli[73] 1–2, 6
United States Kenton Koch[73] 1–2
United States Robby Foley[73] 1
Canada Daniel Morad[13] 6
Brazil Felipe Fraga 12
Germany Maximilian Buhk 12
United States Park Place Motorsports[74] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 73 Germany Jörg Bergmeister[74] 1–2, 6, 9, 11
United States Patrick Lindsey[74] 1–2, 6, 9, 11
United States Tim Pappas[74] 1–2, 12
Austria Norbert Siedler[74] 1
United States Spencer Pumpelly 12
Germany Wolf Henzler 12
United States Risi Competizione[75] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 82 Mexico Santiago Creel[75] 1
Mexico Martin Fuentes[75] 1
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin[76] 1
Spain Miguel Molina[75] 1
Mexico Ricardo Pérez de Lara[75] 1
United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian[77] Acura NSX GT3 Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 86 United Kingdom Katherine Legge[77] All
Portugal Álvaro Parente[77] 1–2, 4, 6–9, 11–12
United States Trent Hindman[77] 1–2, 12
United States A. J. Allmendinger[77] 1
Germany Mario Farnbacher[62] 5, 10
93 United States Justin Marks[77] All
United States Lawson Aschenbach[77] All
Germany Mario Farnbacher[77] 1–2, 12
France Côme Ledogar[77] 1
United States Turner Motorsport[78] BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 96 United States Don Yount[78] 1–2, 6, 12
Germany Jens Klingmann[78] 1
United States Mark Kvamme[78] 1
United States Cameron Lawrence[79] 1
Germany Martin Tomczyk[78] 1
United States Dillon Machavern[31] 2, 4, 6, 12
Finland Markus Palttala[31] 2, 6, 9, 12
United States Bill Auberlen[80] 4–5, 7–8, 10–11
United States Robby Foley[62] 5, 7–11

Notes

  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. 33 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports under an American license and car No. 75 entered as SunEnergy1 Racing under an Australian license.
  3. ^ Car No. 51 entered as Spirit of Race at Rounds 1–2.

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd Circuit Prototype Winning Team GTLM Winning Team GTD Winning Team Report
Prototype Winning Drivers GTLM Winning Drivers GTD Winning Drivers
1 Daytona United States No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing United States No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Austria No. 11 GRT Grasser Racing Team Report
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Portugal João Barbosa
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
Australia Ryan Briscoe
New Zealand Scott Dixon
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Netherlands Rik Breukers
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen
France Franck Perera
2 Sebring United States No. 22 Tequila Patrón ESM United States No. 911 Porsche GT Team United States No. 48 Paul Miller Racing Report
Brazil Pipo Derani
France Nicolas Lapierre
United States Johannes van Overbeek
France Frédéric Makowiecki
France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
United States Corey Lewis
United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow
3 Long Beach United States No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing United States No. 4 Corvette Racing did not participate Report
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Portugal João Barbosa
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner
4 Mid-Ohio United States No. 7 Acura Team Penske United States No. 912 Porsche GT Team United States No. 14 3GT Racing Report
Brazil Hélio Castroneves
United States Ricky Taylor
New Zealand Earl Bamber
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Austria Dominik Baumann
Canada Kyle Marcelli
5 Belle Isle United States No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing did not participate United States No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Report
United States Eric Curran
Brazil Felipe Nasr
Germany Mario Farnbacher
United Kingdom Katherine Legge
6 Watkins Glen United States No. 99 JDC-Miller MotorSports United States No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United States No. 96 Turner Motorsport Report
Canada Mikhail Goikhberg
United States Chris Miller
South Africa Stephen Simpson
United States Joey Hand
Germany Dirk Müller
United States Dillon Machavern
Finland Markus Palttala
United States Don Yount
7 Mosport United States No. 54 CORE Autosport United States No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United States No. 33 Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports Report
United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Ben Keating
8 Lime Rock did not participate United States No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United States No. 48 Paul Miller Racing Report
United States Joey Hand
Germany Dirk Müller
United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow
9 Road America United States No. 54 CORE Autosport United States No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United States No. 58 Wright Motorsports Report
United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
United States Patrick Long
Denmark Christina Nielsen
10 Virginia did not participate United States No. 25 BMW Team RLL United States No. 14 3GT Racing Report
United States Connor De Phillippi
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Austria Dominik Baumann
Canada Kyle Marcelli
11 Laguna Seca United States No. 22 Tequila Patrón ESM United States No. 25 BMW Team RLL United States No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Report
Brazil Pipo Derani
United States Johannes van Overbeek
United States Connor De Phillippi
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
United Kingdom Katherine Legge
Portugal Álvaro Parente
12 Road Atlanta United States No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing United States No. 911 Porsche GT Team United States No. 63 Scuderia Corsa Report
United States Ryan Hunter-Reay
United States Jordan Taylor
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
France Frédéric Makowiecki
France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
United States Gunnar Jeannette
United States Cooper MacNeil
Brazil Daniel Serra

Championship standings

Points systems

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:

Prototype (P): Engine 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.
North American Endurance Cup

The points system for the North American 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, North American 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 North American Endurance Cup

Prototype

Pos. Driver DAY SEB LBH MOH BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points NAEC
1 United States Eric Curran
Brazil Felipe Nasr
2 3 7 8 1 7 3 3 5 8 277 40
2 United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
3 4 10 13 12 2 1 1 2 7 274 28
3 United States Jordan Taylor
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
15 2 3 5 5 5 2 4 12 1 270 32
4 Canada Mikhail Goikhberg
South Africa Stephen Simpson
7 7 8 7 11 1 7 2 6 10 252 27
5 United States Dane Cameron
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
10 14 5 2 3 3 10 5 3 13 251 30
6 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 1 10 1 4 6 6 4 7 DNS 4 249 31
7 Brazil Hélio Castroneves
United States Ricky Taylor
9 15 6 1 2 12 5 10 10 5 243 32
8 United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States Tristan Nunez
17 8 4 3 9 13 6 11 9 2 234 28
9 Brazil Pipo Derani 18 1 12 9 7 16 12 6 1 6 232 31
10 United States Jonathan Bomarito 16 6 9 14 14 10 11 8 4 3 218 28
11 United States Robert Alon
Switzerland Simon Trummer
6 9 13 12 10 8 8 12 7 9 216 14
12 United States Johannes van Overbeek 18 1 12 9 7 15 6 1 6 213 31
13 Colombia Sebastián Saavedra 12 11 11 6 8 9 9 13 8 12 211 24
14 United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel 19 16 2 10 4 15 12 9 11 11 205 24
15 Colombia Gustavo Yacamán 12 11 11 6 8 9 9 13 8 192 18
16 United States Scott Sharp 19 16 2 10 4 16 9 11 11 186 24
17 United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 16 6 9 14 10 11 8 4 171 21
18 Portugal João Barbosa 1 10 1 4 6 7 DNS 168 21
19 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 1 10 6 4 4 137 31
20 France Romain Dumas 3 4 2 7 114 28
21 United States James French
United States Kyle Masson
8 13 14 11 14 14 DNS 14 112 24
22 United States Spencer Pigot 16 6 14 10 3 108 28
23 United States Chris Miller 7 7 1 10 104 27
24 France Tristan Vautier 20 12 13 11 4 96 24
25 United Kingdom Mike Conway 2 3 7 86 27
26 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 15 2 1 83 28
27 United Kingdom Paul di Resta 4 5 4 82 16
28 United Kingdom Phil Hanson 13 5 4 72 15
29 United States Will Owen 4 9 12 69 19
30 United States Matt McMurry 20 12 13 11 68 14
31 United States Graham Rahal 9 15 5 64 28
32 France Nicolas Lapierre 18 1 16 63 19
33 Brazil Bruno Senna 4 4 56 9
34 France Simon Pagenaud 10 14 13 56 23
35 Germany René Rast 17 8 13 55 14
36 United Kingdom Alex Brundle 5 5 52 15
37 Colombia Gabby Chaves 6 8 48 13
38 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco 6 9 47 14
39 France Nelson Panciatici 9 8 45 6
40 France Olivier Pla 19 16 15 43 14
41 Mexico Patricio O'Ward 8 13 41 14
42 United States Joel Miller 8 14 40 8
43 Mexico Roberto González 12 11 39 14
44 United States Nicholas Boulle 12 14 36 14
45 United Kingdom Stuart Middleton 2 32 17
46 Brazil Lucas di Grassi 2 32 10
47 France Loïc Duval 3 30 9
48 United Kingdom Marino Franchitti 3 30 7
49 Italy Eddie Cheever III 20 12 30 14
50 Switzerland Hugo de Sadeleer 4 28 9
51 Portugal António Félix da Costa
Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen
China Ho-Pin Tung
5 26 8
52 United States Austin Cindric 6 25 8
53 Germany Timo Bernhard 6 25 8
54 United States Gustavo Menezes 7 24 8
55 Netherlands Robin Frijns
Spain Daniel Juncadella
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist
Canada Lance Stroll
11 20 8
56 France Norman Nato 11 20 6
56 Mexico José Gutiérrez 12 19 6
58 Spain Fernando Alonso
United Kingdom Lando Norris
13 18 8
59 United States Marc Drumwright
United States Brendan Gaughan
United States Eric Lux
Venezuela Alex Popow
14 17 8
United States Tomy Drissi WD
Pos. Driver DAY SEB LBH MOH BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points NAEC
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

GT Le Mans

Pos. Driver DAY SEB LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points NAEC
1 Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen
3 8 4 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 8 322 30
2 Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
1 4 2 5 6 1 6 1 7 6 5 316 38
3 United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner
4 6 1 8 5 3 4 2 6 5 2 310 29
4 United States Joey Hand
Germany Dirk Müller
2 9 3 4 1 5 1 7 4 7 7 308 42
5 New Zealand Earl Bamber
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
6 3 7 1 4 6 3 4 5 2 6 308 27
6 United States Connor De Phillippi
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
9 2 8 2 7 7 7 6 1 1 4 304 26
7 France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
8 1 6 6 3 4 5 5 8 8 1 299 41
8 United States John Edwards
Finland Jesse Krohn
7 7 5 7 8 8 8 8 3 4 3 278 26
9 United States Bill Auberlen 9 2 7 4 106 26
10 France Frédéric Makowiecki 8 1 1 93 33
11 New Zealand Scott Dixon 1 4 5 89 34
12 Switzerland Marcel Fässler 4 6 2 85 25
13 France Sébastien Bourdais 2 9 7 78 34
14 Finland Toni Vilander 5 5 9 74 25
15 Italy Gianmaria Bruni 6 3 55 15
16 Germany Mike Rockenfeller 3 8 53 17
17 United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
5 5 52 19
18 Netherlands Nick Catsburg 7 7 48 14
19 Australia Chaz Mostert 3 30 8
20 Italy Davide Rigon 5 26 9
21 France Mathieu Jaminet 6 25 6
22 Brazil Augusto Farfus 7 24 8
23 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist 8 23 4
24 Austria Philipp Eng 9 22 8
25 Italy Andrea Bertolini
Spain Miguel Molina
9 22 6
Pos. Driver DAY SEB LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points NAEC

GT Daytona

Pos. Driver DAY SEB MOH BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points NAEC
1 United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow
3 1 3 3 3 4 1 2 6 4 3 333 26
2 United Kingdom Katherine Legge 2 8 2 1 2 5 4 7 3 1 2 329 29
3 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Ben Keating
4 3 9 4 5 1 6 5 5 3 8 299 31
4 United States Cooper MacNeil 10 2 8 5 7 8 3 3 4 8 1 295 20
5 Austria Dominik Baumann
Canada Kyle Marcelli
15 14 1 6 13 2 7 6 1 10 11 268 20
6 Portugal Álvaro Parente 2 8 2 2 5 4 7 1 2 264 29
7 United States Patrick Long
Denmark Christina Nielsen
19 6 7 11 9 9 8 1 2 11 4 263 18
8 United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter
6 13 10 10 17 3 2 9 7 5 9 255 18
9 United States Lawson Aschenbach
United States Justin Marks
11 7 5 2 14 6 9 8 9 13 12 249 21
10 United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 9 5 4 12 4 7 5 12 8 7 10 239 19
11 Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson 9 5 4 12 4 7 12 8 7 10 213 19
12 United States Gunnar Jeannette 10 2 7 3 4 8 1 193 20
13 Germany Mario Farnbacher 11 7 1 4 5 3 12 182 22
14 United States Robby Foley 12 7 11 10 4 10 12 153 8
15 United States Bill Auberlen 6 7 11 10 4 10 12 131 8
16 Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Lindsey
18 9 6 11 2 112 18
17 United States Townsend Bell
United States Frankie Montecalvo
5 17 10 9 5 109 18
18 Australia Kenny Habul 8 10 12 8 8 109 19
19 Germany Luca Stolz 4 3 5 8 107
20 Finland Markus Palttala 11 1 15 100 6
21 United States Dillon Machavern 11 6 1 80 6
22 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Germany Christopher Mies
7 4 12 6 96 24
23 United States Jeff Segal 10 5 7 8 94
24 United States Don Yount 14 11 1 72 21
25 United States Trent Hindman 2 8 2 87 21
26 Germany Robert Renauer 19 6 9 87 18
27 Germany Wolf Henzler 11 9 10 13 81
28 United States Andrew Davis 6 13 17 9 79 18
29 Brazil Daniel Serra 21 12 18 1 77 18
30 Italy Alessandro Balzan 10 2 8 76 16
31 Colombia J. C. Perez 12 181 16 7 71 18
32 Germany Thomas Jäger
Canada Mikaël Grenier
8 10 8 67 18
33 United States Corey Lewis 1 3 65 9
34 United States Michael Schein 11 9 10 63
35 United States Sean Rayhall 16 5 10 62 14
36 United States Bill Sweedler 5 17 10 61 18
37 United States Francesco Piovanetti
Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.
18 10 6 59 4
38 United States Tim Pappas 15 14 13 53 14
39 Switzerland Philipp Frommenwiler 15 14 11 53 16
40 Italy Loris Spinelli 12 181 16 47 18
41 United States Ryan Eversley
United States Chad Gilsinger
16 15 15 47 18
42 Germany Maro Engel 8 12 43 8
43 Canada Daniel Morad 12 6 40 24
44 France Mathieu Jaminet 19 6 37 14
45 Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Netherlands Rik Breukers
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen
France Franck Perera
1 35 13
46 United Kingdom Till Bechtolsheimer
United States Marc Miller
16 11 35 6
47 United States A. J. Allmendinger 2 32 14
48 United States Kenton Koch 12 181 32 14
49 United States Tom Dyer 15 15 32 6
50 Italy Andrea Caldarelli
United States Bryce Miller
3 30 12
48 Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Austria Mathias Lauda
21 12 29 14
49 United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou 4 28 13
50 Belgium Alessio Picariello 4 28 9
51 United Kingdom Sam Bird 5 26 8
52 Germany Markus Winkelhock 6 25 8
53 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
Switzerland Jeffrey Schmidt
7 24 11
54 Germany Bernd Schneider 8 23
55 Germany Dominik Farnbacher
United States Scott Pruett
9 22 8
56 France Côme Ledogar 11 20 9
57 Germany Christian Engelhart
Switzerland Christoph Lenz
Belgium Louis Machiels
Argentina Ezequiel Pérez Companc
Netherlands Max van Splunteren
13 18 8
58 Germany Jens Klingmann
United States Mark Kvamme
United States Cameron Lawrence
Germany Martin Tomczyk
14 17 8
59 Brazil Bruno Junqueira 15 16 8
60 United States John Falb 16 15 8
61 Canada Kuno Wittmer 16 15 6
62 Mexico Santiago Creel
Mexico Martin Fuentes
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Spain Miguel Molina
Mexico Ricardo Pérez de Lara
17 14 8
63 Austria Norbert Siedler 18 13 8
64 Italy Matteo Cairoli
Germany Sven Müller
Austria Harald Proczyk
Germany Steve Smith
Germany Randy Walls
20 11 8
Pos. Driver DAY SEB MOH BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points NAEC
Notes
  • 1 – Relegated to last in class for exceeding maximum driver time.

Team's Championships

Prototype

Pos. Team DAY SEB LBH MOH BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points NAEC
1 #31 Whelen Engineering Racing 2 3 7 8 1 7 3 3 5 8 277 40
2 #54 CORE Autosport 3 4 10 13 12 2 1 1 2 7 274 28
3 #10 Wayne Taylor Racing 15 2 3 5 5 5 2 4 12 1 270 32
4 #99 JDC-Miller MotorSports 7 7 8 7 11 1 7 2 6 10 252 21
5 #6 Acura Team Penske 10 14 5 2 3 3 10 5 3 13 251 30
6 #5 Mustang Sampling Racing 1 10 1 4 6 6 4 7 DNS 4 249 31
7 #7 Acura Team Penske 9 15 6 1 2 12 5 9 10 5 244 32
8 #77 Mazda Team Joest 17 8 4 3 9 13 6 11 9 2 234 28
9 #22 Tequila Patrón ESM 18 1 12 9 7 16 12 6 1 6 232 31
10 #55 Mazda Team Joest 16 6 9 14 14 10 11 8 4 3 218 28
11 #85 JDC-Miller MotorSports 6 9 13 12 10 8 8 12 7 9 216 24
12 #52 AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports 12 11 11 6 8 9 9 13 8 12 211 24
13 #2 Tequila Patrón ESM 19 16 2 10 4 15 9 11 11 186 27
14 #38 Performance Tech Motorsports 8 13 14 11 14 DNS 14 112 24
15 #32 United Autosports 4 5 4 82 23
16 #90 Spirit of Daytona Racing 20 12 13 11 68 18
17 #78 Jackie Chan DCR JOTA 5 26 8
18 #37 Jackie Chan DCR JOTA 11 20 8
19 #23 United Autosports 13 18 8
20 #20 BAR1 Motorsports 14 17 8
Pos. Team DAY SEB LBH MOH BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points NAEC

GT Le Mans

Pos. Team DAY SEB LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points NAEC
1 #3 Corvette Racing 3 8 4 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 8 322 23
2 #67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 1 4 2 5 6 1 6 1 7 6 5 316 28
3 #4 Corvette Racing 4 6 1 8 5 3 4 2 6 5 2 310 21
4 #66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 2 9 3 4 1 5 1 7 4 7 7 308 33
5 #912 Porsche GT Team 6 3 7 1 4 6 3 4 5 2 6 308 21
6 #25 BMW Team RLL 9 2 8 2 7 7 7 6 1 1 4 304 20
7 #911 Porsche GT Team 8 1 6 6 3 4 5 5 8 8 1 299 29
8 #24 BMW Team RLL 7 7 5 7 8 8 8 8 3 4 3 278 18
9 #62 Risi Competizione 5 5 9 74 19
Pos. Team DAY SEB LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points NAEC

GT Daytona

Pos. Team DAY SEB MOH BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points NAEC
1 #48 Paul Miller Racing 3 1 3 3 3 4 1 2 6 4 3 333 26
2 #86 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 2 8 2 1 2 5 4 7 3 1 2 329 29
3 #33 Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports 4 3 9 4 5 1 6 5 5 3 8 299 31
4 #63 Scuderia Corsa 10 2 8 5 7 8 3 3 4 8 1 295 20
5 #14 3GT Racing 15 14 1 6 15 2 7 6 1 10 11 266 20
6 #58 Wright Motorsports 19 6 7 11 9 9 8 1 2 11 4 263 18
7 #44 Magnus Racing 6 13 10 10 12 3 2 9 7 5 9 259 18
8 #96 Turner Motorsport 14 11 6 7 1 11 10 4 9 12 14 248 21
9 #93 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 11 7 5 2 16 6 9 8 8 13 12 247 21
10 #15 3GT Racing 9 5 4 12 4 7 5 DNS 10 7 10 239 19
11 #73 Park Place Motorsports 18 9 6 11 2 13 130 18
12 #64 Scuderia Corsa 5 17 10 9 5 109 18
13 #75 SunEnergy1 Racing 8 10 12 8 8 109 18
14 #29 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 7 4 13 6 95 24
15 #51 Squadra Corse Garage Italia 21 12 14 10 6 92 18
16 #71 P1 Motorsports 12 181 18 7 69 18
17 #16 Wright Motorsports 11 9 10 DNS 63
18 #69 HART 16 15 17 45 18
19 #11 GRT Grasser Racing Team 1 35 13
20 #36 CJ Wilson Racing 16 11 35 10
21 #19 GRT Grasser Racing Team 13 18 8
22 #82 Risi Competizione 17 14 8
23 #59 Manthey Racing 20 11 8
Pos. Team DAY SEB MOH BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points NAEC
Notes
  • 1 – Relegated to last in class for exceeding maximum driver time.

Manufacturers' championships

[81]

Prototype

Pos. Manufacturer DAY SEB LBH MOH BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points NAEC
1 Cadillac 1 2 1 4 1 5 2 3 5 1 332 53
2 Acura 9 14 5 1 2 3 5 5 2 5 316 45
3 Nissan 18 1 2 9 4 15 12 6 1 6 302 34
4 Mazda 16 6 4 3 9 10 6 9 4 2 300 36
Manufacturers ineligible for championship points
Gibson 3 4 8 6 8 1 1 1 2 7
Pos. Manufacturer DAY SEB LBH MOH BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points NAEC

GT Le Mans

Pos. Manufacturer DAY SEB LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points NAEC
1 Ford 1 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 4 7 5 351 48
2 Chevrolet 3 6 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 345 40
3 Porsche 6 1 6 1 4 4 3 4 5 2 1 341 45
4 BMW 7 2 5 2 7 7 7 6 1 1 3 332 28
5 Ferrari 5 5 9 84 21
Pos. Manufacturer DAY SEB LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points NAEC

GT Daytona

Pos. Manufacturer DAY SEB MOH BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points NAEC
1 Lamborghini 1 1 3 3 3 4 1 2 6 4 3 340 40
2 Acura 2 7 2 1 2 5 4 7 3 1 2 330 39
3 Ferrari 5 2 8 5 7 8 3 3 4 6 1 310 30
4 Mercedes-AMG 4 3 9 4 5 1 6 5 5 3 7 307 41
5 Lexus 9 5 1 6 4 2 5 6 1 7 10 306 27
6 Porsche 18 6 7 9 6 9 9 1 2 2 4 298 27
7 Audi 6 4 10 10 12 3 2 9 7 5 6 284 33
8 BMW 14 11 6 7 1 11 10 4 9 10 14 278 27
Pos. Manufacturer DAY SEB MOH BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Points NAEC

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