2019 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic

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.

The Raceway on Belle Isle

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

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 .

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 6 Acura Team Penske Juan Pablo Montoya 1:19.373 _ 1
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 12
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 .

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

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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