2018 IMSA Michelin Encore

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Race details
2018 encore sebring logo.png
Sebring International Raceway.svg
Date11 November 2018 [1]
Official nameIMSA Michelin SportsCar Encore
Location Sebring, Florida, United States
CoursePermanent circuit
6.02 km (3.74 mi)
DistanceMain Race
4 Hours [2]
LMP3
Pole
Drivers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Bell
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kay Van Berlo
Flag of the United States.svg James McGuire Jr.
K2R Motorsports
Time1:57.102
Podium
First Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roman De Angelis
Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood
ANSA Motorsports
Second Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Bell
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kay Van Berlo
Flag of the United States.svg James McGuire Jr.
K2R Motorsports
Third Flag of the United States.svg David Grant
Flag of the United States.svg Keith Grant
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge
Polestar Motor Racing Inc.
GS
Pole
Drivers Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Marcelli
Flag of the United States.svg Dean Martin
Flag of the United States.svg Nate Stacy
KohR Motorsports
Time2:11.352
Podium
First Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Marcelli
Flag of the United States.svg Dean Martin
Flag of the United States.svg Nate Stacy
KohR Motorsports
Second Flag of the United States.svg Jason Bell
Flag of the United States.svg Andy Lally
Flag of the United States.svg James Sofronas
GMG Racing
Third Flag of the United States.svg DJ Randall
Flag of the United States.svg Rod Randall
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kenny Wilden
KohR Motorsports
TCR
Pole
Drivers Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marco Cirone
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Remo Ruscitti
Mark Motors Racing
Time2:14.426
Podium
First Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marco Cirone
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Remo Ruscitti
Mark Motors Racing
Second Flag of the United States.svg Michael Johnson
Flag of South Africa.svg Stephen Simpson
JDC-Miller Motorsports
Third Flag of the United States.svg Luke Rumburg
Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Rumburg
Rumcastle, LLC

The 2018 IMSA Michelin SportsCar Encore was the inaugural edition of the non-championship sports car race held at Sebring International Raceway on 9 November 2018. The race was contested with LMP3 cars, GT4-spec cars and TCR-touring car. The event was organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). [3]

Contents

The race was won by Roman De Angelis and Kyle Kirkwood, driving a Ligier JS P3 entered by ANSA Motorsports. Kirkwood and teammate Dakota Dickerson signed up at the last minute, given the opportunity by Onroak Automotive North America as a reward for respectively winning the F3 Americas Championship and Formula 4 United States Championship. The event marked Kirkwood's sports car debut. [4]

Report

The race was held as a standalone event, open to Pro-Am teams and drivers regardless of whether they had participated in any IMSA sanctioned events in 2018. Continental would not be providing tyres for the 2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship, leaving Michelin as the sole supplier going forward. For this event, Michelin tyres were mandated to give teams the opportunity to sample them. [5] [6]

Pole position went to the #26 K2R Ligier, qualified by Kay van Berlo in his first race in the United States, from the #13 ANSA Ligier of Roman De Angelis. Van Berlo pulled away from De Angelis in the early phase of the race. The first round of pit stops started on lap 24. Van Berlo extended his stint, but the caution came out on lap 28 when Dean Baker touched the kerb with the underbody of his #4 ANSA Ligier. The cars that had stayed out were forced to pit under yellow and lined up at the tail end of the field. To add insult to injury, the #26 car was caught speeding on pit road and its second driver James McGuire was forced to take a drive-through penalty.

The #2 ANSA Ligier retired with engine issues on lap 51, leading to the race's third caution period. The #13 car had only just pitted and De Angelis inherited the lead as the other cars pitted under yellow. Lance Willsey lost control of his #33 ESM Ligier while warming his tyres and stalled his car on the grass, which brought his race to an end.

The #19 Performance Tech Ligier stopped at the end of pit lane on lap 60. The #25 P1 Ligier suffered a heavy crash on lap 87 when Kenton Koch lost the rear on entry to Turn 3. Koch escaped unharmed. All cars had already made their final pit stop, so the ensuing caution served to compress the field ahead of a 26-minute sprint finish.

At the final restart, the #13 car of De Angelis led from the #26 of Matthew Bell. Bell kept within two seconds of De Angelis but was unable to make an overtake, and the victory went to De Angelis and Kyle Kirkwood. The #11 car of Nico Rondet and the #40 car of Katherine Legge battled hard for the final step on the podium until, with four minutes to go, Rondet hit the back of Legge's car at Turn 15 and span.

The only non-Ligier LMP3 car in the field was the ADESS-03, the car making its racing debut at the event in the hands of the Atlantic Racing Team. Mechanical issues forced it into the pits after roughly 30 minutes of racing. After an extended repair period, the team were able to get the car out on track again just before the halfway point of the race. They used the remainder of the event as a test session and reached the finish albeit 33 laps down.

The GT4 class was controlled by the #60 and #59 KohR Ford Mustangs, the two cars holding first and second from the #22 GMG Audi R8. The Audi managed to take second place by the end of the race, but victory went to the #60 Ford of Nate Stacy, Kyle Marcelli and Dean Martin.

The TCR class became a battle between the two Audi RS3s after the #31 Rumcastle Volkswagen Golf lost two laps in the pits with a rear wing replacement. The #82 Mark Motors Audi led the class for most of the race but the #54 JDC-Miller Audi was ahead at the final restart. The #82 retook the lead with a lap and a half remaining, but the #54 car ran out of fuel anyway on the final lap. In the end, the all-Canadian entry driven by Marco Cirone and Remo Ruscitti were able to cruise to victory. [7] [8] [9]

The Encore proved popular, and was renewed for a second edition in 2019. [10]

Classes

Entry List

LMP3

TeamCarEngineNo.Drivers
Flag of the United States.svg ANSA Motorsports [11] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V82 Flag of the United States.svg Jon Brownson [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Dakota Dickerson [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Neil Alberico
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dean Baker [11]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michal Chlumecky [11]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zacharie Robichon [11]
13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roman De Angelis [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood [11]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Atlantic Racing Team [11] ADESS-03 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V86 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jim Antunes [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Tazio Ottis [11]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robin Shute
Flag of the United States.svg Simraceway Motorsports [11] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V811 Flag of France.svg Nico Rondet [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Maurice Smith [11]
Flag of the United States.svg John Schauerman
Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports [11] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V819 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bradley Baker [11]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jan Heylen [11]
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira [11]
Flag of the United States.svg P1 Motorsports [11] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V825 Flag of the United States.svg Joel Janco [11]
Flag of Brazil.svg Jonatan Jorge [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Kenton Koch [11]
Flag of the United States.svg K2R Motorsports [11] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V826 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Bell [11]
Flag of the United States.svg James McGuire Jr [11]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kay van Berlo
64 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Barron [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Naveen Rao [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Extreme Speed Motorsports [11] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V833 Flag of the United States.svg Max Hanratty [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Lance Willsey [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Polestar Motor Racing Inc. [11] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V840 Flag of the United States.svg David Grant [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Keith Grant [11]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge [11]
Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller Motorsports [12] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V884 Flag of the United States.svg Guy Cosmo [12]
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Byrne [12]

Grand Sport

TeamCarEngineNo.Drivers
Flag of the United States.svg GMG Racing [12] Audi R8 LMS GT4 Audi 5.2 L V10 22 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Bell [12]
Flag of the United States.svg James Sofronas [12]
Flag of the United States.svg Andy Lally
Flag of the United States.svg KohR Motorsports [11] Ford Mustang GT4 Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 59 Flag of the United States.svg Rod Randall [11]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kenny Wilden [11]
Flag of the United States.svg DJ Randall
60 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Marcelli [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Dean Martin [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Nate Stacy [11]
Flag of the United States.svg NOLAsport [13] Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 72 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Hart [13]
Flag of the United States.svg Matt Travis [13]
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Vess [13]
Flag of the United States.svg Carbahn Motorsports [11] Audi R8 LMS GT4 Audi 5.2 L V10 93 Flag of the United States.svg Sameer Gandhi [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Siegal [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Westphal [11]

Touring Car

TeamCarEngineNo.Drivers
Flag of the United States.svg Rumcastle, LLC [11] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Volkswagen 2.0 L I4 T/C 31 Flag of the United States.svg Luke Rumburg [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Rumburg [11]
Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller Motorsports [12] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Audi 2.0 L TFSI 54 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Johnson [12]
Flag of South Africa.svg Stephen Simpson [12]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mark Motors Racing [11] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Audi 2.0 L TFSI 82 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marco Cirone [11]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Remo Ruscitti [11]

Race results

Class winners denoted in bold and with

PosClassNo.Team / EntrantDriversChassisLapsTime/Retired
Engine
1LMP313 Flag of the United States.svg ANSA Motorsports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roman De Angelis
Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood
Ligier JS P3 1074:01:53.298
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
2LMP326 Flag of the United States.svg K2R Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg James McGuire Jr
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Bell
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kay van Berlo
Ligier JS P3 107+2.278
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
3LMP340 Flag of the United States.svg Polestar Motor Racing Inc. Flag of the United States.svg Keith Grant
Flag of the United States.svg David Grant
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge
Ligier JS P3 107+22.356
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
4LMP311 Flag of the United States.svg Simraceway Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Maurice Smith
Flag of the United States.svg John Schauerman
Flag of France.svg Nico Rondet
Ligier JS P3 107+46.180
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
5LMP364 Flag of the United States.svg K2R Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Naveen Rao
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Barron
Ligier JS P3 106+1 Lap
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
6LMP384 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Byrne
Flag of the United States.svg Guy Cosmo
Ligier JS P3 106+1 Lap
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
7GT460 Flag of the United States.svg KohR Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Nate Stacy
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Marcelli
Flag of the United States.svg Dean Martin
Ford Mustang GT4 99+8 Laps
Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8
8GT422 Flag of the United States.svg GMG Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jason Bell
Flag of the United States.svg James Sofronas
Flag of the United States.svg Andy Lally
Audi R8 LMS GT4 99+8 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
9TCR82 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mark Motors Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marco Cirone
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Remo Ruscitti
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 99+8 Laps
Audi 2.0 L TFSI
10
DNF
TCR54 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Michael Johnson
Flag of South Africa.svg Stephen Simpson
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 98Out of fuel
Audi 2.0 L TFSI
11GT459 Flag of the United States.svg KohR Motorsports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kenny Wilden
Flag of the United States.svg Rod Randall
Flag of the United States.svg DJ Randall
Ford Mustang GT4 98+9 Laps
Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8
12TCR31 Flag of the United States.svg Rumcastle, LLC Flag of the United States.svg Luke Rumburg
Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Rumburg
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 97+10 Laps
Volkswagen 2.0 L I4 T/C
13
DNF
LMP34 Flag of the United States.svg ANSA Motorsports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dean Baker
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zacharie Robichon
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michal Chlumecky
Ligier JS P3 94
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
14
DNF
LMP325 Flag of the United States.svg P1 Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Kenton Koch
Flag of the United States.svg Joel Janco
Flag of Brazil.svg Jonatan Jorge
Ligier JS P3 87Accident
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
15LMP36 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Atlantic Racing Team Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robin Shute
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jim Antunes
Flag of the United States.svg Tazio Ottis
ADESS-03 74+33 Laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
16
DNF
LMP333 Flag of the United States.svg Extreme Speed Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Lance Willsey
Flag of the United States.svg Max Hanratty
Ligier JS P3 67Stalled
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
17
DNF
LMP319 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bradley Baker
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jan Heylen
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira
Ligier JS P3 60
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
18
DNF
LMP32 Flag of the United States.svg ANSA Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Jon Brownson
Flag of the United States.svg Dakota Dickerson
Flag of the United States.svg Neil Alberico
Ligier JS P3 51Engine
Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
19
DNF
GT472 Flag of the United States.svg NOLAsport Flag of the United States.svg Mike Vess
Flag of the United States.svg Matt Travis
Flag of the United States.svg Jason Hart
Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 30
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
20GT493 Flag of the United States.svg Carbahn Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Sameer Gandhi
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Siegal
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Westphal
Audi R8 LMS GT4 95+12 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
BOX SCORE

The #93 Carbhan Motorsports Audi R8 LMS GT4 was moved to the rear of its class for failing to meet the minimum required driving time.

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