2020 TireRack.com Grand Prix at Road Atlanta

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The 2020 TireRack.com Grand Prix at Road Atlanta was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, on September 5, 2020. This race was the sixth round of the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the second round of the 2020 Michelin Endurance Cup.

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The overall race was won by the #7 Acura Team Penske duo of Hélio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor. In LMP2, Scott Huffaker, Patrick Kelly, and Simon Trummer claimed PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports' second class victory of the season. BMW Team RLL triumphed in GTLM, scoring their second win in as many endurance races with Connor De Phillippi and Bruno Spengler behind the wheel. GTD was won by Meyer Shank Racing's #86 entry of Mario Farnbacher, Matt McMurry, and Shinya Michimi. [1]

Background

Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, where the race was held. 2008 Petit LeMans Day1 Oct 1 (2916817202).jpg
Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, where the race was held.

The race was brought about as a replacement to the annual 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, which was canceled in 2020 due to New York state COVID-19 travel and gathering restrictions. [2] In late August, Tire Rack was announced as the title sponsor of the event. [3] After fan entry was prohibited at the previous round at VIR, spectators were allowed to attend the event, albeit subject to strict COVID-19 restrictions, including a lack of paddock access and facemask mandates. [4]

On August 27, 2020, IMSA released their latest technical bulletin, outlining BoP for the race. [5] In DPi, the lone change was a 15 kilogram weight reduction for the Cadillac. Similarly in GTLM, a 20 kilogram weight increase for the Porsche was the only adjustment made. In GTD, the Aston Martin received a 7.1 kilowatt increase to its average power delta, alongside increases to its turbocharger boost ratio. Several GTD cars also underwent fuel capacity adjustments. The Aston Martin, BMW, and Ferrari all received slight increases, while the Lamborghini received a one liter fuel capacity decrease.

Before the race, Ryan Briscoe and Renger van der Zande led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 124 points, ahead of Sébastien Bourdais and João Barbosa, and Oliver Jarvis and Tristan Nunez with 117 points. [6] In LMP2, Cameron Cassels led the Drivers' Championship with 64 points, 1 point ahead of Patrick Kelly in second followed by Henrik Hedman in third. [6] Antonio García and Jordan Taylor led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 165 points, 19 points ahead of Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor in second, and Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner in third. With 115 points, the GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Jack Hawksworth, ahead of Mario Farnbacher and Matt McMurry in second. [6] Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Lexus were leading their respective Manufactures' Championships while Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R, Performance Tech Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and AIM Vasser Sullivan each led their own Teams' Championships. [6]

Entries

A total of 28 cars took part in the event, split across four classes. 8 were entered in DPi, 2 in LMP2, 6 in GTLM, and 12 in GTD. Due to the endurance nature of the event, many teams drafted in a third driver, with teams in the LMP2 and GTD classes obligated to do so. Tristan Vautier, after running the majority of the early season with JDC-Miller Motorsports' #85 entry, was entered as a third driver in the #5. As a result, Stephen Simpson returned to the #85 to partner Matheus Leist. [7] The preliminary LMP2 class list featured four entries, which reduced to two by the time the green flag dropped. Starworks Motorsport withdrew early, and were followed by Performance Tech Motorsports after travel restrictions prohibited driver Cameron Cassels from traveling to and from his native Canada. [8] In GTD, the third driver demands forced AIM Vasser Sullivan to split the championship-contending duo of Aaron Telitz and Jack Hawksworth, placing Telitz in the #12 and leaving Hawksworth in the #14. [9] GRT Grasser Racing Team also returned to IMSA competition, after most recently competing in the season-opening 24 Hours of Daytona. They fielded a Lamborghini for Richard Heistand, Steijn Schothorst, and Richard Westbrook. [7]

Practice

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, both on Friday. The first session lasted one hour on Friday morning while the second session lasted 75 minutes on Friday afternoon. [10]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 10:00 am ET on Friday and ended with Pipo Derani topping the charts for Whelen Engineering Racing, with a lap time of 1:09.743. [11] Colin Braun was fastest in LMP2 with a time of 1:10.910. [11] The GTLM class was topped by the #912 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Earl Bamber with a time of 1:17.552. Nick Tandy in the sister #911 Porsche GT Team entry was second and John Edwards rounded out the top three. [12] The GTD class was topped by the #44 GRT Magnus Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo of Andy Lally with a time of 1:20.538. [13]

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGap
1DPi31 Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani 1:09.743_
2DPi5 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Sébastien Bourdais 1:10.132+0.389
3DPi55 Mazda Motorsports Harry Tincknell 1:10.404+0.661
Sources: [14] [15]

Practice 2

The second and final practice session took place at 2:25 pm ET on Friday and ended with Felipe Nasr topping the charts for Whelen Engineering Racing, with a lap time of 1:09.023. [16] Simon Trummer set the fastest time in LMP2. [17] The GTLM class was topped by the #25 BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE of Connor De Phillippi with a time of 1:16.875. Laurens Vanthoor in the #912 Porsche GT Team entry was second and Antonio García rounded out the top 3. [17] Steijn Schothorst was fastest in GTD with a time of 1:20.346. [18]

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGap
1DPi31 Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr 1:09.023_
2DPi10 Konica Minolta Cadillac Renger van der Zande 1:09.534+0.511
3DPi77 Mazda Motorsports Tristan Nunez 1:09.577+0.554
Sources: [19] [20]

Qualifying

Helio Castroneves (pictured in 2018) helped take the No. 7 Acura's third pole position of 2020. Helio Castroneves at the 2018 Indianapolis 500.jpg
Hélio Castroneves (pictured in 2018) helped take the No. 7 Acura's third pole position of 2020.

Friday's evening qualifying was broken into three sessions, with one session for the DPi and LMP2, GTLM, and GTD classes, which lasted for 15 minutes each, and a ten minute interval between the sessions. [10] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am (LMP2/GTD) classes requiring a Bronze/Silver Rated Driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put DPis ahead of the LMP2, GTLM, and GTD cars. [21]

The first session was for cars in GTD class. Frankie Montecalvo qualified on pole for the class driving the #12 car for AIM Vasser Sullivan, besting Madison Snow in the Paul Miller Racing entry. [22]

The second session was for cars in the GTLM class. Nick Tandy qualified on pole driving the #911 car for Porsche GT Team, beating Antonio García in the #3 Corvette Racing entry by less than twenty-hundredths of a second. All cars in class qualified within two tenths of the pole time. [23]

The final session of qualifying was for cars in the LMP2 and DPi classes. Hélio Castroneves qualified on pole driving the #7 car for Acura Team Penske, beating Felipe Nasr in the #31Whelen Engineering Racing car by less than one-tenth of a second. Patrick Kelly qualified on pole in LMP2 driving the #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports car. [24] [25]

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by .

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriverTimeGapGrid
1DPi7 Flag of the United States.svg Acura Team Penske Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves 1:08.674_1
2DPi31 Flag of the United States.svg Whelen Engineering Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr 1:08.730+0.0562
3DPi6 Flag of the United States.svg Acura Team Penske Flag of the United States.svg Dane Cameron 1:08.767+0.0933
4DPi77 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mazda Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Tristan Nunez 1:08.916+0.2428 1
5DPi55 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mazda Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Tincknell 1:08.948+0.2744
6DPi5 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais 1:09.067+0.3935
7DPi10 Flag of the United States.svg Konica Minolta Cadillac Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande 1:09.079+0.4056
8DPi85 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller MotorSports Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Leist 1:09.683+1.0097
9LMP252 Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Kelly1:12.209+3.5359
10LMP218 Flag of the United States.svg Era Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Dwight Merriman 1:15.490+6.81610 2
11GTLM911 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Tandy 1:16.167+7.49311
12GTLM3 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Spain.svg Antonio García 1:16.181+7.50712
13GTLM4 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner 1:16.212+7.53813
14GTLM912 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor 1:16.245+7.57114 3
15GTLM25 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg Connor De Phillippi 1:16.253+7.57915 4
16GTLM24 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of Finland.svg Jesse Krohn 1:16.359+7.68516 5
17GTD12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg AIM Vasser Sullivan Flag of the United States.svg Frankie Montecalvo 1:19.757+11.08317
18GTD48 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Miller Racing Flag of the United States.svg Madison Snow 1:19.907+11.23318
19GTD16 Flag of the United States.svg Wright Motorsports Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jan Heylen 1:19.920+11.24619
20GTD86 Flag of the United States.svg Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Michimi1:20.009+11.33520
21GTD11 Flag of Austria.svg GRT Grasser Racing Team Flag of the Netherlands.svg Steijn Schothorst 1:20.125+11.45121
22GTD57 Flag of the United States.svg Heinricher Racing with MSR Curb-Agajanian Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Misha Goikhberg 1:20.364+11.69022
23GTD96 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Robby Foley 1:20.469+11.79523
24GTD63 Flag of the United States.svg Scuderia Corsa Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Westphal1:20.606+11.93224
25GTD14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg AIM Vasser Sullivan Flag of the United States.svg Michael de Quesada1:20.615+11.94125
26GTD74 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Gar Robinson1:20.649+11.97526
27GTD23 Flag of the United States.svg Heart of Racing Team Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian James 1:20.828+12.15428 6
28GTD44 Flag of the United States.svg GRT Magnus Did Not Participate27
Sources: [26] [27]

Race

Post-race

The result kept Briscoe and van der Zande atop the DPi Drivers' Championship with 150 points. Jarvis and Nunez dropped from third to fifth while Derani advanced from fourth to third. [29] As a result of winning the race, Kelly took the lead of the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 98 points. Merriman and Tilley advanced from fourth to second. [29] The result kept Antonio García and Jordan Taylor atop the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 191 points. De Phillippi and Spengler advanced from sixth to third as a result of winning the race while Bamber and Vanthoor dropped from second to fifth. Edwards and Krohn moved to fourth after being fifth coming into Road Atlanta. [29] As a result of winning the race, Farnbacher and McMurry took the lead of the GTD Drivers' Championship with 150 points. Hawksworth dropped from first to third while Hardwick and Long advanced from sixth to fifth. [29] Cadillac and Chevrolet continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Acura took the lead of the GTD Manufactures' Championship. [29] Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R and Corvette Racing kept their respective advantages in the their respective of Teams' Championships. PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports and Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian became the leaders of their respective class Teams' Championships with five rounds remaining in the season. [29]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

PosClassNo.TeamDriversChassisLapsTime/Retired
Engine
1DPi7 Flag of the United States.svg Acura Team Penske Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves
Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor
Acura ARX-05 2736:00:54.929
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
2DPi55 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mazda Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Bomarito
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Tincknell
Mazda RT24-P 273+0.983
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4
3DPi31 Flag of the United States.svg Whelen Engineering Racing Flag of Portugal.svg Filipe Albuquerque
Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani
Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr
Cadillac DPi-V.R 273+2.067
Cadillac 5.5L V8
4DPi5 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Flag of Portugal.svg João Barbosa
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais
Flag of France.svg Tristan Vautier
Cadillac DPi-V.R 273+3.442
Cadillac 5.5L V8
5DPi10 Flag of the United States.svg Konica Minolta Cadillac Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande
Cadillac DPi-V.R 273+3.993
Cadillac 5.5L V8
6DPi6 Flag of the United States.svg Acura Team Penske Flag of the United States.svg Dane Cameron
Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya
Acura ARX-05 265Crash
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
7LMP252 Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Scott Huffaker
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Kelly
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer
Oreca 07 264+9 Laps
Gibson 4.2L GK428 V8
8GTLM25 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg Connor De Phillippi
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bruno Spengler
BMW M8 GTE 254+19 Laps
BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8
9GTLM4 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 254+19 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
10GTLM24 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg John Edwards
Flag of Finland.svg Jesse Krohn
BMW M8 GTE 254+19 Laps
BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8
11GTLM911 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Tandy
Porsche 911 RSR-19 254+19 Laps
Porsche 4.2L Flat-6
12GTLM3 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Spain.svg Antonio García
Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 254+19 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
13GTLM912 Flag of the United States.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 RSR-19 252+21 Laps
Porsche 4.2L Flat-6
14GTD86 Flag of the United States.svg Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Flag of Germany.svg Mario Farnbacher
Flag of the United States.svg Matt McMurry
Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Michimi
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 245+28 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
15GTD48 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Miller Racing Flag of the United States.svg Corey Lewis
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Sellers
Flag of the United States.svg Madison Snow
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 245+28 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
16GTD16 Flag of the United States.svg Wright Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hardwick
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jan Heylen
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Porsche 911 GT3 R 245+28 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
17GTD74 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Lawson Aschenbach
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Keating
Flag of the United States.svg Gar Robinson
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 245+28 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
18GTD12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg AIM Vasser Sullivan Flag of the United States.svg Townsend Bell
Flag of the United States.svg Frankie Montecalvo
Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Telitz
Lexus RC F GT3 245+28 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
19GTD23 Flag of the United States.svg Heart of Racing Team Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roman De Angelis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian James
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 245+28 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8
20GTD57 Flag of the United States.svg Heinricher Racing w/ MSR Curb-Agajanian Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mikhail Goikhberg
Flag of the United States.svg Trent Hindman
Flag of Portugal.svg Álvaro Parente
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 244+29 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
21GTD11 Flag of Austria.svg GRT Grasser Racing Team Flag of the United States.svg Richard Heistand
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Steijn Schothorst
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Westbrook
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 243+30 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
22GTD63 Flag of the United States.svg Scuderia Corsa Flag of the United States.svg Cooper MacNeil
Flag of Finland.svg Toni Vilander
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Westphal
Ferrari 488 GT3 237Crash
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
23LMP218 Flag of the United States.svg Era Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kyle Tilley
Flag of the United States.svg Dwight Merriman
Oreca 07 232+41 Laps
Gibson 4.2L GK428 V8
24DPi77 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mazda Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Jarvis
Flag of the United States.svg Tristan Nunez
Flag of France.svg Olivier Pla
Mazda RT24-P 230+43 Laps
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4
25GTD14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg AIM Vasser Sullivan Flag of the United States.svg Michael de Quesada
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Morad
Lexus RC F GT3 204+69 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
26GTD96 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of the United States.svg Robby Foley
Flag of the United States.svg Dillon Machavern
BMW M6 GT3 182Mechanical
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
27GTD44 Flag of the United States.svg GRT Magnus Flag of the United States.svg Andy Lally
Flag of the United States.svg John Potter
Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pumpelly
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 166Crash
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
28DPi85 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller MotorSports Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Leist
Flag of South Africa.svg Stephen Simpson
Cadillac DPi-V.R 54Rear End
Cadillac 5.5L V8
Sources: [30] [31]

Standings after the race

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