The 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship) was the 51st racing season sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) which traces its lineage back to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship. This was also the eighth United SportsCar Championship season and sixth under the IMSA SportsCar Championship name. The series began on January 30 with the 24 Hours of Daytona, and ended on November 13 with the Petit Le Mans after 12 races.
For the 2021 season, a new class is set to join the class hierarchy: Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3), in an attempt to bolster the number of entries across each race. It is a new addition to the structure of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, having previously been the main class in one of the championships' feeder series, the IMSA Prototype Challenge. [1] [2]
On September 9, 2020, IMSA announced a revamp of their points system. For the 2021 season onward, the existing points system would be used for the results of qualifying, with the same points system being multiplied by 10 for the main race. In addition, the existing amateur-based classes (LMP2 and GTD) would have a revised qualifying structure, with the session being split into two halves, with both halves requiring a different driver and set of tires to be used for qualifying. This format would be applied to the incoming LMP3 class as well. [3]
The provisional schedule was released on September 9, 2020, and features 12 rounds. The schedule was pending, however, because of COVID-19 regulations that may still be in effect. [1]
On December 3, 2020, IMSA announced the addition of the "Motul Pole Award 100", a qualifying race run in conjunction with the "Roar Before the Rolex 24" preseason test. The 100-minute event awards qualifying points and sets the starting order for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Two drivers must compete in each car, however points are awarded to all drivers on the entry list for each car. This effectively made participation in the Roar Before the 24 test mandatory for all teams planning to race in the 24 Hours of Daytona. [4]
On December 17, 2020, IMSA announced an adjustment to the schedule due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, shifting the "West Coast Swing" rounds at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and the Long Beach street circuit from April to September. [5]
On March 4, 2021, IMSA announced a further change to the schedule, again because of the pandemic, because the 24 Heures du Mans was rescheduled to August 21–22. The round at VIR, which clashed with the rescheduled Le Mans date, was moved from August 22 to October 9, while the season-ending Petit Le Mans shifted from October 9 to November 13. [6]
In a related change on March 25, 2021, the Detroit round, initially scheduled for June 5 with the classes not at Le Mans attending, was moved back after the date shift for Le Mans, with the round shifted to June 12 and becoming a single meeting with INDYCAR. The LMP2 class was dropped from the event, with a replacement venue to be announced at a later date. The GTLM class was added, but will not score points towards the championship. [7]
In a fourth pandemic-related change on April 7, 2021, IMSA announced the cancellation of the event at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park because of Canadian quarantine restrictions, replacing it with a standard-distance (three hour race, 2 hours, 40 minutes of racing format) at Watkins Glen International on Friday, July 2, dubbed the "WeatherTech 240 at The Glen." The race will use the format intended for Mosport, with all classes competing; however the GTD class will score points only towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. [8]
Notes:
In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine. [28]
In accordance with the 2020 LMP3 regulations, all cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine.
Bold indicates overall winner.
Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions in qualifying and the race 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+ |
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Qualifying | 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 |
Race | 350 | 320 | 300 | 280 | 260 | 250 | 240 | 230 | 220 | 210 | 200 | 190 | 180 | 170 | 160 | 150 | 140 | 130 | 120 | 110 | 100 | 90 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 |
Points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event.
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.
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:
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.
The points system for the Michelin 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 Rolex 24 at Daytona, points are awarded at 6 hours, 12 hours, 18 hours and at the finish. At the Sebring 12 hours, points are awarded at 4 hours, 8 hours and at the finish. At the Watkins Glen 6 hours, points are awarded at 3 hours and at the finish. At the Petit Le Mans (10 hours), points are awarded at 4 hours, 8 hours and at the finish.
Like the season-long team championship, Michelin 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.
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class. |
Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap |
Pos. | Drivers | DAY ‡ | SEB | WGL1 | WGL2 | ELK | LGA | ATL | Points | MEC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q | R | ||||||||||
1 | Mikkel Jensen Ben Keating | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2162 | 45 |
2 | Tristan Nunez Steven Thomas | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2026 | 37 |
3 | Gabriel Aubry John Farano | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2012 | 42 |
4 | Ryan Dalziel Dwight Merriman | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1620 | 34 | |
5 | Scott Huffaker | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1057 | 45 | |||
6 | Thomas Merrill | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1032 | 37 | |||
7 | Kyle Tilley | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 930 | 34 | |||
8 | Wayne Boyd James McGuire Guy Smith | 5† | 3 | 4 | 920 | 18 | |||||
9 | James French | 4 | 1 | 686 | 16 | ||||||
10 | Timothé Buret | 3 | 2 | 3 | 326 | 26 | |||||
- | Paul-Loup Chatin | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
- | Matthieu Vaxivière | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
- | Devlin DeFrancesco Eric Lux Christopher Mies Fabian Schiller | 9 | 3 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
- | Austin Dillon Sven Müller Cody Ware Salih Yoluç | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
- | Matthew Bell | 10 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
- | Andrea Belicchi Antonio Fuoco Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
- | Nicolas Lapierre | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
- | Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Charles Milesi Job van Uitert | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
- | Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen Robert Kubica | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
- | Garett Grist Ben Hanley Rob Hodes Rinus VeeKay | 5 | 10 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
Pos. | Drivers | DAY ‡ | SEB | WGL1 | WGL2 | ELK | LGA | ATL | Points | MEC |
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
‡: Points count towards Michelin Endurance Cup championship only
Pos. | Drivers | DAY ‡ | SEB | MOH | WGL1 | WGL2 | ELK | ATL | Points | MEC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q | R | ||||||||||
1 | Gar Robinson | DNS | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2176 | 55 |
2 | Jon Bennett Colin Braun | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1990 | 31 |
3 | Jim Cox Dylan Murry | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1922 | 33 |
4 | Felipe Fraga | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1846 | 24 | |||
5 | Rasmus Lindh | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1790 | 27 |
6 | Oliver Askew | DNS | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1744 | 39 |
7 | Dan Goldburg | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1495 | 19 | |||
8 | Jarett Andretti | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1432 | 10 | |||
9 | Scott Andrews | DNS | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1081 | 55 | |||
10 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 998 | 33 | |||
11 | George Kurtz | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 968 | 31 | |||
12 | Niklas Krütten | 6 | 5 | 6 | 854 | 16 | |||||
13 | Mateo Llarena | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 838 | 21 | |||
14 | Spencer Pigot | DNS | 1 | 3 | 2 | 673 | 44 | ||||
15 | Austin McCusker | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 607 | 21 | ||||
16 | João Barbosa Lance Willsey | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 571 | 21 | ||||
17 | Dom Cicero Theodor Olsen | 6 | 6 | 526 | 4 | ||||||
18 | Matthew Bell | 6 | 8 | 504 | 12 | ||||||
19 | Ari Balogh Garett Grist | 2 | 343 | 13 | |||||||
20 | Stevan McAleer | 1 | 3 | 4 | 312 | 22 | |||||
21 | Marco Andretti | 4 | 312 | 4 | |||||||
22 | Todd Archer Max Hanratty James Vance | 4 | 304 | 6 | |||||||
23 | Edouard Cauhaupé | 5 | 295 | 4 | |||||||
24 | Yann Clairay | 4 | 2 | 5 | 285 | 21 | |||||
25 | Mark Kvamme | 2 | 7 | 5 | 285 | 14 | |||||
26 | Rodrigo Pflucker Stefan Rzadzinski | 5 | 285 | 6 | |||||||
27 | Tom Gamble Andy Meyrick | 6 | 285 | 6 | |||||||
28 | Ben Devlin | 6 | 276 | 4 | |||||||
29 | Tõnis Kasemets Augie Pabst | 6 | 276 | 0 | |||||||
30 | Rodrigo Sales | 6 | 274 | 6 | |||||||
31 | Terry Olson Mike Skeen | 7 | 265 | 0 | |||||||
32 | Malthe Jakobsen | 9 | 252 | 6 | |||||||
33 | Josh Burdon | 10 | 240 | 6 | |||||||
34 | Naveen Rao Josh Skelton | 8 | 230 | 6 | |||||||
- | Wayne Boyd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
- | Laurents Hörr Kenton Koch Moritz Kranz | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
- | Matt McMurry | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
- | Cameron Cassels Ayrton Ori | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
- | Gabby Chaves Trenton Estep Ryan Norman | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
Pos. | Drivers | DAY ‡ | SEB | MOH | WGL1 | WGL2 | ELK | ATL | Points | MEC |
‡: Points count towards Michelin Endurance Cup championship only
Pos. | Drivers | DAY | SEB | BEL ‡ | WGL1 | WGL2 | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | ATL | Points | MEC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q | R | ||||||||||||||
1 | Antonio García Jordan Taylor | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3549 | 40 |
2 | Tommy Milner Nick Tandy | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3448 | 44 |
3 | Cooper MacNeil | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3356 | 35 | |
4 | Matt Campbell | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2084 | 27 | ||||||
5 | Mathieu Jaminet | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1706 | 27 | |||||||
6 | John Edwards Augusto Farfus Jesse Krohn | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1336 | 35 | |||||||
7 | Connor De Phillippi Philipp Eng Bruno Spengler | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1251 | 35 | |||||||
8 | Nicky Catsburg | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 977 | 31 | ||||||||
9 | Kévin Estre | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 958 | 17 | ||||||||
10 | Alexander Sims | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 953 | 37 | ||||||||
11 | Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki | 2 | 348 | 9 | |||||||||||
12 | Marco Wittmann | 6 | 3 | 325 | 11 | ||||||||||
13 | James Calado Jules Gounon Alessandro Pier Guidi Davide Rigon | 4 | 4 | 308 | 8 | ||||||||||
14 | Timo Glock | 5 | 5 | 286 | 9 | ||||||||||
15 | Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz | 3 | 6 | 280 | 8 | ||||||||||
Pos. | Drivers | DAY | SEB | BEL ‡ | WGL1 | WGL2 | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | ATL | Points | MEC |
‡: Non-points event
Pos. | Drivers | DAY | SEB | MOH | BEL ‡ | WGL1 | WGL2 ‡ | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | ATL | Points | WTSC | MEC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q | R | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor | 2 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3284 | 2069 | 38 | ||
2 | Madison Snow Bryan Sellers | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3163 | 2520 | 33 |
3 | Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3111 | 2539 | 34 |
4 | Patrick Long | 8 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2943 | 1750 | 40 | ||
5 | Bill Auberlen Robby Foley | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2880 | 2196 | 27 |
6 | Trent Hindman | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2718 | 1525 | 40 | |||
7 | Jack Hawksworth Aaron Telitz | 4 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 2640 | 2407 | 27 |
8 | Frankie Montecalvo | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2538 | 2130 | 25 |
8 | Zach Veach | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2538 | 1840 | 25 | |
9 | Katherine Legge | 13 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2400 | 1864 | 24 |
10 | Rob Ferriol | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2354 | 1864 | 24 |
11 | Andy Lally John Potter | 11 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2228 | 1225 | 24 | ||
12 | Ian James | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1949 | 669 | 34 | |||||
13 | Richard Heistand Jeff Westphal | 7 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1817 | 2092 | 4 | ||||
14 | Franck Perera | 18† | 19 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 1608 | 1085 | 24 | |||
15 | Mario Farnbacher | 11 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 1575 | 1858 | 8 | |||
16 | Daniel Morad | 14 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1515 | 1006 | 24 | ||||
17 | Misha Goikhberg | 18† | 19 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 1410 | 1426 | 18 | |||
18 | Till Bechtolsheimer | 8 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 1365 | 1956 | - | |||||
19 | Michael de Quesada | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1278 | 1006 | 16 | ||||||
20 | Lars Kern | 2 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1215 | - | 38 | ||||||||
21 | Jan Heylen | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1193 | - | 40 | ||||||||
22 | Marc Miller | 8 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1185 | 1776 | - | ||||||
23 | Aidan Read | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 1158 | - | 27 | ||||||||
24 | Corey Lewis | 17 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1148 | - | 33 | ||||||||
25 | Robert Megennis | 9 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1042 | - | 25 | ||||||||
26 | Maro Engel | 5 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 1035 | - | 32 | ||||||||
27 | Spencer Pumpelly | 11 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1003 | - | 24 | ||||||||
28 | Don Yount | 16 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 938 | 219 | 18 | ||||||||
29 | Kyle Kirkwood | 4 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 898 | - | 27 | ||||||||
30 | Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul | 10 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 778 | 265 | 21 | ||||||||
31 | Jeff Kingsley | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 750 | 1253 | - | ||||||||
32 | Billy Johnson | 14 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 733 | - | 18 | |||||||||
33 | Alex Riberas | 12 | 12 | 6 | 669 | 669 | - | ||||||||||
34 | Andrew Davis | 16 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 656 | - | 18 | |||||||||
35 | Mike Skeen | 14 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 644 | 219 | 14 | |||||||||
36 | Philip Ellis Russell Ward | 5 | 1 | 11 | 598 | - | 22 | ||||||||||
37 | Guy Cosmo | 7 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 593 | 665 | 6 | |||||||||
38 | Jaden Conwright | 4 | 9 | 544 | - | 10 | |||||||||||
39 | Tim Zimmermann | 18† | 19 | 13 | 13 | 534 | - | 18 | |||||||||
40 | Christina Nielsen | 13 | 10 | 5 | 508 | - | 14 | ||||||||||
41 | Earl Bamber | 13 | 10 | 10 | 462 | - | 14 | ||||||||||
42 | J. R. Hildebrand | 16 | 15 | 11 | 394 | 219 | 8 | ||||||||||
43 | Indy Dontje | 5 | 1 | 376 | - | 16 | |||||||||||
44 | Raffaele Marciello Luca Stolz | 10 | 2 | 341 | - | 11 | |||||||||||
45 | Andrea Caldarelli | 17 | 3 | 314 | - | 12 | |||||||||||
46 | Klaus Bachler | 8 | 4 | 303 | - | 11 | |||||||||||
47 | Daniel Juncadella | 4 | 300 | - | 6 | ||||||||||||
48 | Markus Palttala | 4 | 299 | - | 4 | ||||||||||||
49 | Darren Turner | 6 | 5 | 285 | - | 9 | |||||||||||
50 | Colton Herta | 1 | 6 | 285 | - | 8 | |||||||||||
51 | Bia Figueiredo | 5 | 280 | - | 6 | ||||||||||||
52 | Charlie Eastwood Ben Keating Max Root Richard Westbrook | 12 | 7 | 259 | - | 8 | |||||||||||
53 | Steven Aghakhani Jake Eidson | 7 | 255 | 255 | - | ||||||||||||
54 | Tyler McQuarrie | 9 | 248 | - | 4 | ||||||||||||
55 | Matteo Cressoni Simon Mann Nicklas Nielsen Daniel Serra | 15 | 8 | 246 | - | 13 | |||||||||||
56 | Benjamin Hites | 9 | 245 | - | 6 | ||||||||||||
57 | Maximilian Buhk | 14 | 9 | 237 | - | 8 | |||||||||||
58 | Trenton Estep | 10 | 234 | - | 6 | ||||||||||||
59 | Ryan Hardwick | 12 | 225 | 225 | - | ||||||||||||
60 | Colin Braun Daniel Mancinelli | 10 | 224 | 224 | - | ||||||||||||
61 | Matt Campbell | 2 | 12 | 222 | - | 8 | |||||||||||
62 | Matt McMurry | 11 | 221 | 221 | - | ||||||||||||
63 | Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff | 12 | 209 | - | 6 | ||||||||||||
64 | Michele Beretta | 13 | 208 | - | 6 | ||||||||||||
65 | Jacob Abel | 13 | 204 | 204 | - | ||||||||||||
66 | Townsend Bell | 9 | 13 | 5 | 202 | 290 | 8 | ||||||||||
67 | Stephen Simpson | 13 | 198 | - | 6 | ||||||||||||
68 | Ryan Briscoe Bret Curtis Marcos Gomes Ed Jones | 7 | 14 | 194 | - | 8 | |||||||||||
69 | Stevan McAleer | 14 | 188 | - | 6 | ||||||||||||
70 | Shane Lewis | 7 | 14 | 186 | 446 | - | |||||||||||
71 | Oliver Gavin | 4 | 16 | 178 | - | 8 | |||||||||||
72 | James Sofronas Kyle Washington | 15 | 176 | 176 | - | ||||||||||||
73 | Alan Metni | 16 | 15 | 175 | - | 8 | |||||||||||
74 | Marco Mapelli | 3 | 18 | 2 | 160 | 341 | 8 | ||||||||||
74 | Mirko Bortolotti Rolf Ineichen Steijn Schothorst | 3 | 18 | 160 | - | 8 | |||||||||||
75 | Ted Giovanis Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb Owen Trinkler | DNS | 17 | 140 | - | 8 | |||||||||||
76 | Albert Costa | 18† | 19 | 133 | - | 8 | |||||||||||
Pos. | Drivers | DAY | SEB | MOH | BEL ‡ | WGL1 | WGL2 ‡ | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | ATL | Points | WTSC | MEC |
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
‡: Points count towards WeatherTech Sprint Cup championship only.
Pos. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | MOH | BEL | WGL1 | WGL2 | ELK | LGA | LBH | ATL | Points | MEC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q | R | ||||||||||||||
1 | #31 Whelen Engineering Racing | Cadillac DPi-V.R | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3407 | 32 |
2 | #10 WTR-Konica Minolta Acura | Acura ARX-05 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3396 | 45 |
3 | #55 Mazda Motorsports | Mazda RT24-P | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3264 | 39 |
4 | #01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing | Cadillac DPi-V.R | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3163 | 30 |
5 | #60 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian | Acura ARX-05 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2946 | 34 |
6 | #5 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing | Cadillac DPi-V.R | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2933 | 32 |
7 | #48 Ally Cadillac Racing | Cadillac DPi-V.R | 6 | 2 | 7† | 5 | 4 | 1203 | 28 | ||||||
Pos. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | MOH | BEL | WGL1 | WGL2 | ELK | LGA | LBH | ATL | Points | MEC |
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
Pos. | Team | Chassis | DAY ‡ | SEB | WGL1 | WGL2 | ELK | LGA | ATL | Points | MEC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q | R | |||||||||||
1 | #52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | Oreca 07 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2162 | 45 |
2 | #11 WIN Autosport | Oreca 07 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2026 | 37 |
3 | #8 Tower Motorsport | Oreca 07 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2012 | 42 |
4 | #18 Era Motorsport with IDEC Sport | Oreca 07 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1620 | 34 | |
5 | #22 United Autosports | Oreca 07 | 5† | 3 | 4 | 920 | 18 | |||||
- | #82 DragonSpeed USA | Oreca 07 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
- | #51 RWR-Eurasia | Ligier JS P217 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
- | #47 Cetilar Racing | Dallara P217 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
- | #29 Racing Team Nederland | Oreca 07 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
- | #20 High Class Racing | Oreca 07 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
- | #81 DragonSpeed USA | Oreca 07 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
Pos. | Team | Chassis | DAY ‡ | SEB | WGL1 | WGL2 | ELK | LGA | ATL | Points | MEC |
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
‡: Points only awarded towards Michelin Endurance Cup championship
Pos. | Team | Chassis | DAY ‡ | SEB | MOH | WGL1 | WGL2 | ELK | ATL | Points | MEC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q | R | |||||||||||
1 | #74 Riley Motorsports | Ligier JS P320 | DNS | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2176 | 55 |
2 | #54 CORE Autosport | Ligier JS P320 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1990 | 31 |
3 | #91 Riley Motorsports | Ligier JS P320 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1922 | 33 |
4 | #38 Performance Tech Motorsports | Ligier JS P320 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1790 | 27 |
5 | #36 Andretti Autosport | Ligier JS P320 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1432 | 10 | |||
6 | #30 Jr III Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 7 | 2 | 608 | 13 | ||||||
7 | #7 Forty7 Motorsports | Duqueine D-08 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 597 | 23 | ||||
8 | #2 United Autosports USA | Ligier JS P320 | 5 | 6 | 580 | 10 | ||||||
9 | #33 Sean Creech Motorsport | Ligier JS P320 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 571 | 21 | ||||
10 | #84 Dawson Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 6 | 6 | 526 | 4 | ||||||
11 | #83 WIN Autosport | Duqueine D-08 | 6 | 8 | 504 | 12 | ||||||
12 | #40 FastMD Racing | Duqueine D-08 | 4 | 304 | 6 | |||||||
13 | #61 Wulver Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 6 | 276 | - | |||||||
- | #6 Mühlner Motorsports America | Duqueine D-08 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
Pos. | Team | Chassis | DAY ‡ | SEB | MOH | WGL1 | WGL2 | ELK | ATL | Points | MEC |
‡: Points count towards Michelin Endurance Cup championship only
Pos. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | BEL ‡ | WGL1 | WGL2 | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | ATL | Points | MEC | |
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Q | R | |||||||||||||||
1 | #3 Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3549 | 40 |
2 | #4 Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3448 | 44 |
3 | #79 WeatherTech Racing | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3356 | 35 | |
4 | #24 BMW Team RLL | BMW M8 GTE | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1336 | 35 | |||||||
5 | #25 BMW Team RLL | BMW M8 GTE | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1251 | 35 | |||||||
6 | #97 WeatherTech Racing | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | 2 | 348 | 9 | |||||||||||
7 | #62 Risi Competizione | Ferrari 488 GTE | 4 | 4 | 308 | 8 | ||||||||||
Pos. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | BEL ‡ | WGL1 | WGL2 | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | ATL | Points | MEC |
‡: Non-points event
Pos. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | MOH | BEL ‡ | WGL1 | WGL2 ‡ | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | ATL | Points | WTSC | MEC | |
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Q | R | |||||||||||||||||
1 | #9 Pfaff Motorsports | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3284 | 2069 | 38 | ||
2 | #1 Paul Miller Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3163 | 2520 | 33 |
3 | #23 Heart of Racing Team | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3111 | 2539 | 34 |
4 | #16 Wright Motorsports | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 8 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2943 | 1750 | 40 | ||
5 | #96 Turner Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2880 | 2196 | 27 |
6 | #14 Vasser Sullivan | Lexus RC F GT3 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 2640 | 2407 | 27 |
7 | #12 Vasser Sullivan | Lexus RC F GT3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2538 | 2130 | 25 |
8 | #88 Team Hardpoint | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 13 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2400 | 1864 | 24 |
9 | #44 Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports | Acura NSX GT3 Evo | 11 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2228 | 1225 | 24 | ||
10 | #39 CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 7 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1817 | 2092 | 4 | ||||
11 | #19 GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 18† | 19 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 1608 | 1426 | 24 | ||
12 | #28 Alegra Motorsports | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 14 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1515 | 1006 | 24 | ||||
13 | #66 Gradient Racing | Acura NSX GT3 Evo | 8 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 1365 | 1956 | - | |||||
14 | #76 Compass Racing | Acura NSX GT3 Evo | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1175 | 1678 | - | ||||||
15 | #42 NTE Sport | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 16 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 938 | 219 | 18 | ||||||||
16 | #75 SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 10 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 778 | 265 | 21 | ||||||||
17 | #27 Heart of Racing Team | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 669 | 669 | - | ||||||||||
18 | #57 Winward Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 5 | 1 | 11 | 598 | - | 22 | ||||||||||
19 | #32 Gilbert/Korthoff Motorsports | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 7 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 593 | 665 | 6 | |||||||||
20 | #63 Scuderia Corsa | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 418 | 224 | 8 | ||||||||||
21 | #97 TF Sport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 12 | 7 | 259 | - | 8 | |||||||||||
22 | #26 O'Gara Motorsport / USRT | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 7 | 255 | 255 | - | ||||||||||||
23 | #21 AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 15 | 8 | 246 | - | 13 | |||||||||||
24 | #99 Team Hardpoint EBM | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 10 | 234 | - | 6 | ||||||||||||
25 | #70 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport | McLaren 720S GT3 | 12 | 209 | - | 6 | ||||||||||||
26 | #34 GMG Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 15 | 176 | 176 | - | ||||||||||||
27 | #111 GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 3 | 18 | 160 | - | 8 | |||||||||||
28 | #64 Team TGM | Porsche 911 GT3 R | DNS | 17 | 140 | - | 8 | |||||||||||
Pos. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | MOH | BEL ‡ | WGL1 | WGL2 ‡ | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | ATL | Points | WTSC | MEC |
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
‡: Points count towards WeatherTech Sprint Cup championship only.
Pos. | Manufacturer | DAY | SEB | MOH | BEL | WGL1 | WGL2 | ELK | LGA | LBH | ATL | Points | MEC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q | R | |||||||||||||
1 | Cadillac | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3666 | 48 |
2 | Acura | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3553 | 51 |
3 | Mazda | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3421 | 45 |
Pos. | Manufacturer | DAY | SEB | MOH | BEL | WGL1 | WGL2 | ELK | LGA | LBH | ATL | Points | MEC |
Pos. | Manufacturer | DAY | SEB | BEL ‡ | WGL1 | WGL2 | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | ATL | Points | MEC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q | R | ||||||||||||||
1 | Chevrolet | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3715 | 53 |
2 | Porsche | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3546 | 38 | |
3 | BMW | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1407 | 49 | |||||||
4 | Ferrari | 4 | 4 | 330 | 12 | ||||||||||
Pos. | Manufacturer | DAY | SEB | BEL ‡ | WGL1 | WGL2 | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | ATL | Points | MEC |
‡: Non-points event
Pos. | Manufacturer | DAY | SEB | MOH | BEL ‡ | WGL1 | WGL2 ‡ | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | ATL | Points | WTSC | MEC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q | R | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Porsche | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3425 | 2605 | 48 |
2 | Lamborghini | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3290 | 2652 | 34 |
3 | Aston Martin | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3239 | 2642 | 38 |
4 | Lexus | 4 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3129 | 2636 | 29 |
5 | BMW | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 3089 | 2401 | 27 |
6 | Acura | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2747 | 2245 | 26 |
7 | Audi | 16 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2487 | 2252 | 18 | |
8 | Mercedes-AMG | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2300 | 1649 | 33 | ||
9 | Ferrari | 7 | 8 | 10 | 526 | 252 | 13 | ||||||||||
10 | McLaren | 12 | 243 | - | 6 | ||||||||||||
Pos. | Manufacturer | DAY | SEB | MOH | BEL ‡ | WGL1 | WGL2 ‡ | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | ATL | Points | WTSC | MEC |
‡: Points count towards WeatherTech Sprint Cup championship only.
The Trueman / Akin Driver Award programs recognize outstanding Drivers in the LMP2, and GTD classes who, while not professional Drivers, have established themselves and their driving credentials in the racing community through their talent, effort and determination. These awards are presented to those Drivers based on their individual performance, the performance of their Teams and their driving contribution to the Race result of their Car.
The Trueman / Akin programs are intended for Drivers that have built a career outside of racing and contribute a substantial portion of the funding to a Team's budget. These Drivers may become Race winners and champions but they are distinguished by the presence of a business career or other professional pursuit away from the racetrack.
Trueman points and the Jim Trueman season-end trophy are awarded to eligible LMP2 class Drivers. Akin points and the Bob Akin season-end trophy are awarded to eligible GTD class Drivers. [125]
Pos. | Driver | DAY | SEB | WGL1 | WGL2 | ELK | LGA | ATL | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ben Keating | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2230 |
2 | John Farano | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2190 |
3 | Steven Thomas | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2090 |
4 | Dwight Merriman | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1820 | |
5 | Thomas Merrill | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1190 | |||
6 | James McGuire | 5 | 3 | 4 | 840 | ||||
7 | Eric Lux | 3 | 300 | ||||||
8 | Salih Yoluç | 4 | 280 | ||||||
9 | Roberto Lacorte | 6 | 250 | ||||||
10 | Frits van Eerd | 8 | 230 | ||||||
11 | Dennis Andersen | 9 | 220 | ||||||
12 | Rob Hodes | 10 | 210 | ||||||
Pos. | Driver | DAY | SEB | WGL1 | WGL2 | ELK | LGA | ATL | Points |
Pos. | Driver | DAY | SEB | MOH | WGL1 | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | ATL | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rob Ferriol | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3090 |
2 | John Potter | 11 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2980 |
3 | Richard Heistand | 7 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2370 | |||
4 | Till Bechtolsheimer | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 1840 | ||||
5 | Don Yount | 15 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1180 | ||||||
6 | Kenny Habul | 2 | 9 | 14 | 930 | |||||||
7 | Ben Keating | 7 | 320 | |||||||||
8 | Brendan Iribe | 12 | 280 | |||||||||
9 | Ryan Hardwick | 12 | 260 | |||||||||
= | Bret Curtis | 14 | 260 | |||||||||
= | James Sofronas Kyle Washington | 15 | 260 | |||||||||
12 | Shane Lewis | 14 | 250 | |||||||||
= | Alan Metni | 15 | 250 | |||||||||
14 | Ted Giovanis Hugh Plumb | 17 | 240 | |||||||||
Pos. | Driver | DAY | SEB | MOH | WGL1 | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | ATL | Points |
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