2016 SportsCar Grand Prix

The 2016 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was a professional sports car racing event held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park near Bowmanville, Ontario on July 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2016.[1] The race was the seventh round of the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the event marked the 31st IMSA sanctioned sports car race held at the facility.

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

Race background

For 2016, the WeatherTech Championship race featured all four classes, Prototype (P), Prototype Challenge (PC), GT Le Mans (GTLM) and the GT Daytona (GTD) for the first time since the 2013 edition of the Grand Prix.[2] The weekend also included races for the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Mazda Prototype Lites, the Global MX-5 Cup and the Nissan Micra Cup.[3]

Qualifying results

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

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	55	Mazda Motorsports	Tristan Nunez	1:10.126	_	1
2	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor	1:10.435	+0.309	2
3	P	70	Mazda Motorsports	Tom Long	1:10.572	+0.446	3
4	P	5	Action Express Racing	Christian Fittipaldi	1:10.761	+0.635	4
5	P	31	Action Express Racing	Eric Curran	1:11.177	+1.051	5
6	P	90	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Marc Goossens	1:11.296	+1.170	6
7	P	60	Michael Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian	John Pew	1:11.760	+1.634	7
8	PC	54	CORE Autosport	Colin Braun	1:11.946	+1.820	15¹
9	PC	38	Performance Tech	James French	1:12.372	+2.246	8
10	PC	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Stephen Simpson	1:12.448	+2.322	9
11	PC	20	BAR1 Motorsports	Matt McMurry	1:12.471	+2.345	10
12	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Robert Alon	1:12.505	+2.379	111
13	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	Alex Popow	1:13.197	+3.071	12
14	P	0	Panoz DeltaWing Racing	Katherine Legge	1:14.077	+3.951	13
15	PC	88	Starworks Motorsport	Mark Kvamme	1:15.020	+4.894	14
16	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García	1:15.198	+5.072	16
17	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Dirk Müller	1:15.236	+5.110	17
18	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Richard Westbrook	1:15.430	+5.304	18
19	GTLM	100	BMW Team RLL	Lucas Luhr	1:15.446	+5.320	19
20	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen	1:15.501	+5.375	20
21	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin	1:15.549	+5.423	21
22	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Giancarlo Fisichella	1:15.780	+5.654	22
23	GTLM	912	Porsche North America	Earl Bamber	1:16.230	+6.104	23
24	GTLM	911	Porsche North America	Nick Tandy	1:16.476	+6.350	24
25	GTD	23	Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing	Alex Riberas	1:18.245	+8.119	25
26	GTD	6	Stevenson Motorsports	Andrew Davis	1:18.582	+8.456	26
27	GTD	16	Change Racing	Spencer Pumpelly	1:18.672	+8.546	27
28	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Bret Curtis	1:18.673	+8.547	28
29	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey	1:18.745	+8.619	29
30	GTD	9	Stevenson Motorsports	Matt Bell	1:18.832	+8.706	30
31	GTD	27	Dream Racing	Cédric Sbirrazzuoli	1:19.000	+8.874	31
32	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports	Ben Keating	1:19.132	+9.006	32
33	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Madison Snow	1:19.151	+9.025	33
34	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Christina Nielsen	1:19.332	+9.206	34
35	GTD	97	Turner Motorsport	Michael Marsal	1:20.070	+9.944	35
36	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter	1:20.197	+10.071	36²
37	GTD	22	Alex Job Racing	Cooper MacNeil	1:20.269	+10.143	37
Sources:[4][5]

¹ The No. 54 CORE Autosport entry was moved to the back of the PC field for starting the race with a different driver than who qualified.
² The No. 44 Magnus Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.

Report

Race summary

The race was won overall by Eric Curran and Dane Cameron, driving a Chevrolet Corvette DP for Action Express Racing. They finished ahead of the Action Express Racing sister car of João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi, while the podium was completed by Ricky and Jordan Taylor of Wayne Taylor Racing. In sixth place overall, CORE Autosport won the Prototype Challenge class with drivers Jon Bennett and Colin Braun, while the GT Le Mans honors were taken by Ford Chip Ganassi Racing drivers Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook in the Ford GT in fourteenth place overall. The GT Daytona class was won by Bret Curtis and Jens Klingmann in the Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Race results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tire	Laps
1	P	31	Action Express Racing	Eric Curran Dane Cameron	Coyote Chevrolet Corvette DP	C	125
1	P	31	Action Express Racing	Eric Curran Dane Cameron	Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8	C	125
2	P	5	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi	Chevrolet Corvette DP	C	125
2	P	5	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi	Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8	C	125
3	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette DP	C	125
3	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8	C	125
4	P	90	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Ryan Dalziel Marc Goossens	Chevrolet Corvette DP	C	125
4	P	90	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Ryan Dalziel Marc Goossens	Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8	C	125
5	P	70	Mazda Motorsports	Joel Miller Tom Long	Lola B08/80	C	125
5	P	70	Mazda Motorsports	Joel Miller Tom Long	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L I4 Turbo	C	125
6	PC	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Oreca FLM09	C	123
6	PC	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	123
7	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	Alex Popow Renger van der Zande	Oreca FLM09	C	123
7	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	Alex Popow Renger van der Zande	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	123
8	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Robert Alon Tom Kimber-Smith	Oreca FLM09	C	123
8	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Robert Alon Tom Kimber-Smith	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	123
9	PC	38	Performance Tech	James French Kyle Marcelli	Oreca FLM09	C	123
9	PC	38	Performance Tech	James French Kyle Marcelli	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	123
10	PC	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Misha Goikhberg Stephen Simpson	Oreca FLM09	C	122
10	PC	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Misha Goikhberg Stephen Simpson	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	122
11	P	60	Michael Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian	John Pew Oswaldo Negri Jr.	Ligier JS P2	C	122
11	P	60	Michael Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian	John Pew Oswaldo Negri Jr.	Honda HR35TT 3.5 Turbo V6	C	122
12	PC	20	BAR1 Motorsports	Matt McMurry Johnny Mowlem	Oreca FLM09	C	122
12	PC	20	BAR1 Motorsports	Matt McMurry Johnny Mowlem	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	122
13	P	0	Panoz DeltaWing Racing	Katherine Legge Sean Rayhall	DeltaWing DWC 13	C	121
13	P	0	Panoz DeltaWing Racing	Katherine Legge Sean Rayhall	Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4	C	121
14	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook	Ford GT	M	119
14	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook	Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6	M	119
15	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	119
15	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	M	119
16	PC	88	Starworks Motorsport	Mark Kvamme Richard Bradley	Oreca FLM09	C	119
16	PC	88	Starworks Motorsport	Mark Kvamme Richard Bradley	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	C	119
17	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	119
17	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	M	119
18	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Dirk Werner	BMW M6 GTLM	M	119
18	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Dirk Werner	BMW 4.4 L V8	M	119
19	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford GT	M	119
19	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6	M	119
20	GTLM	912	Porsche North America	Earl Bamber Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	M	119
20	GTLM	912	Porsche North America	Earl Bamber Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	119
21	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	119
21	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8	M	119
22	GTLM	911	Porsche North America	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy	Porsche 911 RSR	M	119
22	GTLM	911	Porsche North America	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	119
23	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Bret Curtis Jens Klingmann	BMW M6 GT3	C	116
23	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Bret Curtis Jens Klingmann	BMW 4.4 L V8	C	116
24	GTD	6	Stevenson Motorsports	Robin Liddell Andrew Davis	Audi R8 LMS	C	116
24	GTD	6	Stevenson Motorsports	Robin Liddell Andrew Davis	Audi 5.2 L V10	C	116
25	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	C	116
25	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	C	116
26	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Christina Nielsen Alessandro Balzan	Ferrari 488 GT3	C	116
26	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Christina Nielsen Alessandro Balzan	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8	C	116
27	GTD	16	Change Racing	Spencer Pumpelly Corey Lewis	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	C	116
27	GTD	16	Change Racing	Spencer Pumpelly Corey Lewis	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	C	116
28	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 GT3 R	C	116
28	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	C	116
29	GTD	22	Alex Job Racing	Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	C	115
29	GTD	22	Alex Job Racing	Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	C	115
30	GTD	27	Dream Racing	Cédric Sbirrazzuoli Fabio Babini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	C	115
30	GTD	27	Dream Racing	Cédric Sbirrazzuoli Fabio Babini	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	C	115
31	GTD	9	Stevenson Motorsports	Lawson Aschenbach Matt Bell	Audi R8 LMS	C	114
31	GTD	9	Stevenson Motorsports	Lawson Aschenbach Matt Bell	Audi 5.2 L V10	C	114
32	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter Andy Lally	Audi R8 LMS	C	112
32	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter Andy Lally	Audi 5.2 L V10	C	112
33	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen	Dodge Viper GT3-R	C	110
33	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen	Dodge 8.3 L V10	C	110
34	GTLM	100	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Lucas Luhr	BMW M6 GTLM	M	108
34	GTLM	100	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Lucas Luhr	BMW 4.4 L V8	M	108
35	GTD	23	Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing	Mario Farnbacher Alex Riberas	Porsche 911 GT3 R	C	106
35	GTD	23	Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing	Mario Farnbacher Alex Riberas	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	C	106
36	P	55	Mazda Motorsports	Jonathan Bomarito Tristan Nunez	Mazda Prototype	C	60
36	P	55	Mazda Motorsports	Jonathan Bomarito Tristan Nunez	Mazda MZ2.0T 2.0 L I4 Turbo	C	60
37	GTD	97	Turner Motorsport	Michael Marsal Markus Palttala	BMW M6 GT3	C	34
37	GTD	97	Turner Motorsport	Michael Marsal Markus Palttala	BMW 4.4 L V8	C	34
Source:[13]

Media

Television

The race was broadcast live by Fox Sports on Fox Sports 1 in the United States and on Fox Sports Racing in Canada, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.[14] The event was televised internationally by FOX Sports Latin America, Motors TV in Europe, and Fox Sports Asia.

IMSA SportsCar Championship on Fox Sports
Booth Announcers		Pit reporters
Announcer	Greg Creamer	Jamie Howe Justin Bell
Color	Calvin Fish	Jamie Howe Justin Bell

Radio

The race was broadcast by IMSA Radio with announcers John Hindhaugh and Jeremy Shaw calling the race on IMSA.tv and radiolemans.com, and simulcast on Sirius channel 106 satellite radio and on 90.7 FM at the track.

IMSA Radio
Booth Announcers		Pit reporters
Announcer	John Hindhaugh	Shea Adam
Color	Jeremy Shaw	Shea Adam

Support race results

CTSC			Prototype Lites	MX-5 Cup	Nissan Micra Cup
GS	Scott Maxwell Billy Johnson	Race 1	Clark Toppe	Nikko Reger	Xavier Coupal
ST	Sarah Cattaneo Owen Trinkler	Race 2	Austin Versteeg	Mark Drennan	Olivier Bedard

References

"IMSA announces schedule for 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar season". Fox Sports. August 8, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
Dagys, John (August 8, 2015). "2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Schedule Released". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
Chalmers, Ryan (November 17, 2015). "CTMP unveils 2015 major events schedule". Inside Track Motorsport News. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
"03_Results.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
"01_Starting_Grid.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
Dagys, John (July 10, 2016). "Action Express Racing takes 1-2 at Mosport". Fox Sports. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
DiZinno, Tony (July 10, 2016). "IMSA: Action Express Corvette DP, Ford double up again at CTMP". NBC Sports. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
McDonald, Norris (July 10, 2016). "Cameron, Curran win Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix". The Toronto Star. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
"Action Express Corvettes dominate Canadian IMSA race". Autoweek. July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
DeGroot, Nick (July 10, 2016). "Cameron, Curran earn first win of the season at CTMP". Motorsport.com. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
Pruett, Marshall (July 10, 2016). "IMSA: Action Express, Ford rule in Canada". Racer.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
Cole Smith, Steven (July 11, 2016). "Action Express Racing Corvette DP wins at CTMP". Inside Track Motorsport News. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
"Race Unofficial Results by Class" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
"IMSA: 2016 TV schedules for WeatherTech Championship and Continental Tire Challenge announced". Racer.com. January 21, 2016. Archived from the original on June 12, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.

External links

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[1] "IMSA announces schedule for 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar season". Fox Sports. August 8, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2016.

[2] Dagys, John (August 8, 2015). "2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Schedule Released". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 23, 2016.

[3] Chalmers, Ryan (November 17, 2015). "CTMP unveils 2015 major events schedule". Inside Track Motorsport News. Retrieved June 23, 2016.

[4] "03_Results.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

[5] "01_Starting_Grid.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved April 12, 2023.

[6] Dagys, John (July 10, 2016). "Action Express Racing takes 1-2 at Mosport". Fox Sports. Retrieved July 25, 2016.

[7] DiZinno, Tony (July 10, 2016). "IMSA: Action Express Corvette DP, Ford double up again at CTMP". NBC Sports. Retrieved July 25, 2016.

[8] McDonald, Norris (July 10, 2016). "Cameron, Curran win Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix". The Toronto Star. Retrieved July 25, 2016.

[9] "Action Express Corvettes dominate Canadian IMSA race". Autoweek. July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.

[10] DeGroot, Nick (July 10, 2016). "Cameron, Curran earn first win of the season at CTMP". Motorsport.com. Retrieved July 25, 2016.

[11] Pruett, Marshall (July 10, 2016). "IMSA: Action Express, Ford rule in Canada". Racer.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.

[12] Cole Smith, Steven (July 11, 2016). "Action Express Racing Corvette DP wins at CTMP". Inside Track Motorsport News. Retrieved July 25, 2016.

[13] "Race Unofficial Results by Class" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2016.

[14] "IMSA: 2016 TV schedules for WeatherTech Championship and Continental Tire Challenge announced". Racer.com. January 21, 2016. Archived from the original on June 12, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.

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