2018 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic

The 2018 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 2, 2018. The race was the fifth round of the 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

The layout of The Raceway on Belle Isle

Background

Similar to the Grand Prix of Long Beach, this event was held 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.

On May 25, 2018, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of performance for the GTD class.[1] The Lexus RC F GT3 received a 25 kilogram weight increase. The Mercedes AMG GT3 received a 10 kilogram weight break. No changes made in P.

Entries
Further information: 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 26 cars took part in the event split across two classes.[2] 14 cars were entered in P, and 12 in GTD. In P, Spirit of Daytona Racing made their first appearance since Sebring. Performance Tech Motorsports skipped to focus on testing before the Watkins Glen round.[3] Harry Tincknell returned to the Mazda Team Joest No. 55 entry. GTD saw a number of driver changes. Robby Foley joined Bill Auberlen in the Turner Motorsport entry while Mario Farnbacher substituted for Álvaro Parente in the Meyer Shank Racing No. 86 entry due to a clash with the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup round at Circuit Paul Ricard.[4] Bernd Schneider joined Kenny Habul in the SunEnergy1 Racing entry.[5] Jeff Segal substituted for Alessandro Balzan in the Scuderia Corsa entry due to a medical procedure.[6]

Practice

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 8:15 am ET on Friday and ended with Ricky Taylor topping the charts for Acura Team Penske, with a lap time of 1:21.909.[7]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 7 Acura Team Penske Ricky Taylor 1:21.909 _
2 P 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr 1:22.115 +0.206
3 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing João Barbosa 1:22.513 +0.604
Source:[8]

Practice 2

The second and final practice session took place at 1:05 pm ET on Friday and ended with Hélio Castroneves topping the charts for Acura Team Pensken, with a lap time of 1:22.363.[9]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 7 Acura Team Penske Hélio Castroneves 1:22.363 _
2 P 22 Tequila Patrón ESM Pipo Derani 1:22.388 +0.025
3 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing João Barbosa 1:22.427 +0.064
Source:[10]


Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by double-dagger.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P 22 United States Tequila Patrón ESM Brazil Pipo Derani 1:22.273 _ 1double-dagger
2 P 6 United States Acura Team Penske Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 1:22.992 +0.719 2
3 P 7 United States Acura Team Penske Brazil Hélio Castroneves 1:23.275 +1.002 3
4 P 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing Portugal João Barbosa 1:23.278 +1.005 4
5 P 99 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Canada Mikhail Goikhberg 1:23.384 +1.111 5
6 P 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United States Eric Curran 1:23.469 +1.196 6
7 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing Netherlands Renger van der Zande 1:23.558 +1.285 7
8 P 77 Germany Mazda Team Joest United States Tristan Nunez 1:23.969 +1.696 8
9 P 55 Germany Mazda Team Joest United States Jonathan Bomarito 1:24.566 +2.293 9
10 P 2 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Scott Sharp 1:24.637 +2.364 10
11 P 90 United States Spirit of Daytona Racing United States Matt McMurry 1:24.688 +2.415 11
12 P 52 United States AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Colombia Sebastián Saavedra 1:25.371 +3.098 12
13 P 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett 1:25.741 +3.468 13
14 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers 1:28.942 +6.669 15double-dagger
15 GTD 86 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin United Kingdom Katherine Legge 1:29.390 +7.117 16
16 GTD 93 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin United States Justin Marks 1:29.717 +7.444 17
17 GTD 14 United States 3GT Racing Austria Dominik Baumann 1:29.787 +7.514 18
18 GTD 15 United States 3GT Racing Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson 1:30.114 +7.814 19
19 GTD 33 United States Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsport United States Ben Keating 1:30.196 +7.923 20
20 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Cooper MacNeil 1:30.282 +8.009 21
21 GTD 16 United States Wright Motorsports United States Michael Schein 1:30.717 +8.444 22
22 GTD 75 United States SunEnergy1 Racing Australia Kenny Habul 1:30.776 +8.503 23
23 GTD 58 United States Wright Motorsports Denmark Christina Nielsen 1:30.878 +8.605 24
24 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley 1:31.640 +9.367 25
25 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing did not participate 261
26 P 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports United States Robert Alon no time2 14
Sources:[11][12]
  • 1 The No. 44 Magnus Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field for starting the race with a different driver than who qualified.
  • 2 The No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.

Race

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and double-dagger.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Felipe Nasr
United States Eric Curran		 Cadillac DPi-V.R C 68 1:40.14.245double-dagger
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
2 P 7 United States Acura Team Penske Brazil Hélio Castroneves

United States Ricky Taylor

 Acura ARX-05 C 68 +1.016
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
3 P 6 United States Acura Team Penske United States Dane Cameron
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya		 Acura ARX-05 C 68 +14.127
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
4 P 2 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
United States Scott Sharp		 Nissan Onroak DPi C 68 +45.698
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
5 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Jordan Taylor
Netherlands Renger van der Zande		 Cadillac DPi-V.R C 68 +49.570
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
6 P 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Portugal João Barbosa		 Cadillac DPi-V.R C 68 +50.664
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
7 P 22 United States Tequila Patrón ESM Brazil Pipo Derani
United States Johannes van Overbeek		 Nissan Onroak DPi C 68 +1:16.531
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
8 P 52 United States AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Colombia Sebastián Saavedra
Colombia Gustavo Yacamán		 Ligier JS P217 C 68 +1 lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 P 77 Germany Mazda Team Joest United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis

United States Tristan Nunez

 Mazda RT24-P C 67 Did Not Finish
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4
10 P 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports United States Robert Alon
Switzerland Simon Trummer		 Oreca 07 C 67 +1 lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 P 99 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Canada Mikhail Goikhberg
South Africa Stephen Simpson		 Oreca 07 C 67 +1 lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 P 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun		 Oreca 07 C 66 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 GTD 86 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin United Kingdom Katherine Legge
Germany Mario Farnbacher		 Acura NSX GT3 C 65 +3 Lapsdouble-dagger
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
14 GTD 93 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin United States Justin Marks
United States Lawson Aschenbach		 Acura NSX GT3 C 65 +3 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
15 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow		 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 64 +4 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
16 GTD 33 United States Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsport Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Ben Keating		 Mercedes AMG GT3 C 64 +4 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
17 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Jeff Segal
United States Cooper MacNeil		 Ferrari 488 GT3 C 64 +4 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
18 GTD 14 United States 3GT Racing Austria Dominik Baumann

Canada Kyle Marcelli

 Lexus RC F GT3 C 64 +4 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
19 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley
United States Bill Auberlen		 BMW M6 GT3 C 64 +4 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
20 GTD 75 United States SunEnergy1 Racing Australia Kenny Habul
Germany Bernd Schneider		 Mercedes AMG GT3 C 64 +4 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
21 GTD 16 United States Wright Motorsports United States Michael Schein

Germany Wolf Henzler

 Porsche 911 GT3 R C 64 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter
United States Andy Lally		 Audi R8 LMS C 64 +4 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
23 GTD 58 United States Wright Motorsports United States Patrick Long

Denmark Christina Nielsen

 Porsche 911 GT3 R C 64 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 P 90 United States Spirit of Daytona Racing United States Matt McMurry
France Tristan Vautier		 Cadillac DPi-V.R C 35 Did Not Finish
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
25 GTD 15 United States 3GT Racing United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson		 Lexus RC F GT3 C 10 Did Not Finish
Lexus 5.0L V8
26 P 55 Germany Mazda Team Joest United States Jonathan Bomarito
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell		 Mazda RT24-P C 6 Did Not Finish
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4
Source:[13]

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