2019 Petit Le Mans
The 2019 Petit Le Mans (formally known as the 2019 MOTUL Petit Le Mans for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd running of the Petit Le Mans, and was held on October 12th 2019. It was the last race in the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, and the last race of the 2019 Michelin Endurance Cup, and was run at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. The race was won overall by the #31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R after its sister car fell out with brake failure with less than 30 minutes remaining. The distance covered was a race record.[1]

The Track map of Road Atlanta
Qualifying
Felipe Nasr secured overall pole for the event.[2]
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by .
Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
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1 | DPi | 31 | Whelen Engineering Racing | Felipe Nasr | 1:08.457 | _ | 1![]() |
2 | DPi | 7 | Acura Team Penske | Ricky Taylor | 1:08.598 | +0.141 | 2 |
3 | DPi | 5 | Mustang Sampling Racing | Filipe Albuquerque | 1:08.629 | +0.172 | 3 |
4 | DPi | 6 | Acura Team Penske | Dane Cameron | 1:08.802 | +0.345 | 4 |
5 | DPi | 77 | Mazda Team Joest | Timo Bernhard | 1:08.847 | +0.390 | 5 |
6 | DPi | 55 | Mazda Team Joest | Harry Ticknell | 1:09.204 | +0.747 | 6 |
7 | DPi | 84 | JDC-Miller Motorsports | Simon Trummer | 1:09.243 | +0.786 | 7 |
8 | DPi | 10 | Konica Minolta Cadillac | Renger van der Zande | 1:09.253 | +0.796 | 8 |
9 | DPi | 50 | Juncos Racing | Spencer Pigot | 1:09.507 | +1.050 | 9 |
10 | DPi | 85 | JDC-Miller Motorsports | Misha Goikhberg | 1:09.673 | +1.216 | 10 |
11 | LMP2 | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports | Kyle Masson | 1:10.722 | +2.265 | 11![]() |
12 | LMP2 | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Matt McMurry | 1:10.853 | +2.396 | 12 |
13 | DPi | 54 | CORE Autosport | John Bennett | 1:11.511 | +3.054 | 13 |
14 | GTLM | 62 | Risi Competizione | James Calado | 1:15.639 | +7.182 | 14![]() |
15 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García | 1:15.702 | +7.245 | 15 |
16 | GTLM | 24 | BMW Team RLL | Philip Eng | 1:15.784 | +7.327 | 16 |
17 | GTLM | 912 | Porsche GT Team | Laurens Vanthoor | 1:15.842 | +7.385 | 17 |
18 | GTLM | 66 | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Joey Hand | 1:15.856 | +7.399 | 18 |
19 | GTLM | 67 | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Richard Westbrook | 1:15.967 | +7.510 | 19 |
20 | GTLM | 911 | Porsche GT Team | Nick Tandy | 1:16.037 | +7.580 | 20 |
21 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing | Olivier Gavin | 1:16.048 | +7.591 | 21 |
22 | GTLM | 25 | BMW Team RLL | Colton Herta | 1:16.327 | +8.870 | 22 |
23 | GTD | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Corey Lewis | 1:19.530 | +11.073 | 23![]() |
24 | GTD | 33 | Riley Motorsports – Team AMG | Ben Keating | 1:19.665 | +11.208 | 24 |
25 | GTD | 63 | Scuderia Corsa | Jeff Westphal | 1:19.721 | +11.264 | 25 |
26 | GTD | 86 | Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian | Justin Marks | 1:19.820 | +11.363 | 26 |
27 | GTD | 57 | Heinricher Racing with Meyer-Shank | Christina Nielsen | 1:19.952 | +11.495 | 27 |
28 | GTD | 9 | Pfaff Motorsports | Zacharie Robichon | 1:20.200 | +11.743 | 28 |
29 | GTD | 14 | AIM Vasser Sullivan | Richard Heinstand | 1:20.260 | +11.803 | 29 |
30 | GTD | 12 | AIM Vasser Sullivan | Frankie Montecalvo | 1:20.323 | +11.866 | 30 |
31 | GTD | 44 | Magnus Racing | John Potter | 1:21.234 | +12.777 | 31 |
32 | GTD | 29 | Montaplast by Land-Motorsport | Christopher Miles | No time1 | _ | 32 |
33 | GTD | 47 | Precision Performance Motorsports | Shinya Michimi | No time2 | _ | 33 |
34 | GTD | 96 | Turner Motorsport | Robby Foley | No time | _ | 34 |
Source:[3] | |||||||
- 1 The No. 29 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport entry had all qualifying laps forfeited
- 2 The No. 47 Precision Performance Motorsports entry had all qualifying laps forfeited
Race
Results
Class winners are denoted in bold and .
References
- Dagys, John (October 12, 2019). "Action Express Wins Petit Le Mans; Cameron, JPM Claim Title". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- Lloyd, Daniel (11 October 2019). "Nasr Grabs Petit Le Mans Pole". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- "05_Results_Class_Qualifying.pdf" (PDF). 11 October 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
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