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| Race details | ||
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| Date | 10 November 2019 | |
| Official name | IMSA Michelin SportsCar Encore | |
| Location | Sebring, Florida, United States | |
| Course | Permanent circuit 6.02 km (3.74 mi) | |
| Distance | Main Race 4 Hours | |
| LMP3 | ||
| Pole | ||
| Drivers |  Blake Mount Dan Goldburg Baylor Griffin
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Performance Tech Motorsports |
| Time | 1:59.774 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Joel Janco Jonathan Jorge Tristan Nunez
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Forty 7 Motorsports |
| Second | Naj Husain Wayne Boyd |
Sean Creech Motorsport |
| Third | Matthew Bell James McGuire Jr Kay van Berlo |
Robillard Racing |
| GT3 | ||
| Pole | ||
| Drivers | Bryan Sellers Madison Snow
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Paul Miller Racing |
| Time | 2:01.027 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Gar Robinson Lawson Aschenbach |
Riley Motorsports |
| Second | Ryan Hardwick Maxwell Root Jan Heylen |
Wright Motorsports |
| Third | Tim Pappas Marc Miller Spencer Pumpelly |
Black Swan Racing |
| GT4 | ||
| Pole | ||
| Drivers | James Pesek Jade Buford Shane Lewis
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PF Racing |
| Time | 2:11.664 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Jim Cox Dylan Murry |
Riley Motorsports |
| Second | Sameer Gandhi Tom Dyer |
CarBahn with Peregrine Racing |
| Third | James Pesek Jade Buford Shane Lewis
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PF Racing |
The 2019 IMSA Michelin SportsCar Encore was the second edition of the non-championship sports car race held at Sebring International Raceway on 10 November 2019. The race was open to LMP3 cars, GT3-spec cars, GT4-spec cars and TCR-touring cars (although none were entered). The event was organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA).[1]
The race was won by Tristan Nunez, Jonathan Jorge, and Joel Janco in the Forty 7 Motorsports Norma M30. The GT3 class was won by Riley Motorsports with drivers Gar Robinson and Lawson Aschenbach. GT4 was won by James Pesek, Jade Buford, and Shane Lewis also run by Riley Motorsports.[2]
Report
[edit]The race was held as a standalone event, open to Pro-Am teams and drivers regardless of whether they had participated in any IMSA sanctioned events in 2019.
Pole position went to the #6 Performance Tech Ligier, qualified by Blake Mount followed by his teammate, Cameron Cassels in the sister #75 Ligier. Van Berlo pulled away from De Angelis in the early phase of the race. The first round of pit stops started on lap 24. Van Berlo extended his stint, but the caution came out on lap 28 when Dean Baker touched the kerb with the underbody of his #4 ANSA Ligier. The cars that had stayed out were forced to pit under yellow and lined up at the tail end of the field. To add insult to injury, the #26 car was caught speeding on pit road and its second driver James McGuire was forced to take a drive-through penalty.
The #2 ANSA Ligier retired with engine issues on lap 51, leading to the race's third caution period. The #13 car had only just pitted and De Angelis inherited the lead as the other cars pitted under yellow. Lance Willsey lost control of his #33 ESM Ligier while warming his tyres and stalled his car on the grass, which brought his race to an end.
The #19 Performance Tech Ligier stopped at the end of pit lane on lap 60. The #25 P1 Ligier suffered a heavy crash on lap 87 when Kenton Koch lost the rear on entry to Turn 3. Koch escaped unharmed. All cars had already made their final pit stop, so the ensuing caution served to compress the field ahead of a 26-minute sprint finish.
At the final restart, the #13 car of De Angelis led from the #26 of Matthew Bell. Bell kept within two seconds of De Angelis but was unable to make an overtake, and the victory went to De Angelis and Kyle Kirkwood. The #11 car of Nico Rondet and the #40 car of Katherine Legge battled hard for the final step on the podium until, with four minutes to go, Rondet hit the back of Legge's car at Turn 15 and span.
The GT4 class was controlled by the #60 and #59 KohR Ford Mustangs, the two cars holding first and second from the #22 GMG Audi R8. The Audi managed to take second place by the end of the race, but victory went to the #60 Ford of Nate Stacy, Kyle Marcelli and Dean Martin.
Classes
[edit]- Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3)
- GT3
- GT4
Entry List
[edit]LMP3
[edit]| Team | Car | Engine | No. | Drivers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANSA Motorsports
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Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | 2 | Jon Brownson
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| Tim George
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| Neil Alberico
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| Performance Tech Motorsports
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Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | 6 | Blake Mount
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| Dan Goldburg
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| Baylor Griffin
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| 75 |  Cameron Cassels
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| Max Hanratty
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| K2R Motorsports
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Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | 26 | Matthew Bell
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| James McGuire Jr
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| Kay van Berlo
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| 64 | Scott Andrews
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| Naveen Rao
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| Sean Creech Motorsport
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Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | 30 | Naj Husain
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| Wayne Boyd
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| 33 | Scott Lagasse
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| Lance Willsey
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| Robillard Racing
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Norma M30 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | 43 | Joe Robillard
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| Stevan McAleer
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| Forty 7 Motorsports
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Norma M30 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | 47 | Joel Janco
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| Jonathan Jorge
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| Tristan Nunez
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| Conquest Racing
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Norma M30 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | 61 | Danny Kok
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| George Staikos
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| Source:[3] | ||||
GT3
[edit]| Team | Car | Engine | No. | Drivers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright Motorsports
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Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 16 | Ryan Hardwick
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| Maxwell Root
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| Jan Heylen
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| Paul Miller Racing
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Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | 48 | Bryan Sellers
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| Madison Snow
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| Black Swan Racing
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Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 54 | Tim Pappas
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| Marc Miller
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| Spencer Pumpelly
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| Riley Motorsports
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Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | 74 | Gar Robinson
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| Lawson Aschenbach
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| Source:[3] | ||||
GT4
[edit]| Team | Car | Engine | No. | Drivers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Motorsports
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Mercedes-AMG GT4 | Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 | 35 | Jim Cox
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| Dylan Murry
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| PF Racing
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Ford Mustang GT4 | Ford 5.2 L Voodoo V8 | 40 | James Pesek
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| Jade Buford
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| Shane Lewis
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| CarBahn with Peregrine Racing
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Audi R8 LMS GT4 | Audi 5.2 L V10 | 93 | Sameer Gandhi
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| Tom Dyer
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| Turner Motorsport
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BMW M4 GT4 | BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 | 96 | Robby Foley
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| Vin Barletta
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| Source:[3] | ||||
Race results
[edit]Class winners denoted in bold and with ‡
| Pos | Class | No. | Team / Entrant | Drivers | Chassis | Laps | Time/Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | LMP3 | 47 | Forty 7 Motorsports
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Joel Janco Jonathan Jorge Tristan Nunez
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Norma M30 | 106 | 4:00:49.084‡ |
| Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | |||||||
| 2 | LMP3 | 30 | Sean Creech Motorsport
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Naj Husain Wayne Boyd
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Ligier JS P3 | 106 | +0.877 |
| Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | |||||||
| 3 | LMP3 | 43 | Robillard Racing
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Joe Robillard Stevan McAleer
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Norma M30 | 106 | +1.572 |
| Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | |||||||
| 4 | LMP3 | 26 | K2R Motorsports
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James McGuire Jr Matthew Bell Kay van Berlo
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Ligier JS P3 | 106 | +38.709 |
| Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | |||||||
| 5 | GT3 | 74 | Riley Motorsports
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Gar Robinson Lawson Aschenbach
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Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 106 | +48.508‡ |
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 6 | GT3 | 16 | Wright Motorsports
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Ryan Hardwick Maxwell Root Jan Heylen
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Porsche 911 GT3 R | 106 | +49.323 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 7 | GT3 | 54 | Black Swan Racing
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Tim Pappas Marc Miller Spencer Pumpelly
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Porsche 911 GT3 R | 106 | +51.214 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 8 | GT3 | 48 | Paul Miller Racing
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Bryan Sellers Madison Snow
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Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 106 | +51.763 |
| Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| 9 | LMP3 | 75 | Performance Tech Motorsports
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Cameron Cassels Max Hanratty
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Ligier JS P3 | 105 | +1 Lap |
| Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | |||||||
| 10 | LMP3 | 6 | Performance Tech Motorsports
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Blake Mount Dan Goldburg Baylor Griffin
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Ligier JS P3 | 105 | +1 Lap |
| Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | |||||||
| 11 | LMP3 | 61 | Conquest Racing
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Danny Kok George Staikos
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Norma M30 | 99 | +7 Laps |
| Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | |||||||
| 12 | GT4 | 35 | Riley Motorsports
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Jim Cox Dylan Murry
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Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 99 | +7 Laps‡ |
| Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
| 13 | GT4 | 93 | CarBahn with Peregrine Racing
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Sameer Gandhi Tom Dyer
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Audi R8 LMS GT4 | 95 | +11 Laps |
| Audi 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| 14 | GT4 | 40 | PF Racing
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James Pesek Jade Buford Shane Lewis
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Ford Mustang GT4 | 84 | +22 laps |
| Ford 5.2 L Voodoo V8 | |||||||
| 15
DNF |
GT4 | 96 | Turner Motorsport
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Robby Foley Vin Barletta
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BMW M4 GT4 | 76 | |
| BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 | |||||||
| 16
DNF |
LMP3 | 64 | K2R Motorsports
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Naveen Rao Scott Andrews
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Ligier JS P3 | 73 | |
| Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | |||||||
| 17
DNF |
LMP3 | 2 | ANSA Motorsports
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Jon Brownson Tim George Neil Alberico
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Ligier JS P3 | 54 | |
| Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | |||||||
| 18
DNF |
LMP3 | 33 | Sean Creech Motorsport
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Scott Lagasse Lance Willsey
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Ligier JS P3 | 2 | |
| Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 | |||||||
| Source:[4] | |||||||
- https://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Sebring-2019-11-10.html
- https://sportscar365.com/imsa/mount-snatches-encore-pole-from-teammate-cassels/
- https://sportscar365.com/imsa/forty7-motorsports-norma-wins-sebring-encore/
- https://sportscar365.com/imsa/george-dies-after-medical-emergency-at-sebring-encore/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_IMSA_Michelin_Encore
References
[edit]- ^ "Michelin IMSA SportsCar Encore at Sebring International Raceway Set for 2019 Return". IMSA.COM. January 7, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (November 10, 2019). "Forty7 Motorsports Norma Wins Michelin Encore at Sebring – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ a b c "2019 Encore PreEvent EntryList v2" (PDF). November 4, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ "Race Official Results (4 Hours)" (PDF). November 12, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2024.