2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
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The 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will be the 47th season of International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) GT Championship that traces its lineage to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship, and the fourth as the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. It will begin on January 28 with the 24 Hours of Daytona.^[1]

Classes

The class structure remained largely unchanged from 2016.

Prototype (P)
Prototype Challenge (PC)
GT Le Mans (GTLM)
GT Daytona (GTD)

Schedule

Race schedule

The 2017 schedule was released on August 5, 2016 and features twelve rounds.^[1]

Race is part of the North American Endurance Cup

Rnd.	Race	Length	Classes	Circuit	Location	Date	Race Report
1	Rolex 24 at Daytona^[2]	24 hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	January 28–29	Report
2	Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring	12 hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 18	Report
3	BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach	1 hour 40 minutes	P, GTLM, GTD	Long Beach Street Circuit	Long Beach, California	April 8	Report
4	Lone Star Le Mans	2 hour 40 minutes	All	Circuit of the Americas	Austin, Texas	May 7	Report
5	Chevrolet Sports Car Classic	1 hour 40 minutes	P, PC, GTD	The Raceway on Belle Isle	Detroit, Michigan	June 3	Report
6	Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen	6 hours	All	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	July 2	Report
7	TBA	2 hour 40 minutes	All	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	July 9	Report
8	TBA	2 hour 40 minutes	GTLM, GTD	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	July 22	Report
9	Continental Tire Road Race Showcase	2 hour 40 minutes	All	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 6	Report
10	Michelin GT Challenge at VIR	2 hour 40 minutes	GTLM, GTD	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	August 27	Report
11	Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix powered by Mazda	2 hour 40 minutes	P, GTLM, GTD	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	September 24	Report
12	Petit Le Mans	10 hours	All	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	October 7	Report

Calendar changes

The dates of the Laguna Seca and Circuit of the Americas rounds have been exchanged.^[1]
PC has been removed from the lineup at the Long Beach, Lime Rock and Laguna Seca rounds in what is intended to be the final season for the class.^[1]
GTD has been added to the lineup at Long Beach.^[1]

Entries

Prototype

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Action Express Racing ^[3]	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 6.2 L V8	5	João Barbosa^[3]	All
			5	Christian Fittipaldi^[3]	All
			31	Dane Cameron^[3]	All
			31	Eric Curran^[3]	All
DragonSpeed^[4]	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	81	Loic Duval ^[4]	1
				Ben Hanley ^[4]	1
				Henrik Hedman ^[4]	1
				Nicolas Lapierre ^[4]	1
Jagonya Ayam with OAK Racing^[5]	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	42	Sean Gelael	TBA
Jagonya Ayam with OAK Racing^[5]	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	42	TBA	TBA
JDC-Miller Motorsports ^[6]	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	85	TBA	TBA
JDC-Miller Motorsports ^[6]	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	85	TBA	TBA
Mazda Motorsports^[7]	Mazda RT24-P ^[7]	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L I4 Turbo	55	Jonathan Bomarito ^[7]	All
			55	Tristan Nunez ^[7]	All
			70	Joel Miller ^[7]	All
			70	Tom Long ^[7]	All
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports^[8]	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	52	TBA	TBA
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports^[8]	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	52	TBA	TBA
Rebellion Racing ^[9]	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	12	Sebastien Buemi	1, 2, 6, 12
				Nick Heidfeld	1, 2, 6, 12
				Neel Jani	1, 2, 6, 12
Starworks Motorsport ^[10]	Riley Mk30	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	TBA	TBA	TBA
			TBA	TBA	TBA
			TBA	TBA	TBA
			TBA	TBA	TBA
Tequila Patrón ESM^[11]	Ligier JS P217^[11]	Nissan 3.8 L V6 Twin-Turbo	1	TBA	TBA
			1	TBA	TBA
			2	TBA	TBA
			2	TBA	TBA
Visit Florida Racing	Riley Mk30	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	90	Renger van der Zande^[12]	All
Visit Florida Racing	Riley Mk30	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	90	Marc Goossens ^[12]	All
Wayne Taylor Racing ^[13]	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 6.2 L V8	10	Jordan Taylor	All
				Ricky Taylor	All
				Max Angelelli	1-2, 6, 12
				Jeff Gordon	1

The Prototype Class is made up of LMP2 cars both in LMP2 trim with the ACO specification Gibson V8 engine, and in Daytona Prototype International (DPi) trim, where manufacturers are allowed to use certain body panels designed to reflect the automaker's design language, and run their own engines. Mazda (Riley Technologies), Cadillac (Dallara), and Nissan (ONROAK) will run chassis from the respective manufacturers featuring manufacturer-specific bodywork.

Prototype Challenge

All teams in Prototype Challenge field an Oreca FLM09 with a LS3 6.2 L V8 engine.

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
BAR1 Motorsports ^[13]	TBA	TBA	TBA
	TBA	TBA	TBA
	TBA	TBA	TBA
	TBA	TBA	TBA
JDC-Miller Motorsports	TBA	TBA	TBA
JDC-Miller Motorsports	TBA	TBA	TBA
Performance Tech Motorsports ^[13]	TBA	TBA	TBA
Performance Tech Motorsports ^[13]	TBA	TBA	TBA
Starworks Motorsport ^[13]	TBA	TBA	TBA
	TBA	TBA	TBA
	TBA	TBA	TBA
	TBA	TBA	TBA

GT Le Mans

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
BMW Team RLL	BMW M6 GTLM	BMW 4.4 L V8	19	TBA	TBA
			19	TBA	TBA
			25	TBA	TBA
			25	TBA	TBA
Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	3	TBA	TBA
			3	TBA	TBA
			4	TBA	TBA
			4	TBA	TBA
Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team UK	Ford GT	Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6	01	TBA	1
			01	TBA	1
			02	TBA	1
			02	TBA	1
Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team USA	Ford GT	Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6	66	TBA	TBA
			66	TBA	TBA
			67	TBA	TBA
			67	TBA	TBA
Porsche North America	Porsche 911 RSR (2017)	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	911	Patrick Pilet ^[14]	All
				Dirk Werner	All
				Richard Lietz	1-2, 6, 12
			912	Kevin Estre	All
				Laurens Vanthoor	All
				Fred Makowiecki	1-2, 6, 12
Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR (2016)	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	TBA	TBA	1
Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR (2016)	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	TBA	TBA	1
Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8	62	TBA	TBA
Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8	62	TBA	TBA
Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8	68	TBA	TBA
Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8	68	TBA	TBA

GT Daytona

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Alegra Motorsports^[15]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	24	Jesse Lazare ^[15]	1
				Daniel Morad	1
				Michael De Quesada	1
Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	23	TBA	TBA
Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	23	TBA	TBA
Aston Martin Racing ^[16]	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	98	Paul Dalla Lana ^[16]	1
Aston Martin Racing ^[16]	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	98	Pedro Lamy ^[16]	1
Change Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	11	TBA	TBA
			11	TBA	TBA
			16	TBA	TBA
			16	TBA	TBA
CORE Autosport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	54	Colin Braun	All
CORE Autosport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	54	Jon Bennett	All
Dream Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	27	TBA	TBA
Dream Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	27	TBA	TBA
EbiMotors	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	46	Emanuele Busnelli	1-2
EbiMotors	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	46	Fabio Babini	1-2
GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	963	TBA	TBA
			963	TBA	TBA
			964	TBA	TBA
			964	TBA	TBA
Konrad Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	28	Marc Basseng	TBA
				Marco Mapelli	TBA
				Jules Gounon	TBA
				Franz Konrad	TBA
Michael Shank Racing	Acura NSX GT3	Acura 3.5 L twin-turbo V6	86	Oswaldo Negri, Jr.	All
				Katherine Legge	All
				Tom Dyer	1, 2, 6, 12
			93	Andy Lally	All
				Jeff Segal	All
				Mark Wilkins	1, 2, 6, 12
Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	29	Connor De Phillippi	1
				Christopher Mies	1
				Jules Gounon	1
				Jeffrey Schmidt	1
Park Place Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	73	TBA	TBA
Park Place Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	73	TBA	TBA
Paul Miller Racing ^[17]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	48	Bryan Sellers ^[17]	All
Paul Miller Racing ^[17]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	48	Madison Snow ^[17]	All
AMG - Riley Motorsports ^[18]	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes 4.0 L M178 twin-turbo V8	33	Jeroen Bleekemolen	All
AMG - Riley Motorsports ^[18]	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes 4.0 L M178 twin-turbo V8	33	Ben Keating	All
Scuderia Corsa ^[19]	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8	63	Alessandro Balzan ^[19]	All
				Christina Nielsen ^[19]	All
				Matteo Cressoni	1, 2, 6, 12
Stevenson Motorsports	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	6	TBA	TBA
			6	TBA	TBA
			9	TBA	TBA
			9	TBA	TBA
AMG - SunEnergy1 Racing ^[18]	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes 4.0 L M178 twin-turbo V8	75	Tristan Vautier^[20]	All
				Kenny Habul ^[20]	TBA
				Boris Said ^[20]	TBA
The Racer's Group ^[21]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	TBA	Derek DeBoer	TBA
The Racer's Group ^[21]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	TBA	TBA	TBA
Turner Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	BMW 4.4 L V8	94	TBA	TBA
			94	TBA	TBA
			96	TBA	TBA
			96	TBA	TBA
AMG - WeatherTech Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes 4.0 L M178 twin-turbo V8	50	Gunnar Jeannette	All
				Cooper MacNeil	All
				Shane van Gisbergen	1-2, 6
3GT Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 5.0 L V8	14	Scott Pruett	All
			14	Sage Karam	All
			15	Jack Hawksworth	All
			15	Robert Alon	All

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International Motor Sports Association seasons

IMSA

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American Le Mans Series	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship	2014 2015 2016 2017

SCCA

USRRC	1998 1999

Grand-Am

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