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The 2019 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 1st, 2019. This race was the fifth round of the 2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the second round of the 2019 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

Background[]

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

The Detroit Sports Car Classic is a unique event in the GT Daytona (GTD) class, due to not counting towards the overall championship. It instead only counts toward the GTD support championship, the WeatherTech Sprint Cup, in an attempt to cut costs for the class.[1]

Entries[]

Further information: 2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship § Entries

On May 22nd, 2019, the entry list for the event was released, featuring 23 cars in total. There were 11 cars in the Daytona Prototype International class and 12 entries in the GTD class. The Le Mans Prototype (LMP2) and GT Le Mans (GTLM) classes would not be participating in the event. Due to only counting towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup, full-season GTD entries Riley Motorsports, Pfaff Motorsports, and Moorespeed decided to forego the Detroit event in favor of pursuing the full-season championship. Meyer-Shank Racing were initially among the teams that decided to miss the Detroit event, until confirming at the eleventh hour a full-time program in both the full-time and sprint championships with both of their cars.[2][3]

Pfaff Motorsports driver Zach Robichon, who was initially due to miss the event, filled a vacant spot at Park Place Motorsports, replacing Patrick Lindsey, who was preparing for the official test sessions for the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans.[4]

Practice and 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 DPi 6 Acura Team Penske Juan Pablo Montoya 1:19.373 _ 1double-dagger
2 DPi 7 Acura Team Penske Hélio Castroneves 1:19.580 +0.207 2
3 DPi 55 Mazda Team Joest Jonathan Bomarito 1:19.960 +0.587 3
4 DPi 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Pipo Derani 1:19.991 +0.618 4
5 DPi 5 Mustang Sampling Racing João Barbosa 1:20.239 +0.866 5
6 DPi 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac Renger van der Zande 1:20.448 +1.075 6
7 DPi 77 Mazda Team Joest Tristan Nunez 1:20.508 +1.135 7
8 DPi 84 JDC-Miller Motorsports Simon Trummer 1:20.663 +1.290 8
9 DPi 50 Juncos Racing Victor Franzoni 1:21.075 +1.702 9
10 DPi 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Misha Goikhberg 1:23.313 +3.940 10
11 DPi 54 CORE Autosport Jonathan Bennett 1:24.631 +5.258 11
12 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 1:29.704 +10.331 12double-dagger
13 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Zacharie Robichon 1:29.735 +10.362 13
14 GTD 57 Heinricher Racing with Meyer-Shank Christina Nielsen 1:30.126 +10.753 14
15 GTD 86 Meyer-Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Trent Hindman 1:30.242 +10.869 15
16 GTD 14 AIM Vasser Sullivan Richard Heistand 1:30.453 +11.080 16
17 GTD 12 AIM Vasser Sullivan Frankie Montecalvo 1:30.505 +11.132 17
18 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Ryan Hardwick 1:30.763 +11.390 18
19 GTD 76 Compass Racing Matt Plumb 1:30.814 +11.441 19
20 GTD 44 Magnus Racing John Potter 1:30.926 +11.553 20
21 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Cooper MacNeil 1:31.953 +12.580 21
21 GTD 74 Lone Star Racing Gar Robinson 1:31.970 +12.597 21
22 GTD 8 Starworks Motorsport None None N/A 22
Source:[5]

Results[]

CClass winners are denoted in bold and double-dagger.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 DPi 6 25px USA Acura Team Penske 25px USA Dane Cameron
25px Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Acura ARX-05 58 1:40:15.563double-dagger
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 DPi 31 25px USA Whelen Engineering Racing 25px Brazil Pipo Derani
25px Brazil Felipe Nasr
Cadillac DPi-V.R 58 +0.820s
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
3 DPi 7 25px USA Acura Team Penske 25px Brazil Hélio Castroneves
25px USA Ricky Taylor
Acura ARX-05 58 +14.887s
Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
4 DPi 84 25px USA JDC-Miller Motorsports 25px South Africa Stephen Simpson
25px Switzerland Simon Trummer
Cadillac DPi-V.R 58 +15.050s
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
5 DPi 85 25px USA JDC-Miller Motorsports 25px Canada Misha Goikhberg
25px France Tristan Vautier
Cadillac DPi-V.R 58 +16.205s
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
6 DPi 5 25px USA Mustang Sampling Racing 25px Flag of Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
25px Flag of Portugal João Barbosa
Cadillac DPi-V.R 58 +22.583s
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
7 DPi 54 25px USA CORE Autosport 25px USA Jon Bennett
25px USA Colin Braun
Ligier Nissan DPi 58 +26.978s
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
8 DPi 50 25px USA Juncos Racing 25px Brazil Victor Franzoni
25px USA Will Owen
Cadillac DPi-V.R 58 +27.390s
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
9 DPi 10 25px USA Konica Minolta Cadillac 25px USA Jordan Taylor
25px Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Cadillac DPi-V.R 57 +1 lap
Cadillac 5.5 L V8
10 DPi 77 25px Germany Mazda Team Joest 25px Great Britain Oliver Jarvis
25px USA Tristan Nunez
Mazda RT24-P 57 +1 lap
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
11 GTD 14 25px USA AIM Vasser Sullivan 25px Great Britain Jack Hawksworth
25px USA Richard Heistand
Lexus RC F GT3 56 +2 lapsdouble-dagger
Lexus 5.0 L V8
12 GTD 73 25px USA Park Place Motorsports 25px USA Patrick Long
25px Canada Zacharie Robichon
Porsche 911 GT3 R 56 +2 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GTD 12 25px USA AIM Vasser Sullivan 25px USA Townsend Bell
25px USA Frankie Montecalvo
Lexus RC F GT3 56 +2 laps
Lexus 5.0 L V8
14 GTD 44 25px USA Magnus Racing 25px USA Andy Lally
25px USA John Potter
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 56 +2 laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
15 GTD 48 25px USA Paul Miller Racing 25px USA Ryan Hardwick
25px USA Bryan Sellers
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 56 +2 laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
16 GTD 8 25px USA Starworks Motorsport 25px USA Parker Chase
25px Great Britain Ryan Dalziel
Audi R8 LMS GT3 56 +2 laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
17 GTD 74 25px USA Lone Star Racing 25px USA Lawson Aschenbach
25px USA Gar Robinson
Mercedes-AMG GT3 56 +2 laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
18 GTD 76 25px Canada Compass Racing 25px USA Paul Holton
25px USA Matt Plumb
McLaren 720S GT3 56 +2 laps
McLaren M480T 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
19 GTD 57 25px USA Heinricher Racing w/Meyer Shank Racing 25px Great Britain Katherine Legge
25px Flag of Denmark Christina Nielsen
Acura NSX GT3 56 +2 laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
20 GTD 96 25px USA Turner Motorsport 25px USA Bill Auberlen
25px USA Robby Foley
BMW M6 GT3 53 Did Not Finish
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
21 DPi 55 25px Germany Mazda Team Joest 25px USA Jonathan Bomarito
25px USA Ryan Hunter-Reay
Mazda RT24-P 39 Did Not Finish
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
22 GTD 86 25px USA Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 25px Germany Mario Farnbacher
25px USA Trent Hindman
Acura NSX GT3 20 Did Not Finish
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
23 GTD 63 25px USA Scuderia Corsa 25px USA Cooper MacNeil
25px Finland Toni Vilander
Ferrari 488 GT3 0 Did Not Finish
Ferrari F154 3.9 L Turbo V8
[1]

References[]

External links[]

IMSA SportsCar Championship
Previous race:
2019 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio
[[2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship IMSA SportsCar Championship|2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship season]] Next race:
2019 6 Hours of The Glen


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