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The 2020 Petit Le Mans (formally known as the 2020 MOTUL Petit Le Mans for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd running of the Petit Le Mans, and was held on October 17, 2020. It was the 9th race in the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, and the 3rd race of the 2020 Michelin Endurance Cup, and was run at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. The race was won overall by the #10 Konica Minolta Cadillac Cadillac DPi-V.R after the #7 Acura Team Penske and #31 Whelen Engineering Racing entries made contact and spun out in the closing minutes of the race.[1]
Qualifying[]
Dane Cameron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DPi | 6 | Acura Team Penske | Dane Cameron | 1:08.412 | _ | 1
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| 2 | DPi | 7 | Acura Team Penske | Ricky Taylor | 1:08.506 | +0.094 | 2 |
| 3 | DPi | 31 | Whelen Engineering Racing | Felipe Nasr | 1:08.612 | +0.200 | 3 |
| 4 | DPi | 55 | Mazda Motorsports | Harry Ticknell | 1:08.636 | +0.224 | 4 |
| 5 | DPi | 10 | Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R | Ryan Briscoe | 1:08.850 | +0.438 | 5 |
| 6 | DPi | 77 | Mazda Motorsports | Tristan Nunez | 1:08.925 | +0.513 | 6 |
| 7 | DPi | 5 | Mustang Sampling Racing/JDC-Miller MotorSports | Sébastien Bourdais | 1:09.040 | +0.628 | 7 |
| 8 | DPi | 85 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | Gabriel Aubry | 1:09.229 | +0.817 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP2 | 52 | PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | Patrick Kelly | 1:11.590 | +3.178 | 9
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| 10 | LMP2 | 51 | Inter Europol Competition | Rob Hodes | 1:13.161 | +4.749 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP2 | 8 | Tower Motorsport By Starworks | John Farano | 1:14.082 | +5.670 | 11 |
| 12 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García | 1:15.163 | +6.751 | 12
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| 13 | GTLM | 25 | BMW Team RLL | Connor De Phillippi | 1:15.434 | +7.022 | 13 |
| 14 | GTLM | 24 | BMW Team RLL | John Edwards | 1:15.615 | +7.182 | 14 |
| 15 | GTLM | 912 | Porsche GT Team | Laurens Vanthoor | 1:15.657 | +7.245 | 15 |
| 16 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing | Tommy Milner | 1:15.856 | +7.444 | 16 |
| 17 | GTLM | 911 | Porsche GT Team | Nick Tandy | 1:15.858 | +7.446 | 17 |
| 18 | GTD | 86 | Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian | Shinya Michimi | 1:19.291 | +10.879 | 18
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| 19 | GTD | 63 | Scuderia Corsa | Jeff Westphal | 1:19.464 | +11.052 | 19 |
| 20 | GTD | 12 | AIM Vasser Sullivan | Frankie Montecalvo | 1:19.563 | +11.151 | 20 |
| 21 | GTD | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Madison Snow | 1:19.567 | +11.155 | 21 |
| 22 | GTD | 96 | Turner Motorsport | Robby Foley | 1:19.657 | +11.245 | 22 |
| 23 | GTD | 57 | Heinricher Racing w/ MSR Curb-Agajanian | Mikhail Goikhberg | 1:19.666 | +11.254 | 23 |
| 24 | GTD | 30 | Team Hardpoint | Andrew Davis | 1:19.722 | +11.310 | 24 |
| 25 | GTD | 9 | Pfaff Motorsports | Zacharie Robichon | 1:19.774 | +11.362 | 25 |
| 26 | GTD | 14 | AIM Vasser Sullivan | Michael de Quesada | 1:19.908 | +11.496 | 26 |
| 27 | GTD | 16 | Wright Motorsports | Ryan Hardwick | 1:20.399 | +11.987 | 27 |
| 28 | GTD | 23 | Heart of Racing Team | Ian James | 1:20.434 | +12.022 | 28 |
| 29 | GTD | 44 | GRT Magnus Racing | John Potter | 1:20.453 | +12.041 | 29 |
| 30 | GTD | 74 | Riley Motorsports | Gar Robinson | 1:20.622 | +12.210 | 30 |
| 31 | LMP2 | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports | James McGuire | No time | _ | 31 |
| Source:[3][4] | |||||||
Race[]
Results[]
Class winners are denoted in bold and .
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Laps | Time/Retired | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | ||||||||
| 1 | DPi | 10 |  Konica Minolta Cadillac
|
 Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Renger van der Zande
|
Cadillac DPi-V.R | 460 | 10:00:22.332
| |
| Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 2 | DPi | 7 | Acura Team Penske
|
 Hélio Castroneves Alexander Rossi Ricky Taylor
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Acura ARX-05 | 460 | +0.429 | |
| Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 | ||||||||
| 3 | DPi | 6 | Acura Team Penske
|
Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya Simon Pagenaud
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Acura ARX-05 | 460 | +1.236 | |
| Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 | ||||||||
| 4 | DPi | 5 | JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing
|
Sébastien Bourdais Loïc Duval Tristan Vautier
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Cadillac DPi-V.R | 460 | +3.700 | |
| Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 5 | DPi | 31 | Whelen Engineering Racing
|
 Filipe Albuquerque Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr
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Cadillac DPi-V.R | 458 | +2 Laps | |
| Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 6 | LMP2 | 8 |  Tower Motorsports by Starworks
|
 John Farano Mikkel Jensen Job van Uitert
|
Oreca 07 | 450 | +10 Laps
| |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 7 | LMP2 | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports
|
Matthew Bell Colin Braun James McGuire
|
Oreca 07 | 445 | +15 Laps | |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 8 | DPi | 55 | Mazda Motorsports
|
Jonathan Bomarito Ryan Hunter-Reay Harry Tincknell
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Mazda RT24-P | 441 | +19 Laps | |
| Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 | ||||||||
| 9 | LMP2 | 51 |  Inter Europol Competition
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Rob Hodes Austin McCusker Jakub Śmiechowski
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Oreca 07 | 441 | +19 Laps | |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 10 | GTLM | 911 | Porsche GT Team
|
Matt Campbell Frederic Makowiecki Nick Tandy
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Porsche 911 RSR-19 | 431 | +29 Laps
| |
| Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | ||||||||
| 11 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing
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Nicky Catsburg Antonio García Jordan Taylor
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Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | 431 | +29 Laps | |
| Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 12 | GTLM | 24 | BMW Team RLL
|
John Edwards Augusto Farfus Jesse Krohn
|
BMW M8 GTE | 431 | +29 Laps | |
| BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
| 13 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing
|
 Marcel Fässler Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner
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Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | 431 | +29 Laps | |
| Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 14 DNF |
GTLM | 912 | Porsche GT Team
|
Earl Bamber Mathieu Jaminet Laurens Vanthoor
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Porsche 911 RSR-19 | 429 | crash | |
| Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | ||||||||
| 15 | DPi | 77 | Mazda Motorsports
|
Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez Olivier Pla
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Mazda RT24-P | 427 | +33 Laps | |
| Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 | ||||||||
| 16 DNF |
LMP2 | 52 | PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports
|
Scott Huffaker Patrick Kelly Simon Trummer
|
Oreca 07 | 418 | suspension | |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 17 | GTD | 63 | Scuderia Corsa
|
 Alessandro Balzan Cooper MacNeil Jeff Westphal
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 413 | +47 Laps
| |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
| 18 | GTD | 14 | AIM Vasser Sullivan
|
Jack Hawksworth Michael de Quesada Aaron Telitz
|
Lexus RC F GT3 | 413 | +47 Laps | |
| Lexus 5.0 L V8 | ||||||||
| 19 | GTD | 44 | GRT Magnus Racing Team
|
Andy Lally John Potter Spencer Pumpelly
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 413 | +47 Laps | |
| Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | ||||||||
| 20 | GTD | 16 | Wright Motorsports
|
Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen Patrick Long
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 413 | +47 Laps | |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | ||||||||
| 21 | GTD | 9 | Pfaff Motorsports
|
 Lars Kern Dennis Olsen Zacharie Robichon
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Porsche 911 GT3 R | 413 | +47 Laps | |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | ||||||||
| 22 | GTD | 57 | Heinricher Racing w/MSR Curb-Agajanian
|
Mikhail Goikhberg Trent Hindman Álvaro Parente
|
Acura NSX GT3 Evo | 413 | +47 Laps | |
| Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 | ||||||||
| 23 | GTD | 48 | Paul Miller Racing
|
Corey Lewis Bryan Sellers Madison Snow
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 413 | +47 Laps | |
| Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | ||||||||
| 24 DNF |
GTD | 12 | AIM Vasser Sullivan
|
Townsend Bell Kyle Kirkwood Frankie Montecalvo
|
Lexus RC F GT3 | 410 | crash | |
| Lexus 5.0 L V8 | ||||||||
| 25 | GTD | 96 | Turner Motorsport
|
Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Dillon Machavern
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BMW M6 GT3 | 408 | +52 Laps | |
| BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
| 26 | DPi | 85 | JDC-Miller MotorSports
|
Gabriel Aubry Matheus Leist Chris Miller
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Cadillac DPi-V.R | 406 | +54 Laps | |
| Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | ||||||||
| 27 | GTLM | 25 | BMW Team RLL
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Connor De Phillippi Colton Herta Bruno Spengler
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BMW M8 GTE | 399 | +61 Laps | |
| BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
| 28 | GTD | 86 | Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian
|
Mario Farnbacher Matt McMurry Shinya Michimi
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Acura NSX GT3 Evo | 399 | +61 Laps | |
| Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 | ||||||||
| 29 DNF |
GTD | 23 | Heart of Racing Team
|
Roman De Angelis Ian James Darren Turner
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 297 | crash damage | |
| Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
| 30 DNF |
GTD | 74 | Riley Motorsports
|
Lawson Aschenbach Ben Keating Gar Robinson
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Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 268 | engine | |
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | ||||||||
| 31 DNF |
GTD | 30 | Team Hardpoint
|
Andrew Davis Robert Ferriol Marcus Winkelhock
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Audi R8 LMS Evo | 258 | mechanical | |
| Audi 5.2 L V10 | ||||||||
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References[]
- ↑ Lloyd, Daniel (October 17, 2020). "WTR Cadillac Wins Petit Le Mans after Derani, Taylor Clash". John Dagys Media, LLC. https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/wtr-cadillac-wins-petit-le-mans-after-derani-taylor-clash/. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
- ↑ O'Malley, J.J. (16 October 2020). "Cameron leads Acura front-row sweep of Petit Le Mans qualifying". https://racer.com/2020/10/16/cameron-leads-acura-front-row-sweep-of-petit-le-mans-qualifying/.
- ↑ "05_Results-by-Class_Qualifying.pdf". 16 October 2020. https://racer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2020/10/05_Results-by-Class_Qualifying.pdf. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ↑ "Road_Atlanta-2020-10-17.html". https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/qualifying/Road_Atlanta-2020-10-17.html.
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