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The 2016 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The Race was held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 7, 2016. The race was the ninth round of the 2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Background

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Preview

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Road America, where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2015.[1] It was the third consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2016 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase was the ninth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2016 by IMSA, and was the sixth round not held on the held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.[1] The race was held at the fourteen-turn 4.048 mi (6.515 km) Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 7, 2016.[2]

Before the race, João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 220 points, ahead of Eric Curran and Dane Cameron in second by four points, and Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor in third with 211 points.[3] With 267 points, Alex Popow and Renger van der Zande led the Prototype Challenge Drivers' Championship over Robert Alon and Tom Kimber-Smith by 17 points.[3] In GTLM, Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner led the Drivers' Championship with 228 points, 10 ahead of Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook.[3] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Alessandro Balzan and Christina Nielsen with 212 points; the duo held a thirteen-point advantage over Andy Lally and John Potter.[3] Chevrolet and Audi were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Action Express Racing, Starworks Motorsport, Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa each led their own Teams' Championships.[3]

Entry list

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Forty-one cars were officially entered for the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase, with most of the entries in the Prototype Challenge (PC), Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) categories. Action Express Racing (AER) fielded two Chevrolet Corvette DP cars while VisitFlorida Racing (VFR) and Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR) fielded one. Mazda Motorsports had two Lola B12/80 cars and Michael Shank Racing (MSR) entered one Ligier JS P2 chassis with a Honda HR35TT twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V6 engine. Panoz brought the DeltaWing car to Road America for the fourth successive year.[4] The Prototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of eight Oreca FLM09 cars: three from Starworks Motorsports and two from BAR1 Motorsports. CORE Autosport, JDC-Miller MotorSports, Performance Tech and PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entered one car each.[4][5] GTLM was represented by nine entries from five different brands.[4] In the list of GTD entrants, fifteen GT3-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers. Alex Job Racing entered a third Porsche 911 GT3 R.[6] Black Swan Racing withdrew after Tim Pappas' father passed away.[7]

Practice

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There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday, two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Friday afternoon and the third on Saturday morning lasted an hour.[8]

In the first session, Bomarito set the fastest time in the No. 55 Mazda with a time of 1 minute, 56.623 seconds, 0.231 seconds faster than teammate Miller in the sister No. 70 Mazda. Ricky Taylor was third quickest in WTR's No. 10 car.[9] The fastest PC class car was Stephen Simpson's No. 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports car with a lap of 2 minutes, 00.519 seconds.[10] Ford occupied first and second in GTLM with Westbrook faster than his teammate Müller by less than four-tenths of a second.[9] Bryan Sellers' No. 48 Paul Miller Lamborghini recorded the fastest time in GTD.[10]

In the second practice session, Negri led with a lap of 1 minute, 55.747 seconds, ahead of Nunez's No. 55 Mazda.[11] The nine-vehicle PC class was led by CORE Autosport's No. 54 car, driven by Braun with a time of 1 minute, 59.060 seconds.[12] With a 2:03.415 lap, Hand led the GTLM class in the No. 66 CGR Ford GT, followed by Luhr's No. 100 RLL BMW M6.[11] Pumpelly led GTD with a time of 2:07.078.[12]

Bomarito led the final practice session in the No. 55 Mazda with a lap of 1 minute, 55.021 seconds. Jordan Taylor's WTR car was second-fastest.[13] A 1:58.898 lap saw van der Zande's No. 8 Starworks vehicle lead PC.[14] With a 2:02.620 lap, García led the GTLM class in the No. 3 Corvette.[14] Sellers led GTD with a time of 2 minutes, 06.753 seconds.[14]

Qualifying

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Saturday afternoon's 90-minute four-group qualifying session gave 15-minute sessions to all categories. Cars in GTD were sent out first before those grouped in GTLM, PC, and Prototype had three separate identically timed sessions. Regulations stipulated teams to nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each classes starting order. IMSA would arranged the grid to put all Prototypes ahead of the PC, GTLM, and GTD cars.[15][8]

Qualifying results

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Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P 55 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Jonathan Bomarito 1:54.507 1‡
2 P 5 United States Action Express Racing Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 1:55.659 +1.152 2
3 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Ricky Taylor 1:55.685 +1.178 3
4 P 70 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Tom Long 1:56.021 +1.514 4
5 P 31 United States Action Express Racing United States Eric Curran 1:56.120 +1.613 5
6 P 90 United States VisitFlorida Racing Belgium Marc Goossens 1:56.992 +2.485 6
7 P 0 United States Panoz DeltaWing Racing United States Sean Rayhall 1:57.227 +2.720 7
8 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States James French 1:59.133 +4.626 8‡
9 PC 7 United States Starworks Motorsport Mexico José Gutiérrez 1:59.208 +4.701 171
10 PC 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Canada Misha Goikhberg 1:59.462 +4.955 9
11 PC 20 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Matt McMurry 1:59.519 +5.012 10
12 PC 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Robert Alon 1:59.625 +5.118 11
13 PC 8 United States Starworks Motorsport Venezuela Alex Popow 1:59.634 +5.127 12
14 P 60 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United States John Pew 2:00.4361 +5.929 13
15 PC 26 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Don Yount 2:01.091 +6.584 14
16 PC 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett 2:02.376 +7.869 15
17 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Germany Dirk Müller 2:02.451 +7.944 18‡
18 GTLM 911 United States Porsche North America France Patrick Pilet 2:02.912 +8.405 19
19 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe 2:02.936 +8.429 392
20 GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione Italy Giancarlo Fisichella 2:02.975 +8.468 20
21 GTLM 912 United States Porsche North America New Zealand Earl Bamber 2:03.173 +8.666 21
22 PC 88 United States Starworks Motorsport United States Mark Kvamme 2:03.215 +8.708 16
23 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García 2:03.432 +8.925 22
24 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 2:03.521 +9.014 23
25 GTLM 100 United States BMW Team RLL Germany Lucas Luhr 2:04.129 +9.622 403
26 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen 2:04.882 +10.375 414
27 GTD 23 United States Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Spain Alex Riberas 2:07.520 +13.013 24‡
28 GTD 6 United States Stevenson Motorsports United States Andrew Davis 2:07.759 +13.252 25
29 GTD 9 United States Stevenson Motorsports United States Matt Bell 2:07.785 +13.278 26
30 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports United States Ben Keating 2:08.166 +13.659 27
31 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa Denmark Christina Nielsen 2:08.237 +13.730 28
32 GTD 16 United States Change Racing United States Spencer Pumpelly 2:08.243 +13.736 29
33 GTD 27 United States Dream Racing Italy Luca Persiani 2:08.334 +13.827 30
34 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow 2:08.495 +13.988 31
35 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Lindsey 2:08.504 +13.997 32
36 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bret Curtis 2:08.680 +14.173 33
37 GTD 97 United States Turner Motorsport Finland Markus Palttala 2:09.048 +14.541 34
38 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter 2:09.881 +15.374 385
39 GTD 80 United States Lone Star Racing United States Dan Knox 2:11.251 +16.744 35
40 GTD 77 United States Alex Job Racing United States David MacNeil 2:15.449 +20.942 36
41 GTD 22 United States Alex Job Racing United States Cooper MacNeil No time6 37
Sources:[16][17]
  • 1 The No. 60 MSR Ligier had its fastest lap deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
  • 2 The No. 7 Starworks Motorsport entry was sent to the rear of the PC grid as per 13.1.2a of the Sporting regulations (Ride height).[15]
  • 3 The No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing entry was sent to the rear of the GTLM grid as per 13.1.2a of the Sporting regulations (Ride height).[15]
  • 4 The No. 100 BMW Team RLL entry was sent to the rear of the GTLM grid as per article 8.3.2 of the Sporting regulations (Boost control violation).[15]
  • 5 The No. 25 BMW Team RLL entry was sent to the rear of the GTLM grid as per article 8.3.2 of the Sporting regulations (Boost control violation).[15]
  • 6 The No. 44 Magnus Racing Audi was sent to the rear of the GTD grid as per article 40.1.5 of the Sporting regulations (Tire change).[15]
  • 7 The No. 22 Alex Job Racing Porsche had all qualifying laps forfeited as per Article 40.2.6. of the Sporting regulations (Working on the car during qualifying).[15]

Race

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Post-race

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With a total of 253 points, Barbosa and Fittipaldi's second-place finished allowed them to keep their advantage in the Prototype Drivers' Championship, but their advantage was reduced to 1 point by race-winners Curran and Cameron.[18] Popow and van der Zande's sixth-place finish kept them atop the PC Drivers' Championship, but their advantage was reduced to 7 points over race winners Alon and Kimber-Smith.[18] The final results of GTLM allowed Gavin and Milner to extend their advantage in the GTLM Drivers' Championship to 13 points over Briscoe and Westbrook.[18] Balzan and Nielsen's third-place finish allowed them to increase their advantage in the GTD Drivers' Championship to 15 points over Lally and Potter. Bleekemolen and Keating advanced from fifth to fourth while Farnbacher and Riberas dropped to fifth.[18] Chevrolet and Audi continued to top their respective Manufactures' Championships while Action Express Racing, Starworks Motorsport, Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa kept their respective advantages in their of Teams' Championships with three rounds left in the season.[18]

Race results

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Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).

Final race classification
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 31 United States Action Express Racing United States Eric Curran

United States Dane Cameron

Corvette Daytona Prototype C 73 2:40:56.808‡
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
2 P 5 United States Action Express Racing Portugal João Barbosa
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
Corvette Daytona Prototype C 73 +0.626
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
3 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Jordan Taylor
United States Ricky Taylor
Corvette Daytona Prototype C 73 +1.460
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
4 P 60 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United States John Pew
Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Ligier JS P2 C 73 +18.283
Honda HR35TT 3.5 Turbo V6
5 P 55 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Jonathan Bomarito
United States Tristan Nunez
Mazda Prototype C 73 +22.114
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L I4 Turbo
6 P 90 United States VisitFlorida Racing Belgium Marc Goossens
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Corvette Daytona Prototype C 73 +34.499
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
7 PC 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Robert Alon
United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith
Oreca FLM09 C 72 +1 lap‡
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
8 PC 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
Oreca FLM09 C 72 +1 lap
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
9 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States James French
Canada Kyle Marcelli
Oreca FLM09 C 72 +1 lap
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
10 PC 7 United States Starworks Motorsport Mexico José Gutiérrez
Colombia Gustavo Yacamán
Oreca FLM09 C 72 +1 lap
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
11 PC 20 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Matt McMurry
Brazil Bruno Junqueira
Oreca FLM09 C 72 +1 lap
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
12 P 0 United States Panoz DeltaWing Racing United Kingdom Katherine Legge
United States Sean Rayhall
DeltaWing DWC13 C 72 +1 lap
Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo
13 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 70 +3 Laps‡
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
14 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Ford GT M 70 +3 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
15 GTLM 100 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Germany Lucas Luhr
BMW M6 GTLM M 70 +3 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
16 GTLM 912 United States Porsche North America New Zealand Earl Bamber
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR M 70 +3 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione Finland Toni Vilander
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 488 GTE M 70 +3 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
18 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 70 +3 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
19 GTLM 911 United States Porsche North America France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Porsche 911 RSR M 70 +3 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
Germany Dirk Werner
BMW M6 GTLM M 69 +4 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
21 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Ben Keating
Dodge Viper GT3-R C 69 +1 lap‡
Dodge 8.3L V10
22 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Lindsey
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 69 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa Denmark Christina Nielsen
Italy Alessandro Balzan
Ferrari 488 GT3 C 69 +4 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
24 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter
United States Andy Lally
Audi R8 LMS C 69 +4 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
25 GTD 6 United States Stevenson Motorsports United States Andrew Davis
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
Audi R8 LMS C 69 +4 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
26 GTD 9 United States Stevenson Motorsports United States Lawson Aschenbach
United States Matt Bell
Audi R8 LMS C 69 +4 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
27 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bret Curtis
Germany Jens Klingmann
BMW M6 GT3 C 69 +4 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
28 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 69 +4 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
29 GTD 97 United States Turner Motorsport United States Michael Marsal
Finland Markus Palttala
BMW M6 GT3 C 69 +4 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
30 GTD 80 United States Lone Star Racing United States Dan Knox
United States Mike Skeen
Dodge Viper GT3-R C 69 +4 Laps
Dodge 8.3L V10
31 GTD 22 United States Alex Job Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
Germany Sven Müller
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 69 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32 GTD 23 United States Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Germany Mario Farnbacher
Spain Alex Riberas
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 69 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
33 GTD 77 United States Alex Job Racing United States Gunnar Jeannette
United States David MacNeil
Porsche 911 GT3 R C 69 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
34 GTD 16 United States Change Racing United States Corey Lewis
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 68 +5 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
35 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Germany Dirk Müller
United States Joey Hand
Ford GT M 67 +6 Lpas
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
36

PC

PC 8 United States Starworks Motorsport Venezuela Alex Popow
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Oreca FLM09 C 66 Accident
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
37

DNF

PC 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Canada Misha Goikhberg
South Africa Stephen Simpson
Oreca FLM09 C 66 Accident
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
38 PC 26 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Don Yount
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
Oreca FLM09 C 65 +8 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
39

DNF

GTD 27 United States Dream Racing Italy Luca Persiani
Monaco Cédric Sbirrazzuoli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 44 Did Not Finish
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
40

DNF

PC 88 United States Starworks Motorsport United States Mark Kvamme
United Kingdom Richard Bradley
Oreca FLM09 C 25 Accident
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
41

DNF

P 70 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Tom Long
United States Joel Miller
Mazda Prototype C 6 Oil pump
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L I4 Turbo
Sources:[19][20]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

References

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