2019 Petit Le Mans

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The 2019 Petit Le Mans (formally known as the 2019 MOTUL Petit Le Mans for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd running of the Petit Le Mans, and was held on October 12, 2019. It was the last race in the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, and the last race of the 2019 Michelin Endurance Cup, and was run at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. The race was won overall by the #31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R after its sister car fell out with brake failure with less than 30 minutes remaining. The distance covered was a race record. ^[1]

Background

Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2018. ^[2] It was the sixth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2019 Petit Le Mans was the last of twelve sports car races of 2019 by IMSA, and it was the last of four rounds held as part of the Michelin Endurance Cup. ^[3] The race took place at the 12-turn, 2.540-mile (4.088 km) Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia on October 12, 2019. ^[4]

As the final race for the 2019 season, the race concluded IMSA's 50th anniversary season.

Scott Atherton would retire from his position as President of the International Motor Sports Association following the event. ^[5] In his final race as president, Scott Atherton served as the events grand marshal. ^[6] John Doonan would replace Scott Atherton as president of the International Motor Sports Association beginning in 2020. ^[7]

This would be the final race for the Ford GT as Ford was ending their factory involvement following the 2019 season. ^[8] The Nissan Onroak DPi made its final appearance as Jon Bennett would retire from full time driving. ^{[9] [10]}

The Chevrolet Corvette C7.R and Porsche 911 RSR also entered their final IMSA events, ahead of the switch to new-generation GTE machinery for both manufacturers in 2020. ^{[11] [12] [13]} Chevrolet would transition to the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R, ^[14] while Porsche introduced the Porsche 911 RSR-19. ^[15]

Heading into the final race of the season, Dane Cameron and Juan Pablo Montoya led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 274 points; the duo held a twelve-point advantage over Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr in second. ^[16] With 235 points, Matt McMurry led the LMP2 Drivers' Championship, ahead of Cameron Cassels. ^[16] In GTLM, Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor led the Drivers' Championship with 304 points, 12 points ahead of Patrick Pilet and Nick Tandy. ^[16] The GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Mario Farnbacher and Trent Hindman with 264 points, 32 points clear of Zacharie Robichon in second. ^[16] Acura, Porsche, and Lamborghini were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Acura Team Penske, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Porsche GT Team, and Meyer Shank Racing each led their own Teams' Championships. ^[16]

Entries

Further information: 2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 34 cars took part in the event split across 4 classes. 11 cars were entered in DPi, 2 in LMP2, 9 in GTLM, and 12 in GTD. ^[17] In DPi, Juncos Racing made its first appearance since the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park round. ^[18] Graham Rahal substituted for Alexander Rossi in the No. 7 Acura Team Penske entry due to a clash with the Bathurst 1000. ^[19] In GTLM, Risi Competizione returned for the first time since the season opening round at Daytona. ^{[20] [21]} In GTD, Park Place Motorsports were absent due to not having a spare chassis. ^[22] Montaplast by Land-Motorsport and Precision Performance Motorsports made their first appearances since the Watkins Glen round. Compass Racing skipped the event. Marco Seefried joined Bryan Sellers and Corey Lewis in the Paul Miller Racing entry. ^[23] Parker Chase joined Jack Hawksworth and Richard Heistand in the No. 14 AIM Vasser-Sullivan entry. ^[24]

Practice

There were four practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, three on Thursday and one on Friday. The first two sessions on Thursday morning and afternoon were 60 minutes and 75 minutes in length, while the third held later that evening ran for 90 minutes, and the fourth on Friday morning lasted one hour. ^[25]

In the first practice session, Felipe Nasr set the fastest lap in the No. 31 Cadillac at 1 minute, 09.093 seconds, 0.642 seconds faster than Ricky Taylor's No. 7 Acura. ^[26] Dane Cameron in the No. 6 Acura was third, and Colin Braun was fourth in the No. 54 Nissan. ^[27] Matthieu Vaxiviere was fifth fastest for Konica Minolta Cadillac while Timo Bernhard in the No. 77 Mazda was sixth. ^{[27] [28]} Gabriel Aubry led LMP2 in the No. 52 PR1/ Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07. ^[28] The GTLM class was topped by Richard Westbrook's No. 67 Ford GT with a lap of 1 minute, 16.810 seconds, 0.092 seconds faster than James Calado's No. 62 Ferrari 488. ^[27] Dirk Müller was third in the No. 66 Ford GT and Nick Tandy was fourth fastest in the No. 911 Porsche. ^[29] In GTD, Bill Auberlen in Turner Motorsport's No. 96 BMW M6 lapped fastest with a time of 1 minute, 19.306 seconds, with Jack Hawksworth second in the No. 14 Lexus. ^[28] The session was red flagged two times. 6 minutes into the session, Hawksworth stopped on track with a puncture. ^[29] The final stoppage came when Marco Seefried crashed the No. 48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini into the tire barrier at turn three. ^[28]

In the second practice session, Cameron was fastest with a time of 1 minute, 09.095 seconds, ahead of the No. 85 Cadillac of Tristan Vautier and Albuquerque's No. 5 Mustang Sampling car. ^{[30] [31]} van der Zande placed the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac entry fourth and Ricky Taylor's No. 7 Acura rounded out the top five. Aubry led LMP2 in the No. 52 PR1/ Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07. ^[31] Daniel Serra led GTLM in the No. 62 Ferrari with a 1-minute, 16.708 seconds lap. Antonio García's No. 3 Corvette was second. Dixon in the No. 66 CGR Ford GT was third. ^[32] Felipe Fraga No. 33 Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 was fastest in GTD, while Morad was 0.409 seconds slower in the No. 29 Land-Motorsport Audi. ^[28] Chris Miller caused the first caused the session's first stoppage when he spun his No. 84 JDC-Miller Cadillac at turn 10a and got beached in the gravel trap. Later, Nunez, Marks, and Piedrahita spun and got their cars beached at turns 6 and 10a, respectively. ^[31]

The third practice session ran at night and saw Derani's No. 31 Cadillac set the fastest time overall at 1 minute, 09.455 seconds. Albuquerque was almost two-tenths of a second behind in second, with the No. 7 Team Penske Acura of Ricky Taylor was third. ^[33] Vautier in the No. 85 Cadillac was fourth and Jarvis' No. 77 Mazda was fifth. ^[33] René Binder necessitated the showing of a red flag when he spun and beached the No. 50 Juncos Racing in the gravel trap at turn 10a halfway through the session. ^[34] Aubry was the fastest LMP2 driver in the PR1/ Mathiasen Motorsports entry. ^[34] In GTLM, Müller was fastest in class with a lap of 1 minute, 16.552 seconds. Blomqvist was second-fastest in the No. 25 BMW M8 and Briscoe took third in the No. 67 Ford GT. ^{[28] [34]} In GTD, Auberlen was again fastest in the class, followed by Jeroen Bleekemolen's No. 33 Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3. ^[35]

Nasr led the final session in the No. 31 WER car with a lap of 1 minute, 08.419 seconds. Ricky Taylor's No. 7 Acura was second-fastest. The No. 5 Cadillac of Albuquerque set the third-quickest lap. van der Zande's No. 10 Cadillac, along with Bernhard's No. 77 Mazda car were fourth and fifth. ^[36] Misha Goikhberg necessitated the showing of a red flag when he spun and beached the No. 85 JDC-Miller Cadillac in the gravel trap at turn 10 with 17 minutes remaining in the session. ^{[37] [27]} Aubry was fastest again in LMP2. ^[37] Calado's No. 62 Ferrari was fastest in GTlM while, Robby Foley, driving the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6, was the fastest driver in GTD. ^[27]

Qualifying

Felipe Nasr (pictured in 2015) helped put the No. 31 Cadillac on pole position in qualifying.

Friday's afternoon qualifying session was broken into three sessions that were scheduled for 15 minutes each. ^[25] Cars in GTD were sent out first before those grouped in GTLM and DPi/LMP2 had two separate identically timed sessions. All cars were required to be driven by one participant and the starting order was determined by the competitor's fastest lap. ^[25] IMSA then arranged the grid so that the DPi, LMP2, and GTLM cars started in front of the GTD field.

Felipe Nasr in the No. 31 Cadillac set a new track record to clinch pole position with a time of 1 minute and 08.457 seconds. ^{[38] [39]} He was joined on the grid's front row by Ricky Taylor's No. 7 Acura who was 0.141 seconds slower. ^[39] Filipe Albuquerque qualified the No. 5 Cadillac in third, ahead of Dane Cameron's fourth-placed No. 6 Acura. ^[40] The two Mazdas were fourth and fifth (the No. 77 car driven by Bernhard in front of the No. 55 vehicle of Tincknell). ^[40] Trummer's No. 84 Cadillac took sixth and van der Zande's No. 10 Cadillac qualified seventh. ^[41] Pigot's No. 50 Juncos Racing Cadillac took eighth, ahead of Goikhberg in the No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac and the No. 54 CORE Autosport Nissan driven by Jon Bennett rounded out the DPi qualifiers. ^[40] In LMP2, Masson set the fastest time in the Performance Tech Motorsports entry, with his fastest lap being 0.131 seconds faster than McMurry in the No. 52 PR1/ Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca. ^[39]

In GTLM, James Calado in the No. 62 Ferrari set a new category track record to take pole position with a time of 1 minute and 15.639 seconds. ^[42] García in the No. 3 Corvette set the second fastest time, but would start at the back of the GTLM field after his car failed post post-qualifying technical inspection where it was discovered that the Corvette was found to not have complied with mandated ride height. As a result, Philipp Eng would start in second position followed Vanthoor's No. 912 Porsche in third. ^[41]

In GTD, Corey Lewis took his second consecutive pole position of the season with a lap of 1 minute and 19.530 seconds. He was joined by Ben Keating's No. 33 Mercedes-AMG on the grid's front row with his best lap being 0.135 second slower, and Jeff Westphal drove the No. 63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari to third place. ^{[39] [40]} Justin Marks qualified the No. 86 Acura fourth, ahead of Christina Nielsen's fifth placed No. 57 Acura. ^[41] The No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW failed to record a time due to Robby Foley spinning at turn 10a and beaching the car at the gravel trap on his outlap. ^{[42] [41]} The No. 29 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport and No. 47 Precision Performance Motorsports entries lost all their lap times due to both teams crew touching their respective cars. ^[42]

Qualifying results

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

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	DPi	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr	1:08.457	_	1‡
2	DPi	7	Acura Team Penske	Ricky Taylor	1:08.598	+0.141	2
3	DPi	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Filipe Albuquerque	1:08.629	+0.172	3
4	DPi	6	Acura Team Penske	Dane Cameron	1:08.802	+0.345	4
5	DPi	77	Mazda Team Joest	Timo Bernhard	1:08.847	+0.390	5
6	DPi	55	Mazda Team Joest	Harry Tincknell	1:09.204	+0.747	6
7	DPi	84	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Simon Trummer	1:09.243	+0.786	7
8	DPi	10	Konica Minolta Cadillac	Renger van der Zande	1:09.253	+0.796	8
9	DPi	50	Juncos Racing	Spencer Pigot	1:09.507	+1.050	9
10	DPi	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Misha Goikhberg	1:09.673	+1.216	10
11	LMP2	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Kyle Masson	1:10.722	+2.265	12‡
12	LMP2	52	PR1/ Mathiasen Motorsports	Matt McMurry	1:10.853	+2.396	11
13	DPi	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett	1:11.511	+3.054	13
14	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	James Calado	1:15.639	+7.182	14‡
15	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García	1:15.702	+7.245	22 1
16	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	Philipp Eng	1:15.784	+7.327	15
17	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Laurens Vanthoor	1:15.842	+7.385	16
18	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand	1:15.856	+7.399	17
19	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Richard Westbrook	1:15.967	+7.510	18
20	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Nick Tandy	1:16.037	+7.580	19
21	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin	1:16.048	+7.591	20
22	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Colton Herta	1:16.327	+8.870	21
23	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Corey Lewis	1:19.530	+11.073	23‡
24	GTD	33	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports	Ben Keating	1:19.665	+11.208	24
25	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Jeff Westphal	1:19.721	+11.264	25
26	GTD	86	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Justin Marks	1:19.820	+11.363	26
27	GTD	57	Heinricher Racing w/Meyer Shank Racing	Christina Nielsen	1:19.952	+11.495	27
28	GTD	9	Pfaff Motorsports	Zacharie Robichon	1:20.200	+11.743	28
29	GTD	14	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Richard Heistand	1:20.260	+11.803	29
30	GTD	12	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Frankie Montecalvo	1:20.323	+11.866	30
31	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter	1:21.234	+12.777	31
32	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Christopher Mies	No time 1	_	33
33	GTD	47	Precision Performance Motorsports	Shinya Michimi	No time 2	_	34
34	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Robby Foley	No time	_	32
Sources: [43] [44]

• ¹ The No. 3 Corvette Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTLM classification for violating competition rules regarding the car's rear wing. ^{[45] [46]}
• ² The No. 29 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport entry had all qualifying laps forfeited as per Article 40.2.9. of the Sporting regulations (car was touched by the crew during qualifying without permission by the officials). ^[47]
• ³ The No. 47 Precision Performance Motorsports entry had all qualifying laps forfeited as per Article 40.2.9. of the Sporting regulations (car was touched by the crew during qualifying without permission by the officials). ^[47]

Race

Post-race

Cameron and Montoya took the DPi Drivers' Championship with 302 points. They were five points clear of Derani and Nasr. ^[48] With 270 points, McMurry won the LMP2 Drivers' Championship, 11 points clear of Cassels. ^[48] Bamber and Vanthoor took the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 330 points. They were 17 points clear of Pilet and Tandy in second. García and Magnussen were third with 317 points. ^[48] Farnbacher and Hindman won the GTD Drivers' Championship with 283 points, 21 points ahead of Auberlen and Foley. Robichon was third with 262 points. ^[48] Acura, Porsche, and Lamborghini won their respective Manufactures' Championships, while Acura Team Penske, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Porsche GT Team, and Meyer Shank Racing won their respective Teams' Championships. ^[48]

Race Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	DPi	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr Pipo Derani Eric Curran	Cadillac DPi-V.R	465	10:00:40.809‡
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8
2	DPi	10	Konica Minolta Cadillac	Jordan Taylor Matthieu Vaxivière Renger van der Zande	Cadillac DPi-V.R	465	+0.996
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8
3	DPi	7	Acura Team Penske	Ricky Taylor Hélio Castroneves Graham Rahal	Acura ARX-05	465	+9.842
					Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
4	DPi	6	Acura Team Penske	Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-05	464	+1 Lap
					Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
5	DPi	84	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Simon Trummer Stephen Simpson Chris Miller	Cadillac DPi-V.R	464	+1 Lap
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8
6	DPi	77	Mazda Team Joest	Timo Bernhard Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez	Mazda RT24-P	463	+2 Laps
					Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
7	DPi	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	João Barbosa Filipe Albuquerque Mike Conway	Cadillac DPi-V.R	459	+6 Laps
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8
8	DPi	54	CORE Autosport	Colin Braun Romain Dumas Jon Bennett	Nissan Onroak DPi	457	+8 Laps
					Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
9	DPi	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Tristan Vautier Juan Piedrahita Misha Goikhberg	Cadillac DPi-V.R	446	+19 Laps
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8
10	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GTE	434	+31 Laps‡
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
11	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon	Ford GT	434	+31 Laps
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
12	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Tom Blomqvist Connor De Phillippi Colton Herta	BMW M8 GTE	433	+32 Laps
					BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
13	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	433	+32 Laps
					Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
14	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Mathieu Jaminet	Porsche 911 RSR	433	+32 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet	Porsche 911 RSR	432	+33 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	431	+34 Laps
					Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
17	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Dirk Müller Sébastien Bourdais	Ford GT	430	+35 Laps
					Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
18	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Dillon Machavern	BMW M6 GT3	418	+47 Laps‡
					BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
19	GTD	29	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Ricardo Feller Christopher Mies Daniel Morad	Audi R8 LMS Evo	418	+47 Laps
					Audi 5.2 L V10
20	GTD	9	Pfaff Motorsports	Scott Hargrove Zacharie Robichon Lars Kern	Porsche 911 GT3 R	418	+47 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21 DNF	GTD	33	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen Felipe Fraga	Mercedes-AMG GT3	417	Out of Fuel
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
22	DPi	50	Juncos Racing	Will Owen René Binder Spencer Pigot	Cadillac DPi-V.R	417	+48 Laps
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8
23	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Cooper MacNeil Toni Vilander Jeff Westphal	Ferrari 488 GT3	417	+48 Laps
					Ferrari F154 3.9 L Turbo V8
24	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Corey Lewis Marco Seefried	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	417	+48 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
25	GTD	57	Heinricher Racing w/Meyer Shank Racing	Katherine Legge Bia Figueiredo Christina Nielsen	Acura NSX GT3 Evo	417	+48 Laps
					Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
26	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	Jesse Krohn John Edwards Philipp Eng	BMW M8 GTE	412	+53 Laps
					BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8
27	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	401	+64 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
28	GTD	14	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Richard Heistand Jack Hawksworth Parker Chase	Lexus RC F GT3	329	+136 Laps
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
29 DNF	GTD	47	Precision Performance Motorsports	Brandon Gdovic Don Yount Shinya Michimi	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	317	Did not finish
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
30	GTD	12	AIM Vasser Sullivan	Frankie Montecalvo Townsend Bell Aaron Telitz	Lexus RC F GT3	219	+246 Laps
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
31 DNF	GTD	86	Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian	Mario Farnbacher Trent Hindman Justin Marks	Acura NSX GT3 Evo	201	Engine
					Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
32 DNF	LMP2	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Matt McMurry Gabriel Aubry Dalton Kellett	Oreca 07	201	Mechanical‡
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
33 DNF	DPi	55	Mazda Team Joest	Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell Olivier Pla	Mazda RT24-P	196	Misfire
					Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
34 DNF	LMP2	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Cameron Cassels Kyle Masson Andrew Evans	Oreca 07	65	Crash
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Sources: [49] [50]

Standings after the race

DPi Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya 302 2 Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr 297 3 Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor 284 4 2 Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande 274 5 Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez 268 Source: [48]

LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Matt McMurry 270 2 Cameron Cassels 259 3 Kyle Masson 227 4 Gabriel Aubry 130 5 Dalton Kellett 105 Source: [48]

GTLM Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor 330 2 Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy 317 3 Antonio García Jan Magnussen 317 4 1 Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook 313 5 1 Dirk Müller 306 Source: [48]

GTD Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Mario Farnbacher Trent Hindman 283 2 1 Bill Auberlen Robby Foley 262 3 1 Zacharie Robichon 262 4 Andy Lally John Potter 249 5 Toni Vilander Cooper MacNeil 246 Source: [48]

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

DPi Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #6 Acura Team Penske 302 2 #31 Whelen Engineering Racing 3297 3 #7 Acura Team Penske 284 4 2 #10 Konica Minolta Cadillac 274 5 #77 Mazda Team Joest 268 Source: [48]

LMP2 Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 270 2 #38 Performance Tech Motorsports 259 3 #18 DragonSpeed 35 4 #81 DragonSpeed 30 Source: [48]

GTLM Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #912 Porsche GT Team 330 2 #911 Porsche GT Team 317 3 #3 Corvette Racing 317 4 1 #67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 313 5 1 #66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 306 Source: [48]

GTD Teams' Championship standings Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #86 Meyer-Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian 283 2 1 #96 Turner Motorsport 262 3 1 #9 Pfaff Motorsports 262 4 #44 Magnus Racing 249 5 #63 Scuderia Corsa 237 Source: [48]

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

DPi Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Acura 329 2 Cadillac 324 3 Mazda 311 4 Nissan 286 Source: [48]

GTLM Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Porsche 358 2 Ford 345 3 Chevrolet 330 4 BMW 327 5 Ferrari 67 Source: [48]

GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Lamborghini 294 2 Acura 292 3 Porsche 291 4 2 BMW 278 5 1 Lexus 277 Source: [48]

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

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