2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship

The 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship) was the 47th season of the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) GT Championship that traces its lineage to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship. It was the fourth season of the United SportsCar Championship and second under the name as the IMSA SportsCar Championship. It began on 28 January with the 24 Hours of Daytona, and ended on 7 October with the Petit Le Mans.^[1]

The class structure remained largely unchanged from 2016, with the major change coming in Daytona Prototype international (DPi) which replaced Daytona Prototype (DP) machinery.

• Prototype (P) (DPi and LMP2)
• Prototype Challenge (PC)
• GT Le Mans (GTLM)
• GT Daytona (GTD)

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

Rnd.	Race	Length	Classes	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Rolex 24 at Daytona	24 hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	January 28–29
2	Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring	12 hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 18
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
4	Advance Auto Parts Sportscar Showdown	2 hours 40 minutes	All	Circuit of the Americas	Austin, Texas	May 6
5	Chevrolet Sports Car Classic	1 hour 40 minutes	P, PC, GTD	The Raceway on Belle Isle	Detroit, Michigan	June 3
6	Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen	6 hours	All	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	July 2
7	Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix	2 hours 40 minutes	All	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	July 9
8	Northeast Grand Prix	2 hours 40 minutes	GTLM, GTD	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	July 22
9	Continental Tire Road Race Showcase	2 hours 40 minutes	All	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 6
10	Michelin GT Challenge at VIR	2 hours 40 minutes	GTLM, GTD	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	August 27
11	America's Tire 250	2 hours 40 minutes	P, GTLM, GTD	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	September 24
12	Motul Petit Le Mans	10 hours	All	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	October 7

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

The first 3 hours of the 24 Hours of Daytona and Long Beach were broadcast on Fox. The other rounds were all broadcast on Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, and Fox Sports GO.

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 alter certain body panels designed to reflect the automaker's design language, and run their own engines. Mazda (Riley Technologies), Cadillac (Dallara), and Nissan (Onroak Automotive) run chassis from the respective constructors featuring manufacturer-specific bodywork.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Tequila Patrón ESM[2]	Nissan Onroak DPi[2]	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	2	Ryan Dalziel[3]	All
				Scott Sharp[3]	All
				Pipo Derani[3]	1–2, 6
				Brendon Hartley[4]	1, 12
			22	Johannes van Overbeek[3]	All
				Ed Brown[3]	1–5
				Bruno Senna[3]	1–2, 6, 12
				Brendon Hartley[3]	1–2
				Pipo Derani[5]	7, 9, 11–12
Mustang Sampling Racing[6][N 1] Whelen Engineering Racing[6][N 1]	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 6.2 L V8	5	João Barbosa[6]	All
				Christian Fittipaldi[6]	All
				Filipe Albuquerque[4]	1–2, 6, 12
			31	Dane Cameron[6]	All
				Eric Curran[6]	All
				Mike Conway[4]	1–2, 12
				Seb Morris[4]	1
				Filipe Albuquerque[7]	6
Team Penske[8]	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	6	Hélio Castroneves[8]	12
				Juan Pablo Montoya[8]	12
				Simon Pagenaud[8]	12
Wayne Taylor Racing[9]	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 6.2 L V8	10	Jordan Taylor[9]	All
				Ricky Taylor[9]	All
				Max Angelelli[9]	1
				Jeff Gordon[9]	1
				Alex Lynn[10]	2
				Ryan Hunter-Reay[11]	12
Rebellion Racing[12]	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	13	Nick Heidfeld[12]	1–2, 12
				Sébastien Buemi[12]	1–2
				Neel Jani[12]	1–2
				Stéphane Sarrazin[12]	1
				Mathias Beche[11]	12
				Gustavo Menezes[11]	12
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports[13]	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	52	Tom Kimber-Smith[13]	1–3
				José Gutiérrez[13]	1–2, 4, 6, 9, 11–12
				Mike Guasch[13]	1–2
				R. C. Enerson[13]	1
				Will Owen[14]	3
				Marco Bonanomi[15]	4
				Kenton Koch[16]	5
				Ryan Lewis[16]	5
				Olivier Pla[7]	6, 9, 11–12
				Nicholas Boulle[5]	7
				David Ostella[5]	7
				Julien Canal[11]	12
Mazda Motorsports[17]	Mazda RT24-P	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4	55	Jonathan Bomarito[17]	1–7
				Tristan Nunez[17]	1–7
				Spencer Pigot[4]	1–2, 6
			70	Tom Long[17]	1–7
				Joel Miller[17]	1–7
				James Hinchcliffe[4]	1
				Marino Franchitti[10]	2, 6
DragonSpeed[18]	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	81	Loïc Duval[18]	1
				Ben Hanley[18]	1
				Henrik Hedman[18]	1
				Nicolas Lapierre[18]	1
JDC-Miller MotorSports[19]	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	85	Mikhail Goikhberg[19]	All
				Stephen Simpson[19]	All
				Chris Miller[19]	1–2, 6, 12
				Mathias Beche[19]	1
VisitFlorida Racing	Riley Mk. 30 1–7 Ligier JS P217[20]9–12	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	90	Marc Goossens[21]	1–2, 4–12
				Renger van der Zande[21]	1–2, 4–12
				René Rast[4]	1–2
				Jonathan Bomarito[11]	12

All entries use an Oreca FLM09 chassis powered by a LS3 6.2 L V8 engine.

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Starworks Motorsport[22]	8	Chris Cumming[4]	1
		John Falb[4]	1
		Ben Keating[4]	1
		Remo Ruscitti[4]	1
		Robert Wickens[4]	1
		Garett Grist[10]	2
		Max Hanratty[10]	2
		Sean Rayhall[10]	2
	88	Conor Daly[4]	1
		James Dayson[4]	1
		Scott Mayer[4]	1
		Alex Popow[4]	1
		Sean Rayhall[4]	1
BAR1 Motorsports[22]	20	Don Yount[23]	All
		Buddy Rice[23]	1–2, 4, 6, 9, 12
		Mark Kvamme[23]	1–2
		Chapman Ducote[23]	1
		Gustavo Yacamán[23]	1
		Daniel Burkett[10]	2, 6, 12
		Ryan Lewis[16]	5, 7
	26	David Cheng[4]	1
		Trent Hindman[23]	1
		Adam Merzon[23]	1
		Johnny Mowlem[23]	1
		Tom Papadopoulos[23]	1
		Gustavo Yacamán[10]	2, 6, 9
		Marc Drumwright[10]	2
		Chapman Ducote[10]	2
		Colin Thompson[10]	2
		Nicholas Boulle[15]	4
		Stefan Wilson[15]	4
		Tomy Drissi[16]	5, 12
		Bruno Junqueira[16]	5
		Brian Alder[7]	6
		Derek Jones[7]	6
		Garett Grist[5]	7, 12
		James Vance[5]	7
		Mark Kvamme[24]	9
		John Falb[11]	12
Performance Tech Motorsports[22]	38	James French[25]	All
		Patricio O'Ward[25]	All
		Kyle Masson[25]	1–2, 6, 12
		Nicholas Boulle[4]	1

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8	3	Antonio García[4]	All
				Jan Magnussen[4]	All
				Mike Rockenfeller[4]	1–2, 12
			4	Oliver Gavin[4]	All
				Tommy Milner[4]	All
				Marcel Fässler[4]	1–2, 12
BMW Team RLL	BMW M6 GTLM	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	19	Bill Auberlen[26]	1
				Augusto Farfus[26]	1
				Alexander Sims[26]	1
				Bruno Spengler[26]	1
			24	John Edwards[26]	All
				Martin Tomczyk[26]	All
				Nick Catsburg[26]	1–2, 12
				Kuno Wittmer[26]	1
			25	Bill Auberlen[27]	2–4, 6–12
				Alexander Sims[27]	2–4, 6–12
				Kuno Wittmer[27]	2, 12
Risi Competizione[28]	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	62	Giancarlo Fisichella[28]	1–4, 10–12
				Toni Vilander[28]	1–4, 10–12
				James Calado[28]	1–2
				Alessandro Pier Guidi[11]	12
Ford Chip Ganassi Racing[29][N 2] Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK[29][N 2]	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	66	Joey Hand[29]	All
				Dirk Müller[29]	All
				Sébastien Bourdais[29]	1–2, 12
			67	Ryan Briscoe[29]	All
				Richard Westbrook[29]	All
				Scott Dixon[29]	1–2, 12
			68	Billy Johnson[29]	1–2
				Stefan Mücke[29]	1–2
				Olivier Pla[29]	1–2
			69	Tony Kanaan[29]	1
				Andy Priaulx[29]	1
				Harry Tincknell[29]	1
Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	911	Patrick Pilet[30]	All
				Dirk Werner[30]	All
				Frédéric Makowiecki[30]	1–2
				Nick Tandy[31]	12
			912	Laurens Vanthoor[30]	All
				Kévin Estre[30]	1–3
				Richard Lietz[30]	1–2
				Wolf Henzler[15]	4
				Gianmaria Bruni[7]	6–12
				Earl Bamber[31]	12

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
GRT Grasser Racing Team[32]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	11	Mirko Bortolotti[4]	1–2
				Christian Engelhart[4]	1–2
				Rolf Ineichen[4]	1–2
				Ezequiel Pérez Companc[4]	1
				Richard Antinucci[10]	2
			61	Michele Beretta[4]	1
				Christian Engelhart[4]	1
				Rolf Ineichen[4]	1
				Roberto Pampanini[4]	1
				Miloš Pavlović[4]	1
3GT Racing[33]	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 5.0 L V8	14	Sage Karam[33]	All
				Scott Pruett[33]	1–8
				Ian James[33]	1–2, 12
				Gustavo Menezes[33]	1
				Austin Cindric[7]	6
				Robert Alon[24]	9–12
			15	Jack Hawksworth[33]	All
				Robert Alon[33]	1–8
				Austin Cindric[33]	1–2, 6, 12
				Dominik Farnbacher[33]	1
				Scott Pruett[24]	9–12
Change Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	16	Corey Lewis[4]	All
				Jeroen Mul[4]	All
				Brett Sandberg[4]	1–2, 6, 12
				Kaz Grala[4]	1
DAC Motorsports	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	18	Emmanuel Anassis[4]	1–2
				Brandon Gdovic[4]	1–2
				Anthony Massari[4]	1–2
				Zachary Claman DeMelo[4]	1
Konrad Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	21	Marc Basseng[4]	1
				Franz Konrad[4]	1
				Marco Mapelli[4]	1
				Luca Stolz[4]	1
				Lance Willsey[4]	1
Alex Job Racing[34]	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	23	Townsend Bell[34]	1–2, 6, 8, 12
				Bill Sweedler[34]	1–2, 6, 8, 12
				Frankie Montecalvo[34]	1–2, 6, 12
				Pierre Kaffer[4]	1
Dream Racing Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	27	Paolo Ruberti[4]	1–2, 6
				Cédric Sbirrazzuoli[4]	1–2, 6
				Lawrence DeGeorge[4]	1–2
				Raffaele Giammaria[4]	1
				Luca Persiani[4]	1
Alegra Motorsports[35]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	28	Daniel Morad[4]	All
				Michael Christensen[4]	1–3, 6, 12
				Michael de Quesada[4]	1–2, 6–7, 9, 12
				Carlos de Quesada[4]	1
				Jesse Lazare[35]	1
				Spencer Pumpelly[10]	2
				Mathieu Jaminet[15]	4–5
				Patrick Long[36]	8, 10–11
Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	29	Connor De Phillippi[4]	1–2, 12
				Christopher Mies[4]	1–2, 12
				Jules Gounon[4]	1–2
				Jeffrey Schmidt[4]	1
				Sheldon van der Linde[11]	12
Riley Motorsports - Team AMG[37][N 3] Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing[37][N 3]	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	33	Jeroen Bleekemolen[4]	All
				Ben Keating[4]	1–9, 11–12
				Mario Farnbacher[4]	1–2, 6, 12
				Adam Christodoulou[4]	1
				Trent Hindman[38]	10
			50	Gunnar Jeannette[4]	1–8
				Cooper MacNeil[4]	1–8
				Shane van Gisbergen[4]	1–2, 6
				Thomas Jäger[4]	1
	Porsche 911 GT3 R[39]	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		Gunnar Jeannette[39]	9–12
				Cooper MacNeil[39]	9–12
				Patrick Long[11]	12
EBIMOTORS	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	46	Fabio Babini[4]	1–2
				Emanuele Busnelli[4]	1–2
				Emmanuel Collard[4]	1–2
				François Perrodo[4]	1
				Michele Beretta[10]	2
Paul Miller Racing[40]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	48	Bryan Sellers[40]	All
				Madison Snow[40]	All
				Dion von Moltke[4]	1–2
				Andrea Caldarelli[4]	1
				Bryce Miller[40]	1
				Trent Hindman[11]	12
Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	51	Peter Mann[4]	1
				Rino Mastronardi[4]	1
				Maurizio Mediani[4]	1
				Alessandro Pier Guidi[4]	1
				Davide Rigon[4]	1
CORE Autosport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	54	Jon Bennett[4]	All
				Colin Braun[4]	All
				Niclas Jönsson[4]	1–2, 6, 12
				Patrick Long[4]	1
Stevenson Motorsports[41]	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	57	Lawson Aschenbach[41]	All
				Andrew Davis[41]	All
				Matt Bell[41]	1–2, 12
				Robin Liddell[41]	1
Manthey Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	59	Matteo Cairoli[4]	1
				Sven Müller[4]	1
				Harald Proczyk[4]	1
				Reinhold Renger[4]	1
				Steve Smith[4]	1
Scuderia Corsa[42]	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	63	Alessandro Balzan[42]	All
				Christina Nielsen[42]	All
				Matteo Cressoni[4]	1–2, 6, 12
				Sam Bird[4]	1
Park Place Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	73	Patrick Lindsey[4]	All
				Jörg Bergmeister[4]	1–5, 7–12
				Matt McMurry[4]	1–2, 6, 12
				Norbert Siedler[4]	1
				Jan Heylen[10]	2
SunEnergy1 Racing[37]	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	75	Tristan Vautier[43]	All
				Boris Said[43]	1–3, 6
				Kenny Habul[43]	1–2, 4–7, 9–12
				Maro Engel[4]	1
				Paul Morris[4]	1
				Dion von Moltke[36]	8, 12
Lone Star Racing[44]	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	80	Dan Knox[44]	4, 9–11
				Mike Skeen[44]	4, 9–11
Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Acura NSX GT3	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	86	Oswaldo Negri Jr.[4]	All
				Jeff Segal[4]	All
				Tom Dyer[4]	1–2, 12
				Ryan Hunter-Reay[4]	1
			93	Andy Lally[4]	All
				Katherine Legge[4]	All
				Mark Wilkins[4]	1–2, 12
				Graham Rahal[4]	1
Turner Motorsport[45]	BMW M6 GT3	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	96	Jens Klingmann[45]	All
				Justin Marks[45]	1–2, 6, 12
				Jesse Krohn[45]	1–2, 8–12
				Maxime Martin[45]	1
				Bret Curtis[14]	3–5, 7
Aston Martin Racing[46]	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	98	Paul Dalla Lana[46]	1
				Pedro Lamy[46]	1
				Mathias Lauda[4]	1
				Marco Sørensen[4]	1
TRG[47][48]	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	007	Brandon Davis[48]	8
				James Davison[48]	8
	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	991	Wolf Henzler[4]	1, 3
				Jan Heylen[4]	1, 3
				Santiago Creel[4]	1
				Mike Hedlund[4]	1
				Tim Pappas[4]	1
				Parker Chase[15]	4
				Harry Gottsacker[15]	4

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd	Circuit	Prototype Winning Team	PC Winning Team	GTLM Winning Team	GTD Winning Team	Report
		Prototype Winning Drivers	PC Winning Drivers	GTLM Winning Drivers	GTD Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing	No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports	No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	No. 28 Alegra Motorsports	Report
		Max Angelelli Jeff Gordon Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor	Nicholas Boulle James French Kyle Masson Patricio O'Ward	Sébastien Bourdais Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Michael Christensen Jesse Lazare Daniel Morad Carlos de Quesada Michael de Quesada
2	Sebring	No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing	No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports	No. 3 Corvette Racing	No. 33 Riley Motorsports - Team AMG	Report
		Alex Lynn Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor	James French Kyle Masson Patricio O'Ward	Antonio García Jan Magnussen Mike Rockenfeller	Jeroen Bleekemolen Mario Farnbacher Ben Keating
3	Long Beach	No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing	did not participate	No. 4 Corvette Racing	No. 50 Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing	Report
		Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor		Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Gunnar Jeannette Cooper MacNeil
4	Austin	No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing	No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports	No. 3 Corvette Racing	No. 33 Riley Motorsports - Team AMG	Report
		Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor	James French Patricio O'Ward	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating
5	Belle Isle	No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing	No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports	did not participate	No. 93 Michael Shank Racing	Report
		Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor	James French Patricio O'Ward		Andy Lally Katherine Legge
6	Watkins Glen	No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing	No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports	No. 25 BMW Team RLL	No. 93 Michael Shank Racing	Report
		Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi	James French Kyle Masson Patricio O'Ward	Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims	Andy Lally Katherine Legge
7	Mosport	No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing	No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports	No. 25 BMW Team RLL	No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports	Report
		Eric Curran Dane Cameron	James French Patricio O'Ward	Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims	Lawson Aschenbach Andrew Davis
8	Lime Rock	did not participate	did not participate	No. 911 Porsche GT Team	No. 73 Park Place Motorsports	Report
				Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey
9	Road America	No. 22 Tequila Patrón ESM	No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports	No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	No. 96 Turner Motorsport	Report
		Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek	James French Patricio O'Ward	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Jens Klingmann Jesse Krohn
10	Virginia	did not participate	did not participate	No. 3 Corvette Racing	No. 16 Change Racing	Report
				Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Corey Lewis Jeroen Mul
11	Laguna Seca	No. 90 VisitFlorida Racing	did not participate	No. 24 BMW Team RLL	No. 63 Scuderia Corsa	Report
		Marc Goossens Renger van der Zande		John Edwards Martin Tomczyk	Alessandro Balzan Christina Nielsen
12	Road Atlanta	No. 2 Tequila Patrón ESM	No. 26 BAR1 Motorsports	No. 25 BMW Team RLL	No. 29 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Report
		Ryan Dalziel Brendon Hartley Scott Sharp	Tomy Drissi John Falb Garett Grist	Bill Auberlen Kuno Wittmer Alexander Sims	Connor De Phillippi Sheldon van der Linde Christopher Mies

Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions as shown in the chart below.

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	FL
Race	35	32	30	28	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Drivers points

Points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. The point for the fastest lap is only awarded in the drivers' championship.

Team points

Team points are calculated in exactly the same way as driver points, using the point distribution chart. Each car entered is considered its own "team" regardless if it is a single entry or part of a two-car team.

Manufacturer points

There are also a number of manufacturer championships which utilize the same season-long point distribution chart. The manufacturer championships recognized by IMSA are as follows:

Prototype (P): Engine Manufacturer

GT Le Mans (GTLM): Car Manufacturer

GT Daytona (GTD): Car Manufacturer

Each manufacturer receives finishing points for its highest finishing car in each class. The positions of subsequent finishing cars from the same manufacturer are not taken into consideration, and all other manufacturers move up in the order.

Example: Manufacturer A finishes 1st and 2nd at an event, and Manufacturer B finishes 3rd. Manufacturer A receives 35 first-place points while Manufacturer B would earn 32 second-place points.

North American Endurance Cup

The points system for the North American Endurance Cup is different from the normal points system. Points are awarded on a 5-4-3-2 basis for drivers, teams and manufacturers. The first finishing position at each interval earns five points, four points for second position, three points for third, with two points awarded for fourth and each subsequent finishing position.

Position	1	2	3	Other Classified
Race	5	4	3	2

At Daytona (24 hour race), points are awarded at six hours, 12 hours, 18 hours and at the finish. At the Sebring (12 hour race), points are awarded at four hours, eight hours and at the finish. At Watkins Glen (6 hour race), points are awarded at three hours and at the finish. At Road Atlanta (10 hour race), points are awarded at four hours, eight hours and at the finish.

Like the season-long team championship, North American Endurance Cup team points are awarded for each car and drivers get points in any car that they drive, in which they are entered for points. The manufacturer points go to the highest placed car from that manufacturer (the others from that manufacturer not being counted), just like the season-long manufacturer championship.

For example: in any particular segment manufacturer A finishes 1st and 2nd and manufacturer B finishes 3rd. Manufacturer A only receives first-place points for that segment. Manufacturer B receives the second-place points.

Pos. Driver DAY SEB LBH AUS BEL WGL MOS ELK LGA ATL Points NAEC 1 Jordan Taylor 1 1 1 1 1 6 7 2 3 9 310 42 Ricky Taylor 1 1 1 1 1 6 7 2 3 9 310 42 2 Dane Cameron 6 3 8 2 2 101 1 4 2 2 291 29 Eric Curran 6 3 8 2 2 101 1 4 2 2 291 29 3 João Barbosa 2 2 7 3 4 1 6 6 5 5 284 46 Christian Fittipaldi 2 2 7 3 4 1 6 6 5 5 284 46 4 Mikhail Goikhberg 5 4 4 4 6 2 2 8 4 6 277 28 Stephen Simpson 5 4 4 4 6 2 2 8 4 6 277 28 5 Ryan Dalziel 4 11 2 6 8 7 3 3 6 1 273 30 Scott Sharp 4 11 2 6 8 7 3 3 6 1 273 30 6 Johannes van Overbeek 7 10 9 5 7 8 9 1 8 4 249 31 7 Marc Goossens 3 6 WD 7 9 5 10 5 1 7 233 29 Renger van der Zande 3 6 WD 7 9 5 10 5 1 7 233 29 8 Jonathan Bomarito 11 5 3 10 5 3 4 7 205 27 9 Pipo Derani 4 11 7 9 1 8 4 181 28 10 Tristan Nunez 11 5 3 10 5 3 4 181 20 11 Tom Long 12 8 6 8 3 9 5 168 18 Joel Miller 12 8 6 8 3 9 5 168 18 12 José Gutiérrez 9 7 9 4 7 7 10 167 20 13 Filipe Albuquerque 2 2 1 5 126 46 14 Ed Brown 7 10 9 5 7 117 14 15 Chris Miller 5 4 2 6 111 28 16 Olivier Pla 4 7 7 10 99 10 17 Bruno Senna 7 10 8 4 97 31 18 Mike Conway 6 3 2 88 25 19 Brendon Hartley 7 10 1 80 26 20 Spencer Pigot 11 5 3 76 20 21 Tom Kimber-Smith 9 7 5 72 14 22 Nick Heidfeld 8 9 8 68 20 23 René Rast 3 6 55 18 24 Mathias Beche 5 8 49 14 25 Mike Guasch 9 7 46 14 26 Sébastien Buemi 8 9 45 14 Neel Jani 8 9 45 14 27 Marino Franchitti 8 9 45 10 28 Max Angelelli 1 35 18 Jeff Gordon 1 35 18 29 Alex Lynn 1 35 14 30 Hélio Castroneves 3 30 9 Juan Pablo Montoya 3 30 9 Simon Pagenaud 3 30 9 31 Will Owen 5 26 – 32 Seb Morris 6 25 10 33 Stéphane Sarrazin 8 23 8 34 Nicholas Boulle 8 23 – David Ostella 8 23 – 35 Gustavo Menezes 8 23 6 36 R. C. Enerson 9 22 8 37 Marco Bonanomi 9 22 – 38 Ryan Hunter-Reay 9 24 6 39 Loïc Duval 10 21 8 Ben Hanley 10 21 8 Henrik Hedman 10 21 8 Nicolas Lapierre 10 21 8 40 Kenton Koch 10 21 – Ryan Lewis 10 21 – 41 Julien Canal 10 21 6 42 James Hinchcliffe 12 19 8

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Notes

• ¹ – Relegated to last in class for violation of minimum drive time requirements.

Pos.	Driver	DAY	SEB	AUS	BEL	WGL	MOS	ELK	ATL	Points	NAEC
1	James French	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	283	56
	Patricio O'Ward	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	283	56
2	Don Yount	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	244	40
3	Buddy Rice	3	4	3		2		3	2	182	40
4	Kyle Masson	1	1			1			3	139	56
5	Gustavo Yacamán	3	3			3		2		121	29
6	Garett Grist		2				3		1	97	25
7	Daniel Burkett		4			2			2	92	26
8	Mark Kvamme	3	4					2		90	20
9	Nicholas Boulle	1		2						68	20
10	Tomy Drissi				2				1	67	13
11	Ryan Lewis				3		2			62	–
12	John Falb	5							1	61	21
13	Sean Rayhall	4	2							60	20
14	Chapman Ducote	3	3							59	23
15	David Cheng	2								32	14
	Trent Hindman	2								32	14
	Adam Merzon	2								32	14
	Johnny Mowlem	2								32	14
	Tom Papadopoulos	2								32	14
16	Max Hanratty		2							32	12
17	Stefan Wilson			2						32	–
18	Bruno Junqueira				2					32	–
19	Derek Jones					3				30	6
	Brian Adler					3				30	6
20	James Vance						3			30	–
21	Marc Drumwright		3							29	9
	Colin Thompson		3							29	9
22	Conor Daly	4								28	8
	James Dayson	4								28	8
	Scott Mayer	4								28	8
	Alex Popow	4								28	8
23	Chris Cumming	5								26	8
	Ben Keating	5								26	8
	Remo Ruscitti	5								26	8
	Robert Wickens	5								26	8

Pos.	Driver	DAY	SEB	LBH	AUS	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	ATL	Points	NAEC <