2018 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic

The 2018 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 2, 2018. The race was the fifth round of the 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

The layout of The Raceway on Belle Isle

Background

The Raceway on Belle Isle, where the race was held.

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

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2017.[1] It was the fifth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the ninth annual running of the race, counting the period between 2007 and 2013 when it was a round of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series respectively.[1] The 2017 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic was the fifth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2017 by IMSA, the shortest in terms of time, and was the third round not held on the held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.[1] The race was held at the fourteen-turn 2.350 mi (3.782 km) Belle Isle Park on June 2, 2018.[1] After the Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio three weeks earlier, Filipe Albuquerque and João Barbosa led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 119 points, ahead of Eric Curran and Felipe Nasr with 109 points, and Jordan Taylor and Renger van der Zande with 104 points.[2] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow with 95 points, ahead of Katherine Legge and Álvaro Parente with 87 points. Cadillac and Lamborghini were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Mustang Sampling Racing and Paul Miller Racing each led their own Teams' Championships.[2]

On May 25, 2018, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of performance for the GTD class.[3] The Lexus RC F GT3 received a 25 kilogram weight increase. The Mercedes AMG GT3 received a 10 kilogram weight break. No changes made in P.

Entries

A total of 26 cars took part in the event split across two classes.[4] 14 cars were entered in P, and 12 in GTD. In P, Spirit of Daytona Racing made their first appearance since Sebring. Performance Tech Motorsports skipped to focus on testing before the Watkins Glen round.[5] Harry Tincknell returned to the Mazda Team Joest No. 55 entry. GTD saw a number of driver changes. Robby Foley joined Bill Auberlen in the Turner Motorsport entry while Mario Farnbacher substituted for Álvaro Parente in the Meyer Shank Racing No. 86 entry due to a clash with the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup round at Circuit Paul Ricard.[6] Bernd Schneider joined Kenny Habul in the SunEnergy1 Racing entry.[7] Jeff Segal substituted for Alessandro Balzan in the Scuderia Corsa entry due to a medical procedure.[8]

Practice

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, two on Friday. The first ninety-minute session was on Friday morning. The second on Friday afternoon lasted 110 minutes.[9]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 8:15 am ET on Friday and ended with Ricky Taylor topping the charts for Acura Team Penske, with a lap time of 1:21.909.[10]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Ricky Taylor	1:21.909	_
2	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr	1:22.115	+0.206
3	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	João Barbosa	1:22.513	+0.604
Source:[11]

Practice 2

The second and final practice session took place at 1:05 pm ET on Friday and ended with Hélio Castroneves topping the charts for Acura Team Penske, with a lap time of 1:22.363.[12]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap
1	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves	1:22.363	_
2	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Pipo Derani	1:22.388	+0.025
3	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	João Barbosa	1:22.427	+0.064
Source:[13]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

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

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Pipo Derani	1:22.273	_	1‡
2	P	6	Acura Team Penske	Juan Pablo Montoya	1:22.992	+0.719	2
3	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves	1:23.275	+1.002	3
4	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	João Barbosa	1:23.278	+1.005	4
5	P	99	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Mikhail Goikhberg	1:23.384	+1.111	5
6	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Eric Curran	1:23.469	+1.196	6
7	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Renger van der Zande	1:23.558	+1.285	7
8	P	77	Mazda Team Joest	Tristan Nunez	1:23.969	+1.696	8
9	P	55	Mazda Team Joest	Jonathan Bomarito	1:24.566	+2.293	9
10	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Scott Sharp	1:24.637	+2.364	10
11	P	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Matt McMurry	1:24.688	+2.415	11
12	P	52	AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Sebastián Saavedra	1:25.371	+3.098	12
13	P	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett	1:25.741	+3.468	13
14	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers	1:28.942	+6.669	15‡
15	GTD	86	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin	Katherine Legge	1:29.390	+7.117	16
16	GTD	93	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin	Justin Marks	1:29.717	+7.444	17
17	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Dominik Baumann	1:29.787	+7.514	18
18	GTD	15	3GT Racing	David Heinemeier Hansson	1:30.114	+7.814	19
19	GTD	33	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsport	Ben Keating	1:30.196	+7.923	20
20	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Cooper MacNeil	1:30.282	+8.009	21
21	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Michael Schein	1:30.717	+8.444	22
22	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Kenny Habul	1:30.776	+8.503	23
23	GTD	58	Wright Motorsports	Christina Nielsen	1:30.878	+8.605	24
24	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Robby Foley	1:31.640	+9.367	25
25	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	did not participate			26¹
26	P	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Robert Alon	no time²		14
Sources:[14][15]

¹ The No. 44 Magnus Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field for starting the race with a different driver than who qualified.
² The No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.

Race

Post-race

The result kept Albuquerque and Barbosa atop the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 144 points while Nasr and Curran tied them on points.[16] The result kept Sellers and Snow atop the GTD Drivers' Championship with 122 points. Aschenbach and Marks advanced from sixth to fourth.[16] Cadillac and Lamborghini continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Mustang Sampling Racing, and Paul Miller Racing kept their respective advantages in the Teams' Championships with seven rounds remaining.[16]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Final race classification
Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps	Time/Retired
Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tire	Laps	Time/Retired
1	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr Eric Curran	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	68	1:40.14.245‡
1	P	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr Eric Curran	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	C	68	1:40.14.245‡
2	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor	Acura ARX-05	C	68	+1.016
2	P	7	Acura Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	C	68	+1.016
3	P	6	Acura Team Penske	Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya	Acura ARX-05	C	68	+14.127
3	P	6	Acura Team Penske	Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6	C	68	+14.127
4	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Ryan Dalziel Scott Sharp	Nissan Onroak DPi	C	68	+45.698
4	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Ryan Dalziel Scott Sharp	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	C	68	+45.698
5	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	68	+49.570
5	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	C	68	+49.570
6	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	68	+50.664
6	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	C	68	+50.664
7	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek	Nissan Onroak DPi	C	68	+1:16.531
7	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	C	68	+1:16.531
8	P	52	AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Sebastián Saavedra Gustavo Yacamán	Ligier JS P217	C	68	+1 lap
8	P	52	AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Sebastián Saavedra Gustavo Yacamán	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	68	+1 lap
9 DNF	P	77	Mazda Team Joest	Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez	Mazda RT24-P	C	67	Did Not Finish
9 DNF	P	77	Mazda Team Joest	Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4	C	67	Did Not Finish
10	P	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Robert Alon Simon Trummer	Oreca 07	C	67	+1 lap
10	P	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Robert Alon Simon Trummer	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	67	+1 lap
11	P	99	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Mikhail Goikhberg Stephen Simpson	Oreca 07	C	67	+1 lap
11	P	99	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Mikhail Goikhberg Stephen Simpson	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	67	+1 lap
12	P	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Oreca 07	C	66	+2 Laps
12	P	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	C	66	+2 Laps
13	GTD	86	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin	Katherine Legge Mario Farnbacher	Acura NSX GT3	C	65	+3 Laps‡
13	GTD	86	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin	Katherine Legge Mario Farnbacher	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	C	65	+3 Laps‡
14	GTD	93	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin	Justin Marks Lawson Aschenbach	Acura NSX GT3	C	65	+3 Laps
14	GTD	93	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin	Justin Marks Lawson Aschenbach	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	C	65	+3 Laps
15	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	C	64	+4 Laps
15	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	C	64	+4 Laps
16	GTD	33	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsport	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating	Mercedes AMG GT3	C	64	+4 Laps
16	GTD	33	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsport	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	C	64	+4 Laps
17	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Jeff Segal Cooper MacNeil	Ferrari 488 GT3	C	64	+4 Laps
17	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Jeff Segal Cooper MacNeil	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	C	64	+4 Laps
18	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Dominik Baumann Kyle Marcelli	Lexus RC F GT3	C	64	+4 Laps
18	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Dominik Baumann Kyle Marcelli	Lexus 5.0L V8	C	64	+4 Laps
19	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Robby Foley Bill Auberlen	BMW M6 GT3	C	64	+4 Laps
19	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Robby Foley Bill Auberlen	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	C	64	+4 Laps
20	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Kenny Habul Bernd Schneider	Mercedes AMG GT3	C	64	+4 Laps
20	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Kenny Habul Bernd Schneider	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	C	64	+4 Laps
21	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Michael Schein Wolf Henzler	Porsche 911 GT3 R	C	64	+4 Laps
21	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Michael Schein Wolf Henzler	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	C	64	+4 Laps
22	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter Andy Lally	Audi R8 LMS	C	64	+4 Laps
22	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter Andy Lally	Audi 5.2L V10	C	64	+4 Laps
23	GTD	58	Wright Motorsports	Patrick Long Christina Nielsen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	C	64	+4 Laps
23	GTD	58	Wright Motorsports	Patrick Long Christina Nielsen	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	C	64	+4 Laps
24 DNF	P	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Matt McMurry Tristan Vautier	Cadillac DPi-V.R	C	35	Did Not Finish
24 DNF	P	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Matt McMurry Tristan Vautier	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	C	35	Did Not Finish
25 DNF	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Jack Hawksworth David Heinemeier Hansson	Lexus RC F GT3	C	10	Did Not Finish
25 DNF	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Jack Hawksworth David Heinemeier Hansson	Lexus 5.0L V8	C	10	Did Not Finish
26 DNF	P	55	Mazda Team Joest	Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell	Mazda RT24-P	C	6	Did Not Finish
26 DNF	P	55	Mazda Team Joest	Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4	C	6	Did Not Finish
Source:[17]

Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol	Tyre manufacturer
C	Continental
M	Michelin

Standings after the race

Prototype Drivers' Championship standings[16]
Pos.	+/–	Driver	Points
1		Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa	144
2		Eric Curran Felipe Nasr	144
3	1	Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor	130
4	1	Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande	130
5	1	Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya	126

GTLM Drivers' Championship standings[16]
Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook	121
2	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor	114
3	Joey Hand Dirk Müller	112
4	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	111
5	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	111

GTD Drivers' Championship standings[16]
Pos.	+/–	Driver	Points
1		Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	125
2		Katherine Legge	122
3		Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating	108
4	2	Lawson Aschenbach Justin Marks	102
5	1	Cooper MacNeil	102

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

Prototype Teams' Championship standings[16]
Pos.	+/–	Team	Points
1		No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing	144
2		No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing	144
3	1	No. 7 Acura Team Penske	130
4	1	No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing	130
5	1	No. 6 Acura Team Penske	126

GTLM Teams' Championship standings[16]
Pos.	Team	Points
1	No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	121
2	No. 912 Porsche GT Team	114
3	No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	112
4	No. 4 Corvette Racing	111
5	No. 3 Corvette Racing	111

GTD Teams' Championship standings[16]
Pos.	+/–	Team	Points
1		No. 48 Paul Miller Racing	125
2		No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin	122
3		No. 33 Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports	108
4	2	No. 93 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin	102
5	1	No. 63 Scuderia Corsa	102

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

Prototype Manufacturers' Championship standings[16]
Pos.	+/–	Manufacturer	Points
1		Cadillac	167
2	1	Acura	155
3	1	Nissan	153
4		Mazda	150

GTLM Manufacturers' Championship standings[16]
Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Porsche	126
2	Ford	125
3	Chevrolet	123
4	BMW	120
5	Ferrari	58

GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings[16]
Pos.	+/–	Manufacturer	Points
1		Lamborghini	132
2		Acura	123
3	2	Mercedes-AMG	114
4		Ferrari	113
5	2	Lexus	112

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

References

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"00_Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. May 8, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
Dagys, John (May 25, 2018). "BMW M8 GTE, Lexus Hit with BoP Adjustments". sportscar365.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
Dagys, John (May 23, 2018). "SDR Returns; 25 Cars for Detroit". sportscar365.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
Dagys, John (May 23, 2018). "Performance Tech to Skip Detroit". sportscar365.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
Dagys, John (May 30, 2018). "Second MSR Acura Confirmed for Detroit". sportscar365.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
"2018 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic Official Entry List" (PDF). May 31, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 22, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
Dagys, John (May 29, 2018). "Segal to Sub for Balzan in Detroit". sportscar365.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
"Continental Tire Keys to the Race: Detroit". sportscar365.com. May 31, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
Myrehn, Ryan (June 1, 2018). "Ricky Taylor Sets Pace in Detroit Practice 1". sportscar365.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
"03_Results_Practice 1.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. June 1, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
Myrehn, Ryan (June 1, 2018). "Castroneves Quickest in Practice 2 at Detroit". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
"03_Results_Practice 2.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. June 1, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
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"03_Results_Race_Official.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. June 2, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

External links

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[2018IMSASchedule-1] Goodwin, Graham (August 6, 2017). "IMSA Announce 2018 Calendar". DailySportsCar. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

[:0-2] "00_Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. May 8, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

[3] Dagys, John (May 25, 2018). "BMW M8 GTE, Lexus Hit with BoP Adjustments". sportscar365.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

[4] Dagys, John (May 23, 2018). "SDR Returns; 25 Cars for Detroit". sportscar365.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

[5] Dagys, John (May 23, 2018). "Performance Tech to Skip Detroit". sportscar365.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

[6] Dagys, John (May 30, 2018). "Second MSR Acura Confirmed for Detroit". sportscar365.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

[7] "2018 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic Official Entry List" (PDF). May 31, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 22, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2018.

[8] Dagys, John (May 29, 2018). "Segal to Sub for Balzan in Detroit". sportscar365.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

[9] "Continental Tire Keys to the Race: Detroit". sportscar365.com. May 31, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

[10] Myrehn, Ryan (June 1, 2018). "Ricky Taylor Sets Pace in Detroit Practice 1". sportscar365.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

[11] "03_Results_Practice 1.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. June 1, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

[12] Myrehn, Ryan (June 1, 2018). "Castroneves Quickest in Practice 2 at Detroit". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

[13] "03_Results_Practice 2.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. June 1, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

[14] "03_Results_Qualifying.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. June 1, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2023.

[15] "01_Starting Grid_Race_Official.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. June 2, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

[:1-16] "00_Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. June 5, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

[17] "03_Results_Race_Official.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. June 2, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

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