Track map of Road America

The 2020 IMSA SportsCar Weekend 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 2, 2020. This race was the fourth round of the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the third round of the 2020 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

After a 21-minute weather-induced red flag sandwiched between 22 minutes of full-course caution, the race was won by the #7 team of Hélio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor, while the LMP2 class victory was taken by the DragonSpeed entry of Henrik Hedman and Ben Hanley. The GTLM class was won by Antonio García and Jordan Taylor of Corvette Racing, the team's third consecutive victory. AIM Vasser Sullivan also claimed their third consecutive victory, as Frankie Montecalvo and Townsend Bell scored their first class victory of the season.[1]

Background

Road America, where the race was held.

Then International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2019.[2] It was the seventh consecutive year it was part of the IMSA SCC. The race was held at the ten-turn 4.048 mi (6.515 km) Road America on August 2, 2020.[3] The race was the third for the series after returning from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the first besides the Rolex 24 which was included on the series' initial pre-pandemic schedule. It was the third of seven races on the WeatherTech Sprint Cup calendar.

Fans were allowed to be present at the event, but the garage area was restricted to essential team personnel, when it's typically open to fans.[4] The Mazda duo of Jonathan Bomarito and Harry Tincknell entered the race as defending champions.[4]

On July 24, 2020, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin, highlighting the BoP for the race.[5] In DPi, the Acura ARX-05 and Mazda RT24-P received weight reductions, while the Cadillac DPi-V.R and Mazda also received reductions in fuel capacity. The Acura also received a boost increase. In GTLM, the BMW M8 GTE received a slight weight decrease and a horsepower increase, while all cars received a fuel capacity increase. The BMW also received a slight boost increase. In GTD, all cars received a fuel capacity increase, and the Ferrari saw a boost decrease. The Audi and Lamborghini saw minor horsepower increases, while the Ferrari and Lexus received almost equivalent decreases. The restrictor diameter on the Lexus was also reduced, while it was increased on the Audi and Lamborghini.

Before the race, Ryan Briscoe and Renger van der Zande led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 92 points, ahead of Oliver Jarvis and Tristan Nunez with 92 points, and Sébastien Bourdais and João Barbosa with 90 points.[6] With 35 points, Patrick Kelly and Spencer Pigot led the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 35 points, ahead of Cameron Cassels and Kyle Masson with 32 points.[6] Antonio García and Jordan Taylor led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 95 points, ahead of Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor with 94 points.[6] In GTD, Jack Hawksworth led the GTD Drivers' Championship with 57 points, ahead of Aaron Telitz with 54 points.[6] Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Lamborghini were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and AIM Vasser Sullivan each led their own Teams' Championships.[6]

Entries

A total of 31 cars took part in the event, split across four classes. 8 were entered in DPi, 4 in LMP2, 6 in GTLM, and 13 in GTD.[7] In DPi, the only change from the previous event was the return of Chris Miller to the JDC-Miller Motorsports #85 after being replaced by Stephen Simpson at Sebring.[7] Simon Trummer returned in the LMP2 class after being forced to miss the previous round due to travel restrictions. The #8 Tower Motorsport by Starworks car withdrew late in the buildup to the event.[8] GTD saw the largest difference from the previous round, as Meyer Shank Racing returned with their two entries after skipping the Sebring round.[8] Heart of Racing Team also returned for the first time since the season-opening race.[7] GEAR Racing, who had previously announced their intentions to enter the event, were not on the final entry list.[7]


Practice

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday, one on Friday and one on Saturday. The first session lasted one hour on Friday while the second session on Saturday lasted 75 minutes.[9]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 4:35 pm CT on Friday and ended with Ricky Taylor topping the charts for Acura Team Penske, with a lap time of 1:50.654.[10] Simon Trummer was fastest in LMP2 with a time of 1:53.381.[11] The GTLM class was topped by the #911 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Nick Tandy with a time of 2:01.492. Laurens Vanthoor in the sister #912 Porsche GT Team entry was second and Jesse Krohn rounded out the top 3.[12] The GTD class was topped by the #96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 of Bill Auberlen with a time of 2:06.822.[10]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 DPi 7 Acura Team Penske Ricky Taylor 1:50.654 _
2 DPi 6 Acura Team Penske Dane Cameron 1:50.929 +0.275
3 DPi 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac Renger van der Zande 1:50.939 +0.285
Sources:[13][14]

Practice 2

The second and final practice session took place at 8:55 am CT on Saturday and ended with Dane Cameron topping the charts for Acura Team Penske, with a lap time of 1:49.280.[15] Simon Trummer was fastest in LMP2 with a time of 1:52.618.[16] The GTLM class was topped by the #4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R of Oliver Gavin with a time of 2:00.987. Frédéric Makowiecki in the ##911 Porsche GT Team was second and Jordan Taylor rounded out the top 3.[17] The GTD class was topped by the #14 AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 of Aaron Telitz with a time of 2:05.691.[17] The session was red flagged when Robby Foley suffered brake failure and crashed at turn 5.[16]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 DPi 6 Acura Team Penske Dane Cameron 1:49.280 _
2 DPi 7 Acura Team Penske Ricky Taylor 1:49.445 +0.165
3 DPi 77 Mazda Motorsports Tristan Nunez 1:49.885 +0.605
Sources:[18][19]

Qualifying

Saturday's afternoon qualifying was broken into three sessions, with one session for the DPi and LMP2, GTLM, and GTD classes, which lasted for 15 minutes each, and a ten minute interval between the sessions.[9] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am (LMP2/GTD) classes requiring a Bronze/Silver Rated Driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put DPis ahead of the LMP2, GTLM, and GTD cars.[20]

The first was for cars in GTD class. Aaron Telitz qualified on pole for the class driving the #14 car for AIM Vasser Sullivan, besting Frankie Montecalvo in the sister #12 AIM Vasser Sullivan entry.[21]

The second session of qualifying was for cars in the GTLM class. Laurens Vanthoor qualified on pole driving the #912 car for Porsche GT Team, beating Jordan Taylor in the #3 Corvette Racing entry by more than two tenths of a second.[22]

The final session was for cars in the LMP2 and DPi classes. Ricky Taylor qualified on pole driving the #7 car for Acura Team Penske, beating Dane Cameron in the sister #6 Acura Team Penske entry by over three tenths of a second.[22] Patrick Kelly set the fastest time in LMP2 driving the #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports car.[23]

Qualifying results

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

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 DPi 7 United States Acura Team Penske United States Ricky Taylor 1:49.061 _ 1
2 DPi 6 United States Acura Team Penske United States Dane Cameron 1:49.379 +0.318 2
3 DPi 55 Canada Mazda Motorsports United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 1:49.607 +0.546 3
4 DPi 77 Canada Mazda Motorsports United States Tristan Nunez 1:50.120 +1.059 4
5 DPi 10 United States Konica Minolta Cadillac Australia Ryan Briscoe 1:50.216 +1.155 5
6 DPi 5 United States JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Portugal João Barbosa 1:50.742 +1.681 6
7 DPi 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Felipe Nasr 1:51.391 +2.330 7
8 DPi 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports United States Chris Miller 1:51.681 +2.620 8
9 LMP2 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Patrick Kelly 1:54.474 +5.413 9
10 LMP2 81 United States DragonSpeed USA Sweden Henrik Hedman 1:55.427 +6.366 10
11 LMP2 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports Canada Cameron Cassels 1:56.965 +7.904 11
12 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United States Dwight Merriman 1:57.589 +8.528 12
13 GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 2:00.590 +11.529 13
14 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing United States Jordan Taylor 2:00.854 +11.793 14
15 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 2:00.904 +11.843 15
16 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL Canada Bruno Spengler 2:01.155 +12.904 16
17 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL Finland Jesse Krohn 2:01.202 +12.141 17
18 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team France Frédéric Makowiecki 2:01.305 +12.244 18
19 GTD 14 Canada AIM Vasser Sullivan United States Aaron Telitz 2:06.251 +17.190 19
20 GTD 12 Canada AIM Vasser Sullivan United States Frankie Montecalvo 2:07.038 +17.977 20
21 GTD 76 United States Compass Racing United States Corey Fergus 2:07.265 +18.204 21
22 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley 2:07.361 +18.300 22
23 GTD 74 United States Riley Motorsports United States Gar Robinson 2:07.911 +18.850 23
24 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Cooper MacNeil 2:07.924 +18.863 24
25 GTD 86 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United States Matt McMurry 2:07.942 +18.881 25
26 GTD 57 United States Heinricher Racing with MSR Curb-Agajanian Canada Misha Goikhberg 2:08.118 +19.057 26
27 GTD 16 United States Wright Motorsports United States Ryan Hardwick 2:08.269 +19.208 27
28 GTD 22 United States Gradient Racing United Kingdom Till Bechtolsheimer 2:08.520 +19.459 28
29 GTD 23 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ian James 2:08.540 +19.479 311
30 GTD 44 United States GRT Magnus United States John Potter 2:09.822 +20.761 29
31 GTD 30 United States Team Hardpoint United States Rob Ferriol 2:10.474 +21.413 30
Sources:[24][25]
  • 1 The No. 23 Heart of Racing Team entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 40.1.4 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).[20]

Race

Post-race

The result kept Briscoe and van der Zande atop the DPi Drivers' Championship. Bourdais and Barbosa advanced from third to second while Jarvis and Nunez dropped from second to third. Derani moved to fourth after being fifth coming into Road America.[26] In LMP2, Cassels took the lead of the Drivers' Championship while Hedman advanced from fifth to third. Pigot dropped from first to fifth.[26] With a total of 130 points, Antonio García and Jordan Taylor's victory allowed them to extend their advantage over Bamber and Vanthoor in the GTLM Drivers' Championship to ten points.[26] The result kept Hawksworth atop the GTD Drivers' Championship with 87 points. Bell and Montecalvo advanced from sixth to second while Farnbacher and McMurry jumped from eighth to fourth.[26] Cadillac and Chevrolet continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Lexus took the lead of the GTD Manufactures' Championship.[26] Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R, Corvette Racing, and AIM Vasser Sullivan kept their respective advantages in their respective of Teams' Championships while Performance Tech Motorsports took the lead of the LMP2 Teams' Championship with seven rounds remaining.[26]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/retired
Engine
1 DPi 7 United States Acura Team Penske Brazil Hélio Castroneves
United States Ricky Taylor
Acura ARX-05 63 2:43:13.909
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
2 DPi 10 United States Konica Minolta Cadillac Australia Ryan Briscoe
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Cadillac DPi-V.R 63 +0.383
Cadillac 5.5L V8
3 DPi 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Pipo Derani
Brazil Felipe Nasr
Cadillac DPi-V.R 63 +4.131
Cadillac 5.5L V8
4 DPi 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing / JDC-Miller Motorsports Portugal João Barbosa
France Sébastien Bourdais
Cadillac DPi-V.R 63 +36.994
Cadillac 5.5L V8
5 DPi 55 Canada Mazda Motorsports United States Jonathan Bomarito
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Mazda RT24-P 63 +40.192
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4
6 DPi 77 Canada Mazda Motorsports United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States Tristan Nunez
Mazda RT24-P 63 +4:04.486
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0L Turbo I4
7 DPi 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports United States Chris Miller
France Tristan Vautier
Cadillac DPi-V.R 62 +1 Lap
Cadillac 5.5L V8
8 LMP2 81 United States DragonSpeed USA United Kingdom Ben Hanley
Sweden Henrik Hedman
Oreca 07 61 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
9 DPi 6 United States Acura Team Penske United States Dane Cameron
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Acura ARX-05 61 +2 Laps
Acura AR35TT 3.5L Turbo V6
10 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
United States Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 60 +3 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
11 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 60 +3 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
12 LMP2 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports Canada Cameron Cassels
United States James French
Oreca 07 60 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
13 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United States Dwight Merriman
United Kingdom Kyle Tilley
Oreca 07 60 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8
14 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Finland Jesse Krohn
BMW M8 GTE 60 +3 Laps
BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8
15 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team France Frédéric Makowiecki
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Porsche 911 RSR-19 58 Did not finish
Porsche 4.2L Flat-6
16 GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team New Zealand Earl Bamber
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 RSR-19 58 +5 Laps
Porsche 4.2L Flat-6
17 GTD 12 United States AIM Vasser Sullivan United States Townsend Bell
United States Frankie Montecalvo
Lexus RC F GT3 57 +6 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
18 GTD 86 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Germany Mario Farnbacher
United States Matt McMurry
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 57 +6 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
19 GTD 14 United States AIM Vasser Sullivan United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Aaron Telitz
Lexus RC F GT3 57 +6 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
20 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Cooper MacNeil
Finland Toni Vilander
Ferrari 488 GT3 57 +6 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
21 GTD 16 United States Wright Motorsports United States Ryan Hardwick
United States Patrick Long
Porsche 911 GT3 R 57 +6 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
22 GTD 74 United States Riley Motorsports United States Lawson Aschenbach
United States Gar Robinson
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 57 +6 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
23 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States Robby Foley
BMW M6 GT3 57 +6 Laps
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
24 GTD 44 United States GRT Magnus Racing Team United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 57 +6 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
25 GTD 76 United States Compass Racing United States Corey Fergus
United States Paul Holton
McLaren 720S GT3 57 +6 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8
26 GTD 30 United States Team Hardpoint United States Rob Ferriol
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Audi R8 LMS Evo 57 +6 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
27 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi
Canada Bruno Spengler
BMW M8 GTE 55 Mechanical
BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8
28 GTD 22 United States Gradient Racing United Kingdom Till Bechtolsheimer
United States Marc Miller
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 55 +8 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
29 LMP2 52 United States PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports United States Patrick Kelly
Switzerland Simon Trummer
Oreca 07 54 Crash
Gibson GK428 V8
30 GTD 57 United States Heinricher Racing with MSR Curb-Agajanian Canada Mikhail Goikhberg
Portugal Álvaro Parente
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 48 Crash
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
31 GTD 23 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ian James
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 0 Did not start
Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V6
Sources:[27][28]

Standings after the race


  • 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.


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