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The 2017 Advance Auto Parts Sportscar Showdown was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on May 6, 2017. The race was the fourth round of the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Background

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Circuit of the Americas (pictured in 2015), where the race was held.

IMSA's president Scott Atherton confirmed the Advance Auto Parts Sportscar Showdown was part of the series' schedule for the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship at Road America's victory lane in August 2016.[1] It was the fourth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2017 Advance Auto Parts Sportscar Showdown was the fourth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2017 by IMSA, and was the second round not held on the held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.[2] The race was held at the twenty-turn 3.426 mi (5.514 km) Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on May 6, 2017.[2] Unlike in previous years where the race was run alongside the FIA World Endurance Championship event as a double-header, the 2017 edition was a standalone event.[3]

After the BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix four weeks earlier, Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 105 points, ahead of João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi with 89 points, and Misha Goikhberg and Stephen Simpson with 82 points.[4] With 72 points, the PC Drivers' Championship was led by James French, Patricio O'Ward, and Kyle Masson with a twelve-point advantage over Sean Rayhall.[4] Joey Hand and Dirk Müller led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 91 points, ahead of Antonio García and Jan Magnussen with 89 points.[4] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Ben Keating and Jeroen Bleekemolen with 98 points, ahead of Alessandro Balzan and Christina Nielsen with 77 points.[4] Cadillac, Ford, and Mercedes-AMG were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Wayne Taylor Racing, Performance Tech Motorsports, Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, and Riley Motorsports Team AMG each led their own Teams' Championships.[4]

Entries

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A total of 39 cars took part in the event split across 4 classes. 10 cars were entered in P, 3 in PC, 9 in GTLM, and 16 in GTD.[5] In P, Marco Bonanomi replaced Tom Kimber-Smith in the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry while José Gutiérrez returned after missing the previous race at Long Beach.[6] In PC, Starworks Motorsport skipped the event.[7] Nicholas Boulle joined Stefan Wilson in the #26 BAR1 Motorsports entry. In GTLM, Wolf Henzler replaced Kévin Estre in the #912 Porsche GT Team, due to a clash with the FIA World Endurance Championship round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.[8] In GTD, Lone Star Racing made their first appearance of the season.[9] Parker Chase and Harry Gottsacker replaced Wolf Henzler and Jan Heylen in the #991 TRG entry.[10] Kenny Habul returned to the #75 SunEnergy1 Racing entry. Mathieu Jaminet subbed for Michael Christensen in the #28 Alegra Motorsports due to a clash with the FIA World Endurance Championship round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.[5]

Practice

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There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, two on Thursday and one on Friday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Thursday morning and afternoon. The third on Friday morning lasted an hour.[11]

Practice 1

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The first practice session took place at 9:45 am CT on Thursday and ended with Ricky Taylor topping the charts for Wayne Taylor Racing, with a lap time of 1:57.116.[12] The PC class was topped by the #38 Performance Tech Motorsports Oreca FLM09 of Patricio O'Ward with a time of 2:00.522.[13] Dirk Müller was fastest in GTLM and Tristan Vautier set the fastest time GTD.[12]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor 1:57.116 _
2 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing João Barbosa 1:57.193 +0.077
3 P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Ryan Dalziel 1:57.300 +0.184
Sources:[14][15]

Practice 2

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The second practice session took place at 2:55 pm CT on Thursday and ended with Jordan Taylor topping the charts for Wayne Taylor Racing, with a lap time of 1:56.595.[16] James French set the fastest time in PC.[17] The GTLM class was topped by the #25 BMW Team RLL BMW M6 GTLM of Alexander Sims with a time of 2:03.703.[17] John Edwards was second in the sister #24 car and Laurens Vanthoor rounded out the top 3. Tristan Vautier was fastest in GTD.[17]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor 1:56.595 _
2 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Christian Fittipaldi 1:57.722 +1.127
3 P 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Stephen Simpson 1:57.978 +1.383
Sources:[18][19]

Practice 3

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The third and final practice session took place at 8:55 am CT on Friday and ended with Dane Cameron topping the charts for Whelen Engineering Racing, with a lap time of 1:56.117.[20] Patricio O'Ward set the fastest time PC by 3.382 seconds ahead of Don Yount in the #20 BAR1 Motorsports entry.[20] The GTLM class was topped by the #62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE of Giancarlo Fisichella with a time of 2:02.915.[21] Mathieu Jaminet was fastest in GTD.[21]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 P 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Dane Cameron 1:56.117 _
2 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing João Barbosa 1:56.332 +0.215
3 P 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Stephen Simpson 1:56.393 +0.276
Sources:[22][23]

Qualifying

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In Friday afternoon's 90-minute four-group qualifying, each category had separate 15-minute sessions. Regulations stipulated that teams nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each class' starting order. IMSA arranged the grid to put Prototypes ahead of the PC, GTLM and GTD cars.[24][11]

Qualifying was broken into four sessions. The first was for cars in GTD class. Mathieu Jaminet qualified on pole for the class driving the #28 Alegra Motorsports, besting Jack Hawksworth in the #15 3GT Racing entry.[25]

The second session of qualifying was for cars in the GTLM class. John Edwards qualified on pole driving the #24 BMW Team RLL entry, beating Giancarlo Fisichella in the #62 Risi Competizione entry by less than one tenth of a second.[25]

The third session of qualifying was for cars in the PC class. James French set the fastest time driving the #38 Performance Tech Motorsports entry.[26][27]

The final session of qualifying was for the P class. Ricky Taylor qualified on pole by nearly 1.6 seconds clear of Johannes van Overbeek.[28]

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 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Ricky Taylor 1:54.809 _ 1‡
2 P 22 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Johannes van Overbeek 1:56.401 +1.592 2
3 P 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United States Eric Curran 1:56.429 +1.620 3
4 P 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 1:56.655 +1.846 4
5 P 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Mexico José Gutiérrez 1:56.884 +2.075 5
6 P 2 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Scott Sharp 1:56.988 +2.179 6
7 P 55 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Jonathan Bomarito 1:57.199 +2.390 7
8 P 90 United States VisitFlorida Racing Belgium Marc Goossens 1:57.460 +2.651 8
9 P 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Canada Mikhail Goikhberg 1:57.726 +2.917 9
10 P 70 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Tom Long 1:57.929 +3.120 10
11 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States James French 2:00.066 +5.257 11‡
12 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards 2:02.833 +8.024 14‡
13 GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione Italy Giancarlo Fisichella 2:02.865 +8.056 15
14 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United Kingdom Alexander Sims 2:02.990 +8.181 16
15 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe 2:03.014 +8.205 17
16 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Germany Dirk Müller 2:03.023 +8.214 18
17 PC 26 United States BAR1 Motorsports United Kingdom Stefan Wilson 2:03.026 +8.217 12
18 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen 2:03.030 +8.221 19
19 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team France Patrick Pilet 2:03.085 +8.276 20
20 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United States Tommy Milner 2:03.594 +8.785 21
21 GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team Germany Wolf Henzler 2:03.759 +8.950 22
22 PC 20 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Don Yount 2:04.264 +9.455 13
23 GTD 28 United States Alegra Motorsports France Mathieu Jaminet 2:06.264 +11.722 23‡
24 GTD 15 United States 3GT Racing United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 2:06.623 +11.814 391
25 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow 2:07.724 +12.915 24
26 GTD 16 United States Change Racing United States Corey Lewis 2:07.757 +12.948 25
27 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Lindsey 2:07.778 +12.969 26
28 GTD 57 United States Stevenson Motorsports United States Andrew Davis 2:07.882 +13.073 27
29 GTD 14 United States 3GT Racing United States Scott Pruett 2:07.959 +13.150 28
30 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports – Team AMG United States Ben Keating 2:08.033 +13.224 29
31 GTD 93 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Katherine Legge 2:08.089 +13.280 30
32 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa Denmark Christina Nielsen 2:08.210 +13.280 31
33 GTD 75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Australia Kenny Habul 2:08.515 +13.706 32
34 GTD 50 United States Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing United States Cooper MacNeil 2:08.697 +13.888 33
35 GTD 86 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr. 2:08.761 +13.952 34
36 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bret Curtis 2:09.039 +14.230 35
37 GTD 991 United States TRG United States Parker Chase 2:09.295 +14.486 36
38 GTD 80 United States Lone Star Racing United States Dan Knox 2:09.500 +14.691 382
39 GTD 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett 2:10.221 +15.412 37
Sources:[29][30]
  • 1 The No. 15 3GT Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD after failing post qualifying technical inspection.[31]
  • 2 The No. 80 Lone Star Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD as per Article 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).[24]

Race

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Post-race

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With a total of 141 points, Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor's victory allowed them to increase their advantage over Fittipaldi and Barbosa in the Prototype Drivers' Championship to 22 points.[32] In PC, Yount and Rice advanced from fourth to second.[32] With 124 points, García and Magnussen's victory allowed them to take the lead of the GTLM Drivers' Championship.[32] With a total of 133 points, Bleekemolen and Keating's victory allowed them to increase their advantage over Balzan and Nielsen to 24 points.[32] Cadillac and Mercedes-AMG continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Chevrolet took the lead of the GTLM Manufactures' Championship.[32] Wayne Taylor Racing, Performance Tech Motorsports, and Riley Motorsports kept their respective advantages in the their respective of Teams' Championships while Corvette Racing took the lead of the GTLM Teams' Championship with eight races left in the season.[32]

Results

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Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Final race classification
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Ricky Taylor

United States Jordan Taylor

Cadillac DPi-V.R C 73 2:41:14.508‡
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
2 P 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United States Dane Cameron

United States Eric Curran

Cadillac DPi-V.R C 73 +18.555
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
3 P 5 United States Mustang Sampling Racing Portugal João Barbosa

Brazil Christian Fittipaldi

Cadillac DPi-V.R C 73 +19.818
Cadillac 6.2 L V8
4 P 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Canada Mikhail Goikhberg

South Africa Stephen Simpson

Oreca 07 C 73 +27.239
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 P 22 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Johannes van Overbeek

United States Ed Brown

Nissan Onroak DPi C 72 +1 lap
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
6 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States James French
Mexico Patricio O'Ward
Oreca FLM09 C 72 +1 lap
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
7 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen

Spain Antonio García

Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 71 +2 Laps‡
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
8 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen

United Kingdom Alexander Sims

BMW M6 GTLM M 71 +2 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
9 PC 26 United States BAR1 Motorsports United Kingdom Stefan Wilson

United States Nicholas Boulle

Oreca FLM09 C 71 +2 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
10 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards

Germany Martin Tomczyk

BMW M6 GTLM M 71 +2 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
11 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team France Patrick Pilet

Germany Dirk Werner

Porsche 911 RSR M 71 +2 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Germany Dirk Müller

United States Joey Hand

Ford GT M 70 +3 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
13 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports – Team AMG Netherlands Jeroen BleekemolenUnited States Ben Keating Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 69 +4 Laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
14 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
15 GTD 75 United States SunEnergy1 Racing France Tristan Vautier

Australia Kenny Habul

Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 69 +4 Laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
16 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
17 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport Germany Jens Klingmann

United States Bret Curtis

BMW M6 GT3 C 69 +4 Laps
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
18 GTD 50 United States Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing United States Cooper MacNeil

United States Gunnar Jeannette

Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 69 +4 Laps
Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8
19 GTD 28 United States Alegra Motorsports France Mathieu Jaminet

Canada Daniel Morad

Porsche 911 GT3 R C 69 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20 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
21 GTD 14 United States 3GT Racing United States Scott Pruett

United States Sage Karam

Lexus RC F GT3 C 69 +4 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
22 GTD 57 United States Stevenson Motorsports United States Andrew Davis

United States Lawson Aschenbach

Audi R8 LMS C 69 +4 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
23 GTD 86 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian United States Jeff Segal
Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Acura NSX GT3 C 69 +4 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
24 GTD 80 United States Lone Star Racing United States Dan Knox

United States Mike Skeen

Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 69 +4 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
25 GTD 15 United States 3GT Racing United States Robert Alon

United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth

Lexus RC F GT3 C 69 +4 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
26 GTD 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett

United States Colin Braun

Porsche 911 GT3 R C 69 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27 GTD 93 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian United States Andy Lally

United Kingdom Katherine Legge

Acura NSX GT3 C 69 +4 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
28 P 2 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Scott Sharp

United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel

Nissan Onroak DPi C 68 Fire
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6
29 GTD 991 United States TRG United States Parker Chase

United States Harry Gottsacker

Porsche 911 GT3 R C 68 +5 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30

DNF

P 90 United States VisitFlorida Racing Belgium Marc Goossens

Netherlands Renger van der Zande

Riley Mk. 30 C 63 Power steering
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
31 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe

United Kingdom Richard Westbrook

Ford GT M 63 +10 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6
32

DNF

PC 20 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Don Yount
United States Buddy Rice
Oreca FLM09 C 52 Mechanical
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
33 P 70 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Tom Long

United States Joel Miller

Mazda RT24-P C 52 +21 Laps
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
34 P 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Mexico José Gutiérrez

Italy Marco Bonanomi

Ligier JS P217 C 43 +30 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
35 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin

United States Tommy Milner

Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 41 +32 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
36

DNF

P 55 Japan Mazda Motorsports United States Tristan Nunez

United States Jonathan Bomarito

Mazda RT24-P C 27 Electrical
Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4
37

DNF

GTD 16 United States Change Racing United States Corey Lewis

Netherlands Jeroen Mul

Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 22 Driveshaft
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
38

DNF

GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team Germany Wolf Henzler

Belgium Laurens Vanthoor

Porsche 911 RSR M 10 Crash damage
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
39

DNF

GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione Finland Toni Vilander

Italy Giancarlo Fisichella

Ferrari 488 GTE M 1 Crash
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
Source:[33] [34]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin

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.

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