Entry List: 2016 Petit Le Mans presented by Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort

Recently, IMSA released the official entry list for Saturday’s 19th Annual Petit Le Mans presented by Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort (Note: This resort/presenting sponsor is located in Cherokee, N.C., approximately 119 miles away from the track).  Officially, 41 cars are listed.  However, 37 will show up.

With Saturday’s race being ten hours in length, the vast majority of the teams have brought in third drivers to fill out their driving lineups.  Also, there are a couple of teams that have not run all the races that are back as well.  The most notable example of this is Tequila Patron ESM, who has entered their No. 2 Ligier JS P2-HPD with the lineup of team owner Scott Sharp, Johannes van Overbeek and Pipo Derani.  Other third drivers in the Prototype ranks include Andy Meyrick, Filipe Albuquerque, Max Angelelli, Verizon IndyCar Series champion Simon Pagenaud, and more.

Prototype Challenge is down to seven entries on the list, but it is really six since CORE autosport has withdrawn their No. 54 from the series in order to prepare for their full-time schedule in GT Daytona with a Porsche 911 GT3 R in 2017.  Expect the class to be relatively lean in 2017 as the class is gradually phased out.  Multiple teams have already announced plans outside of PC for next season, while others are still in the planning stages.

GT Le Mans is back up to ten entries with Scuderia Corsa bringing their No. 68 Ferrari 488 GTE out to play.  Of note, yes, it has been on the entry list for every race this season as it is considered a full-season entry, but it is a part-time team.

Finally, GT Daytona looks to have a season-low 12 entries take the track.  15 are listed, but that includes Alex Job Racing’s No. 22, which has already withdrawn for the season.  It also includes Change Racing’s No. 11, which hasn’t raced since the Spring and Black Swan Racing’s No. 540, which was parked after Tim Pappas‘ father died.  The team is getting back to the track, but it will be in next weekend’s Pirelli World Challenge finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Entry List: 2016 Petit Le Mans presented by Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort

Number	Class	Drivers	Team	Car
0	Prototype	Katherine Legge Andy Meyrick Sean Rayhall	Panoz DeltaWing Racing	DeltaWing DWC13-Elan
2	Prototype	Pipo Derani Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek	Tequila Patron ESM	Ligier JS P2-HPD
3	GT Le Mans	Antonio Garcia Jan Magnussen Mike Rockenfeller	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
4	GT Le Mans	Marcel Fässler Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
5	Prototype	Filipe Albuquerque Jõao Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi	Action Express Racing	Chevrolet Corvette DP
6	GT Daytona	Andrew Davis Robin Liddell Mike Skeen	Stevenson Motorsports	Audi R8 LMS GT3
7	Prototype Challenge	Stefano Coletti James Dayson Quinlan Lall	Starworks Motorsport	ORECA FLM09-Chevrolet
8	Prototype Challenge	David Heinemeier Hansson Alex Popow Renger van der Zande	Starworks Motorsport	ORECA FLM09-Chevrolet
9	GT Daytona	Lawson Aschenbach Matt Bell Dion von Moltke	Stevenson Motorsports	Audi R8 LMS GT3
10	Prototype	Max Angelelli Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor	Wayne Taylor Racing	Chevrolet Corvette DP
16	GT Daytona	Richard Antinucci Corey Lewis Spencer Pumpelly	Change Racing	Lamborghini Huracan GT3
20	Prototype Challenge	Tomy Drissi Johnny Mowlem Don Yount	BAR1 Motorsports	ORECA FLM09-Chevrolet
23	GT Daytona	Mario Farnbacher Ian James Alex Riberas	Alex Job Racing-Team Seattle	Porsche 911 GT3 R
25	GT Le Mans	Bill Auberlen Augusto Farfus Dirk Werner	BMW Team RLL	BMW M6 GTLM
27	GT Daytona	Larry DeGeorge Paolo Ruberti Cedric Sbirrazzuoli	Dream Racing	Lamborghini Huracan GT3
31	Prototype	Dane Cameron Eric Curran Simon Pagenaud	Action Express Racing	Chevrolet Corvette DP
33	GT Daytona	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Marc Miller	Riley Motorsports	Dodge Viper GT3-R
38	Prototype Challenge	James French Kenton Koch Kyle Marcelli	Performance Tech Motorsports	ORECA FLM09-Chevrolet
44	GT Daytona	Andy Lally John Potter Marco Seefried	Magnus Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3
48	GT Daytona	Bryce Miller Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	Paul Miller Racing	Lamborghini Huracan GT3
52	Prototype Challenge	Robert Alon José Gutierrez Tom Kimber-Smith	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	ORECA FLM09-Chevrolet
55	Prototype	Jonathan Bomarito Tristan Nunez Spencer Pigot	Mazda Motorsports	Lola B11/86 (Mazda)
60	Prototype	Oswaldo Negri, Jr. John Pew Olivier Pla	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Ligier JS P2-HPD
62	GT Le Mans	James Calado Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE
63	GT Daytona	Alessandro Balzan Christina Nielsen Jeff Segal	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3
66	GT Le Mans	Sebastien Bourdais Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT
67	GT Le Mans	Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT
68	GT Le Mans	Andrea Bertolini Alessandro Pier Guidi Daniel Serra	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GTE
70	Prototype	Tom Long Joel Miller Spencer Pigot	Mazda Motorsports	Lola B11/86 (Mazda)
73	GT Daytona	Jörg Bergmeister Matthew McMurry Patrick Lindsey	Park Place Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R
85	Prototype Challenge	Misha Goikhberg Chris Miller Stephen Simpson	JDC/Miller MotorSports	ORECA FLM09-Chevrolet
88	Prototype Challenge	Richard Bradley Maxwell Hanratty Mark Kvamme	Starworks Motorsport	ORECA FLM09-Chevrolet
90	Prototype	Ryan Dalziel Marc Goossens Ryan Hunter-Reay	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Chevrolet Corvette DP
96	GT Daytona	Bret Curtis Ashley Freiberg Jens Klingmann	Turner Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3
97	GT Daytona	Michael Marsal Markus Palttala	Turner Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3
100	GT Le Mans	John Edwards Lucas Luhr Kuno Wittmer	BMW Team RLL	BMW M6 GTLM
911	GT Le Mans	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy	Porsche North America	Porsche 911 RSR
912	GT Le Mans	Earl Bamber Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche North America	Porsche 911 RSR

Withdrawn

No. 11 – Change Racing

No. 22- Alex Job Racing

No. 54- CORE autosport

No. 540 – Black Swan Racing