For the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, 31 cars are currently entered in Saturday’s two-hour race at Lime Rock Park. There have been a few changes in both classes for this week.
Originally, the entry list was at 33, but TeamTGM has elected to withdraw. Team owner/driver Ted Giovanis was involved in a practice crash two weeks ago at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. SportsCar365.com reported recently that Giovanis will have minor surgery, but plans to be back at Road America.
In addition, The Racers Group is not just bringing their GT Daytona class Aston Martin to Lime Rock. The Aston Martin Vantage GT4, last seen at Daytona getting wrecked, will be back on the grid with Craig Lyons and Kris Wilson once again driving.
Motorsports in Action is still fielding only one McLaren 570S GT4 for Chris Green and Jesse Lazare, while VOLT Racing is still campaigning their Ford Mustang GT4 as opposed to their McLaren.
In Street Tuner, there are a couple of driver changes of note. Pirelli World Challenge TCA veteran Matthew Fassnacht is back in the No. 27 Mazda MX-5 alongside Britt Casey Jr. Fassnacht replaces Mark Drennan, who was a last-minute call-up for CTMP. Aside from the change in the No. 27, the Mazda teams are fully intact for Lime Rock. Last year, the only cars on the lead lap in ST at the end of the race were Mazda MX-5s. Expect entries like the Stevan McAleer–Chad McCumbee No. 25 pictured above to be contenders.
Mark Pombo returns to MINI JCW Team’s No. 52, replacing Jared Salinsky. Justin Piscitell is listed in the No. 65 Murillo Racing Porsche Cayman in place of Brent Mosing. Piscitell has had involvement with Murillo Racing for years, but rarely drives for them.
As expected, the Riley Racing team is back with their Mazda MX-5 for AJ and Jameson Riley. Last year, they qualified in the top five in ST. Don’t be shocked if they can pull that off again since the MX-5s are very fast on the short track.
The only entry from Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in ST that is not currently entered for Lime Rock is the Kensai/DXDT Racing No. 63 Porsche Cayman of David Askew and Aaron Povoledo. The car has been through quite a bit in the two race weekends that the team has competed in. It is unclear when they will be back.
Entry List: 2017 Lime Rock Park 120
| Class | Team | Drivers | Car |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Sport | 3 - The Racers Group | Craig Lyons Kris Wilson | Aston Martin Vantage GT4 |
| Grand Sport | 4 - TeamTGM | Ted Giovanis Hugh Plumb | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR |
| Grand Sport | 7 - VOLT Racing | Alan Brynjolfsson Chris Hall | Ford Mustang GT4 |
| Grand Sport | 12 - Bodymotion Racing | Cameron Cassels Trent Hindman | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport |
| Street Tuner | 17 - Rennsport One | Nick Galante Spencer Pumpelly | Porsche Cayman |
| Street Tuner | 18 - Rennsport One | Connor Bloum Aurora Straus | Porsche Cayman |
| Grand Sport | 21 - Mühlner Motorsports America | Cameron Lawrence Chuck Quinton | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport |
| Street Tuner | 25 - Freedom Autosport | Stevan McAleer Chad McCumbee | Mazda MX-5 |
| Street Tuner | 26 - Freedom Autosport | Andrew Carbonell Liam Dwyer | Mazda MX-5 |
| Street Tuner | 27 - Freedom Autosport | Britt Casey Jr. Matthew Fassnacht | Mazda MX-5 |
| Grand Sport | 28 - Rennsport One | Dillon Machavern Dylan Murcott | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR |
| Street Tuner | 31 - Bodymotion Racing | Devin Jones Drake Kemper | Porsche Cayman |
| Grand Sport | 33 - CJ Wilson Racing | Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport |
| Street Tuner | 34 - Murillo Racing | Christopher Stone Christian Szymczak | Mazda MX-5 |
| Grand Sport | 35 - CJ Wilson Racing | Damien Faulkner Russell Ward | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport |
| Street Tuner | 37 - MINI JCW Team | Mike LaMarra James Vance | MINI JCW |
| Street Tuner | 44 - CRG-I Do Borrow | Sarah Cattaneo Owen Trinkler | Nissan Altima Coupe |
| Grand Sport | 46 - TeamTGM | Guy Cosmo Ted Giovanis | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport |
| Street Tuner | 52 - MINI JCW Team | Nate Norenberg Mark Pombo | MINI JCW |
| Street Tuner | 54 - JDC/Miller MotorSports | Michael Johnson Stephen Simpson | BMW 228i |
| Street Tuner | 56 - Murillo Racing | Eric Foss Jeff Mosing | Porsche Cayman |
| Grand Sport | 57 - Stevenson Motorsports | Matt Bell Robin Liddell | Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R |
| Grand Sport | 59 - KohR Motorsports | Dean Martin Jack Roush Jr. | Ford Mustang GT4 |
| Street Tuner | 65 - Murillo Racing | Brent Mosing Tim Probert | Porsche Cayman |
| Street Tuner | 66 - Riley Racing | AJ Riley Jameson Riley | Mazda MX-5 |
| Grand Sport | 69 - Motorsports in Action | Chris Green Jesse Lazare | McLaren 570S GT4 |
| Street Tuner | 73 - MINI JCW Team | Derek Jones Mat Pombo | MINI JCW |
| Street Tuner | 75 - C360R | Roy Block Pierre Kleinubing | Audi S3 |
| Grand Sport | 76 - C360R | Paul Holton Matt Plumb | McLaren 570S GT4 |
| Grand Sport | 77 - C360R | Matthew Keegan Nico Rondet | McLaren 570S GT4 |
| Street Tuner | 81 - BimmerWorld Racing | Ari Balogh Greg Liefooghe | BMW 328i |
| Street Tuner | 84 - BimmerWorld Racing | James Clay Tyler Cooke | BMW 328i |
| Grand Sport | 99 - Automatic Racing | Rob Ecklin Jr. Steven Phillips | Aston Martin Vantage GT4 |
The Lime Rock Park 120 is scheduled to start at 10:25 a.m. on Saturday. The race will be streamed live at both IMSA.com and FansChoice.tv. The delayed TV broadcast will premiere Jul. 30 at 11:30 a.m. on FOX Sports 1.
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