This weekend, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship travels to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California for the final sprint race of the season. 33 cars in the Prototype, GT Le Mans and GT Daytona classes will take on the 2.238-mile road course.
In the Prototype class, there are absolutely no changes from the last time they raced at Road America six weeks ago. There are eight cars entered. Three are Cadillac DPi-V.Rs from Action Express Racing, two more are Nissan DPis from Tequila Patron ESM. Visit Florida Racing is back with their Ligier JS P217-Gibson despite their Daytona Beach shop (which is shared with Ben Kennedy Racing) being flooded by Hurricane Irma.
Olivier Pla is back in the No. 52 Ligier for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports alongside José Gutierrez for another go-around. Finally, the sole ORECA 07-Gibson in the field for JDC/Miller MotorSports is back with the usual pairing of Misha Goikhberg and Stephen Simpson.
In GT Le Mans, there are no changes. The same nine teams and driver lineups from VIR will be on-track this weekend.
GT Daytona sees one change. Ben Keating will be back behind the wheel of the Client Command-sponsored No. 33 Mercedes-AMG GT3 for Riley Motorsports. He was originally entered at VIR and got on-track during the first practice session there. However, Keating pulled himself out of the car for the rest of the weekend as Hurricane Harvey was baring down on his businesses. Trent Hindman did well to bring the No. 33 Mercedes home third in class alongside Jeroen Bleekemolen.
Entry List: America's Tire 250
| Class | Team | Drivers | Car |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prototype | 2 - Tequila Patron ESM | Ryan Dalziel Scott Sharp | Nissan DPi |
| GT Le Mans | 3 - Corvette Racing | Antonio Garcia Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R |
| GT Le Mans | 4 - Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R |
| Prototype | 5 - Action Express Racing | Joao Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi | Cadillac DPi-V.R. |
| Prototype | 10 - Wayne Taylor Racing | Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor | Cadillac DPi-V.R. |
| GT Daytona | 14 - 3GT Racing | Robert Alon Sage Karam | Lexus RCF GT3 |
| GT Daytona | 15 - 3GT Racing | Jack Hawksworth Scott Pruett | Lexus RCF GT3 |
| GT Daytona | 16 - Change Racing | Jeroen Mul Corey Lewis | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
| Prototype | 22 - Tequila Patron ESM | Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek | Nissan DPi |
| GT Le Mans | 24 - BMW Team RLL | John Edwards Martin Tomczyk | BMW M6 GTLM |
| GT Le Mans | 25 - BMW Team RLL | Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims | BMW M6 GTLM |
| GT Daytona | 28 - Alegra Motorsports | Patrick Long Daniel Morad | Porsche 911 GT3 R |
| Prototype | 31 - Action Express Racing | Dane Cameron Eric Curran | Cadillac DPi-V.R. |
| GT Daytona | 33 - Riley Motorsports | Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating | Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
| GT Daytona | 48 - Paul Miller Racing | Bryan Sellers Madison Snow | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
| GT Daytona | 50 - WeatherTech Racing | Gunnar Jeannette Cooper MacNeil | Porsche 911 GT3 R |
| Prototype | 52 - PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | José Gutierrez Olivier Pla | Ligier JS P217-Gibson |
| GT Daytona | 54 - CORE autosport | Jon Bennett Colin Braun | Porsche 911 GT3 R |
| GT Daytona | 57 - Stevenson Motorsports | Lawson Aschenbach Andrew Davis | Audi R8 LMS GT3 |
| GT Le Mans | 62 - Risi Competizione | Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander | Ferrari 488 GTE |
| GT Daytona | 63 - Scuderia Corsa | Alessandro Balzan Christina Nielsen | Ferrari 488 GT3 |
| GT Le Mans | 66 - Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Joey Hand Dirk Müller | Ford GT |
| GT Le Mans | 67 - Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook | Ford GT |
| GT Daytona | 73 - Park Place Motorsports | Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey | Porsche 911 GT3 R |
| GT Daytona | 75 - SunEnergy1 Racing | Kenny Habul Tristan Vautier | Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
| GT Daytona | 80 - Lone Star Racing | Dan Knox Mike Skeen | Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
| Prototype | 85 - JDC/Miller MotorSports | Misha Goikhberg Stephen Simpson | ORECA 07-Gibson |
| GT Daytona | 86 - Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Oswaldo Negri Jr. Jeff Segal | Acura NSX GT3 |
| Prototype | 90 - Visit Florida Racing | Marc Goossens Renger van der Zande | Ligier JS P217-Gibson |
| GT Daytona | 93 - Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Andy Lally Katherine Legge | Acura NSX GT3 |
| GT Daytona | 96 - Turner Motorsport | Jens Klingmann Jesse Krohn | BMW M6 GT3 |
| GT Le Mans | 911 - Porsche GT Team | Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner | Porsche 911 RSR |
| GT Le Mans | 912 - Porsche GT Team | Gianmaria Bruni Laurens Vanthoor | Porsche 911 RSR |
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