2018 IMSA Michelin Encore

The 2018 IMSA Michelin SportsCar Encore was the inaugural edition of the non-championship sports car race held at Sebring International Raceway on 9 November 2018. The race was contested with LMP3 cars, GT3-spec cars, GT4-spec cars and TCR-touring car. The event was organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA).[2]

Race details
Date 9 November 2018
Official name IMSA Michelin SportsCar Encore
Location Sebring, Florida, United States
Course Permanent circuit
6.02 km (3.74 mi)
Distance Main Race
4 Hours[1]
LMP3
Pole
Drivers Matthew Bell
Kay Van Berlo
James McGuire Jr.		 K2R Motorsports
Time 1:57.102
Podium
First Roman De Angelis
Kyle Kirkwood		ANSA Motorsports
Second Matthew Bell
Kay Van Berlo
James McGuire Jr.		K2R Motorsports
Third David Grant
Keith Grant
Katherine Legge		Polestar Motor Racing Inc.
GS
Pole
Drivers Kyle Marcelli
Dean Martin
Nate Stacy		 KohR Motorsports
Time 2:11.352
Podium
First Kyle Marcelli
Dean Martin
Nate Stacy		KohR Motorsports
Second Jason Bell
Andy Lally
James Sofronas		GMG Racing
Third DJ Randall
Rod Randall
Kenny Wilden		KohR Motorsports
TCR
Pole
Drivers Marco Cirone
Remo Ruscitti		 Mark Motors Racing
Time 2:14.426
Podium
First Marco Cirone
Remo Ruscitti		Mark Motors Racing
Second Michael Johnson
Stephen Simpson		JDC-Miller Motorsports
Third Luke Rumburg
Tanner Rumburg		Rumcastle, LLC

Classes
  • Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3)
  • Grand Sport (GS) (run to GT4 regulations)
  • Touring Car (TCR) (run to TCR regulations)

Entry List

LMP3
Team Car Engine No. Drivers
ANSA Motorsports[3] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 2 Jon Brownson[3]
Dakota Dickerson[3]
Neil Alberico
4 Dean Baker[3]
Michal Chlumecky[3]
Zacharie Robichon[3]
13 Roman De Angelis[3]
Kyle Kirkwood[3]
Atlantic Racing Team[3] ADESS-03 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 6 Jim Antunes[3]
Tazio Ottis[3]
Robin Schute
Simraceway Motorsports[3] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 11 Nico Rondet[3]
Maurice Smith[3]
John Schauerman
Performance Tech Motorsports[3] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 19 Bradley Baker[3]
Jan Heylen[3]
Bruno Junqueira[3]
P1 Motorsports[3] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 25 Joel Janco[3]
Jonatan Jorge[3]
Kenton Koch[3]
K2R Motorsports[3] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 26 Matthew Bell[3]
James McGuire Jr[3]
Kay van Berlo
64 Alex Barron[3]
Naveen Rao[3]
Extreme Speed Motorsports[3] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 33 Max Hanratty[3]
Lance Willsey[3]
Polestar Motor Racing Inc.[3] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 40 David Grant[3]
Keith Grant[3]
Katherine Legge[3]
JDC-Miller Motorsports[4] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 84 Guy Cosmo[4]
Patrick Byrne[4]

Grand Sport
Team Car Engine No. Drivers
GMG Racing[4] Audi R8 LMS GT4 Audi 5.2 L V10 22 Jason Bell[4]
James Sofronas[4]
Andy Lally
KohR Motorsports[3] Ford Mustang GT4 Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 59 Rod Randall[3]
Kenny Wilden[3]
DJ Randall
60 Kyle Marcelli[3]
Dean Martin[3]
Nate Stacy[3]
NOLAsport[5] Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 72 Jason Hart[5]
Matt Travis[5]
Mike Vess[5]
Carbahn Motorsports[3] Audi R8 LMS GT4 Audi 5.2 L V10 93 Tyler McQuarrie[3]
Mark Siegal[3]
Jeff Westphal[3]

Touring Car
Team Car Engine No. Drivers
Rumcastle, LLC[3] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Volkswagen 2.0 L I4 T/C 31 Luke Rumburg[3]
Tanner Rumburg[3]
JDC-Miller Motorsports[4] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Audi 2.0 L TFSI 54 Michael Johnson[4]
Stephen Simpson[4]
Mark Motors Racing[3] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Audi 2.0 L TFSI 82 Marco Cirone[3]
Remo Ruscitti[3]

References
  1. "Official Race Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2018-11-13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  2. "IMSA Confirms Sebring Encore Race for November 2018 – Sportscar365". Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  3. Dagys, John (31 October 2018). "20 Entries for Michelin Encore; No GT3 Cars". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  4. Dagys, John (22 October 2018). "Preparations, Interest Building for Michelin Encore". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  5. Kilshaw, Jake (26 October 2018). "NOLAsport Enters Michelin Encore With Porsche GT4". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
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