CLASSes OF COMPETITION
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V I E W I N G G U I D E
Stephen Simpson and Chris Miller Their No 8 en
try will have Misha Goikhberg, Tristen Vautier and
uan Piedrahita
A new team on the grid in IMSA this year in the No
uncos Racing Cadillac with drivers Will Owen,
Rene Binder and Agustin Canapino
ast years winning team, Extreme Speed Motor
sports, is no longer competing however the Nissan
effort has been taken up by the CORE Autosport
team Their 4 Nissan DPi was very competitive
at the opening race in Daytona despite the team
having very little time to familiarie themselves
with the car Drivers Colin Braun, on Bennett and
Romain Dumas (a former e Mans and Sebring
winner), are certainly a favorite here this weekend
Acura Team Penske returns to Sebring with its two
car Acura prototype team (No 6 and No ) Their
stellar driver list includes three Indy winners:
uan Pablo Montoya, Helio Castroneves and Alex
ander Rossi, plus Dane Cameron, Ricky Taylor and
Simon Pagenaud
The Penske team won overall at Sebring years
ago, and they are anxious to give Acura its rst ma
or overall endurance win here at The Birthplace of
American Endurance Racing
Mada Team oest (No and No ) was the
fastest at Daytona, but reliability hampered their
efforts Their dramatic improvement over the past
year puts them solidly in to contention Drivers will
be Oliver arvis, Tristan Nune, Timo Bernhard,
onathan Bomarito, Harry Tincknell and Oliver Pla
oest orchestrated many victories at Sebring for
Audi, and they certainly know what it takes to win
Americas greatest endurance race
Daytona Prototype International (DPi)
The fastest and most technologically advanced sports cars
in North America, the Daytona Prototype International (DPi)
is speci cally designed and engineered for the track DPi cars
use chassis built to international speci cations powered
by engines from mainstream automotive manufacturers
like Acura, Cadillac, Mada, and Nissan In addition, DPi
bodywork includes styling cues that align with these engine
manufacturers
Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)
The e Mans Prototype (MP) is a closed cockpit car
developed by four approved constructors In addition to the
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, MP cars
are eligible to compete in other global series such as the
FIA World Endurance Championship
GT Le Mans (GTLM)
tiliing the same technical regulations as the 4 Hours of
e Mans, the GTM cars are the most elite and fastest GT
cars on the track Based on production models, they are
engineered to extract the maximum performance possible
The class serves as a true proving ground for leading manu
facturers such as BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Ford, and Porsche
GT Daytona (GTD)
The GT Daytona cars are enhanced (not de ned by) tech
nology and utilie the global FIAGT speci cation The
GTD class consists of cars from leading manufacturers
such as Acura, Audi, BMW, Ferrari, amborghini, exus, Mer
cedesAMG and Porsche