2019 Michelin Pilot Challenge

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The 2019 Michelin Pilot Challenge is the twentieth season of the IMSA SportsCar Challenge and the sixth season organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). Michelin is set to become the new official tire supplier of the series, following the departure of Continental Tire at the end of 2018.

  • Grand Sport (GS) (run to FIA GT4 regulations)
  • Touring Car (TCR)

The Street Tuner (ST) class will not return to the renamed series after the 2018 season.

Rule Changes

  • It was announced during the 2018 Petit Le Mans livestream that floor-mounted shifting would be dropped for the 2019 season.

Series News

  • Multimatic will be using IMSA GTO tribute liveries in commemoration of IMSA's 50th anniversary.[1]

Schedule

Race Schedule

The 2019 schedule was released on 3 August 2018 and features twelve rounds.[2]

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date Duration
1 BMW Endurance Challenge at Daytona United States Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 25 4 Hours
2 Alan Jay Automotive Network 120 United States Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 15 2 Hours
3 Mid-Ohio 120 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 4 2 Hours
4 Tioga Downs Casino Resort 240 at The Glen United States Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 29 4 Hours
5 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 120 Canada Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 6 2 Hours
6 Lime Rock Park 120 United States Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut July 20 2 Hours
7 Road America 120 United States Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 3 2 Hours
8 Virginia Is For Racing Lovers Grand Prix United States Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 24 2 Hours
9 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 120 United States WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California September 14 2 Hours
10 Fox Factory 120 United States Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 11 2 Hours

Entry list

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd Circuit GS Winning Car TCR Winning Car
GS Winning Drivers TCR Winning Drivers
1 United States Daytona Canada No. 75 Compass Racing United States No. 37 LA Honda World Racing
United States Paul Holton
Canada Kuno Wittmer
United States Shelby Blackstock
United States Tom O'Gorman
2 United States Sebring United States No. 39 Carbahn Motorsports United States No. 37 LA Honda World Racing
United States Tyler McQuarrie
United States Jeff Westphal
United States Shelby Blackstock
United States Tom O'Gorman
3 United States Mid-Ohio United States No. 7 Park Place Motorsports
with VOLT Lightning
United States No. 98 Bryan Herta Autosport
with Curb-Agajanian
United States Alan Brynjolfsson
United States Trent Hindman
United States Michael Lewis
Canada Mark Wilkins
4 United States Watkins Glen United States No. 35 Riley Motorsports United States No. 73 LA Honda World Racing
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Jim Cox
United States Dylan Murry
United States Mike LaMarra
United States Mat Pombo
5 Canada Mosport United States No. 71 Rebel Rock Racing United States No. 17 JDC-Miller MotorSports
United States Frank DePew
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
United States Britt Casey Jr.
South Africa Mikey Taylor
6 United States Lime Rock United States No. 46 Team TGM United States No. 98 Bryan Herta Autosport
with Curb-Agajanian
United States Hugh Plumb
United States Owen Trinkler
United States Michael Lewis
Canada Mark Wilkins
7 United States Road America United States No. 71 Rebel Rock Racing United States No. 21 Bryan Herta Autosport
with Curb-Agajanian
United States Frank DePew
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
United States Mason Filippi
United States Harry Gottsacker
8 United States Virginia United States No. 60 KohR Motorsports United States No. 23 FastMD
Canada Kyle Marcelli
United States Nate Stacy
United States Nick Galante
Canada James Vance
9 United States Laguna Seca Germany No. 33 Winward Racing/
HTP Motorsport
United States No. 61 Roadshagger Racing
by eEuroparts.com
Austria Dominik Baumann
United States Russell Ward
United States Gavin Ernstone
United States Jonathan Morley
10 United States Road Atlanta Canada No. 15 Multimatic Motorsports United States No. 98 Bryan Herta Autosport
with Curb-Agajanian
United States Austin Cindric
United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx
United States Michael Lewis
Canada Mark Wilkins

Championship standings

References

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