Race details Date 15 October 2017 Location Monterey, United States Course Weather Qualifying: SunnyRace: Sunny Race Pole Driver Christopher Haase Audi Sport Team Land Time 1:23.961 Podium First Pierre Kaffer Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock Audi Sport Team Magnus Second Christopher Haase Christopher Mies Connor De Phillippi Audi Sport Team Land Third Ben Barnicoat Álvaro Parente Bryan Sellers K-PAX Racing
The 2017 Mazda Raceway California 8 Hours was the first Mazda Raceway California 8 Hours race held on Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on 15 October 2017. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, GT4-spec cars and MARC cars. The race was organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).
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Testing
Free practice
Pre-qualifying practice
Qualifying
Pole shootout
Race
Event format Day Session Time/distance Thursday (12 October) Testing 100 minutes Friday (13 October) Free practice 90 minutes Pre-qualifying practice 60 minutes Saturday (14 October) Qualifying 45 minutes Pole shootout 15 minutes Sunday (15 October) Race 8 hours Source:
Race results Class winners in bold. Class Drivers Team Car Laps Time/Retired 1 GT3 Pro 44 Pierre Kaffer Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock Audi Sport Team Magnus Audi R8 LMS 314 8:00:27.641 2 GT3 Pro 29 Christopher Haase Christopher Mies Connor De Phillippi Audi Sport Team Land Audi R8 LMS 314 +2.488 3 GT3 Pro 9 Ben Barnicoat Álvaro Parente Bryan Sellers K-PAX Racing McLaren 650S GT3 314 +43.050 4 GT3 Pro 43 Dane Cameron Tom Dyer Ryan Eversley RealTime Racing Acura NSX GT3 313 +1 Lap 5 GT3 Pro-Am 54 Jeroen Bleekemolen David Calvert-Jones Tim Pappas Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 312 +2 Laps 6 GT3 Pro 11 Jake Dennis Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 312 +2 Laps 7 GT3 Pro 17 Wolf Henzler Sven Müller Alec Udell GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 312 +2 Laps 8 GT3 Pro-Am 77 Preston Calvert Andrew Davis Michael Lewis Calvert Dynamics / GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 308 +6 Laps 9 193 Jake Camilleri Morgan Haber Hadrian Morrell MARC Cars Australia MARC Mazda 3 V8 294 +20 Laps 10 Inv 194 Keith Kassulke Ryan McLeod Will Rodgers MARC Cars Australia MARC Mazda 3 V8 294 +20 Laps 11 GT4 26 Jeff Kearl Sean McAlister Jeff Westphal Rearden Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 286 +28 Laps 12 GT4 8 Andy Lee Jon Miller Carter Yeung HKG Racing / GMG Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport 286 +28 Laps 13 GT4 3 Craig Lyons Thomas Merrill Kris Wilson TRG Aston Martin Vantage GT4 280 +34 Laps 14 GT4 117 Daren Jorgensen Vesko Kozarov Hutton McKenna Rearden Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 280 +34 Laps 15 GT4 07 Michael Davis Derek DeBoer Greg Milzcik TRG Aston Martin Vantage GT4 266 +48 Laps 16 GT3 Pro 58 Jörg Bergmeister Romain Dumas Patrick Long Porsche Motorsport North America by Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 256 +58 Laps Ret GT4 12 Frank Gannett Ian Lacy Drew Staveley Ian Lacy Racing Ginetta G55 GT4 206 Retired Ret GT4 99 Charles Espenlaub Eric Lux Charlie Putman Automatic Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 136 Retired Ret GT3 Pro 93 Jules Gounon Peter Kox Mark Wilkins RealTime Racing Acura NSX GT3 21 Cooling system Source:
See also 2017 Intercontinental GT Challenge Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
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