Race details Date 10 November 2019 Official name IMSA Michelin SportsCar Encore Location Sebring, Florida, United States Course Permanent circuit Distance Main Race4 Hours LMP3 Pole Drivers Blake Mount Dan Goldburg Baylor Griffin Performance Tech Motorsports Time1:59.774 Podium First Joel Janco Jonathan Jorge Tristan Nunez Forty 7 Motorsports Second Naj Husain Wayne Boyd Sean Creech Motorsport Third Matthew Bell James McGuire Jr Kay van BerloRobillard Racing GT3 Pole Drivers Bryan Sellers Madison SnowPaul Miller Racing Time2:01.027 Podium First Gar Robinson Lawson AschenbachRiley Motorsports Second Ryan Hardwick Maxwell Root Jan HeylenWright Motorsports Third Tim Pappas Marc Miller Spencer PumpellyBlack Swan Racing GT4 Pole Drivers James Pesek Jade Buford Shane LewisPF Racing Time2:11.664 Podium First Jim Cox Dylan Murry Riley Motorsports Second Sameer Gandhi Tom Dyer CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Third James Pesek Jade Buford Shane LewisPF Racing
The 2019 IMSA Michelin SportsCar Encore was the second edition of the non-championship sports car race held at Sebring International Raceway on 10 November 2019. The race was open to LMP3 cars, GT3-spec cars, GT4-spec cars and TCR-touring cars (although none were entered). The event was organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA).
The race was won by Tristan Nunez, Jonathan Jorge, and Joel Janco in the Forty 7 Motorsports Norma M30. The GT3 class was won by Riley Motorsports with drivers Gar Robinson and Lawson Aschenbach. GT4 was won by James Pesek, Jade Buford, and Shane Lewis also run by Riley Motorsports. Classes Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) GT3 GT4
Entry list
LMP3
Team Car Engine Drivers ANSA Motorsports Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 2 Jon Brownson Tim George Neil Alberico Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 6 Blake Mount Dan Goldburg Baylor Griffin 75 Cameron Cassels Max Hanratty K2R Motorsports Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 26 Matthew Bell James McGuire Jr Kay van Berlo 64 Scott Andrews Naveen Rao Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 30 Naj Husain Wayne Boyd 33 Scott Lagasse Lance Willsey Robillard Racing Norma M30 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 43 Joe Robillard Stevan McAleer Forty 7 Motorsports Norma M30 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 47 Joel Janco Jonathan Jorge Tristan Nunez Conquest Racing Norma M30 Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 61 Danny Kok George StaikosSource:
GT3
Team Car Engine Drivers Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 Ryan Hardwick Maxwell Root Jan Heylen Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 48 Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 54 Tim Pappas Marc Miller Spencer Pumpelly Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 74 Gar Robinson Lawson AschenbachSource:
GT4
Team Car Engine Drivers Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 35 Jim Cox Dylan Murry PF RacingFord Mustang GT4Ford Voodoo 5.2 L V840 James Pesek Jade Buford Shane Lewis CarBahn with Peregrine RacingAudi R8 LMS GT4Audi DAR 5.2 L V1093 Sameer Gandhi Tom Dyer Turner MotorsportBMW M4 GT4BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I696 Robby Foley Vin BarlettaSource:
Race results Class winners denoted in bold and with ClassTeam / EntrantDriversChassisTime/GapEngine1LMP347 Forty 7 Motorsports Joel Janco Jonathan Jorge Tristan NunezNorma M301064:00:49.084Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 2 LMP3 30 Sean Creech Motorsport Naj Husain Wayne Boyd Ligier JS P3106 +0.877 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 3 LMP3 43 Robillard Racing Joe Robillard Stevan McAleer Norma M30106 +1.572 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 4 LMP3 26 K2R Motorsports James McGuire Jr Matthew Bell Kay van Berlo Ligier JS P3106 +38.709 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 5 GT3 74 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson Lawson Aschenbach Mercedes-AMG GT3106+48.508 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 6 GT3 16 Wright Motorsports Ryan Hardwick Maxwell Root Jan Heylen Porsche 911 GT3 R106 +49.323 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 7 GT3 54 Black Swan Racing Tim Pappas Marc Miller Spencer Pumpelly Porsche 911 GT3 R106 +51.214 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 8 GT3 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo106 +51.763 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 9 LMP3 75 Performance Tech Motorsports Cameron Cassels Max Hanratty Ligier JS P3105 +1 Lap Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 10 LMP3 6 Performance Tech Motorsports Blake Mount Dan Goldburg Baylor Griffin Ligier JS P3105 +1 Lap Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 11 LMP3 61 Conquest Racing Danny Kok George Staikos Norma M3099 +7 Laps Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 12 GT4 35 Riley Motorsports Jim Cox Dylan Murry Mercedes-AMG GT499+7 Laps Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 13 GT4 93 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Sameer Gandhi Tom Dyer Audi R8 LMS GT495 +11 Laps Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 14 GT4 40 PF Racing James Pesek Jade Buford Shane Lewis Ford Mustang GT484 +22 laps Ford Voodoo 5.2 L V8 15 DNF GT4 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley Vin Barletta BMW M4 GT476 Mechanical BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 16 DNF LMP3 64 K2R Motorsports Naveen Rao Scott Andrews Ligier JS P373Did not finish Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 17 DNF LMP3 2 ANSA Motorsports Jon Brownson Tim George Neil Alberico Ligier JS P354 Did not finish Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 18 DNF LMP3 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Scott Lagasse Lance Willsey Ligier JS P32Crash Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 Source: References