Recently, IMSA released the official entry list for Saturday’s 19th Annual Petit Le Mans presented by Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort (Note: This resort/presenting sponsor is located in Cherokee, N.C., approximately 119 miles away from the track). Officially, 41 cars are listed. However, 37 will show up.
With Saturday’s race being ten hours in length, the vast majority of the teams have brought in third drivers to fill out their driving lineups. Also, there are a couple of teams that have not run all the races that are back as well. The most notable example of this is Tequila Patron ESM, who has entered their No. 2 Ligier JS P2-HPD with the lineup of team owner Scott Sharp, Johannes van Overbeek and Pipo Derani. Other third drivers in the Prototype ranks include Andy Meyrick, Filipe Albuquerque, Max Angelelli, Verizon IndyCar Series champion Simon Pagenaud, and more.
Prototype Challenge is down to seven entries on the list, but it is really six since CORE autosport has withdrawn their No. 54 from the series in order to prepare for their full-time schedule in GT Daytona with a Porsche 911 GT3 R in 2017. Expect the class to be relatively lean in 2017 as the class is gradually phased out. Multiple teams have already announced plans outside of PC for next season, while others are still in the planning stages.
GT Le Mans is back up to ten entries with Scuderia Corsa bringing their No. 68 Ferrari 488 GTE out to play. Of note, yes, it has been on the entry list for every race this season as it is considered a full-season entry, but it is a part-time team.
Finally, GT Daytona looks to have a season-low 12 entries take the track. 15 are listed, but that includes Alex Job Racing‘s No. 22, which has already withdrawn for the season. It also includes Change Racing‘s No. 11, which hasn’t raced since the Spring and Black Swan Racing‘s No. 540, which was parked after Tim Pappas‘ father died. The team is getting back to the track, but it will be in next weekend’s Pirelli World Challenge finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
2016 Petit Le Mans presented by Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort Entry List
Number
Class
Drivers
Team
Car
0
Prototype
Katherine Legge
Andy Meyrick
Sean Rayhall
Panoz DeltaWing Racing
DeltaWing DWC13-Elan
2
Prototype
Pipo Derani
Scott Sharp
Johannes van Overbeek
Tequila Patron ESM
Ligier JS P2-HPD
3
GT Le Mans
Antonio Garcia
Jan Magnussen
Mike Rockenfeller
Corvette Racing
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
4
GT Le Mans
Marcel Fässler
Oliver Gavin
Tommy Milner
Corvette Racing
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
5
Prototype
Filipe Albuquerque
Jõao Barbosa
Christian Fittipaldi
Action Express Racing
Chevrolet Corvette DP
6
GT Daytona
Andrew Davis
Robin Liddell
Mike Skeen
Stevenson Motorsports
Audi R8 LMS GT3
8
Prototype Challenge
David Heinemeier Hansson
Alex Popow
Renger van der Zande
Starworks Motorsport
ORECA FLM09-Chevrolet
9
GT Daytona
Lawson Aschenbach
Matt Bell
Dion von Moltke
Stevenson Motorsports
Audi R8 LMS GT3
10
Prototype
Max Angelelli
Jordan Taylor
Ricky Taylor
Wayne Taylor Racing
Chevrolet Corvette DP
16
GT Daytona
Richard Antinucci
Corey Lewis
Spencer Pumpelly
Change Racing
Lamborghini Huracan GT3
20
Prototype Challenge
Tomy Drissi
Johnny Mowlem
Don Yount
BAR1 Motorsports
ORECA FLM09-Chevrolet
23
GT Daytona
Mario Farnbacher
Ian James
Alex Riberas
Alex Job Racing-Team Seattle
Porsche 911 GT3 R
25
GT Le Mans
Bill Auberlen
Augusto Farfus
Dirk Werner
BMW Team RLL
BMW M6 GTLM
27
GT Daytona
Larry DeGeorge
Paolo Ruberti
Cedric Sbirrazzuoli
Dream Racing
Lamborghini Huracan GT3
31
Prototype
Dane Cameron
Eric Curran
Simon Pagenaud
Action Express Racing
Chevrolet Corvette DP
33
GT Daytona
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Ben Keating
Marc Miller
Riley Motorsports
Dodge Viper GT3-R
38
Prototype Challenge
James French
Kenton Koch
Kyle Marcelli
Performance Tech Motorsports
ORECA FLM09-Chevrolet
44
GT Daytona
Andy Lally
John Potter
Marco Seefried
Magnus Racing
Audi R8 LMS GT3
48
GT Daytona
Bryce Miller
Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow
Paul Miller Racing
Lamborghini Huracan GT3
52
Prototype Challenge
Robert Alon
José Gutierrez
Tom Kimber-Smith
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports
ORECA FLM09-Chevrolet
55
Prototype
Jonathan Bomarito
Tristan Nunez
Spencer Pigot
Mazda Motorsports
Lola B11/86 (Mazda)
60
Prototype
Oswaldo Negri, Jr.
John Pew
Olivier Pla
Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian
Ligier JS P2-HPD
62
GT Le Mans
James Calado
Giancarlo Fisichella
Toni Vilander
Risi Competizione
Ferrari 488 GTE
63
GT Daytona
Alessandro Balzan
Christina Nielsen
Jeff Segal
Scuderia Corsa
Ferrari 488 GT3
66
GT Le Mans
Sebastien Bourdais
Joey Hand
Dirk Müller
Ford Chip Ganassi Racing
Ford GT
67
GT Le Mans
Ryan Briscoe
Scott Dixon
Richard Westbrook
Ford Chip Ganassi Racing
Ford GT
68
GT Le Mans
Andrea Bertolini
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Daniel Serra
Scuderia Corsa
Ferrari 488 GTE
70
Prototype
Tom Long
Joel Miller
Spencer Pigot
Mazda Motorsports
Lola B11/86 (Mazda)
73
GT Daytona
Jörg Bergmeister
Matthew McMurry
Patrick Lindsey
Park Place Motorsports
Porsche 911 GT3 R
85
Prototype Challenge
Misha Goikhberg
Chris Miller
Stephen Simpson
JDC/Miller MotorSports
ORECA FLM09-Chevrolet
88
Prototype Challenge
Richard Bradley
Maxwell Hanratty
Mark Kvamme
Starworks Motorsport
ORECA FLM09-Chevrolet
90
Prototype
Ryan Dalziel
Marc Goossens
Ryan Hunter-Reay
VisitFlorida.com Racing
Chevrolet Corvette DP
96
GT Daytona
Bret Curtis
Ashley Freiberg
Jens Klingmann
Turner Motorsport
BMW M6 GT3
97
GT Daytona
Michael Marsal
Markus Palttala
Turner Motorsport
BMW M6 GT3
100
GT Le Mans
John Edwards
Lucas Luhr
Kuno Wittmer
BMW Team RLL
BMW M6 GTLM
911
GT Le Mans
Patrick Pilet
Nick Tandy
Porsche North America
Porsche 911 RSR
912
GT Le Mans
Earl Bamber
Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche North America
Porsche 911 RSR
Withdrawn:
No. 11 – Change Racing
No. 22- Alex Job Racing
No. 54- CORE autosport
No. 540 – Black Swan Racing
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