2019 IMSA Michelin Encore

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).^[1]

Race details
Date	10 November 2019
Official name	IMSA Michelin SportsCar Encore
Location	Sebring, Florida, United States
Course	Permanent circuit 6.02 km (3.74 mi)
Distance	Main Race 4 Hours
LMP3
Pole
Drivers	Blake Mount Dan Goldburg Baylor Griffin	Performance Tech Motorsports
Time	1:59.774
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 Berlo	Robillard Racing
GT3
Pole
Drivers	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	Paul Miller Racing
Time	2:01.027
Podium
First	Gar Robinson Lawson Aschenbach	Riley Motorsports
Second	Ryan Hardwick Maxwell Root Jan Heylen	Wright Motorsports
Third	Tim Pappas Marc Miller Spencer Pumpelly	Black Swan Racing
GT4
Pole
Drivers	James Pesek Jade Buford Shane Lewis	PF Racing
Time	2:11.664
Podium
First	Jim Cox Dylan Murry	Riley Motorsports
Second	Sameer Gandhi Tom Dyer	CarBahn with Peregrine Racing
Third	James Pesek Jade Buford Shane Lewis	PF Racing

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.^[2]

Classes

• Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3)
• GT3
• GT4

Entry List

LMP3

Team	Car	Engine	No.	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 Staikos
Source:[3]

GT3

Team	Car	Engine	No.	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 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 Aschenbach
Source:[3]

GT4

Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers
Riley Motorsports	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8	35	Jim Cox
				Dylan Murry
PF Racing	Ford Mustang GT4	Ford 5.2 L Voodoo V8	40	James Pesek
				Jade Buford
				Shane Lewis
CarBahn with Peregrine Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT4	Audi 5.2 L V10	93	Sameer Gandhi
				Tom Dyer
Turner Motorsport	BMW M4 GT4	BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6	96	Robby Foley
				Vin Barletta
Source:[3]

Race results

Class winners denoted in bold and with ‡

Pos	Class	No.	Team / Entrant	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Time/Gap
					Engine
1	LMP3	47	Forty 7 Motorsports	Joel Janco Jonathan Jorge Tristan Nunez	Norma M30	106	4:00:49.084‡
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
2	LMP3	30	Sean Creech Motorsport	Naj Husain Wayne Boyd	Ligier JS P3	106	+0.877
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
3	LMP3	43	Robillard Racing	Joe Robillard Stevan McAleer	Norma M30	106	+1.572
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
4	LMP3	26	K2R Motorsports	James McGuire Jr Matthew Bell Kay van Berlo	Ligier JS P3	106	+38.709
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
5	GT3	74	Riley Motorsports	Gar Robinson Lawson Aschenbach	Mercedes-AMG GT3	106	+48.508‡
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
6	GT3	16	Wright Motorsports	Ryan Hardwick Maxwell Root Jan Heylen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	106	+49.323
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
7	GT3	54	Black Swan Racing	Tim Pappas Marc Miller Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 911 GT3 R	106	+51.214
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
8	GT3	48	Paul Miller Racing	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	106	+51.763
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
9	LMP3	75	Performance Tech Motorsports	Cameron Cassels Max Hanratty	Ligier JS P3	105	+1 Lap
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
10	LMP3	6	Performance Tech Motorsports	Blake Mount Dan Goldburg Baylor Griffin	Ligier JS P3	105	+1 Lap
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
11	LMP3	61	Conquest Racing	Danny Kok George Staikos	Norma M30	99	+7 Laps
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
12	GT4	35	Riley Motorsports	Jim Cox Dylan Murry	Mercedes-AMG GT4	99	+7 Laps‡
					Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8
13	GT4	93	CarBahn with Peregrine Racing	Sameer Gandhi Tom Dyer	Audi R8 LMS GT4	95	+11 Laps
					Audi 5.2 L V10
14	GT4	40	PF Racing	James Pesek Jade Buford Shane Lewis	Ford Mustang GT4	84	+22 laps
					Ford 5.2 L Voodoo V8
15 DNF	GT4	96	Turner Motorsport	Robby Foley Vin Barletta	BMW M4 GT4	76	Mechanical
					BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
16 DNF	LMP3	64	K2R Motorsports	Naveen Rao Scott Andrews	Ligier JS P3	73	Did not finish
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
17 DNF	LMP3	2	ANSA Motorsports	Jon Brownson Tim George Neil Alberico	Ligier JS P3	54	Did not finish
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
18 DNF	LMP3	33	Sean Creech Motorsport	Scott Lagasse Lance Willsey	Ligier JS P3	2	Crash
					Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8
Source:[4]