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The 2018 Oak Tree Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia on August 19, 2018. The race was the tenth round of the 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Background

As in previous years, the event was also the second GT-only round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship season, in which only the GTLM and GTD classes were scheduled to compete.

On August 13, 2018, IMSA issued the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event.[1] In GTD, the Ferrari 488 GT3 received a reduction in turbo boost and a fuel capacity reduction of 2 liters. No changes were made in GTLM.

Entries

Further information: 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 18 cars took part in the event split across 2 classes. 8 cars were entered in GTLM, and 10 in GTD.[2] In GTD, Park Place Motorsports and Squadra Corse Garage Italia were absent. Gunnar Jeannette substituted for Alessandro Pier Guidi in the Scuderia Corsa #63 entry due to a clash with the FIA World Endurance Championship round at Silverstone. Mario Farnbacher substituted for Álvaro Parente returned to the Meyer Shank Racing #86 entry.

Practice

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 11:45 am ET on Friday and ended with Richard Westbrook topping the charts for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, with a lap time of 1:42.627.[3]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Richard Westbrook 1:42.627 _
2 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Earl Bamber 1:42.761 +0.134
3 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand 1:42.793 +0.166
Source:[4]

Practice 2

The second practice session took place at 4:25 pm ET on Friday and ended with Antonio García topping the charts for Corvette Racing, with a lap time of 1:41.743.[5]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García 1:41.743 _
2 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ryan Briscoe 1:42.262 +0.519
3 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner 1:42.351 +0.608
Source:[6]

Practice 3

The third and final practice session took place at 8:35 am ET on Saturday and ended with Tommy Milner topping the charts for Corvette Racing, with a lap time of 1:41.205.[7]

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap
1 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner 1:41.205 _
2 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Connor De Phillippi 1:41.448 +0.243
3 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Earl Bamber 1:41.512 +0.307
Source:[8]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 GTD 15 United States 3GT Racing United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 1:44.107 _ 9‡
2 GTD 33 United States Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsport Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:44.323 +0.216 10
3 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen 1:44.360 +0.253 11
4 GTD 14 United States 3GT Racing Canada Kyle Marcelli 1:44.516 +0.409 12
5 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow 1:44.626 +0.519 13
6 GTD 58 United States Wright Motorsports United States Patrick Long 1:44.758 +0.651 14
7 GTD 93 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin United States Lawson Aschenbach 1:44.797 +0.690 171
8 GTD 86 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin Germany Mario Farnbacher 1:44.954 +0.847 16
9 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Cooper MacNeil 1:45.506 +1.399 182
10 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter 1:45.918 +1.811 163
11 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe 1:55.580 +11.473 1‡
12 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team France Patrick Pilet 1:56.170 +12.063 2
13 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards 1:56.185 +12.078 3
14 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García 1:56.760 +12.653 4
15 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi 1:57.148 +13.041 5
16 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United States Joey Hand 1:57.202 +13.095 6
17 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United States Tommy Milner 1:57.492 +13.385 7
18 GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team New Zealand Earl Bamber 1:57.874 +13.767 8
Sources:[9][10]
  • 1 The No. 93 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin entry was moved to the back of the GTD field for starting the race with a different driver than who qualified.
  • 2 The No. 63 Scuderia Corsa entry was moved to the back of the GTD field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.
  • 3 The No. 44 Magnus Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.

Race

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Final race classification
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi
United Kingdom Alexander Sims 		BMW M8 GTE M 88 2:40.52.276‡
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
2 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 88 +1.323
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
3 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Finland Jesse Krohn 		BMW M8 GTE M 88 +2.116
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
4 GTLM 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United States Joey Hand
Germany Dirk Müller 		Ford GT M 88 +30.907
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
5 GTLM 912 United States Porsche GT Team New Zealand Earl Bamber
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 911 RSR M 88 +35.530
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
6 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Tommy Milner 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 88 +36.345
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
7 GTD 14 United States 3GT Racing Austria Dominik Baumann
Canada Kyle Marcelli 		Lexus RC F GT3 C 86 +2 Laps‡
Lexus 5.0L V8
8 GTD 58 United States Wright Motorsports United States Patrick Long
Denmark Christina Nielsen 		Porsche 911 GT3 R C 86 +2 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9 GTD 86 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin United Kingdom Katherine Legge
Germany Mario Farnbacher 		Acura NSX GT3 C 86 +2 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
10 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Gunnar Jeannette 		Ferrari 488 GT3 C 86 +2 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
11 GTD 33 United States Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsport Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Ben Keating 		Mercedes AMG GT3 C 86 +2 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
12 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 86 +2 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
13 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter
United States Andy Lally 		Audi R8 LMS C 86 +2 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
14 GTD 93 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanin United States Justin Marks
United States Lawson Aschenbach 		Acura NSX GT3 C 86 +2 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
15 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley
United States Bill Auberlen 		BMW M6 GT3 C 85 +3 Laps
BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
16[a] GTD 15 United States 3GT Racing United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson 		Lexus RC F GT3 C 86 +2 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
17 GTLM 911 United States Porsche GT Team France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		Porsche 911 RSR M 42 Did Not Finish
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18 GTLM 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook 		Ford GT M 40 Did Not Finish
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
Source:[12]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin

Notes

  1. ^ The no. 15 3GT Racing entry was moved to the rear of the GTD classification for not meeting minimum refueling time[11]

Standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.


IMSA SportsCar Championship
Previous race:
Continental Tire Road Race Showcase 		2018 season Next race:
Monterey Grand Prix
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  3. ^ Dagys, John (August 17, 2018). "Westbrook Tops Opening Practice at VIR". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  4. ^ "03_Results_Practice 1.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. August 17, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  5. ^ Myrehn, Ryan (August 17, 2018). "Corvette Leads Practice 2 at VIR". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "03_Results_Practice 2.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. August 17, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  7. ^ Bradley, Charles (August 18, 2018). "VIR IMSA: Milner tops third practice for Corvette". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
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  9. ^ "03_Results_Qualifying.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. August 18, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  10. ^ "01_Starting Grid_Race_Official.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. August 19, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  11. ^ "2007 ENTRANT CREDENTIAL AND" (PDF). IMSA. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  12. ^ "03_Results_Race_Unofficial.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
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