The2017 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase was asports car race sanctioned by theInternational Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The Race was held atRoad America inElkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 6, 2017. The race was the ninth round of the2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

IMSA's president Scott Atherton confirmed the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase was part of the series' schedule for the2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship atRoad America's victory lane in August 2016.^[1] It was the fourth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2017 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase was the ninth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2017 by IMSA, and was the sixth round not held on the held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.^[2] The race was held at the fourteen-turn 4.048 mi (6.515 km)Road America inElkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 6, 2017.^[2] After theNortheast Grand Prix two weeks earlier,Jordan Taylor andRicky Taylor led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 226 points, ahead ofJoão Barbosa andChristian Fittipaldi with 207 points, andMisha Goikhberg andStephen Simpson with 200 points.^[3] With 216 points, the PC Drivers' Championship was led byJames French andPatricio O'Ward with a thirty-four point advantage over Don Yount.^[3]Antonio García andJan Magnussen led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 211 points, ahead ofJoey Hand andDirk Müller with 204 points.^[3] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led byAlessandro Balzan andChristina Nielsen with 228 points, ahead ofBen Keating andJeroen Bleekemolen with 211 points.Cadillac,Chevrolet, andMercedes-AMG were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, whileWayne Taylor Racing, Performance Tech Motorsports,Corvette Racing, andScuderia Corsa each led their own Teams' Championships.^[3]

During this race weekend, IMSA holds their "State of the Series" annual press conference, in which they confirm and announce their future plans for the series they sanction.

On July 27, 2017, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outliningBalance of performance for the event.^[4] In GTLM, theFord GT received an increase in turbo boost pressure.

A total of 34 cars took part in the event split across 4 classes. 8 cars were entered in P, 3 in PC, 8 in GTLM, and 15 in GTD.^[5] In P,José Gutiérrez andOlivier Pla replacedDavid Ostella andNicholas Boulle in thePR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry.^[5]VisitFlorida Racing switched from theRiley Mk. 30 to theLigier JS P217.^[6][7]Mazda Motorsports were absent afterJoest Racing took over the RT24-P program and undergo extensive testing.^[8] As a result, the team would not contest the remaining races of the season and SpeedSource would shut down.^[9][10] In PC,Gustavo Yacamán joinedMark Kvamme in the #26 BAR1 Motorsports entry. In GTD,Alex Job Racing andTRG skipped the event.^[5][11] Lone Star Racing made their first appearance since theCircuit of the Americas round.^[5] Michael de Quesada returned to the Alegra Motorsports entry.Scott Pruett andRobert Alon swapped seats in the3GT Racing entries.^[12]Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing switched from theMercedes-AMG GT3 to thePorsche 911 GT3 R due to BOP concerns.^[13]

There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday, two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Friday morning and afternoon. The third on Saturday morning lasted an hour.^[14]

The first practice session took place at 11:20 amCT on Friday and ended withMarc Goossens topping the charts forVisitFlorida Racing, with a lap time of 1:59.977.^[15] The PC class was topped by the #38 Performance Tech Motorsports Oreca FLM09 ofJames French with a time of 2:07.523.^[15]Patrick Pilet was fastest in GTLM whilePatrick Lindsey set the fastest time in GTD.^[16]

The second practice session took place at 4:10 pmCT on Friday and ended withStephen Simpson topping the charts forJDC-Miller MotorSports, with a lap time of 1:55.057.^[19]Patricio O'Ward set the fastest time in PC.^[20] The GTLM class was topped by the #66Ford Chip Ganassi RacingFord GT ofDirk Müller with a time of 2:03.967.Antonio García was second in the #3 Corvette Racing entry andBill Auberlen rounded out the top 3.^[19]Colin Braun was fastest in GTD.^[20]

The third and final practice session took place at 8:55 amCT on Saturday and ended withRyan Dalziel topping the charts forTequila Patrón ESM, with a lap time of 1:53.851.^[23]Patricio O'Ward set the fastest time PC by 2.984 seconds ahead ofBuddy Rice in the #20 BAR1 Motorsports entry.^[24] The GTLM class was topped by the #24BMW Team RLLBMW M6 GTLM ofMartin Tomczyk with a time of 2:02.129.^[24] Lawson Aschenbach was fastest in GTD.^[23] The session ended early afterKatherine Legge crashed at Canada Corner. The car suffered heavy damage to the front, but Legge was uninjured and exited her car.^[25]

In Saturday afternoon's 90-minute four-group qualifying, each category had separate 15-minute sessions. Regulations stipulated that teams nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each class' starting order. IMSA arranged the grid to put Prototypes ahead of the PC, GTLM and GTD cars.^[28][14]

The first was for cars in GTD class. Jeroen Mul qualified on pole for the class driving the #16 car for Change Racing, bestingJesse Krohn in theTurner Motorsport entry.^[29]

The second session of qualifying was for cars in the GTLM class.Dirk Müller qualified on pole driving the #66 car forFord Chip Ganassi Racing, beatingRyan Briscoe in the sister #67 entryFord Chip Ganassi Racing by over seven tenths of a second.^[30][31]

The third session of qualifying was for cars in the PC class.James French set the fastest time driving the #38 Performance Tech Motorsports entry.^[32]

The final session of qualifying was for the P class.Ricky Taylor qualified on pole driving the #10 car forWayne Taylor Racing, bestingJosé Gutiérrez in the #52 entry fromPR1/Mathiasen Motorsports.^[32]

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

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor	1:53.058	_	1‡
2	P	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	José Gutiérrez	1:54.075	+1.017	2
3	P	2	Tequila Patrón ESM	Scott Sharp	1:54.088	+1.030	3
4	P	90	VisitFlorida Racing	Marc Goossens	1:54.186	+1.128	4
5	P	22	Tequila Patrón ESM	Johannes van Overbeek	1:54.189	+1.131	5
6	P	31	Whelen Racing Engineering	Eric Curran	1:54.222	+1.164	6
7	P	5	Mustang Sampling Racing	Christian Fittipaldi	1:54.588	+1.530	111
8	P	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Mikhail Goikhberg	1:54.648	+1.590	7
9	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French	1:59.149	+6.091	8‡
10	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Dirk Müller	2:01.422	+8.364	12‡
11	PC	20	BAR1 Motorsports	Don Yount	2:02.128	+9.070	9
12	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe	2:02.203	+9.145	13
13	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Alexander Sims	2:02.211	+9.153	14
14	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni	2:02.440	+9.382	15
15	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	Martin Tomczyk	2:02.583	+9.525	332
16	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet	2:02.670	+9.612	16
17	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin	2:03.358	+10.300	17
18	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	2:03.581	+10.523	18
19	PC	26	BAR1 Motorsports	Mark Kvamme	2:04.817	+11.759	10
20	GTD	16	Change Racing	Jeroen Mul	2:06.649	+13.591	19‡
21	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Jesse Krohn	2:06.823	+13.765	20
22	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey	2:07.149	+14.091	21
23	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Scott Pruett	2:07.170	+14.112	22
24	GTD	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Andrew Davis	2:07.403	+14.345	23
25	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Madison Snow	2:07.415	+14.357	353
26	GTD	86	Michael Shank Racing withCurb-Agajanian	Oswaldo Negri Jr.	2:07.469	+14.411	24
27	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Christina Nielsen	2:07.477	+14.419	25
28	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports - Team AMG	Ben Keating	2:07.793	+14.735	26
29	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Robert Alon	2:07.984	+14.926	27
30	GTD	50	Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing	Cooper MacNeil	2:08.979	+15.921	28
31	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Kenny Habul	2:09.321	+16.263	324
32	GTD	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett	2:09.547	+16.489	29
33	GTD	28	Alegra Motorsports	Michael de Quesada	2:10.442	+17.384	345
34	GTD	80	Lone Star Racing	Dan Knox	Disqualified		30
35	GTD	93	Michael Shank Racing withCurb-Agajanian	Did Not Participate			316
Sources:[33][34]

• ¹ The No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing entry was moved to the back of the P field as per Article 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).^[28]
• ² The No. 24 BMW Team RLL entry was moved to the back of the GTLM field as per Articles 40.2.12 and 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Engine change) and (Change of starting tires).^[28]
• ³ The No. 48 Paul Miller Racing entry initially qualified sixth for the GTD class. However, their car failed post qualifying inspection after the team's Lamborghini was using unhomologated parts as well as not meeting technical compliance. The car's ECU was also confiscated by IMSA. As a result, Paul Miller Racing were fined $7,500, and received a 15-point penalty in the Drivers' and Teams' Championships.^[35][36]
• ⁴ The No. 75 SunEnergy1 Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).^[28]
• ⁵ The No. 28 Alegra Motorsports entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).^[28]
• ⁶ The No. 93 Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian entry was moved to the back of the GTD as per Article 43.5 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting driver).^[28]

The result kept Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor atop the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 258 points, 26 points ahead of sixth-place finishers Barbosa and Fittipaldi.^[37] As a result of winning the race, French and O'Ward clinched the PC Drivers' Championship with 1 race left for the category.^[37][38] In the GTLM Drivers' Championship, Hand and Müller advanced from third to second.^[37] The result kept Balzan and Nielsen atop the GTD Drivers' Championship while Aschenbach and Davis advanced from fifth to third.^[37] Cadillac, and Ferrari continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships. Ford took the lead of the GTLM Manufactures' Championship while Wayne Taylor Racing, Performance Tech Motorsports, Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa kept their respective advantages in the Teams' Championships with three rounds left in the season.^[37]

Class winners are denoted inbold and ‡.

Final race classification Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 P 22 Tequila Patrón ESM Johannes van Overbeek Pipo Derani Nissan Onroak DPi C 71 2:40.35.461‡ Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 LTurboV6 2 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Cadillac DPi-V.R C 71 +2.356 Cadillac 6.2 LV8 3 P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel Nissan Onroak DPi C 71 +2.718 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 LTurboV6 4 P 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Dane Cameron Eric Curran Cadillac DPi-V.R C 71 +5.385 Cadillac 6.2 LV8 5 P 90 VisitFlorida Racing Marc Goossens Renger van der Zande Ligier JS P217 C 71 +6.999 Gibson GK428 4.2 LV8 6 P 5 Mustang Sampling Racing João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Cadillac DPi-V.R C 71 +9.714 Cadillac 6.2 LV8 7 P 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Mikhail Goikhberg Stephen Simpson Oreca 07 C 71 +11.219 Gibson GK428 4.2 LV8 8 P 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Olivier Pla José Gutiérrez Ligier JS P217 C 71 +1:37.992 Gibson GK428 4.2 LV8 9 PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports James French Patricio O'Ward Oreca FLM09 C 70 +1 lap‡ Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 10 PC 26 BAR1 Motorsports Gustavo Yacamán Mark Kvamme Oreca FLM09 C 70 +1 lap Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Dirk Müller Joey Hand Ford GT M 69 +2 Laps‡ FordEcoBoost 3.5 LTwin-turboV6 12 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Gianmaria Bruni Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 911 RSR M 69 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 LFlat-6 13 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Ford GT M 69 +2 Laps FordEcoBoost 3.5 LTwin-turboV6 14 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 69 +2 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 LV8 15 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 69 +2 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 LV8 16 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims BMW M6 GTLM M 69 +2 Laps BMW 4.4 LTurboV8 17 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Jens Klingmann Jesse Krohn BMW M6 GT3 C 68 +3 Laps‡ BMW 4.4LTurboV8 18 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Porsche 911 GT3 R C 68 +3 Laps Porsche 4.0 LFlat-6 19 GTD 57 Stevenson Motorsports Andrew Davis Lawson Aschenbach Audi R8 LMS C 68 +3 Laps Audi 5.2LV10 20 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports – Team AMG Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 68 +3 Laps Mercedes AMGM159 6.2 LV8 21 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Christina Nielsen Alessandro Balzan Ferrari 488 GT3 C 68 +3 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 LTurboV8 22 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 67 +4 Laps Lamborghini 5.2 LV10 23 GTD 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Porsche 911 GT3 R C 67 +4 Laps Porsche 4.0 LFlat-6 24 GTD 14 3GT Racing Robert Alon Sage Karam Lexus RC F GT3 C 67 +4 Laps Lexus 5.0LV8 25 GTD 50 Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil Gunnar Jeannette Porsche 911 GT3 R C 67 +4 Laps Porsche 4.0 LFlat-6 26 GTD 15 3GT Racing Scott Pruett Jack Hawksworth Lexus RC F GT3 C 67 +4 Laps Lexus 5.0LV8 27 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Martin Tomczyk BMW M6 GTLM M 67 +4 Laps BMW 4.4 LTurboV8 28 GTD 28 Alegra Motorsports Michael de Quesada Daniel Morad Porsche 911 GT3 R C 66 +5 Laps Porsche 4.0 LFlat-6 29 GTD 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Tristan Vautier Kenny Habul Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 64 +7 Laps Mercedes AMGM159 6.2 LV8 30 GTD 16 Change Racing Corey Lewis Jeroen Mul Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 64 +7 Laps Lamborghini 5.2 LV10 31 PC 20 BAR1 Motorsports Don Yount Buddy Rice Oreca FLM09 C 60 +11 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 32 DNF GTLM 911 Porsche GT Team Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner Porsche 911 RSR M 55 Gearbox Porsche 4.0 LFlat-6 33 DNF GTD 86 Michael Shank Racing withCurb Agajanian Jeff Segal Oswaldo Negri Jr. Acura NSX GT3 C 47 Puncture Acura 3.5 LTurboV6 34 DNF GTD 93 Michael Shank Racing withCurb Agajanian Andy Lally Katherine Legge Acura NSX GT3 C 43 Crash Acura 3.5 LTurboV6 35 DNF GTD 80 Lone Star Racing Dan Knox Mike Skeen Mercedes-AMG GT3 C -- Did Not Start Mercedes AMGM159 6.2 LV8 Sources:[39][40]

Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer C Continental M Michelin

Prototype Drivers' Championship standings[37] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor 258 2 João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi 232 3 1 Dane Cameron Eric Curran 227 4 1 Misha Goikhberg Stephen Simpson 224 5 Ryan Dalziel Scott Sharp 213

PC Drivers' Championship standings[37] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 James French Patricio O'Ward 252 2 Don Yount 212 3 Buddy Rice 150 4 1 Gustavo Yacamán 121 5 1 Kyle Masson 108

GTLM Drivers' Championship standings[37] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Antonio García Jan Magnussen 239 2 1 Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims 231 3 1 Joey Hand Dirk Müller 230 4 Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook 225 5 Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner 217

GTD Drivers' Championship standings[37] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Alessandro Balzan Christina Nielsen 254 2 Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating 239 3 2 Lawson Aschenbach Andrew Davis 225 4 1 Andy Lally Katherine Legge 221 5 1 Jens Klingmann 220

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

Protoype Teams' Championship standings[37] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #10Wayne Taylor Racing 258 2 #5Mustang Sampling Racing 232 3 1 #31Whelen Engineering Racing 227 4 1 #85JDC-Miller MotorSports 224 5 #2Tequila Patrón ESM 213

PC Teams' Championship standings[37] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #38 Performance Tech Motorsports 252 2 #26 BAR1 Motorsports 217 3 #20 BAR1 Motorsports 212 4 #8Starworks Motorsport 58 5 #88Starworks Motorsport 28

GTLM Teams' Championship standings[37] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #3Corvette Racing 239 2 1 #66Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 231 3 1 #25BMW Team RLL 230 4 #67Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 225 5 #911Porsche GT Team 217

GTD Teams' Championship standings[37] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #63Scuderia Corsa 254 2 #33Riley Motorsports Team AMG 239 3 2 #57 Stevenson Motorsports 225 4 1 #93Michael Shank Racing withCurb-Agajanian 221 5 1 #96Turner Motorsport 220

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

Prototype Manufacturers' Championship standings[37] Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Cadillac 277 2 Nissan 253 3 Mazda 216

GTLM Manufacturers' Championship standings[37] Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 1 Ford 254 2 1 Chevrolet 253 3 BMW 244 4 Porsche 241 5 Ferrari 112

GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings[37] Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Ferrari 264 2 Mercedes-AMG 263 3 2 Porsche 257 4 1 Acura 255 5 1 Audi 251

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

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