Porsche Motorsport Notes. Grand Prix of CTMP

Porsche Motorsport Notes.
Grand Prix of CTMP. Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.
July 9, 2024.

Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. Its only trip outside of the United States is also the first of two rounds for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship without the world’s fastest sports cars. As will take place later this summer at VIRginia International Raceway, the LMDh cars that make up the GTP class will not be on the card at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP). Instead, the Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park will feature the world’s most competitive classes of GT3-spec race cars: the GTD Pro and GTD classes including the celebrated Porsche 911 GT3 R. In addition to the two classes for road car style machinery, the LMP2 class cars will represent the purpose-designed prototype style racers. The entry list features two Porsche 911 GT3 R customer cars, one each in the GTD Pro class (the No. 77 AO Racing “Rexy” entry) and in the GTD class (the No. 86 High Class Racing Porsche). The race held in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada will take the green flag at 11:05 a.m. EST, 8:05 a.m. PST, on Sunday, July 14.

Executive Quote.
“The weekends where the majority of the focus is on the GT3 cars are always special events for us,” offers Volker Holzmeyer, president and CEO of Porsche Motorsport North America. “GT racing is the heart of Porsche racing. It is where we got our start, it is how we made our name and it is where we draw from when we develop future generations of Porsche 911 road cars. When you put that together with a legendary track like Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, it offers an exciting opportunity to appreciate the intense competitiveness of the GTD classes.”

By class.
GTP. Not scheduled to race at CTMP in 2024.
Porsche leads the Manufacturer standings with 2,175 points, +41 points to Cadillac.

No. 5. Proton Competition Porsche 963. Bruni/ Viscaal.
Point Standings: 9th, 1,531 points, -513 points to the leader.

No. 6. Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963. Jaminet/ Tandy.
o Point Standings: 3rd, 1,912 points, -132 points to the leader.

No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963. Cameron/ Nasr.
o Point Standings: Leader, 2,044 points, +93 points to No. 01 Cadillac Racing entry.

No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche 963. van der Helm/ Westbrook.
o Point Standings: 10th, 1,513 points, -531 points to the leader.

GTD Pro. One (1) Porsche entry.
Porsche leads the Manufacturer standings with 1,657 points, +50 points to Lexus.

No. 77 AO Racing. Heinrich/ Priaulx.
o Point Standings: Leader, 1,632 points, +49 points to second place.
o Heinrich/Priaulx hold a 49 point lead in the GTD Pro Driver standings.
o AO Racing has won twice in 2024 (WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and Detroit).
o This will mark the first time than either Heinrich or Priaulx has raced at CTMP.
o Team leader Gunnar Jeanette has two race wins at CTMP as a driver (LMPC, 2010, 2011).
o AO Racing has been successful on the international stage in recent weeks. The LMP2 team finished second in class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and won its class at Imola.
o The No. 77 AO Racing Porsche will carry the Porsche onboard camera this weekend.

GTD. One (1) Porsche entries.
Porsche is third in the Manufacturer standings with 1,470 points, -367 points behind leader Mercedes-AMG.

No. 86 High Class Racing / MDK Motorsports. Li/ Fjordbach.
o Point Standings: 11th, 1060 points, -685 points to the leader.
o High Class Racing gained three spots in the Team championship at Watkins Glen.

Entry list.
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2024/07/03/2024IWSCCTMPPreEventEntryList.pdf

IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge.
https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2024/07/03/2024IMPCCTMPPreEventEntryList.pdf

IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge.
https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2024/07/03/2024VPRCCTMPPreEventEntryList.pdf

Point Standings.
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2024/07/03/2024IWSCWatkinsGlen_OfficialPoints.pdf

IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge.
https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2024/07/03/2024IMPCWGI_OfficialPoints.pdf

IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge.
https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2024/05/30/2024VPRCStPetersburg_OfficialPointStandings.pdf

By the Numbers. Porsche In IMSA.
• 603. Number of IMSA victories for Porsche - Combined Chassis/Engine. (Record). o 251 more than nearest rival, Chevrolet.
• 59. Number of Porsche WeatherTech Championship victories (Record). • 479. Number of IMSA pole positions by Porsche. (Record). o 113 more than nearest rival, Chevrolet.

By the Numbers. Porsche at CTMP.
• 11. Porsche-built race cars competing: WeatherTech (2), Michelin Pilot Challenge (7), VP Racing SportsCar Challenge (2). o WeatherTech – GTD Pro – Porsche 911 GT3 R – One – No. 77
o WeatherTech – GTD – Porsche 911 GT3 R – One – No. 86
Michelin Pilot Challenge – GS – Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport – Seven – Nos. 3, 22, 28, 38, 44, 67, 91.
o VP Racing SportsCar Challenge – GSX – Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport – Two – Nos. 5, 44

• 18. Porsche has 18 IMSA wins at CTMP. Eight overall wins since 1975.
• 1961. Canadian racing legend Ludwig Heimrath, Sr. won the first sports car race held at CTMP (then Mosport Park) on June 10 in a Porsche 718 RS60. He followed with a second in August.
• 1975. Hurley Haywood / G.W. Dickinson won the first CTMP IMSA race (Porsche 911 RSR).
• 2002 – 2005. Porsche won four consecutive GT class races with 911 GT3-based race cars. Jörg Bergmeister was part of the driver pairing in three of the wins ('03 – '05).
• 2006 – 2007. Porsche and Penske teamed for back-to-back class wins (Porsche RS Spyder).
• 2010. The last overall Porsche win at CTMP - RS Spyder Evo - Romain Dumas/Lucas Luhr.
• 2022. Most Recent Porsche Win – GTD Pro –Jaminet/Campbell – Porsche 911 GT3 R.

• Image courtesy of Porsche.

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