2018 IMSA Long Beach Entry List

#22 Tequila Patron Nissan
#22 Tequila Patron Nissan

The first sprint race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is set for next weekend in the Grand Prix at Long Beach, and 22 cars have filed entries for the event.

The 1 hour, 40 minute affair will feature 14 Prototypes and eight GT Le Mans machines.

The IMSA Grand Prix at Long Beach is set to take the green flag at 2:15 on Saturday, April 14 and will air on Fox.

Class No. Drivers Team Sponsor Car
DPi 2 Scott Sharp(P) Ryan Dalziel(G) Tequila Patron ESM Tequila Patron Nissan DPi
DPi 5 Filipe Albuquerque(P) Joao Barbosa(P) Mustang Sampling Racing Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi
DPi 6 Dane Cameron(G) Juan Pablo Montoya(P) Acura Team Penske Acura DPi
DPi 7 Helio Castroneves(P) Ricky Taylor(G) Acura Team Penske Acura DPi
DPi 10 Renger Van Der Zande(G) Jordan Taylor(P) Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R Konica Minolta Business Solutions Cadillac DPi
DPi 22 Johannes van Overbeek(G) Pipo Derani(G) Tequila Patron ESM Tequila Patron Nissan DPi
DPi 31 Felipe Nasr(P) Eric Curran(G) Whelen Engineering Racing Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi
LMP2 38 James French(S) Kyle Masson(S) Performance Tech Motorsports Centinel Spine / Masson Spine Institute ORECA LMP2
LMP2 52 Sebastian Saavedra(G) Gustavo Yacaman(G) AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports AFS / Coexito Ligier LMP2
LMP2 54 Jonathan Bennett(S) Colin Braun(G) CORE autosport Flexbox / Composite Resources ORECA LMP2
DPi 55 Jonathan Bomarito(P) Harry Tincknell(P) Mazda Team Joest Mazda Mazda DPi
DPi 77 Oliver Jarvis(P) Tristan Nunez(G) Mazda Team Joest Mazda / Castrol Mazda DPi
LMP2 85 Simon Trummer(G) Robert Alon(S) JDC-Miller Motorsports PSC Security / Hi-Tide Boat Lifts ORECA LMP2
LMP2 99 Stephen Simpson(S) Misha Goikhberg(S) JDC-Miller Motorsports Gainsco Auto Insurance ORECA LMP2
GTLM 3 Jan Magnussen(P) Antonio Garcia(P) Corvette Racing Corvette C7.R
GTLM 4 Oliver Gavin(P) Tommy Milner(P) Corvette Racing Corvette C7.R
GTLM 24 Jesse Krohn(G) John Edwards(P) BMW Team RLL BMW of North America BMW M8 GTE
GTLM 25 Alexander Sims(P) Connor De Phillippi(G) BMW Team RLL BMW of North America BMW M8 GTE
GTLM 66 Joey Hand(P) Dirk Mueller(P) Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford Ford GT
GTLM 67 Ryan Briscoe(P) Richard Westbrook(P) Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford Ford GT
GTLM 911 Patrick Pilet(P) Nick Tandy(P) Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR
GTLM 912 Earl Bamber(P) Laurens Vanthoor(P) Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR