Race details Date 28 October 2018 Location Monterey, United States Course Race Pole Drivers Christopher Haase Kelvin van der Linde Christopher Mies Audi Sport Team Land Time 1:23.660 Podium First Christopher Haase Kelvin van der Linde Christopher Mies Audi Sport Team Land Second Robin Frijns Dries Vanthoor Markus Winkelhock Audi Sport Team WRT Third Maximilian Buhk Maro Engel Tristan Vautier Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing
The 2018 WeatherTech Raceway California 8 Hours was the second edition of the WeatherTech Raceway California 8 Hours race held on WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on 28 October 2018. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, GT Cup-spec cars, GT4-spec cars, MARC cars and TCR-touring cars. The race was organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).
The second annual California 8 Hours is the fourth and final round of the 2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge.
Entries
Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 GT3 Entries 7 Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) P Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper 8 Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) P Vincent Abril Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet 9 K-PAX Racing Bentley Continental GT3 (2016) P Rodrigo Baptista Álvaro Parente Bryan Sellers 17 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS P Stuart Leonard Sheldon van der Linde Alex Riberas 19 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS P Robin Frijns Dries Vanthoor Markus Winkelhock 29 Audi Sport Team Land Audi R8 LMS P Christopher Haase Kelvin van der Linde Christopher Mies 33 ARC Bratislava BMW M6 GT3 PA Konstantīns Calko Miro Konôpka Andrzej Lewandowski 42 Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 PA Felipe Fraga David Fumanelli Nick Leventis 43 Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 P Maximilian Götz Raffaele Marciello Lewis Williamson 44 Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 P Jack Hawksworth Adrien Tambay Christian Vietoris 46 PPM Lamborghini Huracán GT3 PA Steve Dunn Brandon Gdovic Shinya Michimi 54 Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R P Jeroen Bleekemolen Patrick Long Tim Pappas 63 DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 PA David Askew Ryan Dalziel Mike Hedlund 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 PA Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul Luca Stolz 87 Vital Speed Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 P Trevor Baek Marino Franchitti Jeff Westphal 175 Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 P Maximilian Buhk Maro Engel Tristan Vautier 911 Porsche Motorsport North America by Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R P Romain Dumas Frédéric Makowiecki Dirk Werner GT Cup Entries 6 US RaceTronics Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo Steven Aghakhani Richard Antinucci Taylor Proto GT4 Entries 2 GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 Jason Bell Andrew Davis James Sofronas 10 PF Racing Ford Mustang GT4 Jade Buford Scott Maxwell James Pesek 12 Ian Lacy Racing Ginetta G55 GT4 Frank Gannett Ian Lacy Drew Staveley 22 Automatic Racing Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Charles Espenlaub Eric Lux Charles Putnam 34 Murillo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 Matt Fassnacht Christian Szymczak 51 Team Panoz Racing Panoz Avezzano GT4 Preston Calvert Ian James Matt Keegan 65 Murillo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 Jeff Mosing Justin Piscitell Tim Probert 66 TRG Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR Derek DeBoer Sean Gibbons Spencer Pumpelly 67 TRG Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR Chris Bellomo Tom Dyer Robert Orcutt 88 Stephen Cameron Racing BMW M4 GT4 Gregory Liefooghe Sean Quinlan Henry Schmitt 91 Rearden Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 James Burke Jeff Burton Jessica Burton 113 RHC-Jorgensen/Strom BMW M4 GT4 Daren Jorgensen Jon Miller Brett Strom 626 Rearden Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 Jeff Kearl Vesko Kozarov Lara Tallman TCR Entries 23 M1 GT Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Walter Bowlin Jerimy Daniel Lars Viljoen 98 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Hyundai i30 N TCR Bryan Herta Colton Herta George Kurtz 99 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Hyundai i30 N TCR Michael Lewis Mark Wilkins Mason Filippi Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup
Official results Bold denotes category winner. Results validated on 26 June 2019 following an FIA-related hearing. Class Team/Entrant Drivers Car Laps 1 GT3 Pro 29 Audi Sport Team Land Christopher Haase Kelvin van der Linde Christopher Mies Audi R8 LMS 306 2 GT3 Pro 19 Audi Sport Team WRT Robin Frijns Dries Vanthoor Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS 306 3 GT3 Pro 175 Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing Maximilian Buhk Maro Engel Tristan Vautier Mercedes-AMG GT3 306 4 GT3 Pro 911 Wright Motorsports Romain Dumas Frédéric Makowiecki Dirk Werner Porsche 911 GT3 R 306 5 GT3 Pro 17 Audi Sport Team WRT Stuart Leonard Sheldon van der Linde Alex Riberas Audi R8 LMS 306 6 GT3 Pro 8 Bentley Team M-Sport Vincent Abril Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) 305 7 GT3 Pro 43 Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Maximilian Götz Raffaele Marciello Lewis Williamson Mercedes-AMG GT3 304 8 GT3 Pro 44 Strakka Racing Jack Hawksworth Adrien Tambay Christian Vietoris Mercedes-AMG GT3 303 9 GT3 Pro 54 Black Swan Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen Patrick Long Tim Pappas Porsche 911 GT3 R 303 10 GT3 Pro 9 K-PAX Racing Rodrigo Baptista Álvaro Parente Bryan Sellers Bentley Continental GT3 (2016) 302 11 GT3 7 Bentley Team M-Sport Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) 297 12 GT3 Pro-Am 2 DXDT Racing David Askew Ryan Dalziel Mike Hedlund Mercedes-AMG GT3 296 13 GTC 6 US RaceTronics Steven Aghakhani Richard Antinucci Taylor Proto Lamborghini Huracán Super Tropheo Evo 291 14 GT3 Pro-Am 46 PPM Steven Dunn Brandon Gdovic Shinya Michimi Lamborghini Huracán GT3 283 15 GT4 626 Rearden Racing Jeff Kearl Vesko Kozarov Lara Tallman Audi R8 LMS GT4 281 16 GT4 66 TRG Derek DeBoer Sean Gibbons Spencer Pumpelly Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 280 17 GT4 65 Murillo Racing Jeff Mosing Justin Piscitell Tim Probert Mercedes-AMG GT4 280 18 GT4 12 Ian Lacy Racing Frank Gannett Ian Lacy Drew Staveley Ginetta G55 GT4 280 19 GT4 88 Stephen Cameron Racing Gregory Liefooghe Sean Quinlan Henry Schmitt BMW M4 GT4 278 20 TCR 98 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Bryan Herta Colton Herta George Kurtz Hyundai i30 N TCR 276 21 GT4 91 Rearden Racing James Burke Jeff Burton Jessica Burton Rudi R8 LMS GT4 272 22 GT4 113 RHC-Jorgensen/Strom Daren Jorgensen Jon Miller Brett Strom BMW M4 GT4 272 23 GT4 34 Murillo Racing Matt Fassnacht Christian Szymczak Mercedes-AMG GT4 263 24 GT4 67 TRG Chris Bellomo Tom Dyer Robert Orcutt Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 256 25 GT4 22 Automatic Racing Charles Espenlaub Eric Lux Charles Putnam Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 237 26 GT3 Pro-Am 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG GT3 219 27 GT4 2 GMG Racing Jason Bell Andrew Davis James Sofronas Audi R8 LMS GT4 217 GT4 10 PF Racing Jade Buford Scott Maxwell James Pesek Ford Mustang GT4 194 DNF GT3 Pro 87 Vital Speed Motorsport Trevor Baek Marino Franchitti Jeff Westphal Ferrari 488 GT3 112 DNF GT4 51 Team Panoz Racing Preston Calvert Ian James Matt Keegan Panoz Avezzano GT4 81 DNF TCR 99 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Michael Lewis Mark Wilkins Mason Filippi Hyundai i30 N TCR 58 GT3 Pro-Am 33 ARC Bratislava Konstantīns Calko Miro Konôpka Andrzej Lewandowski BMW M6 GT3 0 DNS TCR 23 M1 GT Racing Walter Bowlin Jerimy Daniel Lars Viljoen Audi RS3 LMS TCR 0 GT3 Pro-Am 42 Strakka Racing Felipe Fraga David Fumanelli Nick Leventis Mercedes-AMG GT3 304
NOTE: The No. 42 Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT that had finished eighth overall, and first in GT3 Pro-Am, was disqualified under after driver Nick Leventis was found in violation of FIA doping regulations. Leventis' urine sample was taken to the Sports Medicine Research & Testing Laboratory at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, where it tested positive for anastrozole (an exogenous aromatase inhibitor, prohibited under S4.1 of the FIA Anti-Doping Code), drostanolone and related metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one, which are exogenous anabolic 3 androgenic steroids, prohibited under S1.1.a of the FIA Anti-Doping Code). The results were altered on 26 June 2019 after an official report of the positive test.
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