2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Series News

• 2018 was the final season Fox Sports televised the series, NBC Sports Group becomes the series' broadcaster, starting in 2019.
• 2018 was also the final season Continental Tire provided tires for competitors.

  Classes

• Prototype
• GT Le Mans
• GT Daytona

Schedule

Race schedule

Calendar changes

• The Circuit of the Americas was removed from the calendar, and replaced by a round at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
• The GTD was removed from Long Beach due to space limitations.
• A non-championship round was held at Sebring in November 2018 with IMSA's 2019 rules for the GTD class, along with LMP3, GS, and TCR classes in the secondary series. This will debut Michelin as the 2019 series specification tire supplier.

  Entries

Prototype

Team	Chassis	Engine		Drivers	Rounds
Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	2	Ryan Dalziel	1–6, 9, 11–12
Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	2	Scott Sharp	1–6, 9, 11–12
Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	2	Olivier Pla	1–2, 6
Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	2	Norman Nato	12
Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	22	Pipo Derani	All
Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	22	Johannes van Overbeek	1–6, 9, 11–12
Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	22	Nicolas Lapierre	1–2, 6
Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	22	Ryan Dalziel	7
Tequila Patrón ESM	Nissan Onroak DPi	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	22	Timo Bernhard	12
GT Le Mans GT Daytona Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Rnd Circuit Prototype Winning Team GTLM Winning Team GTD Winning Team Report Rnd Circuit Prototype Winning Drivers GTLM Winning Drivers GTD Winning Drivers Report 1 Daytona No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing No. 11 GRT Grasser Racing Team Report 1 Daytona Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook Mirko Bortolotti Rik Breukers Rolf Ineichen Franck Perera Report 2 Sebring No. 22 Tequila Patrón ESM No. 911 Porsche GT Team No. 48 Paul Miller Racing Report 2 Sebring Pipo Derani Nicolas Lapierre Johannes van Overbeek Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Corey Lewis Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Report 3 Long Beach No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing No. 4 Corvette Racing Did not participate Report 3 Long Beach Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Did not participate Report 4 Mid-Ohio No. 7 Acura Team Penske No. 912 Porsche GT Team No. 14 3GT Racing Report 4 Mid-Ohio Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Dominik Baumann Kyle Marcelli Report 5 Belle Isle No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Did not participate No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Report 5 Belle Isle Eric Curran Felipe Nasr Did not participate Mario Farnbacher Katherine Legge Report 6 Watkins Glen No. 99 JDC-Miller MotorSports No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing No. 96 Turner Motorsport Report 6 Watkins Glen Mikhail Goikhberg Chris Miller Stephen Simpson Joey Hand Dirk Müller Dillon Machavern Markus Palttala Don Yount Report 7 Mosport No. 54 CORE Autosport No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing No. 33 Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports Report 7 Mosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Report 8 Lime Rock Did not participate No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing No. 48 Paul Miller Racing Report 8 Lime Rock Did not participate Joey Hand Dirk Müller Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Report 9 Road America No. 54 CORE Autosport No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing No. 58 Wright Motorsports Report 9 Road America Jon Bennett Colin Braun Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Patrick Long Christina Nielsen Report 10 Virginia Did not participate No. 25 BMW Team RLL No. 14 3GT Racing Report 10 Virginia Did not participate Connor De Phillippi Alexander Sims Dominik Baumann Kyle Marcelli Report 11 Laguna Seca No. 22 Tequila Patrón ESM No. 25 BMW Team RLL No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Report 11 Laguna Seca Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek Connor De Phillippi Alexander Sims Katherine Legge Álvaro Parente Report 12 Road Atlanta No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing No. 911 Porsche GT Team No. 63 Scuderia Corsa Report 12 Road Atlanta Ryan Hunter-Reay Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Gunnar Jeannette Cooper MacNeil Daniel Serra Report Championship standings Points systems Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions as shown in the chart below. Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Race 35 32 30 28 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ;Drivers points Points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. ;Team points Team points are calculated in exactly the same way as driver points, using the point distribution chart. Each car entered is considered its own "team" regardless if it is a single entry or part of a two-car team. ;Manufacturer points There are also a number of manufacturer championships which utilize the same season-long point distribution chart. The manufacturer championships recognized by IMSA are as follows: Each manufacturer receives finishing points for its highest finishing car in each class. The positions of subsequent finishing cars from the same manufacturer are not taken into consideration, and all other manufacturers move up in the order. ;North American Endurance Cup The points system for the North American Endurance Cup is different from the normal points system. Points are awarded on a 5-4-3-2 basis for drivers, teams and manufacturers. The first finishing position at each interval earns five points, four points for second position, three points for third, with two points awarded for fourth and each subsequent finishing position. Position 1 2 3 Other Classified Race 5 4 3 2 At Daytona, points are awarded at six hours, 12 hours, 18 hours and at the finish. At the Sebring, points are awarded at four hours, eight hours and at the finish. At Watkins Glen, points are awarded at three hours and at the finish. At Road Atlanta, points are awarded at four hours, eight hours and at the finish. Like the season-long team championship, North American Endurance Cup team points are awarded for each car and drivers get points in any car that they drive, in which they are entered for points. The manufacturer points go to the highest placed car from that manufacturer, just like the season-long manufacturer championship. For example: in any particular segment manufacturer A finishes 1st and 2nd and manufacturer B finishes 3rd. Manufacturer A only receives first-place points for that segment. Manufacturer B receives the second-place points. Drivers' championships Prototype GT Le Mans GT Daytona ;Notes: 1 – Relegated to last in class for exceeding maximum driver time. Team's Championships Prototype GT Le Mans GT Daytona ;Notes: 1 – Relegated to last in class for exceeding maximum driver time. Manufacturers' championships Prototype GT Le Mans GT Daytona