Final round of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship season
The 2023 Petit Le Mans (known as the 2023 MOTUL Petit Le Mans for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th running of the Petit Le Mans, and was held on October 14, 2023. The event was the 11th and final round in the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the fourth round of the 2023 Michelin Endurance Cup. The race was held at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia.
Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport began from pole position after Louis Delétraz set the fastest lap in the GTP class. The lead was exchanged several times between the Cadillac Racing, WTR, Whelen Engineering Racing, Meyer Shank Racing, and Porsche Penske Motorsport teams. Braun, Blomqvist, and Castroneves took victory in the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06. Cadillac Racing's Sébastien Bourdais, Scott Dixon, and Renger van der Zande finished in second, and Gianmaria Bruni, Harry Tincknell, and Neel Jani of Proton Competition recovered from a late race spin to finish third.
The CrowdStrike Racing by APR team of Ben Hanley, George Kurtz, and Nolan Siegel won the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) category with the TDS Racing Oreca 07 car of John Falb, Josh Pierson, and Giedo van der Garde in second. In the final Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) race in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, the No. 30 JR III Motorsports Ligier JS P320 of Bijoy Garg, Nolan Siegel, and Garett Grist won the category. WeatherTech Racing won the GTD Pro class with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo driven by Maro Engel, Jules Gounon, and Daniel Juncadella. The Forte Racing powered by US RaceTronics team of Misha Goikhberg, Patrick Liddy, and Loris Spinelli won the GTD class in a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2.
The result meant Derani and Sims won the GTP Drivers' Championship by 21 points over Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor. Colin Braun and Tom Blomqvist of the Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian team finished third ahead of Campbell and Nasr in fourth. Lexus' Ben Barnicoat and Jack Hawksworth finished eighth in GTD Pro to claim the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship with 3760 points. GTD Pro class race winners Juncadella and Gounon passed Antonio García and Jordan Taylor to end the season in second place.
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