GTLM
3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia, Mike Rockenfeller Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin,Tommy Milner, Marcel Fassler Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
25 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Dirk Werner, Augusto Farfus, Bruno Spengler BMW M6 GTLM
66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand, Dirk Muller, Sebastien Bourdais Ford GT Ford Ecoboost
67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ryan Briscoe, Richard Westbrook, Stefan Muecke Ford GT Ford Ecoboost
68 Scuderia Corsa Alessandro Pier Guidi, Alexander Premat, Daniel Serra Ferrari 488 GTE
72 SMP Racing Gianmaria Bruni, James Calado, Viktor Shaytar, Andrea Bertolini Ferrari 488 GTE
100 BMW Team RLL John Edwards, Lucas Luhr, Kuno Wittmer Graham Rahal BMW M6 GTLM
911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy, Patrick Pilet, Kevin Estre Porsche 911 RSR
912 Porsche North America Earl Bamber, Frédéric Makowiecki, Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR
No major surprises amongst the 10 listed here – Risi will miss the roar with members of the team assisting the final build of their 2016 488 GTE at Michelotto, others will be present to keep an eye on the opposition! See Marshall Pruett’s story separately on this.
There will though be a pair of the new Ferraris at the Roar, Scuderia Corsa’s car bound for the NAEC enduros and for Le Mans, and the #72 car entered for SMP Racing but featuring Ferrari factory heavy hitters Gimmi Bruni and James Calado alongside 2015 SMP WEC GTE Am Champs Viktor Shaytar and Andrea Bertolini.
The Ganassi Fords make their debut too and alongside the already announced full season four we have some solid clues about the remainder of the Ford roster with Sebastien Bourdais joining the #66 and Stefan Muecke in the #67
GTD
6 Stevenson Motorsports Andrew Davis, Robin Liddell Audi R8 LMS GT3
9 Stevenson Motorsports Lawson Aschenbach, Matt Bell Audi R8 LMS GT3
11 O’Gara Motorsport Townsend Bell, Bill Sweedler Lamborghini Huracan GT3
16 Change Racing Spencer Pumpelly Corey Lewis Lamborghini Huracan GT3
21 Konrad Motorsport Emanuele Busnelli, Jim Michaelian Lamborghini Huracan GT3
22 Alex Job Racing David Macneil, Cooper MacNeil, Leh Keen, Gunnar Jeannette, Shane van Gisbergen Porsche 991 GT3 R
23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Ian James, Mario Farnbacher, Alex Riberas, Wolf Henzler Porsche 991 GT3 R
28 Konrad Motorsport Marc Basseng, Fabio Babini, Lance Willsey, Franz Konrad, Rolf Ineichen Lamborghini Huracan GT3
30 Frikadelli Racing Sabine Schmitz, Klaus Abbelen Porsche 991 GT3 R
33 Riley Motorsports Ben Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dominik Farnbacher, Marc Miller Dodge Viper GT3 R
44 Magnus Racing John Potter, Andy Lally Audi R8 LMS GT3
45 Flying Lizard Motorsports With Krohn Racing Nic Jonsson,Tracy Krohn, Christopher Haase, Pierre Kaffer Audi R8 LMS
48 Paul Miller Racing Mirko Bortolotti, Bryce Miller, Bryan Sellers, Madison Snow Lamborghini Huracan GT3
51 Spirit of Race Peter Mann,Marco Cioci, Matteo Cressoni, Raffaele Giammaria Ferrari 458 Italia
63 Scuderia Corsa Christina Nielsen, Alessandro Balzan, Robert Renauer, Jeff Segal Ferrari 488 GT3
73 Park Place Motorsports Patrick Lindsey, Matt McMurry, Jorg Bergmeister Porsche 911 GT3 R
93 Riley Motorsports Ben Keating, Damien Faulkner, Gar Robinson, Jeff Mosing, Eric Foss Dodge Viper SRT
96 Turner Motorsport Bret Curtis, Jens Klingmann, Ashley Freiberg, Marco Wittmann BMW M6 GT3
97 Turner Motorsport Michael Marsal, Markus Palttala, Maxime Martin, Jesse Krohn BMW M6 GT3
98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy, Mathias Lauda Aston Martin V12 Vantage
007 TRG-AMR Santiago Creel, Antonio Perez, Ricardo Perez de Lara, Sergio Perez, Lars Vilijoen Aston Martin V12 Vantage
540 Black Swan Racing Tim Pappas, Nicky Catsburg, Patrick Long Porsche 991 GT3 R
21 GT3 spec GTDs are listed for the Roar, 7 different marques and 9 different cars represented within that total as IMSA get the first chance to see what the switch to full GT3 regs really means.
A couple of surprise additions:
Konrad Motosport enter a second Lamborghini Huracan with Emanuele Busnelli and Jim Michaelian named in the #21 car and Marc Basseng, Fabio Babini, Lance Willsey, Franz Konrad and Rolf Ineichen in the #28, that makes five Huracans on the entry!
And there’s a first US appearance from VLN favourites Frikadelli Racing, Sabine Schmitz and Klaus Abbelen crewing the #30 Porsche 911 GT3 R.
Mirko Bortolotti completes the #48 Paul Miller Huracan squad whilst Change Racing field their full season pairing of Spencer Pumpelly and Corey Lewis.
Scuderia Corsa gives the Ferrari 488 GT3 its north American public debut.
Aston Martin is represented by a pair of cars, one for AMR and one for TRG AMR, Sergio Perez is listed in the #007 TRG AMR car for the test despite the public statement of the partnership with the team steering well clear of suggestions that the Mexican ex F1 driver would race.
