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The 2016 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was a professional sports car racing event held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park near Bowmanville, Ontario on July 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2016.^[1] The race was the seventh round of the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the event marked the 31st IMSA sanctioned sports car race held at the facility.

Race background

For 2016, the WeatherTech Championship race featured all four classes, Prototype (P), Prototype Challenge (PC), GT Le Mans (GTLM) and the GT Daytona (GTD) for the first time since the 2013 edition of the Grand Prix.^[2]

The weekend also included races for the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Mazda Prototype Lites, the Global MX-5 Cup and the Nissan Micra Cup.^[3]

Report

Race summary

The race was won overall by Eric Curran and Dane Cameron, driving a Chevrolet Corvette DP for Action Express Racing. They finished ahead of the Action Express Racing sister car of João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi, while the podium was completed by Ricky and Jordan Taylor of Wayne Taylor Racing. In sixth place overall, CORE Autosport won the Prototype Challenge class with drivers Jon Bennett and Colin Braun, while the GT Le Mans honors were taken by Ford Chip Ganassi Racing drivers Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook in the Ford GT in fourteenth place overall. The GT Daytona class was won by Bret Curtis and Jens Klingmann in the Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Race results

Media

Television

The race was broadcast live by Fox Sports on Fox Sports 1 in the United States and on Fox Sports Racing in Canada, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.^[12] The event was televised internationally by FOX Sports Latin America, Motors TV in Europe, and Fox Sports Asia.

Radio

The race was broadcast by IMSA Radio with announcers John Hindhaugh and Jeremy Shaw calling the race on IMSA.tv and radiolemans.com, and simulcast on Sirius channel 106 satellite radio and on 90.7 FM at the track.

Support race results

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story/imsa-weathertech-sportscar-championship-schedule-2016-tudor-replaced-080815|title=IMSA announces schedule for 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar season|publisher=Fox Sports|date=August 8, 2015|accessdate=June 23, 2016}}
2. ^{{cite news |last=Dagys|first=John|date=August 8, 2015|title=2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Schedule Released|url=http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/2016-tusc-schedule-released/|publisher=sportscar365.com|accessdate=June 23, 2016}}
3. ^{{cite news |last= Chalmers |first= Ryan|date=November 17, 2015|title=CTMP unveils 2015 major events schedule |url= http://www.insidetracknews.com/news/breaking-news/item/5333-canadian-tire-motorsport-park-announces-2016-major-events-sked.html |publisher=Inside Track Motorsport News|accessdate=June 23, 2016}}
4. ^{{cite news |last=Dagys|first=John|date=July 10, 2016|title=Action Express Racing takes 1-2 at Mosport|url=http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story/imsa-mosport-canadian-tire-motorsports-park-action-express-wins-071016|publisher=Fox Sports|accessdate=July 25, 2016}}
5. ^{{cite news |last=DiZinno|first=Tony|date=July 10, 2016|title=IMSA: Action Express Corvette DP, Ford double up again at CTMP|url=http://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2016/07/10/imsa-action-express-corvette-dp-ford-double-up-again-at-ctmp/|publisher=NBC Sports|accessdate=July 25, 2016}}
6. ^{{cite news |last=McDonald|first=Norris|date=July 10, 2016|title=Cameron, Curran win Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/2016/07/10/cameron-curran-win-mobil-1-sportscar-grand-prix.html|publisher=The Toronto Star|accessdate=July 25, 2016}}
7. ^{{cite news |last=|first=|date=July 10, 2016|title=Action Express Corvettes dominate Canadian IMSA race|url=http://autoweek.com/article/imsa/action-express-corvettes-dominate-canadian-imsa-race|publisher=Autoweek|accessdate=July 25, 2016}}
8. ^{{cite news |last=DeGroot|first=Nick|date=July 10, 2016|title=Cameron, Curran earn first win of the season at CTMP|url=http://www.motorsport.com/imsa/news/cameron-curran-earn-first-win-of-the-season-at-ctmp-797666/|publisher=Motorsport.com|accessdate=July 25, 2016}}
9. ^{{cite news |last=Pruett|first=Marshall|date=July 10, 2016|title=IMSA: Action Express, Ford rule in Canada |url= http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/131872-imsa-action-express-ford-rule-in-canada|publisher=Racer.com|accessdate=July 25, 2016}}
10. ^{{cite news |last=Cole Smith|first=Steven|date=July 11, 2016|title=Action Express Racing Corvette DP wins at CTMP |url=http://www.insidetracknews.com/news/results-a-points/item/6007-ctmpscgpb.html|publisher=Inside Track Motorsport News|accessdate=July 25, 2016}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://results.imsa.com/Results/16_2016/11_Canadian%20Tire%20Motorsport%20Park/01_IMSA%20WeatherTech%20SportsCar%20Championship/201607101105_Race/05_Results%20by%20Class.PDF|title=Race Unofficial Results by Class|publisher=International Motor Sports Association|format=PDF|date=July 10, 2015|accessdate=July 12, 2016}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/125365-2016-television-schedules-for-weathertech-championship-and-continental-tire-challenge-announced|title=IMSA: 2016 TV schedules for WeatherTech Championship and Continental Tire Challenge announced |publisher=Racer.com|date=January 21, 2016|accessdate=June 23, 2016}}