2021 Northeast Grand Prix

The 2021 Northeast Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut on July 17th, 2021. This race was the seventh round of the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the fourth round of the 2021 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

Track map of Lime Rock Park

Initially scheduled to run for two hours and 40 minutes, severe weather in the area caused just under 90 minutes of the event to be completed. Antonio García and Jordan Taylor scored overall victory for Corvette Racing; their fourth class victory of the season.[1]

Background

The race marked IMSA's return to Lime Rock Park following the 2020 edition's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] As in previous years, the event was also the first GT-only round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship season, in which only the GTLM and GTD classes were scheduled to compete.

On July 8, 2021, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event.[3] In GTLM, after a 1-2 finish at the WeatherTech 240, the Corvette received a 10 kilogram weight increase. The Porsche, meanwhile, received a 20 kilogram weight break. No changes were made in GTD.

Entries
Further information: 2021 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship § Entries

A total of 16 cars took part in the event, split across two classes. 3 cars were entered in GTLM, and 13 in GTD. 17 cars were featured on the pre-event entry list, and the final tally of 16 was reached following Alegra Motorsports' withdrawal due to sponsorship issues.[4]

GTLM saw an identical entry list from the previous round at Watkins Glen, comprising the pair of Corvette Racing entries and the lone Porsche from WeatherTech Racing. In GTD, Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports didn't return after completing their planned single outing at Watkins Glen, while Pfaff Motorsports, Wright Motorsports, and Magnus Racing returned after skipping the most recent round, which only paid points towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by .

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jordan Taylor 49.958 _ 1
2 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner 50.100 +0.142 2
3 GTLM 79 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil 50.833 +0.875 3
4 GTD 23 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis 51.729 +1.771 4
5 GTD 14 Vasser-Sullivan Racing Aaron Telitz 51.774 +1.816 5
6 GTD 39 CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing Richard Heistand 51.784 +1.826 6
7 GTD 12 Vasser-Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 51.937 +1.979 7
8 GTD 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 51.989 +2.031 8
9 GTD 9 Pfaff Motorsports Zach Robichon 52.023 +2.065 9
10 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley 52.053 +2.095 10
11 GTD 16 Wright Motorsports Trent Hindman 52.142 +2.184 11
12 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Till Bechtolsheimer 52.271 +2.313 12
13 GTD 76 Compass Racing Jeff Kingsley 52.278 +2.320 13
14 GTD 19 GRT Grasser Racing Team Misha Goikhberg 52.400 +2.442 14
15 GTD 88 Team Hardpoint EBM Rob Ferriol 53.333 +3.375 15
16 GTD 44 Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports John Potter 53.396 +3.438 16
Sources:[5][6]

Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and .

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García
Jordan Taylor		 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 100 1:28:29.019
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
2 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner
Nick Tandy		 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 100 +18.134
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
3 GTLM 79 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil
Mathieu Jaminet		 Porsche 911 RSR-19 100 +27.793
Porsche 4.2L Flat-6
4 GTD 23 Heart of Racing Team Roman De Angelis
Ross Gunn		 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 98 +2 Laps
Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
5 GTD 1 Paul Miller Racing Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow		 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 98 +2 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
6 GTD 14 Vasser-Sullivan Racing Aaron Telitz
Jack Hawksworth		 Lexus RC F GT3 98 +2 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
7 GTD 9 Pfaff Motorsports Zach Robichon
Laurens Vanthoor		 Porsche 911 GT3 R 98 +2 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
8 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Bill Auberlen
Robby Foley		 BMW M6 GT3 98 +2 Laps
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
9 GTD 39 CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing Richard Heistand
Jeff Westphal		 Audi R8 LMS Evo 97 +3 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
10 GTD 19 GRT Grasser Racing Team Misha Goikhberg
Franck Perera		 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 97 +3 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
11 GTD 16 Wright Motorsports Trent Hindman
Patrick Long		 Porsche 911 GT3 R 97 +3 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
12 GTD 76 Compass Racing Jeff Kingsley
Mario Farnbacher		 Acura NSX GT3 Evo 97 +3 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
13 GTD 12 Vasser-Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo
Zach Veach		 Lexus RC F GT3 97 +3 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
14 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Till Bechtolsheimer
Marc Miller		 Acura NSX GT3 Evo 97 +3 Laps
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
15 GTD 88 Team Hardpoint EBM Rob Ferriol
Katherine Legge		 Porsche 911 GT3 R 96 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
16 GTD 44 Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports John Potter
Andy Lally		 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 95 +5 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
Source:[7]

References
  1. Dagys, John (July 17, 2021). "Garcia, Taylor Win Weather-Shortened Northeast Grand Prix". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  2. "Entry List Notebook – Northeast Grand Prix". imsa.com. July 7, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2021. Welcome Back to Lime Rock: One of the oldest natural terrain road courses in the United States, Lime Rock Park was built in 1956. It has hosted IMSA events for most of the past two decades, but last year’s race was canceled due to the pandemic.
  3. "TB-IWSC-21-26-Lime-Rock-BoP-Tables-07082021.pdf" (PDF). imsa.com. July 8, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  4. Dagys, John (July 16, 2021). "Alegra Mercedes-AMG GT3 Withdrawn from Lime Rock Park". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  5. "03_Results_Qualifying - GTD Points-GTLM Position and Points.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  6. "03_Results_Qualifying - GTD Position.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  7. "03_Results_Race_Official.PDF" (PDF). July 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
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