2016 Northeast Grand Prix

The race was held at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut on July 23, 2016.

[1] It was the second consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the twenty-fifth annual running of the race.

[1] The race was held at the seven-turn 1.530 mi (2.462 km) Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut on July 23, 2016.

[5] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Alessandro Balzan and Christina Nielsen with 191 points; the duo held a twenty two-point advantage over Mario Farnbacher and Alex Riberas.

The Prototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of eight Oreca FLM09 cars: three from Starworks Motorsports.

[7] In the first practice session, Renger van der Zande set the fastest time in the No.

[9] Audi paced GTD with Magnus Racing's R8 of Lally lapping at 52.807, followed by Jens Klingmann's No.

Cars in GTD were sent out first before those grouped in GTLM, and PC had two separate identically timed sessions.

Regulations stipulated teams to nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each classes starting order.

IMSA would arranged the grid to put all PCs ahead of the GTLM, and GTD cars.

[5] The final results of GTLM meant Gavin and Milner's victory allowed them to extend their advantage in the Drivers' Championship by 5 points over Briscoe and Westbrook.

Starworks Motorsport, Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa kept their respective advantages in their of Teams' Championships with four rounds left in the season.