2017 Petit Le Mans

IMSA's president Scott Atherton confirmed Petit Le Mans was part of the series' schedule for the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Road America's victory lane in August 2016.

[1] It was the fourth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the 20th annual running of the race.

[11] With 252 points, James French and Patricio O'Ward clinched the PC Drivers' Championship with one race to spare.

[15] Jonathan Bomarito joined Marc Goossens and Renger van der Zande in the VisitFlorida Racing entry.

In GTLM, Nick Tandy and Earl Bamber made their first IMSA SportsCar Championship starts since the 2016 Petit Le Mans.

Sheldon van der Linde joined Connor De Phillippi and Christopher Mies in the Montaplast by Land-Motorsport entry.

Patrick Long joined Gunnar Jeannette and Cooper MacNeil in the Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing entry.

[21] Trent Hindman joined Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow in the Paul Miller Racing entry.

[22] The first practice session took place at 11:10 am ET on Thursday and ended with Renger van der Zande topping the charts for VisitFlorida Racing, with a lap time of 1:12.650.

[23] The second practice session took place at 3:15 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Juan Pablo Montoya topping the charts for Team Penske, with a lap time of 1:12.445.

[29][28] The night practice session took place at 7:30 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Brendon Hartley topping the charts for Tequila Patrón ESM, with a lap time of 1:12.017.

[32] Patricio O'Ward set the fastest time PC by 0.407 seconds ahead of Buddy Rice in the #20 BAR1 Motorsports entry.

[34] The fourth and final practice session took place at 11:40 am ET on Friday and ended with Hélio Castroneves topping the charts for Team Penske, with a lap time of 1:11.968.

Regulations stipulated that teams nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each class' starting order.

Hélio Castroneves qualified on pole driving the #6 car for Team Penske, besting Pipo Derani in the #22 Tequila Patrón ESM entry.