2019 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix
[1] It was the sixth consecutive year it was part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the thirteenth annual running of the race, counting the period between 2006 and 2013 when it was a round of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series respectively.
The BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix was the third of twelve scheduled sports car endurance races of 2019 by IMSA, the shortest of the season in terms of distance, and it was the first round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.
The Porsche 911 RSR was lightened by 10 kilograms, while the Ford GT had a slight reduction in boost.
[4] Before the race, Jordan Taylor and Renger van der Zande led the DPi Drivers' Championship with 67 points, ahead of Pipo Derani, Felipe Nasr, and Eric Curran on countback followed by Hélio Castroneves, Ricky Taylor, and Alexander Rossi in third position with 58 points.
There were 11 cars in the Daytona Prototype International class, and eight entries in GT Le Mans (GTLM).
The Le Mans Prototype (LMP2) and GT Daytona (GTD) classes would not be participating in the event.
50 Juncos Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R for the 24 Hours of Daytona, returned to the car alongside full-season driver Will Owen on a one-race deal.
84 JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac before hitting the turn 1 tire wall and causing the second red flag.
All cars were required to be driven by one participant and the starting order was determined by the competitor's fastest lap.
[15] IMSA then arranged the grid so that the DPi field started in front of all GTLM cars.
7 Acura set a new track record to clinch his first pole position of the season with a time of 1 minute and 11.332 seconds.
[18] In GTLM, Nick Tandy clinched his first pole position of the season, with his fastest lap being 0.064 seconds faster than his teammate Laurens Vanthoor in the No.
67 Ford GT in sixth, and both BMW Team RLL entries rounded out the GTLM qualifiers.
Sixth-place finishers Derani and Nasr took the lead of the DPi Drivers' Championship with 92 points while Jordan Taylor and Renger van der Zande dropped to fourth.
[22] With a total of 91 points, Bamber and Vanthoor's victory allowed them to take the lead of the GTLM Drivers' Championship while the absent Eng dropped to ninth.
[22] Whelen Engineering Racing took the lead of the DPi Teams' Championship with nine rounds left in the season.
