[5] Due to the 12 Hours of Sebring getting postponed, Petit Le Mans would not be the season finale for the first time in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
[8] With 200 points, the GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Mario Farnbacher and Matt McMurry, ahead of Aaron Telitz.
[12] Era Motorsport withdrew from the event after Dwight Merriman suffered a back injury at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
[14] Job van Uitert made his IMSA SportsCar Championship debut joining Mikkel Jensen and John Farano in the Tower Motorsport By Starworks entry.
[15] Colin Braun joined Matthew Bell and James McGuire in the Performance Tech Motorsports entry.
Team Hardpoint expanded its campaign to include running at Petit Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring.
[18] GRT Grasser Racing Team skipped the event due to a clash with the ADAC GT Masters round at the Red Bull Ring.
[19] The first practice session took place at 11:15 am ET on Thursday and ended with Ricky Taylor topping the charts for Acura Team Penske, with a lap time of 1:10.086.
[22] The GTD class was topped by the #48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo of Bryan Sellers with a time of 1:19.946.
[21] The second practice session took place at 3:45 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Filipe Albuquerque topping the charts for Whelen Engineering Racing, with a lap time of 1:09.230.
[27] The third and final practice session took place at 7:30 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Pipo Derani topping the charts for Whelen Engineering Racing, with a lap time of 1:10.175.
Frederic Makowiecki in the sister #911 Porsche GT Team entry was second and Nicky Catsburg rounded out the top 3.
55 minutes into the session, Jakub Śmiechowski in the #51 Inter Europol Competition Oreca spun at turn 10, and got stuck in the gravel trap.
3 car for Corvette Racing, beating Connor De Phillippi in the #25 BMW Team RLL entry by less than three-tenths of a second.
[43] The result kept Antonio García and Jordan Taylor atop the GTLM Drivers' Championship while Edwards and Krohn advanced from fourth to third.