The 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship) was the 47th season of the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) GT Championship that traces its lineage to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship. It was the fourth season of the United SportsCar Championship and second under the name as the IMSA SportsCar Championship. It began on 28 January with the 24 Hours of Daytona, and ended on 7 October with the Petit Le Mans.^[1]

Classes

The class structure remained largely unchanged from 2016, with the major change coming in Daytona Prototype international (DPi) which replaced Daytona Prototype (DP) machinery.

• Prototype (P) (DPi and LMP2)
• Prototype Challenge (PC)
• GT Le Mans (GTLM)
• GT Daytona (GTD)

Schedule

Race schedule

The 2017 schedule was released on 5 August 2016 and features twelve rounds.^[1]

Calendar changes

• The dates of the Laguna Seca and Circuit of the Americas rounds were exchanged.^[1]
• PC was removed from the lineup at the Long Beach, Lime Rock and Laguna Seca rounds in what was intended to be the final season for the class.^[1]
• GTD was added to the lineup at Long Beach.^[1]

Television Coverage

The first 3 hours of the 24 Hours of Daytona and Long Beach were broadcast on Fox. The other rounds were all broadcast on Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, and Fox Sports GO.

Entries

Prototype

The Prototype class is made up of LMP2 cars both in LMP2 trim, with the ACO specification Gibson V8 engine, and in Daytona Prototype international (DPi) trim, where manufacturers are allowed to alter certain body panels designed to reflect the automaker's design language, and run their own engines. Mazda (Riley Technologies), Cadillac (Dallara), and Nissan (Onroak Automotive) run chassis from the respective constructors featuring manufacturer-specific bodywork.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Tequila Patrón ESM[2]	Nissan Onroak DPi[2]	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	2	Ryan Dalziel[3]	All
				Scott Sharp[3]	All
				Pipo Derani[3]	1–2, 6
				Brendon Hartley[4]	1, 12
			22	Johannes van Overbeek[3]	All
				Ed Brown[3]	1–5
				Bruno Senna[3]	1–2, 6, 12
				Brendon Hartley[3]	1–2
				Pipo Derani[5]	7, 9, 11–12
Mustang Sampling Racing[6][N 1] Whelen Engineering Racing[6][N 1]	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 6.2 L V8	5	João Barbosa[6]	All
				Christian Fittipaldi[6]	All
				Filipe Albuquerque[4]	1–2, 6, 12
			31	Dane Cameron[6]	All
				Eric Curran[6]	All
				Mike Conway[4]	1–2, 12
				Seb Morris[4]	1
				Filipe Albuquerque[7]	6
Team Penske[8]	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	6	Hélio Castroneves[8]	12
				Juan Pablo Montoya[8]	12
				Simon Pagenaud[8]	12
Wayne Taylor Racing[9]	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 6.2 L V8	10	Jordan Taylor[9]	All
				Ricky Taylor[9]	All
				Max Angelelli[9]	1
				Jeff Gordon[9]	1
				Alex Lynn[10]	2
				Ryan Hunter-Reay[11]	12
Rebellion Racing[12]	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	13	Nick Heidfeld[12]	1–2, 12
				Sébastien Buemi[12]	1–2
				Neel Jani[12]	1–2
				Stéphane Sarrazin[12]	1
				Mathias Beche[11]	12
				Gustavo Menezes[11]	12
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports[13]	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	52	Tom Kimber-Smith[13]	1–3
				José Gutiérrez[13]	1–2, 4, 6, 9, 11–12
				Mike Guasch[13]	1–2
				R. C. Enerson[13]	1
				Will Owen[14]	3
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