The 2017 Northeast Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut on July 22, 2017. The race was the eighth round of the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

IMSA's president Scott Atherton confirmed the Northeast Grand Prix was part of the series' schedule for the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship at Road America's victory lane in August 2016.^[1] It was the third consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the twenty-sixth annual running of the race. The 2017 Northeast Grand Prix was the eighth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2017 by IMSA, and was the fifth round not held on the held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.^[2] The race was held at the seven-turn 1.530 mi (2.462 km) Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut on July 22, 2017.^[2] For the first time since the 2009 running of the event, the PC class would not be competing.^[3][4]

After the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix one week earlier, Antonio García and Jan Magnussen led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 182 points, ahead of Bill Auberlen and Alexander Sims with 179 points, and Joey Hand and Dirk Müller with 172 points.^[5] In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Alessandro Balzan and Christina Nielsen with 203 points, ahead of Ben Keating and Jeroen Bleekemolen with 195 points.^[5] Chevrolet, and Mercedes-AMG were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa each led their own Teams' Championships.^[5]

A total of 25 cars took part in the event split across two classes. 8 cars were entered in GTLM and 17 in GTD.^[6] In GTD, Alex Job Racing returned after skipping the previous round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.^[6][7] Patrick Long joined Daniel Morad in the Alegra Motorsports entry.^[8] TRG made their first appearance since the Circuit of the Americas round.^[9] Jesse Krohn joined Jens Klingmann in the Turner Motorsport entry.^[10]

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, both on Friday. The two one-hour sessions were on Friday afternoon.^[11]

The first practice session took place at 12:05 pm ET on Friday and ended with Dirk Müller topping the charts for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, with a lap time of 51.077.^[12] Jörg Bergmeister was fastest in GTD.^[13]

The second and final practice session took place at 2:25 pm ET on Friday and ended with Gianmaria Bruni topping the charts for Porsche GT Team, with a lap time of 50.601.^[16] Madison Snow set the fastest time in GTD.^[17]

Friday afternoon's 40-minute two-group qualifying, each category had separate 15-minute sessions. Regulations stipulated that teams nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each class' starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put GTLMs ahead of GTD cars.^[20][11]

Qualifying was broken into two sessions. The first was for cars in GTD class. Madison Snow qualified on pole for the class driving the No. 48 car for Paul Miller Racing.^[21]

The final session of qualifying was for the GTLM class. Gianmaria Bruni qualified on pole driving the No. 912 car for Porsche GT Team, besting Ryan Briscoe in the #67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing entry.^[22]

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	GTLM	912	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni	50.404	_	1‡
2	GTLM	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ryan Briscoe	50.540	+0.136	2
3	GTLM	911	Porsche GT Team	Dirk Werner	50.606	+0.202	3
4	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards	50.681	+0.277	4
5	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner	50.720	+0.316	5
6	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen	50.730	+0.326	6
7	GTLM	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Dirk Müller	50.806	+0.402	7
8	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen	50.939	+0.535	8
9	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Madison Snow	52.508	+2.104	9‡
10	GTD	54	CORE Autosport	Colin Braun	52.699	+2.295	231
11	GTD	28	Alegra Motorsports	Patrick Long	52.836	+2.432	10
12	GTD	15	3GT Racing	Jack Hawksworth	52.876	+2.472	11
13	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Jens Klingmann	52.937	+2.533	12
14	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey	52.947	+2.543	13
15	GTD	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Andrew Davis	52.960	+2.556	14
16	GTD	93	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Katherine Legge	52.961	+2.557	15
17	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Christina Nielsen	53.010	+2.606	16
18	GTD	007	TRG	Brandon Davis	53.107	+2.703	17
19	GTD	14	3GT Racing	Sage Karam	53.140	+2.736	18
20	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports – Team AMG	Ben Keating	53.194	+2.790	19
21	GTD	86	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Oswaldo Negri Jr.	53.197	+2.793	20
22	GTD	16	Change Racing	Corey Lewis	53.294	+2.890	21
23	GTD	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Kenny Habul	53.500	+3.096	252
24	GTD	50	Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing	Cooper MacNeil	53.629	+3.225	223
25	GTD	23	Alex Job Racing	Bill Sweedler	53.998	+3.594	244
Sources:[23][24]

• ¹ The No. 54 CORE Autosport entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Articles 43.5 and 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting driver) and (Change of starting tires).^[20]
• ² The No. 75 SunEnergy1 Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Articles 43.5 and 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting driver) and (Change of starting tires).^[20]
• ³ The No. 50 Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).^[20]
• ⁴ The No. 23 Alex Job Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTD field as per Article 43.6 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting tires).^[20]

The result kept García and Magnussen atop the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 211 points, 7 points ahead of sixth-place finishers Auberlen and Sims.^[25] The result kept Balzan and Nielsen atop the GTD Drivers' Championship while Sellers and Snow advanced from sixth to fourth.^[25] Chevrolet and Ferrari continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Corvette Racing, and Scuderia Corsa kept their respective advantages in the Teams' Championships with four rounds left in the season.^[25]

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.

Final race classification Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 GTLM 911 Porsche GT Team Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner Porsche 911 RSR M 181 2:40:18.956‡ Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 2 GTLM 912 Porsche GT Team Gianmaria Bruni Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 911 RSR M 181 +14.500 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 3 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Martin Tomczyk BMW M6 GTLM M 181 +39.946 BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 4 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 181 +40.203 Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 5 GTLM 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook Ford GT M 181 +52.302 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6 6 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims BMW M6 GTLM M 180 +1 lap BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 7 GTLM 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Dirk Müller Joey Hand Ford GT M 177 +4 Laps Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Twin-turbo V6 8 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Porsche 911 GT3 R C 175 +6 Laps‡ Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 9 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Lamborghini Huracán GT3 M 175 +6 Laps Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 10 GTD 28 Alegra Motorsports Patrick Long Daniel Morad Porsche 911 GT3 R M 175 +6 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 11 GTD 57 Stevenson Motorsports Andrew Davis Lawson Aschenbach Audi R8 LMS M 175 +6 Laps Audi 5.2L V10 12 GTD 93 Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Andy Lally Katherine Legge Acura NSX GT3 M 174 +7 Laps Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 13 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Christina Nielsen Alessandro Balzan Ferrari 488 GT3 C 174 +7 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 14 GTD 15 3GT Racing Robert Alon Jack Hawksworth Lexus RC F GT3 C 174 +7 Laps Lexus 5.0L V8 15 GTD 23 Alex Job Racing Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler Audi R8 LMS C 173 +8 Laps Audi 5.2L V10 16 GTD 86 Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Jeff Segal Oswaldo Negri Jr. Acura NSX GT3 C 173 +8 Laps Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 17 GTD 50 Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil Gunnar Jeannette Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 173 +8 Laps Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8 18 GTD 16 Change Racing Corey Lewis Jeroen Mul Lamborghini Huracán GT3 C 173 +8 Laps Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 19 GTD 14 3GT Racing Scott Pruett Sage Karam Lexus RC F GT3 C 171 +10 Laps Lexus 5.0L V8 20 DNF GTD 007 TRG Brandon Davis James Davison Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 164 Lost Power Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 21 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Jens Klingmann Jesse Krohn BMW M6 GT3 C 163 +18 Laps BMW 4.4L Turbo V8 22 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 151 +30 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 23 DNF GTD 33 Riley Motorsports – Team AMG Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 125 Suspension Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 DNF GTD 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Tristan Vautier Kenny Habul Mercedes-AMG GT3 C 69 Shock Absorber Mercedes AMG M159 6.2 L V8 25 DNF GTD 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Porsche 911 GT3 R C 39 Engine Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Sources:[26][27]

Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer C Continental M Michelin

Prototype Drivers' Championship standings[25] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor 226 2 João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi 207 3 Misha Goikhberg Stephen Simpson 200 4 Dane Cameron Eric Curran 199 5 Ryan Dalziel Scott Sharp 183

PC Drivers' Championship standings[25] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 James French Patricio O'Ward 216 2 Don Yount 182 3 Buddy Rice 120 4 Kyle Masson 108 5 Gustavo Yacamán 89

GTLM Drivers' Championship standings[25] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Antonio García Jan Magnussen 211 2 Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims 204 3 Joey Hand Dirk Müller 196 4 Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook 195 5 Patrick Pilet Dirk Werner 194

GTD Drivers' Championship standings[25] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Alessandro Balzan Christina Nielsen 228 2 Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating 211 3 Andy Lally Katherine Legge 205 4 2 Bryan Sellers Madison Snow 197 5 Lawson Aschenbach Andrew Davis 195

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

Protoype Teams' Championship standings[25] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #10 Wayne Taylor Racing 226 2 #5 Mustang Sampling Racing 207 3 #85 JDC-Miller MotorSports 200 4 #31 Whelen Engineering Racing 199 5 #2 Tequila Patrón ESM 183

PC Teams' Championship standings[25] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #38 Performance Tech Motorsports 216 2 #26 BAR1 Motorsports 185 3 #20 BAR1 Motorsports 182 4 #8 Starworks Motorsport 58 5 #88 Starworks Motorsport 28

GTLM Teams' Championship standings[25] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #3 Corvette Racing 211 2 #25 BMW Team RLL 204 3 #66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 196 4 #67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 195 5 #911 Porsche GT Team 194

GTD Teams' Championship standings[25] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 #63 Scuderia Corsa 228 2 #33 Riley Motorsports Team AMG 211 3 #93 Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 205 4 2 #48 Paul Miller Racing 197 5 #57 Stevenson Motorsports 195

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

Prototype Manufacturers' Championship standings[25] Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Cadillac 245 2 Nissan 218 3 Mazda 216

GTLM Manufacturers' Championship standings[25] Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 223 2 Ford 219 3 BMW 216 4 Porsche 209 5 Ferrari 112

GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings[25] Pos. +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Ferrari 238 2 Mercedes-AMG 235 3 Acura 232 4 1 Porsche 225 5 1 Audi 221

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.