--- title: "Thursday With IMSA At Petit Le Mans" description: "Photos from Thursday at IMSA's final race of the season." date: "2017-10-06" modified: "2017-10-06" authors: - name: "Rip Shaub" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/rip-shaub" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/14938/thursday-with-imsa-at-petit-le-mans" categories: - "News" tags: - "georgia" - "Motorsport Photography" - "motorsports" - "Petit Le Mans" - "racing" --- # Thursday With IMSA At Petit Le Mans ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* IMSA's Petit Le Mans, the end of season race for the championship, is running this weekend in Braselton, Georgia at Road Atlanta. [Caleb Jacobs]() will be bringing the stories from the track while I bring you the sights. Thursday brought practice for the two top series and support races for the Prototype Challenge and Porsche GT3 Cup. ![message-editor%2F1507315902066-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-1.jpg]() *Colin Thompson drives Kelly Moss Racing's Norma M30 during morning practice. Thompson would end his day on the podium after taking third in both Prototype Challenge races. , *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507315909761-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-2.jpg]() *Michael Watt of ASC Mtorsports also catches some morning light in the Ligier JS P3., *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507315916681-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-3.jpg]() *Mark Kvamme of JDX Racing in a Porsche GT3 Cup car. , *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507315923095-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-4.jpg]() *Corey Fergus of Moorespeed Racing finished 4th on Thursday and ended up on the podium in third on Friday morning., *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507315928729-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-5.jpg]() *Fred Kaimer of NGT Motorsport in his Cup Car Thursday morning., *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507315934263-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-6.jpg]() *Fergus again, getting two wheel off the ground in Road Atlanta's lively Turn 3., *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507315943385-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-7.jpg]() *Roman De Angelis of Mark Motors Racing shows what happens when you go too far on the apron of Turn 3. , *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507315950983-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-8.jpg]() *The other NGT entry, with Victor Gomez IV, heads for the esses., *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507315956648-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-9.jpg]() *C360 Racing's McLaren 570S GT4 in practice for the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. , *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507315961667-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-10.jpg]() *Motorsports In Action's McLaren during the practice session., *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507315969669-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-11.jpg]() *KohR Motorsports' Ford Mustang GT4 throws a long shadow., *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507315975870-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-12.jpg]() *Michael Shank Racing has their pair of Acura NSX GT3s here for the 10 hour feature race., *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507315981555-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-13.jpg]() *Ford Performance Chip Ganassi Racing and the Ford GTs ended up qualifying 2-4 for the main race., *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507315987119-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-14.jpg]() *One of the big story lines is Team Penske's entry into the race. It's a trial run for a possible IMSA team next year in an Acura prototype. Driving are three IndyCar veterans. Juan Pablo Montoya, Simon Pagenaud and Helio Castroneves., *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507315992723-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-15.jpg]() *The Penske Oreca exits the pits during afternoon practice., *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507315998555-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-16.jpg]() *Bar1 motorsports exits the pits in their Oreca FLM09. , *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507316007306-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-17.jpg]() *Another look at the Penske Oreca during some adjustments mid-practice. , *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507316014973-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-18.jpg]() *Night practice gives time to acclimate to the track in the dark. The white headlights of a prototype illuminate the #66 Ford GT., *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507316023527-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-19.jpg]() *The flickering LEDs of the lights and position indicators paint patterns down the track., *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507316036277-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-21.jpg]() *A detail of a 3GT Racing Lexus RCF GT3 during night practice., *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved** ![message-editor%2F1507316045428-ripshaub\_imsa\_plm\_2017-22.jpg]() *© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved* ### Author social links [Instagram]()