Le Mans 24 Hours 2019 entry list: Top US GTE cars among final slots
The US factory teams from Chevrolet, Ford and Porsche have had their entries for this year's Le Mans 24 Hours confirmed
Corvette Racing will return to Le Mans on June 15/16 with a pair of C7.R GTE Pro entries for its 20th consecutive participation in the French enduro.
They will again be joined by two cars each from the Chip Ganassi Ford and CORE-run factory Porsche squads that race against them in the IMSA SportsCar Championship.
The Risi Competizione team, another IMSA series competitor, has also been awarded an entry for a solo Ferrari 488 GTE.
The US teams were among the second raft of entries revealed for the final round of the 2018/19 World Endurance Championship superseason.
The 18 cars announced on Friday complete the 60-strong entry for Le Mans.
The first 42 cars were revealed last month.
The Chevrolet Corvettes and the Ford GTs will be driven by unchanged line-ups from last season, while Porsche announced its projected line-ups in December.
Risi has announced Stephane Ortelli, overall Le Mans winner in 1998, and team regular Pierre Kaffer as its first two nominated drivers.
The seven US entries bring the GTE Pro field up to 17 cars for Le Mans.
There are a further eight entries in LMP2, including three gained by teams for their successes in the 2018/19 Asian Le Mans Series.
The Anglo-American United Autosports has been awarded an entry for winning the Asian series, but its second entry whose drivers include Alex Brundle has only made the reserve list.
Panis Barthez Competition, Graff Racing, Algarve Pro and Villorba Corse, all regulars in the European Le Mans Series, have again been given grid slots for Le Mans.
Three additional entries in GTE Am include a Kessel Racing Ferrari for an all-female line-up and Japanese entrant Car Guy Racing, which gained its entry for winning the GT class in the Asian LMS.
Top of the 10-car reserve list is the Duquiene Engineering LMP2 squad, with the second cars from United and Panis Barthez taking third and fifth spots.
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