2019 California 8 Hours
The 2019 California 8 Hours was the third edition of the California 8 Hours race held on WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on March 30, 2019. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, "GT Cup" for one-make spec cars, GT4-spec cars. The race was organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).
| Race details | ||
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| Date | March 30, 2019 | |
| Location | Monterey, United States | |
| Course | 3.602 km (2.238 mi) | |
| Race | ||
| Drivers |  Mario Farnbacher.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bertrand Baguette Renger van der Zande |
 Honda Team Motul |
| Time | 1:23.156 | |
| Podium | ||
| First |  Miguel Molina.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Nick Foster Tim Slade |  HubAuto Corsa |
| Second | Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz Raffaele Marciello |  Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing |
| Third |  Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller Romain Dumas |  Park Place Motorsports |
The third and final California 8 Hours was the second round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge. The event was to be replaced by a race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The race was won by Taiwanese Ferrari team HubAuto Corsa. The Ferrari 488 GT3 completed 327 laps in the allotted eight hours, making a race distance of over 730 miles. Miguel Molina, Nick Foster and Tim Slade beat Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing by twelve seconds. American Porsche team Park Place Motorsports was third.
Lamborghini team ARC Bratislava won the GT Cup class, finishing 24 laps behind the HubAuto Corsa Ferrari and completed 678 miles. Winning the GT4 class was the PF Racing Ford Mustang, a further seven laps down, completing 662 miles.
