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on 28 October 2018. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, GT Cup-spec cars, GT4-spec cars,

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and TCR-touring cars. The race was organized by the

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(SRO). The second annual California 8 Hours is the fourth and final round of the

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Entries

Official results

Bold denotes category winner. Results validated on 26 June 2019 following an FIA-related hearing. ''NOTE: The No. 42

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that had finished eighth overall, and first in GT3 Pro-Am, was disqualified under after driver

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was found in violation of FIA doping regulations. Leventis' urine sample was taken to the Sports Medicine Research & Testing Laboratory at the

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, where it tested positive for anastrozole (an exogenous aromatase inhibitor, prohibited under S4.1 of the FIA Anti-Doping Code), drostanolone and related metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one, which are exogenous anabolic 3 androgenic steroids, prohibited under S1.1.a of the FIA Anti-Doping Code). The results were altered on 26 June 2019 after an official report of the positive test.''

References

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