2009 Speed World Challenge

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2009 Speed World Challenge
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The 2009 SCCA Speed World Challenge was the 20th Speed World Challenge season. began March 18, 2009, and was completed on October 11, after 10 rounds. [1] The Grand Touring championship was won by Brandon Davis driving a Ford Mustang GT, and the Touring Car championship was won by Pierre Kleinubing driving an Acura TSX. It was the last season under the Speed Channel sponsorship.

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Schedule

Five of the rounds were held as an undercard to the American Le Mans Series: Sebring, Long Beach, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca. The Sebring, Mid-Ohio, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca races were also shared with the Atlantic Championship, as well as the Autobahn date. The race at New Jersey was held as an undercard to the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

RoundDateLocationClasses
1March 20 Sebring GTTC
2April 19 Long Beach GT
3May 3 New Jersey GTTC
4May 17 Mosport GTTC
5July 5 Watkins Glen GTTC
6July 26 Autobahn Country Club GTTC
7August 9 Mid Ohio GTTC
8August 16 Road America GTTC
9September 25 Road Atlanta GTTC
10October 11 Laguna Seca GTTC

Race results

RndCircuitGT Winning CarTC Winning Car
GT Winning DriverTC Winning Driver
1 Sebring #97 Tax Masters Porsche 911 GT3 #38 Bimmer World BMW 328i
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Rivera Flag of the United States.svg Seth Thomas
2 Long Beach #14 Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911 GT3 no race
Flag of the United States.svg James Sofronas
3 New Jersey #8 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #74 Mazdaspeed Mazda 6
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Pilgrim Flag of the United States.svg Jason Saini
4 Mosport #5 Daskalos Developments Dodge Viper #44 RealTime Racing Acura TSX
Flag of the United States.svg Jason Daskalos Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kuno Wittmer
no race#1 RealTime Racing Acura TSX
Flag of the United States.svg Peter Cunningham
5 Watkins Glen #4 Stoptech Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 #38 Bimmer World BMW 328i
Flag of the United States.svg Dino Crescentini Flag of the United States.svg Seth Thomas
6 Autobahn #1 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #74 Mazdaspeed Mazda 6
Flag of the United States.svg Randy Pobst Flag of the United States.svg Jason Saini
7 Mid-Ohio #10 SunMicro Ford Mustang GT #74 Mazdaspeed Mazda 6
Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Davis Flag of the United States.svg Jason Saini
8 Road America #97 Tax Masters Porsche 911 GT3 #42 RealTime Racing Acura TSX
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Rivera Flag of Brazil.svg Pierre Kleinubing
9 Road Atlanta #8 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #38 Bimmer World BMW 328i
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Pilgrim Flag of the United States.svg Seth Thomas
10 Monterey #14 Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911 GT3 #42 RealTime Racing Acura TSX
Flag of the United States.svg James Sofronas Flag of Brazil.svg Pierre Kleinubing

Drivers

Grand Touring (top 15)

PosDriver SEB LB NJ MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points
1 Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Davis33328214341012
2 Flag of the United States.svg James Sofronas51693631551931
3 Flag of the United States.svg Tony Rivera17537521417910
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Pilgrim 1261454151615851
5 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Curran22DSQ521716223811
6 Flag of the United States.svg Randy Pobst DNS8284146192796
7 Flag of the United States.svg Dino Crescentini17DNS611553918578
8 Flag of the United States.svg Sonny Whelen1122871011109189572
9 Flag of the United States.svg Tony Gaples4971219810810568
10 Flag of the United States.svg William Ziegler8121113111011111219552
11 Flag of the United States.svg Gunter SchaldachDSQDNS410918917146457
12 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff CourtneyDSQ10118613711441
13 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Daskalos195165402
14 Flag of the United States.svg Rob Morgan13157137291
15 Flag of the United States.svg Ritch Marziale1814128209
PosDriver SEB LB NJ MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points

Bold – Pole
Italics – Led Most Laps

Touring Car (top 15)

PosDriver SEB NJ MOS MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Pierre Kleinubing25256331101973
2 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Saini3143811488960
3 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Cunningham9251522662921
4 Flag of the United States.svg Seth Thomas1141041114817878
5 Flag of the United States.svg Charles Espenlaub121172248296847
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kuno Wittmer1341678710418803
7 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Foss466911695512769
8 Flag of the United States.svg James Clay679119512723767
9 Flag of the United States.svg Nick Esayian591184761134758
10 Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Lindsey53710328
11 Flag of the United States.svg Toby Grahovec11881010313
12 Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Aquilante83312309
13 Flag of the United States.svg Branden Peterson101213165
14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nick Wittmer37164
15 Flag of the United States.svg Chip Herr145131
PosDriver SEB NJ MOS MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points

Bold – Pole
Italics – Led Most Laps

Manufacturer

Grand Touring

PosManufacturer SEB LB NJ MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points
1 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche 115315214167
2 Flag of the United States.svg Ford 333282143453
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Volvo 1261441461248
4 Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet 2275211822345
5 Flag of the United States.svg Dodge 754168657818
PosManufacturer SEB LB NJ MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points

Touring Car

PosManufacturer SEB NJ MOS MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points
1 Flag of Japan.svg Acura 221152214172
2 Flag of Japan.svg Mazda 314221125565
3 Flag of Germany.svg BMW 179415471342
PosManufacturer SEB NJ MOS MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points

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  1. "SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge". Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2010-08-23.