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| 2011 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge | |||
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The 2011 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge was the eleventh running of the Grand-Am Cup Series, the a grand touring and touring car racing series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It began on January 27 and ran ten rounds.
| Rnd | Event | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand-Am 200 | Daytona International Speedway | January 27–28 |
| 2 | Kia 200 | Homestead-Miami Speedway | March 4–5 |
| 3 | Barber 200 | Barber Motorsports Park | April 7–9 |
| 4 | Bosch Engineering 200 at VIR | Virginia International Raceway | May 13–14 |
| 5 | Memorial Day Classic | Lime Rock Park | May 27–28 |
| 6 | Continental Tire 150 | Watkins Glen International | June 2–3 |
| 7 | Road America 200 | Road America | June 23–24 |
| 8 | Continental Tire Sports Car Festival | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | July 8–9 |
| 9 | B+ Foundation Heroes 200 | New Jersey Motorsports Park | July 22–23 |
| 10 | EMCO Gears Classic | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | September 16–17 |
| Rnd | Circuit | Class | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daytona | GS | No. 13 Rum Bum Racing | No. 13 Rum Bum Racing | No. 13 Rum Bum Racingr |
 Nick Longhi Matt Plumb | Nick Longhi Matt Plumb | Nick Longhi Matt Plumb | |||
| ST | No. 171 APR Motorsport | No. 09 Trade Manage Racing | No. 171 APR Motorsport | ||
| Ian Baas Ryan Ellis | Steven Goldman Sam Schultz | Ian Baas Ryan Ellis | |||
| 2 | Homestead | GS | No. 13 Rum Bum Racing | No. 96 Turner Motorsport | No. 96 Turner Motorsport |
| Nick Longhi Matt Plumb | Bill Auberlen  Paul Dalla Lana | Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana | |||
| ST | No. 98 89 Racing Team | No. 181 APR Motorsport | No. 171 APR Motorsport | ||
| Daniel Blanchette Jocelyn Hebert | Chris Gleason, Jr. Kevin Gleason | Ian Baas Ryan Ellis | |||
| 3 | Barber | GS | No. 15 Multimatic Motorsports | No. 61 Roush Performance | No. 15 Multimatic Motorsports |
| Joe Foster Scott Maxwell | Billy Johnson Jack Roush, Jr. | Joe Foster Scott Maxwell | |||
| ST | No. 31 i-MOTO | No. 198 RSR Motorsports | No. 10 Kinetic Motorsports | ||
| Mark Pombo Mathew Pombo | Sarah Cattaneo Owen Trinkler | Michael Galati Niclas Jönsson | |||
| 4 | VIR | GS | No. 45 Fall-Line Motorsports | No. 96 Turner Motorsport | No. 61 Roush Performance |
| Al Carter Hugh Plumb | Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana | Billy Johnson Jack Roush, Jr. | |||
| ST | No. 73 DeMan Motorsport | No. 196 RSR Motorsports | No. 75 Compass360 Racing | ||
| Rick DeMan David Murry | Ron Farmer Jason Hart | Ryan Eversley Karl Thomson | |||
| 5 | Lime Rock | GS | No. 15 Multimatic Motorsports | No. 35 Subaru Road Racing Team | No. 13 Rum Bum Racing |
| Joe Foster Scott Maxwell | John Heinricy Bret Spaude | Nick Longhi Matt Plumb | |||
| ST | No. 25 Freedom Autosport | No. 10 Kinetic Motorsports | No. 25 Freedom Autosport | ||
| Tom Long Derek Whitis | Michael Galati Niclas Jönsson | Tom Long Derek Whitis | |||
| 6 | Watkins Glen | GS | No. 15 Multimatic Motorsports | No. 61 Roush Performance | No. 61 Roush Performance |
| Joe Foster Scott Maxwell | Billy Johnson Jack Roush, Jr. | Billy Johnson Jack Roush, Jr. | |||
| ST | No. 181 APR Motorsport | No. 30 i-MOTO | No. 181 APR Motorsport | ||
| Chris Gleason, Jr. Kevin Gleason | Glenn Bocchino Chip Herr | Chris Gleason, Jr. Kevin Gleason | |||
| 7 | Road America | GS | No. 13 Rum Bum Racing | No. 9 Stevenson Motorsports | No. 9 Stevenson Motorsports |
| Nick Longhi Matt Plumb | Matt Bell John Edwards | Matt Bell John Edwards | |||
| ST | No. 18 Insight Racing | No. 18 Insight Racing | No. 10 Kinetic Motorsports | ||
Tyler McQuarrie Nico Rondet | Tyler McQuarrie Nico Rondet | Michael Galati Niclas Jönsson | |||
| 8 | Laguna Seca | GS | No. 9 Stevenson Motorsports | No. 9 Stevenson Motorsports | No. 9 Stevenson Motorsports |
| Matt Bell John Edwards | Matt Bell John Edwards | Matt Bell John Edwards | |||
| ST | No. 25 Freedom Autosport | No. 25 Freedom Autosport | No. 26 Freedom Autosport | ||
| Tom Long Derek Whitis | Tom Long Derek Whitis | Andrew Carbonell Rhett O'Doski | |||
| 9 | New Jersey | GS | No. 68 Capaldi Racing | No. 13 Rum Bum Racing | No. 61 Roush Performance |
| Tony Buffomante Kyle Gimple | Nick Longhi Matt Plumb | Billy Johnson Jack Roush, Jr. | |||
| ST | No. 27 Freedom Autosport | No. 198 RSR Motorsports | No. 198 RSR Motorsports | ||
| Eric Foss Brad Rampelberg | Sarah Cattaneo Owen Trinkler | Sarah Cattaneo Owen Trinkler | |||
| 10 | Mid-Ohio | GS | No. 37 JBS Motorsports | No. 46 Fall-Line Motorsports | No. 13 Rum Bum Racing |
| James Gue Bret Seafuse | Mark Boden Terry Borcheller | Nick Longhi Matt Plumb | |||
| ST | No. 198 RSR Motorsports | No. 195 RSR Motorsports | No. 31 i-MOTO | ||
| Sarah Cattaneo Owen Trinkler | Chris Puskar Dicky Riegel | Mark Pombo Mathew Pombo |
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