2015 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic

The layout of The Raceway on Belle Isle

The 2015 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at The Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan on May 30, 2015. The race was the fifth round of the 2015 United SportsCar Championship.

Background

Preview

The Raceway on Belle Isle, where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2015 IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship (IMSA TUSC) in August 2014. ^{[1] [2]} It was the second consecutive year the event was held as part of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship, and the sixth annual running of the race, counting the period between 2007 and 2013 when it was a round of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series respectively. ^[2] The 2015 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic was the fourth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2015 by IMSA, the shortest in terms of time, and was the third round not held on the held as part of the North American Endurance Cup. ^[2] The event was held at the fourteen-turn 2.350 mi (3.782 km) Belle Isle Park on May 30, 2015. ^[2] The PC category would participate in the event for the first time. ^[3]

Entry list

Twenty-three cars were officially entered for the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic, with the bulk of the entries in the Prototype (P) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) categories. ^[4] Action Express Racing (AER) fielded two Chevrolet Corvette DP cars while VisitFlorida Racing (VFR) and Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR) fielded one. Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) entered one Ford-powered Riley MkXXVI. Mazda Motorsports had one Lola B12/80, and Michael Shank Racing (MSR) entered one Ligier JS P2 chasis with Honda HR28TT twin-turbocharged 2.8-liter V6 engine. ^{[5] [6]} The DeltaWing skipped to undergo further testing. ^[7] The Prototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of six Oreca FLM09 cars. CORE Autosport, JDC-Miller MotorSports, Performance Tech PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, RSR Racing, and Starworks Motorsport entered one car each. In the list of GTD entrants, ten GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers. With the absence of the Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) class from the field, only three racing classes were represented in Belle Isle. ^{[2] [3]}

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	5	Action Express Racing	Christian Fittipaldi	1:24.746	_	1‡
2	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor	1:24.796	+0.050	2
3	P	90	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Michael Valiante	1:25.156	+0.410	3
4	P	01	Chip Ganassi Racing	Scott Pruett	1:25.987	+1.241	4
5	P	31	Action Express Racing	Eric Curran	1:26.009	+1.263	5
6	P	60	Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian	John Pew	1:26.889	+2.143	6
7	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French	1:29.317	+4.571	7‡
8	PC	11	RSR Racing	Chris Cumming	1:29.321	+4.575	8
9	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	Mirco Schultis	1:30.687	+5.941	9
10	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Mike Guasch	1:30.780	+6.034	10
11	PC	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett	1:31.180	+6.434	11
12	P	07	SpeedSource	Tom Long	1:31.308	+6.562	12
13	PC	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Misha Goikhberg	1:31.741	+6.995	13
14	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Dion von Moltke	1:33.546	+8.800	14‡
15	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports	Ben Keating	1:34.261	+9.515	15
16	GTD	007	TRG-AMR North America	Christina Nielsen	1:34.338	+9.592	16
17	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey	1:34.656	+9.910	17
18	GTD	23	Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing	Ian James	1:34.821	+10.075	18
19	GTD	58	Wright Motorsports	Madison Snow	1:35.031	+10.267	19
20	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Bill Sweedler	1:35.632	+10.886	20
21	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter	1:35.801	+11.055	21
22	GTD	22	Alex Job Racing	Cooper MacNeil	1:37.080	+12.334	22
23	GTD	97	Turner Motorsport	Michael Marsal	1:37.218	+12.472	23
Source: [8]

Race

Race Results

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).

Final race classification Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 P 31 Action Express Racing Eric Curran Dane Cameron Corvette Daytona Prototype C 59 1:40:49.112‡ Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 2 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew Oswaldo Negri Jr. Ligier JS P2 C 59 +18.631 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo 3 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Corvette Daytona Prototype C 59 +19.207 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 4 P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand Scott Pruett Ford EcoBoost Riley DP C 59 +20.391 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L V6 Turbo 5 P 90 VisitFlorida.com Racing Richard Westbrook Michael Valiante Corvette Daytona Prototype C 59 +21.513 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 6 PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Mirco Schultis Renger van der Zande Oreca FLM09 C 59 +45.524‡ Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 7 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Corvette Daytona Prototype C 59 +46.080 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 8 P 07 SpeedSource Tom Long Joel Miller Mazda Prototype C 59 +46.593 Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) 9 PC 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Misha Goikhberg Stephen Simpson Oreca FLM09 C 59 +1:01.774 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 10 PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports James French James Vance Oreca FLM09 C 59 +1:17.299 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 GTD 23 Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher Ian James Porsche 911 GT America C 57 +2 Laps‡ Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 12 GTD 007 TRG-AMR North America James Davison Christina Nielsen Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 57 +2 Laps Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 13 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase Dion von Moltke Audi R8 LMS ultra C 57 +2 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 14 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen Cooper MacNeil Porsche 911 GT America C 57 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 15 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Patrick Lindsey Spencer Pumpelly Porsche 911 GT America C 57 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 GTD 97 Turner Motorsport Michael Marsal Markus Palttala BMW Z4 GT3 C 57 +2 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 17 GTD 44 Magnus Racing John Potter Andy Lally Porsche 911 GT America C 56 +3 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 18 DNF GTD 58 Wright Motorsports Jan Heylen Madison Snow Porsche 911 GT America C 54 Accident Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 19 PC 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Oreca FLM09 C 54 +5 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 20 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 46 +13 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 21 DNF PC 11 RSR Racing Chris Cumming Bruno Junqueira Oreca FLM09 C 38 Accident Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 22 DNF PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Mike Guasch Tom Kimber-Smith Oreca FLM09 C 32 Accident Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 23 DNF GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Dodge Viper GT3-R C 22 Accident Dodge 8.3 L V10 Sources: [9] [10]

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References

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