2015 Northeast Grand Prix

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Track map of Lime Rock Park Lime Rock Park.svg
Track map of Lime Rock Park

The 2015 Northeast Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut on July 25, 2015. The race was the eighth round of the 2015 United SportsCar Championship.

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Background

Preview

Lime Rock Park, where the race was held. LimeRockParkConnecticut1.JPG
Lime Rock Park, 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] It was the first year the event was held as part of the United SportsCar Championship and the twenty-fourth annual running of the race. The 2015 Northeast Grand Prix was the eighth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2015 by IMSA, and was the fifth round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup. [2] The race was held at the seven-turn 1.530 mi (2.462 km) Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut on July 25, 2015. [2]

Entry list

Seven-teen cars were officially entered for the Northeast Grand Prix, with most of the entries being in the Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) category. The Prototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of seven Oreca FLM09 cars. BAR1 Motorsports, CORE Autosport, JDC-Miller MotorSports, Performance Tech PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, RSR Racing, and Starworks Motorsport entered one car each. [3] In the list of GTD entrants, ten GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers. Compass360 Racing made their season debut. [4] Although it was listed as an entrant, Wright Motorsports No. 58 car withdrew from the event. [5] With the absence of the Prototype (P) and Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) categories from the field, only two racing classes were represented at Lime Rock Park. [2]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

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

Pos.ClassNo.TeamTimeGapGrid
1PC85 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller MotorSports 49.055_1
2PC38 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports49.697+0.6422
3PC11 Flag of the United States.svg RSR Racing 49.966+0.9113
4PC54 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport 50.111+1.0564
5PC52 Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 50.504+1.4495
6PC8 Flag of the United States.svg Starworks Motorsport 50.821+1.7666
7PC16 Flag of the United States.svg BAR1 Motorsports50.953+1.8987
8GTD48 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Miller Racing 54.004+4.9498
9GTD33 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports 54.013+4.9589
10GTD73 Flag of the United States.svg Park Place Motorsports54.251+5.19610
11GTD23 Flag of the United States.svg Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing 54.532+5.47711
12GTD007 Flag of the United States.svg TRG-AMR North America 54.547+5.49212
13GTD63 Flag of the United States.svg Scuderia Corsa 54.761+5.70613
14GTD44 Flag of the United States.svg Magnus Racing 54.770+5.71514
15GTD22 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing 55.151+6.09615
16GTD76 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Compass360 Racing 56.775+7.72016
17GTD97 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport No Time Established17
Source: [6]

Race

Race results

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

Final race classification
PosClassNo.TeamDriversChassisTireLapsTime/Retired
Engine
1PC52 Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Mike Guasch
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Kimber-Smith
Oreca FLM09 C 1732:40:00.809
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
2PC11 Flag of the United States.svg RSR Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Cumming
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira
Oreca FLM09 C 173+8.304
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
3PC8 Flag of the United States.svg Starworks Motorsport Flag of Germany.svg Mirco Schultis
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande
Oreca FLM09 C 172+1 lap
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
4PC54 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jon Bennett
Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun
Oreca FLM09 C 172+1 lap
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
5PC16 Flag of the United States.svg BAR1 Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Todd Slusher

Flag of the United States.svg Sean Rayhall

Oreca FLM09 C 169+4 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
6PC85 Flag of the United States.svg JDC-Miller MotorSports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Misha Goikhberg
Flag of South Africa.svg Stephen Simpson
Oreca FLM09 C 165+8 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
7GTD97 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Dane Cameron
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Marsal
BMW Z4 GT3 C 162+11 Laps
BMW 4.4 L V8
8GTD33 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Motorsports Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Keating
Dodge Viper GT3-R C 162+11 Laps
Dodge 8.3 L V10
9GTD007 Flag of the United States.svg TRG-AMR North America Flag of Denmark.svg Christina Nielsen
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kuno Wittmer
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 162+11 Laps
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
10GTD23 Flag of the United States.svg Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing Flag of Germany.svg Mario Farnbacher
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian James
Porsche 911 GT America C 161+12 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11GTD44 Flag of the United States.svg Magnus Racing Flag of the United States.svg John Potter
Flag of the United States.svg Andy Lally
Porsche 911 GT America C 161+12 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12GTD73 Flag of the United States.svg Park Place Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Lindsey
Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pumpelly
Porsche 911 GT America C 161+12 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13GTD22 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing Flag of the United States.svg Leh Keen
Flag of the United States.svg Cooper MacNeil
Porsche 911 GT America C 160+13 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14GTD76 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Compass360 Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Pierre Kleinubing
Flag of the United States.svg Ray Mason
Audi R8 LMS ultra C 159+14 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
15GTD63 Flag of the United States.svg Scuderia Corsa Flag of the United States.svg Bill Sweedler
Flag of the United States.svg Townsend Bell
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 149+24 Laps
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
16

DNF

PC38 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly
Flag of the United States.svg James French
Oreca FLM09 C 91Accident
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
17

DNF

GTD48 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Miller Racing Flag of Germany.svg Christopher Haase
Flag of South Africa.svg Dion von Moltke
Audi R8 LMS ultra C 85Accident
Audi 5.2 L V10
Sources: [7] [8]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
SymbolTyre manufacturer
C Continental

References

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  2. 1 2 3 Pruett, Marshall (August 10, 2014). "IMSA: 2015 TUDOR Championship schedule revealed". Racer.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  3. "2015 TUDOR Championship Lime Rock Pre-Provisional Entry List.xlsx" (PDF). IMSA . Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  4. "Compass360 Announces Audi R8 GTD Program". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. May 1, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  5. DiZinno, Tony (July 23, 2015). "Lime Rock Thursday Notebook". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  6. "Qualifying" (PDF). IMSA. July 24, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  7. "Unofficial Race Report" (PDF). July 25, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  8. "2015 Northeast Grand Prix". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
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