2018 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge

2018 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge

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Parent series:
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Support series:
IMSA Prototype Challenge
IMSA Michelin Encore

The 2018 Continental Tire SportsCar Championship is the nineteenth season of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge and the fifth season organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA).

Classes

The class structure adds the TCR category alongside the GS and ST cars. Eligible manufacturers include Alfa Romeo, Audi, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, SEAT, Subaru, and Volkswagen. Also, the GS category will only allow cars homologated to Group GT4 regulations. ^[1]

• Grand Sport (GS)
• Touring Car (TCR)
• Street Tuner (ST)

Schedule

The schedule remains unchanged, aside from the Circuit of the Americas being switched for Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Additionally, Watkins Glen International becomes a four-hour endurance race along with races at Daytona International Speedway and Laguna Seca. All other races are approximately two hours in length. ^[2]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location	Date	Duration
1	BMW Endurance Challenge at Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	January 26	4 Hours
2	Alan Jay Automotive Network 120	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 16	2 Hours
3	Mid-Ohio 120	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	May 5	2 Hours
4	Continental 240 at The Glen	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	June 30	4 Hours
5	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 120	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	July 7	2 Hours
6	Lime Rock Park 120	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	July 21	2 Hours
7	Road America 120	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 4	2 Hours
8	Biscuitville Grand Prix	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	August 18	2 Hours
9	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 120	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	September 8	2 Hours
10	Fox Factory 120	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	October 12	2 Hours
NC	Michelin Encore 1	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	November 9	4 Hours

¹ Grand Sport and TCR will participate in this race with the WeatherTech Championship's GT Daytona class and LMP3 cars in IMSA Prototype Challenge as one single four-hour race. This race will preview the 2019 IMSA rules package and new tyre supplier Michelin.

Entry list

Grand Sport

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Automatic Racing [3]	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4	09	Ramin Abdolvahabi [3]	1–2
			Rob Ecklin Jr. [3]	1, 3–4, 7, 9
			Brandon Kidd	1, 3–4, 9
			Conor Flynn	2
			Peter Ludwig	7
		9	Ramin Abdolvahabi	4
			Nick Longhi	4
			Aurora Straus	4
			Craig Lyons	7
			Kris Wilson	7
		99	Al Carter [3]	1–4
			Steven Phillips [3]	1–3
			Aurora Straus [4]	1
			Eric Lux	4
			Rob Ecklin, Jr.	6
			Kris Wilson	6, 9–10
			Ramin Abdolvahabi	7
			John Allen	7
			Gary Ferrera	9–10
Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport [5]	Mercedes-AMG GT4	3	Craig Lyons [6]	1–2
			Kris Wilson [6]	1–2
		33	Damien Faulkner [5]	1–7, 9–10
			Russell Ward [5]	1–7, 9–10
		57	Bryce Ward [6]	1–4, 6–7, 9–10
			Indy Dontje [6]	1–4, 6, 10
			Christian Hohenadel	7, 9
Team TGM [7]	Mercedes-AMG GT4	4	Guy Cosmo [8]	All
			Ted Giovanis [8]	All
			Owen Trinkler [8]	1
		46	Hugh Plumb [8]	All
			Owen Trinkler [8]	All
Bodymotion Racing [9]	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	5	Stevan McAleer [9]	1–6
			Joe Robillard [9]	1–6
Shining Star Motorsport by Atlantic Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT4	6	Phil Holtrust	5
			Danny Kok	5
VOLT Racing [4]	Ford Mustang GT4	7	Alan Brynjolfsson [4]	All
			Trent Hindman [4]	All
Multimatic Motorsports [10]	Ford Mustang GT4	8	Patrick Gallagher [11]	All
			Chad McCumbee [11]	All
		15	Scott Maxwell [10]	1–9
			Cole Custer [10]	1, 10
			Ty Majeski [10]	1, 4, 7–10
			Chase Briscoe [10]	2–3, 5–6
		22		1, 10
			Austin Cindric [10]	1, 10
GMG Racing [12] [N 1] Audi Sport Team USA / GMG Racing [13] [N 1]	Audi R8 LMS GT4	13	Daren Jorgensen [12]	1
			Rick Parfitt Jr. [12]	1
			Cameron Lawrence [12]	1
		14	Andrew Davis [12]	1
			George Kurtz [12]	1
			James Sofronas [12]	1
		50	Ashley Freiberg [13]	1
			Gosia Rdest [13]	1
RS1 [4]	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	18	Daniel Morad [4]	1
			Spencer Pumpelly [4]	1
			Jan Heylen	9
			Cavan O'Keefe	9
			Jason Hart	10
			Curt Swearingin	10
		28	Dillon Machavern [4]	All
			Spencer Pumpelly [4]	All
Stephen Cameron Racing [4]	Mercedes-AMG GT4 2 BMW M4 GT4 8	19	Ari Balogh [4]	All
			Greg Liefooghe [4]	All
	BMW M4 GT4	88	Henry Schmitt	7–9
			Chris Miller	7
			Ari Balogh	8–9
Classic BMW [4]	BMW M4 GT4	26	Toby Grahovec	2–5, 8
			Jayson Clunie	2, 5, 8
			Ray Mason	3
			Matt Travis	4
			Jason Hart	4
		72		1–2, 8
			Mike Vess [4]	1–2, 8
			Toby Grahovec [4]	1
BGB Motorsports [14]	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	38	James Cox [4]	1–4, 7, 10
			Dylan Murry [14]	1–4, 7, 10
			David Murry [14]	1
Carbahn Motorsports [3]	Audi R8 LMS GT4	39	Jeff Westphal [4]	All
			Tyler McQuarrie [3]	1–2, 4–10
			Mark Siegal [3]	3
PF Racing	Ford Mustang GT4	40	Jade Buford	10
			James Pesek	10
Murillo Racing [4]	Mercedes-AMG GT4	56	Eric Foss [4]	All
			Jeff Mosing [4]	All
		65	Tim Probert [4]	2–10
			Brent Mosing [4]	2–3, 7–10
			Justin Piscitell	4–6
KohR Motorsports [15]	Ford Mustang GT4	59	Joey Atterbury [4]	1–3, 6–10
			Jack Roush Jr. [3]	1–4, 6–10
			Jade Buford [3]	1
			Andy Lally	4
		60	Kyle Marcelli [15]	All
			Nate Stacy [15]	All
DXDT Racing [4]	Mercedes-AMG GT4	63	David Askew [4]	1
			Aaron Povoledo [4]	1
Motorsport in Action [4]	McLaren 570S GT4	69	Corey Fergus [4]	1–5, 7–10
			Jesse Lazare [4]	1–5, 7–10
Rebel Rock Racing	Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R	71	Andrew Davis	8–10
			Robin Liddell	8–10
Compass Racing [3]	McLaren 570S GT4	76	Matt Plumb [3]	All
			Paul Holton [3]	1–8, 10
			Nico Rondet	9
Andrew Wojteczko Autosport [16]	Ford Mustang GT4	80	Martin Barkey [16]	All
			Brett Sandberg [16]	All
BimmerWorld Racing [3]	BMW M4 GT4	82	James Clay [3]	All
			Tyler Cooke [3]	All
Quest Racing [17]	Mercedes-AMG GT4	92	Mark Ramsey [17]	All
			Alexandre Prémat [17]	1–8
			Roger Eagleton	9–10

Touring Car

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
eEuroparts.com Racing [4]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	10	Lee Carpentier [4]	All
			Kieron O'Rourke [4]	All
		12	Kenton Koch	4, 6–10
			Tom O'Gorman	4, 6–10
RS Werkes Racing [4]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	11	Don Istook [4]	1–4, 6, 8
			JT Coupal [4]	1
			Ethan Low	2
			Mikey Taylor	3–4, 6, 8, 10
			Tyler Stone	10
Rumcastle, LLC [4]	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	31	Luke Rumburg [4]	1–4, 6, 8, 10
			Tanner Rumburg [4]	1–4, 6, 8, 10
			Jon Miller [4]	1
			Bryan Ortiz	4
		32	Rob Ferriol	8
			DJ Fitzpatrick	8
			Mark Brummond	10
			Pat Wilmot	10
Murillo Racing [4]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	53	Matthew Fassnacht [4]	1
			Justin Pisctell [4]	1
JDC-Miller MotorSports	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	54	Michael Johnson	3–10
			Stephen Simpson	3–10
Roadshagger Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	61	Gavin Ernstone	6, 9
			Jonathan Morley	6, 9
Strom Motorsports	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	67	David Depillo	6
			Brett Strom	6
Compass Racing [18]	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	74	Rodrigo Sales [19]	All
			Kuno Wittmer [19]	All
		75	Roy Block [19]	All
			Pierre Kleinubing [19]	All
		77	Britt Casey Jr. [20]	All
			Tom Long [20]	All

Street Tuner

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Bodymotion Racing [4]	Porsche Cayman	21	Max Faulkner [4]	All
			Jason Rabe [4]	All
MINI JCW Team [3]	Mini JCW	37	Derek Jones [3]	All
			Nate Norenberg [3]	All
		52	Mark Pombo [4]	All
			Jared Salinsky [4]	1–2
			Tyler Stone [4]	1
			Colin Mullan	3–9
			Luis Perocarpi	10
		73	Mike LaMarra [3]	All
			Mat Pombo [3]	All
Murillo Racing	Porsche Cayman	55	Brent Mosing	1
			Justin Piscitell	1
			Tim Probert	1
Riley Racing	Mazda MX-5	66	AJ Riley	4, 6
			Jameson Riley	4, 6
BimmerWorld Racing [3]	BMW 328i (F30)	81	Nick Galante [3]	All
			Devin Jones [3]	All

Notes

1. Car No. 13 and 14 entered as GMG Racing and car No. 50 entered as Audi Sport Team USA / GMG Racing.

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd	Circuit	GS Winning Car	TCR Winning Car	ST Winning Team
		GS Winning Drivers	TCR Winning Drivers	ST Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	No. 28 RS1	No. 77 Compass Racing	No. 81 BimmerWorld Racing
		Dillon Machavern Spencer Pumpelly	Britt Casey Jr. Tom Long	Nick Galante Devin Jones
2	Sebring	No. 60 KohR Motorsports	No. 74 Compass Racing	No. 52 MINI JCW Team
		Kyle Marcelli Nate Stacy	Rodrigo Sales Kuno Wittmer	Mark Pombo Jared Salinsky
3	Mid-Ohio	No. 60 KohR Motorsports	No. 74 Compass Racing	No. 73 MINI JCW Team
		Kyle Marcelli Nate Stacy	Rodrigo Sales Kuno Wittmer	Mike LaMarra Mat Pombo
4	Watkins Glen	No. 8 Multimatic Motorsports	No. 77 Compass Racing	No. 52 MINI JCW Team
		Patrick Gallagher Chad McCumbee	Britt Casey Jr. Tom Long	Colin Mullan Mark Pombo
5	Mosport	No. 60 KohR Motorsports	No. 77 Compass Racing	No. 81 BimmerWorld Racing
		Kyle Marcelli Nate Stacy	Britt Casey Jr. Tom Long	Nick Galante Devin Jones
6	Lime Rock	No. 46 Team TGM	No. 54 JDC-Miller MotorSports	No. 73 Mini JCW Team
		Hugh Plumb Owen Trinkler	Michael Johnson Stephen Simpson	Mike LaMarra Mat Pombo
7	Road America	No. 7 VOLT Racing	No. 74 Compass Racing	No. 81 BimmerWorld Racing
		Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman	Rodrigo Sales Kuno Wittmer	Nick Galante Devin Jones
8	Virginia	No. 46 Team TGM	No. 12 eEuroparts.com Racing	No. 52 MINI JCW Team
		Hugh Plumb Owen Trinkler	Kenton Koch Tom O'Gorman	Colin Mullan Mark Pombo
9	Laguna Seca	No. 46 Team TGM	No. 77 Compass Racing	No. 81 BimmerWorld Racing
		Hugh Plumb Owen Trinkler	Britt Casey Jr. Tom Long	Nick Galante Devin Jones
10	Road Atlanta	No. 82 BimmerWorld Racing	No. 12 eEuroparts.com Racing	No. 73 MINI JCW Team
		James Clay Tyler Cooke	Kenton Koch Tom O'Gorman	Mike LaMarra Mat Pombo

Team's Championship Standings

GS Team's Championship (top 10)

Pos. Team Car DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL Total 1 #46 Team TGM Mercedes-AMG GT4 6 8 4 5 7 1 3 1 1 11 281 2 #60 KohR Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 23 1 1 3 1 9 13 5 10 5 256 3 #82 BimmerWorld Racing BMW M4 GT4 2 11 3 2 8 7 9 17 11 1 252 4 #28 RS1 Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 1 3 6 7 17 3 2 18 7 8 250 5 #39 Carbahn Motorsports Audi R8 LMS GT4 22 5 12 4 6 18 4 12 3 4 225 6 #8 Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 27 19 2 1 5 15 7 4 9 10 220 7 #56 Murillo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 7 22 9 8 10 5 8 7 5 23 206 8 #7 VOLT Racing Ford Mustang GT4 8 25 17 13 4 14 1 8 4 24 200 9 #80 Andrew Wojteczko Autosport Ford Mustang GT4 10 14 10 15 2 13 6 14 15 15 199 10 #19 Stephen Cameron Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 14 4 199 BMW M4 GT4 8 6 9 19 10 20 16 6

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