2018 SprintX GT Championship Series

Last updated March 28, 2024

The 2018 SprintX GT Championship Series is the final season of the SprintX GT Championship Series. Michael Cooper and Jordan Taylor are the defending champions in the highest class, the Pro class in GT. It is the second season sanctioned by the United States Auto Club. The season began on 23 March at Circuit of the Americas and will end on 12 August at Utah Motorsports Campus. GTS cars are separated from GT and GT Cup, as the GT4-based category has its own races this season.^[1]

Contents

Calendar
Entry list
GT/GT Cup
GTS
Race results
Championship standings
Drivers' championships
Notes
References
External links

Calendar

On 17 November 2017, WC Vision announced the 2018 calendar. All rounds are headliner events held in the United States. Circuit of the Americas was the season opener instead of Virginia. Mosport was dropped from the schedule in favor of Portland.^[2]

Round	Event	Circuit	Date
1	Grand Prix of Texas	Circuit of the Americas, Elroy, Texas	23–25 March
2	Grand Prix of Virginia presented by Audi Sport	Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia	27–29 April
3	Grand Prix of Lime Rock powered by M	Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Connecticut	25–26, 28 May
4	58th Rose Cup Races	Portland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon	13–15 July
5	Grand Prix of Utah	Utah Motorsports Campus, Tooele, Utah	10–12 August

Entry list

GT/GT Cup

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Squadra Corse Garage Italia	Ferrari 488 GT3	07	Caesar Bacarella	Am	All
Squadra Corse Garage Italia	Ferrari 488 GT3	07	Martin Fuentes	Am	All
CRP Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	2	Daniel Morad	PP	1–4
			Fabian Schiller		1–2
			Raffaele Marciello		3
			Matthew Brabham		4–5
			Michael Cooper		5
K-PAX Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	3	Rodrigo Baptista	PP	All
		3	Maxime Soulet	PP	All
		9	Álvaro Parente	PP	All
		9	Andy Soucek	PP	All
Precision Driving	Ferrari 458 Challenge Evo	11	Marko Radisic	Cup	1–2
Precision Driving	Ferrari 458 Challenge Evo	11	David Roberts	Cup	1–2
TruSpeed AutoSport	Audi R8 LMS	19	Parker Chase	PA	All
		19	Ryan Dalziel	PA	All
		71	Dore Chaponick Jr.	PA	2
		71	Brett Sandberg	PA	2
Alegra Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	24	Michael Christensen	PP	All
Alegra Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	24	Spencer Pumpelly	PP	All
Callaway Competition USA	Corvette C7 GT3-R	26	Eric Curran	PP	1
Callaway Competition USA	Corvette C7 GT3-R	26	Daniel Keilwitz	PP	1
Dream Racing Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo	27	Ryan Hardwick	Cup	1–4
	Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo	27	Davide Amaduzzi	Cup	1
	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	55	Alessandro Bressan	PA	All
	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	55	Yuki Harata	PA	All
TR3 Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	31	Wei Lu	PA	All
TR3 Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	31	Jeff Segal	PA	All
GMG Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	41	Alec Udell	PP	1–2
			Mathieu Jaminet		1
			Corey Lewis		2
DXDT Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	45	Lawrence DeGeorge	Am	1
			Lawrence DeGeorge	PA	2
			Cédric Sbirrazzuoli	PA	2
	Mercedes-AMG GT3	63	David Askew	Am	1–2, 4–5
Precision Performance Motorsports	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	47	Patrick Byrne	PA	4
Precision Performance Motorsports	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	47	Guy Cosmo	PA	4
Black Swan Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	54	Jeroen Bleekemolen	PA	1–4
Black Swan Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	54	Tim Pappas	PA	1–4
Topp Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	56	David Baker	Cup	1
R. Ferri Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GT3	61	Miguel Molina	PP	All
R. Ferri Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GT3	61	Toni Vilander	PP	All
P1 Motorsports	Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo	71	JC Perez	Cup	1
Lone Star Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	80	Scott Heckert	PP	1–3, 5
Lone Star Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	80	Mike Skeen	PP	1–3, 5
Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GT3	82	Anthony Lazzaro	PA	5
Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GT3	82	Pierre Mulacek	PA	5
Vital Speed Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GT3	87	Rich Baek	Am	4
Vital Speed Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GT3	87	Trevor Baek	Am	4
Pfaff Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	96	Scott Hargrove	PP	All
Pfaff Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	96	Wolf Henzler	PP	All
Turner Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	97	Takuya Shirasaka	Am	5
Turner Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	97	Naoto Takeda	Am	5
AM Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	99	Alan Metni	Cup	1
Sources:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Icon	Class
PP	Pro-Pro
PA	Pro-Am
Am	Am
Cup	GT Cup

GTS

Team

Car

Drivers

Class

Rounds

GMG Racing

Audi R8 LMS GT4

04

PA

All

2

Jason Bell

Am

3–5

McLaren 570S GT4

8

Andy Lee

PA

1–2

Elias Sabo

Audi R8 LMS GT4

Andy Lee

5

Elias Sabo

Audi R8 LMS GT4

14

PA

All

Alex Welch

Rearden Racing

Audi R8 LMS GT4

06

Vesko Kozarov

Am

1

Ace Robey

19

Jeff Burton

Am

All

Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR

70

Edward Nakato

Am

4

Scott Peterson

Blackdog Racing

Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R

1

Lawson Aschenbach

PA

All

11

PA

All

Tony Gaples

M1 GT Racing

Audi R8 LMS GT4

2

Jason Bell

Am

1–2

Epic Motorsports

3

Randy Mueller

Am

All

Michael Camus

1–4

William Vanjonack

5

PF Racing

Ford Mustang GT4

10

Vinnie Allegretta

PA

All

JR Pesek

40

James Pesek

PA

All

Shelby Blackstock

1–4

Patrick Gallagher

5

55

Jade Buford

PA

All

1–2, 4–5

Patrick Gallagher

3

Ian Lacy Racing

Ginetta G55 GT4

12

Drew Staveley

Am

All

24

Frank Gannett

Am

All

43

Steve Burns

Am

1–2, 4–5

Pfaff Motorsports

Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR

13

Orey Fidani

PA

All

Classic BMW

17

PA

All

Justin Raphael

27

Jason Hart

PA

1–2

Mike Vess

92

Toby Grahovec

Am

All

Chris Ohmacht

113

Daren Jorgenson

Am

4–5

Brett Strom

Motorsport USA

Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4

18

Mike McAleenan

Am

4

Cavan O'Keefe

Mühlner Motorsports America

Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR

21

Moritz Kranz

PA

2, 4

Gabriele Piana

Moritz Kranz

Am

3

24

Keith Jensen

Am

4

Precision Driving

22

Marko Radisic

Am

1–2

David Roberts

	Case-it Racing by Flying Lizard ^{[N 1]}
	Flying Lizard Motorsports ^{[N 1]}

Audi R8 LMS GT4

23

PA

All

Adam Merzon

45

Mike Hedlund

Am

1–4

Michael Dinan

PA

5

NOLAsport

Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR

32

Keith Jensen

Am

2–3

47

Jason Hart

PA

3

Matt Travis

Mercedes-AMG GT4

33

Bryce Ward

PA

3

Mercedes-AMG GT4

34

Matt Fassnacht

PA

All

Christian Szymczak

ST Racing

36

Am

All

Al Carter

1

Jon Miller

2–5

38

PA

All

Nick Wittmer

Team Panoz Racing

Panoz Avezzano GT4

50

Ian James

PA

All

Matt Keegan

51

Preston Calvert

Am

All

KohR Motorsports

Ford Mustang GT4

52

Dean Martin

PA

1

Nate Stacy

Racers Edge Motorsports

54

Mark Pavan

Am

All

69

Harry Gottsacker

PA

All

KPR

McLaren 570S GT4

62

Mark Klenin

PA

1, 4–5

Max Riddle

1

Mark Klenin

Am

2

Kris Wilson

Audi R8 LMS GT4

Mark Klenin

PA

3

Max Riddle

TRG

Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR

66

Derek DeBoer

Am

1–2, 4

Sean Gibbons

MarcoPolo Motorsports

71

Nicolai Elghanayan

Am

1, 3–5

Robinson Racing

Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R

72

Canaan O'Connell

PA

5

Johnny O'Connell

Mercedes-AMG GT4

74

PA

1–3

Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R

4–5

Volt Racing

Ford Mustang GT4

77

Alan Brynjolfsson

PA

2

McLaren 570S GT4

78

Paul Holton

PA

All

Ray Mason

1–3

Al Carter

4

Andrew Novich

5

Stephen Cameron Racing

88

Greg Liefooghe

Am

1–2, 4–5

Henry Schmitt

JCR Motorsports

Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4

89

Fred Roberts

Am

2

99

Jeff Courtney

Am

1–2

RHC Lawrence-Strom

113

Daren Jorgensen

PA

1

Cameron Lawrence

Sources:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Icon	Class
PA	Pro-Am
	Am

Race results

Round		Circuit	GT Pro-Pro Winners	GT Pro-Am Winners	GT Am Winners	GT Cup Winners	GTS Pro-Am Winners	GTS Am Winners
1	R1	Austin	No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport	No. 55 Dream Racing Motorsport	No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia	No. 71 P1 Motorsports	No. 55 PF Racing	No. 12 Ian Lacy Racing
	R1		Miguel Molina Toni Vilander	Alessandro Bressan Yuki Harata	Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes	JC Perez	Jade Buford Scott Maxwell	Drew Staveley
	R2		No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport	No. 31 TR3 Racing	No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia	No. 71 P1 Motorsports	No. 14 GMG Racing	No. 36 ST Racing
	R2		Miguel Molina Toni Vilander	Wei Lu Jeff Segal	Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes	JC Perez	James Sofronas Alex Welch	Al Carter Aurora Straus
2	R1	Virginia	No. 3 K-PAX Racing	No. 19 TruSpeed AutoSport	No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia	No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport	No. 77 Volt Racing	No. 92 Classic BMW
	R1		Rodrigo Baptista Maxime Soulet	Parker Chase Ryan Dalziel	Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes	Ryan Hardwick	Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman	Toby Grahovec Chris Ohmacht
	R2		No. 80 Lone Star Racing	No. 55 Dream Racing Motorsport	No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia	No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport	No. 14 GMG Racing	No. 36 ST Racing
	R2		Scott Heckert Mike Skeen	Alessandro Bressan Yuki Harata	Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes	Ryan Hardwick	James Sofronas Alex Welch	Jon Miller Aurora Straus
3	R1	Lime Rock	No. 24 Alegra Motorsports	No. 19 TruSpeed AutoSport	No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia	No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport	No. 55 PF Racing	No. 71 MarcoPolo Motorsports
	R1		Michael Christensen Spencer Pumpelly	Parker Chase Ryan Dalziel	Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes	Ryan Hardwick	Jade Buford Patrick Gallagher	Nicolai Elghanayan
	R2		No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport	No. 19 TruSpeed AutoSport	No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia	No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport	No. 50 Team Panoz Racing	No. 12 Ian Lacy Racing
	R2		Miguel Molina Toni Vilander	Parker Chase Ryan Dalziel	Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes	Ryan Hardwick	Ian James Matt Keegan	Drew Staveley
4	R1	Portland	No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport	No. 19 TruSpeed AutoSport	No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia	No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport	No. 50 Team Panoz Racing	No. 3 Epic Motorsports
	R1		Miguel Molina Toni Vilander	Parker Chase Ryan Dalziel	Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes	Ryan Hardwick	Ian James Matt Keegan	James Clay Randy Mueller
	R2		No. 3 K-PAX Racing	No. 19 TruSpeed AutoSport	No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia	No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport	No. 69 Racers Edge Motorsports	No. 51 Team Panoz Racing
	R2		Rodrigo Baptista Maxime Soulet	Parker Chase Ryan Dalziel	Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes	Ryan Hardwick	Harry Gottsacker	Preston Calvert
5	R1	Utah	No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport	No. 31 TR3 Racing	No. 63 DXDT Racing	No entries	No. 50 Team Panoz Racing	No. 51 Team Panoz Racing
	R1		Miguel Molina Toni Vilander	Wei Lu Jeff Segal	David Askew		Ian James Matt Keegan	Preston Calvert
	R2		No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport	No. 31 TR3 Racing	No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia		No. 69 Racers Edge Motorsports	No. 92 Classic BMW
	R2		Miguel Molina Toni Vilander	Wei Lu Jeff Segal	Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes		Harry Gottsacker	Toby Grahovec Chris Ohmacht

Championship standings

Drivers' championships

Championship points were awarded for the first twenty positions in each race. The overall pole-sitter also received one point. Entries were required to complete 50% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	Pole
Points	25	23	21	19	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

GT/GT Cup Overall

Pos.	Driver	Team	AUS		VIR		LIM		POR		UTA		Points
GT
1	Miguel Molina Toni Vilander	R. Ferri Motorsport	1	1	2	8	2	1	1	7	1	1	224
2	Michael Christensen Spencer Pumpelly	Alegra Motorsports	7	8	5	3	1	3	2	4	2	3	198
3	Scott Hargrove Wolf Henzler	Pfaff Motorsports	4	3	3	2	3	4	6	3	4	13	187
4	Rodrigo Baptista Maxime Soulet	K-PAX Racing	5	6	1	5	9	5	13	2	7	4	170
5	Parker Chase Ryan Dalziel	TruSpeed AutoSport	13	9	6	10	5	7	3	1	6	7	152
6	Scott Heckert Mike Skeen	Lone Star Racing	3	2	14	1	9	6			3	2	150
7	Wei Lu Jeff Segal	TR3 Racing	11	4	10	9	7	8	4	5	5	6	148
8	Daniel Morad	CRP Racing	2	5	8	4	6	13	7	12			121
9	Alessandro Bressan Yuki Harata	Dream Racing Motorsport	8	11	7	7	11	10	5	11	8	Ret	112
10	Caesar Bacarella Martin Fuentes	Squadra Corse Garage Italia	10	13	11	12	12	11	8	6	10	9	108
11	Álvaro Parente Andy Soucek	K-PAX Racing	6	7	Ret	DNS	4	2	Ret	DNS	NC	5	90
12	David Askew	DXDT Racing	12	14	15	14			11	8	9	12	74
13	Fabian Schiller	CRP Racing	2	5	8	4							73
14	Jeroen Bleekemolen Tim Pappas	Black Swan Racing	9	12	9	11	10	9					66
15	Alec Udell	GMG Racing	Ret	10	4	6							45
16	Matthew Brabham	CRP Racing							7	12	Ret	8	36
17	Corey Lewis	GMG Racing			4	6							34
18	Raffaele Marciello	CRP Racing					6	13					25
19	Guy Cosmo Patrick Byrne	PPM							9	10			23
20	Trevor Baek Rich Baek	Vital Speed Motorsports							10	9			23
21	Takuya Shirasaka Naoto Takeda	Turner Motorsport									11	10	21
22	Pierre Mulacek Anthony Lazzaro	Risi Competizione									12	11	19
23	Lawrence DeGeorge	DXDT Racing	WD	WD	12	16							15
24	Cédric Sbirrazzuoli	DXDT Racing			12	16							15
25	Michael Cooper	CRP Racing									Ret	8	13
26	Mathieu Jaminet	GMG Racing	Ret	10									11
27	Dore Chaponick Jr. Brett Sandberg	TruSpeed AutoSport			Ret	13							8
28	Eric Curran Daniel Keilwitz	Callaway Competition USA	DNS	19									6
GT Cup
1	Ryan Hardwick	Dream Racing Motorsport	15	18	13	15	13	12	12	13			198
2	JC Perez	P1 Motorsports	14	15									50
3	Alan Metni	AM Motorsports	17	16									43
4	David Baker	Topp Racing	16	17									43
5	Davide Amaduzzi	Dream Racing Motorsport	15	18									42
	Marko Radisic David Roberts	Precision Driving	WD	WD	WD	WD
Pos.	Driver	Team	AUS		VIR		LIM		POR		UTA		Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest Lap

GT Pro-Am

Pos.	Driver	Team	AUS		VIR		LIM		POR		UTA		Points
1	Parker Chase Ryan Dalziel	TruSpeed AutoSport	13	9	6	10	5	7	3	1	6	7	234
2	Wei Lu Jeff Segal	TR3 Racing	11	4	10	9	7	8	4	5	5	6	230
3	Alessandro Bressan Yuki Harata	Dream Racing Motorsport	8	11	7	7	11	10	5	11	8	Ret	193
4	Jeroen Bleekemolen Tim Pappas	Black Swan Racing	9	12	9	11	10	9					124
5	Guy Cosmo Patrick Byrne	PPM							9	10			40
6	Pierre Mulacek Anthony Lazzaro	Risi Competizione									12	11	40
7	Lawrence DeGeorge Cédric Sbirrazzuoli	DXDT Racing			12	16							32
8	Dore Chaponick Jr. Brett Sandberg	TruSpeed AutoSport			Ret	13							17
Pos.	Driver	Team	AUS		VIR		LIM		POR		UTA		Points

GT Am

Pos.	Driver	Team	AUS		VIR		LIM		POR		UTA		Points
1	Caesar Bacarella Martin Fuentes	Squadra Corse Garage Italia	10	13	11	12							100
2	David Askew	DXDT Racing	12	14	15	14							92
	Lawrence DeGeorge	DXDT Racing	WD	WD
Pos.	Driver	Team	AUS		VIR		LIM		POR		UTA		Points

GTS Overall

Pos.	Driver	Team	AUS		VIR		LIM		POR		UTA		Points
1	James Sofronas Alex Welch	GMG Racing	4	1	2	1							93
2	Jade Buford Scott Maxwell	PF Racing	1	8	6	11							63
3	Lawson Aschenbach Andy Pilgrim	Blackdog Racing	7	33	3	3							56
4	Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman	Volt Racing			1	2							48
5	Michael Cooper Tony Gaples	Blackdog Racing	3	18	15	5							47
6	Aurora Straus	ST Racing	11	6	13	8							46
7	Samantha Tan Nick Wittmer	ST Racing	6	3	17	17							45
8	Harry Gottsacker	Racers Edge Motorsports	2	4	Ret	30							43
9	Colin Braun George Kurtz	GMG Racing	10	20	10	4							42
10	Drew Staveley	Ian Lacy Racing	5	7	16	33							36
11	Toby Grahovec Chris Ohmacht	Classic BMW	15	24	4	13							33
12	Greg Liefooghe Henry Schmitt	Stephen Cameron Racing	12	Ret	7	12							32
13	Mike Hedlund	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Ret	10	12	10							31
14	Stevan McAleer Justin Raphael	Classic BMW	24	2	20	15							30
15	Shane Lewis Gar Robinson	Robinson Racing	19	9	9	18							30
16	Paul Holton Ray Mason	Compass Racing	13	5	Ret	DNS							25
17	Al Carter	ST Racing	11	6									25
18	Orey Fidani Kyle Marcelli	Pfaff Motorsports	18	31	14	6							25
19	Ian James Matt Keegan	Team Panoz Racing	Ret	35	5	14							24
20	Jon Miller	ST Racing			13	8							21
21	Matt Fassnacht Christian Szymczak	Murillo Racing	33	14	19	9		DNS					21
22	Daren Jorgensen Cameron Lawrence	RHC Lawrence-Strom	14	12									16
23	Michael Camus Randy Mueller	Epic Motorsports	Ret	32	8	19							15
24	Jeff Courtney	JCR Motorsports	WD	WD	11	16							15
25	Moritz Kranz Gabriele Piana	Mühlner Motorsports America			36	7							14
26	Dean Martin Nate Stacy	KohR Motorsports	9	19									14
27	Ryan Eversley Adam Merzon	Case-it Racing by Flying Lizard	17	11	22	22							14
28	Jason Hart Mike Vess	Classic BMW	8	30	25	24							13
29	Shelby Blackstock James Pesek	PF Racing	16	17	23	29							9
30	Andy Lee Elias Sabo	GMG Racing	Ret	13	33	31							8
31	Derek DeBoer Sean Gibbons	TRG	23	15	28	Ret							6
32	Marko Radisic David Roberts	Precision Driving	31	16	29	32							5
33	Preston Calvert	Team Panoz Racing	20	25	18	DSQ							4
34	Mark Klenin	KPR	21	23	21	20							1
35	Kris Wilson	KPR			21	20							1
36	Max Riddle	KPR	21	23									0
37	Vinnie Allegretta JR Pesek	PF Racing	25	21	27	27	WD	WD					0
38	Jeff Burton	Rearden Racing	30	28	26	21							0
39	Jason Bell	M1 GT Racing	22	27	35	23							0
40	Nicolai Elghanayan	MarcoPolo Motorsports	28	22									0
41	Fred Roberts	JCR Motorsports			24	DNS							0
42	Mark Pavan	Racers Edge Motorsports	29	34	30	25							0
43	Vesko Kozarov Ace Robey	Rearden Racing	26	26									0
44	Keith Jensen	NOLAsport			34	26							0
45	Frank Gannett	Ian Lacy Racing	27	Ret	32	28							0
46	Steve Burns	Ian Lacy Racing	32	29	31	DNS							0
Pos.	Driver	Team	AUS		VIR		LIM		POR		UTA		Points

GTS Am

Pos.	Driver	Team	AUS		VIR		LIM		POR		UTA		Points
1	Aurora Straus	ST Racing	11	6	13	8							88
2	Toby Grahovec Chris Ohmacht	Classic BMW	15	24	4	13							77
3	Drew Staveley	Ian Lacy Racing	5	7	16	33							69
4	Greg Liefooghe Henry Schmitt	Stephen Cameron Racing	12	Ret	7	12							65
5	Mike Hedlund	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Ret	10	12	10							61
6	Al Carter	ST Racing	11	6									48
7	Michael Camus Randy Mueller	Epic Motorsports	Ret	32	8	19							44
8	Preston Calvert	Team Panoz Racing	20	25	18	DSQ							43
9	Derek DeBoer Sean Gibbons	TRG	23	15	28	Ret							42
10	Jeff Burton	Rearden Racing	30	28	26	21							42
11	Marko Radisic David Roberts	Precision Driving	31	16	29	32							41
12	Jason Bell	M1 GT Racing	22	27	35	23							41
13	Jon Miller	ST Racing			13	8							40
14	Jeff Courtney	JCR Motorsports	WD	WD	11	16							36
15	Mark Pavan	Racers Edge Motorsports	29	34	30	25							35
16	Nicolai Elghanayan	MarcoPolo Motorsports	28	22									26
17	Mark Klenin Kris Wilson	KPR			21	20							26
18	Frank Gannett	Ian Lacy Racing	27	Ret	32	28							26
19	Vesko Kozarov Ace Robey	Rearden Racing	26	26									25
20	Steve Burns	Ian Lacy Racing	32	29	31	DNS							22
21	Keith Jensen	NOLAsport			34	26							14
22	Fred Roberts	JCR Motorsports			24	DNS							11
Pos.	Driver	Team	AUS		VIR		LIM		POR		UTA		Points

Notes

1 2 Car No. 23 entered as Case-it Racing by Flying Lizard and car No. 45 entered as Flying Lizard Motorsports.

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The Flying Lizard Motorsports group is a motorsport team from Sonoma, California, formed by Seth Neiman in early 2003. The team competed in the full American Le Mans Series season, as well as the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The team went on to win six driver and team championships in the American Le Mans Series, becoming a Porsche factory team and Porsche Motorsport North America's development partner from 2007 to 2012. The team helped develop the first- and second-generation 997 GT3 RSR as well as bring it to victory several times in its six-year run in the series. The team solely raced Porsche cars from 2004 to 2019, becoming a staple in the Porsche racing community.

K-PAX Racing is an automobile racing team in the SCCA's Pirelli World Challenge racing series. Founded in 2006, team owner Jim Haughey partnered with Bob Raub, bringing a team of Porsche 911 GT3s to the track. However, from 2009 to 2013, it has campaigned Volvo S60s with great success. For 2014, K-PAX Racing switched to McLaren MP4-12C GT3 race cars and continued its relationship with the manufacturer the following three seasons by updating to the McLaren 650S GT3 model. Since joining the Pirelli World Challenge in 2007, K-PAX Racing has celebrated four driver championships and has solidified the team as a perennial championship contender.

The 2014 Pirelli World Challenge season was the 25th season of the Pirelli World Challenge championship. It marked the debut of a new "Touring Car A-Spec" class. A new "GT A-Spec" class also made its debut. These new classes featured amateur drivers. The series also held a round at Brainerd International Raceway for the first time in its history, with a touring car doubleheader held in support of a Trans Am Series event; also making its series debut was Barber Motorsports Park. The GT groups competed in sixteen fifty-minute sprints on nine circuits. The touring cars competed in fourteen sprints on seven road courses. The first race for GT cars at St. Petersburg was canceled due to heavy rain, so a make-up race was added for the series finale at Miller Motorsports Park. The second race for touring cars at Barber was also canceled due to rain, so a make-up race was added to the schedule at Mosport.

The 2016 Pirelli World Challenge was the 27th running of the Sports Car Club of America's World Challenge series. Johnny O'Connell was the defending champion in the highest class, the GT class.

The 2016 SprintX GT Championship Series was the inaugural season of the SprintX GT Championship Series. The series was managed by WC Vision and sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). On May 28, 2015 WC Vision announced it would be launching the SprintX GT Championship Series as a support series of the Pirelli World Challenge. Similar to GT races in the PWC, SprintX races had a sprint format as races were 60 minutes in length. The difference between PWC GT races and SprintX races was that SprintX races featured mandatory driver and tire changes.

The 2017 Pirelli World Challenge was the 28th running of the Pirelli World Challenge. Álvaro Parente was the defending champion in the highest class, the GT class. It was the first season sanctioned by the United States Auto Club, after being under Sports Car Club of America sanctioning for the previous 27 seasons.

The 2017 SprintX GT Championship Series was the second season of the SprintX GT Championship Series. Dion von Moltke was the defending champion in the highest class, the Pro class in GT. It was the first season sanctioned by the United States Auto Club, after being under Sports Car Club of America sanctioning last year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Cooper (racing driver)</span> American-born race car driver

Michael Cooper is an American-born race car driver who currently competes in the Pirelli World Challenge. He resides in Huntington, New York, and also has a business management degree from at NYIT, and a nutrition degree from Long Island University.

The 2018 Pirelli World Challenge is the 29th season of the Pirelli World Challenge. Patrick Long was the defending champion in the highest class, the GT class. It is the second season sanctioned by the United States Auto Club. The season began on 9 March in St. Petersburg and ended on 2 September at Watkins Glen. It is the first season of the new TCR class, while the TCB class has been removed from the series.

The 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge America was the 30th season of the United States Auto Club's Blancpain GT World Challenge America. It was the first under Blancpain sponsorship, taking over from the longtime Pirelli sponsorship, as part of the standardisation of names of Stéphane Ratel Organisation-run GT3 sprint racing series globally, following the series' acquisition by the SRO Motorsports Group. It was also the last under Blancpain sponsorship, after they and the SRO concluded their partnership at the end of 2019. The season began on 2 March in Austin and ended on 20 October at Las Vegas.

The 2019 Pirelli GT4 America Series was the inaugural season of the GT4 America Series. It took over the GTS class of the Pirelli World Challenge, which adopted global GT4 technical regulations in 2018, and it is a Blancpain GT World Challenge America support series. GT4 America Series is split into a Sprint series, which features 50-minute races with one driver per car, and a SprintX series, which features one-hour races with two drivers per car and a mandatory driver change during Pit stops. Also East and West regional championships are awarded. The season began on 2 March in Austin and ended on 20 October in Las Vegas.

The GT4 America Series is a sports car racing series based in the United States. In 2019, the series was relaunched with the explicit GT4 title, following the alignment in 2017 of the Pirelli World Challenge series "GTS" class with SRO GT4, and the Stéphane Ratel Organisation assuming control of the series in May 2018. It is a GT World Challenge America support series, managed by SRO and sanctioned by the United States Auto Club.

Alec Udell is an American racing driver from Houston, Texas. He has won the 2019 SRO GT4 European series Silver cup championship, the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge GT3 Cup championship and the 2013 Nasa Pro American Iron National Championship.

The 2020 Pirelli GT4 America Series was the second season of the GT4 America Series. The series is split into a Sprint series, which features 50-minute races with one driver per car, and a SprintX series, which features one-hour races with two drivers per car and a mandatory driver change during Pit stops. The season begins on 7 March at Circuit of the Americas and ends on 3 October at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jade Buford</span> American racing driver

Jade Marcus Buford is an American professional racing driver with experience in open-wheel, sports car, and stock car racing. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro for Big Machine Racing.

The 2022 Pirelli GT4 America Series is the fourth season of the GT4 America Series. The season began on April 15 at Sonoma Raceway and will end on October 9 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The 2022 GT America Series will be the second season of the SRO Motorsports Group's GT America Series, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The races are contested with GT2-spec, GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season will begin on April 15 at Sonoma and end on October 9 at Indianapolis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harry Gottsacker</span> American racing driver

Harry Gottsacker is an American racing driver who currently competes for Bryan Herta Autosport in the TCR class of the Michelin Pilot Challenge.

References

↑ "GTS SprintX Regulations Announced for 2018 Championship". world-challenge.com. WC Vision. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
↑ "PWC Announces Watkins Glen Int'l as 2018 Season Finale Venue". world-challenge.com. WC Vision. 17 November 2017. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
1 2 "Pirelli World Challenge Circuit of the Americas Entry List" (PDF). world-challenge.com. WC Vision. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
1 2 "Pirelli World Challenge Virginia International Raceway Entry List" (PDF). world-challenge.com. WC Vision. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
1 2 "Pirelli World Challenge Lime Rock Park Entry List" (PDF). world-challenge.com. WC Vision. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

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