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]
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 |
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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 |
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Round | Circuit | GT Pro-Pro Winners | GT Pro-Am Winners | GT Am Winners | GT Cup Winners | GTS Pro-Am Winners | GTS Am Winners | |
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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 |
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 | ||
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 |
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 | ||
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 |
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 | ||
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 |
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 | ||
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 |
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 | |||
Miguel Molina Toni Vilander | Wei Lu Jeff Segal | Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes | Harry Gottsacker | Toby Grahovec Chris Ohmacht |
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 |
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Points | 25 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole position |
Pos. | Driver | Team | AUS | VIR | LIM | POR | UTA | Points | |||||
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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 |
Pos. | Driver | Team | AUS | VIR | LIM | POR | UTA | Points | |||||
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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 |
Pos. | Driver | Team | AUS | VIR | LIM | POR | UTA | Points | |||||
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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 |
Pos. | Driver | Team | AUS | VIR | LIM | POR | UTA | Points | |||||
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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 |
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