2023 Sports Car Championship Canada

2023 Sports Car Championship Canada

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The 2023 Sports Car Championship Canada by Michelin was the third season of FEL Motorsports' Sports Car Championship Canada.

The season began at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on May 19, and ended back at the same circuit on September 3. ^[1]

Schedule

The preliminary calendar was released on November 10, 2022, featuring 12 races across 4 weekends. ^[2]

Round	Race	Length	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Victoria Day Speedfest	40 min	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	May 19–21
2	Honda Indy Toronto	40 min	Toronto Street Circuit	Toronto, Ontario	July 14–16
3	Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières	40 min	Circuit Trois-Rivières	Trois-Rivières, Quebec	August 4–5
4	Labour Day Sprints	40 min	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	September 1–3

• Calabogie Motorsports Park was dropped from the schedule due to a scheduling conflict with the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières. The track was part of the championship since the inaugural season in 2021. ^[3]

Entry list

Grand Tourer (GT4)

Team Chassis No. Drivers Status Rounds VPX Motorsport [4] Mercedes-AMG GT4 3 Marc Lafleur 1–2 Vince Partap 3–4 77 Nick Galante [5] 2–3 Bestline AutoTech Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport 19 Stefano Lucente G 2 Polito Racing Ford Mustang GT4 22 Jack Polito All JMF Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT4 34 Demitria Chalkias [6] All Source: [7] [8]

Icon Status G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Touring Car (TCR / TCA)

Team Chassis No. Drivers Status Rounds TCR Di Benedetto Racing [9] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 4 Justin Di Benedetto All Martella Motorsports [10] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 82 Marco Cirone 1 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 2–3 GT Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 29 Louis-Philippe Montour 1–3 45 Olivier Montour All Bestline AutoTech Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 37 Ed Killeen All TWOth Autosport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 26 Khalid Eidoo G 4 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 48 Ron Tomlinson All Baker Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 52 Dean Baker All M&S Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 55 Tom Kwok All Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 66 Gary Kwok 1 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 2–4 Hyundai Racing Canada Hyundai Elantra N TCR 80 Connor Atrell All Hyundai Veloster N TCR 86 Quinn Atrell All Blanchet Motorsports Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 84 Richard Boake All 89 Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 89 Jocelyn Hébert 1, 3 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian Hyundai Elantra N TCR 98 Mark Wilkins [11] G 2 TCA M&S Racing Honda Civic Si TCA 8 Jonathan Young All TWOth Autosport Honda Civic Si (FE1) 2 Trevor Hill All 38 Megan Tomlinson All Sanders Motorsports Honda Civic Si TCA 25 Erik Kunz All FEL Motorsports Hyundai Veloster N TCA 44 James Vance G 2 Hyundai Racing Canada Hyundai Veloster N TCA 88 Bob Atrell G 2 Source: [7] [8]

Icon Status G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race results

Round		Circuit	GT4 Winners	TCR Winners	TCA Winners	Report
1	R1	Mosport	#22 Polito Racing	#4 Di Benedetto Racing	#2 TWOth Autosport	[12]
			Jack Polito	Justin Di Benedetto	Trevor Hill
	R2		#22 Polito Racing	#52 Baker Racing	#2 TWOth Autosport
			Jack Polito	Dean Baker	Trevor Hill
	R3		#22 Polito Racing	#52 Baker Racing	#2 TWOth Autosport
			Jack Polito	Dean Baker	Trevor Hill
2	R1	Toronto	#77 VPX Motorsport	#84 Blanchet Motorsports	#44 FEL Motorsports	[13]
			Nick Galante	Richard Boake	James Vance
	R2		#22 Polito Racing	#84 Blanchet Motorsports	#44 FEL Motorsports
			Jack Polito	Richard Boake	James Vance
	R3		#77 VPX Motorsport	#84 Blanchet Motorsports	#44 FEL Motorsports
			Nick Galante	Richard Boake	James Vance
3	R1	Trois-Rivières	#22 Polito Racing	#29 GT Racing	#25 Sanders Motorsports	[14]
			Jack Polito	Louis-Philippe Montour	Erik Kunz
	R2		#22 Polito Racing	#4 Di Benedetto Racing	#2 TWOth Autosport
			Jack Polito	Justin Di Benedetto	Trevor Hill
	R3		#77 VPX Motorsport	#4 Di Benedetto Racing	#25 Sanders Motorsports
			Nick Galante	Justin Di Benedetto	Erik Kunz
4	R1	Mosport	#22 Polito Racing	#84 Blanchet Motorsports	#2 TWOth Autosport	[15]
			Jack Polito	Richard Boake	Trevor Hill
	R2		#22 Polito Racing	#52 Baker Racing	#2 TWOth Autosport
			Jack Polito	Dean Baker	Trevor Hill
	R3		#22 Polito Racing	#52 Baker Racing	#2 TWOth Autosport
			Jack Polito	Dean Baker	Trevor Hill

Points standings

Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	40	35	30	24	22	20	16	12	8	4

GT4 Drivers

Pos. Driver Team MSP TOR CTR MSP Points RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD3 1 Jack Polito Polito Racing 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 465 2 Demitria Chalkias JMF Motorsports 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 DNS 2 2 2 360 3 Marc Lafleur VPX Motorsport 3 3 3 Ret DNS DNS 228 Vince Partap 4 4 3 3 3 DNS 4 Nick Galante VPX Motorsport 1 2 1 2 2 1 225 Ineligible for driver points Stefano Lucente Bestline AutoTech 3 Ret DNS Pos. Driver Team MSP TOR CTR MSP Points

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

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

TCR Drivers

Pos. Driver Team MSP TOR CTR MSP Points RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD3 1 Dean Baker Baker Racing 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 9 3 2 1 1 398 2 Richard Boake Blanchet Motorsports 6 11 2 1 1 1 5 2 Ret 1 3 2 337 3 Justin Di Benedetto Di Benedetto Racing 1 Ret 4 5 7 9 2 1 1 Ret 2 Ret 270 4 Gary Kwok M&S Racing 4 9 6 6 6 Ret 6 3 2 5 6 DSQ 245 5 Louis-Philippe Montour GT Racing 2 2 3 Ret 3 5 1 4 Ret 218 6 Ron Tomlinson TWOth Autosport Ret 3 Ret 7 8 6 4 10† 5 3 4 3 200 7 Marco Cirone Martella Motorsports 5 8 7 3 4 3 7 5 Ret 172 8 Tom Kwok M&S Racing 7 6 8 9 9 8 Ret DNS DNS 4 5 6† 154 9 Quinn Atrell Hyundai Racing Canada Ret 5 5 Ret 11 7 Ret 6 DNS 9 7 7† 128 10 Olivier Montour GT Racing 8 Ret 10 Ret 10 Ret 8 8 7 7 8 5 120 11 Ed Killeen Bestline Autotech 10 10 9 Ret Ret 10 9 Ret 6 8 10 Ret 74 12 Connor Atrell Hyundai Racing Canada 9 4 Ret 8 Ret DNS 10 Ret DNS 6 Ret DNS 72 13 Jocelyn Hébert 89 Racing Team Ret 7 Ret Ret 7 4 56 Ineligible for driver points Mark Wilkins Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian 4 5 4 Khalid Eidoo TWOth Autosport 10 9 4 Pos. Driver Team MSP TOR CTR MSP Points

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

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

TCA Drivers

Pos. Driver Team MSP TOR CTR MSP Points RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD3 1 Trevor Hill TWOth Autosport 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 455 2 Erik Kunz Sanders Motorsports 3 3 4 4 3 2 1 2 1 3 2 3 404 3 Jonathan Young M&S Racing 2 2 2 6 4 4 3 3 2 2 Ret 2 354 4 Megan Tomlinson TWOth Autosport 4 4 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 306 Ineligible for driver points Bob Atrell Hyundai Racing Canada 3 Ret 6 James Vance FEL Motorsports 1 1 1 Pos. Driver Team MSP TOR CTR MSP Points

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

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Television coverage

The Races of the TCR South America are broadcast on Cable Television including: ESPN, Fox Sports, Movistar+, CBS Sports y NBC Sports.

Coverage in Brazil

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Other countries

• Colombia: RCN Televisión y RCN HD2
• Portugal: Sport TV
• Reino Unido: BT Sport
• Canadá: Sportsnet
• España: Movistar+
• Hispanoamérica: ESPN y Star+

Streaming links

Internet (Global)
YouTube
Motorsport.tv
Facebook
Zoome
Catve.com
Auto Videos
Twitch

References

1. "SCCC Announces 2023 Schedule". insidetracknews.com. November 11, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
2. "Sports Car Championship Canada presented by Michelin announces 2023 schedule". felmotorsports.com. November 10, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
3. "SCCC - A new three-race event format in 2023". automobilsport.com. November 16, 2022. Archived from the original on January 5, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
4. "VPX Motorsport Enters 2023 FEL SCCC". vpxmotorsport.com. March 20, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
5. "Racing to End Alzheimer's team ready to race in Toronto". speedwaymedia.com. July 7, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
6. "Demi Chalkias: Racing for the dream". mechanicalbusiness.com. April 5, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
7. "2023 - Entry list 01 - SCCC" (PDF). felmotorsports.com. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
8. "2023 - Entry list 02 - SCCC" (PDF). felmotorsports.com. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
9. "Sports Car Championship Canada presented by Michelin". dibenedettoracing.com. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
10. "Martella Motorsports adds Marco Cirone to 2023 FEL Motorsports Sportscar Championship". rtd-media.com.com. April 28, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
11. "Canadian Mark Wilkins set to race at Toronto Indy". insidetracknews.com. July 4, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
12. "Baker and Di Benedetto are victorious in SCCC season opener". tcr-series.com. May 21, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
13. "Richard Boake makes a hat trick on the streets of Toronto". tcr-worldranking.com. July 16, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
14. "Double victory for Di Benedetto at Trois-Rivières". tcr-worldranking.com. August 6, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
15. "SCCC: Dean Baker claims TCR title at Bowmanville". tcr-worldranking.com. September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
16. Redação, Da. "Moto1000GP e BandSports renovam parceria para temporada 2024". bandsports.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved May 21, 2024.

External links

• Official website