Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio

Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Venue	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Corporate sponsor	Acura
First race	1963
First IMSA race	2018
Last race	2022
Duration	2 hours 40 minutes
Previous names	Mid-Ohio 6 Hours Grand Prix of Ohio
Most wins (driver)	Al Holbert (6)
Most wins (team)	Holbert Racing (7)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Porsche (16)

The Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio is a sports car race held annually at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The race began in 1963 as a part of the United States Road Racing Championship. It was part of the IMSA GT Championship from 1972 until 1993, and the American Le Mans Series from 2001 to 2002 and again from 2004 to 2012. From 2007 until 2012 the race took place on the same weekend as the IndyCar Series' Honda 200 and the event was sponsored by Acura from 2007 until 2009 and again in 2018. It was announced in July 2017 that the race would return on May 4-6 2018 as part of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Results

Year	Drivers	Team	Car	Duration/Distance	Race Title	Report
United States Road Racing Championship
1963	Ken Miles	Temple Buell	Shelby Cobra	168 miles (270 km)	USRRC Mid-Ohio	report
1964	Hap Sharp	Chaparral Cars	Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet	168 miles (270 km)	USRRC Mid-Ohio	report
1965	Hap Sharp	Chaparral Cars	Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet	200 miles (320 km)	USRRC Mid-Ohio	report
1966	Lothar Motschenbacher	Dan Blocker Racing	McLaren M1B-Oldsmobile	200 miles (320 km)	Buckeye Cup	report
1967	Mark Donohue	Roger Penske	Lola T70 Mk3B-Chevrolet	200 miles (320 km)	Lexington 200	report
1968	Mark Donohue	Roger Penske	McLaren M6A-Chevrolet	180 miles (290 km)	USRRC Mid-Ohio	report
1969 — 1971	Not held
IMSA GT Championship
1972	Bob Beasley Michael Keyser	Toad Hall Motor Racing	Porsche 911 S	6 hours	Camel 6 Hour	report
1973	Bob Beasley Michael Keyser	Toad Hall Motor Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	6 hours	Mid-Ohio 6 Hours	report
1974	Al Holbert Peter Gregg	Holbert's Porsche/Audi	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	5 Hours	Mid-Ohio Twin 6s	report
1975 (June)	Al Holbert	Holbert Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	100 miles (160 km)	Mid-Ohio 100	report
1975 (August)	Al Holbert Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Holbert Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	6 Hours	Mid-Ohio 6 Hours	report
1976 (June)	Michael Keyser		Chevrolet Monza	100 miles (160 km)	Twin's 200	report
1976 (August)	Jim Busby	Busby Racing	Porsche Carrera	3 Hours	Mid-Ohio 6 Hours	report
1977 (June)	David Hobbs	McLaren North America	BMW 320i Turbo	100 miles (160 km)	Twin's 200	report
1977 (August)	Peter Gregg	Brumos Porsche	Porsche 935	3 Hours	Mid-Ohio Twin 3 Hours	report
1978	Bill Whittington Jim Busby	Whittington Brothers Racing	Porsche 935/77A	250 miles (400 km)	Camel GT 250	report
1979	Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood	Peter Gregg Racing	Porsche 935/79	250 miles (400 km)	Camel GT 250	report
1980	Not held
1981	Brian Redman	Kent-Cooke/Wood Racing	Lola T600-Chevrolet	200 miles (320 km)	Red Roof Inns GT 200	report
1982 (May)	John Fitzpatrick	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Porsche 935 K4	100 miles (160 km)	Red Roof Inns Camel GT Sprints	report
1982 (Sept)	John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Porsche 935 K4	6 hours	Lumbermens 6 Hour Camel GT	report
1983	Jim Trueman Doc Bundy Bobby Rahal	Holbert Racing	March 83G-Chevrolet	6 hours	Lumbermens 6 Hours	report
1984	Al Holbert Derek Bell	Holbert Racing	Porsche 962	500 km (310 mi)	Lumbermens 500k	report
1985	Al Holbert Derek Bell	Holbert Racing	Porsche 962	500 km (310 mi)	Lumbermens 500k	report
1986	Al Holbert Derek Bell	Holbert Racing	Porsche 962	500 km (310 mi)	IMSA Camel Grand Prix	report
1987	Jochen Mass Bobby Rahal	Bayside Disposal Racing	Porsche 962	500 km (310 mi)	Champion Spark Plug Grand Prix	report
1988	Geoff Brabham Tom Gloy	Electramotive Engineering	Nissan GTP ZX-T	500 km (310 mi)	Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio	report
1989	Geoff Brabham Chip Robinson	Electramotive Engineering	Nissan GTP ZX-T	500 km (310 mi)	Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio	report
1990	Geoff Brabham Derek Daly	Nissan Performance	Nissan NPT-90	500 km (310 mi)	Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio	report
1991	Davy Jones	Bud Light/Jaguar Racing	Jaguar XJR-16	300 km (190 mi)	Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio	report
1992	Davy Jones	Bud Light/Jaguar Racing	Jaguar XJR-14	2 hours	Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio	report
1993	Juan Manuel Fangio II	All American Racers	Eagle Mk III-Toyota	2 hours	Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio	report
1994 – 1997	Not held
United States Road Racing Championship
1998	Dorsey Schroeder Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III	2 Hours, 30 Minutes	U.S. Road Racing Classic	report
1999	James Weaver Andy Wallace	Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III	2 Hours, 15 Minutes	U.S. Road Racing Classic	report
2000	Not held
American Le Mans Series
2001	David Brabham Jan Magnussen	Panoz Motor Sports	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	2 Hours, 45 Minutes	Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio	report
2002	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	2 Hours, 45 Minutes	American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio	report
2003	Not held
2004	Marco Werner JJ Lehto	ADT Champion Racing	Audi R8	2 Hours, 45 Minutes	American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio	report
2005	Butch Leitzinger James Weaver	Dyson Racing	Lola EX257-AER	2 Hours, 45 Minutes	American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio	report
2006	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Penske Racing	Porsche RS Spyder	2 Hours, 45 Minutes	American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio	report
2007	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Penske Racing	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	2 Hours, 45 Minutes	Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio	report
2008	Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	Audi Sport North America	Audi R10 TDI	2 Hours, 45 Minutes	Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio	report
2009	Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud	de Ferran Motorsports	Acura ARX-02a	2 Hours, 45 Minutes	Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio	report
2010	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Dyson Racing Team	Lola B09/86	2 Hours, 45 Minutes	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge	report
2011	Lucas Luhr Klaus Graf	Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin B08/62	2 Hours, 45 Minutes	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge	report
2012	Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	HPD ARX-03a	2 Hours, 45 Minutes	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge	report
2013	Not held
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2014 – 2017	Not held
2018	Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor	Acura Team Penske	Acura ARX-05	2 Hours, 40 Minutes	Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio	report [1]
2019	Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya	Acura Team Penske	Acura ARX-05	2 Hours, 40 Minutes	Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio	report
2020	Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor	Acura Team Penske	Acura ARX-05	2 Hours, 40 Minutes	Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio	report
2021	Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor	Konica Minolta Acura	Acura ARX-05	2 Hours, 40 Minutes	Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio presented by the TLX Type S	report
2022	Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor	Konica Minolta Acura	Acura ARX-05	2 Hours, 40 Minutes	Lexus Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio	report

References

1. "Official Race Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-09-24.

External links

• United SportsCar Championship official site
• Ultimate Racing History: Mid-Ohio archive
• Racing Sports Cars: Mid-Ohio archive
• World Sports Racing Prototypes: IMSA archive