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2015 Pirelli World Challenge

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The 2015 Pirelli World Challenge season was the 26th running of the Sports Car Club of America's World Challenge series. It introduced a new all-Porsche "GT Cup" race group. Johnny O'Connell was the defending champion in the highest class, the GT class.

Entry list

TC/TCA/TCB

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Constructor	Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
BMW	Classic BMW Motorsports	Z4	24	Toby Grahovec	7, 9
Chevrolet	Hack Racing	Sonic	2	Van Svenson (R)	All
Chevrolet	Tech Sport Racing	Sonic	25	Johan Schwartz	All
Ford	Steadfast Motorsports	Fiesta	27	Marc Sherrin (R)	All
	Phoenix American Motorsports	Mustang V6	32	Andrew Aquilante	1
	Ian Lacy Racing		43	Ian Lacy	1
	Ian Lacy Racing		43	Steve Burns (R)	7, 10, 12
	GSpeed	Fiesta	63	Jeremy Rohan (R)	1
	Steadfast Motorsports	Fiesta	63	Matt Travis	12
Honda	Mincey Racing	Fit	4	Timothy Mincey Sr. (R)	1
	Mincey Racing	Civic Si	4	Timothy Mincey Sr. (R)	5
	NDP Motorsports		5	Neal de Paz (R)	1 (Race 1)
				Felipe Merjech	1 (Race 2), 5 (Races 1 and 3)
				Juan Carlos Casadiego	1 (Race 3), 5 (Race 2)
	Drive4Diabetes/Garrett Racing		11	Chase Pelletier	7, 9 (Race 3), 10, 12
			11	Jon Miller	9 (Races 1 and 2)
		Fit	12	Steve Kohli	7
	Tech Sport Racing	Fit	23	Yiannis Tsiounis	9
	Team Ost Racing	Civic Si	39	Patrick Seguin	9–10, 12
	Branden Peterson Racing	Civic Si	49	Patrick Seguin	1, 5, 7
	Racing.ca	Fit	58	Glenn Nixon	7, 9–10, 12
	Shea Racing		66	Jay Salinsky	1, 9, 12
				Randy Smith	5, 7
				Ted Hough	10
		Civic Si	67	Shea Holbrook	1, 5
				Steve Kohli	9–10
				Andrew Rains (R)	12
	CNC Racing	S2000	68	Tommy Chen	12
	Compass360 Racing	Civic Si	71	Paul Holton	1 (Races 1 and 2), 5, 12
				Karl Thomson	1 (Race 3)
				Ron Yarab	7, 9–10
			72	Emilee Tominovich (R)	All
	Honda Performance Development		70	Paul Whiting	10, 12
		Fit	90	Kevin Boehm	9 (Race 1)
				Andrew Salzano	9 (Race 2)
				Jeff Barrow	9 (Race 3)
	Honda Motorsports Alabama	Accord	93	Paul Street (R)	1, 7, 9, 12
	TOMO Racing	Fit	94	Tom O'Gorman (R)	9, 12
Hyundai	GenRacer	Genesis Coupe	78	Jeff Ricca	7, 9
Kia	Kinetic Motorsports	Forte Koup	34	Kris Wright (R)	All
			36	Jason Wolfe	All
			38	Samantha Tan (R)	All
Mazda	Jeff Andretti Motorsports	Demio	02	Cameron Parsons	12
	Breathless Performance	Demio	9	Chris Holter	1
	Breathless Performance	MX-5	98	Ernie Francis Jr.	All
	Hale Motorsports	MX-5	17	Randy Hale	1, 5, 7, 12
	Tech Sport Racing	RX-8	22	Kevin Anderson	1, 5, 7, 9 (Race 3), 10, 12
			23	Robby Foley (R)	1
				Elivan Goulart	5
				Gino Carini	7, 12
				Yiannis Tsiounis	9 (Race 1)
				Kevin Anderson	9 (Race 2)
				Jason Saini	10
	Eastex Motorsports	MX-5	33	Adam Poland	All
	Corksport	Demio	47	Joey Jordan	10, 12
	BERG Racing	MX-5	50	Dinah Weisberg (R)	1, 5, 7
	BERG Racing		50	John Weisberg	9–10, 12
	Steve Bottom Racing		52	Steve Bottom	12
	Black Armor Helmets	Demio	55	James Wilson	1, 7, 12
	Black Armor Helmets	Demio	95	Steve Taake	1, 12
	Snader Racing	MX-5	64	Austin Snader	All
	Outlier Racing	RX-8	99	Brian Lift (R)	12
Mini	Breathless Performance	Cooper	7	Jason Fichter	All
	P. J. Groenke Racing		8	P. J. Groenke	All
	Indian Summer Racing		30	Travis W. Washay (R)	5, 7
	Indian Summer Racing		51	Mac Korince (R)	5
	Shea Racing		48	Tom Noble	1, 5, 7, 10, 12
	Shea Racing		48	Nick Lougee	9
	Racing.ca		57	Andrei Kisel	All
			58	Glenn Nixon	1, 5
			59	Wei Lu (R)	1, 5, 9–10
			59	Nic Duynstee	7, 12
Nissan	Skullcandy Team Nissan	Altima	3	Vesko Kozarov	1, 7, 9–10, 12
	Skullcandy Team Nissan	Altima	13	Jason Cherry	1, 5
	Nissan GT Academy	370Z	35	Nick Hammann	9, 12
	Nissan GT Academy	370Z	35	Lara Tallman	10
Pontiac	Go 4 It Racing	Solstice GXP	41	Michael Pettiford	1
Porsche	Motorsports Promotions	Cayman	00	Corey Fergus (R)	All
	Autometrics Motorsports		03	Cory Friedman	1, 5
			03	David Baum	9
			04	Cody Ellsworth	1, 5
			04	Cory Friedman	9
	BERG Racing		40	John Weisberg	1, 5, 7
	BERG Racing		40	Dinah Weisberg (R)	10
	Outlier Racing		88	Kevin Krauss	7, 12
Scion	Brass Monkey Racing	FR-S	86	Tony Rivera	1, 7, 9–10, 12
Volkswagen	HPA Motorsports	Jetta GLI	15	Jeff Altenburg	All
	HPA Motorsports		16	Alex Welch	All
	Rains Racing		26	Mikey Taylor (R)	5, 7
	Rains Racing	Golf GTI	44	Andrew Rains (R)	5, 7, 10
	Emich Racing	Jetta GLI	87	Fred Emich	7, 9, 12
Volvo	3R Racing	C30	14	Nathan Stacy	1, 5

Colour	Class
	TC
	TCA
	TCB

Championship standings

Manufacturers' Championships

Only those manufacturers who are SCCA Pro Racing corporate members were eligible to receive points toward the Manufacturers' Championship. Championship points were awarded to manufacturers based on qualifying and finishing positions. Only the highest finishing car of each eligible manufacturer earned points for its finishing position. The Pole position winner received 1 bonus point.^[7]

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The first GT/GTA/GT Cup race at Road America was a replacement for the cancelled second GT/GTA race at Detroit. Because the GT Cup cars did not participate at Detroit, they also did not participate in the replacement race at Road America.

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Round	Date	Event	Circuit	Location	Classes	Supporting
1	March 6–8	Nissan Grand Prix of Texas	Circuit of the Americas	Austin, Texas	GT/GTA/GT Cup (x2) GTS (x2) TC/TCA/TCB (x3)	Headline
2	March 27–29	Cadillac Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	GT/GTA/GT Cup (x2) GTS (x2)	IndyCar Series
3	April 17–19	Roar By The Shore presented by Replay XD	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	GT/GTA/GT Cup†	IndyCar Series / United SportsCar Championship
4	April 24–26	MOMO Grand Prix at Barber	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama	GT/GTA/GT Cup† (x2) GTS (x2)	IndyCar Series
5	May 15–17	Remo Ferri Group Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	GT/GTA/GT Cup (x2) GTS (x2) TC/TCA/TCB (x3)	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
6^[2]	May 29–31	Cadillac V-Series Challenge	The Raceway on Belle Isle	Detroit, Michigan	GT/GTA (x2)	IndyCar Series / United SportsCar Championship
7	June 26–28	DeVilbiss Grand Prix at Road America	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	GT/GTA/GT Cup (x2) GTS (x2) TC/TCA/TCB (x3)	Headline
8	July 31 – August 2	StopTech Grand Prix presented by MOMO	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	GT/GTA/GT Cup (x2) GTS (x2)	IndyCar Series
9^[3]	August 14–16	OPTIMA Grand Prix presented by MOMO	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	TC/TCA/TCB (x3)	NASCAR Xfinity Series
10	August 21–23	Ford Grand Prix at Miller by VP Fuels	Miller Motorsports Park	Tooele, Utah	GT/GTA/GT Cup (x2) GTS (x2) TC/TCA/TCB (x3)	Headline
11	August 28–30	Grand Prix of Sonoma presented by Kia	Sonoma Raceway	Sonoma, California	GT/GTA/GT Cup (x2) GTS (x2)	IndyCar Series
12	September 11–13	Mazda Raceway Grand Prix by Cadillac	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	GT/GTA/GT Cup GTS TC/TCA/TCB (x3)	Headline
Source: ^[4]

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
TruSpeed Autosport	02	Sloan Urry	All
	18	Phil Fogg Jr.	1–5, 10–12
	18	Brett Sandberg	7–8
Porsche of Bucks County	11	Colin Thompson	All
ANSA Motorsports	13	Lorenzo Trefethen (R)	All
Global Motorsports Group	17	Alec Udell	1–2, 4, 7–8, 10–12
NGT Motorsport	29	Eduardo Cisneros (R)	1–5
Wright Motorsports	60	Santiago Creel (R)	1
Phoenix American Motorsports	77	Preston Calvert (R)	All
DragonSpeed	81	Victor Gomez (R)	All
Landry Racing	97	Mitch Landry	All

Round		Circuit	GT Winning Car	GTA Winning Car	GT Cup Winning Car	GTS Winning Car	TC Winning Car	TCA Winning Car	TCB Winning Car
Round		Circuit	GT Winning Driver	GTA Winning Driver	GT Cup Winning Driver	GTS Winning Driver	TC Winning Driver	TCA Winning Driver	TCB Winning Driver
1	R1	Austin	#61 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	#41 Porsche 911 GT3 R	#11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#07 Aston Martin Vantage GT4	#04 Porsche Cayman	#86 Scion FR-S	#25 Chevy Sonic
	R1		Olivier Beretta	Michael Lewis	Colin Thompson	Kris Wilson	Cody Ellsworth	Tony Rivera	Johan Schwartz
	R2		#9 McLaren 650S GT3	#41 Porsche 911 GT3 R	#11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#10 Chevrolet Camaro Z28	#04 Porsche Cayman	#86 Scion FR-S	#25 Chevy Sonic
	R2		Kévin Estre	Michael Lewis	Colin Thompson	Michael Cooper	Cody Ellsworth	Tony Rivera	Johan Schwartz
	R3		Did not participate				#3 Nissan Altima	#36 Kia Forte Koup	#25 Chevy Sonic
	R3		Did not participate				Vesko Kozarov	Jason Wolfe	Johan Schwartz
2	R1	St. Petersburg	#43 Acura TLX-GT	#65 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	#18 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#50 Ford Mustang Boss 302	Did not participate
	R1		Ryan Eversley	Mike Hedlund	Phil Fogg Jr.	Dean Martin
	R2		#61 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	#66 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	#11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#87 Ford Mustang Boss 302
	R2		Olivier Beretta	Frankie Montecalvo	Colin Thompson	Spencer Pumpelly
3		Long Beach	#61 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	#41 Porsche 911 GT3 R	#11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Did not participate
3		Long Beach	Olivier Beretta	Michael Lewis	Colin Thompson	Did not participate
4	R1	Barber	#33 Nissan GT-R GT3	#07 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	#11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#07 Aston Martin Vantage GT4	Did not participate
	R1		J. D. Davison	Martin Fuentes	Colin Thompson	Kris Wilson
	R2		#9 McLaren 650S GT3	#05 Nissan GT-R GT3	#11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#07 Aston Martin Vantage GT4
	R2		Kévin Estre	Bryan Heitkotter	Colin Thompson	Kris Wilson
5	R1	Mosport	#3 Cadillac ATS-V.R GT3	#05 Nissan GT-R GT3	#11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#37 Ford Mustang Boss 302	#98 Mazda MX-5	#23 Mazda RX-8	#58 Mini Cooper
	R1		Johnny O'Connell	Bryan Heitkotter	Colin Thompson	Kurt Rezzetano	Ernie Francis Jr.	Elivan Goulart	Glenn Nixon
	R2		#3 Cadillac ATS-V.R GT3	#05 Nissan GT-R GT3	#13 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#73 Porsche Cayman S	#00 Porsche Cayman	#71 Honda Civic Si	#25 Chevy Sonic
	R2		Johnny O'Connell	Bryan Heitkotter	Lorenzo Trefethen	Jack Baldwin	Corey Fergus	Paul Holton	Johan Schwartz
	R3		Did not participate				#00 Porsche Cayman	#5 Honda Civic Si	#25 Chevy Sonic
	R3		Did not participate				Corey Fergus	Felipe Merjech	Johan Schwartz
6	R1	Detroit	#9 McLaren 650S GT3	#30 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Did not participate
	R1		Kévin Estre	Henrique Cisneros
	R2		Race cancelled due to heavy rain and low track visibility
7	R1^{[N 1]}	Road America	#25 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 FL2	#05 Nissan GT-R GT3	Did not participate	#28 Aston Martin Vantage GT4	#3 Nissan Altima	#86 Scion FR-S	#58 Honda Fit
	R1^{[N 1]}		Tomáš Enge	Bryan Heitkotter	Did not participate	Lou Gigliotti	Vesko Kozarov	Tony Rivera	Glenn Nixon
	R2		#16 Bentley Continental GT3	#66 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	#11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#32 Ford Mustang Boss 302	#15 VW Jetta GLI	#86 Scion FR-S	#58 Honda Fit
	R2		Chris Dyson	Frankie Montecalvo	Colin Thompson	Andrew Aquilante	Jeff Altenburg	Tony Rivera	Glenn Nixon
	R3		#33 Nissan GT-R GT3	#66 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	#11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Did not participate	#98 Mazda MX-5	#86 Scion FR-S	#58 Honda Fit
	R3		J. D. Davison	Frankie Montecalvo	Colin Thompson	Did not participate	Ernie Francis Jr.	Tony Rivera	Glenn Nixon
8	R1	Mid-Ohio	#31 Porsche 911 GT3 R	#66 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	#17 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#10 Chevrolet Camaro Z28	Did not participate
	R1		Ryan Dalziel	Frankie Montecalvo	Alec Udell	Michael Cooper
	R2		#31 Porsche 911 GT3 R	#05 Nissan GT-R GT3	#11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#07 Aston Martin Vantage GT4
	R2		Ryan Dalziel	Bryan Heitkotter	Colin Thompson	Kris Wilson
9	R1		Did not participate				#98 Mazda MX-5	#36 Kia Forte Koup	#25 Chevy Sonic
	R1						Ernie Francis Jr.	Jason Wolfe	Johan Schwartz
	R2						#3 Nissan Altima	#36 Kia Forte Koup	#25 Chevy Sonic
	R2						Vesko Kozarov	Jason Wolfe	Johan Schwartz
	R3						#3 Nissan Altima	#24 BMW Z4	#25 Chevy Sonic
	R3						Vesko Kozarov	Toby Grahovec	Johan Schwartz
10	R1	Miller	#3 Cadillac ATS-V.R GT3	#66 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	#17 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#38 Kia Optima	#3 Nissan Altima	#36 Kia Forte Koup	#58 Honda Fit
	R1		Johnny O'Connell	Frankie Montecalvo	Alec Udell	Mark Wilkins	Vesko Kozarov	Jason Wolfe	Glenn Nixon
	R2		#3 Cadillac ATS-V.R GT3	#66 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	#11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#10 Chevrolet Camaro Z28	#3 Nissan Altima	#36 Kia Forte Koup	#25 Chevy Sonic
	R2		Johnny O'Connell	Frankie Montecalvo	Colin Thompson	Michael Cooper	Vesko Kozarov	Jason Wolfe	Johan Schwartz
	R3		Did not participate				#3 Nissan Altima	#36 Kia Forte Koup	#47 Mazda Demio
	R3		Did not participate				Vesko Kozarov	Jason Wolfe	Joey Jordan
11	R1	Sonoma	#9 McLaren 650S GT3	#7 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	#17 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#20 Chevrolet Camaro	Did not participate
	R1		Kévin Estre	Christina Nielsen	Alec Udell	Andy Lee
	R2		#31 Porsche 911 GT3 R	#66 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	#11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#10 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
	R2		Renger van der Zande	Frankie Montecalvo	Colin Thompson	Michael Cooper
12	R1	Laguna Seca	#29 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	#08 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	#11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	#07 Aston Martin Vantage GT4	#33 Mazda MX-5	#36 Kia Forte Koup	#47 Mazda Demio
	R1		Alessandro Balzan	Eric Lux	Colin Thompson	Kris Wilson	Adam Poland	Jason Wolfe	Joey Jordan
	R2		Did not participate				#00 Porsche Cayman	#71 Honda Civic Si	#47 Mazda Demio
	R2						Corey Fergus	Paul Holton	Joey Jordan
	R3						#98 Mazda MX-5	#36 Kia Forte Koup	#47 Mazda Demio
	R3						Ernie Francis Jr.	Jason Wolfe	Joey Jordan

2015_Pirelli_World_Challenge

2015 Pirelli World Challenge

Schedule

News

Entry list

GT/GTA

GT Cup

GTS

TC/TCA/TCB

Race results

Championship standings

Drivers' Championships

GT

GTA

GT Cup

GTS

TC

TCA

TCB

Manufacturers' Championships

GT

GTS

TC

TCA

References

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