2009 Speed World Challenge

The 2009 SCCA Speed World Challenge was the 20th Speed World Challenge season. began March 18, 2009, and was completed on October 11, after 10 rounds.[1] The Grand Touring championship was won by Brandon Davis driving a Ford Mustang GT, and the Touring Car championship was won by Pierre Kleinubing driving an Acura TSX. It was the last season under the Speed Channel sponsorship.

Schedule edit

Five of the rounds were held as an undercard to the American Le Mans Series: Sebring, Long Beach, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca. The Sebring, Mid-Ohio, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca races were also shared with the Atlantic Championship, as well as the Autobahn date. The race at New Jersey was held as an undercard to the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

Round Date Location Classes
1 March 20 Sebring GT TC
2 April 19 Long Beach GT
3 May 3 New Jersey GT TC
4 May 17 Mosport GT TC
5 July 5 Watkins Glen GT TC
6 July 26 Autobahn Country Club GT TC
7 August 9 Mid Ohio GT TC
8 August 16 Road America GT TC
9 September 25 Road Atlanta GT TC
10 October 11 Laguna Seca GT TC

Race results edit

Rnd Circuit GT Winning Car TC Winning Car
GT Winning Driver TC Winning Driver
1 Sebring #97 Tax Masters Porsche 911 GT3 #38 Bimmer World BMW 328i
  Tony Rivera   Seth Thomas
2 Long Beach #14 Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911 GT3 no race
  James Sofronas
3 New Jersey #8 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #74 Mazdaspeed Mazda 6
  Andy Pilgrim   Jason Saini
4 Mosport #5 Daskalos Developments Dodge Viper #44 RealTime Racing Acura TSX
  Jason Daskalos   Kuno Wittmer
no race #1 RealTime Racing Acura TSX
  Peter Cunningham
5 Watkins Glen #4 Stoptech Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 #38 Bimmer World BMW 328i
  Dino Crescentini   Seth Thomas
6 Autobahn #1 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #74 Mazdaspeed Mazda 6
  Randy Pobst   Jason Saini
7 Mid-Ohio #10 SunMicro Ford Mustang GT #74 Mazdaspeed Mazda 6
  Brandon Davis   Jason Saini
8 Road America #97 Tax Masters Porsche 911 GT3 #42 RealTime Racing Acura TSX
  Tony Rivera   Pierre Kleinubing
9 Road Atlanta #8 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #38 Bimmer World BMW 328i
  Andy Pilgrim   Seth Thomas
10 Monterey #14 Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911 GT3 #42 RealTime Racing Acura TSX
  James Sofronas   Pierre Kleinubing

Drivers edit

Grand Touring (top 15) edit

Pos Driver SEB LB NJ MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points
1   Brandon Davis 3 3 3 2 8 2 1 4 3 4 1012
2   James Sofronas 5 1 6 9 3 6 3 15 5 1 931
3   Tony Rivera 1 7 5 3 7 5 2 1 4 17 910
4   Andy Pilgrim 12 6 1 4 5 4 15 16 1 5 851
5   Eric Curran 2 2 DSQ 5 2 17 16 2 2 3 811
6   Randy Pobst DNS 8 2 8 4 1 4 6 19 2 796
7   Dino Crescentini 17 DNS 6 1 15 5 3 9 18 578
8   Sonny Whelen 11 22 8 7 10 11 10 9 18 9 572
9   Tony Gaples 4 9 7 12 19 8 10 8 10 568
10   William Ziegler 8 12 11 13 11 10 11 11 12 19 552
11   Gunter Schaldach DSQ DNS 4 10 9 18 9 17 14 6 457
12   Jeff Courtney DSQ 10 11 8 6 13 7 11 441
13   Jason Daskalos 19 5 1 6 5 402
14   Rob Morgan 13 15 7 13 7 291
15   Ritch Marziale 18 14 12 8 209
Pos Driver SEB LB NJ MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points

Bold – Pole
Italics – Led Most Laps

Touring Car (top 15) edit

Pos Driver SEB NJ MOS MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points
1   Pierre Kleinubing 2 5 2 5 6 3 3 1 10 1 973
2   Jason Saini 3 1 4 3 8 1 1 4 8 8 960
3   Peter Cunningham 9 2 5 1 5 2 2 6 6 2 921
4   Seth Thomas 1 14 10 4 1 11 4 8 1 7 878
5   Charles Espenlaub 12 11 7 2 2 4 8 2 9 6 847
6   Kuno Wittmer 13 4 1 6 7 8 7 10 4 18 803
7   Eric Foss 4 6 6 9 11 6 9 5 5 12 769
8   James Clay 6 7 9 11 9 5 12 7 2 3 767
9   Nick Esayian 5 9 11 8 4 7 6 11 3 4 758
10   Patrick Lindsey 5 3 7 10 328
11   Toby Grahovec 11 8 8 10 10 313
12   Andrew Aquilante 8 3 3 12 309
13   Branden Peterson 10 12 13 165
14   Nick Wittmer 3 7 164
15   Chip Herr 14 5 131
Pos Driver SEB NJ MOS MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points

Bold – Pole
Italics – Led Most Laps

Manufacturer edit

Grand Touring edit

Pos Manufacturer SEB LB NJ MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points
1   Porsche 1 1 5 3 1 5 2 1 4 1 67
2   Ford 3 3 3 2 8 2 1 4 3 4 53
3   Volvo 12 6 1 4 4 1 4 6 1 2 48
4   Chevrolet 2 2 7 5 2 11 8 2 2 3 45
5   Dodge 7 5 4 1 6 8 6 5 7 8 18
Pos Manufacturer SEB LB NJ MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points

Touring Car edit

Pos Manufacturer SEB NJ MOS MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points
1   Acura 2 2 1 1 5 2 2 1 4 1 72
2   Mazda 3 1 4 2 2 1 1 2 5 5 65
3   BMW 1 7 9 4 1 5 4 7 1 3 42
Pos Manufacturer SEB NJ MOS MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points

References edit

  1. ^ "SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge". Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2010-08-23.

External links edit