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

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 20SebringGTTC
2 April 19Long BeachGT
3 May 3New JerseyGTTC
4 May 17MosportGTTC
5 July 5Watkins GlenGTTC
6 July 26Autobahn Country ClubGTTC
7 August 9Mid OhioGTTC
8 August 16Road AmericaGTTC
9 September 25Road AtlantaGTTC
10 October 11Laguna SecaGTTC

Race results

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

Grand Touring (top 15)

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

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

Bold – Pole
Italics – Led Most Laps

Grand Touring

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

Pos Manufacturer SEB NJ MOS MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points
1 Japan Acura 2 2 1 1 5 2 2 1 4 1 72
2 Japan Mazda 3 1 4 2 2 1 1 2 5 5 65
3 Germany 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

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