2007 Rolex Sports Car Series season

2007 Rolex Sports Car Series season
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The 2007 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the eighth season of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve. The 15-race championship for Daytona Prototypes and GT cars began January 27, 2007 and concluded on September 15, 2007. Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty shared the Daytona Prototype title, while Dirk Werner won the GT title. It marked the first time the Sonoma race did not feature the GT class. Phoenix was dropped for Iowa Speedway. Long Beach was dropped for Gilles Villenueve.

Contents

Schedule

Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 Rolex 24 At Daytona Daytona International Speedway January 27
January 28
2 Mexico City 400k Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez March 3
3 Miami 400k Homestead-Miami Speedway March 24
4 VIRginia 400k Virginia International Raceway April 29
5 U.S. Sports Car Invitational (400 km) Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca May 20
6 Rolex GT Series Challenge (400 km)[1] Lime Rock Park May 28
7 Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen Watkins Glen International June 9
8 EMCO Gears Classic presented by Keybank (400k) Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course June 24
9 Brumos Porsche 250 mi Daytona International Speedway July 5
10 Iowa 400k Iowa Speedway July 14
11 Barber Motorsports Park 400k Barber Motorsports Park July 22
12 Montreal 400k Circuit Gilles Villeneuve August 3
13 Crown Royal 200 mi[2] Watkins Glen International August 10
14 Sonoma 400k[2] Infineon Raceway August 25
15 Sunchaser 1000k Miller Motorsports Park September 15

Confirmed entrants

No Team Drivers Sponsor Engine
Chassis
Daytona Prototype
00 Vision Racing[3] Ed Carpenter
Tomas Scheckter
Tony George
A.J. Foyt IV		 Vision Racing Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Riley Technologies MkXI
01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett
Salvador Duran
Juan Pablo Montoya		 Telmex/Target Lexus 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
02 Target Chip Ganassi Racing[3] Scott Dixon
Dan Wheldon
Memo Rojas		 Target/Telmex Lexus 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
3 Southard Motorsports Shane Lewis
Randy Ruhlman
Graham Rahal		 Preformed Line Products Lexus 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
05 Sigalsport BMW Bill Auberlen
Matthew Alhadeff
Karl Wendlinger
Gene Sigal		 Sigalsport BMW S62-B50 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
6 Michael Shank Racing Henri Zogaib
Ian James
Paul Tracy
A. J. Allmendinger		 Michael Shank Racing Lexus 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
7 SAMAX Tom Kimber-Smith
Tomáš Enge
Jeff Bucknum		 SAMAX Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
10 SunTrust Racing Wayne Taylor
Max Angelelli
Jeff Gordon
Jan Magnussen		 SunTrust Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
11 Citgo SAMAX Darren Manning
Milka Duno
Ryan Dalziel
Patrick Carpentier		 Citgo Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
16 Howard Motorsports[3] Chris Dyson
Rob Dyson
Guy Smith
Oliver Gavin		 Thetford/Norcold Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Crawford DP03
18 VICI Racing[3] Uwe Alzen
Robert Renauer
Terry Borcheller
Gastón Mazzacane		 XM Satellite Radio Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Fabcar FDSC03
19 Finlay Motorsports Rob Finlay
Michael Valiante
Bobby Labonte
Michael McDowell		 Z-Line/Make-A-Wish Foundation Ford 5.0L V8
Crawford DP03
20 Howard Motorsports Andy Wallace
Butch Leitzinger
Tony Stewart		 Howard Motorsports Pontiac 5.0L V8
Crawford DP03
23 Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Patrick Long
Jorg Bergmeister
Romain Dumas		 Ruby Tuesday Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Crawford DP03
39 Cheever Racing Christian Fittipaldi
Eddie Cheever
Emmanuel Collard
Sascha Maassen		 Crown Royal Special Reserve Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Crawford DP03
47 TruSpeed Motorsports[3] Charles Morgan
Rob Morgan
Timo Bernhard
BJ Zacharias		 Querencia Golf Club Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Riley Technologies MkXI
51 Cheever Racing[3] Mike Newton
Tommy Erdos
Harrison Brix		 NetVu Video Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Fabcar FDSC03
58 Brumos Racing David Donohue
Darren Law
Buddy Rice
Scott Sharp		 Red Bull Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Riley Technologies MkXI
59 Brumos Porsche Hurley Haywood
J.C. France
Roberto Moreno
João Barbosa		 Brumos Porsche Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Riley Technologies MkXI
60 Michael Shank Racing Mark Patterson
Oswaldo Negri, Jr.
Helio Castroneves
Sam Hornish, Jr.		 Michael Shank Racing Lexus 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
75 Krohn Racing Colin Braun
Max Papis
JJ Lehto		 Krohn Racing Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
76 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn
Nic Jönsson
Boris Said		 Krohn Racing Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
91 Riley-Matthews Motorsports Jim Matthews
Marc Goossens
Jimmie Johnson
Ryan Hunter-Reay		 Lowe's (selected races when Johnson is participating) Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty
Jimmy Vasser
Bob Stallings		 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
Grand Touring
66 The Racer's Group Andy Lally
R.J. Valentine		 The Racer's Group / CRG Porsche 3.6L F6
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
72 Tafel Racing Andrew Davis
Robin Liddell
Jim Tafel		 Tafel Racing Porsche 3.6L F6
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup

Season Results

Rnd Circuit DP Winning Team GT Winning Team Results
DP Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers
1 Daytona Chip Ganassi Racing Alegra Motorsports Results
Scott Pruett
Salvador Durán
Juan Pablo Montoya		 Jean Francois Dumoulin
Carlos de Quesada
Scooter Gabel
Marc Basseng
2 Hermanos Rodriguez GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing SpeedSource Results
Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty		 Sylvain Tremblay
Nick Ham
3 Homestead Sigalsport BMW SpeedSource Results
Bill Auberlen
Matthew Alhadeff		 Sylvain Tremblay
Nick Ham
4 Virginia SunTrust Racing Farnbacher-Loles Racing Results
Max Angelelli
Jan Magnussen		 Dirk Werner
Bryce Miller
5 Laguna Seca Alex Job Racing The Racer's Group Results
Patrick Long
Jörg Bergmeister		 Andy Lally
R.J. Valentine
6 Lime Rock Banner Racing Results
Leighton Reese
Tim Lewis, Jr.
7 Watkins Glen GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing The Racer's Group Results
Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty		 Andy Lally
Spencer Pumpelly
R.J. Valentine
8 Mid-Ohio GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing The Racer's Group Results
Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty		 Andy Lally
R.J. Valentine
9 Daytona GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing SpeedSource Results
Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty		 Sylvain Tremblay
Nick Ham
10 Iowa Chip Ganassi Racing The Racer's Group Results
Scott Pruett
Memo Rojas		 Andy Lally
R.J. Valentine
11 Barber GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Banner Racing Results
Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty		 Paul Edwards
Kelly Collins
12 Gilles Villeneuve SunTrust Racing The Racer's Group Results
Max Angelelli
Jan Magnussen		 Andy Lally
R.J. Valentine
13 Watkins Glen GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Results
Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty
14 Infineon GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Results
Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty
15 Miller Riley-Matthews Motorsports Banner Racing Results
Marc Goossens
Ryan Hunter-Reay
Jim Matthews		 Paul Edwards
Kelly Collins
Andy Pilgrim

Standings

DP

Pos Driver Pts R24 MEX MIA VIR MRY SIX MID DAY IOW BAR MON WGI SON SUN
1 Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty		 408 22 1 11 5 6 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 8
2 Scott Pruett 406 1 4 3 8 2 2 2 6 1 5 5 3 3 9
3 Max Angelelli 395 3 3 2 1 15 3 4 2 7 3 1 2 4 18
4 Memo Rojas 381 21 4 3 8 2 2 2 6 1 5 5 3 3 9
5 Colin Braun 338 11 2 8 2 8 12 3 3 4 2 12 11 † 3
6 Darren Law
David Donohue		 338 20 6 6 3 4 9 5 5 6 4 8 5 2 20
7 Patrick Long 319 12 5 9 9 1 8 6 14 10 8 17 9 7 5
8 Mark Patterson
Oswaldo Negri, Jr.		 319 9 9 15 11 3 11 9 7 5 6 6 8 8 10
9 Max Papis 307 11 2 8 2 8 12 3 3 4 9 14 19 DNS 12
10 Ian James 307 16 10 12 6 7 4 10 4 9 7 11 16 10 7
Pos Driver Pts R24 MEX MIA VIR MRY SIX MID DAY IOW BAR MON WGI SON SUN
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished
Red Did not finish
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Blank Did not participate
Injured (INJ)
Excluded (EX)

† Colin Braun was suspended for the race in Sonoma by the GARRA for an incident during the race at Watkins Glen while on probation.[4]

GT

Pos Driver Pts R24 MEX MIA VIR MRY LRP SIX MID DAY IOW BAR MON SUN
1 Dirk Werner 375 14 4 3 1 3 2 2 12 3 3 3 2 3
2 Kelly Collins
Paul Edwards		 365 2 10 7 3 4 4 3 3 2 14 1 8 1
3 Bryce Miller 363 26 4 3 1 3 2 2 12 3 3 3 2 3
4 Andy Lally
R. J. Valentine		 348 17 8 2 10 1 10 1 1 9 1 2 1 23
5 Leighton Reese
Tim Lewis, Jr.		 316 4 14 10 12 10 1 7 6 6 2 4 5 16
6 Sylvain Tremblay 314 5 1 1 2 7 11 22 2 1 13 5 9 †
7 Nick Ham 305 5 1 1 2 7 11 DNS 2 1 13 5 9 †
8 Carlos de Quesada 289 1 12 6 6 8 12 5 11 7 DNS 11 4 6
9 Jean-François Doumoulin 281 1 12 6 6 8 12 5 11 7 DNS 11 4 14
10 Emil Assentato 275 7 3 16 11 9 19 8 19 8 5 10 12 4
Pos Driver Pts R24 MEX MIA VIR MRY LRP SIX MID DAY IOW BAR MON SUN
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished
Red Did not finish
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Blank Did not participate
Injured (INJ)
Excluded (EX)

† Not classified due to failure to complete a green-flag lap.

References

  1. ^ Only the GT class participates in this event, no DP class.
  2. ^ a b Only the DP class participates in this event, no GT class.
  3. ^ a b c d e f These teams are confirmed to only run select races of the Grand-Am season.
  4. ^ SPEEDtv.com: Colin Braun gets 1-Race Suspension

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