2009 Speed World Challenge season

2009 Speed World Challenge season
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The 2009 SCCA Speed World Challenge season was the twentieth 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.

Contents

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 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

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

Grand Touring (top 15)

Pos Driver SEB
LB
NJ
MOS
WGI
ABC
MID
ELK
RA
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
RA
LAG
Points

Bold – Pole
Italics – Led Most Laps

Touring Car (top 15)

Pos Driver SEB
NJ
MOS1
MOS2
WGI
ABC
MID
ELK
RA
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
MOS1
MOS2
WGI
ABC
MID
ELK
RA
LAG
Points

Bold – Pole
Italics – Led Most Laps

Manufacturer

Grand Touring

Pos Manufacturer SEB
LB
NJ
MOS
WGI
ABC
MID
ELK
RA
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
RA
LAG
Points

Touring Car

Pos Manufacturer SEB
NJ
MOS1
MOS2
WGI
ABC
MID
ELK
RA
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
MOS1
MOS2
WGI
ABC
MID
ELK
RA
LAG
Points

References

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