2013 Pirelli World Challenge season

The 2013 Pirelli World Challenge season was the 24th season of the Sports Car Club of America's World Challenge Series.

2013 Pirelli World Challenge season
Previous: 2012 Next: 2014

Schedule

The season schedule is as follows:[1]

Rnd Date Circuit Location Classes Supporting
1 March 23–24 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida GT, GTS (x2) IndyCar Series
2 April 20–21 Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California GT, GTS IndyCar Series/American Le Mans Series
3 May 18–19 Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas GT, GTS (x2)
TC, TCB (x3)
V8 Supercars Series
4 June 1–2 The Raceway on Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan GT, GTS (x2) IndyCar Series
5 July 5–6 Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut GT, GTS (x2)
TC, TCB (x3)
American Le Mans Series
6 July 13–14 Streets of Toronto Toronto, Ontario GT, GTS
TC, TCB (x2)
IndyCar Series
7 August 3–4 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio GT, GTS (x2)
TC, TCB (x2)
IndyCar Series
8 August 24–25 Sonoma Raceway (Indy course) Sonoma, California GT, GTS
TC, TCB (x2)
IndyCar Series
9 October 4–5 Grand Prix of Houston Houston, Texas GT, GTS
TC, TCB (x2)
IndyCar Series

Race results

Rnd Circuit GT Winning Car GTS Winning Car TC Winning Car TCB Winning Car
GT Winning Driver GTS Winning Driver TC Winning Driver TCB Winning Driver
1 St. Petersburg #9 Volvo S60 #73 Porsche Cayman S Did not participate Did not participate
United States Alex Figge United States Jack Baldwin
#14 Audi R8 LMS #73 Porsche Cayman S Did not participate Did not participate
United States James Sofronas United States Jack Baldwin
2 Long Beach #14 Audi R8 LMS #10 Chevrolet Camaro Did not participate Did not participate
United States James Sofronas United States Lawson Aschenbach
3 Austin Did not participate Did not participate #72 Honda Civic Si #98 Mazda 2
United States Ryan Winchester United States Ernie Francis Jr.
#3 Cadillac CTS-V #10 Chevrolet Camaro #72 Honda Civic Si #98 Mazda 2
United States Johnny O'Connell United States Lawson Aschenbach United States Ryan Winchester United States Ernie Francis Jr.
#14 Audi R8 LMS #20 Chevrolet Camaro #70 Honda Civic Si #98 Mazda 2
United States James Sofronas United States Andy Lee United States Brett Sandberg United States Ernie Francis Jr.
4 Belle Isle #3 Cadillac CTS-V #38 Kia Optima Did not participate Did not participate
United States Johnny O'Connell Canada Mark Wilkins
#6 Volvo S60 #50 Ford Mustang Boss 302S Did not participate Did not participate
United States Randy Pobst United States Dean Martin
5 Lime Rock Did not participate Did not participate #70 Honda Civic Si #37 Mini Cooper
United States Brett Sandberg United States Robbie Davis
#2 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 #10 Chevrolet Camaro #70 Honda Civic Si #37 Mini Cooper
United States Mike Skeen United States Lawson Aschenbach United States Brett Sandberg United States Robbie Davis
#3 Cadillac CTS-V #73 Porsche Cayman S #72 Honda Civic Si #81 Honda Fit
United States Johnny O'Connell United States Jack Baldwin United States Ryan Winchester United States Joel Lipperini
6 Toronto Did not participate Did not participate #1 Mazdaspeed 3 #81 Honda Fit
United States Michael Cooper United States Joel Lipperini
#3 Cadillac CTS-V #10 Chevrolet Camaro #1 Mazdaspeed 3 #98 Mazda 2
United States Johnny O'Connell United States Lawson Aschenbach United States Michael Cooper United States Ernie Francis Jr.
7 Mid-Ohio #9 Volvo S60 #38 Kia Optima #1 Mazdaspeed 3 #98 Mazda 2
United States Alex Figge Canada Mark Wilkins United States Michael Cooper United States Ernie Francis Jr.
#9 Volvo S60 #10 Chevrolet Camaro #1 Mazdaspeed 3 #37 Mini Cooper
United States Alex Figge United States Lawson Aschenbach United States Michael Cooper United States Robbie Davis
8 Sonoma Did not participate Did not participate #72 Honda Civic Si #98 Mazda 2
United States Ryan Winchester United States Ernie Francis Jr.
#8 Cadillac CTS-V #27 Aston Martin Vantage GT4 #72 Honda Civic Si #98 Mazda 2
United Kingdom Andy Pilgrim United States Brandon Davis United States Ryan Winchester United States Ernie Francis Jr.
9 Houston Did not participate Did not participate #70 Honda Civic Si #24 Mini Cooper
United States Brett Sandberg United States Tyler Palmer
#3 Cadillac CTS-V #10 Chevrolet Camaro #72 Honda Civic Si #24 Mini Cooper
United States Johnny O'Connell United States Lawson Aschenbach United States Ryan Winchester United States Tyler Palmer

Championships

Drivers' Championships

Championship points are awarded to drivers based on qualifying and finishing positions. The Pole position winner receives 7 points. In addition, 1 bonus point is awarded to a driver leading a lap during a race, and 3 bonus points are awarded to the driver leading the most laps. The driver who sets the fastest lap of the race receives 1 bonus point.[2]

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Race 140 110 95 85 80 76 72 68 64 60 57 54 51 48 45 43 41 39 37 35 33 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

GT

Pos Driver Car STP LBH AUS DET LRP TOR MDO SON HOU Points
1 United States Johnny O'Connell Cadillac CTS-V 3 3 8 1 17 1 2 3 1 1 2 11 12 1 1481
2 United States James Sofronas Audi R8 LMS 2 1 1 2 1 4 3 6 4 4 3 3 3 5 1444
3 United Kingdom Andy Pilgrim Cadillac CTS-V 4 5 2 3 2 3 8 2 2 2 5 4 1 3 1379
4 United States Randy Pobst Volvo S60 5 2 13 4 3 2 1 5 3 5 4 2 4 2 1321
5 United States Alex Figge Volvo S60 1 13 10 8 8 9 6 9 11 8 1 1 10 6 1177
6 United States Mike Skeen Chevrolet Corvette Z06 6 4 3 6 4 1 12 3 6 5 11 1035
Nissan GTR 8 9
7 United States Duncan Ende Audi R8 LMS 13 7 4 7 5 7 4 4 8 6 12 6 2 967
8 United States Tim Pappas Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 9 8 6 5 10 5 5 7 6 DNS 656
9 United States Alex Welch Audi R8 LMS 7 9 12 9 6 10 7 8 7 602
10 United States Tomy Drissi Chevrolet Corvette Z06 8 10 DNS 378
Porsche 911 GT3 12 14 6 7
11 United States Jeff Courtney Audi R8 LMS 12 11 DNS 10 7 10 8 371
12 United States Tim Bell Nissan GTR 10 14 11 14 16 12 10 DNS 370
13 United States Bill Ziegler Audi R8 LMS 11 9 11 10 8 306
14 United States Bret Curtis Audi R8 LMS 14 12 5 16 9 289
15 Canada Fred Roberts Dodge Viper 7 9 9 9 264
16 United States Peter LeSaffre Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 11 16 11 11 214
17 United Kingdom Oliver Bryant Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 8 5 148
18 United States Jordan Taylor Cadillac CTS-V 7 12 126
19 United States Craig Stanton Porsche 911 GT3 9 17 DNS 105
20 United States Robert Prilika Porsche 911 GT3 13 13 102
21 United States David Donner (R) Porsche 911 GT3 18 12 93
22 United States Mike Hedlund Audi R8 LMS 15 15 90
23 United States Brandon Davis Porsche 911 GT3 15 15 90
24 Germany René Rast Audi R8 LMS 4 85
25 United States Elton Julian Audi R8 LMS Ultra 5 80
26 United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel Porsche 911 GT3 DSQ 6 76
27 United States Kevin Buckler Aston Martin Vantage GT3 6 76
28 United States Brent Holden Porsche 911 GT3 7 DNS DNS 72
29 United States Jason Daskalos Dodge Viper 7 72
30 United States Michael Cooper Nissan GTR 13 51
31 United States Bryan Heitkotter Nissan GTR 13 51
32 United States David Roberts Nissan GTR 13 51
United States Kyle Kelley Dodge Viper DNS 0
Pos Driver Car STP LBH AUS DET LRP TOR MDO SON HOU Points
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate

GTS

Pos Driver Car STP LBH AUS DET LRP TOR MDO SON HOU Points
1 United States Lawson Aschenbach Chevrolet Camaro 5 2 1 1† 9† 3 8 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 1395
2 United States Jack Baldwin Porsche Cayman S 1 1 3 3 3 2 5 3 1 3 4 3 23 4 1383
3 Canada Mark Wilkins Kia Optima 6 6 5 5 2 1 2 4 3 4 1 4 6 3 1346
4 United States Andy Lee Chevrolet Camaro 2 21 21 2 1† 5 23 2 4 2 5 5 2 5 1188
5 United States Peter Cunningham Acura TSX 3 3 2 8 4 22 4 5 13 DNS 2 2 22 2 1063
6 United States Alec Udell Ford Mustang 7 8 6 5 6 3 9 8 13 6 7 4 6 1036
7 United States Tony Gaples Chevrolet Camaro 9 10 11 10 8 14 21 8 10 7 13 12 5 10 835
8 United States Nick Esayian Acura TSX 10 7 8 12 10 9 16 21 9 8 7 6 21† 9 791
9 United States Brad Adams Ford Mustang 21 19 10 9 11 12 7 18 17 6 10 10 17 8 762
10 Sweden Nic Jönsson Kia Optima 8 5 7 4 22† 24 DNS 12 5 11 15 24 20 12 686
11 United States Ardee Toppe Ford Mustang 14 12 24 24 25 19 11 15 15 9 20 21 12 17 592
12 United States Jim Taggart (R) Lotus Exige S 13 9 15 15† 17 18 6 20 21 25 26 7 549
13 El Salvador Roger Rodas Ford Mustang 16 16 18 15 9 5 14 15 8 13 526
14 United States Buz McCall Porsche Cayman S DNS DNS 18 22 20 17 14 17 11 10 26 18 15 16 502
15 United States Ric Bushey Nissan 370Z 19 16 23 20 14 10 20 22 23 DNS 22 DNS 7 18 489
16 United States Erik Davis Ford Mustang 17 17 13 11 22 12 12 19 9 430
17 United States Harry Curtin Chevrolet Camaro 15 15 12 23 12 8 19 14 22 411
18 United States Mitch Landry (R) Ford Mustang 12 14 13 12 11 14 13 15 408
19 United States Brian Kleeman Nissan 370Z 20 11 20 24 24 18 23 22 16 11 380
20 United States Drew Regitz (R) BMW M3 17 22 16 14 351
Aston Martin Vantage GT4 9 9 10
21 United States Robert Stout Scion FR-S DNS 23 19 25 26 11 24 DNS 23 14† 19 292
22 United States Dane Moxlow Ford Mustang 22 DNS 13 13 7† 7 15 282
23 United States Lou Gigliotti Chevrolet Camaro 11 17† 20 7 6 261
24 United States Mark Klenin BMW M3 DNS DNS 22 23 19 250
Aston Martin Vantage GT4 18 11 11
25 United States Bill Ziegler Pontiac Solstice GXP 16 13 14 26 23 DNS 13 245
26 United States Lucas Catania (R) Porsche Cayman S 11 15 8 8 238
27 United States Brandon Davis Aston Martin Vantage GT4 4 1 230
28 United States Dean Martin Ford Mustang 4 1 226
29 United States Kevin Gleason Porsche Cayman S 4† 4 9 214
30 United States Don Istook Audi TT RS 19 25 16 20 14 188
31 United States Todd Napieralski Chevrolet Camaro 19 21 16 10 173
32 United States Roger Miller Ford Mustang 18 16† 13 12 167
33 United States Craig Capaldi (R) Ford Mustang 21 17 21 13 158
34 United States Joseph Catania (R) Porsche Cayman S 21 19 17 16 154
35 United States Steven Goldman (R) Porsche Cayman S DNS DNS 6 6 152
36 United States Richard Golinello Ford Mustang 18 18 23 18 146
37 United States Ben Keating Aston Martin Vantage GT4 10 7 132
38 United States Tom Long Lotus Exige S 7 20 107
39 Spain Lucas Ordóñez Nissan 370Z 24 25 18 91
40 United States Steve Doherty Nissan 370Z 19 17 DNS 78
41 Republic of Ireland Damien Faulkner Aston Martin Vantage GT4 6 76
42 United States Scott Bove BMW M3 14 24 75
43 United States Ernie Francis, Jr. (R) Chevrolet Camaro 23 20 64
44 United States Bradford Sofronas BMW M3 DNS 16 43
45 United States Darrell Anderson (R) Ford Mustang 19 37
Pos Driver Car STP LBH AUS DET LRP TOR MDO SON HOU Points
Notes

TC

Pos Driver Car AUS LRP TOR MDO SON HOU Points
1 United States Ryan Winchester Honda Civic Si 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 2 1 1710
2 United States Brett Sandberg Honda Civic Si 4 2 1 1 1 5 10 DNS 3 4 2 2 1 8 1365
3 Canada Remo Ruscitti (R) Honda Civic Si 2 3 3 11 3 2 9 5 4 5 3 3 8 2 1242
4 United States Jon Miller Honda Civic Si 5 5 4 6 4 4 5 4 6 9 6 6 948
5 United States Michael Cooper Mazdaspeed 3 13 DNS 10 1 1 1 1 9 DNS 3 7 945
6 United States Fred Emich Volkswagen GLI 7 10 15 7 8 12 8 7 4 4 6 4 842
7 United States Sarah Cattaneo Honda Civic Si 6 6 6 9 8 5 5 520
8 United States Tristan Herbert Volkswagen GLI 8 8 7 2 3 416
9 United States Clark Toppe (R) Kia Forte Koup 3 9 3 7 7 398
10 United States Cody Ellsworth (R) Porsche Boxter 4 6 7 241
11 Canada Patrick Seguin Honda Civic Si 9 7 5 216
12 United States Robb Holland Volkswagen GLI 8 7 6 216
13 United States Ray Mason Honda Civic Si 7 6 9 DNS 212
14 United States Brad Adams Mazda MX-5 10 DNS 7 6 208
15 Canada Tom Kwok Honda Civic Si 3 2 207
16 United States Randy Hale Mazda MX-5 10 5 11 197
17 United States Michael Pettiford Volkswagen GLI 10 9 8 192
18 United States Bryce Miller Volkswagen GLI 5 11 13 188
19 Canada Michael DiMeo (R) Honda Civic Si 4 3 180
20 United States Thomas Martin (R) Volkswagen GTI 11 11 9 178
21 United States Pete McIntosh (R) BMW 128i 9 10 8 172
22 United States Charlie Solomon Mazda RX-8 12 12 10 168
23 United States Sebastian Landy (R) Mazda MX-5 5 5 160
24 United States Dinah Weisberg (R) Porsche Boxter 13 13 11 159
25 United States Colin Cohen Volkswagen GTI 14 14 12 150
26 Canada Alain Lauziere (R) Mini Cooper S JCW 6 7 148
27 Canada Damon Sharpe Honda Civic Si 7 6 148
28 United States Tom Lepper Honda Civic Si 8 8 136
29 Canada Gary Kwok Honda Civic Si 4 9 129
30 Canada Jonathan Young Honda Civic Si 8 10 128
31 Bermuda Russell Smith Kia Forte Koup 10 10 120
32 United States Josh Hurley Mazda MX-5 14 DNS 9 112
33 United States Conner Ford Volkswagen GLI 15 DNS 13 96
34 United States Nick Esayian Honda Civic Si DNS 8 68
35 United States Branden Peterson Honda Civic Si 11 57
36 United States Bob Roth Honda Civic Si 11 57
37 United States Jeff Ricca (R) Hyundai Genesis Coupe 12 DNS DNS 54
38 Sweden Nic Jönsson Kia Forte Koup 12 DNS 54
39 United States Patrick Gallagher Mazda MX-5 13 DNS 51
40 United States Dan Martinson (R) Pontiac Solstice GXP 3† 4† 14 48
United States Ken Dobson Fiat 500 Abarth DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver Car AUS LRP TOR MDO SON HOU Points
Notes

TCB

Pos Driver Car AUS LRP TOR MDO SON HOU Points
1 United States Robbie Davis Mini Cooper 5 3 3 1 1 8 5 2 7 1 2 4 8 7 1382
2 United States Joel Lipperini Honda Fit 6 4 4 18 5 1 1 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 1352
3 United States Ernie Francis Jr. Mazda 2 1 1 1 16 DNS 2 2 1 1 18 1 1† 20 8 1345
4 United States Tyler Palmer Mini Cooper 13 17 12 3 2 3 4 2 3 2 1 1 1132
5 United States Ernie Francis Mazda 2 3 18 5 8 6 9 3 4 2 6 5 5 3 1043
6 Canada P.J. Groenke Honda Fit 9 7 8 7 9 6 7 5 11 12 DSQ DSQ 4 3 859
7 United States Shea Holbrook Honda Fit 10 10 17 5 4 10 6 8 9 5 DSQ DSQ 6 6 826
8 Argentina David Alejandro Mazda 2 14 6 11 14 18 14 4 6† 15 16 6 6 19 DNS 754
9 Panama Fernando Seferlis Mazda 2 16 13 14 10 11 19 10 10 19 13 14 13 13 12 708
10 United States Chris Capaldi Ford Fiesta 18 14 15 13 15 15 8 7 13 7 11 9 18 DNS 696
11 United States Jonathan Baker Honda Fit 12 8 7 15 12 6 10 5 5 589
12 Australia Jim Cleveland Fiat 500 20 DNS DNS 11 17 16 9 11 18 20 15 16 9 10 583
13 United States Jack Murray Fiat 500 19 DNS DNS 12 16 17 11 9 16 17 13 14 14 15 573
14 United States Charlie James Mini Cooper 2 2 2 2 3 18 569
15 Denmark Johan Schwartz Mini Cooper 4 9 9† 19 DNS 5 DNS DNS 7 7 4 535
16 United States Dave Rosenblum Ford Fiesta 4 7 4 10 3 397
17 United States Mike Asselta Mini Cooper 7 5 6 17 13 11 377
18 United States Brian Fowler Ford Fiesta 12 12 20 19 17 DNS 12 11 332
19 United States Peter Schwartzott Sr. Chevrolet Sonic 9 10 13 5 11 312
20 United States Peter Schwartzott Chevrolet Sonic 20 14 12 14 14 233
21 United States Steve Taake Mazda 2 17 16 13 17 14 224
22 Bermuda Russell Smith Kia Rio 6 8 7 216
23 Canada Andrei Kisel Mini Cooper 12 11 10 DNS 171
24 United States Brianne Corn Mazda 2 15 12 10 159
25 United States Braden Miller Ford Fiesta 8 15 16 156
26 United States Harry Cheung Honda Fit 10 7 132
27 United States Sage Marie Honda Fit 9 8 132
28 Canada Chase Pelletier Honda Fit 8 10 128
29 United States Ed Magner Mini Cooper DNS DNS DNS 12 8 122
30 United States Kyle Keenan Kia Rio 8 12 122
31 United States Chris Sneed Mini Cooper 11 9 121
32 Canada Charles Paquin Mazda 2 15 13 96
33 United States Michael Ashby Mazda 2 16 15 88
34 United States J.G. Pasterjak Ford Fiesta 17 15 86
35 United States James Wilson Mazda 2 16 16 86
36 United States Chip Howell Mini Cooper 11 11† DNS 76
37 United States Jon Krolewicz Honda Fit 9 64
Pos Driver Car AUS LRP TOR MDO SON HOU Points
Notes

Manufacturer championships

Manufacturer points are awarded according to the highest-finishing car from that manufacturer. Only manufacturers that are SCCA Pro Racing corporate members receive points.[2] Points are awarded on the following basis:

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6
Points 9 7 5 3 2 1

In addition, one bonus point is awarded to the pole-winning manufacturer. In the table below, the manufacturer's top finishing position is shown, with pole winner in bold.

GT

Pos Manufacturer STP LBH AUS DET LRP TOR MDO SON HOU Points
1 United States Cadillac 3 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 109
2 Germany Audi 2 1 1 2 1 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 4 82
3 Sweden Volvo 1 2 10 4 3 2 1 5 3 5 1 1 4 2 80
4 United States Chevrolet 6 4 3 6 4 1 12 3 6 5 11 30
5 Germany AMG Customer Sports 9 8 6 5 10 5 5 7 5 10 9
6 Germany Porsche 15 6 7 12 12 6 7 2
Pos Manufacturer STP LBH AUS DET LRP TOR MDO SON HOU Points
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th–6th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Points)
Purple Did not finish
Blank Did not
participate

GTS

Pos Manufacturer STP LBH AUS DET LRP TOR MDO SON HOU Points
1 United States Chevrolet 2 2 1 1 1 3 8 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 109
2 South Korea Kia 6 5 5 4 2 1 2 4 3 4 1 4 6 3 63
3 Japan Acura 3 3 2 8 4 9 4 5 9 8 2 2 21 2 46
4 United States Ford 7 8 10 6 5 4 1 9 8 5 6 7 4 6 22
5 Germany Audi 19 25 16 20 14 0
Pos Manufacturer STP LBH AUS DET LRP TOR MDO SON HOU Points

TC

Pos Manufacturer AUS LRP TOR MDO SON HOU Points
1 Japan Honda 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 124
2 South Korea Kia 3 9 3 10 10 7 7 10
Pos Manufacturer AUS LRP TOR MDO SON HOU Points

References

  1. "2013 Schedule". SCCA Pro Racing. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "2013 SCCA Pro Racing Regulations". Sports Car Club of America. 2 April 2013. p. 61. Retrieved 5 April 2013.