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2015 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic

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The layout of The Raceway on Belle Isle

The 2015 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at the Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan on May 30, 2015. The race was the fifth round of the 2015 United SportsCar Championship.

Background

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Preview

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The Raceway on Belle Isle, where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2015 IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship (IMSA TUSC) in August 2014.[1][2] It was the second consecutive year the event was held as part of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship, and the sixth annual running of the race, counting the period between 2007 and 2013 when it was a round of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series respectively.[2] The 2015 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic was the fourth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2015 by IMSA, the shortest in terms of time, and was the third round not held on the held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.[2] The event was held at the fourteen-turn 2.350 mi (3.782 km) Belle Isle Park on May 30, 2015.[2] The PC category would participate in the event for the first time.[3]

Entry list

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Twenty-three cars were officially entered for the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic, with the bulk of the entries in the Prototype (P) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) categories.[4] Action Express Racing (AER) fielded two Chevrolet Corvette DP cars while VisitFlorida Racing (VFR) and Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR) fielded one. Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) entered one Ford-powered Riley MkXXVI. Mazda Motorsports had one Lola B12/80, and Michael Shank Racing (MSR) entered one Ligier JS P2 chasis with Honda HR28TT twin-turbocharged 2.8-liter V6 engine.[5][6] The DeltaWing skipped to undergo further testing.[7] The Prototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of six Oreca FLM09 cars. CORE Autosport, JDC-Miller MotorSports, Performance Tech PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, RSR Racing, and Starworks Motorsport entered one car each. In the list of GTD entrants, ten GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers. With the absence of the Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) class from the field, only three racing classes were represented in Belle Isle.[2][3]

Qualifying

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Qualifying results

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Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).

Pos. Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 P 5 United States Action Express Racing Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 1:24.746 _ 1‡
2 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Ricky Taylor 1:24.796 +0.050 2
3 P 90 United States VisitFlorida.com Racing Canada Michael Valiante 1:25.156 +0.410 3
4 P 01 United States Chip Ganassi Racing United States Scott Pruett 1:25.987 +1.241 4
5 P 31 United States Action Express Racing United States Eric Curran 1:26.009 +1.263 5
6 P 60 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian United States John Pew 1:26.889 +2.143 6
7 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States James French 1:29.317 +4.571 7‡
8 PC 11 United States RSR Racing Canada Chris Cumming 1:29.321 +4.575 8
9 PC 8 United States Starworks Motorsport Germany Mirco Schultis 1:30.687 +5.941 9
10 PC 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Mike Guasch 1:30.780 +6.034 10
11 PC 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett 1:31.180 +6.434 11
12 P 07 United States SpeedSource United States Tom Long 1:31.308 +6.562 12
13 PC 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Canada Misha Goikhberg 1:31.741 +6.995 13
14 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing South Africa Dion von Moltke 1:33.546 +8.800 14‡
15 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports United States Ben Keating 1:34.261 +9.515 15
16 GTD 007 United States TRG-AMR North America Denmark Christina Nielsen 1:34.338 +9.592 16
17 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Lindsey 1:34.656 +9.910 17
18 GTD 23 United States Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing United Kingdom Ian James 1:34.821 +10.075 18
19 GTD 58 United States Wright Motorsports United States Madison Snow 1:35.031 +10.267 19
20 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Bill Sweedler 1:35.632 +10.886 20
21 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter 1:35.801 +11.055 21
22 GTD 22 United States Alex Job Racing United States Cooper MacNeil 1:37.080 +12.334 22
23 GTD 97 United States Turner Motorsport United States Michael Marsal 1:37.218 +12.472 23
Source:[8]

Race

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Race Results

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Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).

Final race classification
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 31 United States Action Express Racing United States Eric Curran
United States Dane Cameron
Corvette Daytona Prototype C 59 1:40:49.112‡
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
2 P 60 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian United States John Pew
Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Ligier JS P2 C 59 +18.631
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo
3 P 5 United States Action Express Racing Portugal João Barbosa
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
Corvette Daytona Prototype C 59 +19.207
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
4 P 01 United States Chip Ganassi Racing United States Joey Hand
United States Scott Pruett
Ford EcoBoost Riley DP C 59 +20.391
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L V6 Turbo
5 P 90 United States VisitFlorida.com Racing United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Canada Michael Valiante
Corvette Daytona Prototype C 59 +21.513
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
6 PC 8 United States Starworks Motorsport Germany Mirco Schultis
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Oreca FLM09 C 59 +45.524‡
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
7 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Jordan Taylor
United States Ricky Taylor
Corvette Daytona Prototype C 59 +46.080
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
8 P 07 United States SpeedSource United States Tom Long
United States Joel Miller
Mazda Prototype C 59 +46.593
Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel)
9 PC 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports Canada Misha Goikhberg
South Africa Stephen Simpson
Oreca FLM09 C 59 +1:01.774
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
10 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States James French
Canada James Vance
Oreca FLM09 C 59 +1:17.299
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
11 GTD 23 United States Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing Germany Mario Farnbacher
United Kingdom Ian James
Porsche 911 GT America C 57 +2 Laps‡
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12 GTD 007 United States TRG-AMR North America Australia James Davison
Denmark Christina Nielsen
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 57 +2 Laps
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
13 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing Germany Christopher Haase
South Africa Dion von Moltke
Audi R8 LMS ultra C 57 +2 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
14 GTD 22 United States Alex Job Racing United States Leh Keen
United States Cooper MacNeil
Porsche 911 GT America C 57 +2 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Lindsey
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Porsche 911 GT America C 57 +2 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 GTD 97 United States Turner Motorsport United States Michael Marsal
Finland Markus Palttala
BMW Z4 GT3 C 57 +2 Laps
BMW 4.4 L V8
17 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter
United States Andy Lally
Porsche 911 GT America C 56 +3 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
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DNF

GTD 58 United States Wright Motorsports Belgium Jan Heylen
United States Madison Snow
Porsche 911 GT America C 54 Accident
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19 PC 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
Oreca FLM09 C 54 +5 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
20 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Bill Sweedler
United States Townsend Bell
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 46 +13 Laps
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
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DNF

PC 11 United States RSR Racing Canada Chris Cumming
Brazil Bruno Junqueira
Oreca FLM09 C 38 Accident
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
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DNF

PC 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Mike Guasch
United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith
Oreca FLM09 C 32 Accident
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
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DNF

GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Ben Keating
Dodge Viper GT3-R C 22 Accident
Dodge 8.3 L V10
Sources:[9][10]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
C Continental

References

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  1. ^ Dagys, John (10 August 2014). "2015 TUSC, CTSC Schedules Released". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e Pruett, Marshall (10 August 2014). "IMSA: 2015 TUDOR Championship schedule revealed". Racer. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Detroit In, VIR Out for PC Teams in 2015". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  4. ^ DiZinno, Tony (21 May 2015). "25 Cars on Detroit Entry List". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  5. ^ Dagys, John (28 May 2015). "SpeedSource Scales Back to Single Mazda Prototype for Detroit". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  6. ^ "IMSA: Hometown heroes: Chevrolet and Ford in the Motor City". Racer. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  7. ^ Dizinno, Tony (18 May 2015). "DeltaWing to Forego Detroit, Focus on Further Testing". John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Qualifying" (PDF). Dailysportscar.com. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Unofficial Race Report" (PDF). 30 May 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  10. ^ "2015 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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