2010 SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge

The 2010 SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge was the 21st season of the SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge. It was the first season since 1998 without the sponsorship of television channel Speed.

2010 SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge
Previous: 2009 Next: 2011

The series returned to a combined-class race with GT, GTS, and TC racing simultaneously. The last season for combined classes was 1996, also the last year in which the series had more than two classes. There are three classes in the championship in 2010, as opposed to two in 2009. The top GT class remains the same, but the TC class has been changed to only allow more cost-effective racecars closer in spirit to the SCCA's improved touring classes. The rules were originally introduced during the 2009 season as the TC2 class within the touring car category. The cars that previously competed in the old TC class can now be run in the new "GTS" class.[1] The new format also solves the BMW-Acura-Mazda affair that had begun thirteen years prior and had lasted almost every year since save for some competition from Saturn and Audi in some years.

In addition to the existing driver's and manufacturer's championships, 2010 saw the introduction of a team's championship, which was awarded to the team car that accumulates the most points over the course of the season, regardless of the driver.[2]

Due to Speed no longer supporting the series, Versus broadcast all events in ninety-minute broadcasts.

The new touring cars were now comparable to the vehicles used in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.

Schedule

Most of the calendar was released in November 2009,[3] with the season-ending round at Miller Motorsports Park added in January 2010.[4]

Round Circuit Location Date Supporting
1 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 26–28 IndyCar Series
2
3 Long Beach Long Beach, California April 16–18 IndyCar Series / American Le Mans Series
4 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario May 21–23 stand-alone event
5
6 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York July 2–4 IndyCar Series
7 Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario July 17–18 IndyCar Series
8 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 6–8 IndyCar Series / American Le Mans Series
9
10 Virginia International Raceway Danville, Virginia September 10–12 stand-alone event
11
12 Miller Motorsports Park Tooele, Utah October 1–3 stand-alone event

Race results
Rnd Circuit GT Winning Car GTS Winning Car TC Winning Car
GT Winning Driver GTS Winning Driver TC Winning Driver
1 St. Petersburg #6 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #43 RealTime Racing Acura TSX #49 Irish Mike's Racing Volkswagen GLI
Randy Pobst Peter Cunningham Todd Buras
2 #4 Stoptech Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 #43 RealTime Racing Acura TSX #49 Irish Mike's Racing Volkswagen GLI
Dino Crescentini Peter Cunningham Todd Buras
3 Long Beach #13 Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper #19 M&T Lotus Exige #18 DG-Spec Scion tC
Kuno Wittmer Tyler McQuarrie Robert Stout
4 Mosport #6 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #35 Torvec Chevrolet Corvette #49 Irish Mike's Racing Volkswagen GLI
Randy Pobst John Heinricy Chip Herr
5 #2 Carlisle Chevrolet Corvette #35 Torvec Chevrolet Corvette #18 DG-Spec Scion tC
Ron Fellows John Heinricy Robert Stout
6 Watkins Glen #2 Carlisle Chevrolet Corvette #43 RealTime Racing Acura TSX #18 DG-Spec Scion tC
Ron Fellows Peter Cunningham Robert Stout
7 Toronto #6 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #43 RealTime Racing Acura TSX #93 HPD/HondaRacing Honda Civic Si
Randy Pobst Peter Cunningham Nick Wittmer
8 Mid-Ohio #2 Carlisle Chevrolet Corvette #43 RealTime Racing Acura TSX #20 Maxwell Paper Mazda RX-8
Mike Skeen Peter Cunningham Ryan Eversley
9 #14 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 #43 RealTime Racing Acura TSX #20 Maxwell Paper Mazda RX-8
James Sofronas Peter Cunningham Ryan Eversley
10 VIR #6 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #34 Realtime Racing Acura TSX #50 Irish Mike's Racing Volkswagen GLI
Randy Pobst Nick Esayian Todd Buras
11 #8 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #43 Realtime Racing Acura TSX #18 DG-Spec Scion tC
Andy Pilgrim Peter Cunningham Robert Stout[5]
12 Miller #13 Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper #43 Realtime Racing Acura TSX #18 DG-Spec Scion tC
Kuno Wittmer Peter Cunningham Robert Stout

Championships

Driver championships

Championship points are awarded to drivers based on qualifying and finishing positions. In addition, 5 bonus points are awarded to a driver leading a lap during a race, and 5 bonus points are awarded to the driver leading the most laps.[6]

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
Race 110 100 92 85 80 76 72 68 64 60 57 54 51 48 45 43 41 39 37 35 33 31 29 27 25
Qualifying 15 12 9 6 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

GT standings
PosDriverCarSTP1STP2LBHMOS1MOS2WGLTORMDO1MDO2VIR1VIR2MILTotal
1 Randy Pobst Volvo S60 1* 14 6 1* 2 3 1* 7 3 1* 2 3 1296
2 Kuno Wittmer Dodge Viper 6 5 1* 2 4 2 6 4 14 4 10 1* 1098
3 James Sofronas Porsche 911 GT3 3 2 5 6 7 2 2 1* 2 3 5 1052
4 Andy Pilgrim Volvo S60 2 3 9 14 16 14 3 9 2 3 1* 2 1044
5 Jason Daskalos Dodge Viper 12 4 12 4 3 4 9 6 7 6 11 6 888
6 Rob Morgan Porsche 911 GT3 8 6 8 8 8 10 7 8 8 5 5 7 838
7 Jeff Courtney Dodge Viper 10 9 7 6 7 12 8 13 5 7 6 4 836
8 Tony Gaples Chevrolet Corvette 9 10 10 7 11 8 10 15 6 8 7 12 759
9 Dino Crescentini Porsche 911 GT3 14 1* 2 5 15 6 5 5 15 723
10 Patrick Lindsay Porsche 911 GT3 4 15 19 3 5 5 4 3 4 DNS 711
11 Fred Roberts (R) Dodge Viper 13 13 16 9 9 11 12 10 12 9 8 8 684
12 William Ziegler Porsche 911 GT3 16 12 11 12 14 13 13 12 10 10 9 10 653
13 Charles Morgan Porsche 911 GT3 11 11 13 11 10 9 11 11 13 508
14 Ron Fellows Chevrolet Corvette 18 1* 1* 303
15 Tony Rivera Nissan GT-R 7 8 21 10 12 284
16 Steve Ott (R) Nissan GT-R 15 16 20 13 13 222
17 Mike Skeen (R) Chevrolet Corvette 1* 9 196
18 Robert Prilika Porsche 911 GT3 5 7 11 162
19 Brian Kubinski Chevrolet Corvette 5 7 152
20 Jeff Altenburg Porsche 911 GT3 11 4 142
21 Tomy Drissi Ford Mustang 14 12 DNS 102
22 Brandon Davis Ford Mustang 3 101
23 Boris Said Ford Mustang 4 88
24= Brent Holden (R) Porsche 911 GT3 15 45
24= Scott Bove Porsche 911 GT3 15 45
26 Nick Mancuso (R) Aston Martin DBRS9 17 41

GTS standings
PosDriverCarSTP1STP2LBHMOS1MOS2WGLTORMDO1MDO2VIR1VIR2MILTotal
1 Peter Cunningham Acura TSX 1* 1* 6 3 3 1* 1* 1* 1* 4* 1* 1 1466
2 Nick Esayian Acura TSX 3 3 2 4 4 2 3 2 2 1 2 4 1252
3 Ernie Jakubowski (R) Porsche Cayman S 3 2 10 3 DSQ 3 13 535
4 Kevin Helms (R) Honda Civic Si 6 4 4 8 2 4 526
5 Tyler McQuarrie (R) Lotus Exige S 1* 2 2 359
6 Ben Crosland (R) Ford Mustang FR500S 5 4 2* 293
7 Michael Pettiford Chevrolet Corvette 4 5 3 275
8 Tommy Sadler Acura TSX DNS 4 3 5 266
9 John Heinricy Chevrolet Corvette 1* 1* 264
10 George Winkler (R) Ford Mustang FR500S 9 6 3 241
11 Ricardo Colinello Ford Mustang FR500S 6 7 8 216
12 Brandon Davis Acura TSX 2 2 200
13 Brad Adams (R) Ford Mustang FR500S 7 10 9 196
14 Devin Cates (R) Ford Mustang FR500S 3 5 165
15 Tom Lepper (R) Pontiac Solstice GXP 5 6 162
16 Gary Savage (R) Ford Mustang FR500S 8 9 132
17 Charles Espenlaub Mazda3 4 85
18 Gary Tolar (R) Porsche 996 5 83
19 Stan Wilson Dodge Neon SRT 5 80
20 Pratt Cole (R) Ford Mustang FR500S 6 76
21 Scott Kuhne (R) Pontiac Solstice GXP 7 72
22 Karl Poeltl (R) BMW 325i E46 DNS 10 69
23 Kevin Marshall (R) Lotus Exige S 8 68
24 Kyle Kelley (R) Chevrolet Corvette 11 60
25 Paul Dagis (R) BMW M3 DNS 3
26= Dale Laakso (R) Acura RSX DNS 0
26= Fabryce Kutyba BMW M3 E46 DNS 0

TC standings
PosDriverCarSTP1STP2LBHMOS1MOS2WGLTORMDO1MDO2VIR1VIR2MILTotal
1 Robert Stout (R) Scion tC 2 2 1* 4* 1 1* 3 4 10 2 1 1* 1317
2 Eric Meyer (R) Mazda RX-8 5 5 2 3 5 7 2 3 8 16 14 3 1022
3 Brett Sandberg (R) Acura TSX 4 7 7 7 4 10 6 13 3 6 740
4 Robb Holland Volkswagen Golf GTI 5 3 6 12 15 4 2 10 619
5 Dan Gardner (R) Scion tC 3 4 5 2 8 10 3 595
6 Shea Holbrook (R) Honda Civic Si 6 6 DNS 8 5 8 6 9 15 553
7 Michael Pettiford Volkswagen Jetta GLI 4 7 14 8 3 6 441
8 Don Istook Audi 6 8 6 7 10 7 428
9 Todd Buras (R) Volkswagen Jetta GLI 1* 1* 1* DSQ 414
10 Nick Wittmer Honda Civic Si 3 1* 5 9 392
11 Greg Shaffer (R) Volkswagen Jetta GLI 9 4 9 5 13 377
12 Charlie Soloman (R) Mazda RX-8 8 9 DSQ 5 12 5 346
13 Carolyn Kujala (R) Mazda RX-8 11 11 13 10 8 293
14 Tom Lepper (R) Scion tC 2 6 4 276
15 Ryan Eversley (R) Mazda RX-8 1* 1* 249
16 Chip Herr Volkswagen Jetta GLI 1 2* 246
17 Jason Saini Mazdaspeed3 2 2 224
18 Branden Peterson Honda Civic Si 12 4 5 219
19 Jeff Mosing (R) Mazda RX-8 13 7 7 210
20 David Tuaty Honda Civic Si 14 4 8 201
21 Mark Hein Honda Civic Si 7 3 199
22 Colin Cohen (R) Volkswagen Golf GTI 6 14 9 188
23 Alexander Lvov Volkswagen Golf GTI 8 DNS 3 175
24 Devin Cates (R) Volkswagen Golf GTI 6 12 139
25 Tony Wedderburn (R) Chevrolet Cobalt 9 8 132
26 Alex Ratcliffe (R) Lexus IS300 9 11 121
27 Pierre Kleinubing Mazdaspeed3 2 106
28 Tommy Chen (R) Mazda RX-8 4 88
29 Taylor Hacquard Mazdaspeed3 9 84
30 Carl Hober Honda Civic Si 7 72
31 Bob Roth (R) Honda Civic Si 9 64
32 Tristan Herbert (R) Lexus IS300 11 57
33 Jose Armengol (R) Honda Civic Si 15 45

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.[6] 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 standings
PosManufacturerSTP1STP2LBHMOS1MOS2WGLTORMDO1MDO2VIR1VIR2MILTotal
1 Volvo 1 3 6 1 2 3 1 7 2 1 1 2 85
2 Porsche 3 1 2 3 5 5 2 2 1 2 2 5 68
3 Dodge 6 4 1 2 3 2 6 4 5 4 4 1 52
4 Nissan 7 8 20 10 12 0

GTS standings
PosManufacturerSTP1STP2LBHMOS1MOS2WGLTORMDO1MDO2VIR1VIR2MILTotal
1 Acura 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 111
2 Porsche 5 3 2 10 3 5 3 13 24

TC standings
PosManufacturerSTP1STP2LBHMOS1MOS2WGLTORMDO1MDO2VIR1VIR2MILTotal
1 Scion 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 4 3 2 1 1 87
2 Volkswagen 1 1 1 2 4 7 11 1 2 6 57
3 Mazda 5 5 2 3 5 7 2 1 1 12 5 2 56
4 Honda 7 3 3 10 3 1 5 4 7 4 5 38

References
  1. "World Challenge Announces Revised Competition Classifications". SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge. Sports Car Club of America. 2009-12-07. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  2. "World Challenge Adds Team Championship". SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge. Sports Car Club of America. 2010-02-10. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  3. "Two More World Challenge Dates Added to 2010 Schedule". SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge. Sports Car Club of America. 2009-11-18. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  4. "World Challenge Finale, 2010 Schedule Set". SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge. Sports Car Club of America. 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  5. "Stout Declared VIR Race 2 World Challenge Touring Car Winner". SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge. Sports Car Club of America. 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  6. "2010 SCCA Pro Racing Regulations" (PDF). Sports Car Club of America. 22 June 2010. pp. 29–30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
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