2015 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase

The 2015 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The Race was held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 9, 2015. The race was the ninth round of the 2015 United SportsCar Championship.

Track map of Road America

Background

Preview

Road America, 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] It was the second consecutive year the event was held as part of the United SportsCar Championship. The 2015 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase was the ninth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2015 by IMSA, and was the sixth round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.^[2] The race was held at the fourteen-turn 4.048 mi (6.515 km) Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 9, 2015.^[2]

Entry list

Thirty-three cars were officially entered for the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase, with most of the entries in the Prototype, Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM), and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) categories. 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. They were joined by DeltaWing with no major changes in that field.^[3] The Prototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of seven Oreca FLM09 cars. BAR1 Motorsports, CORE Autosport, JDC-Miller MotorSports, Performance Tech PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, RSR Racing, and Starworks Motorsport entered one car each.^[3] GTLM was represented by eight entries from four different brands. In the list of GTD entrants, ten GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers.^[3]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

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

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	P	01	Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand	1:56.452	_	1‡
2	P	5	Action Express Racing	Christian Fittipaldi	1:57.020	+0.568	2
3	P	90	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Michael Valiante	1:57.173	+0.721	3
4	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor	1:57.437	+0.985	4
5	P	60	Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian	John Pew	1:57.502	+1.050	5
6	P	0	DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone	Memo Rojas	1:57.736	+1.284	6
7	P	31	Action Express Racing	Eric Curran	1:57.930	+1.478	7
8	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French	1:59.658	+3.206	8‡
9	PC	11	RSR Racing	Chris Cumming	1:59.710	+3.258	9
10	PC	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Chris Miller	2:00.749	+4.297	10
11	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Mike Guasch	2:01.304	+4.852	11
12	PC	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett	2:01.727	+5.275	12
13	P	07	SpeedSource	Tom Long	2:01.929	+5.477	13
14	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	Mirco Schultis	2:02.078	+5.626	14
15	PC	16	BAR1 Motorsports	Matt McMurry	2:02.155	+5.703	15
16	GTLM	912	Porsche North America	Earl Bamber	2:02.384	+5.932	16‡
17	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García	2:02.608	+6.156	17
18	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Giancarlo Fisichella	2:02.721	+6.269	18
19	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards	2:03.262	+6.810	19
20	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner	2:03.689	+7.237	20
21	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen	2:03.772	+7.320	21
22	GTLM	17	Team Falken Tire	Wolf Henzler	2:03.890	+7.438	22
23	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey	2:09.370	+12.918	23‡
24	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports	Ben Keating	2:09.488	+13.036	24
25	GTD	007	TRG-AMR North America	Christina Nielsen	2:09.947	+13.495	25
26	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Dion von Moltke	2:10.125	+13.673	26
27	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	Bill Sweedler	2:11.116	+14.664	27
28	GTD	23	Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing	Ian James	2:11.695	+15.243	28
29	GTD	22	Alex Job Racing	Cooper MacNeil	2:11.836	+15.384	29
30	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter	2:12.016	+15.564	30
31	GTLM	911	Porsche North America	Patrick Pilet	2:12.307	+15.855	31
32	GTD	97	Turner Motorsport	Michael Marsal	2:12.941	+16.589	32
33	GTD	76	Compass360 Racing	Ray Mason	2:14.891	+18.439	33
Sources:[4][5]

Race

Race Results

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

Final race classification Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 P 31 Action Express Racing Eric Curran Dane Cameron Corvette Daytona Prototype C 76 2:40:58.639‡ Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 2 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Corvette Daytona Prototype C 76 +14.359 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 3 P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand Scott Pruett Ford EcoBoost Riley DP C 76 +25.140 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L V6 Turbo 4 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew Oswaldo Negri Jr. Ligier JS P2 C 76 +28.456 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo 5 P 90 VisitFlorida.com Racing Richard Westbrook Michael Valiante Corvette Daytona Prototype C 76 +52.449 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 6 P 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone Memo Rojas Katherine Legge DeltaWing DWC13 C 75 +1 lap Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo 7 PC 11 RSR Racing Chris Cumming Bruno Junqueira Oreca FLM09 C 75 +1 lap‡ Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 8 PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Conor Daly James French Oreca FLM09 C 75 +1 lap Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 PC 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Oreca FLM09 C 75 +1 lap Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 10 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Mike Guasch Tom Kimber-Smith Oreca FLM09 C 75 +1 lap Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 P 07 SpeedSource Tom Long Joel Miller Mazda Prototype C 74 +2 Laps Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) 12 PC 16 BAR1 Motorsports Daniel Burkett Matt McMurry Oreca FLM09 C 74 +2 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 13 GTLM 911 Porsche North America Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Porsche 911 RSR M 74 +2 Laps‡ Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 14 GTLM 912 Porsche North America Earl Bamber Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 911 RSR M 74 +2 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 15 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Pierre Kaffer Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 74 +2 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 16 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Corvette Daytona Prototype C 74 +2 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 17 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 73 +3 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 18 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Dirk Werner BMW Z4 GTE M 73 +3 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 19 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Lucas Luhr BMW Z4 GTE M 73 +3 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 20 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 73 +3 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 21 GTLM 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Porsche 911 RSR F 73 +3 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Dodge Viper GT3-R C 70 +6 Laps‡ Dodge 8.3 L V10 23 GTD 007 TRG-AMR North America Christina Nielsen Kuno Wittmer Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 70 +6 Laps Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 24 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Patrick Lindsey Spencer Pumpelly Porsche 911 GT America C 70 +6 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 70 +6 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 26 GTD 44 Magnus Racing John Potter Andy Lally Porsche 911 GT America C 70 +6 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 27 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase Dion von Moltke Audi R8 LMS ultra C 70 +6 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 28 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen Cooper MacNeil Porsche 911 GT America C 70 +6 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 29 GTD 23 Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher Ian James Porsche 911 GT America C 69 +7 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 30 GTD 76 Compass360 Racing Pierre Kleinubing Ray Mason Audi R8 LMS ultra C 69 +7 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 31 DNF PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Mirco Schultis Renger van der Zande Oreca FLM09 C 60 Engine Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 32 DNF PC 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Misha Goikhberg Chris Miller Oreca FLM09 C 43 Did Not Finish Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 33 DNF GTD 97 Turner Motorsport Michael Marsal Markus Palttala BMW Z4 GT3 C 9 Accident BMW 4.4 L V8 Sources:[6][7]

Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer C Continental M Michelin F Falken Tire

References

1. Dagys, John (10 August 2014). "2015 TUSC, CTSC Schedules Released". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
2. Pruett, Marshall (August 10, 2014). "IMSA: 2015 TUDOR Championship schedule revealed". Racer. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
3. Dagys, John (29 July 2015). "35 Cars on Road America Entry List". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
4. "Qualifying" (PDF). IMSA. 8 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
5. "United SportsCar Championship Road America 2015 Grid Positions". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
6. "Unofficial Race Report" (PDF). IMSA. 9 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
7. "2015 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

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