2015 SportsCar Grand Prix
The 2015
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For 2015, the Tudor Championship race featured the Prototype (P) and GT Le Mans (GTLM) classes alongside the Prototype Challenge (PC) class which replaced the GT Daytona (GTD) class which competed at the 2014 edition of the Grand Prix.[2]
The weekend also included races for the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Cooper Tires Prototype Lites, Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA, and the Mazda MX-5 Cup.[3]
Entries
Practice
There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Friday morning and afternoon. The third on Saturday morning lasted an hour.[5]
Practice 1
The first practice session took place at 11:20 am ET on Friday and ended with Ricky Taylor topping the charts for Wayne Taylor Racing, with a lap time of 1:10.451.[6]
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 10 | Wayne Taylor Racing | Ricky Taylor | 1:10.451 | _ |
| 2 | P | 60 | Curb/Agajanian
|
Oswaldo Negri Jr. | 1:10.616 | +0.165 |
| 3 | P | 31 | Action Express Racing | Dane Cameron | 1:10.660 | +0.209 |
| Source:[7] | ||||||
Practice 2
The second practice session took place at 4:00 pm
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 60 | Curb/Agajanian
|
Oswaldo Negri Jr. | 1:09.216 | _ |
| 2 | P | 10 | Wayne Taylor Racing | Ricky Taylor | 1:09.879 | +0.663 |
| 3 | P | 31 | Action Express Racing | Dane Cameron | 1:10.174 | +0.958 |
| Source:[9] | ||||||
Practice 3
The third and final practice session took place at 10:00 am
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 60 | Curb/Agajanian
|
Oswaldo Negri Jr. | 1:09.168 | _ |
| 2 | P | 31 | Action Express Racing | Dane Cameron | 1:09.645 | +0.477 |
| 3 | P | 5 | Action Express Racing | Christian Fittipaldi | 1:09.709 | +0.119 |
| Source:[11] | ||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying was broken into three sessions. The first session of qualifying was for the GTLM class. Nick Tandy qualified on pole in GTLM driving the No. 911 Porsche North America entry.[12]
The second session of qualifying was for the PC class. James French qualified on pole driving the No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports entry.[13]
The final session of qualifying was for the P class. Ricky Taylor qualified on pole driving the No. 10 car for Wayne Taylor Racing.[14]
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 10 |  Wayne Taylor Racing
|
Ricky Taylor
|
1:09.705 | _ | 1‡ |
| 2 | P | 5 | Action Express Racing
|
 Christian Fittipaldi
|
1:09.864 | +0.159 | 2 |
| 3 | P | 01 | Chip Ganassi Racing
|
Scott Pruett
|
1:10.138 | +0.433 | 3 |
| 4 | P | 90 | VisitFlorida.com Racing
|
 Michael Valiante
|
1:10.399 | +0.694 | 4 |
| 5 | P | 31 | Action Express Racing
|
Eric Curran
|
1:10.508 | +0.803 | 5 |
| 6 | P | 60 | Curb/Agajanian
|
John Pew
|
1:10.725 | +1.020 | 6 |
| 7 | P | 0 | Claro/TracFone
|
 Katherine Legge
|
1:11.276 | +1.571 | 7 |
| 8 | P | 07 | SpeedSource
|
Tom Long
|
1:12.629 | +2.924 | 8 |
| 9 | PC | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports
|
James French
|
1:12.667 | +2.962 | 9‡ |
| 10 | PC | 11 | RSR Racing
|
Chris Cumming
|
1:12.699 | +2.994 | 10 |
| 11 | PC | 54 | CORE Autosport
|
Jon Bennett
|
1:13.007 | +3.302 | 11 |
| 12 | PC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports
|
Mike Guasch
|
1:13.022 | +3.317 | 12 |
| 13 | PC | 85 | JDC-Miller MotorSports
|
Mikhail Goikhberg
|
1:13.169 | +3.464 | 13 |
| 14 | PC | 16 | BAR1 Motorsports
|
John Falb
|
1:13.220 | +3.515 | 14 |
| 15 | PC | 8 | Starworks Motorsport
|
 Mirco Schultis
|
1:14.458 | +4.753 | 15 |
| 16 | GTLM | 911 | Porsche North America
|
Nick Tandy
|
1:14.829 | +5.124 | 16‡ |
| 17 | GTLM | 25 | BMW Team RLL
|
Dirk Werner
|
1:14.857 | +5.152 | 17 |
| 18 | GTLM | 24 | BMW Team RLL
|
Lucas Luhr
|
1:14.984 | +5.279 | 18 |
| 19 | GTLM | 62 | Risi Competizione
|
Pierre Kaffer
|
1:15.298 | +5.593 | 19 |
| 20 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing
|
 Jan Magnussen
|
1:15.325 | +5.620 | 20 |
| 21 | GTLM | 912 | Porsche North America
|
Jörg Bergmeister
|
1:15.386 | +5.681 | 21 |
| 22 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing
|
Oliver Gavin
|
1:15.463 | +5.758 | 22 |
| 23 | GTLM | 17 | Team Falken Tire
|
Bryan Sellers
|
1:15.544 | +5.839 | 23 |
| Source:[15] | |||||||
Report
Race summary
The race was won overall by
Race results
Media
Television
The race was broadcast live by
| United SportsCar Championship on Fox Sports | ||
|---|---|---|
| Booth Announcers | Pit reporters
| |
| Announcer | Bob Varsha | Brian Till Jamie Howe |
| Color | Calvin Fish Justin Bell | |
Radio
The race was broadcast by IMSA Radio with announcers John Hindhaugh and Jeremy Shaw calling the race on IMSA.tv and radiolemans.com, which was simulcast on Sirius channel 117 satellite radio and on 90.7 FM at the track.
| IMSA Radio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Booth Announcers | Pit reporters
| |
| Announcer | John Hindhaugh | Shea Adam Greg Creamer |
| Color | Jeremy Shaw | |
Support race results
CTSC
|
Prototype Lites
|
GT3 Cup USA | MX-5 Cup | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS | Jade Buford Austin Cindric
|
Race 1 | Kenton Koch
|
Elliott Skeer
|
Chad McCumbee
|
| ST | Spencer Pumpelly Luis Rodriguez Jr.
|
Race 2 | Clark Toppe
|
Elliott Skeer
|
Patrick Gallagher
|
References
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- ^ Nesbitt, Wally (November 19, 2014). "CTMP unveils 2015 major events schedule". Inside Track Motorsport News. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
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- ^ "Continental Tire Keys to the Race: CTMP". sportscar365.com. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "TUSCC: CTMP Mosport, Friday Practice Notes". dailysportscar.com. July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ Dagys, John (July 10, 2015). "Negri Paces Friday Practice at CTMP". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ Dagys, John (July 11, 2015). "Negri Leads Practice 3 at CTMP". sportscar365.com. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ Dagys, John (July 11, 2015). "Tandy Takes Porsche to GTLM Pole at CTMP". sportscar365.com. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "TUSCC: CTMP Mosport, Practice & Qualifying, Taylor Overall Pole; GTLM & PC Very Close". dailysportscar.com. July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ Dagys, John (July 11, 2015). "Ricky Taylor Scores CTMP Pole". sportscar365.com. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Taylor brothers beat Action Express". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ Dagys, John (July 12, 2015). "Taylor holds off Cameron for CTMP win". Fox Sports. Fox Broadcasting Company. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ Cole Smith, Steven (July 12, 2015). "Taylor brothers take Corvette to CTMP victory lane". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ Dagys, John (July 12, 2015). "Porsche Dominates GTLM at CTMP". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- International Motor Sports Association. July 12, 2015. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
- ^ "IMSA Finalizes TUSC, CTSC TV Schedules". sportscar365.com. February 6, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
External links
- Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix official website
- IMSA.com Canadian Tire Motorsport Park event page
- 2015 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix Broadcast on YouTube
- IMSA Radio 2015 SportsCar Grand Prix Race Broadcast