1999 SpeedVision World Challenge

The 1999 SpeedVision World Challenge was the tenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's premier series. It was the first season that the series would be covered by the SpeedVision network. The season also marked a new format, with Touring 1 becoming Grand Touring and Touring 2 becoming Touring Car. 1999 was also the first year in which the series would have a corporate sponsor since 1991. Pontiac got its final series win this season, joining Oldsmobile and Saturn as General Motors brands gradually disappearing from the World Challenge. It was not until the rise of the Cadillac CTS-V that a GM division other than Chevrolet would see a win. This also led to the beginning of a longtime BMW-Mazda-Acura affair in touring car.

Results[edit]

Round Circuit Winning Driver (GT)

Winning Driver (TC)

Winning Vehicle (GT)

Winning Vehicle (TC)

1 Mosport United StatesBobby Archer

United StatesMichael Galati

Dodge Viper

Acura Integra R

2 Lime Rock United StatesBobby Archer

United StatesMichael Galati

Dodge Viper

Acura Integra R

3 Mid-Ohio United StatesPeter Kitchak

United StatesMichael Galati

Porsche 911 RSR

Acura Integra R

4 Road Atlanta United StatesKermit Upton III

United StatesMichael Galati

BMW M3

Acura Integra R

5 Tros-Rivieres United States Peter Kitchak

BrazilPierre Kleinubing

Porsche 911 RSR

Acura Integra R

6 West Michigan United States Peter Kitchak

United StatesWill Turner

Porsche 911 RSR

BMW 328

7 Vancouver United StatesScotty White

United StatesHugh Plumb

Chevrolet Corvette C5

Acura Integra R

8 Pike's Peak United States Peter Kitchak

United StatesChuck Hemmingson

Porsche 911 RSR

Pontiac Sunfire

9 Laguna Seca United StatesJohn Heinricy

BrazilPierre Kleinubing

Chevrolet Corvette C5

Acura Integra R

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References[edit]

  1. ^ 1999 SCCA World Challenge. Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine SCCA Race Recaps. Retrieved January 17, 2012.