Motor racing competition
This article needs to be updated . Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (February 2019 )
The 2018 Pirelli World Challenge is the 29th season of the Pirelli World Challenge . Patrick Long was the defending champion in the highest class, the GT class. It is the second season sanctioned by the United States Auto Club . The season began on 9 March in St. Petersburg and ended on 2 September at Watkins Glen . It is the first season of the new TCR class, while the TCB class has been removed from the series.[ 1]
On 25 May 2018, the series announced it had been acquired by the SRO Motorsports Group .[ 2]
On 17 November 2017, WC Vision announced the 2018 calendar. Circuit of the Americas will be the SprintX season opener instead of Virginia . Mid-Ohio and Sonoma were dropped from the schedule in favor of Portland and Watkins Glen . Laguna Seca , which played host for the Touring Car classes season finale weekend in 2017, will not return to the series.[ 3]
Round Event Circuit Date Classes Supporting 1 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. Petersburg , St. Petersburg, Florida 9–11 March GT/GTA/GT Cup (x2) GTS/GTSA (x2) IndyCar Series 2 Grand Prix of Texas Circuit of the Americas , Elroy, Texas 23–25 March SprintX GT (x2)SprintX GTS (x2) TCR/TCA (x2) TC (x2) Headliner 3 Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach , Long Beach, California 13–15 April GT/GTA/GT4/GT4A[ N 1] IndyCar Series WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 4 Grand Prix of Virginia presented by Audi Sport Virginia International Raceway , Alton, Virginia 27–29 April SprintX GT (x2)SprintX GTS (x2) TCR/TCA (x2) TC (x2) Headliner 5 Victoria Day Speedfest at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Canadian Tire Motorsport Park , Bowmanville, Ontario 18–20 May GT/GTA/GT Cup (x2) GTS/GTSA (x2) Co-Headliner with NASCAR Pinty's Series 6 Grand Prix of Lime Rock powered by M Lime Rock Park , Lakeville, Connecticut 25–26, 28 May SprintX GT (x2)SprintX GTS (x2) TCR/TCA (x2) TC (x2) Headliner 7 Grand Prix of Road America Road America , Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 22–24 June GT/GTA/GT Cup/GTS/GTSA (x2) IndyCar Series 8 58th Rose Cup Races Portland International Raceway , Portland, Oregon 13–15 July SprintX GT (x2)SprintX GTS (x2) TCR/TCA (x2) TC (x2) Headliner 9 Grand Prix of Utah Utah Motorsports Campus , Tooele, Utah 10–12 August SprintX GT (x2)SprintX GTS (x2) TCR/TCA (x2) TC (x2) 10 Grand Prix of Watkins Glen Watkins Glen International , Watkins Glen, New York 31 August–2 September GT/GTA/GT Cup (x2) GTS/GTSA (x2) TCR/TCA (x2) TC (x2)
Team Car Drivers Rounds TRG Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 00 Spencer Pumpelly 1 Squadra Corse Garage Italia Ferrari 488 GT3 07 Martin Fuentes All CRP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 2 Daniel Morad 1, 3, 5, 7 Michael Cooper 10 K-PAX Racing Bentley Continental GT3 3 Rodrigo Baptista All 9 Álvaro Parente All Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 12 David Calvert-Jones 3 54 Tim Pappas 3 TruSpeed AutoSport Audi R8 LMS 19 Parker Chase 1, 3, 5, 7 71 Rocky Moran Jr. 3 Nissan Motorsports North America Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) 22 Bryan Heikotter 3 75 Steve Doherty 3 Alegra Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 24 Michael Christensen All Callaway Competition USA Corvette C7 GT3-R 26 Daniel Keilwitz 1-2 Dream Racing Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo 27 Ryan Hardwick 7 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 55 Yuki Harata 1, 3, 5, 7 TR3 Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 31 Daniel Mancinelli All GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 41 Alec Udell 3 DXDT Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 45 Lawrence DeGeorge 7 Mercedes-AMG GT3 63 David Askew 7, 10 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 46 Andy Wilzoch 7 R. Ferri Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 61 Toni Vilander All Always Evolving Motorsport Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) 73 Craig Dolby 3 75 Martin Plowman 3 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 91 Anthony Imperato 7, 10 RealTime Racing /HART Racing Acura NSX GT3 93 Mario Farnbacher 10 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 96 Scott Hargrove All Sources:[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Colour Class GT GTA GT Cup
Team Car Drivers Rounds GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 04 George Kurtz All * 2 Jason Bell 7, 10 14 James Sofronas All Blackdog Racing Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R 1 Lawson Aschenbach All 11 Tony Gaples All M1 GT Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 2 Jason Bell 1, 5 Black Swan Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 7 Jeff Ward * PF Racing Ford Mustang GT4 10 Vinnie Allegretta 1, 5, 7 Patrick Gallagher 10 40 James Pesek All 55 Jade Buford All Ian Lacy Racing Ginetta G55 GT4 12 Drew Staveley All 24 Frank Gannett All 43 Steve Burns 1, 7 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 13 Orey Fidani All Classic BMW BMW M4 GT4 17 Justin Raphael 1 26 Toby Grahovec 1 92 Chris Ohmacht 1 Mühlner Motorsports America Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 21 Gabriele Piana 1 Precision Driving BMW M4 GT4 22 Marko Radisic 1, 7 Audi R8 LMS GT4 23 Adam Merzon All 45 Mike Hedlund All Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4 45 Bob Michaelian * 54 Mark Pavan 5 69 Harry Gottsacker All * Team Panoz Racing Panoz Avezzano GT4 50 Ian James All 51 Preston Calvert All KohR Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 52 Nate Stacy 1 KPR McLaren 570S GT4 62 Mark Klenin All TRG Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 66 Spencer Pumpelly * MarcoPolo Motorsports KTM X-Bow GT4 71 Nicolai Elghanayan 7, 10 Robinson Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 72 Shane Lewis 1, 5 Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R 7, 10 Mercedes-AMG GT4 74 Gar Robinson 1, 5 Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R 7, 10 Volt Racing Ford Mustang GT4 77 Alan Brynjolfsson 7 Compass Racing McLaren 570S GT4 78 Paul Holton * BimmerWorld BMW M4 GT4 83 James Clay 7 Competition Motorsports Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 83 Mike Sullivan * Stephen Cameron Racing BMW M4 GT4 88 Henry Schmitt 10 JCR Motorsports Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 89 Fred Roberts 1, 5, 7 99 Jeff Courtney All Policaro Motorsport / SportsCarBoutique Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 138 Andrew Danyliw 5 Sources:[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Notes – Drivers with an asterisk in the "Rounds" column took part in the non-championship round at Long Beach.[ N 1] Team Car Drivers Rounds Ives Motorsports Mazda Global MX-5 Cup 07 Jose DaSilva 2, 6, 10 The Racing Company Audi RS 3 LMS 2 Jérimy Daniel 2, 4, 6, 10 Copeland Motorsports Mazda Global MX-5 Cup 4 Bryan Ortiz 2, 4 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 18 Jarett Andretti 2, 4, 8–10 Bryan Ortiz 6 M1 GT Racing Audi RS 3 LMS 8 David Ostella 6 Ian Lacy Racing Mazda Global MX-5 Cup 10 Jenny Gannett All TFB Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 12 Mason Filippi 2, 4, 6, 8 Atlanta Motorsports Group/Mauro Motorsports[ N 3] Jason Hoover Motorsports[ N 3]
Mazda Global MX-5 Cup 13 John Mauro 2 54 Austin Allison 2 TechSport Racing Subaru BRZ tS 22 Breton Williams All 25 P. J. Groenke All 79 Spencer Patterson All 89 Jeff Sexton All 95 Eric Powell All Murillo Racing Mazda Global MX-5 Cup 24 Kenny Murillo 2, 4, 6 55 Moisey Uretsky All Audi RS 3 LMS 74 Matt Fassnacht 2, 4, 6, 8–9 Indian Summer Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI 30 Travis Washay 2, 4, 6, 10 TWOth Autosport Audi RS 3 LMS 37 Eddie Killeen 10 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 43 Ryan Eversley All 44 Nick Esayian 2 Adam Merzon 4, 6 Michael Cooper 8 Mason Filippi 9–10 Honda Civic Si 94 Tom O'Gorman All Team Octane Mini Cooper JCW 45 Nelson Chan 4, 10 46 Michel Sallenbach 4 Alain Lauziere 10 Jim Gorman Motorsports Honda Civic Si 67 Skip Woody 4 Heinlein Racing Development[ N 5] FCP Euro by HRD[ N 5]
Audi RS 3 LMS 69 Anthony Geraci All Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 71 Michael Hurczyn All 72 Nate Vincent All 73 Dwight Merriman All Alfatcr.USA Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR 70 Martin Jensen 2, 4 Compass Racing Audi RS 3 LMS 77 JT Coupal All Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Hyundai i30 N TCR 98 Michael Lewis All 99 Mark Wilkins All Sources:[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Team Car Drivers Rounds AutoTechnic Racing BMW M235iR 02 Mark Brummond 2, 4, 10 Anthony Serra 6 20 Robert Nimkoff 2, 4, 6, 9–10 21 John Allen 10 DRS BMW M235iR 06 Bruce Wexler 10 09 Greg Nitzkowski 8–10 Rearden Racing Nissan 370Z 3 Vesko Kozarov All 33 Paul Terry All Matt Young Motorsports BMW M235iR 5 Max Fedler 2 Stephen Cameron Racing BMW M235iR 19 Sean Quinlan 2, 4, 8–9 87 Henry Schmitt 2, 4, 8–10 TechSport Racing Nissan 370Z 23 Steve Streimer All Classic BMW BMW M235iR 26 Matt Travis All 27 Jayson Clunie All 28 CJ Lett 4 66 Daren Jorgensen 9 91 Karl Wittmer All RTF Racing Honda Accord V6 Coupe 31 Jack Baruth 10 KRÜGSPEED Lotus Exige 40 Dennis Hanratty Jr. 10 BERG Mazda MX-5 50 Dinah Weisberg 10 51 John Weisberg 6, 10 Steve Bottom Racing Nissan 370Z 58 Steve Bottom 4, 6 RHC Lawrence-Strom BMW M235iR 66 Daren Jorgensen 2 GenRacer Hyundai Genesis Coupe 75 Jason Stanley 4, 10 78 Jeff Ricca 2, 4, 6, 10 Rooster Hall Racing BMW M235iR 80 Johan Schwartz All 82 Richard Zulman 9 Winding Road Team TFB BMW M235iR 81 Jacob Ruud 2, 6, 8 MarcoPolo Motorsports Lotus Exige 92 Nicolai Elghanayan 6 Team HMA Honda Civic Type R (FK8) 93 Joshua Foran 2, 4, 6, 10 Brass Monkey Racing Nissan 370Z 97 Tony Rivera 2, 4 Sources:[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Championship standings [ edit ] Drivers' championships[ edit ] Championship points were awarded for the first twenty positions in each race. The pole-sitter also received one point with the exception of the GTA and GTSA classes. Entries were required to complete 50% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Pole Points 25 23 21 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
SprintX races
Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest Lap
Notes 1 – Ineligible to score points Driver Team STP AUS VIR MOS LIM ELK POR UTA WGL 1 James Sofronas GMG Racing 5 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 169 76 2 Lawson Aschenbach Blackdog Racing 1 1 7 33 3 3 1 1 158 102 3 Jade Buford PF Racing Ret 5 1 8 6 11 2 3 124 61 4 Shane Lewis Robinson Racing 6 10 19 9 9 18 3 5 94 64 5 Alex Welch GMG Racing 4 1 2 1 93 – 6 Harry Gottsacker Racers Edge Motorsports 17 6 2 4 Ret 30 9 6 89 47 7 Drew Staveley Ian Lacy Racing 3 8 5 7 16 33 16 7 89 53 8 Tony Gaples Blackdog Racing 11 11 3 18 15 5 10 11 88 41 9 Gar Robinson Robinson Racing 18 13 19 9 9 18 6 2 79 39 10 Mike Hedlund Flying Lizard Motorsports 8 12 Ret 10 12 10 11 13 71 40 11 Scott Maxwell PF Racing 1 8 6 11 63 – 12 Gabriele Piana Mühlner Motorsports America 2 2 36 7 61 47 13 Ian James Team Panoz Racing 25 4 Ret 35 5 14 5 EX 61 37 14 Andy Pilgrim Blackdog Racing 7 33 3 3 56 – 15 Toby Grahovec Classic BMW 12 9 15 24 4 13 54 21 16 Jeff Courtney JCR Motorsports 10 16 WD WD 11 16 12 8 53 38 17 George Kurtz GMG Racing 24 Ret 10 20 10 4 20 12 52 10 18 Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman Volt Racing 1 2 48 – 20 Orey Fidani Pfaff Motorsports 15 15 18 31 14 6 14 17 48 23 21 Michael Cooper Blackdog Racing 3 18 15 5 47 – 22 Aurora Straus ST Racing 11 6 13 8 46 – 23 Samantha Tan Nick Wittmer ST Racing 6 3 17 17 45 – 25 Colin Braun GMG Racing 10 20 10 4 42 – 26 Nate Stacy KohR Motorsports 9 7 9 19 40 26 27 Justin Raphael Classic BMW 14 19 24 2 20 15 39 9 28 Chris Ohmacht Classic BMW 21 20 15 24 4 13 34 1 29 Preston Calvert Team Panoz Racing 13 18 20 25 18 DSQ 13 10 34 30 30 Greg Liefooghe Henry Schmitt Stephen Cameron Racing 12 Ret 7 12 32 – 32 Stevan McAleer Classic BMW 24 2 20 15 30 – 33 Jason Bell M1 GT Racing 4 14 22 27 35 23 23 21 26 26 34 Paul Holton Ray Mason Compass Racing 13 5 Ret DNS 25 – 36 Al Carter ST Racing 11 6 25 – 37 Kyle Marcelli Pfaff Motorsports 18 31 14 6 25 – 38 Fred Roberts JCR Motorsports DNS 21 24 DNS 8 9 25 25 39 Matt Keegan Team Panoz Racing Ret 35 5 14 24 – 40 Vinnie Allegretta PF Racing 7 24 25 21 27 27 17 15 24 24 41 Jon Miller ST Racing 13 8 21 – 42 Matt Fassnacht Christian Szymczak Murillo Racing 33 14 19 9 21 – 44 Adam Merzon Case-it Racing by Flying Lizard 19 23 17 11 22 22 19 20 19 5 45 Mark Klenin KPR 20 26 21 23 21 20 7 22 16 15 46 Daren Jorgensen Cameron Lawrence RHC Lawrence-Strom 14 12 16 – 48 James Pesek PF Racing 23 17 16 17 23 29 22 18 16 7 49 Michael Camus Randy Mueller Epic Motorsports Ret 32 8 19 15 – 51 Moritz Kranz Mühlner Motorsports America 36 7 14 – 52 Dean Martin KohR Motorsports 9 19 14 – 53 Ryan Eversley Case-it Racing by Flying Lizard 17 11 22 22 14 – 54 Jason Hart Mike Vess Classic BMW 8 30 25 24 13 – 56 Mark Pavan Racers Edge Motorsports 29 34 30 25 15 14 13 13 57 Marko Radisic Precision Driving 16 Ret 31 16 29 32 10 5 58 Shelby Blackstock PF Racing 16 17 23 29 9 – 59 Andy Lee Elias Sabo GMG Racing Ret 13 33 31 8 – 61 Andrew Danyliw Policaro Motorsport / SportsCarBoutique 18 16 8 8 62 Derek DeBoer Sean Gibbons TRG 23 15 28 Ret 6 – 64 David Roberts Precision Driving 31 16 29 32 5 – 65 Frank Gannett Ian Lacy Racing Ret 22 27 Ret 32 28 21 19 2 2 66 Kris Wilson KPR 21 20 1 – 67 Max Riddle KPR 21 23 0 – 68 JR Pesek PF Racing 25 21 27 27 0 – 69 Jeff Burton Rearden Racing 30 28 26 21 0 – 70 Steve Burns Ian Lacy Racing 22 25 32 29 31 DNS 0 0 71 Nicolai Elghanayan MarcoPolo Motorsports 28 22 0 – 72 Vesko Kozarov Ace Robey Rearden Racing 26 26 0 – 74 Keith Jensen NOLAsport 34 26 0 – Driver Team STP AUS VIR MOS LIM ELK POR UTA WGL
Driver Team STP MOS ELK WGL Points 1 Drew Staveley Ian Lacy Racing 3 8 16 7 87 2 Tony Gaples Blackdog Racing 11 11 10 11 76 3 Jeff Courtney JCR Motorsports 10 16 12 8 73 4 Mike Hedlund Flying Lizard Motorsports 8 12 11 13 73 5 Preston Calvert Team Panoz Racing 13 18 13 10 60 6 Fred Roberts JCR Motorsports DNS 21 8 9 53 7 Jason Bell M1 GT Racing 4 14 23 21 53 8 Orey Fidani Pfaff Motorsports 15 15 14 17 52 9 Mark Klenin KPR 20 26 7 22 45 10 Toby Grahovec Classic BMW 12 9 38 11 James Pesek PF Racing 23 17 22 18 36 12 Adam Merzon Case-it Racing by Flying Lizard 19 23 19 20 35 13 George Kurtz GMG Racing 24 Ret 20 12 29 14 Mark Pavan Racers Edge Motorsports 15 14 26 15 Frank Gannett Ian Lacy Racing Ret 22 21 19 25 16 Justin Raphael Classic BMW 14 19 24 17 Andrew Danyliw Policaro Motorsport / SportsCarBoutique 18 16 23 18 Chris Ohmacht Classic BMW 21 20 18 19 Steve Burns Ian Lacy Racing 22 25 13 20 Marko Radisic Precision Driving 16 Ret 11 Driver Team STP MOS ELK WGL Points
Driver Team AUS VIR LIM POR UTA WGL Points TCR 1 Ryan Eversley RealTime Racing 3 3 1 2 91 2 Mark Wilkins Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian 2 1 24 1 83 3 Michael Lewis Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian 1 2 2 Ret 72 4 Jérimy Daniel The Racing Company 7 6 3 3 71 5 Anthony Geraci Heinlein Racing Development 5 4 5 5 70 6 JT Coupal Compass Racing 13 9 6 4 54 7 Mason Filippi TFB 9 7 4 26 53 8 Nate Vincent FCP Euro by HRD 8 5 8 12 52 9 Martin Jensen Alfatcr.USA 4 Ret 7 6 48 10 Dwight Merriman Heinlein Racing Development 11 10 10 10 43 11 Michael Hurczyn FCP Euro by HRD 6 8 Ret 7 42 12 Matt Fassnacht Murillo Racing 10 Ret 9 8 36 13 Jarett Andretti Copeland Motorsports Ret 23 11 9 Ret 7 6 7 Ret 8 106 14 Nick Esayian RealTime Racing 12 11 19 15 Adam Merzon RealTime Racing 12 11 19 TCA 1 Eric Powell TechSport Racing 14 13 14 13 97 2 Tom O'Gorman TOMO Racing 15 12 13 15 95 3 Bryan Ortiz Copeland Motorsports 17 18 15 16 74 4 Spencer Patterson TechSport Racing 19 17 16 17 66 5 P. J. Groenke TechSport Racing 16 14 20 27 62 6 Kenny Murillo Murillo Racing 18 15 25 18 DNS 61 7 Travis Washay Indian Summer Racing 25 Ret 17 14 49 8 Moisey Uretsky Murillo Racing 24 21 21 20 46 9 Breton Williams TechSport Racing 20 Ret 23 23 34 10 Jeff Sexton TechSport Racing 27 16 Ret 24 33 11 Michel Sallenbach Team Octane 18 19 29 12 Nelson Chan Team Octane 19 21 26 13 John Mauro Atlanta Motorsports Group/Mauro Motorsports 21 19 26 14 Austin Allison Jason Hoover Motorsports 23 20 23 15 Jose DaSilva Ives Motorsports 22 22 22 16