2018 Ferrari Challenge North America Explained

The 2018 Ferrari Challenge North America is the 24th season of Ferrari Challenge North America. The season consisted of 7 rounds, starting at the Daytona International Speedway on January 27 and ending at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on November 3.^[1]

Calendar

	Circuit	Dates
1	Daytona International Speedway	January 27–28
2	Circuit of the Americas	March 10–11
3	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	May 6–7
4	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	June 9–10
5	Watkins Glen International	July 28–29
6	Road Atlanta	September 15–16
7	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	November 2–3

Entry list

All teams and drivers used the Ferrari 488 Challenge fitted with Pirelli tyres.

Trofeo Pirelli

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Continental AutoSports		Joel Weinberger	Pro	1–5, 7
	36	Neil Gehani	Pro-Am	3–4
Ferrari of Long Island	9	Alfred Caiola	Pro-Am	1–6
		Chris Cagnazzi	Pro	All
	28	Joseph Rubbo	Pro	1–5
Ferrari of Vancouver		Murray Rothlander	Pro-Am	All
Wide World Ferrari		Peter Ludwig	Pro	All
Ferrari of Denver		John Boyd	Pro-Am	All
Ferrari of Ontario		Marc Muzzo	Pro	All
	99	Barry Zekelman	Pro-Am	1–4
Ferrari of Newport Beach	14	Brent Holden	Pro	1–4
Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale		Frank Selldorff	Pro-Am	4–7
	56	José Valera	Pro-Am	4
The Collection	17	Amir Kermani	Pro	1–2, 6
		Benjamin Hites	Pro	All
Boardwalk Ferrari		James Weiland	Pro	1–2, 4, 7
		Jean-Claude Saada	Pro	1–2, 4–7
Ferrari of San Francisco	24	Ziad Ghandour	Pro-Am	2
Ferrari of Palm Beach		Ross Chouest	Pro-Am	All
Lake Forest Sportscars	27	Cort Wagner	Pro	1
	30	David Musial	Pro-Am	1–6
Ferrari of Washington		Robert Hodes	Pro-Am	All
Ferrari of Silicon Valley		Cooper MacNeil	Pro	All
Ferrari of San Diego	64	Naveen Rao	Pro	1–6
Ferrari of Beverly Hills		Angie King	Pro	3–5, 7
Miller Motor Cars	93	Osvaldo Gaio	Pro-Am	1–3, 5

Coppa Shell

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Ferrari of Atlanta	100	Armin Oskouei	Am	6
	134	Michael Watt	Pro-Am	3, 5–6
	176	Lance Cawley	Pro-Am	1–3, 5–6
Ferrari of Washington		Theodore Giovanis	Am	5–7
Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale	106	Tomas Cabrerizo	Am	5
Ferrari Westlake		Chris Carel	Pro-Am	1, 3–7
		Mark Fuller	Pro-Am	All
Ferrari of Central Florida	108	David Lo	Am	1
	126	Robert Picerne	Pro-Am	1–3
Ferrari of San Antonio	110	Sam Vick	Am	2–3, 5
Ferrari of South Bay		Bradley Smith	Am	All
		James Camp	Am	All
Ferrari of San Francisco		Geoff Palermo	Pro-Am	1–3, 5–7
Wide World Ferrari	115	Jason McCarthy	Pro-Am	1–2, 5–6
	172	Chris O'Donnell	Pro-Am	5–6
Ferrari of Vancouver	118	Colin Liu	Am	1, 3
Ron Tonkin Gran Turismo	120	Keith Larson	Am	6
	187	Richard Baek	Pro-Am	2–3, 5–6
Ferrari of Beverly Hills		Thomas Tippl	Pro-Am	All
	153	Neil Langberg	Am	2–5
Ferrari of Detroit		Brian Simon	Am	1–3, 5–7
	163	Jay Schreibmann	Am	6
Ferrari of Long Island		John Megrue	Am	1–3, 5–7
	169	Kresimir Penavić	Am	5–6
		Brian Kaminskey	Pro-Am	1–2, 4–5, 7
	199	Alfredo di Scipio	Am	2
Lake Forest Sportscars	127	Rick Mancuso	Am	2
Ferrari of Tampa Bay		Luis Perusquia	Pro-Am	1–3, 5, 7
		Charles Bruck	Am	3–5, 7
Ferrari North America	133	Michael Fassbender	Pro-Am	1–4
Ferrari of San Diego		Kevin Millstein	Am	2–7
Ferrari of Silicon Valley	148	Edward Baalbaki	Am	2
	179	David MacNeil	Am	1
	190	Oscar Paredes-Arroyo	Pro-Am	1–6
The Collection	151	Kam Habibi	Am	1, 3
		Roberto Cava	Am	2, 4–5, 7
Miller Motor Cars		Dale Katechis	Am	1–4, 6–7
Ferrari of Ontario	177	Aldo Gottardo	Am	2–6
Ferrari of Newport Beach		Alan Hegyi	Am	3–4, 7
Continental AutoSports		David Varwig	Pro-Am	2–5, 7

Results and standings

Race results

Round	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Trofeo Pirelli Winners	Coppa Shell Winners
1	1	Daytona International Speedway	Cooper MacNeil : David Musial : Thomas Tippl : Dale Katechis	Peter Ludwig : Alfred Caiola : Chris Carel : Dale Katechis	Pro: Cooper MacNeil Pro-Am: Alfred Caiola	Pro-Am: Michael Fassbender Am: John Megrue
	2		Cooper MacNeil : Robert Hodes : Brian Kaminskey : John Megrue	Cooper MacNeil : Alfred Caiola : Chris Carel : Dale Katechis	Pro: Peter Ludwig Pro-Am: Robert Hodes	Pro-Am: Brian Kaminskey Am: Dale Katechis
2	1	Circuit of the Americas	Cooper MacNeil : John Boyd : Thomas Tippl : Brian Simon	Peter Ludwig : Ross Chouest : Thomas Tippl : Dale Katechis	Pro: Cooper MacNeil Pro-Am: Robert Hodes	Pro-Am: Thomas Tippl Am: Brian Simon
	2		Cooper MacNeil : Robert Hodes : Thomas Tippl : Brian Simon	Benjamin Hites : Murray Rothlander : Thomas Tippl : Kevin Millstein	Pro: Benjamin Hites Pro-Am: Murray Rothlander	Pro-Am: Thomas Tippl Am: John Megrue
3	1	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Marc Muzzo : John Boyd : Thomas Tippl : John Megrue	Peter Ludwig : Barry Zekelman : Thomas Tippl : Kevin Millstein	Pro: Cooper MacNeil Pro-Am: John Boyd	Pro-Am: Thomas Tippl Am: John Megrue
	2		Peter Ludwig : Ross Chouest : Thomas Tippl : John Megrue	Peter Ludwig : Ross Chouest : Thomas Tippl : Dale Katechis	Pro: Peter Ludwig Pro-Am: John Boyd	Pro-Am: Thomas Tippl Am: John Megrue
4	1	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Cooper MacNeil : David Musial : Thomas Tippl : Dale Katechis	Cooper MacNeil : Alfred Caiola : Thomas Tippl : Roberto Cava	Pro: Cooper MacNeil Pro-Am: David Musial	Pro-Am: Thomas Tippl Am: Roberto Cava
	2		Cooper MacNeil : David Musial : Thomas Tippl : Roberto Cava	Cooper MacNeil : David Musial : Thomas Tippl : Roberto Cava	Pro: Cooper MacNeil Pro-Am: Alfred Caiola	Pro-Am: Thomas Tippl Am: James Camp
5	1	Watkins Glen International	Cooper MacNeil : Murray Rothlander : Thomas Tippl : John Megrue	Cooper MacNeil : Robert Hodes : Thomas Tippl : Bradley Smith	Pro: Cooper MacNeil Pro-Am: Ross Chouest	Pro-Am: Thomas Tippl Am: Kevin Millstein
	2		Cooper MacNeil : Murray Rothlander : Thomas Tippl : Brian Simon	Cooper MacNeil : Robert Hodes : Thomas Tippl : John Megrue	Pro: Cooper MacNeil Pro-Am: Murray Rothlander	Pro-Am: Thomas Tippl Am: Brian Simon
6	1	Road Atlanta	Cooper MacNeil : Ross Chouest : Thomas Tippl : John Megrue	Cooper MacNeil : Robert Hodes : Thomas Tippl : John Megrue	Pro: Cooper MacNeil Pro-Am: Ross Chouest	Pro-Am: Thomas Tippl Am: John Megrue
	2		Peter Ludwig : Murray Rothlander : Geoff Palermo : John Megrue	Peter Ludwig : Murray Rothlander : Geoff Palermo : John Megrue	Pro: Peter Ludwig Pro-Am: Ross Chouest	Pro-Am: Geoff Palermo Am: John Megrue
7	1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Cooper MacNeil : Murray Rothlander : Thomas Tippl : Dale Katechis	Cooper MacNeil : Ross Chouest : Thomas Tippl : Brian Simon	Pro: Cooper MacNeil Pro-Am: Ross Chouest	Pro-Am: Thomas Tippl Am: John Megrue
	2		Peter Ludwig : Murray Rothlander : Thomas Tippl : John Megrue	Peter Ludwig : Murray Rothlander : Thomas Tippl : John Megrue	Pro: Benjamin Hites Pro-Am: Murray Rothlander	Pro-Am: Mark Fuller Am: Brian Simon

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:

Race Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th or lower
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1	1

Trofeo Pirelli

	Driver	DAY		AUS		MTY		MTL		WKG		ATL		MNZ		Points
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Pro Class^[2]
1	Cooper MacNeil	1	2	1	Ret	1	DNS	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	DNS	230
2	Peter Ludwig	2	1	2	Ret	9	1	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	5	204
3	Benjamin Hites	9	10	3	1	5	4	Ret	Ret	6	8	2	2	5	1	130
4	Marc Muzzo	5	9	7	3	2	7	3	4	4	6	DNS	DNS	4	4	111
5	Chris Cagnazzi	6	11	8	Ret	4	3	8	7	5	5	5	3	7	DNS	89
6	Naveen Rao	11	6	4	2	6	6	5	9	10	3	6	5			88
7	James Weiland	3	3	9	4			4	3					6	2	86
8	Jean-Claude Saada	7	7	5	7			6	6	3	Ret	DNS	DNS	3	3	77
9	Joseph Rubbo	4	4	10	Ret	3	2	9	8	7	4					75
10	Joel Weinberger	8	5	6	5	Ret	8	7	5	9	Ret			DNS	DNS	51
11	Angie King					8	5	Ret	10	8	7			Ret	Ret	22
12	Amir Kermani	10	Ret	Ret	6							4	6			18
13	Brent Holden	12	12	DNS	DNS	7	9	Ret	DNS							14
14	Cort Wagner	Ret	8													5
Pro-Am Class^[3]
1	Ross Chouest	Ret	Ret	4	2	7	4	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	3	188
2	Robert Hodes	3	1	1	3	2	3	5	6	4	3	4	4	3	4	182
3	Murray Rothlander	7	6	3	1	4	7	7	4	3	1	2	2	Ret	1	177
4	John Boyd	4	Ret	Ret	5	1	1	DNS	DNS	2	Ret	3	3	2	2	153
5	Alfred Caiola	1	5	Ret	DNS	3	2	2	1	5	4	Ret	6			130
6	David Musial	2	4	2	4	6	8	1	2	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS			117
7	Frank Selldorff							3	7	Ret	5	Ret	5	4	DNS	44
8	Osvaldo Gaio	6	3	Ret	6	8	6			DNS	DNS					43
9	Barry Zekelman	5	2	Ret	DNS	9	9	DNS	DNS							41
10	Neil Gehani					5	5	6	5							34
11	José Valera							8	8							9
12	Ziad Ghandour			Ret	DNS											5

Coppa Shell

	Driver	DAY		AUS		MTY		MTL		WKG		ATL		MNZ		Points
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Pro-Am Class^[4]
1	Thomas Tippl	9	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	1	2	284
2	Mark Fuller	4	2	4	4	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	Ret	1	192
3	Chris Carel	2	3			4	2	4	Ret	3	3	3	3	3	3	147
4	Brian Kaminskey	3	1	6	DNS			3	Ret	5	5			2	4	105
5	Michael Fassbender	1	Ret	2	2	5	3	6	3							94
6	Geoff Palermo	5	Ret	3	3	Ret	DNS			Ret	11	4	1	4	Ret	91
7	David Varwig			8	7	8	8	5	Ret	6	7			5	5	53
8	Richard Baek			5	5	3	5			7	6	Ret	DNS			52
9	Jason McCarthy	7	Ret	Ret	Ret					4	9	DNS	DNS			43
10	Oscar Paredes-Arroyo	6	DNS	11	6	DNS	DNS	7	4	Ret	Ret	6	DNS			41
=	Lance Cawley	11	6	10	10	7	6			Ret	8	7	6			41
12	Robert Picerne	8	5	7	8	6	7									37
13	Luis Perusquia	10	Ret	9	9	Ret	9			9	Ret			6	6	33
14	Michael Watt					DNS	DNS			8	4	5	7			27
15	Chris O'Donnell									10	10	8	4			17
Am Class^[5]
1	John Megrue	1	6	Ret	1	1	1			Ret	4	1	1	1	3	187
2	Kevin Millstein			3	2	3	3	Ret	2	1	2	2	Ret	5	5	146
3	Dale Katechis	2	1	2	10	2	2	Ret	8			4	2	4	Ret	134
4	Brian Simon	3	2	1	4	5	7			11	1	DNS	DNS	2	1	130
5	Bradley Smith	6	3	Ret	8	4	4	6	Ret	2	Ret	7	3	8	DNS	102
6	James Camp	7	7	4	5	8	12	2	1	8	11	8	DNS	6	6	81
7	Theodore Giovanis									7	7	5	4	3	2	56
=	Aldo Gottardo			9	7	7	9	5	5	9	8	9	DNS			56
9	Roberto Cava			5	3			1	7	4	6			7	4	54
10	Alan Hegyi					10	5	3	3					9	7	50
11	Charles Bruck					6	13	7	4	5	5			DNS	Ret	46
12	Neil Langberg			7	6	9	6	4	6	10	10					38
13	Tomas Cabrerizo									3	3					25
=	Colin Liu	4	4			11	8									25
15	Keith Larson											3	5			21
16	David MacNeil	5	5													17
17	Kresimir Penavić									6	9	Ret	7			15
18	Armin Oskouei											6	6			13
=	Sam Vick			8	9	13	11			Ret	Ret					13
20	Rick Mancuso			6	DNS											11
21	Kam Habibi	DNS	DNS			12	10									9
22	David Lo	Ret	Ret													6
23	Jay Schreibmann											Ret	DNS			2
24	Edward Baalbaki			DNS	DNS											1
=	Alfredo di Scipio			DNS	DNS											1

See also

• 2018 Finali Mondiali

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Ferrari Challenge North America - Trofeo Pirelli 2018 Calendar. Driver Database AB. 1 December 2019.
2. News: Ferrari Challenge North America - Trofeo Pirelli Pro 2018 standings. Driver Database AB. 1 December 2019.
3. News: Ferrari Challenge North America - Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am 2018 standings. Driver Database AB. 1 December 2019.
4. News: Ferrari Challenge North America - Coppa Shell Pro-Am 2018 standings. Driver Database AB. 1 December 2019.
5. News: Ferrari Challenge North America - Coppa Shell Am 2018 standings. Driver Database AB. 1 December 2019.