2018 SprintX GT Championship Series explained

The 2018 SprintX GT Championship Series is the final season of the SprintX GT Championship Series. Michael Cooper and Jordan Taylor are the defending champions in the highest class, the Pro class in GT. It is the second season sanctioned by the United States Auto Club. The season began on 23 March at Circuit of the Americas and will end on 12 August at Utah Motorsports Campus. GTS cars are separated from GT and GT Cup, as the GT4-based category has its own races this season.[1]

Calendar

On 17 November 2017, WC Vision announced the 2018 calendar. All rounds are headliner events held in the United States. Circuit of the Americas was the season opener instead of Virginia. Mosport was dropped from the schedule in favor of Portland.[2]

RoundEventCircuitDate
1Grand Prix of TexasCircuit of the Americas, Elroy, Texas23–25 March
2Grand Prix of Virginia presented by Audi SportVirginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia27–29 April
3Grand Prix of Lime Rock powered by MLime Rock Park, Lakeville, Connecticut25–26, 28 May
458th Rose Cup RacesPortland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon13–15 July
5Grand Prix of UtahUtah Motorsports Campus, Tooele, Utah10–12 August

Entry list

GT/GT Cup

TeamCarDriversClassRounds
Squadra Corse Garage ItaliaFerrari 488 GT307 Caesar BacarellaAmAll
Martin Fuentes
CRP RacingMercedes-AMG GT32 Daniel MoradPP1–4
Fabian Schiller1–2
Raffaele Marciello3
Matthew Brabham4–5
Michael Cooper5
K-PAX RacingBentley Continental GT33 Rodrigo BaptistaPPAll
Maxime Soulet
9 Álvaro ParentePPAll
Andy Soucek
Precision DrivingFerrari 458 Challenge Evo11 Marko RadisicCup1–2
David Roberts
TruSpeed AutoSportAudi R8 LMS19 Parker ChasePAAll
Ryan Dalziel
71 Dore Chaponick Jr.PA2
Brett Sandberg
Alegra MotorsportsPorsche 911 GT3 R24 Michael ChristensenPPAll
Spencer Pumpelly
Callaway Competition USACorvette C7 GT3-R26 Eric CurranPP1
Daniel Keilwitz
Dream Racing MotorsportLamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo27 Ryan HardwickCup1–4
Davide Amaduzzi1
Lamborghini Huracán GT355 Alessandro BressanPAAll
Yuki Harata
TR3 RacingFerrari 488 GT331 Wei LuPAAll
Jeff Segal
GMG RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R41 Alec UdellPP1–2
Mathieu Jaminet1
Corey Lewis2
DXDT RacingLamborghini Huracán GT345 Lawrence DeGeorgeAm1
Lawrence DeGeorgePA2
Cédric Sbirrazzuoli
Mercedes-AMG GT363 David AskewAm1–2, 4–5
Precision Performance MotorsportsLamborghini Huracán GT347 Patrick ByrnePA4
Guy Cosmo
Black Swan RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R54 Jeroen BleekemolenPA1–4
Tim Pappas
Topp RacingPorsche 911 GT3 Cup56 David BakerCup1
R. Ferri MotorsportFerrari 488 GT361 Miguel MolinaPPAll
Toni Vilander
P1 MotorsportsLamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo71 JC PerezCup1
Lone Star RacingMercedes-AMG GT380 Scott HeckertPP1–3, 5
Mike Skeen
Risi CompetizioneFerrari 488 GT382 Anthony LazzaroPA5
Pierre Mulacek
Vital Speed MotorsportFerrari 488 GT387 Rich BaekAm4
Trevor Baek
Pfaff MotorsportsPorsche 911 GT3 R96 Scott HargrovePPAll
Wolf Henzler
Turner MotorsportBMW M6 GT397 Takuya ShirasakaAm5
Naoto Takeda
AM MotorsportsPorsche 911 GT3 Cup99 Alan MetniCup1
Sources:[3] [4] [5]
IconClass
PPPro-Pro
PAPro-Am
AmAm
CupGT Cup

GTS

TeamCarDriversClassRounds
GMG RacingAudi R8 LMS GT404 Colin BraunPAAll
George Kurtz
2 Jason BellAm3–5
McLaren 570S GT48 Andy LeePA1–2
Elias Sabo
Audi R8 LMS GT4 Andy Lee5
Elias Sabo
Audi R8 LMS GT414 James SofronasPAAll
Alex Welch
Rearden RacingAudi R8 LMS GT406 Vesko KozarovAm1
Ace Robey
19 Jeff BurtonAmAll
Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR70 Edward NakatoAm4
Scott Peterson
Blackdog RacingChevrolet Camaro GT4.R1 Lawson AschenbachPAAll
Andy Pilgrim
11 Michael CooperPAAll
Tony Gaples
M1 GT RacingAudi R8 LMS GT42 Jason BellAm1–2
Epic MotorsportsBMW M4 GT43 Randy MuellerAmAll
Michael Camus1–4
William Vanjonack5
PF RacingFord Mustang GT410 Vinnie AllegrettaPAAll
JR Pesek
40 James PesekPAAll
Shelby Blackstock1–4
Patrick Gallagher5
55 Jade BufordPAAll
Scott Maxwell1–2, 4–5
Patrick Gallagher3
Ian Lacy RacingGinetta G55 GT412 Drew StaveleyAmAll
24 Frank GannettAmAll
43 Steve BurnsAm1–2, 4–5
Pfaff MotorsportsPorsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR13 Orey FidaniPAAll
Kyle Marcelli
Classic BMWBMW M4 GT417 Stevan McAleerPAAll
Justin Raphael
27 Jason HartPA1–2
Mike Vess
92 Toby GrahovecAmAll
Chris Ohmacht
113 Daren JorgensonAm4–5
Brett Strom
Motorsport USAMaserati GranTurismo MC GT418 Mike McAleenanAm4
Cavan O'Keefe
Mühlner Motorsports AmericaPorsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR21 Moritz KranzPA2, 4
Gabriele Piana
Moritz KranzAm3
Efrin Castro
24 Keith JensenAm4
Precision DrivingBMW M4 GT422 Marko RadisicAm1–2
David Roberts
Case-it Racing by Flying Lizard
Flying Lizard Motorsports
Audi R8 LMS GT423 Ryan EversleyPAAll
Adam Merzon
45 Mike HedlundAm1–4
Michael DinanPA5
Robby Foley
NOLAsportPorsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR32 Keith JensenAm2–3
47 Jason HartPA3
Matt Travis
Winward RacingMercedes-AMG GT433 Bryce WardPA3
Russell Ward
Murillo RacingMercedes-AMG GT434 Matt FassnachtPAAll
Christian Szymczak
ST RacingBMW M4 GT436 Aurora StrausAmAll
Al Carter1
Jon Miller2–5
38 Samantha TanPAAll
Nick Wittmer
Team Panoz RacingPanoz Avezzano GT450 Ian JamesPAAll
Matt Keegan
51 Preston CalvertAmAll
KohR MotorsportsFord Mustang GT452 Dean MartinPA1
Nate Stacy
Racers Edge MotorsportsSIN R1 GT454 Mark PavanAmAll
69 Harry GottsackerPAAll
KPRMcLaren 570S GT462 Mark KleninPA1, 4–5
Max Riddle1
Mark KleninAm2
Kris Wilson
Audi R8 LMS GT4 Mark KleninPA3
Max Riddle
TRGPorsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR66 Derek DeBoerAm1–2, 4
Sean Gibbons
MarcoPolo MotorsportsKTM X-Bow GT471 Nicolai ElghanayanAm1, 3–5
Robinson RacingChevrolet Camaro GT4.R72 Canaan O'ConnellPA5
Johnny O'Connell
Mercedes-AMG GT474 Shane LewisPA1–3
Gar Robinson
Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R Shane Lewis4–5
Gar Robinson
Volt RacingFord Mustang GT477 Alan BrynjolfssonPA2
Trent Hindman
Compass RacingMcLaren 570S GT478 Paul HoltonPAAll
Ray Mason1–3
Al Carter4
Andrew Novich5
Stephen Cameron RacingBMW M4 GT488 Greg LiefoogheAm1–2, 4–5
Henry Schmitt
JCR MotorsportsMaserati GranTurismo MC GT489 Fred RobertsAm2
99 Jeff CourtneyAm1–2
RHC Lawrence-StromBMW M4 GT4113 Daren JorgensenPA1
Cameron Lawrence
Sources:
IconClass
PAPro-Am
Am

Race results

RoundCircuitGT Pro-Pro WinnersGT Pro-Am WinnersGT Am WinnersGT Cup WinnersGTS Pro-Am WinnersGTS Am Winners
1Austin No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport No. 55 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 71 P1 Motorsports No. 55 PF Racing No. 12 Ian Lacy Racing
Miguel Molina
Toni Vilander
Alessandro Bressan
Yuki Harata
Caesar Bacarella
Martín Fuentes
JC Perez Jade Buford
Scott Maxwell
Drew Staveley
No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport No. 31 TR3 Racing No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 71 P1 Motorsports No. 14 GMG Racing No. 36 ST Racing
Miguel Molina
Toni Vilander
Wei Lu
Jeff Segal
Caesar Bacarella
Martín Fuentes
JC Perez James Sofronas
Alex Welch
Al Carter
Aurora Straus
2R1Virginia No. 3 K-PAX Racing No. 19 TruSpeed AutoSport No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 77 Volt Racing No. 92 Classic BMW
Rodrigo Baptista
Maxime Soulet
Parker Chase
Ryan Dalziel
Caesar Bacarella
Martín Fuentes
Ryan Hardwick Alan Brynjolfsson
Trent Hindman
Toby Grahovec
Chris Ohmacht
R2 No. 80 Lone Star Racing No. 55 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 14 GMG Racing No. 36 ST Racing
Scott Heckert
Mike Skeen
Alessandro Bressan
Yuki Harata
Caesar Bacarella
Martín Fuentes
Ryan Hardwick James Sofronas
Alex Welch
Jon Miller
Aurora Straus
3R1Lime Rock No. 24 Alegra Motorsports No. 19 TruSpeed AutoSport No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 55 PF Racing No. 71 MarcoPolo Motorsports
Michael Christensen
Spencer Pumpelly
Parker Chase
Ryan Dalziel
Caesar Bacarella
Martín Fuentes
Ryan Hardwick Jade Buford
Patrick Gallagher
Nicolai Elghanayan
R2 No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport No. 19 TruSpeed AutoSport No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 50 Team Panoz Racing No. 12 Ian Lacy Racing
Miguel Molina
Toni Vilander
Parker Chase
Ryan Dalziel
Caesar Bacarella
Martín Fuentes
Ryan Hardwick Ian James
Matt Keegan
Drew Staveley
4R1Portland No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport No. 19 TruSpeed AutoSport No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 50 Team Panoz Racing No. 3 Epic Motorsports
Miguel Molina
Toni Vilander
Parker Chase
Ryan Dalziel
Caesar Bacarella
Martín Fuentes
Ryan Hardwick Ian James
Matt Keegan
James Clay
Randy Mueller
R2 No. 3 K-PAX Racing No. 19 TruSpeed AutoSport No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 69 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 51 Team Panoz Racing
Rodrigo Baptista
Maxime Soulet
Parker Chase
Ryan Dalziel
Caesar Bacarella
Martín Fuentes
Ryan Hardwick Harry Gottsacker Preston Calvert
5R1Utah No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport No. 31 TR3 Racing No. 63 DXDT RacingNo entries No. 50 Team Panoz Racing No. 51 Team Panoz Racing
Miguel Molina
Toni Vilander
Wei Lu
Jeff Segal
David Askew Ian James
Matt Keegan
Preston Calvert
R2 No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport No. 31 TR3 Racing No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 69 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 92 Classic BMW
Miguel Molina
Toni Vilander
Wei Lu
Jeff Segal
Caesar Bacarella
Martín Fuentes
Harry Gottsacker Toby Grahovec
Chris Ohmacht

Championship standings

Drivers' championships

Championship points were awarded for the first twenty positions in each race. The overall pole-sitter also received one point. 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 
Points25232119171514131211109876543211

GT/GT Cup Overall

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GT
1 Miguel Molina
Toni Vilander
R. Ferri Motorsport1128211711224
2 Michael Christensen
Spencer Pumpelly
Alegra Motorsports7853132423198
3 Scott Hargrove
Wolf Henzler
Pfaff Motorsports43323463413187
4 Rodrigo Baptista
Maxime Soulet
K-PAX Racing56159513274170
5 Parker Chase
Ryan Dalziel
TruSpeed AutoSport139610573167152
6 Scott Heckert
Mike Skeen
Lone Star Racing321419632150
7 Wei Lu
Jeff Segal
TR3 Racing114109784556148
8 Daniel Morad CRP Racing2584613712121
9 Alessandro Bressan
Yuki Harata
Dream Racing Motorsport8117711105118Ret112
10 Caesar Bacarella
Martin Fuentes
Squadra Corse Garage Italia10131112121186109108
11 Álvaro Parente
Andy Soucek
K-PAX Racing67RetDNS42RetDNSNC590
12 David Askew DXDT Racing1214151411891274
13 Fabian Schiller CRP Racing258473
14 Jeroen Bleekemolen
Tim Pappas
Black Swan Racing91291110966
15 Alec Udell GMG RacingRet104645
16 Matthew Brabham CRP Racing712Ret836
17 Corey Lewis GMG Racing4634
18 Raffaele Marciello CRP Racing61325
19 Guy Cosmo
Patrick Byrne
PPM91023
20 Trevor Baek
Rich Baek
Vital Speed Motorsports10923
21 Takuya Shirasaka
Naoto Takeda
Turner Motorsport111021
22 Pierre Mulacek
Anthony Lazzaro
Risi Competizione121119
23 Lawrence DeGeorge DXDT RacingWDWD121615
24 Cédric Sbirrazzuoli DXDT Racing121615
25 Michael Cooper CRP RacingRet813
26 Mathieu Jaminet GMG RacingRet1011
27 Dore Chaponick Jr.
Brett Sandberg
TruSpeed AutoSportRet138
28 Eric Curran
Daniel Keilwitz
Callaway Competition USADNS196
GT Cup
1 Ryan Hardwick Dream Racing Motorsport1518131513121213198
2 JC Perez P1 Motorsports141550
3 Alan Metni AM Motorsports171643
4 David Baker Topp Racing161743
5 Davide Amaduzzi Dream Racing Motorsport151842
Marko Radisic
David Roberts
Precision DrivingWDWDWDWD
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Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest Lap

GT Pro-Am

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1 Parker Chase
Ryan Dalziel
TruSpeed AutoSport139610573167234
2 Wei Lu
Jeff Segal
TR3 Racing114109784556230
3 Alessandro Bressan
Yuki Harata
Dream Racing Motorsport8117711105118Ret193
4 Jeroen Bleekemolen
Tim Pappas
Black Swan Racing912911109124
5 Guy Cosmo
Patrick Byrne
PPM91040
6 Pierre Mulacek
Anthony Lazzaro
Risi Competizione121140
7 Lawrence DeGeorge
Cédric Sbirrazzuoli
DXDT Racing121632
8 Dore Chaponick Jr.
Brett Sandberg
TruSpeed AutoSportRet1317
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GT Am

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1 Caesar Bacarella
Martin Fuentes
Squadra Corse Garage Italia10131112100
2 David Askew DXDT Racing1214151492
Lawrence DeGeorge DXDT RacingWDWD
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GTS Overall

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1 James Sofronas
Alex Welch
GMG Racing412193
2 Jade Buford
Scott Maxwell
PF Racing1861163
3 Lawson Aschenbach
Andy Pilgrim
Blackdog Racing7333356
4 Alan Brynjolfsson
Trent Hindman
Volt Racing1248
5 Michael Cooper
Tony Gaples
Blackdog Racing31815547
6 Aurora Straus ST Racing11613846
7 Samantha Tan
Nick Wittmer
ST Racing63171745
8 Harry Gottsacker Racers Edge Motorsports24Ret3043
9 Colin Braun
George Kurtz
GMG Racing102010442
10 Drew Staveley Ian Lacy Racing57163336
11 Toby Grahovec
Chris Ohmacht
Classic BMW152441333
12 Greg Liefooghe
Henry Schmitt
Stephen Cameron Racing12Ret71232
13 Mike Hedlund Flying Lizard MotorsportsRet10121031
14 Stevan McAleer
Justin Raphael
Classic BMW242201530
15 Shane Lewis
Gar Robinson
Robinson Racing19991830
16 Paul Holton
Ray Mason
Compass Racing135RetDNS25
17 Al Carter ST Racing11625
18 Orey Fidani
Kyle Marcelli
Pfaff Motorsports183114625
19 Ian James
Matt Keegan
Team Panoz RacingRet3551424
20 Jon Miller ST Racing13821
21 Matt Fassnacht
Christian Szymczak
Murillo Racing3314199DNS21
22 Daren Jorgensen
Cameron Lawrence
RHC Lawrence-Strom141216
23 Michael Camus
Randy Mueller
Epic MotorsportsRet3281915
24 Jeff Courtney JCR MotorsportsWDWD111615
25 Moritz Kranz
Gabriele Piana
Mühlner Motorsports America36714
26 Dean Martin
Nate Stacy
KohR Motorsports91914
27 Ryan Eversley
Adam Merzon
Case-it Racing by Flying Lizard1711222214
28 Jason Hart
Mike Vess
Classic BMW830252413
29 Shelby Blackstock
James Pesek
PF Racing161723299
30 Andy Lee
Elias Sabo
GMG RacingRet1333318
31 Derek DeBoer
Sean Gibbons
TRG231528Ret6
32 Marko Radisic
David Roberts
Precision Driving311629325
33 Preston Calvert Team Panoz Racing202518DSQ4
34 Mark Klenin KPR212321201
35 Kris Wilson KPR21201
36 Max Riddle KPR21230
37 Vinnie Allegretta
JR Pesek
PF Racing25212727WDWD0
38 Jeff Burton Rearden Racing302826210
39 Jason Bell M1 GT Racing222735230
40 Nicolai Elghanayan MarcoPolo Motorsports28220
41 Fred Roberts JCR Motorsports24DNS0
42 Mark Pavan Racers Edge Motorsports293430250
43 Vesko Kozarov
Ace Robey
Rearden Racing26260
44 Keith Jensen NOLAsport34260
45 Frank Gannett Ian Lacy Racing27Ret32280
46 Steve Burns Ian Lacy Racing322931DNS0
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GTS Am

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1 Aurora Straus ST Racing11613888
2 Toby Grahovec
Chris Ohmacht
Classic BMW152441377
3 Drew Staveley Ian Lacy Racing57163369
4 Greg Liefooghe
Henry Schmitt
Stephen Cameron Racing12Ret71265
5 Mike Hedlund Flying Lizard MotorsportsRet10121061
6 Al Carter ST Racing11648
7 Michael Camus
Randy Mueller
Epic MotorsportsRet3281944
8 Preston Calvert Team Panoz Racing202518DSQ43
9 Derek DeBoer
Sean Gibbons
TRG231528Ret42
10 Jeff Burton Rearden Racing3028262142
11 Marko Radisic
David Roberts
Precision Driving3116293241
12 Jason Bell M1 GT Racing2227352341
13 Jon Miller ST Racing13840
14 Jeff Courtney JCR MotorsportsWDWD111636
15 Mark Pavan Racers Edge Motorsports2934302535
16 Nicolai Elghanayan MarcoPolo Motorsports282226
17 Mark Klenin
Kris Wilson
KPR212026
18 Frank Gannett Ian Lacy Racing27Ret322826
19 Vesko Kozarov
Ace Robey
Rearden Racing262625
20 Steve Burns Ian Lacy Racing322931DNS22
21 Keith Jensen NOLAsport342614
22 Fred Roberts JCR Motorsports24DNS11
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Notes and References

  1. News: GTS SprintX Regulations Announced for 2018 Championship. 23 January 2018. world-challenge.com. WC Vision. 21 March 2018.
  2. News: PWC Announces Watkins Glen Int'l as 2018 Season Finale Venue. 17 November 2017. world-challenge.com. WC Vision. 21 March 2018. 3 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180303225103/http://world-challenge.com/latest/series-news/pwc-announces-watkins-glen-intl-2018-season-finale-venue/. dead.
  3. News: Pirelli World Challenge Circuit of the Americas Entry List. 21 March 2018. world-challenge.com. WC Vision. 21 March 2018.
  4. News: Pirelli World Challenge Virginia International Raceway Entry List. 27 April 2018. world-challenge.com. WC Vision. 27 April 2018.
  5. News: Pirelli World Challenge Lime Rock Park Entry List. 24 May 2018. world-challenge.com. WC Vision. 25 May 2018.