2019 Ferrari Challenge North America Explained

The 2019 Ferrari Challenge North America was the 25th edition of the Ferrari Challenge North America. The season was 7 rounds, starting at the Circuit of the Americas on March 9 and ending at the Mugello Circuit on October 26.^[1]

Calendar

	Circuit	Dates
1	Circuit of the Americas	March 9–10
2	Sebring International Raceway	April 6–7
3	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	May 11–12
4	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	June 8–9
5	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	July 27–28
6	Homestead-Miami Speedway	September 7–8
7	Mugello Circuit	October 25–26

Entry list

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

Trofeo Pirelli

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Ferrari of Beverly Hills	1	Thomas Tippl	Pro	1–4
Continental AutoSports	6	Joel Weinberger	Pro	2, 5
		Neil Gehani	Pro-Am	All
Ferrari of Silicon Valley	7	Chris Carel	Pro-Am	2, 5
	42	Mark Fuller	Pro-Am	1, 3, 5
Ron Tonkin Gran Turismo	8	Trevor Baek	Pro	5
Ferrari of Vancouver	10	Murray Rothlander	Pro	1
Boardwalk Ferrari	10	Karl Williams	Pro-Am	3
		Ziad Ghandour	Pro-Am	All
Ferrari of Atlanta	10	Sandro Espinosa	Pro-Am	5
Ferrari of Ontario		Marc Muzzo	Pro	All
	99	Barry Zekelman	Pro-Am	1–2, 4–6
Ferrari of Newport Beach		Brent Holden	Pro-Am	1–2, 4–7
The Collection	17	Amir Kermani	Pro	2, 6
		Benjamin Hites	Pro	All
Ferrari of San Francisco	18	James Weiland	Pro	1, 4–6
Ferrari of Long Island		Brian Kaminskey	Pro-Am	1, 7
		John Megrue	Pro-Am	All
	28	Joseph Rubbo	Pro	1–3, 6
New County Competizione	21	Danny Baker	Pro-Am	3, 5
Ferrari of Palm Beach		Ross Chouest	Pro	1–5, 7
Ferrari of Lake Forest		David Musial	Pro-Am	All
Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale	46	Martin Burrowes	Pro	1–6
	56	José Valera	Pro-Am	4
Ferrari Westlake		Cooper MacNeil	Pro	All
Ferrari of San Diego	64	Naveen Rao	Pro	3
Wide World Ferrari	72	Todd Morici	Pro-Am	1–4

Coppa Shell

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Ferrari of Atlanta		Armin Oskouei	Am	1–4, 6–7
		Mark Issa	Pro-Am	All
	150	Michael Watt	Pro-Am	1–3, 5–6
		Lance Cawley	Pro-Am	All
Ferrari of Washington	104	Theodore Giovanis	Am	1–3, 5–6
Foreign Cars Italia		Bradley Horstmann	Am	All
Wide World Ferrari		Mark Davies	Am	All
Ferrari of Central Florida		Robert Picerne	Am	2, 5–7
	158	David Lo	Am	2
	199	Justin Wetherill	Am	6
The Collection	111	Kam Habibi	Am	1–2, 4
Ferrari of Ontario	112	Mike Louli	Pro-Am	1, 3–5
	139	John Cervini	Am	6
Ferrari of San Francisco	113	Geoff Palermo	Pro-Am	1–5
	124	Debra Palermo	Am	1–6
Ron Tonkin Gran Turismo	120	Keith Larson	Pro-Am	1–3, 5
Ferrari of Palm Beach	121	Danny Baker	Pro-Am	1–2
	126	Bill Kemp	Am	5
		Brian Davis	Pro-Am	All
Ferrari of Detroit	122	Brian Simon	Pro-Am	2
		Jay Schreibman	Am	All
Ferrari of Beverly Hills		Lisa Clark	Am	All
	182	Joe Sposato	Am	1, 3, 5
Ferrari of Long Island	130	Luis Perusquia	Pro-Am	2, 5–6
	169	Kresimir Penavić	Pro-Am	1–3, 5–6
		Eileen Bildman	Am	1–3, 5–7
Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale	133	Rodolfo Lenci	Am	1–6
		Claude Senhoreti	Pro-Am	All
	183	Kris Perszan	Am	1, 3, 5–6
	190	Oscar Paredes-Arroyo	Pro-Am	1–6
Ferrari of San Diego	138	Kevin Millstein	Pro-Am	1–3, 5–6
Ferrari of Seattle	140	Roberto Perrina	Pro-Am	6
Miller Motor Cars	143	Dale Katechis	Pro-Am	1–6
	193	Osvaldo Gaio	Pro-Am	3, 6
Ferrari Westlake		Eric Marston	Am	All
Ferrari Southbay	153	Neil Langberg	Am	1–5
Ferrari of New England	155	Ian Campbell	Am	1–2, 5–6
Ferrari of Quebec		Gianni Grilli	Am	All
Ferrari of Denver	173	Sureel Choksi	Am	5–6
Ferrari of Newport Beach		Alan Hegyi	Am	1, 3–5, 7
Continental AutoSports	188	David Varwig	Pro-Am	2, 5

Results and standings

Race results

Round	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Trofeo Pirelli Winners	Coppa Shell Winners
1	1	Circuit of the Americas	Cooper MacNeil : Mark Fuller : Mark Issa : Jay Schreibman	Cooper MacNeil : Todd Morici : Mark Issa : Kris Perszan	Pro: Benjamin Hites Pro-Am: Mark Fuller	Pro-Am: Danny Baker Am: Ian Campbell
	2		Cooper MacNeil : Ziad Ghandour : Danny Baker : Eric Marston	Cooper MacNeil : Ziad Ghandour : Mark Issa : Lisa Clark	Pro: Cooper MacNeil Pro-Am: Ziad Ghandour	Pro-Am: Danny Baker Am: Eric Marston
2	1	Sebring International Raceway	Benjamin Hites : Neil Gehani : Danny Baker : Jay Schreibman	Benjamin Hites : Neil Gehani : Mark Issa : Jay Schreibman	Pro: Benjamin Hites Pro-Am: Neil Gehani	Pro-Am: Danny Baker Am: Lisa Clark
	2		Cooper MacNeil : Ziad Ghandour : Mark Issa : Jay Schreibman	Cooper MacNeil : Ziad Ghandour : Dale Katechis : Bradley Horstmann	Pro: Cooper MacNeil Pro-Am: Ziad Ghandour	Pro-Am: Mark Issa Am: Jay Schreibman
3	1	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Cooper MacNeil : Karl Williams : Mark Issa : Jay Schreibman	Cooper MacNeil : Neil Gehani : Mark Issa : Jay Schreibman	Pro: Cooper MacNeil Pro-Am: Neil Gehani	Pro-Am: Mark Issa Am: Jay Schreibman
	2		Benjamin Hites : Karl Williams : Mark Issa : Jay Schreibman	Cooper MacNeil : Karl Williams : Mark Issa : Jay Schreibman	Pro: Martin Burrowes Pro-Am: Karl Williams	Pro-Am: Mark Issa Am: Joe Sposato
4	1	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Cooper MacNeil : Barry Zekelman : Mark Issa : Jay Schreibman	Cooper MacNeil : Barry Zekelman : Mark Issa : Eric Marston	Pro: Cooper MacNeil Pro-Am: Ziad Ghandour	Pro-Am: Mark Issa Am: Eric Marston
	2		Cooper MacNeil : Brent Holden : Mark Issa : Jay Schreibman	Cooper MacNeil : Neil Gehani : Claude Senhoreti : Jay Schreibman	Pro: Cooper MacNeil Pro-Am: Brent Holden	Pro-Am: Claude Senhoreti Am: Jay Schreibman
5	1	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Benjamin Hites : John Megrue : Mark Issa : Bradley Horstmann	Joel Weinberger : John Megrue : Mark Issa : Bill Kemp	Pro: Benjamin Hites Pro-Am: Neil Gehani	Pro-Am: Dale Katechis Am: Bradley Horstmann
	2		Cooper MacNeil : Mark Fuller : Mark Issa : Bradley Horstmann	Benjamin Hites : Danny Baker : Brian Davis : Bill Kemp	Pro: Benjamin Hites Pro-Am: Neil Gehani	Pro-Am: Mark Issa Am: Bradley Horstmann
6	1	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Cooper MacNeil : David Musial : Mark Issa : Jay Schreibman	Martin Burrowes : David Musial : Roberto Perrina : Jay Schreibman	Pro: Benjamin Hites Pro-Am: David Musial	Pro-Am: Mark Issa Am: Jay Schreibman
	2		Cooper MacNeil : David Musial : Roberto Perrina : Ian Campbell	Benjamin Hites : David Musial : Mark Issa : Ian Campbell	Pro: Benjamin Hites Pro-Am: David Musial	Pro-Am: Roberto Perrina Am: Ian Campbell
7	1	Mugello Circuit	Benjamin Hites : Ziad Ghandour : Mark Issa : Mark Davies	Benjamin Hites : David Musial : Mark Issa : Jay Schreibman	Pro: Cooper MacNeil Pro-Am: Ziad Ghandour	Pro-Am: Brian Davis Am: Jay Schreibman
	2		Cooper MacNeil : Ziad Ghandour : Mark Issa : Bradley Horstmann	Benjamin Hites : Ziad Ghandour : Brian Davis : Bradley Horstmann	Pro: Benjamin Hites Pro-Am: John Megrue	Pro-Am: Brian Davis Am: Bradley Horstmann

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	AUS		SEB		MTY		MTL		IND		MIA		MUG		Points
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Pro Class^[2]
1	Cooper MacNeil	2	1	2	1	1	4	1	1	2	2	4	4	1	2	250
2	Benjamin Hites	1	2	1	3	2	Ret	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	243
3	Marc Muzzo	6	5	6	5	6	5	4	3	6	5	2	2	3	4	139
4	Martin Burrowes	3	3	9	8	3	1	Ret	Ret	3	3	3	3			128
5	Thomas Tippl	5	4	3	2	4	3	Ret	DNS							81
6	Ross Chouest	7	9	5	DNS	5	7	Ret	5	Ret	DNS			4	3	68
7	James Weiland	4	8					2	4	5	7	DNS	DNS			56
8	Joseph Rubbo	9	6	7	7	7	2					DNS	DNS			41
9	Joel Weinberger			4	6					4	4					38
10	Amir Kermani			8	4							DNS	DNS			19
11	Trevor Baek									7	6					11
12	Naveen Rao					8	6									10
=	Murray Rothlander	8	7													10
Pro-Am Class^[3]
1	Neil Gehani	DNS	DNS	1	4	1	2	Ret	3	1	1	3	5	2	4	176
2	Ziad Ghandour	3	1	3	1	6	4	1	Ret	DNS	DNS	2	2	1	5	175
3	David Musial	7	3	7	7	4	3	2	2	6	6	1	1	6	3	158
4	Brent Holden	5	5	2	3			6	1	4	4	4	3	4	2	144
5	John Megrue	8	6	Ret	8	3	5	5	6	2	7	5	4	3	1	127
6	Danny Baker					5	6			Ret	2					103
7	Barry Zekelman	2	4	5	2			Ret	DNS	3	5	DNS	DNS			80
8	Todd Morici	4	2	6	5	Ret	DNS	4	5							67
9	Mark Fuller	1	DNS			Ret	DNS			5	3					52
10	Karl Williams					2	1									39
11	Chris Carel			4	6					Ret	8					24
12	José Valera							3	4							23
13	Brian Kaminskey	6	DNS											5	DNS	21
14	Sandro Espinosa									DNS	DNS					1

Coppa Shell

	Driver	AUS		SEB		MTY		MTL		IND		MIA		MUG		Points
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Pro-Am Class^[4]
1	Mark Issa	2	2	Ret	1	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	1	2	3	4	236
2	Brian Davis	5	3	4	3	Ret	9	3	5	3	3	3	4	1	1	207
3	Claude Senhoreti	7	4	3	11	6	2	2	1	Ret	DNS	4	5	2	3	143
4	Dale Katechis	3	11	2	2	3	3	5	2	1	2	10	DNS			134
5	Oscar Paredes-Arroyo	10	7	6	9	2	4	4	3	4	4	6	6			106
6	Kevin Millstein	4	6	9	7	5	5			5	5	DNS	DNS			65
7	Lance Cawley	12	Ret	12	15	8	12	6	Ret	Ret	10	8	8	4	2	61
8	Geoff Palermo	6	5	10	4	4	11	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS					49
9	Roberto Perrina											2	1			44
10	Keith Larson	8	8	7	5	Ret	7			7	7					41
11	Michael Watt	9	9	8	8	Ret	10			6	6	Ret	7			39
12	Mike Louli	Ret	10			7	6	Ret	4	DNS	DNS					33
13	Osvaldo Gaio					Ret	8					5	3			28
14	Kresimir Panević	11	12	11	13	9	13			8	8	9	DNS			22
15	Brian Simon			5	6											19
16	Luis Perusquia			13	14					9	11	7	9			16
17	David Varwig			Ret	10					Ret	9					8
–	Danny Baker‡	1	1	1	12											0
Am Class^[5]
1	Bradley Horstmann	8	DNS	5	2	6	4	2	2	1	1	2	7	2	1	168
2	Jay Schreibman	Ret	3	8	1	1	14	4	1	7	Ret	1	2	1	9	152
3	Eric Marston	5	1	3	3	Ret	9	1	5	9	6	7	8	3	4	117
4	Gianni Grilli	4	2	4	6	4	6	3	3	2	Ret	Ret	DNS	10	6	103
5	Mark Davies	11	11	9	4	12	7	5	4	6	3	3	9	4	2	97
6	Lisa Clark	3	5	1	Ret	3	3	Ret	DNS	8	Ret	6	10	5	3	94
7	Ian Campbell	1	4	6	7					5	4	4	1			82
8	Theodore Giovanis	Ret	9	2	8	5	5			4	5	5	5			70
9	Rodolfo Lenci	6	8	10	5	2	2	DNS	DNS	Ret	10	11	6			58
10	Alan Hegyi	10	13			7	11	6	6	12	8			7	8	37
11	Joe Sposato	7	6			Ret	1			DNS	DNS					32
12	Bill Kemp									3	2					30
13	Robert Picerne			7	10					DNS	DNS	DNS	14	6	5	27
14	Eileen Bildman	14	16	14	13	11	15			11	7	12	13	9	7	26
15	Neil Langberg	15	12	11	12	8	13	8	7	13	11					23
=	Kris Perszan	2	7			Ret	10			DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS			23
17	Armin Oskouei	9	14	Ret	9	10	8	DNS	DNS			10	12	8	DNS	20
18	Sureel Choksi									10	9	9	3			18
19	Kam Habibi	13	10	Ret	14			7	Ret							17
20	Debra Palermo	12	15	12	11	9	12	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS			13
=	Justin Wetherill											8	4			13
22	John Cervini											Ret	11			3
23	David Lo			13	DNS											2

‡ Driver ineligible for championship points.

See also

• 2019 Finali Mondiali

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Ferrari Challenge North America - Trofeo Pirelli 2019 Calendar. Driver Database AB. 8 November 2019.
2. News: Ferrari Challenge North America - Trofeo Pirelli Pro 2019 standings. Driver Database AB. 8 November 2019.
3. News: Ferrari Challenge North America - Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am 2019 standings. Driver Database AB. 8 November 2019.
4. News: Ferrari Challenge North America - Coppa Shell Pro-Am 2019 standings. Driver Database AB. 8 November 2019.
5. News: Ferrari Challenge North America - Coppa Shell Am 2019 standings. Driver Database AB. 8 November 2019.