2015 SportsCar Grand Prix

Logo for the race

The 2015 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix presented by Hawk Performance was a professional sports car racing event held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park near Bowmanville, Ontario on July 12, 2015.^[1] The race was the seventh round of the 2015 United SportsCar Championship season and the event marked the 30th IMSA sanctioned sports car race held at the facility.

Race background[]

For 2015, the Tudor Championship race featured the Prototype (P) and GT Le Mans (GTLM) classes alongside the Prototype Challenge (PC) class which replaced the GT Daytona (GTD) class which competed at the 2014 edition of the Grand Prix.^[2]

The weekend also included races for the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Cooper Tires Prototype Lites, Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA, and the Mazda MX-5 Cup.^[3]

Report[]

Race summary[]

The race was won overall by Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor, driving a Corvette Daytona Prototype for Wayne Taylor Racing.^[4] They finished just ahead of a similar car driven by Action Express Racing pairing Dane Cameron and Eric Curran, while the podium was completed by the Ligier JS P2 of Michael Shank Racing, driven by Oswaldo Negri Jr. and John Pew.^[5] In eighth place overall, CORE Autosport won the Prototype Challenge class with drivers Jon Bennett and Colin Braun,^[6] while the GT Le Mans honors were taken by Porsche North America – run by CORE Autosport – in twelfth place overall, with a Porsche 911 RSR driven by Patrick Pilet and Nick Tandy.^[7]

Race results[]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tire	Laps
1	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette DP	C	128
1	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8	C	128
2	P	31	Action Express Racing	Eric Curran Dane Cameron	Coyote Chevrolet Corvette DP	C	128
2	P	31	Action Express Racing	Eric Curran Dane Cameron	Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8	C	128
3	P	60	Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian	John Pew Oswaldo Negri Jr.	Ligier JS P2	C	128
3	P	60	Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian	John Pew Oswaldo Negri Jr.	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6	C	128
4	P	90	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Richard Westbrook Michael Valiante	Chevrolet Corvette DP	C	128
4	P	90	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Richard Westbrook Michael Valiante	Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8	C	128
5	P	5	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi	Chevrolet Corvette DP	C	128
5	P	5	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi	Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8	C	128
6	P	01	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Joey Hand Scott Pruett	Riley MkXXVI	C	127
6	P	01	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Joey Hand Scott Pruett	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	C	127
7	P	07	SpeedSource	Tom Long Joel Miller	Mazda Prototype	C	126
7	P	07	SpeedSource	Tom Long Joel Miller	Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel)	C	126
8	PC	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Oreca FLM09	C	125
8	PC	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	125
9	P	0	DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone	Memo Rojas Katherine Legge	DeltaWing DWC13	C	125
9	P	0	DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone	Memo Rojas Katherine Legge	Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4	C	125
10	PC	16	BAR1 Motorsports	John Falb Sean Rayhall	Oreca FLM09	C	124
10	PC	16	BAR1 Motorsports	John Falb Sean Rayhall	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	124
11	PC	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Mikhail Goikhberg Matt McMurry	Oreca FLM09	C	123
11	PC	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Mikhail Goikhberg Matt McMurry	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	123
12	GTLM	911	Porsche North America	Nick Tandy Patrick Pilet	Porsche 911 RSR	M	122
12	GTLM	911	Porsche North America	Nick Tandy Patrick Pilet	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	122
13	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Lucas Luhr	BMW Z4 GTLM	M	122
13	GTLM	24	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Lucas Luhr	BMW 4.4 L V8	M	122
14	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	122
14	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8	M	122
15	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Dirk Werner	BMW Z4 GTLM	M	122
15	GTLM	25	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Dirk Werner	BMW 4.4 L V8	M	122
16	PC	11	RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira Chris Cumming	Oreca FLM09	C	122
16	PC	11	RSR Racing	Bruno Junqueira Chris Cumming	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	122
17	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	M	122
17	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8	M	122
18	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Pierre Kaffer Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	122
18	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Pierre Kaffer Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	M	122
19	GTLM	912	Porsche North America	Jörg Bergmeister Earl Bamber	Porsche 911 RSR	M	121
19	GTLM	912	Porsche North America	Jörg Bergmeister Earl Bamber	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	121
20 DNF	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Mike Guasch Tom Kimber-Smith	Oreca FLM09	C	104
20 DNF	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Mike Guasch Tom Kimber-Smith	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	104
21 DNF	GTLM	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler	Porsche 911 RSR	F	103
21 DNF	GTLM	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	F	103
22 DNF	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	Renger van der Zande Mirco Schultis	Oreca FLM09	C	101
22 DNF	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	Renger van der Zande Mirco Schultis	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	101
23 DNF	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Conor Daly	Oreca FLM09	C	86
23 DNF	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	James French Conor Daly	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	C	86
Source: ^[8]

Media[]

Television[]

The race was broadcast live by Fox Sports on Fox Sports 1 in the United States and on Fox Sports Racing in Canada, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.^[9] The event was televised internationally by Motors TV in Europe and Network Ten in Australia.

United SportsCar Championship on Fox Sports
Booth Announcers		Pit reporters
Announcer	Bob Varsha	Brian Till Jamie Howe
Color	Calvin Fish Justin Bell	Brian Till Jamie Howe

Radio[]

The race was broadcast by IMSA Radio with announcers John Hindhaugh and Jeremy Shaw calling the race on IMSA.tv and radiolemans.com, which was simulcast on Sirius channel 117 satellite radio and on 90.7 FM at the track.

IMSA Radio
Booth Announcers		Pit reporters
Announcer	John Hindhaugh	Shea Adam Greg Creamer
Color	Jeremy Shaw	Shea Adam Greg Creamer

Support race results[]

CTSC			Prototype Lites	GT3 Cup USA	MX-5 Cup
GS	Jade Buford Austin Cindric	Race 1	Kenton Koch	Elliott Skeer	Chad McCumbee
ST	Spencer Pumpelly Luis Rodriguez Jr.	Race 2	Clark Toppe	Elliott Skeer	Patrick Gallagher

References[]

^ "IMSA announces 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship schedule". Autoweek.com. August 12, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
^ Pruett, Marshall (August 10, 2014). "IMSA: 2015 TUDOR Championship schedule revealed". Racer.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
^ Nesbitt, Wally (November 19, 2014). "CTMP unveils 2015 major events schedule". Inside Track Motorsport News. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
^ "Taylor brothers beat Action Express". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
^ Dagys, John (July 12, 2015). "Taylor holds off Cameron for CTMP win". Fox Sports. Fox Broadcasting Company. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
^ Cole Smith, Steven (July 12, 2015). "Taylor brothers take Corvette to CTMP victory lane". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
^ Dagys, John (July 12, 2015). "Porsche Dominates GTLM at CTMP". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
^ "Official Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. July 12, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
^ "IMSA Finalizes TUSC, CTSC TV Schedules". sportscar365.com. February 6, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.

External links[]

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[1] "IMSA announces 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship schedule". Autoweek.com. August 12, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2015.

[2] Pruett, Marshall (August 10, 2014). "IMSA: 2015 TUDOR Championship schedule revealed". Racer.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.

[3] Nesbitt, Wally (November 19, 2014). "CTMP unveils 2015 major events schedule". Inside Track Motorsport News. Retrieved March 19, 2015.

[4] "Taylor brothers beat Action Express". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.

[5] Dagys, John (July 12, 2015). "Taylor holds off Cameron for CTMP win". Fox Sports. Fox Broadcasting Company. Retrieved July 12, 2015.

[6] Cole Smith, Steven (July 12, 2015). "Taylor brothers take Corvette to CTMP victory lane". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. Retrieved July 12, 2015.

[7] Dagys, John (July 12, 2015). "Porsche Dominates GTLM at CTMP". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved July 12, 2015.

[8] "Official Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. July 12, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.

[9] "IMSA Finalizes TUSC, CTSC TV Schedules". sportscar365.com. February 6, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.

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