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PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE AT THE GRAND PRIX of ST. PETERSBURGGT Rds. 1 + 2, GTA Rds. 1 + 2, GT Cup Rds. 1 + 2, GTS Rds. 1 + 2, GTSA Rds. 1 + 2St. Petersburg, Fla. MAR. 9-11, 2018
ST.PETERSBURGMEDIAGUIDE
Weekend Schedule 3
St. Petersburg Event Overview 4
Media Overview 5
Entry List 6
Media Advance Overview 7
Driver Features 10
2017 Final Point Standings - GT / GTA Overall 14
2017 Final Point Standings - GT / GTA Sprint 15
2017 Final Point Standings - GTS Sprint 16
2017 St. Petersburg Race Results RECAP - GT/GTA, GT Cup 17
2017 St. Petersburg Race Results RECAP - GTS 23
2018 Live Stream and Television Broadcast Schedule for St. Petersburg 29
Wednesday March 7, 2018 Friday March 9, 2018
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM PWC Paddock Parking Only 7:00 AM - 7:30 AM Promoter Track InspectionNo Set-up or Transporter Unloading 7:00 AM - 9:50 AM PWC mBTI Testing
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM USF2000 Practice8:10 AM - 8:40 AM Pro Mazda Practice8:50 AM - 9:35 AM Indy Lights Practice
Thursday March 8, 2018 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM PWC GT / GT Cup Practice10:45 AM - 11:05 AM USF2000 Qualify
8:00 AM - PWC Transporters may be opened 11:20 AM - 12:05 PM IndyCar Practice10:30 AM - 6:00 PM PWC mBTI Testing 12:20 PM - 1:00 PM PWC GTS Practice
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Promoter Track Inspection 1:15 PM - 1:35 PM Pro Mazda Qualify2:00 PM - 2:45 PM IndyCar 2 Seater Rides 1:40 PM - 2:10 PM Indy Lights Qualify2:45 PM - 3:30 PM PWC Media Rides 2:25 PM - 2:55 PM PWC GT / GT Cup Practice3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Track Walk - Golf Carts & Tuggers Only 3:10 PM - 3:55 PM IndyCar Practice
(No 2 wheeled Vehicles Permitted) 4:10 PM - 4:40 PM PWC GTS Practice4:55 PM - 5:35 PM Chevy Dealer Event Rides
Saturday March 10, 2018 Sunday March 11, 2018
7:00 AM - 7:30 AM Promoter Track Inspection 7:15 AM - 7:45 AM Promoter Track Insoection7:30 AM - 7:50 AM USF2000 Qualify 7:45 AM - 8:35 AM IndyCar 2 Seater Rides8:00 AM - 8:20 AM Pro Mazda Qualify 8:45 AM - 9:15 AM IndyCar Warm-up8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Indy Lights Qualify 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PWC GTS Race #29:15 AM - 9:35 AM PWC GT / GT Cup Qualify 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Indy Lights race9:40 AM - 10:00 AM PWC GTS Qualify 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM IndyCar Pre-Race
10:15 AM - 10:55 AM USF2000 Race 12:30 PM - 3:15 PM IndyCar Race11:10 AM - 11:55 AM IndyCar practice 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM PWC GT / GT Cup Race #212:10 PM - 12:50 PM Pro Mazda Race 4:30 PM - 5:10 PM Pro Mazda Race1:05 PM - 2:05 PM Indy Lights Race 5:25 PM - 6:05 PM USF2000 Race2:20 PM - 3:35 PM IndyCar Qualify3:50 PM - 4:50 PM PWC GT / GT Cup Race #15:05 PM - 6:05 PM PWC GTS Race #16:20 PM - 7:20 PM Promoter Car Corrals
Registration Tech/Scales Driver Clothing Meetings/Other Data & Video Tire Service Fuel SalesHours Inspections Inspections Required Submissions Hours Hours
Wed
Thu 1:00PM Crew Chief Mtg9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 10:30 AM - 6:00 PM 10:30 AM - 6:00 PM [Mahaffey Theater] 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM[PWC Transporter] [Tech Trailer] [Tech Trailer] [Pirelli Tire Center] [VP Truck]
1:30PM GT Drivers Mtg[Mahaffey Theater]
Fri 30 mins post session7:00 AM - 3:00 PM 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Unless downloaded by PWC 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM 7:30 AM - 5:00 PMStaybridge Suites [Tech Trailer] [Tech Trailer] [Tech Trailer] [Pirelli Tire Center] [VP Truck]940 5th Ave South
Sat 30 mins post session7:00 AM - 3:00 PM 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM 1:00 PM Autograph Session Unless downloaded by PWC 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM 7:30 AM - 5:00 PMStaybridge Suites [Tech Trailer] [Tech Trailer] [Paddock] [Tech Trailer] [Pirelli Tire Center] [VP Truck]940 5th Ave South
Sun 30 mins post session7:00 AM - 12:00 PM 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Unless downloaded by PWC 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM 7:30 AM - 4:00 PMStaybridge Suites [Tech Trailer] [Tech Trailer] [Tech Trailer] [Pirelli Tire Center] [VP Truck]940 5th Ave South
2018 Pirelli World ChallengeFirestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Revision Date: 2/26/18
EVENTSCHEDULE
WHAT: The 2018 Pirelli World Challenge Championships will be contested in its 29th consecutive sea-son with the PWC Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. The weekend will feature doubleheader races in four divisions (GT, GTA, GTS and GTSA).
All races on a streaming basis on www.world-challenge.com
RACE LENGTHS: PWC race lengths for the GT/GTA and GTS/GTSA classes will be 50 minutes.
TRACK RECORDS:GT:Qualifying: 1:13.017 / 88.746 m.p.h., Michael Lewis, Porsche 911 GT3 R, 2016Race Lap: 1:13.144 / 88.592 m.p.h., Nicky Catsburg, Lamborghini Gallardo, 2015GTA:Qualifying: 1:13.708 / 87.914 m.p.h., Martin Fuentes, Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia, 2016Race Lap: 1:15.019 / 86.378 m.p.h., Martin Fuentes, Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia, 2016GT4/GTS:Qualifying: 1:18.855 / 82.17 m.p.h., Lawson Aschenbach, Chevrolet Camaro GT4.RRace Lap: 1:19.478 / 81.532 m.p.h., Dean Martin, Ford Mustang Boss 302, 2015
Recent Race Winners in the Streets of St. Petersburg (2017)
GT:Race 1 – Alvaro Parente, McLaren 650S Race 2 – Patrick Long, Porsche 911 GT3 RGTA:Race 1 – Alec Udell, Porsche 911 GT3 RRace 2 – Alec Udell, Porsche 911 GT3 RGT Cup:Race 1 – Preston Calvert, Porsche GT3 CupRace 2 – Preston Calvert, Porsche GT3 CupGTS:Race 1 – Andrew Aquilante, Ford Mustang Boss 302Race 2 – Andrew Aquilante, Ford Mustang Boss 302
ST.PETERSBURGMEDIAKIT
Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of St. PetersburgStreets of St. Petersburg | March 9-11Event hashtag: #PWCSPGPEvent schedule (subject to change): http://files.world-challenge.com/events/2018-03-stpt/2018-PWC-STPT-Schedule.pdf PWC PR & Social Overview:Carlin Sanderson (Social Media) - 678.634.8532– [email protected] Blattler (Media Coordinator) – 317.525.5692 - [email protected] Eugenio (Media/Communications) – 858.848.0025 - [email protected] Lepper (Television) – 916.749.5404 – [email protected] Social Channels: Twitter @WCRacing Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pirelliworldchallenge Instagram @PirelliWC-Series hashtag: #PirelliWC-Event hashtag: #PWCSPGP Pirelli Social Overview:Pirelli contacts: Brooklyn Trammel ([email protected]) Cecilia Fassina ([email protected]) -Social channels: Twitter @PirelliUSA Facebook: www.facebook.com/PirelliUSAInstagram @PirelliTireNorthAmerica-Hashtag: #FindPirelli St. Petersburg Social Media Overview:Website: gpstpete.com-Social channels: Twitter: @GPSTPETEFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/gpstpeteInstagram: @GPSTPETECircuit Map: http://gpstpete.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=arti-cle&id=71&Itemid=188 Event Notes:Timing and Scoring Link: www.tsl-timing.com/Event/181006• Suggested that public is sent to http://world-challenge.com/race/2018-03-stpt/ for T&S linksLive Stream Link: www.world-challenge.com/streamvideo/ Special Happenings:Kart4Kids with Wright Motorsports driver Pat Long at Andersen Karting Center, Wednesday, March 8 at 5pm Media Rides Thursday, March 9 at 12:50pm – 1:10pm Driver Headshots: Thursday, March 9 at 10:30am – 12:00pm Dressing Room next to Mahaffey TheaterDriver’s Meeting: Thursday, March 9 at 12:00pm, Mahaffey Theatre Crew Chief Meeting: Thursday, March 9 at 11am at Mahaffey Theatre
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Last Update: 3/08/2018Find the latest entry list at - http://files.world-challenge.com/events/2018-03-stpt/2018-PWC-STPT-EntryList.pdf
Popular Pirelli World Challenge GT and GTS Series Set for 2018 Season Openers in the Streets of St. Petersburg
ADVANCERACEMEDIARELEASE
World’s Top GT Racers ready to battle in tight 1.8-mile street circuitST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The 29th season of the Pirelli World Challenge Championships makes its debut this weekend (March 9-11) in the streets of St. Petersburg with the GT/GTA and GTS/GTSA classes prepared to battle at the tight, tricky 14-turn, 1.8-mile temporary street circuit along scenic St. Petersburg bay area.North America’s top GT production-based road racing series brings a variety of exotic sports cars and outstanding driver talent as four 50-minute sprint events take place for Rounds 1 and 2 to open the 10-weekend PWC road racing series. Some forty entries will make up the two divisions in the 13th PWC appearance in the popular Tampa Bay area racing spectacular.
GT/GTA Preview – GT stars to wheel the best of GT3 sports cars as Parente returns as a favorite The Pirelli World Challenge GT category always brings the top GT drivers and their exotic machines for the season opener with a huge amount of anticipation.Those wild five- and six-wide starts into turn one at St. Petersburg are thrilling for both the drivers and fans and this year’s PWC GT season opener is expected to give the same sensational action.Leading the outstanding list of drivers in GT at St. Pete is last year’s Round 1 winner Alvaro Parente of Portugal, the 2016 PWC GT series champion. After ten wins in the last two years for K-PAX Racing, Parente switches from the McLaren to potent Bentley Continental GT3 for K-PAX Racing. After solid testing, Parente seems confident in his K-PAX mount.Now Parente returns to defend his St. Pete GT title against a strong GT lineup that includes the world’s top sports car manufacturers including, Aston Martin, Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche with the best GT drivers in the world.Another top contender in the GT division at St. Pete will be multi-time sports car race winner Spencer Pumpelly of Atlanta in the No. 00 The Racer’s Group Aston Martin Vantage GT3. Pumpelly won the GT SprintX event last year at Lime Rock Park and is expected to be in the fight this weekend.Watch for veteran and two-time 24 Hours of LeMans winner Toni Vilander of Finland to be a factor at St. Petersburg as the European sports car star brings the famed No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 to the GT ranks in 2018. The last time the R. Ferri group competed at St. Pete the Ferrari won the pole.Last year’s Round 1 pole winner Daniel Mancinelli of Italy returns this weekend in the No. 31 TR3 Racing Ferrari 488 GT3; the personable Italian was outstanding in 2017 in his PWC “rookie” season with three GT SprintX victories.A local flavor for St. Petersburg, the Tampa-based Alegra Motorsports squad returns with Porsche hot shoe Michael Christensen of Denmark in the No. 24 Alegra Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R. Another Porsche to contend at St. Pete is the No. 96 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche GT3 R with young star Scott Hargrove of Canada.A fan favorite this weekend will be the debut of the world-class Callaway Competition USA and its very popular Corvette C7 GT3 machine with German driver Daniel Keilwitz. The Callaway Corvette won the European GT title last year and now looks to challenge for this year’s PWC GT championship.
After a year absence from the Pirelli World Challenge, the 2016 GTA champion returns to the class as Mexico City’s popular Martin Fuentes drives the No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia Ferrari 488 GT3. Fuentes scored ten wins in GTA in 2016 and will be one of the favorites again in the category.Challenge Fuentes will be young stars Rodrigo Baptista of Brazil in the No. 3 K-PAX Racing Bentley Continental GT3 and 17-year-old high schooler Parker Chase of New Braunfels, Tex., in the No. 19 TruSpeed Autosport Audi R8 LMS. Last year’s GT Cup champion Yuki Harata of Japan moves up to GTA this year with the No. 55 Dream Racing Motorsports Lamborghini Huracan GT3 at St. Petersburg.Other top GT machines are also entered for St. Pete such as the always-strong No. 2 CRP Racing Mercedes AMG GT3; the driver will be announced soon for the weekend.
GTS/GTSA Preview – Aschenbach and Kurtz return to defending the GTS and GTSA titlesLast year’s GTS racing was some of the best in the Pirelli World Challenge in many years with a variety of sports cars and top drivers scoring victories. In fact, three-time GTS champion Lawson Aschenbach of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., only won two races in the 18-event trail but was a podium finisher eleven times to secure the driver, team and manufacturer title for the Blackdog Speed Shop team with the No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R.Aschenbach, a five-time PWC series champion, returns to St. Pete as the qualifying track record holder in the renumbered No. 1 Blackdog machine, but the popular Vanderbilt University grad will have plenty of competition again this year.Leading that charge will be six-time 2017 GTS race winner Ian James of Paradise Valley, Ariz., in the No. 50 Team Panoz Racing Panoz Avezzano GT as well as the 2017 GTA and GT Sprint Pro-Am champion James Sofronas, the veteran from Villa Park, Calif., in the No. 14 GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS. Sofronas captured eleven wins in PWC action last year.Teenager Nate Stacy of Owasso, Okla., is back in GTS with his familiar No. 52 KohR Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 and another 18-year-old star Harry Gottsacker of San Antonio, Tex., has moved into the potent No. 69 Racer’s Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4. That car has seven GTS wins in the past two years.Another contender with a Mustang GT4 is past GTS winner Jade Buford of Nashville in the No. 55 PF Racing Mustang. Buford has been successful with the SIN R1 but looks to score a GTS win in the new Ford product. One team to watch in GTS in 2018 is the Michigan-based Robinson Racing with former Trans-Am stars Gar Robinson of San Antonio and Shane Lewis of Jupiter, Fla., in the No. 72 and No. 74 Robinson Racing 74 Ranch Mercedes AMG GT4. Both are expected to be in the mix for victory at St. Pete.Local driver Jason Bell of Tampa returns to GTS action with the No. 2 M1GT Audi R8 LMS GT4 after scoring a victory at VIR last year in his rookie campaign in the Pirelli World Challenge. Chilean driver Gabriele Piana comes to PWC in GTS with the No. 21 Muehlner Motorsports America Porsche Cayman GT Clubsport MR.The GTSA division is a solid field with George Kurtz, the nine-time 2017 GTSA race winner back with the No. 04 CrowdStrike/GMG Audi R8 LMS. Kurtz was impressive with seven consecutive class wins last year.
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Other 2016 GTSA class winners back for 2018 include veterans Tony Gaples of Libertyville, Ill., in the No. 11 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R and Mark Klenin of Lone Tree, Colo., in the No. 62 Premiere Copier/KPR McLaren 570S.A team to watch in GTSA in 2018 with a three-car effort is Classic BMW of Dallas with former TC series Champion Toby Grahovec of Celina, Tex., leading the contingent in the No. 26 Classic BMW BMW M4 GT4, Justin Raphael of Franklin Lakes, N.J., in the No. 17 Classic BMW BMW M4 GT4 and Chris Ohmacht also of Franklin Lakes, N.J., in the No. 92 Classic BMW BMW M4 GT4.Other GTSA contenders for the St. Pete doubleheader races include veteran driver Adam Merzon in the No. 23 Case●It Racing by Flying Lizard Audi R8 LMS; Vinnie Allegretta of Hamptons, N.Y., in the No. 10 PF Racing Ford Mustang GT4; Drew Staveley of Salt Lake City, Utah in the No. 12 Ian Lacy Racing Ginetta G55;Orey Fidani of Etobicoke, Ont., Canada in the No. 13 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR; Marko Radisic of Serbia in the No. 22 Precision Driving BMW M4 GT4; Frank Gannett of Steamboat Springs, Colo., in the No. 24 Ian Lacy Racing Ginetta G55; James Pesek of Harrisonville, Mo., in the No. 40 PF Racing Ford Mustang GT4; Steve Burns of Park City, Utah in the No. 43 VP Fuels/Ian Lacy Racing Ginetta G55; Mike Hedlund of Redwood City, Calif., in the No. 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Audi R8 LMS; St. Pete GT Cup winner Preston Calvert of Potomac, Md., in the No. 51 Team Panoz Racing Panoz Avezanno GT; Fred Roberts of Toronto, Ont., Canada, in the No. 89 JCR Motorsports Maserati Grand Turismo GT4 and his teammate and multi-time pole winner Jeff Courtney of Milwaukee, Wis., in the No. 99 JCR Motorsports Maserati Grand Turismo GT4.
Event/Circuit: Streets of St. Petersburg: 14-turn, 1.8-mile temporary street course
Qualifying:
Friday, March 95:45 – 6:05 PM, GT4/GTS Qualifying10:05 – 10:25 AM, GT-GTA-GT Cup QualifyingRace Lengths:
50 minutes (GT/GTA/GT Cup, GTS)
Live Internet Telecast (on world-challenge.com):
Saturday, March 10 3:50 PM – 4:50 PM GT/GTA Race # 15:05 PM– 6:05 PM GTS/GTSA Race #1Sunday, March 119:30 AM – 10:30 AM GTS/GTSA Race # 23:15 PM– 4:15 PM GT/GTA Race # 2
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Former GT Champion Alvaro Parente Makes Big Switch in 2018
Defending St. Petersburg winner seeks to put new K-PAX Bentley to victory lane
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Former Pirelli World Challenge GT champion Alvaro Parente can get used to a change very quickly.After a brilliant open-wheel career as a youngster, Parente jumped into the GT sports car world and made a name for himself throughout Europe, even winning the SRO Bathurst 12 Hours in Australia.Two years ago, the personable Portugese driver came to North America with K-PAX Racing in the Pirelli World Challenge.And, having only raced on one PWC track previously (Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca), he took his K-PAX Racing GT sports car to six race wins and a driver point championship in 2016, his ‘rookie’ North American season. Last year, Parente just missed out on the PWC GT Sprint title but still managed four wins including one in the PWC GT season opener in the streets of St. Petersburg.Now, Parente returns to the St. Pete bay street circuit and is dealing with another change in his career. After six years driving a McLaren, the 33-year-old racer looks for another harborside win and a second GT championship title in a new GT machine when the Pirelli World Challenge GT season opens this Saturday (March 10) and Sunday (March 11) at the 14-turn, 1.8-mile temporary track.Parente (in the No. 9) and his K-PAX Racing teammate Rodrigo Baptista (No. 3) of Brazil will be driving new K-PAX Racing Bentley Continental GT3 sports cars in the twin 50-minute PWC sprint races.“I really enjoy the street tracks we are going to this season,” said Parente, also a two-time street course winner in Long Beach, Calif., “We have a new challenge with the Bentley this year, and we are working hard to start the year off well. Some of the tracks on the schedule will be more difficult than others, but we already know some of the challenges ahead for St. Pete. We will give it all we have this year.”Last year, Parente was sensational in his St. Pete victory, coming from fourth to first by the second lap in the 50-minute sprint contest. Using lapped traffic to his advantage, Alvaro posted a 10.135-second win at the checkered flag.“It was so much fun to return to St. Petersburg last year for my second event there,” said Parente. “The start was a little difficult as I didn’t really see the green flag; not exactly the best start. But, on the second lap, I was able to slide under Pierre Kaffer in the No. 4 car in turn one. Then Daniel (Mancinelli, the pole winner) in the Ferrari
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guarded the inside line entering turn four and I made the outside move. The track surface was a little slippery, but I got to the corner and made the pass. After that, the K-PAX felt very good to the checkered flag.”Parente has been a master on street circuits since joining the Pirelli World Challenge, as he understands the difficult street directions and the bumper-to-bumper, wheel-to-wheel racing usually associated with the temporary courses.“Last year, I knew that there was some wild stuff happening behind me (on the track) but I focused on the track and keeping my pace,” he explained. “Racing on a street circuit is always tough. You can’t make a single mistake at a place like St. Pete or you will be in the wall. So, you must drive hard but at a secure pace. Overall, I was very happy with the win in the opening race of the season. I couldn’t ask for a better start to the season than with a victory.”Now, with his new Bentley machine, Parente will have a tough chore to maneuver the tight walls in St. Petersburg with the larger vehicle. But don’t count out this European star after scoring ten wins in the past two Pirelli World Challenge campaigns.“The GT class is always a tough battle,” said Parente. “I expect another hard-fought race in each of the two St. Pete sprints. There are some tough drivers in the field too. Should be an exciting weekend.”Battling Parente in the GT division at St. Petersburg will be the likes of Mancinelli of Italy, a three-time GT winner in 2017, in the No. 31 TR3 Ferrari 488 GT3, past LeMans winner Toni Vilander in the No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3, Michael Christensen of Denmark in the Tampa-based Alegra Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R, Scott Hargrove of Canada in the Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R and 17-year-old Parker Chase of New Braunfels, Tex., in the No. 19 TruSpeed Motorsports Audi R8 LMS.Action gets underway on Friday (March 9) with the first GT practice at 9:50 a.m. EST, while the GT race on Saturday is set for 3:50 p.m. EST and Sunday’s event is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. EDT. The two GTS features will run Saturday at 5:05 p.m. EST and 9:30 a.m. EDT. Daytime savings time occurs on March 11 at 2 a.m.
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Teenager Harry Gottsacker Set to Battle for GTS title with Fast and Proven SIN CAR GT4 in Pirelli World Challenge
Talented Texan could surprise road racing veterans in 2018ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Young Harry Gottsacker may only be 18 years old, but the talented racing teenager could be in the mix for the highly-competitive GTS division championship of the Pirelli World Challenge road racing series, when the season kicks off in the streets of St. Petersburg March 9-11.Gottsacker, a karting world champion at age 14 at Daytona International Speedway, has already representing the U.S.A. karting team in Italy at the World Championships Finals, competed in Red Bull Global Rallycross and driven in the British GT sports car series. Now, that racing experience at a young age could pay off as Gottsacker also proved his worth last year in the Pirelli World Challenge by winning a race in the GTSA class and a GTS pole position over a strong field at the famed Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Harry’s strong showings in GTS last year caught the eye of Racer’s Edge Motorsports team owner Jon Mirachi, who was impressed by his speed and maturity on the track. And Gottsacker continued his karting this year where he won the Grand National Champion title.Concentrating on one series and one championship run has the teenager set for 2018 with the PWC race-winning team of Racer’s Edge Motorsports from Florida. The Racer’s Edge contingent has won seven GTS races in the past two years in the potent SIN CAR 1 GT4 car. “Settling down and focusing on one series will be important for me,” said Gottsacker, who also is an Eagle Scout. “I have been bouncing around with world karting races, Global Rallycross and then the British GT series. I came back into PWC late last year and I ran well. I just graduated from high school and will take some college classes in between my racing season. With this new program, I believe I can concentrate solely on working with a top-notch professional organization and a fast race car.”Gottsacker knows it will not be an easy trek in his search for the coveted 2018 GTS point title with the likes of talented drivers such as five-time PWC series champion Lawson Aschenbach (Blackdog Speed Shop Chevy Camaro), Ian James (Team Panoz Racing Panoz Avezzano GT), James Sofronas (GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4), Jade Buford (PF Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4), Nate Stacy (KohR Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4), Drew Staveley (Lacy Racing Ginetta G55), Jeff Courtney (Kenda/JCR Maserati) and 2018 GTSA champion George Kurtz (CrowdStrike/GMG Audi R8 LMS GT4).
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“The SIN CAR is a very aggressive race car and it should continue to do well against all the different makes in the GTS,” he said. “You have the Camaro, Mustang, Porsche, Panoz, Mercedes, Ginetta, Maserati, BMW, KTM, Audi and Aston Martin. That is a lot of competition and the GTS class has a lot of talented drivers like Lawson (Aschenbach), Ian James, Jade Buford and others. I expect some great wheel-to-wheel action in 2018.“I’m excited to return to the Pirelli World Challenge this year with the SIN CAR 1 GT4. The car has won races the past two years in GTS and it has proven to be fast at almost all of the tracks on the PWC circuit. This will mark the first full year I’ll get to run for the championship. So, I feel like I can continue the team’s winning trend in 2018 with more victories. I think the potential is really there to challenge for the GTS title.”With the strong competition in the GTS class for 2018, Gottsacker has been working hard in the off-season to be ready to go in the SIN CAR 1 GT4 when the green flag drops on Saturday’s 50-minute sprint feature at St. Petersburg. “I have been training hard for the 2018 season and racing against top guys in karting, even some former F-1 and IndyCar guys in Florida,” said Harry. “So, those events have raised my potential for the future. You learn such great race craft competing against those guys like Ruben Barrichello and Nelson Piquet Jr.” The 2018 Pirelli World Challenge GTS road racing schedule begins in the streets of St. Petersburg, Fla., March 9-11 followed by COTA March 23-25, VIRginia International Raceway April 27-29, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park May 18-20, Lime Rock Park May 25-28, Road America June 22-24, Portland International Raceway July 13-15, Utah Motosports Campus August 10-12 and Watkins Glen International Aug. 31-Sept. 2.
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Drivers' Championship
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Driver Total 1S 2S 3S 1X 2X 3X 4X 5X 6X 4S 5S 6S 7S 7X 8X 9X 10X 8S 9SLB
1 58 Patrick Long (Pro) 365 21 25 23 15 0 24 25 26 1 23 25 17 23 21 15 13 23 21 242 9 Michael Cooper (Pro) 338 14 17 7 19 21 25 19 19 23 21 17 23 14 13 21 15 0 25 253 58 Alvaro Parente (Pro) 315 25 19 26 0 23 0 3 21 21 15 15 26 26 15 19 19 19 23 04 61 Daniel Mancinelli (Pro) 291 8 11 19 25 19 8 23 2 11 19 19 12 17 23 26 25 0 18 65 2 Ryan Dalziel (Pro) 276 5 14 15 17 25 15 21 15 12 0 12 14 12 12 13 17 25 15 176 58 Johnny O'Connell (Pro) 275 19 23 1 14 8 21 17 1 14 13 21 21 10 19 17 24 14 5 137 8 Bryan Sellers (Pro) 244 17 12 21 3 9 14 13 13 13 12 11 19 11 11 14 9 17 6 198 16 Ryan Eversley (Pro) 206 0 13 10 2 10 10 12 17 17 11 13 11 13 17 23 12 15 0 09 31 Peter Kox (Pro) 193 13 0 8 0 7 12 0 14 15 17 0 3 15 26 10 14 13 12 14
10 82 Jordan Taylor (Pro) 175 0 0 0 19 21 25 19 19 23 0 0 0 0 13 21 15 0 0 011 31 Pierre Kaffer (Pro) 174 2 6 13 0 17 17 15 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 12 11 21 19 2112 007 James Sofronas (Am) 174 8 7 11 11 6 13 11 9 2 8 9 8 9 9 9 10 12 11 1113 14 Daniel Morad (Pro) 172 0 0 0 17 25 15 21 15 12 0 0 0 0 12 13 17 25 0 014 6 Adderly Fong (Pro) 167 10 0 0 10 13 19 14 12 19 26 24 0 0 14 0 6 0 0 015 17 Alec Udell (Pro) 153 12 15 14 7 0 3 5 4 1 14 14 13 21 6 5 0 7 0 1216 3 Spencer Pumpelly (Pro) 151 0 0 0 0 17 17 15 23 25 0 0 9 1 0 12 11 21 0 017 31 Ricky Taylor (Pro) 149 0 0 0 14 8 21 17 1 14 0 0 0 0 19 17 24 14 0 018 43 Michael Schein (Am) 141 9 10 6 21 5 11 7 11 10 0 0 7 8 10 4 0 9 13 019 31 Ben Barnicoat (Pro) 140 0 0 0 0 23 0 3 21 21 0 0 0 0 15 19 19 19 0 020 2 Joerg Bergmeister (Pro) 136 0 0 0 15 0 24 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 15 13 23 0 021 54 Tom Dyer (Pro) 135 0 0 0 2 10 10 12 17 17 0 0 0 0 17 23 12 15 0 022 98 Jon Fogarty (Pro) 123 11 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 10 6 2 11 21 12 14 1523 8 Niccolo Schiro (Pro) 118 0 0 0 0 0 8 23 2 11 0 0 0 0 23 26 25 0 0 024 82 Mark Wilkins (Pro) 111 0 0 0 0 7 12 0 14 15 0 0 0 0 26 10 14 13 0 025 4 Tim Pappas (Am) 110 4 4 0 1 12 1 11 8 8 5 7 6 4 5 7 8 10 0 926 58 Vincent Abril (Pro) 107 0 0 0 10 13 19 14 12 19 0 0 0 0 14 0 6 0 0 027 88 John Potter (Am) 100 3 3 5 0 0 5 8 6 7 7 8 5 5 8 6 0 8 9 728 93 Jan Heylen (Pro) 88 0 0 0 21 5 11 7 11 10 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 9 0 029 61 Alex Riberas (Pro) 81 15 22 17 12 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 030 30 Jeroen Bleekemolen (Pro) 71 0 0 0 1 12 1 11 8 8 0 0 0 0 5 7 8 10 0 031 16 Michael Lewis 1 (Pro) 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 14 9 17 0 032 78 Kyle Marcelli (Pro) 61 0 0 0 12 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 19 0 0 0 0 0 033 9 Preston Calvert (Am) 54 0 0 0 7 0 3 5 4 1 4 3 2 0 6 5 0 7 7 034 88 Jonny Kane (Pro) 52 0 0 0 3 9 14 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 035 Mathieu Jaminet (Pro) 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 10 12 0 036 99 Henrique Cisneros (Am) 50 0 0 0 6 4 6 6 5 6 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 6 0 037 3 Dane Cameron (Pro) 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 038 62 Ricardo Sanchez (Pro) 48 0 0 0 0 1 7 9 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 0 0= 4 Frank Montecalvo (Am) 48 0 0 0 0 1 7 9 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 0 0
40 54 Wolf Henzler (Pro) 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 21 12 0 041 14 Yufeng Luo (Am) 45 0 5 4 13 2 9 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 042 78 Andrea Montermini (Pro) 44 0 0 0 25 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 043 69 James Davison (Pro) 44 23 1 0 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 044 44 Andrew Davis 1 (Pro) 38 0 0 0 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0= 43 Mike Skeen 1 (Pro) 38 0 0 0 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 6 Pablo Perez Companc (Am) 38 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 10 1047 30 Marco Seefreid (Pro) 35 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 8 0 048 Tyler McQuarrie (Am) 33 0 0 0 6 4 6 6 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 049 007 Laurens Vanthoor (Pro) 30 0 0 0 11 6 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 050 04 Mike Hedlund (Am) 30 6 9 0 5 3 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 051 007 Jonathan Summerton (Pro) 29 0 0 9 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 052 98 Marc Lieb (Pro) 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 053 75 Alexandre Imperatori (Pro) 24 0 0 0 13 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 054 Mike McCann (Am) 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 2 0 0 7 4 0 055 72 Kris Wilson (Am) 19 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0= Drew Regitz (Am) 19 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
57 93 Jorge De La Torre (Am) 19 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 3 0 0 2 2 0 058 77 Peter Ludwig (Am) 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 059 Memo Gidley (Pro) 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 860 7 Alexandre Negrao (Pro) 16 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 061 92 Michael Lewis 2 (Pro) 15 0 0 0 5 3 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 062 75 Andrew Davis 2 (Pro) 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 063 7 Andre Couto (Pro) 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 064 Matthew Halliday (Pro) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 065 Mike Skeen 2 (Pro) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 066 23 Marco Muzzo (Am) 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 067 Andrew Kim (Am) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0= Will Stevens (Pro) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
69 44 James Dayson 3 (Am) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0= Jason Bell (Am) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0
71 Lars Viljoen (Am) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0= Walt Bowlin (Am) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0
73 Jonathon Ziegelman (Am) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 074 James Dayson 2 (Am) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0= David Ostella (Pro) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0= Alexandre Negrao Sr (Am) 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0= David Askew (Am) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0= Aaron Povoledo (Pro) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
79 79 Ate De Jong (Am) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 080 Terry Borcheller (Pro) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 081 Stefan Johansson (Am) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0= Martin Fuentes (Am) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0= Larry Pegram (Am) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 denotes points scored in Pro/Pro pairing, 2 denotes points scored in Pro/Am pairing, 3 denotes points scored in Am/Am pairing
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1 2 Porsche 137 7 10 8 7 0 9 10 11 1 8 10 5 8 7 4 7 9 7 92 1 Cadillac 127 6 8 0 6 7 10 6 6 8 7 7 8 3 6 7 9 3 10 103 5 McLaren GT 120 10 6 11 0 8 3 2 7 7 4 4 11 11 4 6 6 6 8 64 6 Ferrari 100 5 8 6 10 6 0 8 0 0 6 6 4 6 8 11 10 0 6 05 3 Mercedes-Benz AMG 72 0 3 4 5 11 4 8 4 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 5 10 4 56 9 Audi 64 0 0 2 9 5 5 4 8 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 6 77 4 Acura 57 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 5 5 2 0 4 11 8 3 4 1 38 Bentley 43 0 0 0 2 2 6 3 1 6 11 9 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 09 Dodge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0= 3 Nissan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08 10 Pirtek Racing 0 09 # Denotes Point for Pole Position
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PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE 2017 GT Sprint & SprintX Combined
POINTS FOLLOWING ROUND 9S
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1 58 Patrick Long Wright Motorsport 202 21 25 23 23 25 17 23 21 242 9 Alvaro Parente K-PAX Racing 175 25 19 26 15 15 26 26 23 03 8 Michael Cooper Cadillac Racing 163 14 17 7 21 17 23 14 25 254 31 Daniel Mancinelli TR3 Racing 129 8 11 19 19 19 12 17 18 65 6 Bryan Sellers K-PAX Racing 128 17 12 21 12 11 19 11 6 196 3 Johnny O'Connell Cadillac Racing 126 19 23 1 13 21 21 10 5 137 17 Alec Udell GMG Racing 115 12 15 14 14 14 13 21 0 128 2 Ryan Dalziel CRP Racing 104 5 14 15 0 12 14 12 15 179 93 Peter Kox RealTime Racing 82 13 0 8 17 0 3 15 12 14
10 14 James Sofronas GMG Racing 82 8 7 11 8 9 8 9 11 1111 4 Pierre Kaffer Magnus Racing 81 2 6 13 10 10 0 0 19 2112 99 Jon Fogarty Gainsco/Bob Stallings Racing 77 11 0 12 9 0 10 6 14 1513 43 Ryan Eversley Real Time Racing 71 0 13 10 11 13 11 13 0 014 88 Adderly Fong Absolute Racing 60 10 0 0 26 24 0 0 0 015 61 Alex Riberas R.Ferri Motorsport 54 15 22 17 0 0 0 0 0 016 16 Michael Schein Wright Motorsports 53 9 10 6 0 0 7 8 13 017 44 John Potter Magnus Racing 52 3 3 5 7 8 5 5 9 718 54 Tim Pappas Black Swan Racing 39 4 4 0 5 7 6 4 0 919 69 Pablo Perez Companc Champ 1 38 0 8 3 0 0 0 7 10 1020 61 Kyle Marcelli R.Ferri Motorsport 34 0 0 0 0 0 15 19 0 021 007 James Davison TRG 24 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 022 101 Memo Gidley TKO Motorsports 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 823 77 Preston Calvert Calvert Dynamics 16 0 0 0 4 3 2 0 7 024 98 Mike Hedlund K-PAX Racing 15 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 025 04 Jorge De La Torre De La Torre Racing 15 1 2 2 1 2 4 3 0 026 92 Alexandre Negrao MCC Motorsports 12 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 027 4 Spencer Pumpelly Magnus Racing 10 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 028 82 Mike McCann McCann Racing 10 0 0 0 3 4 1 2 0 029 111 Jonathan Summerton Dime Racing 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 030 78 Yufeng Luo Absolute Racing 9 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 031 013 Marc Muzzo R.Ferri Motorsport 7 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0
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1 14 James Sofronas GMG Racing 211 21 17 25 25 25 25 25 23 252 44 John Potter Magnus Racing 171 15 13 21 23 23 19 19 19 193 54 Tim Pappas Black Swan Racing 146 17 14 14 21 21 21 17 0 214 16 Michael Schein Wright Motorsports 140 23 23 23 0 0 23 23 25 05 69 Pablo Perez Companc Champ 1 114 0 19 17 0 0 13 21 21 236 04 Jorge De La Torre De La Torre Racing 101 14 12 15 14 14 17 15 0 07 77 Preston Calvert Calvert Dynamics 79 0 0 0 19 15 15 13 17 08 82 Mike McCann McCann Racing 62 0 0 0 17 17 14 14 0 09 98 Mike Hedlund K-PAX Racing 53 19 21 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 17 Alec Udell GMG Racing 50 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 011 78 Yufeng Luo Absolute Racing 47 13 15 19 0 0 0 0 0 012 013 Marc Muzzo R.Ferri Motorsport 34 0 0 0 15 19 0 0 0 0
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1 1 Wright Motorsports 201 21 25 23 23 25 17 23 21 232 2 K-PAX Racing 191 25 19 25 15 15 25 25 23 193 3 Cadillac Racing 178 19 23 7 21 21 23 14 25 254 8 TR3 Racing 127 7 11 19 19 19 12 17 17 65 4 GMG Racing 126 12 15 14 14 14 13 21 11 126 5 Real Time Racing 118 13 13 10 17 13 11 15 12 147 6 CRP Racing 104 5 14 15 0 12 14 12 15 178 7 Magnus Racing 96 3 6 13 10 10 9 5 19 219 10 R.Ferri Motorsport 94 15 21 17 2 5 15 19 0 0
10 11 Gainsco/Bob Stallings Racing 77 11 0 12 9 0 10 6 14 1511 12 Absolute Racing 67 10 5 4 25 23 0 0 0 012 13 Black Swan Racing 39 4 4 0 5 7 6 4 0 913 9 Champ 1 38 0 8 3 0 0 0 7 10 1014 TRG 24 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 016 17 TKO Motorsports 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 815 14 Calvert Dynamics 16 0 0 0 4 3 2 0 7 017 19 De La Torre Racing 15 1 2 2 1 2 4 3 0 018 15 MCC Motorsport 12 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 019 McCann Racing 10 0 0 0 3 4 1 2 0 020 18 Dime Racing 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 9 Pinkney Motorsport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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GTS Sprint - Overall
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No. Driver Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
1 10 Lawson Aschenbach Blackdog Speed Shop 366 24 23 21 21 21 23 17 23 23 23 25 24 12 17 17 12 15 252 50 Ian James Team Panoz Racing 303 0 0 15 19 0 19 23 6 26 25 23 25 21 25 26 0 26 243 80 Martin Barkey Mantella Autosports 267 17 10 19 17 18 13 15 18 11 13 14 14 19 10 13 15 23 84 3 Rodrigo Baptista Flying Lizard Motorsports 257 19 15 17 0 1 15 25 25 17 1 0 5 26 7 21 25 17 215 14 Nate Stacy Flying Lizard Motorsports 252 15 12 11 0 12 14 21 19 8 19 15 13 14 21 12 13 14 196 04 George Kurtz GMG Racing 212 9 13 0 0 13 12 12 12 14 21 19 12 15 19 11 11 7 127 99 Jeff Courtney JCR Motorsports 191 0 0 24 23 15 17 0 0 21 0 7 15 23 10 15 21 0 08 11 Tony Gaples Blackdog Speed Shop 170 14 14 0 9 11 11 9 13 10 8 8 11 10 0 10 7 10 159 62 Mark Klenin KPR 168 10 0 12 11 2 3 19 14 12 15 6 8 11 8 7 8 11 11
10 19 Parker Chase Performance Motorsports Group 148 4 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 17 17 0 0 23 23 21 1311 69 Harry Gottsacker Performance Motorsports Group 129 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 22 21 0 0 19 18 0 012 12 Drew Stavely Ian Lacy Racing 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 0 0 17 23 14 19 13 1713 017 Adam Merzon Case-it Racing 123 8 9 10 8 7 5 7 8 7 5 10 7 9 14 6 3 0 014 2 Jason Bell Racers Edge Motorsports 101 13 6 9 15 3 8 10 0 2 6 13 9 5 0 0 2 0 015 8 Anthony Mantella Mantella Autosports 100 11 0 13 10 19 21 11 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 016 45 Jade Buford Racers Edge Motorsports 72 21 0 0 0 25 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 017 018 Cameron Cassels Case-it Racing 64 5 11 0 14 9 4 8 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 018 9 Bill Ziegler ANSA Motorsports 61 6 8 0 0 6 7 0 9 1 4 9 6 0 0 5 0 0 019 40 Ernie Francis Jr PF Racing 59 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 17 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 020 24 Frank Gannett Ian Lacy Racing 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 13 15 8 6 0 721 7 Carter Yeung KRUGSPEED 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 9 9 8 922 32 Andrew Aquilante Phoenix Performance 51 25 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0= 13 Nico Jamin ANSA Motorsports 51 0 0 25 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 45 Chris Beaufait Racers Edge Motorsports 50 0 0 8 13 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 7 13 0 0 0 025 019 Aristotle Balogh Stephen Cameron Racing 45 0 0 14 0 14 10 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 026 45 Bob Michaelian Racers Edge Motorsports 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 0 0 1 10 9 027 02 Alan Brynjolfsson VOLT Racing 36 0 0 0 0 10 0 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 028 47 Keith Jensen NolaSport 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 6 11 2 5 0 029 077 Chris Hall VOLT Racing 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 030 007 Derek DeBoer TRG-AMR 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1431 89 Fred Roberts JCR Motorsports 33 0 0 0 0 8 9 0 0 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 032 13 Austin Versteeg ANSA Motorsports 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 033 13 Frankie Montecalvo ANSA Motorsports 31 12 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 034 22 Alex Lloyd CRP Racing 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1035 25 Ricco Shlaimoun ANSA Motorsports 19 0 0 7 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 036 40 James Pesek PF Racing 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 037 46 Scott Dollahite SDR Motorsports 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 038 7 Cameron Maugeri KRUGSPEED 14 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 039 03 Craig Lyons TRG-AMR 10 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 040 25 Roman De Angelis ANSA Motorsports 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 041 09 Jason Alexandridis TRG-AMR 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0= 25 Dakota Dickerson ANSA Motorsports 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0= 11 Cody Ellsworth CRP Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
44 64 Brett Meredith GMG Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 045 64 Jonathan Miller GMG Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0= 13 Jason Wolfe ANSA Motorsports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1 04 George Kurtz GMG Racing 360 17 21 0 0 23 25 19 19 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 15 212 11 Tony Gaples Blackdog Speed Shop 319 23 23 0 15 21 23 15 21 19 17 14 23 19 0 23 17 21 253 62 Mark Klenin KPR 314 19 0 23 17 9 11 25 23 21 23 13 17 21 14 17 19 23 194 017 Adam Merzon Case-it Racing 243 15 15 21 14 14 13 13 13 15 13 17 15 17 21 15 12 0 05 2 Jason Bell Racers Edge Motorsports 210 21 12 19 25 10 17 17 0 10 14 23 19 12 0 0 11 0 06 9 Bill Ziegler ANSA Motorsports 133 13 14 0 0 13 15 0 14 9 12 15 14 0 0 14 0 0 07 018 Cameron Cassels Case-it Racing 123 12 19 0 23 17 12 14 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08 24 Frank Gannett Ian Lacy Racing 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 0 0 23 23 19 15 0 159 7 Carter Yeung KRUGSPEED 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 17 21 21 17 17
10 45 Chris Beaufait Racers Edge Motorsports 96 0 0 17 21 0 0 0 0 14 11 0 0 14 19 0 0 0 011 45 Bob Michaelian Racers Edge Motorsports 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 0 0 10 23 19 012 019 Aristotle Balogh Stephen Cameron Racing 83 0 0 25 0 25 21 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 013 47 Keith Jensen NolaSport 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 13 15 11 14 0 014 89 Fred Roberts JCR Motorsports 66 0 0 0 0 15 19 0 0 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 015 02 Alan Brynjolfsson VOLT Racing 59 0 0 0 0 19 0 23 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 016 007 Derek DeBoer TRG-AMR 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 2317 077 Chris Hall VOLT Racing 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 018 80 Martin Barkey Mantella Autosports 42 25 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 019 12 Drew Staveley Ian Lacy Racing 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 020 69 Harry Gottsacker Performance Motorsports Group 36 11 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 021 25 Ricco Shlaimoun ANSA Motorsports 34 0 0 15 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 022 40 James Pesek PF Racing 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 023 7 Cameron Maugeri KRUGSPEED 27 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 024 03 Craig Lyons TRG-AMR 25 0 0 0 0 11 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 025 25 Dakota Dickerson ANSA Motorsports 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0= 22 Cody Ellsworth CRP Racing 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
27 25 Roman De Angelis ANSA Motorsports 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0= 64 Brett Meredith GMG Racing 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0
29 09 Jason Alexandridis TRG-AMR 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 030 64 Jonathan Miller GMG Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18Total
1 3 Blackdog Speed Shop 364 23 23 21 21 21 23 17 23 23 23 25 23 12 17 17 12 15 252 6 Flying Lizard Motorsports 322 19 15 17 0 12 15 25 25 17 19 15 13 25 21 21 25 17 213 11 Team Panoz Racing 299 0 0 15 19 0 19 23 6 25 25 23 25 21 25 25 0 25 234 Mantella Autosports 274 17 10 19 17 19 21 14 17 11 13 14 14 19 10 13 15 23 85 2 GMG Racing 213 9 13 0 0 13 12 12 12 14 21 19 12 15 19 11 11 8 126 4 JCR Motorsports 196 0 0 23 23 15 17 0 0 21 7 7 15 23 9 15 21 0 07 Racers Edge Motorsports 186 21 6 9 15 25 25 10 0 6 6 13 10 7 13 1 10 9 08 8 Performance Motorsports Group 176 4 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 21 21 0 0 23 23 21 139 12 KPR 168 10 0 12 11 2 3 19 14 12 15 6 8 11 8 7 8 11 11
10 9 ANSA Motorsports 154 12 19 25 25 6 7 0 9 19 12 9 6 0 0 5 0 0 011 10 Case-it Racing 136 8 11 10 14 9 5 8 10 7 5 10 7 9 14 6 3 0 012 5 Ian Lacy Racing 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 0 0 17 23 14 19 13 1713 PF Racing 74 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 4 17 11 19 0 0 0 0 0 014 Phoenix Performance 50 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 015 TRG-AMR 47 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 19 1416 VOLT Racing 46 0 0 0 0 10 0 15 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 017 1 Stephen Cameron Racing 45 0 0 14 0 14 10 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 018 NolaSport 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 6 11 2 5 0 019 CRP Racing 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 1020 SDR Motorsports 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 021 KRUGSPEED 14 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 012 7 Forster Motorsport13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 014 Manufacturers' Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Manufacturer Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18Total
1 Chevrolet 120 9 8 7 7 7 8 5 8 8 8 10 9 1 5 5 1 4 102 Panoz 111 0 0 4 6 0 6 8 0 11 10 8 10 7 10 11 0 11 93 Porsche 107 6 4 5 3 1 4 10 10 5 6 4 2 11 7 7 10 5 74 Ginetta 71 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 8 7 5 8 8 9 7 55 Ford 49 10 11 0 0 8 0 2 7 0 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
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LASTTIMEATSTPT2017 - GT/GTA RD1
Veterans Davison, Long, O’Connell & Sellers Round Out Top 5 GT Positions
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Reigning GT champion Alvaro Parente of Porto, Portugal opened his Pirelli World Challenge championship defense Saturday with an impressive 10.135-second victory Saturday in the 2017 season-opening PWC Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by Case-It at the 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit near the beautiful harborside. Young Alec Udell of The Woodlands,Tex., took the GTA class top honors with Preston Calvert of Potomac,. Md., winning the GT Cup division Saturday in the sun-drenched 80-degree weather.Parente, 32, took the lead from pole winner Daniel Mancinelli of Italy in turn four on the second lap of the 50-minute sprint race and never looked back in his No. 9 K-PAX Racing McLaren 650S in Round 1 of the 2017 PWC trail. Parente won six GT races and five GT pole positions in 2016 in his first season competing in North America.The personable sports car star was able to pull away from the GT field to a 2.2-second margin by lap 22 and increased his advantage in lapped traffic in the last ten laps of the event. The factory McLaren driver said he had to be conservative with his driving at times with the tough street circuit conditions.“It is so much fun to return to St. Petersburg after my first visit last year,” said Parente. “The start was a little difficult as I didn’t really see the green flag. Not the best start. But, on the second lap, I was able to slide under Pierre Kaffer in the No. 4 car in turn one. Then Daniel (Mancinelli) in the Ferrari guarded the inside line entering turn four and I made the outside move. It was a little slippery but I got to the corner and made the pass. After that, the McLaren (650S for K-PAX Racing) felt very good. I know that there was some wild stuff happening behind but I focused on the track and keeping my pace. Racing on a street circuit is always tough. You can’t make a single mistake at a place like this or you will be in the wall. So you must drive hard but at a secure pace. Overall, I’m very happy with the win in the opening race of the season. After last year, I’m so comfortable with the K-PAX team and we have confidence entering 2017. I couldn’t ask for a better start with the victory.”Australian JD Davison, now residing in Miami, Fla., made a sensational drive Saturday in the No. 007 TRG Aston Martin Vantage GT3 after starting sixth and taking the runner-up position Saturday. Davison battled Patrick Long and Pierre Kaffer throughout the 34-lap contest in some spirited action around the tricky street surfaces.“It is great to be back at St. Petersburg this year,” Davison said. “We were second last year here and it feels great to take the Aston Martin and TRG to the podium today. Another second place but it was so competitive out there. It’s hard to believe that the Pirelli World Challenge has become more competitive than last year. But I think it has happened. I raced very hard with Pierre (Kaffer) before getting him for third. Then I got up to the Ferrari (Daniel Mancinelli) quickly and was able to slide inside. But Patrick (Long) was on me so quickly. We raced extremely hard today. I’m happy to take second.”
Parente Opens PWC GT Title Defense With Victory Saturday at St. Pete; Udell, Calvert Win GTA and GT Cup Classes
Long, the 2011 PWC GT champion, also fought hard in the 2017 season opener with his No. 58 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R to secure the final position in the victory podium in the GT category.“We had quite a battle with Johnny (O’Connell) early in the race and later on with James (Davison),” said Long. “I had to look into passing in several areas today and it was extremely competitive. I came back to the Pirelli World Challenge last year after being away since 2011 and, boy, the competition level has really jumped up. Many of the newcomers to series this year like Pierre (Kaffer) found out the new level today. It’s a sprint race for 50 minutes and there is no give and take. It’s a constant push for the driver. I also wanted a good lap time for Sunday’s race lineup and I was able to do that in the middle of the race. But then (Alex) Riberas and Alvaro (Parente) turned just quicker at the end, so I missed out on the pole for Sunday.”Taking fourth Saturday in the GT category was four-time GT champion Johnny O’Connell in the red No. 3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS-V.R. followed by Parente’s K-PAX Racing teammate, PWC series newcomer Bryan Sellers in the No. 6 K-PAX Racing McLaren 650S. Another new competitor to the PWC GT division took sixth with Spain’s Alex Riberas in the No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3. Riberas will start on the pole for Sunday’s 50-minute sprint Round 2 after setting the fastest race lap in Saturday’s GT event at 1:14.125 (87.41 miles per hour). Parente and Long will start Sunday’s GT race in second and third positions, respectively.In the GTA class, young Clemson University student Udell made a strong showing in his first appearance in the category in the No. 17 GMG/Euroworld Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R, leading the entire race and finishing ninth overall. The 2016 GT Cup champion, with 12 race wins, defeated veteran Michael Schein of Glen Cove, N.Y., a six-time GTA race winner in 2016, in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R and James Sofronas of Villa Park, Calif., in the No. 14 GMG Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R.“It was very busy up front but it’s nice running with the big guys because they’re not going to do anything too crazy,” said Udell. “I was able to have good confidence running with all the big gang. I learned a lot, for sure. I had a good battle with Peter Kox which was awesome, and I was right there with Michael Cooper, as well. It’s obviously great to come out and debut in GTA class and get a win so I’m very happy with that. I’m also happy for the Euroworld Motorsports GMG Porsche GT3R. I was really nervous going into the race since it’s a street course and that’s a heck of a way to start in a GT3 car. I was keeping my nose clean, trying to race clean, as I knew the other guys would. It turned out with the GTA win today.”Calvert took the GT Cup victory in his No. 77 Calvert Dynamics Porsche GT3 Cup over Marko Radisic of Belgrade, Serbia in the No. 11 Precision Driving Ferrari Challenge Evo.“The race was my first session after the bump that I had in the first testing run on Thursday, so the first couple of laps I was bedding brakes, getting used to the new track at turn 3, and being prepared to race,” said Calvert. “I was just trying to make sure that I did my best and also stayed out of the way of the GT guys. You have to remember who’s earning the ring out here and who’s not.”Sunday’s Round 2 of the GT/GTA/GT Cup divisions is scheduled for 3:15 pm EDT for another 50-minute sprint contest and will be broadcast live on the MotorTrendOnDemand YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/MotorTrend; simulcast will be handled at World-Challenge.com/StreamVideo. Check your local listings from CBS Sports Network television broadcast premieres starting March 18th.Of note, the following awards were issued for the race:The Optima Batteries Best Start award was issued to Bryan Sellers (Braselton, Georgia) for his 5 position gain from P11 at the start of the race.The Cadillac Move of the Race was awarded to Italy’s Daniel Mancinelli for his pass of JD Davison (No. 007 TRG Aston Martin Vantage GT3) to capture the 4th position in the No. 31 TR3 Racing Ferrari 488 GT3.The VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger award was given to Peter Kox fom Eindhoven, Netherlands, in the No. 93 RealTime Racing Acura NSX GT3 for his overall gain of 6 positions, finishing the race in eighth from his P14 qualifying position.
LASTTIMEATSTPT2017 - GT/GTA RD1
GT / GTA / GT Cup
Grand Prix of St Petersburg
ROUND 1 - CLASSIFICATION - FINAL
POS NO CL NAME ENTRY BEST ONLAPS GAP DIFFTIME MPHPIC
1 9 GT Alvaro PARENTE McLaren 650S - K-PAX Racing 2034 49:54.853 1:14.16673.561
2 007 GT James DAVISON Aston Martin Vantage GT3 - TRG 1834 10.13550:04.988 1:14.62673.312 10.135
3 58 GT Patrick LONG Porsche GT3R - Wright Motorsports 1734 10.37950:05.232 1:14.18573.313 0.244
4 3 GT Johnny O'CONNELL Cadillac ATS-V.R - Cadillac Racing 1834 12.09050:06.943 1:14.61973.274 1.711
5 6 GT Bryan SELLERS McLaren 650S - K-PAX Racing 2034 12.88450:07.737 1:14.61073.255 0.794
6 61 GT Alex RIBERAS Ferrari 488 GT3 - R. Ferri Motorsport 1934 13.48750:08.340 1:14.12573.236 0.603
7 8 GT Michael COOPER Cadillac ATS-V.R - Cadillac Racing 1934 13.98750:08.840 1:14.65873.227 0.500
8 93 GT Peter KOX Acura NSX GT3 - RealTime Racing 2434 14.48950:09.342 1:14.87573.218 0.502
9 17 GTA Alec UDELL Porsche GT3R - GMG Racing 2434 15.09450:09.947 1:14.80073.191 0.605
10 99 GT Jon FOGARTY Porsche GT3R - Gainsco/Bob Stallings Racing 2434 15.38350:10.236 1:14.71773.199 0.289
11 88 GT Adderly FONG Bentley Continental GT3 - Absolute Racing 2434 15.77050:10.623 1:14.43173.1810 0.387
12 16 GTA Michael SCHEIN Porsche GT3R - Wright Motorsports 1734 21.02050:15.873 1:15.28473.052 5.250
13 14 GTA James SOFRONAS Porsche GT3R - GMG Racing 3234 27.59650:22.449 1:15.30072.893 6.576
14 31 GT Daniel MANCINELLI Ferrari 488 GT3 - TR3 Racing 2134 32.10350:26.956 1:14.91572.7811 4.507
15 98 GTA Mike HEDLUND McLaren 650S - K-PAX Racing 2234 43.60450:38.457 1:15.89672.514 11.501
16 2 GT Ryan DALZIEL Mercedes AMG - CRP Racing 2134 1:00.80450:55.657 1:14.84172.1012 17.200
17 54 GTA Tim PAPPAS Mercedes Benz AMG GT3 - Black Swan Racing 2033 1 Lap50:15.723 1:17.19670.905 1 Lap
18 44 GTA John POTTER Audi R8 LMS - Magnus Racing 2833 1 Lap50:19.641 1:17.96270.816 3.918
19 4 GT Pierre KAFFER Audi R8 LMS - Magnus Racing 1833 1 Lap50:48.647 1:14.81070.1413 29.006
20 04 GTA Jorge DE LA TORRE Aston Martin Vantage GT3 - De La Torre Racing 332 2 Laps49:53.564 1:19.92569.267 1 Lap
21 77 GT Cup Preston CALVERT Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - Calvert Dynamics 2932 2 Laps50:29.079 1:21.02368.451 35.515
22 43 GT Ryan EVERSLEY Acura NSX GT3 - RealTime Racing 2027 7 Laps43:06.868 1:14.62167.6314 5 Laps
23 78 GTA Yufeng LUO Bentley Continental GT3 - Absolute Racing 1921 13 Laps34:03.596 1:16.69766.588 6 Laps
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NC 11 GT Cup Marko RADISIC Ferrari Challenge Evo - Precision Driving 1:25.377 22 32 Laps 72.532:58.670 19 Laps
NC 69 GTA Pablo Perez COMPANC Mercedes AMG GT3 - Champ 1 1:28.137 11 33 Laps 73.521:28.137 1 Lap
FASTEST LAP
61 GT Alex RIBERAS Ferrari 488 GT3 - R. Ferri Motorsport 19 1:14.125 87.41 mph 140.68 kph
17 GTA Alec UDELL Porsche GT3R - GMG Racing 24 1:14.800 86.63 mph 139.41 kph
77 GT Cup Preston CALVERT Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - Calvert Dynamics 29 1:21.023 79.97 mph 128.71 kph
Results can be found at www.tsl-timing.com Printed - 10:50 Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Weather / Track : Sunny / DryThese results are provisional until the conclusion of any judicial and technical matters. Start: 09:44 Flag 10:34 End: 10:36
Circuit Length = 1.8000 milesSt. Petersburg
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LASTTIMEATSTPT2017 - GT/GTA RD1
Porsche Takes Three GT/GTA/GT Cup Class Titles in Wheel-to-Wheel ActionST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Veteran Patrick Long of Manhattan Beach, Calif., took advantage of a wild first turn skirmish Sunday and drove his No. 58 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R to victory in the GT Round 2 of the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by Case-It on the harborside 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit. Young Alec Udell of The Woodlands, Texas, captured his second straight GTA title Sunday and Preston Calvert of Potomac, Md., scored a second GT Cup win.Long, 34, started third in the 24-car lineup and followed Saturday GT winner Alvaro Parente into turn one in the 50-minute sprint race when reigning GT champion Parente went wide on the slippery Albert Whited Airport front straightaway. When Parente’s No. 9 K-PAX Racing McLaren 650S slid wide at the end of the long straight, Long dove into turn one and grabbed the top position. From that point, Long never looked back in scoring his ninth career Pirelli World Challenge GT triumph and taking the early GT class point lead.Long, who raised $81,000 Wednesday evening with co-host and St. Pete IndyCar Series winner Sebastien Bourdais for All Children’s Hospital in the annual “Karts4Kids” charity event, had to hold off the challenge late in the 39-lap GT feature of four-time GT champion Johnny O’Connell of Flowery Branch, Ga., in the No. 3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS-V.R., pole sitter Alex Riberas of Spain in the No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 and Parente. Long’s victory margin was 1.475-seconds.The factory Porsche driver used that initial turn one move on the first lap to gain a five-car length advantage over O’Connell, the 20-time race winner in PWC, and actually extend his lead to 3.4 seconds by lap 30. A late race caution period caused by Saturday’s runner-up finish, Australian JD Davison of Miami, Fla., closed up the field and put pressure on Long’s margin. On the lap 37 restart, Patrick pulled out a 1.8-second lead before taking the checkered flag. Long currently leads the provisional GT points with 46.O’Connell finished second, Riberas third, Parente fourth and young Michael Cooper of Syosset, N.Y., in the No. 8 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS-V.R bringing up the fifth position.“I thought that I had a (Porsche) 911 that was capable of winning all weekend,” said Long. “We went back and did our homework after our P3 qualifying position yesterday and we talked about how it was going to be to go out after IndyCar. The jury was out on if the clean race track and a lot of rubber was going to bode well for us. I think we all learned what the answer was going down into turn one. It was slick and it was just a train wreck basically, cars going in all directions. Luckily I was able to learn from my mistake yesterday and keep the car on the line and from there it was just clean air and I was able to reach the potential of what I thought the car had in it all weekend. We were running pretty hard. Johnny (O’Connell) had the capability of reeling me in when he had the pressure from Riberas in the Ferrari so I was actually pushing as hard as I could. I’ve been with Porsche for close to 15 years, I’m still a factory driver. The head of Porsche North America asked me what I wanted to do. I said I wanted to win this championship. I wanted to come in rested and hungry like the rest of these guys that I’m up against. We have more competition than ever this year.”The popular O’Connell dodged the wild first turn mayhem and challenged Long throughout the GT event, while fighting with Riberas and Parente in a spirited battle that saw bumper-to-bumper action.
LASTTIMEATSTPT2017 - GT/GTA RD2Long Takes GT Rd.1 in Wild First-Turn Pass
“At the start, you always expect guys to get in this Turn One hot and run a little long,” O’Connell said. “Alvaro (Parente) and the Ferrari (Riberas) went way long and that opened up the opportunity for me to fall right into second. In the early couple of laps, I thought I may have had something for Patrick, but, by half distance, my rear tires were just not there. The last 90-degree corner here just does not suit our car. We are great under braking and overall handling, but, that last corner, I just couldn’t match his speed through there this weekend. I couldn’t be more proud of this team to come away with a second and a fourth place finish. A good start to the year for us.”Riberas, the young sports car star with European racing experience, was impressive in his first Pirelli World Challenge competition including a pole position and third and fourth place finishes in the return of the famed No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3. Alex moved his machine up alongside O’Connell once in turn two in an attempt for the second spot but couldn’t get by the cagey veteran.“I went on throttle when the green flag went and I already had three cars by my side,” said Riberas. “After that, the car was great. R. Ferri Motorsports guys did a fantastic job, Ferrari Competizione guys did a fantastic job. The car is magnificent. I believe we are strong enough to win this championship. The St. Pete course is hard, especially when you get really close to the walls. It’s hard to get the confidence to be on the limit and qualifying was a real challenge to be on top without damaging the car. This is definitely one of the nicest tracks I’ve driven so far but I think I like all of the U.S. tracks so I’m looking forward to the season.”Parente came charging back from the first turn slide and pressured Riberas and O’Connell but had to settle for fourth with Cooper fifth. The leading GTA driver, Clemson University mechanical engineering student Udell, in the No. 17 GMG/Euroworld Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R finished sixth overall. It marked Udell’s second GTA class win of the weekend.Following Udell on the GTA podium Sunday were Michael Schein of Glen Cove, N.Y., in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R and Mike Hedlund of Redwood City, Calif., in the No. 98 K-PAX Racing McLaren 650S. Calvert took his No. 77 Calvert Dynamics Porsche 911 GT3 Cup to a second consecutive win in the GT Cup category.“I was able to come out clean in fourth down the straight,” said Udell. “In a situation like that, survival just takes over and you just look for the open space. This year jumping up into the sprint series which is the bread and butter of World Challenge for us to this date there’s obviously a lot of very strong guys – Patrick (Long), of course – and getting out there and being able to run with them is quite a good thing for me.”“It’s great to be back out there,” said Calvert. “It’s fun to drive with drivers that are so able. When you’re the slow car in the race because of class difference it’s fun to race with these folks and just make sure you don’t interfere with their race. It’s a short track, there’s a lot of cars, and it’s very important to keep watching your mirrors.”The Pirelli World Challenge GT and GTA classes move to another street circuit next month at the legendary Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on April 7-9 in Southern California for Round 3 in the 2017 tour, North America’s top GT Production-based road racing series. GT Cup competitors next hit the track in the championship-opening SprintX action at VIRginia International Raceway on April 28-30.Of note, the following awards were issued:The Optima Batteries Best Start award was issued to Tim Pappas in the No. 54 Black Swan Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 for his move to capture eight positions at the start of the race.The Cadillac Best Move of the Race was given to race-winner Patrick Long for his jump at the start of the race to take the race-long lead from P3.VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award was given to Daniel Mancinelli of Italy for taking the No. 31 TR3 Racing Italian Shoemaker Ferrari 488 GT3 to a sixth place finish from a P15 start, a gain of nine positions in the race overall.
LASTTIMEATSTPT2017 - GT/GTA RD2
GT / GTA / GT Cup
Grand Prix of St Petersburg
ROUND 2 - CLASSIFICATION - FINAL
POS NO CL NAME ENTRY BEST ONLAPS GAP DIFFTIME MPHPIC
1 58 GT Patrick LONG Porsche GT3R - Wright Motorsports 1539 51:03.600 1:14.72882.491
2 3 GT Johnny O'CONNELL Cadillac ATS-V.R - Cadillac Racing 1939 1.47551:05.075 1:14.93082.452 1.475
3 61 GT Alex RIBERAS Ferrari 488 GT3 - R. Ferri Motorsport 1939 2.45951:06.059 1:14.50582.423 0.984
4 9 GT Alvaro PARENTE McLaren 650S - K-PAX Racing 1539 4.63951:08.239 1:14.78182.364 2.180
5 8 GT Michael COOPER Cadillac ATS-V.R - Cadillac Racing 2039 6.34351:09.943 1:15.06982.325 1.704
6 17 GTA Alec UDELL Porsche GT3R - GMG Racing 2639 8.12751:11.727 1:14.77082.271 1.784
7 2 GT Ryan DALZIEL Mercedes AMG - CRP Racing 3439 8.39451:11.994 1:14.94082.266 0.267
8 43 GT Ryan EVERSLEY Acura NSX GT3 - RealTime Racing 1139 8.85551:12.455 1:15.01582.257 0.461
9 6 GT Bryan SELLERS McLaren 650S - K-PAX Racing 1939 9.45951:13.059 1:14.74482.238 0.604
10 31 GT Daniel MANCINELLI Ferrari 488 GT3 - TR3 Racing 3439 9.75851:13.358 1:14.97382.22* 9 0.299
11 16 GTA Michael SCHEIN Porsche GT3R - Wright Motorsports 2039 10.27651:13.876 1:15.36682.212 0.518
12 98 GTA Mike HEDLUND McLaren 650S - K-PAX Racing 1939 10.85551:14.455 1:15.36882.193 0.579
13 69 GTA Pablo Perez COMPANC Mercedes AMG GT3 - Champ 1 2039 14.73151:18.331 1:15.47482.094 3.876
14 14 GTA James SOFRONAS Porsche GT3R - GMG Racing 1239 15.32051:18.920 1:15.90882.085 0.589
15 4 GT Pierre KAFFER Audi R8 LMS - Magnus Racing 2939 18.70751:22.307 1:15.05381.9910 3.387
16 78 GTA Yufeng LUO Bentley Continental GT3 - Absolute Racing 1039 21.30851:24.908 1:16.02181.926 2.601
17 54 GTA Tim PAPPAS Mercedes Benz AMG GT3 - Black Swan Racing 3138 1 Lap51:19.460 1:16.78079.967 1 Lap
18 44 GTA John POTTER Audi R8 LMS - Magnus Racing 1538 1 Lap51:21.743 1:17.31779.908 2.283
19 04 GTA Jorge DE LA TORRE Aston Martin Vantage GT3 - De La Torre Racing 1237 2 Laps51:27.508 1:19.88577.659 1 Lap
20 77 GT Cup Preston CALVERT Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - Calvert Dynamics 2336 3 Laps51:29.766 1:20.56575.501 1 Lap
21 007 GT James DAVISON Aston Martin Vantage GT3 - TRG 1932 7 Laps40:43.789 1:15.05884.8511 4 Laps
NOT CLASSIFIED
NC 88 GT Adderly FONG Bentley Continental GT3 - Absolute Racing 1:16.600 34 35 Laps 75.515:43.253 28 Laps
NC 99 GT Jon FOGARTY Porsche GT3R - Gainsco/Bob Stallings Racing 0NC 93 GT Peter KOX Acura NSX GT3 - RealTime Racing 0
FASTEST LAP
61 GT Alex RIBERAS Ferrari 488 GT3 - R. Ferri Motorsport 19 1:14.505 86.97 mph 139.97 kph
17 GTA Alec UDELL Porsche GT3R - GMG Racing 26 1:14.770 86.66 mph 139.47 kph
77 GT Cup Preston CALVERT Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - Calvert Dynamics 23 1:20.565 80.43 mph 129.44 kph
Car #31 - 2 second penalty - Avoidable contact (PWC Reg. 1.11.1) - Stewards' Decision No. 4
Results can be found at www.tsl-timing.com Printed - 10:52 Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Weather / Track : Bright / DryThese results are provisional until the conclusion of any judicial and technical matters. Start: 15:13 Flag 16:04 End: 16:05
Circuit Length = 1.8000 milesSt. Petersburg
Chief Steward : Timekeeper :
LASTTIMEATSTPT2017 - GT/GTA RD2
Aschenbach, Buford Round Out The Podium with GT4 Machines
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Andrew Aquilante of Chester Springs, Penn., returned in fine form to the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Presented by Case-It by taking home the top spot in the first round of GTS competition in the tried-and-true No. 32 Phoenix Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302, beating out a range of newer and new-to-the-series vehicles on the 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit.Aquilante parlayed his third-place grid position into a win in the 50-minute sprint event, while also securing the fastest lap of the race at one minute, 21.445-seconds and a trap speed of 75.63 m.p.h. This fast lap also puts Aquilante in the pole position for the start of the second GTS race on Saturday.Round 1 top qualifier Lawson Aschenbach of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., driving the No. 10 Blackdog Racing Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R, lost the position on lap nine in the race at the recently-modified turn 3 and could not recapture the top spot from Aquilante, while he made a couple of late race charges before settling for second place at the checkered flag. Aschenbach set a new track record in qualifying with the debut of the Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R on Thursday.Brentwood, Tenn., resident Jade Buford, substitute-driving for the weekend, took the third spot on the podium in the No. 45 Racer’s Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4 with his best lap time of 1:21.488 (75.54 m.p.h.), also good enough for the grid front row in Saturday’s second GTS race. Newcomer Rodrigo Baptista of Barcelona, Spain drove the No. 3 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche Cayman Clubsport GT4 to fourth in his first Pirelli World Challenge race.“It all comes back to turn three for me at this track,” said Aquilante. “With the change, it was fun to see the unknown right there. PWC did a great job with the pace laps and then a couple of faster so the driver could experiment with the new setup at turn three. Initially, I went into the corner at sixty per cent and a couple of corners I went over the edge so I knew where I could go with the car. That’s the reason we came to this event because we knew the Mustang was strong here. Jack (Roush Jr.) won both GTS races last year here. It’s an awesome event here at St. Pete and track
LASTTIMEATSTPT2017 - GTS RD1Veteran Aquilante Takes Seasoned Mustang to PWC GTS Rd.1 Win Friday at St. Petersburg
is so much fun to drive. There is very little room for error in some places but there are other locations that you can slide the car around. As soon as I could feel that I could get over the curbs, I knew the others would struggle there. I said ‘That’s where I will get the guys.’ I was able to set up Lawson for the lead and I was waiting for him to make a charge at the end. But my Pirelli tires really held up well throughout the race. To me it felt like we were getting faster and faster in some corners as the race went on. Now we will see what happens in Saturday’s race. It should be another shootout.”In GTSA (Amateur), Huntsville, Ontario, Canada’s Martin Barkey, piloting the No. 80 Mantella Autosports KTM Xbow GT4, took top honors with a 1:22.720-second lap at 74.44 m.p.h.Fastest lap from a driver in the GTSA classification came from Parker Chase in the No. 19 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta G55 with a 1:22.273-second run at 78.76 m.p.h. Chase only completed 4 laps of the circuit before being forced to retire.Aschenbach was seeking a spectacular debut with the new Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R, a new sports car recently developed by Chevrolet, Pratt & Miller and the Blackdog Speed Shop. But the Blackdog team didn’t receive their two new machines until last week and actually had a shakedown run in Savannah this week.“There was a lot of work and dedication, a lot of focus and many people behind this new Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R machine,” said Aschenbach, the four-time PWC series champion. “When you have people like Chevrolet, Pratt & Miller and Blackdog Speed Shop behind the project, you know you are going to have a great car. I was very surprised that we rolled off the trailer and ran strong. I knew we were in the ballpark after the first couple of laps in Thursday practice. You go to a track with a new car and you don’t really know what to expect. And, for us, it like plug and play. It has been a little nerve-racking. We put a lot of miles on the test car but the new cars (No. 10 and 11) have been at the shop less than a week. We shook them down at Savannah on the way to St. Pete. I think it is amazing that we just got the cars, shook them down, won the pole (with a new track record) and finished second and is a testament to everyone behind this car. Hopefully, Saturday we can do one position better.”Meanwhile, Buford had even a shorter time to prepare for his first St. Petersburg event, as the veteran racer received the phone call to join the Racer’s Edge squad with local driver Jason Bell in the middle of race week. Buford won three GTS races in 2016 with the No. 45 Sin R1 GT4 sports car.“It was a wild week for me as the Racer’s Edge team called me to drive the No. 45 car on Tuesday this week. Then I got a call to compete in the American Ninja Warrior TV show in April at Daytona. I am a rock climber as well as a car racer. I’m very excited. I didn’t expect to be here or for any of that to happen. I have never been to the St. Pete race before but I was told the track was really fun. And they are right. It is awesome to drive. I had some great racing with Andrew and Lawson today, nose-to-tail racing, and I was close to the walls several times today. I can’t wait to get in the car tomorrow for the second GTS race of the weekend. We are starting on the front row on Saturday, but the top three times are incredibly close. It could be anyone’s race.”The GTS Round 2 50-minute sprint event is set for Saturday at 12:55 p.m. ET. MotorTrendOnDemand will live-stream the event; this and live TSL Timing and Scoring links can be found on the PWC St. Petersburg event page.Of note, the following awards were also issued for the race:● The Optima Best Start Award was given to Rodrigo Baptista (No. 3 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR) for his 3-position jump at the start from his eighth-place qualifying position up to fifth place.● The Cadillac Best Move of the Race went to race-winner Andrew Aquilante for his pass of pole-qualifier Aschenbach for the lead and ultimate win.● The VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award was issued to Libertyville, Illinois’ Tony Gaples for his 8-position gain over the course of the sprint in the No. 11 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R.
LASTTIMEATSTPT2017 - GTS RD1
GTS
Grand Prix of St Petersburg
ROUND 1 - CLASSIFICATION - FINAL - AMENDED
POS NO CL NAME ENTRY BEST ONLAPS GAP DIFFTIME MPHPIC
1 32 GTS Andrew AQUILANTE Ford Mustang Boss 302 - Phoenix Performance 3336 51:24.163 1:21.44575.631
2 10 GTS Lawson ASCHENBACH Chevrolet Camaro GT-4 - Blackdog Speed Shop 2536 2.55051:26.713 1:21.56475.572 2.550
3 45 GTS Jade BUFORD SIN R1 GT4 - Racers Edge Motorsports 3236 3.67951:27.842 1:21.48875.543 1.129
4 3 GTS Rodrigo BAPTISTA Porsche Cayman GT4 Club Sport MR - Flying Lizard 1036 40.70452:04.867 1:22.72174.654 37.025
5 80 GTSA Martin BARKEY GT4 - Mantella Autosports - MBRP Perforance Exha 1736 49.22352:13.386 1:22.72074.441 8.519
6 14 GTS Nate STACY Porsche Cayman GT4 Club Sport MR - Flying Lizard 2836 51.86052:16.023 1:23.05674.385 2.637
7 11 GTSA Tony GAPLES Chevrolet Camaro GT-4 - Blackdog Speed Shop 2136 53.85852:18.021 1:22.97774.332 1.998
8 2 GTSA Jason BELL SIN R1 GT4 - Racers Edge Motorsports 2936 54.51152:18.674 1:22.60174.323 0.653
9 13 GTS Frankie MONTECALVO GT4 - ANSA Motorsports 1336 55.46752:19.630 1:22.81374.306 0.956
10 8 GTS Anthony MANTELLA GT4 - Mantella Autosports - Gulf, APR, MBRP, NKP 3036 1:14.13552:38.298 1:23.09873.867 18.668
11 62 GTSA Mark KLENIN McLaren 570S GT4 - KPR 2936 1:18.48452:42.647 1:23.39273.764 4.349
12 04 GTSA George KURTZ McLaren 570S GT4 - GMG Racing 2535 1 Lap51:35.687 1:23.92473.265 1 Lap
13 017 GTSA Adam MERZON Porsche Cayman GT4 - Case-it Racing 1435 1 Lap52:07.495 1:24.98272.516 31.808
14 7 GTSA Cameron MAUGERI Porsche Cayman GT4 Club Sport MR - KRUGSPEE 1535 1 Lap52:08.015 1:24.80272.507 0.520
15 9 GTSA Bill ZIEGLER GT4 - ANSA Motorsports 834 2 Laps52:12.455 1:27.06670.338 1 Lap
16 018 GTSA Cameron CASSELS Porsche GT4 Clubsport - Case-it Racing 1232 4 Laps51:35.191 1:25.15266.999 2 Laps
17 19 GTS Parker CHASE GINETTA G55 - Performance Motorsports Group 1232 4 Laps51:50.873 1:22.27366.658 15.682
18 69 GTSA Harry GOTTSACKER GINETTA G55 - Performance Motorsports Group 1624 12 Laps39:17.097 1:22.60965.9710 8 Laps
NOT CLASSIFIED
NC 50 GTS Ian JAMES Panoz Avezzano GT - Team Panoz Racing 1:23.284 68 28 Laps 65.9613:05.918 16 Laps
FASTEST LAP
32 GTS Andrew AQUILANTE Ford Mustang Boss 302 - Phoenix Performance 33 1:21.445 79.56 mph 128.04 kph
2 GTSA Jason BELL SIN R1 GT4 - Racers Edge Motorsports 29 1:22.601 78.44 mph 126.25 kph
Results amended due to changes to Driver Categorizations:Adam Merzon - Change from PRO to AMCameron Cassels - Change from PRO to AMParker Chase - Change from AM to PRO
Results can be found at www.tsl-timing.com Printed - 10:44 Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Weather / Track : Sunny / DryThese results are provisional until the conclusion of any judicial and technical matters. Start: 12:41 Flag 13:32 End: 13:34
Circuit Length = 1.8000 milesSt. Petersburg
Chief Steward : Timekeeper :
LASTTIMEATSTPT2017 - GTS RD1
2nd Straight Year that a Mustang dominates GTS Class at St. Pete
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Andrew Aquilante’s double wins at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Presented by Case-It enjoyed a local flair after another dominating performance in the GTS division’s 50-minute sprint race with the No. 32 Phoenix Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302 at the 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit near the St. Pete harborside.All Pirelli World Challenge results are provisional until the stewards review and technical inspection are completed.Aquilante of Chester Springs, Penn., recruited a team of three local St. Pete area residents to assist him-self and his father, Joe, in the paddock this weekend for the two GTS events and the combination proved to be a winner after Andrew took the lead on lap three of the 34-lap feature and posted a 1.598-second win over Lawson Aschenbach of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., in the No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R and 16-year-old Parker Chase of New Braunsfels, Tex., in the No. 19 Performance Motor-sports Group Ginetta G55.Aquilante, who finished second to Michael Cooper in the 2015 GTS point championship, showed that the reliable Ford Mustang Boss 302 was the “horse for course” machine after a second consecutive double GTS win for the “Blue Oval” at St. Petersburg. Last year, Jack Roush Jr., captured both GTS main events in the Ford Mustang Boss 302.On Saturday, Aquilante started from the pole but lost the top spot in turn one to Aschenbach, who was de-buting the new Chevy Camaro GT4.R in PWC action. On lap three, Andrew slid his older model Ford past the two-time GTS champion for the lead and Aquilante managed to hold off the pressure from Aschen-bach to take another checkered flag in the 80-plus degree weather.“The track was pretty good today, a little bit faster than yesterday since it was a little bit cooler out,” said Aquilante. “Lawson (Aschenbach) started pouring it on when we only had five laps to go and I thought ‘oh boy’ and actually a lap or two before that I started missing shifts and rowing through the gear box so I had to slow that down a little bit. That let (Aschenbach) creep up and get a little closer, and I was waiting for
LASTTIMEATSTPT2017 - GTS RD2Aquilante Scores 2nd St. Pete Victory with Mustang and Local Crew in Rd.2 GTS action
him. The (local) crew guys have all been crew guys on our team before. It all came together and they all wanted to do it. I have to thank Rob Edwards, who used to be a St. Pete firefighter and worked this race years ago and has been part of our team for over five years, and Jason Vanjune, who lives down here and has been a part of our team for the past few years, and Drew Dale, who’s been part of the team for the past three years. It was a really fun weekend.”Aschenbach’s new Camaro actually ran with the rear bumper dragging the ground for much of the race after Martin Barkey’s Mantella Autosport KTM XBow made contact with the Camaro in turn one on the lap two restart. Barkey, of Huntsville, Ont., Canada, was forced to the pits for repairs but returned to the competition and finished eleventh Saturday.“My bumper hanging off the car is a testament to Pratt & Miller right there,” said Aschenbach. “On the re-start, I had a feeling that someone was going to come up and I got bunched in the rear. More importantly, I’m happy with the weekend with a brand new car that turned its first laps on Tuesday. Then we come here and finish both races, get the pole and the track record. Two second (place finishes) is pretty nice. Every car in the class is a GT4 class and (Aquilante) still has his old GTS car and it’s a testament to the series that they’re able to balance it and make it a fun race for all of us. I’m really excited for the Camaro GT4.R and can’t thank Blackdog Speed Shop, Pratt & Miller and Chevrolet enough for making this happen.”Meanwhile, Chase, who received his Texas state driver’s license just three weeks ago, stayed right with Aschenbach’s dragging rear bumper throughout the event but couldn’t make the pass for second. It was another sensational drive for the high school sophomore who will race in the British GT Series in addition to selected Pirelli World Challenge events in 2017.“We had a third place car and a third place finish so I’m incredibly relieved,” said Chase. “The Ginetta car is built in the UK with a Ford V6, naturally aspirated so no turbos or anything. It’s a great car, really reliable and really consistent. Harry Gottsacker and I are going over to Europe to race British GT in GT3 so it’s an honor to be working with Ginetta again in British GT and I can’t wait. I’m a sophomore (in high school) now and most of (my teachers) know what I’m doing, So, I just ask them for my work ahead of time and just sit in the trailer and do some work. I just got my (road-going) driver’s license three weeks ago. Finally, I wanted to thank my new sponsor Protein Water. Everybody go try that stuff – it’s awesome.”Fourth place went to former GTA series champion Frankie Montecalvo of Highlands, N.J., who piloted the No. 13 ANSA Motorsports KTM XBow from his ninth starting position, followed by 17-year-old Harry Gottsacker of San Antonio, Tex., in the No. 69 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta G55s, who had a tremendous wheel-to-wheel battle with PWC series newcomer Rodrigo Baptista of Barcelona, Spain, in the No. 3 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche Cayman Clubsport GT.Rounding out the top ten in Saturday’s GTS feature was Aschenbach’s teammate Tony Gaples of Liber-tyville, Ill., in the No. 11 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R; George Kurtz of Paradise Valley, Ariz., in the No. 04 GMG Motorsports McLaren 570S GT4; 17-year-old Nate Stacy of Owasso, Okla., in the No. 14 Flying Lizard Motorsport Porsche Cayman Clubsport GT4 and Cameron Cassels of Coldstream, B.C., Canada, in the No. 18 Case-It Racing Porsche Cayman Clubsport GT4.GTS Classes take to the track next at VIRginia International Raceway in April 28-30 for Rounds 3 and 4 of sprint action and Rounds 1 and 2 of SprintX GTS action. Races will be live-streamed at MotorTrendOn-Demand.com and World-Challenge.com/StreamVideo. Check your local listings for CBS Sports Network television broadcasts with the St. Petersburg GTS programs premiering on Wednesday, March 22nd at 10:30PM EDT.Of note, the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger award was given to Cassels, in the No. 018 Case-it Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR for his overall gain of 8 positions, finishing the race in tenth from his eighteenth-place grid position.
LASTTIMEATSTPT2017 - GTS RD2
GTS
Grand Prix of St Petersburg
ROUND 2 - CLASSIFICATION - FINAL - AMENDED
POS NO CL NAME ENTRY BEST ONLAPS GAP DIFFTIME MPHPIC
1 32 GTS Andrew AQUILANTE Ford Mustang Boss 302 - Phoenix Performance 934 51:02.326 1:21.07171.941
2 10 GTS Lawson ASCHENBACH Chevrolet Camaro GT-4 - Blackdog Speed Shop 834 1.59851:03.924 1:21.20671.902 1.598
3 19 GTS Parker CHASE GINETTA G55 - Performance Motorsports Group 934 2.83751:05.163 1:21.17971.873 1.239
4 13 GTS Frankie MONTECALVO GT4 - ANSA Motorsports 334 3.73151:06.057 1:21.14771.854 0.894
5 69 GTSA Harry GOTTSACKER GINETTA G55 - Performance Motorsports Group 834 15.83651:18.162 1:21.80571.571 12.105
6 3 GTS Rodrigo BAPTISTA Porsche Cayman GT4 Club Sport MR - Flying Lizard 434 19.49051:21.816 1:21.77671.495 3.654
7 11 GTSA Tony GAPLES Chevrolet Camaro GT-4 - Blackdog Speed Shop 234 25.62451:27.950 1:22.71871.342 6.134
8 04 GTSA George KURTZ McLaren 570S GT4 - GMG Racing 634 27.20951:29.535 1:22.35971.313 1.585
9 14 GTS Nate STACY Porsche Cayman GT4 Club Sport MR - Flying Lizard 534 30.83551:33.161 1:22.37671.226 3.626
10 018 GTSA Cameron CASSELS Porsche GT4 Clubsport - Case-it Racing 3334 43.71951:46.045 1:24.03670.934 12.884
11 80 GTSA Martin BARKEY GT4 - Mantella Autosports - MBRP Perforance Exha 834 57.64551:59.971 1:21.20870.615 13.926
12 017 GTSA Adam MERZON Porsche Cayman GT4 - Case-it Racing 2934 1:17.56452:19.890 1:23.93070.166 19.919
13 9 GTSA Bill ZIEGLER GT4 - ANSA Motorsports 634 1:18.56852:20.894 1:24.21070.147 1.004
14 7 GTSA Cameron MAUGERI Porsche Cayman GT4 Club Sport MR - KRUGSPEE 3232 2 Laps48:47.939 1:23.65870.828 2 Laps
15 2 GTSA Jason BELL SIN R1 GT4 - Racers Edge Motorsports 423 11 Laps37:09.989 1:22.64466.839 9 Laps
NOT CLASSIFIED
NC 8 GTS Anthony MANTELLA GT4 - Mantella Autosports - Gulf, APR, MBRP, NKP 1:22.584 515 19 Laps 70.8622:51.650 8 Laps
NC 50 GTS Ian JAMES Panoz Avezzano GT - Team Panoz Racing 1:22.179 315 19 Laps 70.8622:51.694 0.044
NC 62 GTSA Mark KLENIN McLaren 570S GT4 - KPR 1:22.588 68 26 Laps 76.6611:16.229 7 Laps
NS 45 GTS Jade BUFORD SIN R1 GT4 - Racers Edge Motorsports 0
FASTEST LAP
32 GTS Andrew AQUILANTE Ford Mustang Boss 302 - Phoenix Performance 9 1:21.071 79.92 mph 128.63 kph
80 GTSA Martin BARKEY GT4 - Mantella Autosports - MBRP Perforance Exha 8 1:21.208 79.79 mph 128.41 kph
Results amended due to changes to Driver Categorizations - Stewards' Bulletin No. 8:Adam Merzon - Change from PRO to AMCameron Cassels - Change from PRO to AMParker Chase - Change from AM to PRO
Results can be found at www.tsl-timing.com Printed - 10:48 Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Weather / Track : Sunny / DryThese results are provisional until the conclusion of any judicial and technical matters. Start: 12:57 Flag 13:47 End: 13:49
Circuit Length = 1.8000 milesSt. Petersburg
Chief Steward : Timekeeper :
LASTTIMEATSTPT2017 - GTS RD2
CLASS DAY TIME
GT/GTA, GT Cup Race #1 SAT 10 MARCH 2018 03:40pm - 4:50pm EST
GTS Race #1 SAT 10 MARCH 2018 04:55pm - 06:05pm EST
GTS Race #2 SUN 11 MARCH 2018 09:20am - 10:30am EDT *
GT/GTA, GT Cup Race #2 SUN 11 MARCH 2018 03:05pm - 04:15pm EDT *
LIVESTREAMINGSTPT2018
World-Challenge.com/STREAMVIDEO
TELEVISIONBROADCASTSSTPT2018
EPISODE PREMIERE TIME
St. Petersburg GT/GTA, GT Cup SUN 18 MARCH 2018 03:00pm EDT
St. Petersburg GTS SAT 24 MARCH 2018 09:30pm EDT
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