2015 Monterey Grand Prix
The 2015 Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) held on the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, on May 3, 2015. The event served as the fourth round of the 2015 United SportsCar Championship.
Background
Preview
International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2015 IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship (IMSA TUSC) in August 2014.[1][2] It was the second consecutive year the event was held as part of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship.[2] The 2015 Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix was the fourth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2015 by IMSA, and it was the second round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.[2] The event was held at the eleven-turn 2.238 mi (3.602 km) Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey County, California on May 3, 2015. The event went to a single race format after utilizing a split race format the previous year due to the field size.[3]
Qualifying
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 10 | Wayne Taylor Racing | Jordan Taylor | 1:18.718 | _ | 1‡ |
| 2 | P | 01 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Scott Pruett | 1:18.940 | +0.222 | 2 |
| 3 | P | 90 | VisitFlorida.com Racing | Michael Valiante | 1:19.448 | +0.730 | 3 |
| 4 | P | 60 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian | John Pew | 1:19.651 | +0.933 | 4 |
| 5 | P | 5 | Action Express Racing | Christian Fittipaldi | 1:19.894 | +1.176 | 5 |
| 6 | P | 0 | DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone | Katherine Legge | 1:20.504 | +1.786 | 6 |
| 7 | P | 31 | Action Express Racing | Eric Curran | 1:20.622 | +1.904 | 7 |
| 8 | P | 70 | SpeedSource | Tristan Nunez | 1:20.957 | +2.239 | 8 |
| 9 | P | 07 | SpeedSource | Tom Long | 1:21.138 | +2.420 | 9 |
| 10 | GTLM | 25 | BMW Team RLL | Dirk Werner | 1:22.362 | +3.644 | 10‡ |
| 11 | PC | 11 | RSR Racing | Chris Cumming | 1:22.362 | +3.847 | 11‡ |
| 12 | PC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Mike Guasch | 1:22.565 | +3.851 | 12 |
| 13 | GTLM | 24 | BMW Team RLL | Lucas Luhr | 1:22.610 | +3.892 | 13 |
| 14 | GTLM | 62 | Risi Competizione | Pierre Kaffer | 1:22.610 | +3.892 | 14 |
| 15 | PC | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports | James French | 1:22.689 | +3.971 | 15 |
| 16 | GTLM | 911 | Porsche North America | Patrick Pilet | 1:22.708 | +3.990 | 16 |
| 17 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing | Tommy Milner | 1:22.711 | +3.993 | 17 |
| 18 | GTLM | 912 | Porsche North America | Michael Christensen | 1:22.788 | +4.070 | 18 |
| 19 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García | 1:22.815 | +4.097 | 19 |
| 20 | PC | 54 | CORE Autosport | Jon Bennett | 1:23.165 | +4.447 | 20 |
| 21 | GTLM | 17 | Team Falken Tire | Wolf Henzler | 1:23.274 | +4.556 | 21 |
| 22 | PC | 8 | Starworks Motorsport | Mirco Schultis | 1:23.466 | +4.748 | 22 |
| 23 | PC | 85 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | Misha Goikhberg | 1:23.615 | +4.897 | 23 |
| 24 | PC | 16 | BAR1 Motorsports | Todd Slusher | 1:24.539 | +5.821 | 24 |
| 25 | GTD | 73 | Park Place Motorsports | Patrick Lindsey | 1:27.040 | +8.322 | 25‡ |
| 26 | GTD | 93 | Riley Motorsports | Marc Miller | 1:28.021 | +9.303 | 26 |
| 27 | GTD | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Dion von Moltke | 1:28.031 | +9.313 | 27 |
| 28 | GTD | 33 | Riley Motorsports | Ben Keating | 1:28.267 | +9.549 | 28 |
| 29 | GTD | 44 | Magnus Racing | John Potter | 1:28.319 | +9.601 | 29 |
| 30 | GTD | 007 | TRG-AMR North America | Christina Nielsen | 1:28.849 | +10.131 | 30 |
| 31 | GTD | 23 | Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing | Ian James | 1:28.885 | +10.167 | 31 |
| 32 | GTD | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Patrick Byrne | 1:28.946 | +10.228 | 32 |
| 33 | GTD | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Cooper MacNeil | 1:28.966 | +10.248 | 33 |
| 34 | GTD | 63 | Scuderia Corsa | Bill Sweedler | 1:29.207 | +10.489 | 34 |
| 35 | GTD | 97 | Turner Motorsport | Michael Marsal | 1:29.254 | +10.536 | 35 |
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Race
Race Results
Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).
References
- ^ Dagys, John (August 10, 2014). "2015 TUSC, CTSC Schedules Released". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ a b c Pruett, Marshall (August 10, 2014). "IMSA: 2015 TUDOR Championship schedule revealed". Racer. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ DiZinno, Tony (February 6, 2015). "Mazda Raceway TUSC Round to Feature All Four Classes in One Race". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ "Qualifying" (PDF). May 2, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 27, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ "Unofficial Race Report" (PDF). May 3, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ "2015 Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 18, 2024.