2015 Northeast Grand Prix
The 2015 Northeast Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut on July 25, 2015. The race was the eighth 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] It was the first year the event was held as part of the United SportsCar Championship and the twenty-fourth annual running of the race. The 2015 Northeast Grand Prix was the eighth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2015 by IMSA, and was the fifth round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.[2] The race was held at the seven-turn 1.530 mi (2.462 km) Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut on July 25, 2015.[2]
Entry list
Seven-teen cars were officially entered for the Northeast Grand Prix, with most of the entries being in the Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) category. The Prototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of seven Oreca FLM09 cars. BAR1 Motorsports, CORE Autosport, JDC-Miller MotorSports, Performance Tech PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, RSR Racing, and Starworks Motorsport entered one car each.[3] In the list of GTD entrants, ten GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers. Compass360 Racing made their season debut.[4] Although it was listed as an entrant, Wright Motorsports No. 58 car withdrew from the event.[5] With the absence of the Prototype (P) and Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) categories from the field, only two racing classes were represented at Lime Rock Park.[2]
Qualifying
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡. PC stands for (Prototype Challenge) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PC | 85 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | 49.055 | _ | 1‡ |
| 2 | PC | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports | 49.697 | +0.642 | 2 |
| 3 | PC | 11 | RSR Racing | 49.966 | +0.911 | 3 |
| 4 | PC | 54 | CORE Autosport | 50.111 | +1.056 | 4 |
| 5 | PC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | 50.504 | +1.449 | 5 |
| 6 | PC | 8 | Starworks Motorsport | 50.821 | +1.766 | 6 |
| 7 | PC | 16 | BAR1 Motorsports | 50.953 | +1.898 | 7 |
| 8 | GTD | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | 54.004 | +4.949 | 8‡ |
| 9 | GTD | 33 | Riley Motorsports | 54.013 | +4.958 | 9 |
| 10 | GTD | 73 | Park Place Motorsports | 54.251 | +5.196 | 10 |
| 11 | GTD | 23 | Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing | 54.532 | +5.477 | 11 |
| 12 | GTD | 007 | TRG-AMR North America | 54.547 | +5.492 | 12 |
| 13 | GTD | 63 | Scuderia Corsa | 54.761 | +5.706 | 13 |
| 14 | GTD | 44 | Magnus Racing | 54.770 | +5.715 | 14 |
| 15 | GTD | 22 | Alex Job Racing | 55.151 | +6.096 | 15 |
| 16 | GTD | 76 | Compass360 Racing | 56.775 | +7.720 | 16 |
| 17 | GTD | 97 | Turner Motorsport | No Time Established | 17 | |
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Race
Race Results
Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡. PC stands for (Prototype Challenge) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).
References
- ^ Dagys, John (August 10, 2014). "2015 TUSC, CTSC Schedules Released". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ a b c Pruett, Marshall (August 10, 2014). "IMSA: 2015 TUDOR Championship schedule revealed". Racer.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "2015 TUDOR Championship Lime Rock Pre-Provisional Entry List.xlsx" (PDF). IMSA. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "Compass360 Announces Audi R8 GTD Program". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. May 1, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ DiZinno, Tony (July 23, 2015). "Lime Rock Thursday Notebook". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "Qualifying" (PDF). IMSA. July 24, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "Unofficial Race Report" (PDF). July 25, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "2015 Northeast Grand Prix". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 28, 2024.