2015 Oak Tree Grand Prix
The 2015 Oak Tree Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The Race was held at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia on August 23, 2015. The race was the tenth 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 second consecutive year the event was held as part of the United SportsCar Championship. The 2015 Oak Tree Grand Prix was the tenth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2015 by IMSA, and was the seventh round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.[2] The race was held at the seventeen-turn 3.270 mi (5.263 km) Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia on August 23, 2015.[2] The PC category was dropped from the event.[3]
Entry list
Eighteen cars were officially entered for the Oak Tree Grand Prix, with most of the entries being in the Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) category. GTLM was represented by eight entries from four different brands. In the list of GTD entrants, ten GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers.[4] With the absence of the Prototype (P) and Prototype Challenge (PC) classes from the field, only two racing classes were represented in Virginia International Raceway.[3]
Qualifying
Saturday afternoon's 40-minute two-group qualifying session gave 15-minute sessions to all categories. Cars in GTD were sent out first before those grouped in GTLM had a separate identically timed session. Regulations stipulated teams to nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each class starting order. IMSA would arrange the grid to put all GTLMs ahead of the GTD cars.[5]
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡. GTLM stands for Grand Touring Le Mans and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GTLM | 911 | Porsche North America | Nick Tandy | 1:42.532 | _ | 1‡ |
| 2 | GTLM | 912 | Porsche North America | Jörg Bergmeister | 1:42.629 | +0.097 | 2 |
| 3 | GTLM | 62 | Risi Competizione | Pierre Kaffer | 1:43.122 | +0.590 | 3 |
| 4 | GTLM | 24 | BMW Team RLL | Lucas Luhr | 1:43.324 | +0.792 | 4 |
| 5 | GTLM | 25 | BMW Team RLL | Bill Auberlen | 1:43.356 | +0.824 | 5 |
| 6 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen | 1:43.568 | +1.036 | 6 |
| 7 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing | Tommy Milner | 1:43.797 | +1.265 | 7 |
| 8 | GTLM | 17 | Team Falken Tire | Bryan Sellers | 1:44.134 | +1.602 | 8 |
| 9 | GTD | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Dion von Moltke | 1:49.255 | +6.723 | 9‡ |
| 10 | GTD | 73 | Park Place Motorsports | Patrick Lindsey | 1:49.265 | +6.733 | 10 |
| 11 | GTD | 63 | Scuderia Corsa | Bill Sweedler | 1:49.512 | +6.980 | 11 |
| 12 | GTD | 33 | Riley Motorsports | Ben Keating | 1:49.837 | +7.305 | 12 |
| 13 | GTD | 007 | TRG-AMR North America | Christina Nielsen | 1:50.080 | +7.548 | 13 |
| 14 | GTD | 23 | Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing | Ian James | 1:50.253 | +7.721 | 14 |
| 15 | GTD | 44 | Magnus Racing | John Potter | 1:50.497 | +7.965 | 15 |
| 16 | GTD | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Cooper MacNeil | 1:50.882 | +8.350 | 16 |
| 17 | GTD | 97 | Turner Motorsport | Michael Marsal | 1:51.330 | +8.798 | 17 |
| 18 | GTD | 76 | Compass360 Racing | Ray Mason | 1:53.078 | +10.546 | 18 |
| Sources:[6][7] | |||||||
Race
Race Results
Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡. GTLM stands for 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 November 5, 2024.
- ^ a b Pruett, Marshall (August 10, 2014). "IMSA: 2015 TUDOR Championship schedule revealed". Racer. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ a b "Detroit In, VIR Out for PC Teams in 2015". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. October 31, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ DiZinno, Tony (August 12, 2015). "No Major Changes on VIR TUSC, CTSC Entry Lists". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ Dagys, John (August 20, 2015). "Continental Tire Keys to the Race: VIR". Sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ "Qualifying" (PDF). IMSA. August 22, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ "United SportsCar Championship Virginia 2015 Grid Positions". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ "Unofficial Race Report" (PDF). IMSA. August 23, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ "2015 Oak Tree at VIR". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 5, 2024.