2010 SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge
Introduction The '''2010 SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge''' was the 21st season of the SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge. It was the first season since 1998 without the sponsorship of television channel Speed.The series returned to a combined-class race with GT, GTS, and TC racing simultaneously. The last season for combined classes was 1996, also the last year in which the series had more than two classes. There are three classes in the championship in 2010, as opposed to two in 2009.The top GT class remains the same, but the TC class has been changed to only allow more cost-effective racecars closer in spirit to the SCCA's improved touring classes. The rules were originally introduced during the 2009 season as the TC2 class within the touring car category. The cars that previously competed in the old TC class can now be run in the new "GTS" class. The new format also solves the BMW-Acura-Mazda affair that had begun thirteen years prior and had lasted almost every year since save for some competition from Saturn and Audi in some years.In addition to the existing driver's and manufacturer's championships, 2010 saw the introduction of a team's championship, which was awarded to the team car that accumulates the most points over the course of the season, regardless of the driver.Due to Speed no longer supporting the series, Versus broadcast all events in ninety-minute broadcasts.The new touring cars were now comparable to the vehicles used in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.
Schedule Most of the calendar was released in November 2009, with the season-ending round at Miller Motorsports Park added in January 2010.Round Circuit Location Date Supporting 1 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 26–28 ''IndyCar Series'' 2 3 Long Beach Long Beach, California April 16–18 ''IndyCar Series / American Le Mans Series'' 4 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario May 21–23 ''stand-alone event'' 5 6 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York July 2–4 ''IndyCar Series'' 7 Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario July 17–18 ''IndyCar Series'' 8 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 6–8 ''IndyCar Series / American Le Mans Series'' 9 10 Virginia International Raceway Danville, Virginia September 10–12 ''stand-alone event'' 11 12 Miller Motorsports Park Tooele, Utah October 1–3 ''stand-alone event''
Race results  Rnd Circuit GT Winning Car GTS Winning Car TC Winning Car GT Winning Driver GTS Winning Driver TC Winning Driver 1 St. Petersburg #6 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #43 RealTime Racing Acura TSX #49 Irish Mike's Racing Volkswagen GLI  Randy Pobst  Peter Cunningham  Todd Buras 2 #4 Stoptech Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 #43 RealTime Racing Acura TSX #49 Irish Mike's Racing Volkswagen GLI  Dino Crescentini  Peter Cunningham  Todd Buras 3 Long Beach #13 Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper #19 M&T Lotus Exige #18 DG-Spec Scion tC  Kuno Wittmer  Tyler McQuarrie  Robert Stout 4 Mosport #6 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #35 Torvec Chevrolet Corvette #49 Irish Mike's Racing Volkswagen GLI  Randy Pobst  John Heinricy  Chip Herr 5 #2 Carlisle Chevrolet Corvette #35 Torvec Chevrolet Corvette #18 DG-Spec Scion tC  Ron Fellows  John Heinricy  Robert Stout 6 Watkins Glen #2 Carlisle Chevrolet Corvette #43 RealTime Racing Acura TSX #18 DG-Spec Scion tC  Ron Fellows  Peter Cunningham  Robert Stout 7 Toronto #6 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #43 RealTime Racing Acura TSX #93 HPD/HondaRacing Honda Civic Si  Randy Pobst  Peter Cunningham  Nick Wittmer 8 Mid-Ohio #2 Carlisle Chevrolet Corvette #43 RealTime Racing Acura TSX #20 Maxwell Paper Mazda RX-8  Mike Skeen  Peter Cunningham  Ryan Eversley 9 #14 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 #43 RealTime Racing Acura TSX #20 Maxwell Paper Mazda RX-8  James Sofronas  Peter Cunningham  Ryan Eversley 10 VIR #6 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #34 Realtime Racing Acura TSX #50 Irish Mike's Racing Volkswagen GLI  Randy Pobst  Nick Esayian  Todd Buras 11 #8 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #43 Realtime Racing Acura TSX #18 DG-Spec Scion tC  Andy Pilgrim  Peter Cunningham  Robert Stout 12 Miller #13 Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper #43 Realtime Racing Acura TSX #18 DG-Spec Scion tC  Kuno Wittmer  Peter Cunningham  Robert Stout
Championships ===Driver championships===Championship points are awarded to drivers based on qualifying and finishing positions. In addition, 5 bonus points are awarded to a driver leading a lap during a race, and 5 bonus points are awarded to the driver leading the most laps. Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Race 110 100 92 85 80 76 72 68 64 60 57 54 51 48 45 43 41 39 37 35 33 31 29 27 25 Qualifying 15 12 9 6 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –====GT standings==== Pos  Driver  Car  STP1  STP2  LBH  MOS1  MOS2  WGL  TOR  MDO1  MDO2  VIR1  VIR2  MIL  Total 1  Randy Pobst Volvo S60 '''1*''' '''14''' 6 '''1*''' '''2''' '''3''' '''1*''' 7 3 '''1*''' 2 '''3''' 1296 2  Kuno Wittmer Dodge Viper 6 5 '''1*''' 2 4 2 6 4 14 4 10 1* 1098 3  James Sofronas Porsche 911 GT3 3 2 5  6 7 2 '''2''' '''1*''' 2 3 5 1052 4  Andy Pilgrim Volvo S60 2 3 9 14 16 14 3 9 2 3 '''1*''' 2 1044 5  Jason Daskalos Dodge Viper 12 4 12 4 3 4 9 6 7 6 11 6 888 6  Rob Morgan Porsche 911 GT3 8 6 8 8 8 10 7 8 8 5 5 7 838 7  Jeff Courtney Dodge Viper 10 9 7 6 7 12 8 13 5 7 6 4 836 8  Tony Gaples Chevrolet Corvette 9 10 10 7 11 8 10 15 6 8 7 12 759 9  Dino Crescentini Porsche 911 GT3 14 1* 2 5 15 6 5 5 15    723 10  Patrick Lindsay Porsche 911 GT3 4 15 19 3 5 5 4 3 4 DNS   711 11  Fred Roberts (R) Dodge Viper 13 13 16 9 9 11 12 10 12 9 8 8 684 12  William Ziegler Porsche 911 GT3 16 12 11 12 14 13 13 12 10 10 9 10 653 13  Charles Morgan Porsche 911 GT3 11 11 13 11 10 9 11 11 13    508 14  Ron Fellows Chevrolet Corvette   18  1* 1*       303 15  Tony Rivera Nissan GT-R 7 8 21 10 12        284 16  Steve Ott (R) Nissan GT-R 15 16 20 13 13        222 17  Mike Skeen (R) Chevrolet Corvette        1* 9    196 18  Robert Prilika Porsche 911 GT3 5 7         11 162 19  Brian Kubinski Chevrolet Corvette 5 7          152 20  Jeff Altenburg Porsche 911 GT3          11 4  142 21  Tomy Drissi Ford Mustang   14       12 DNS  102 22  Brandon Davis Ford Mustang   3          101 23  Boris Said Ford Mustang   4          88 24=  Brent Holden (R) Porsche 911 GT3   15          45 24=  Scott Bove Porsche 911 GT3    15         45 26  Nick Mancuso (R) Aston Martin DBRS9   17          41====GTS standings==== Pos  Driver  Car  STP1  STP2  LBH  MOS1  MOS2  WGL  TOR  MDO1  MDO2  VIR1  VIR2  MIL  Total 1  Peter Cunningham Acura TSX '''1*''' '''1*''' 6 '''3''' 3 '''1*''' '''1*''' '''1*''' '''1*''' '''4*''' '''1*''' '''1''' 1466 2  Nick Esayian Acura TSX 3 3 2 4 4 2 3 2 2 1 2 4 1252 3  Ernie Jakubowski (R) Porsche Cayman S      3 2 10 3 DSQ 3 13 535 4  Kevin Helms (R) Honda Civic Si 6 4      4 8 2 4  526 5  Tyler McQuarrie (R) Lotus Exige S   '''1*''' 2 '''2'''        359 6  Ben Crosland (R) Ford Mustang FR500S        5 4   2* 293 7  Michael Pettiford Chevrolet Corvette 4 5 3          275 8  Tommy Sadler Acura TSX   DNS   4    3 5  266 9  John Heinricy Chevrolet Corvette    1* 1*        264 10  George Winkler (R) Ford Mustang FR500S        9 6   3 241 11  Ricardo Colinello Ford Mustang FR500S        6 7   8 216 12  Brandon Davis Acura TSX 2 2           200 13  Brad Adams (R) Ford Mustang FR500S        7 10   9 196 14  Devin Cates (R) Ford Mustang FR500S        3 5    165 15  Tom Lepper (R) Pontiac Solstice GXP 5 6           162 16  Gary Savage (R) Ford Mustang FR500S        8 9    132 17  Charles Espenlaub Mazda3   4          85 18  Gary Tolar (R) Porsche 996   5          83 19  Stan Wilson Dodge Neon SRT          5   80 20  Pratt Cole (R) Ford Mustang FR500S            6 76 21  Scott Kuhne (R) Pontiac Solstice GXP   7          72 22  Karl Poeltl (R) BMW 325i E46          DNS  10 69 23  Kevin Marshall (R) Lotus Exige S   8          68 24  Kyle Kelley (R) Chevrolet Corvette            11 60 25  Paul Dagis (R) BMW M3    DNS         3 26=  Dale Laakso (R) Acura RSX   DNS          0 26=  Fabryce Kutyba BMW M3 E46            DNS 0====TC standings==== Pos  Driver  Car  STP1  STP2  LBH  MOS1  MOS2  WGL  TOR  MDO1  MDO2  VIR1  VIR2  MIL  Total 1  Robert Stout (R) Scion tC 2 2 1* '''4*''' 1 1* 3 4 10 2 1 1* 1317 2  Eric Meyer (R) Mazda RX-8 5 5 2 3 5 '''7''' 2 3 8 16 14 3 1022 3  Brett Sandberg (R) Acura TSX 4 7  7 7 4 10 6 13 3 6  740 4  Robb Holland Volkswagen Golf GTI    5 3  6 12 15 4 2 10 619 5  Dan Gardner (R) Scion tC 3 4 5   2 8 10 3    595 6  Shea Holbrook (R) Honda Civic Si 6 6  DNS  8 5 8 6 9 15  553 7  Michael Pettiford Volkswagen Jetta GLI       4 7 14 8 3 6 441 8  Don Istook Audi    6 8 6 7   10 7  428 9  Todd Buras (R) Volkswagen Jetta GLI 1* 1*        '''1*''' DSQ  414 10  Nick Wittmer Honda Civic Si   '''3'''    '''1*''' 5 9    392 11  Greg Shaffer (R) Volkswagen Jetta GLI    9 4  9   5 13  377 12  Charlie Soloman (R) Mazda RX-8    8 9   DSQ 5 12 5  346 13  Carolyn Kujala (R) Mazda RX-8        11 11 13 10 8 293 14  Tom Lepper (R) Scion tC    2 6       4 276 15  Ryan Eversley (R) Mazda RX-8        1* 1*    249 16  Chip Herr Volkswagen Jetta GLI    1 2*        246 17  Jason Saini Mazdaspeed3        '''2''' '''2'''    224 18  Branden Peterson Honda Civic Si         12  4 5 219 19  Jeff Mosing (R) Mazda RX-8        13 7   7 210 20  David Tuaty Honda Civic Si        14 4  8  201 21  Mark Hein Honda Civic Si '''7''' '''3'''           199 22  Colin Cohen (R) Volkswagen Golf GTI      6    14 9  188 23  Alexander Lvov Volkswagen Golf GTI 8 DNS    3       175 24  Devin Cates (R) Volkswagen Golf GTI          6 12  139 25  Tony Wedderburn (R) Chevrolet Cobalt 9 8           132 26  Alex Ratcliffe (R) Lexus IS300      9     11  121 27  Pierre Kleinubing Mazdaspeed3            2 106 28  Tommy Chen (R) Mazda RX-8   4          88 29  Taylor Hacquard Mazdaspeed3            '''9''' 84 30  Carl Hober Honda Civic Si          7   72 31  Bob Roth (R) Honda Civic Si        9     64 32  Tristan Herbert (R) Lexus IS300          11   57 33  Jose Armengol (R) Honda Civic Si          15   45===Manufacturer championships===Manufacturer points are awarded according to the highest-finishing car from that manufacturer. Only manufacturers that are SCCA Pro Racing corporate members receive points. Points are awarded on the following basis: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 9 7 5 3 2 1In addition, one bonus point is awarded to the pole-winning manufacturer. In the table below, the manufacturer's top finishing position is shown, with pole winner in '''bold'''.====GT standings==== Pos  Manufacturer  STP1  STP2  LBH  MOS1  MOS2  WGL  TOR  MDO1  MDO2  VIR1  VIR2  MIL  Total 1  Volvo '''1''' '''3''' 6 '''1''' '''2''' '''3''' '''1''' 7 2 '''1''' '''1''' '''2''' 85 2  Porsche 3 1 2 3 5 5 2 '''2''' '''1''' 2 2 5 68 3  Dodge 6 4 '''1''' 2 3 2 6 4 5 4 4 1 52 4  Nissan 7 8 20 10 12        0====GTS standings==== Pos  Manufacturer  STP1  STP2  LBH  MOS1  MOS2  WGL  TOR  MDO1  MDO2  VIR1  VIR2  MIL  Total 1  Acura '''1''' '''1''' 2 '''3''' 3 '''1''' '''1''' '''1''' '''1''' '''1''' '''1''' '''1''' 111 2  Porsche   5   3 2 10 3 5 3 13 24====TC standings==== Pos  Manufacturer  STP1  STP2  LBH  MOS1  MOS2  WGL  TOR  MDO1  MDO2  VIR1  VIR2  MIL  Total 1  Scion 2 2 1 '''2''' 1 1 3 4 3 2 1 1 87 2  Volkswagen 1 1  1 '''2'''  4 7 11 '''1''' '''2''' 6 57 3  Mazda 5 5 2 3 5 '''7''' 2 '''1''' '''1''' 12 5 2 56 4  Honda '''7''' '''3''' '''3''' 10  3 '''1''' 5 4 7 4 5 38
References
External links * World Challenge Official Website