2010 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
Introduction The '''2010 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge''' was the tenth running of the Grand-Am Cup series and the first season under Continental Tire sponsorship. It began on January 29 at Daytona International Speedway and ended on September 12 at Miller Motorsports Park.Despite winning only one race all season, top ten finishes in each of the ten races enabled Charles Espenlaub and Charles Putman of Fall-Line Motorsports to win the Grand Sport class title. Espenlaub and Putman finished six points clear of double race-winners Michael Marsal and Joey Hand of Turner Motorsport, and eight clear of another pair of double race-winners, Roush Performance's Jack Roush Jr. and Billy Johnson. Rum Bum Racing's Matt Plumb won the most races, taking three victories – one victory with Gian Bacardi and two with Nick Longhi – but finished 80 points behind Espenlaub and Putman. Single race victories were taken by Rehagen Racing's Dean Martin and Bob Michaelian at Barber Motorsports Park, as well as The Racer's Group's Steve Bertheau and Spencer Pumpelly at Mid-Ohio.The Street Tuner class was just as hotly contested as the Grand Sport class, and after ten races, the top two teams – Lawson Aschenbach and David Thilenius of Compass360 Racing, and Bill Heumann and Seth Thomas of BimmerWorld/GearWrench – finished tied on 274 points. Both teams took two victories and two second places, but the third place for Aschenbach and Thilenius at the final race of the season at Miller Motorsports Park allowed them to clinch the championship. Freedom Autosport pair Tom Long and Derek Whitis, and RSR Motorsports duo Randy Smalley and Owen Trinkler also took two victories over the season, with single victories claimed by APR Motorsport's Ian Baas and Aaron Povoledo, as well as the team-mates of Aschenbach and Thilenius, Ryan Eversley and Zach Lutz.Debuting in 2010 was a new Mustang for Multimatic Motorsports painted to look like the Trans Am Series Boss 302s of Parnelli Jones and George Follmer. Also debuting was a new Sunoco sponsored Camaro resembling the original Penske Camaros of Trans Am.
Schedule The schedule was announced on October 15, 2009.Nine of the ten rounds supported the 2010 Rolex Sports Car Series, with a stand-alone round at Circuit Trois-Rivières. Rnd Circuit Date 1 Daytona International Speedway January 29 2 Homestead-Miami Speedway March 6–7 3 Barber Motorsports Park April 9–10 4 Virginia International Raceway April 24–25 5Lime Rock Park May 28–29 6Watkins Glen International June 5–6 7Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course June 19–20 8 New Jersey Motorsports Park July 17–18 9 Circuit Trois-Rivières August 13 10 Miller Motorsports Park September 11–12
Calendar  Rnd Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner 1 Daytona International Speedway #46 Fall-Line Motorsports #19 Rum Bum Racing #19 Rum Bum Racing  Mark Boden Andy Pilgrim  Gian Bacardi Matt Plumb  Gian Bacardi Matt Plumb #25 Freedom Autosport #197 RSR Motorsports #74 Compass360 Racing  Tom Long Derek Whitis  Sarah Cattaneo V. J. Mirzayan  Lawson Aschenbach David Thilenius 2 Homestead-Miami Speedway #61 Roush Performance #15 Multimatic Motorsports #61 Roush Performance  Billy Johnson Jack Roush Jr.  Joe Foster Scott Maxwell  Billy Johnson Jack Roush Jr. #197 RSR Motorsports #81 BimmerWorld/GearWrench #25 Freedom Autosport  Sarah Cattaneo V. J. Mirzayan  Bill Heumann Seth Thomas  Tom Long Derek Whitis 3 Barber Motorsports Park #15 Multimatic Motorsports #16 Multimatic Motorsports #52 Rehagen Racing  Joe Foster Scott Maxwell  Gunnar Jeannette Frankie Montecalvo  Dean Martin Bob Michaelian #80 BimmerWorld/GearWrench #198 RSR Motorsports #25 Freedom Autosport  David White James Clay  Craig Conway B. J. Zacharias  Tom Long Derek Whitis 4 Virginia International Raceway #61 Roush Performance #13 Rum Bum Racing #97 Turner Motorsport  Jack Roush Jr. Billy Johnson  Matt Plumb Gian Bacardi  Joey Hand Michael Marsal #196 RSR Motorsports #74 Compass360 Racing #75 Compass360 Racing  B. J. Zacharias Owen Trinkler  Lawson Aschenbach David Thilenius  Ryan Eversley Zach Lutz 5 Lime Rock Park #61 Roush Performance #96 Turner Motorsport #97 Turner Motorsport  Jack Roush Jr. Billy Johnson  Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana  Joey Hand Michael Marsal #95 Turner Motorsport #98 89 Racing Team #81 BimmerWorld/GearWrench  Don Salama Will Turner  Cyril Hamelin Jocelyn Hebert  Bill Heumann Seth Thomas 6 Watkins Glen International #46 Fall-Line Motorsports #41 The Racer's Group #48 Fall-Line Motorsports  Mark Boden Bryan Sellers  Steve Bertheau Spencer Pumpelly  Charles Espenlaub Charles Putman #03 Team MER #21 GS Motorsports #74 Compass360 Racing  Justin Piscitell Jason Saini  Andrew Danyliw Jamie Holtom  Lawson Aschenbach David Thilenius 7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course #6 Stevenson Motorsports #07 Euro Motorworks Racing #41 The Racer's Group  Matt Bell Jeff Bucknum  Terry Heath Bryan Sellers  Steve Bertheau Spencer Pumpelly #80 BimmerWorld/GearWrench #75 Compass360 Racing #81 BimmerWorld/GearWrench  David White James Clay  Ryan Eversley Zach Lutz  Bill Heumann Seth Thomas 8 New Jersey Motorsports Park #61 Roush Performance #97 Turner Motorsport #61 Roush Performance  Billy Johnson Jack Roush Jr.  Joey Hand Michael Marsal  Billy Johnson Jack Roush Jr. #18 RRT Racing #64 Next Generation Motorsports #198 RSR Motorsports  Paul Gerrard Martin Jensen  Shawn Dewey Ted Giovanis  Randy Smalley Owen Trinkler 9 Circuit Trois-Rivières #15 Multimatic Motorsports #13 Rum Bum Racing #13 Rum Bum Racing  Joe Foster Scott Maxwell  Matt Plumb Nick Longhi  Matt Plumb Nick Longhi #98 89 Racing Team #198 RSR Motorsports #198 RSR Motorsports  Cyril Hamelin Jocelyn Hebert  Randy Smalley Owen Trinkler  Randy Smalley Owen Trinkler 10 Miller Motorsports Park #6 Stevenson Motorsports #46 Fall-Line Motorsports #13 Rum Bum Racing  Matt Bell Jeff Bucknum  Mark Boden Bryan Sellers  Matt Plumb Nick Longhi #91 APR Motorsport #91 APR Motorsport #91 APR Motorsport  Ian Baas Aaron Povoledo  Ian Baas Aaron Povoledo  Ian Baas Aaron Povoledo
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