The 2015 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix presented by Hawk Performance was a professional sports car racing event held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park near Bowmanville, Ontario on July 12, 2015. The race was the seventh round of the 2015 United SportsCar Championship season and the event marked the 30th IMSA sanctioned sports car race held at the facility.
Background
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. It was the second consecutive year the event was held as part of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship. The 2015 SportsCar Grand Prix was the seventh of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2015 by IMSA, and was the fourth round not held on the held as part of the North American Endurance Cup. The race was held at the ten-turn Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on July 12, 2015. For 2015, the Tudor Championship race featured the Prototype (P) and GT Le Mans (GTLM) classes alongside the Prototype Challenge (PC) class which replaced the GT Daytona (GTD) class which competed at the 2014 edition of the Grand Prix. The weekend also included races for the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Cooper Tires Prototype Lites, Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA, and the Mazda MX-5 Cup.
Entries A total of 23 cars took part in the event split across 3 classes. 8 cars were entered in P, 7 in PC, and in 8 GTLM. In P, SpeedSource elected to run one entry for the third consecutive race. In PC, Mirco Schultis returned to the Starworks Motorsport entry. Matt McMurry joined Mikhail Goikhberg in the JDC-Miller MotorSports entry.
Practice There were three practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first two one-hour sessions were on Friday morning and afternoon. The third on Saturday morning lasted an hour.
Practice 1 The first practice session took place at 11:20 am ET on Friday and ended with Ricky Taylor topping the charts for Wayne Taylor Racing, with a lap time of 1:10.451. ClassTeamDriverTime1P10Wayne Taylor RacingRicky Taylor1:10.451_2P60Michael Shank Racing with Curb/AgajanianOswaldo Negri Jr.1:10.616 +0.1653P31Action Express RacingDane Cameron1:10.660 +0.209Source:
Practice 2 The second practice session took place at 4:00 pm ET on Friday and ended with Oswaldo Negri Jr. topping the charts for Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:09.216. ClassTeamDriverTime1P60Michael Shank Racing with Curb/AgajanianOswaldo Negri Jr.1:09.216_2P10Wayne Taylor RacingRicky Taylor1:09.879 +0.6633P31Action Express RacingDane Cameron1:10.174 +0.958Source:
Practice 3 The third and final practice session took place at 10:00 am ET on Saturday and ended with Oswaldo Negri Jr. topping the charts for Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:09.168. ClassTeamDriverTime1P60Michael Shank Racing with Curb/AgajanianOswaldo Negri Jr.1:09.168_2P31Action Express RacingDane Cameron1:09.645 +0.4773P5Action Express RacingChristian Fittipaldi1:09.709 +0.119Source:
Qualifying Qualifying was broken into three sessions. The first session of qualifying was for the GTLM class. Nick Tandy qualified on pole in GTLM driving the No. 911 Porsche North America entry.
The second session of qualifying was for the PC class. James French qualified on pole driving the No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports entry.
The final session of qualifying was for the P class. Ricky Taylor qualified on pole driving the No. 10 car for Wayne Taylor Racing.
Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by . ClassTeamDriverTime1P10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor1:09.705_12P5 Action Express Racing Christian Fittipaldi1:09.864 +0.15923P01 Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Pruett1:10.138 +0.43334P90 VisitFlorida.com Racing Michael Valiante1:10.399 +0.69445P31 Action Express Racing Eric Curran1:10.508 +0.80356P60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew1:10.725 +1.02067P0 DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone Katherine Legge1:11.276 +1.57178P07 SpeedSource Tom Long1:12.629 +2.92489PC38 Performance Tech Motorsports James French1:12.667+2.962910PC11 RSR Racing Chris Cumming1:12.699 +2.9941011PC54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett1:13.007 +3.3021112PC52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Mike Guasch1:13.022 +3.3171213PC85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Mikhail Goikhberg1:13.169 +3.4641314PC16 BAR1 Motorsports John Falb1:13.220 +3.5151415PC8 Starworks Motorsport Mirco Schultis1:14.458 +4.7531516GTLM911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy1:14.829+5.1241617GTLM25 BMW Team RLL Dirk Werner1:14.857 +5.1521718GTLM24 BMW Team RLL Lucas Luhr1:14.984 +5.2791819GTLM62 Risi Competizione Pierre Kaffer1:15.298 +5.5931920GTLM3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen1:15.325 +5.6202021GTLM912 Porsche North America Jörg Bergmeister1:15.386 +5.6812122GTLM4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin1:15.463 +5.7582223GTLM17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers1:15.544 +5.83923Source:
Report Race summary The race was won overall by Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor, driving a Corvette Daytona Prototype for Wayne Taylor Racing. They finished just ahead of a similar car driven by Action Express Racing pairing Dane Cameron and Eric Curran, while the podium was completed by the Ligier JS P2 of Michael Shank Racing, driven by Oswaldo Negri Jr. and John Pew. In eighth place overall, CORE Autosport won the Prototype Challenge class with drivers Jon Bennett and Colin Braun, while the GT Le Mans honors were taken by Porsche North America – run by CORE Autosport – in twelfth place overall, with a Porsche 911 RSR driven by Patrick Pilet and Nick Tandy.
Race results +Final race classificationClassTeamDriversChassisTire Engine 1 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Chevrolet Corvette DP 128 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 2 P 31 Action Express Racing Eric Curran Dane Cameron Coyote Chevrolet Corvette DP 128 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 3 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew Oswaldo Negri Jr. Ligier JS P2 128 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 4 P 90 VisitFlorida.com Racing Richard Westbrook Michael Valiante Chevrolet Corvette DP 128 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 5 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Chevrolet Corvette DP 128 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 6 P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Joey Hand Scott Pruett Riley MkXXVI 127 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 7 P 07 SpeedSource Tom Long Joel Miller Mazda Prototype 126 Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4(Diesel) 8 PC 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Oreca FLM09 125 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 P 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone Memo Rojas Katherine Legge DeltaWing DWC13 125 Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4 10 PC 16 BAR1 Motorsports John Falb Sean Rayhall Oreca FLM09 124 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 PC 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Mikhail Goikhberg Matt McMurry Oreca FLM09 123 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 12 GTLM 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 RSR 122 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Lucas Luhr BMW Z4 GTE 122 BMW 4.4 L V8 14 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 122 Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 15 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Dirk Werner BMW Z4 GTE 122 BMW 4.4 L V8 16 PC 11 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira Chris Cumming Oreca FLM09 122 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 17 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 122 Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 18 GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Pierre Kaffer Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 122 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 19 GTLM 912 Porsche North America Jörg Bergmeister Earl Bamber Porsche 911 RSR 121 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 20DNF PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Mike Guasch Tom Kimber-Smith Oreca FLM09 104 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 21DNF GTLM 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Porsche 911 RSR 103 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22DNF PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Renger van der Zande Mirco Schultis Oreca FLM09 101 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 23DNF PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports James French Conor Daly Oreca FLM09 86 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 Source:+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer Continental Michelin Falken Tire
Media Television The race was broadcast live by Fox Sports on Fox Sports 1 in the United States and on Fox Sports Racing in Canada, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. The event was televised internationally by Motors TV in Europe and Network Ten in Australia.
United SportsCar Championship on Fox SportsBooth AnnouncersPit reporters Announcer Bob Varsha Brian TillJamie Howe Color Calvin FishJustin Bell
Radio The race was broadcast by IMSA Radio with announcers John Hindhaugh and Jeremy Shaw calling the race on IMSA.tv and radiolemans.com, which was simulcast on Sirius channel 117 satellite radio and on 90.7 FM at the track.
IMSA RadioBooth AnnouncersPit reporters Announcer John Hindhaugh Shea AdamGreg Creamer Color Jeremy Shaw
Support race results CTSC Prototype Lites GT3 Cup USA MX-5 Cup GS Jade Buford Austin Cindric Race 1 Kenton Koch Elliott Skeer Chad McCumbee ST Spencer Pumpelly Luis Rodriguez Jr. Race 2 Clark Toppe Elliott Skeer Patrick Gallagher
References
External links Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix official website IMSA.com Canadian Tire Motorsport Park event page
IMSA Radio 2015 SportsCar Grand Prix Race Broadcast