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2010 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
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 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytona International Speedway | January 29 | |||||||||||
| Homestead-Miami Speedway | March 6–7 | |||||||||||
| Barber Motorsports Park | April 9–10 | |||||||||||
| Virginia International Raceway | April 24–25 | |||||||||||
| Lime Rock Park | May 28–29 | |||||||||||
| Watkins Glen International | June 5–6 | |||||||||||
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | June 19–20 | |||||||||||
| New Jersey Motorsports Park | July 17–18 | |||||||||||
| Circuit Trois-Rivières | August 13 | |||||||||||
| Miller Motorsports Park | September 11–12 |
Calendar
| Rnd | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winner | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytona International Speedway | #46 Fall-Line Motorsports | #19 Rum Bum Racing | #19 Rum Bum Racing | |||||||||||
| USA Mark Boden | ||||||||||||||
| USA Andy Pilgrim | USA Gian Bacardi | |||||||||||||
| USA Matt Plumb | USA Gian Bacardi | |||||||||||||
| USA Matt Plumb | ||||||||||||||
| #25 Freedom Autosport | #197 RSR Motorsports | #74 Compass360 Racing | ||||||||||||
| USA Tom Long | ||||||||||||||
| USA Derek Whitis | USA Sarah Cattaneo | |||||||||||||
| USA V. J. Mirzayan | USA Lawson Aschenbach | |||||||||||||
| USA David Thilenius | ||||||||||||||
| Homestead-Miami Speedway | #61 Roush Performance | #15 Multimatic Motorsports | #61 Roush Performance | |||||||||||
| USA Billy Johnson | ||||||||||||||
| USA Jack Roush Jr. | USA Joe Foster | |||||||||||||
| CAN Scott Maxwell | USA Billy Johnson | |||||||||||||
| USA Jack Roush Jr. | ||||||||||||||
| #197 RSR Motorsports | #81 BimmerWorld/GearWrench | #25 Freedom Autosport | ||||||||||||
| USA Sarah Cattaneo | ||||||||||||||
| USA V. J. Mirzayan | USA Bill Heumann | |||||||||||||
| USA Seth Thomas | USA Tom Long | |||||||||||||
| USA Derek Whitis | ||||||||||||||
| Barber Motorsports Park | #15 Multimatic Motorsports | #16 Multimatic Motorsports | #52 Rehagen Racing | |||||||||||
| USA Joe Foster | ||||||||||||||
| CAN Scott Maxwell | USA Gunnar Jeannette | |||||||||||||
| USA Frankie Montecalvo | USA Dean Martin | |||||||||||||
| USA Bob Michaelian | ||||||||||||||
| #80 BimmerWorld/GearWrench | #198 RSR Motorsports | #25 Freedom Autosport | ||||||||||||
| USA David White | ||||||||||||||
| USA James Clay | GBR Craig Conway | |||||||||||||
| USA B. J. Zacharias | USA Tom Long | |||||||||||||
| USA Derek Whitis | ||||||||||||||
| Virginia International Raceway | #61 Roush Performance | #13 Rum Bum Racing | #97 Turner Motorsport | |||||||||||
| USA Billy Johnson | ||||||||||||||
| USA Jack Roush Jr. | USA Matt Plumb | |||||||||||||
| USA Gian Bacardi | USA Joey Hand | |||||||||||||
| USA Michael Marsal | ||||||||||||||
| #196 RSR Motorsports | #74 Compass360 Racing | #75 Compass360 Racing | ||||||||||||
| USA B. J. Zacharias | ||||||||||||||
| USA Owen Trinkler | USA Lawson Aschenbach | |||||||||||||
| USA David Thilenius | USA Ryan Eversley | |||||||||||||
| USA Zach Lutz | ||||||||||||||
| Lime Rock Park | #61 Roush Performance | #96 Turner Motorsport | #97 Turner Motorsport | |||||||||||
| USA Billy Johnson | ||||||||||||||
| USA Jack Roush Jr. | USA Bill Auberlen | |||||||||||||
| USA Paul Dalla Lana | USA Joey Hand | |||||||||||||
| USA Michael Marsal | ||||||||||||||
| #95 Turner Motorsport | #98 89 Racing Team | #81 BimmerWorld/GearWrench | ||||||||||||
| USA Don Salama | ||||||||||||||
| USA Will Turner | CAN Cyril Hamelin | |||||||||||||
| CAN Jocelyn Hebert | USA Bill Heumann | |||||||||||||
| USA Seth Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen International | #46 Fall-Line Motorsports | #41 The Racer's Group | #48 Fall-Line Motorsports | |||||||||||
| USA Mark Boden | ||||||||||||||
| USA Bryan Sellers | USA Steve Bertheau | |||||||||||||
| USA Spencer Pumpelly | USA Charles Espenlaub | |||||||||||||
| USA Charles Putman | ||||||||||||||
| #03 Team MER | #21 GS Motorsports | #74 Compass360 Racing | ||||||||||||
| USA Justin Piscitell | ||||||||||||||
| USA Jason Saini | CAN Andrew Danyliw | |||||||||||||
| CAN Jamie Holtom | USA Lawson Aschenbach | |||||||||||||
| USA David Thilenius | ||||||||||||||
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | #6 Stevenson Motorsports | #07 Euro Motorworks Racing | #41 The Racer's Group | |||||||||||
| USA Matt Bell | ||||||||||||||
| USA Jeff Bucknum | USA Terry Heath | |||||||||||||
| USA Bryan Sellers | USA Steve Bertheau | |||||||||||||
| USA Spencer Pumpelly | ||||||||||||||
| #80 BimmerWorld/GearWrench | #75 Compass360 Racing | #81 BimmerWorld/GearWrench | ||||||||||||
| USA David White | ||||||||||||||
| USA James Clay | USA Ryan Eversley | |||||||||||||
| USA Zach Lutz | USA Bill Heumann | |||||||||||||
| USA Seth Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| New Jersey Motorsports Park | #61 Roush Performance | #97 Turner Motorsport | #61 Roush Performance | |||||||||||
| USA Billy Johnson | ||||||||||||||
| USA Jack Roush Jr. | USA Joey Hand | |||||||||||||
| USA Michael Marsal | USA Billy Johnson | |||||||||||||
| USA Jack Roush Jr. | ||||||||||||||
| #18 RRT Racing | #64 Next Generation Motorsports | #198 RSR Motorsports | ||||||||||||
| USA Paul Gerrard | ||||||||||||||
| DEN Martin Jensen | USA Shawn Dewey | |||||||||||||
| USA Ted Giovanis | USA Randy Smalley | |||||||||||||
| USA Owen Trinkler | ||||||||||||||
| Circuit Trois-Rivières | #15 Multimatic Motorsports | #13 Rum Bum Racing | #13 Rum Bum Racing | |||||||||||
| USA Joe Foster | ||||||||||||||
| CAN Scott Maxwell | USA Matt Plumb | |||||||||||||
| USA Nick Longhi | USA Matt Plumb | |||||||||||||
| USA Nick Longhi | ||||||||||||||
| #98 89 Racing Team | #198 RSR Motorsports | #198 RSR Motorsports | ||||||||||||
| CAN Cyril Hamelin | ||||||||||||||
| CAN Jocelyn Hebert | USA Randy Smalley | |||||||||||||
| USA Owen Trinkler | USA Randy Smalley | |||||||||||||
| USA Owen Trinkler | ||||||||||||||
| Miller Motorsports Park | #6 Stevenson Motorsports | #46 Fall-Line Motorsports | #13 Rum Bum Racing | |||||||||||
| USA Matt Bell | ||||||||||||||
| USA Jeff Bucknum | USA Mark Boden | |||||||||||||
| USA Bryan Sellers | USA Matt Plumb | |||||||||||||
| USA Nick Longhi | ||||||||||||||
| #91 APR Motorsport | #91 APR Motorsport | #91 APR Motorsport | ||||||||||||
| USA Ian Baas | ||||||||||||||
| CAN Aaron Povoledo | USA Ian Baas | |||||||||||||
| CAN Aaron Povoledo | USA Ian Baas | |||||||||||||
| CAN Aaron Povoledo |
References
References
- (2009-12-01). "Continental Tire To Sponsor GRAND-AM Sports Car Challenge". [[Grand American Road Racing Association]].
- (2009-10-15). "Grand-Am Announces 2010 KONI Challenge Schedule". [[Grand American Road Racing Association]].
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