The 2007 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the eighth season of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve. The 15-race championship for Daytona Prototypes and GT cars began January 27, 2007 and concluded on September 15, 2007. Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty shared the Daytona Prototype title, while Dirk Werner won the GT title.
Schedule 2007 marked the first time the Sonoma race did not feature the GT class. Phoenix was dropped in favor of Iowa Speedway, and Long Beach was dropped for Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Rnd Race Circuit Class Distance/Duration Date 1 Rolex 24 At Daytona Daytona International Speedway Both 24 hours January 27January 28 2 Mexico City 400k Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Both March 3 3 Linder Industrial Komatsu Grand Prix of Miami Homestead-Miami Speedway Both 2 hours, 30 minutes March 24 4 VIR 400 Virginia International Raceway Both (split races) April 29 5 U.S. Sports Car Invitational Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Both (split races) 2 hours, 30 minutes May 20 6 Rolex GT Series Challenge Lime Rock Park GT 2 hours, 30 minutes May 28 7 Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen Watkins Glen International Both 6 hours June 9 8 EMCO Gears Classic Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Both (split races) June 24 9 Brumos Porsche 250 Daytona International Speedway Both July 5 10 Iowa 400k Iowa Speedway Both (split races) July 14 11 Porsche 250 presented by Bradley Arant Barber Motorsports Park Both (split races) 2 hours, 30 minutes July 22 12 Montreal 400k Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Both 2 hours, 30 minutes August 3 13 Crown Royal 200 at the Glen Watkins Glen International DP August 10 14 Armed Forces Grand-Am 250 Infineon Raceway DP 2 hours, 30 minutes August 25 15 Sunchaser 1000k Miller Motorsports Park Both September 15
Entries
Daytona Prototype (DP) TeamChassisEngineDriversRounds Southard MotorsportsRiley MkXIBMW3 Shane LewisAll Randy Ruhlman1–5, 7–10, 12–14 Graham Rahal1 Elliott Forbes-Robinson1 Mark Martin10 Guy Cosmo11 Eric Lux15 Michael Shank RacingRiley MkXILexus6 Ian JamesAll John Pew5, 7–15 Henri Zogaib1–3, 15 Paul Tracy1 A. J. Allmendinger1 Burt Frisselle460 Oswaldo Negri Jr.All Mark PattersonAll Hélio Castroneves1 Sam Hornish Jr.1 Justin Wilson15 SAMAX MotorsportRiley MkXIPontiac7 Tomáš Enge1 Chris Festa1 Christian Montanari1 Kris Szekeres1 Roger Yasukawa111 Patrick Carpentier1–3, 5, 7–12 Kris Szekeres8–13, 15 Ryan Dalziel1, 4–5, 15 Tomáš Enge7, 13–15 Milka Duno1–3 Darren Manning1 Jean-François Dumoulin4 Antoine Bessette7 Roger Yasukawa14 Tuttle Team RacingRiley MkXIPontiac7 Brian Tuttle13 Jonathan Cochet13 Synergy RacingDoran JE4Porsche8 Rick Knoop13–14 David Murry13–14 SunTrust RacingRiley MkXIPontiac10 Max AngelelliAll Jan Magnussen1–5, 10, 12, 15 Jonathan Cochet7–9 Memo Gidley11, 13–14 Wayne Taylor1, 7 Jeff Gordon1 RVO MotorsportsRiley MkXIPontiac12 Roger Schramm1, 3–5, 7–8, 15 Justin Bell1, 4–5, 7–8, 15 Bill Lester1, 3, 15 Jack Baldwin1 John Heinricy1 Howard MotorsportsCrawford DP03Porsche16 Chris Dyson1, 3–4, 7, 9 Rob Dyson1, 4, 7, 9, 13 Oliver Gavin1 Guy Smith1 Andy Wallace3 Butch Leitzinger7 Andy Lally1320 Butch Leitzinger1 Tony Stewart1 Andy Wallace1 VICI RacingFabcar FDSC/03Porsche18 Uwe Alzen1 Terry Borcheller1 Gastón Mazzacane1 Robert Renauer1 Finlay MotorsportsCrawford DP03Ford19 Rob Finlay1–3 Michael Valiante1–3 Bobby Labonte1 Michael McDowell1 Chip Ganassi with Felix SabatesRiley MkXILexus19 Michael Valiante4–5, 7–15 Rob Finlay4–5, 7–13 Alex Lloyd 14 Dane Cameron15 TELMEX Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates01 Scott PruettAll Salvador Durán1, 15 Juan Pablo Montoya1 Memo Rojas2–5, 7–15 Target Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates021 Scott Dixon1 Dan Wheldon1 Alex Job Racing Ruby Tuesday Championship RacingCrawford DP03Porsche23 Patrick LongAll Jörg Bergmeister1–5, 7–12, 15 Romain Dumas1 Emmanuel Collard13 Terry Borcheller14 Mike Rockenfeller15 Matt Connolly MotorsportsChase CCE-01Pontiac31 Matt Connolly13 Mike Halpin13 Ted Ballou15 Seth Ingram15 Keith Rossberg15 Cheever RacingCrawford DP03 (r1) Fabcar FDSC/03Porsche39 Christian FittipaldiAll Harrison Brix2–5, 7–11, 14–15 Antonio García7, 12–13 Emmanuel Collard1 Sascha Maassen1 Richard Antinucci15Fabcar FDSC/0351 Harrison Brix1 Eddie Cheever1 Thomas Erdos1 Mike Newton1 TruSpeed MotorsportsRiley MkXIPorsche47 Timo Bernhard1 Charles Morgan1 Rob Morgan1 B. J. Zacharias1 Playboy Racing / UnitechRiley MkXIPontiac53 Mike Borkowski4 Tommy Constantine4 Multimatic MotorsportsMultimatic MDP1Ford55 Gunnar Jeannette12 Scott Maxwell12 Red Bull/Brumos PorscheRiley MkXIPorsche58 David DonohueAll Darren LawAll Buddy Rice1, 15 Scott Sharp1 Brumos Porsche/Kendall59 Hurley HaywoodAll J. C. France1–5, 7–9, 11–15 João Barbosa1, 7 Roberto Moreno1 Guy Cosmo10 Terry Borcheller15 Exchange Traded Gold AIM AutosportRiley MkXILexus61 Mark WilkinsAll Brian Frisselle1–2, 4, 7–8, 10, 12, 14–15 Burt Frisselle1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 David Empringham1 Krohn RacingRiley MkXIPontiac75 Colin Braun1–5, 7–13, 15 Max Papis1–5, 7–10 Niclas Jönsson11–15 J. J. Lehto1 Ricardo Zonta1476 Tracy KrohnAll Niclas Jönsson1–5, 7–10 Max Papis11–15 Boris Said1 Feeds The Need/Doran RacingDoran JE4Ford77 Memo Gidley1–5, 7–8, 15 Jorge Goeters2–4 Guy Cosmo5, 7–8 Fabrizio Gollin1 Michel Jourdain Jr.1 Oriol Servià1 Brad Jaeger15 Robinson RacingRiley MkXIPontiac84 Paul Dallenbach1 Wally Dallenbach Jr.1 Katherine Legge1 George Robinson1 Lowe's Riley-Matthews MotorsportsRiley MkXIPontiac91 Jim Matthews1–5, 7–8, 10–15 Marc Goossens1–5, 7, 9–15 Ryan Hunter-Reay1, 7–8, 15 Jimmie Johnson1, 9 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings RacingRiley MkXIPontiac99 Jon FogartyAll Alex GurneyAll Jimmy Vasser1, 15 Vision RacingCrawford DP03Porsche00 Ed Carpenter1 A. J. Foyt IV1 Tony George1 Stéphan Grégoire1 Tomas Scheckter1 Sigalsport BMWRiley MkXIBMW05 Matthew AlhadeffAll Bill AuberlenAll Joey Hand7, 15 Gene Sigal1 Karl Wendlinger1 Spirit of Daytona RacingFabcar FDSC/03Porsche09 Marc-Antoine Camirand15 Guy Cosmo15 Doug Goad15
Confirmed entrants
No Team Drivers Engine Chassis Daytona Prototype 00 Vision RacingThese teams are confirmed to only run select races of the Grand-Am season. Ed Carpenter Tomas Scheckter Tony George A. J. Foyt IV Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6 Riley Technologies MkXI 01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Salvador Durán Juan Pablo Montoya Lexus 5.0L V8 Riley Technologies MkXI 02 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Dixon Dan Wheldon Memo Rojas Lexus 5.0L V8 Riley Technologies MkXI 3 Southard Motorsports Shane Lewis Randy Ruhlman Graham Rahal Lexus 5.0L V8 Riley Technologies MkXI 05 Sigalsport BMW Bill Auberlen Matthew Alhadeff Karl Wendlinger Gene Sigal BMW S62-B50 5.0L V8 Riley Technologies MkXI 6 Michael Shank Racing Henri Zogaib Ian James Paul Tracy A. J. Allmendinger Lexus 5.0L V8 Riley Technologies MkXI 7 SAMAX Tom Kimber-Smith Tomáš Enge Jeff Bucknum Pontiac 5.0L V8 Riley Technologies MkXI 10 SunTrust Racing Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli Jeff Gordon Jan Magnussen Pontiac 5.0L V8 Riley Technologies MkXI 11 Citgo SAMAX Darren Manning Milka Duno Ryan Dalziel Patrick Carpentier Pontiac 5.0L V8 Riley Technologies MkXI 16 Howard Motorsports Chris Dyson Rob Dyson Guy Smith Oliver Gavin Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6 Crawford DP03 18 VICI Racing Uwe Alzen Robert Renauer Terry Borcheller Gastón Mazzacane Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6 Fabcar FDSC03 19 Finlay Motorsports Rob Finlay Michael Valiante Bobby Labonte Michael McDowell Ford 5.0L V8 Crawford DP03 20 Howard Motorsports Andy Wallace Butch Leitzinger Tony Stewart Pontiac 5.0L V8 Crawford DP03 23 Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Romain Dumas Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6 Crawford DP03 39 Cheever Racing Christian Fittipaldi Eddie Cheever Emmanuel Collard Sascha Maassen Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6 Crawford DP03 47 TruSpeed Motorsports Charles Morgan Rob Morgan Timo Bernhard B. J. Zacharias Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6 Riley Technologies MkXI 51 Cheever Racing Mike Newton Tommy Erdos Harrison Brix Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6 Fabcar FDSC03 58 Brumos Racing David Donohue Darren Law Buddy Rice Scott Sharp Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6 Riley Technologies MkXI 59 Brumos Porsche Hurley Haywood J. C. France Roberto Moreno João Barbosa Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6 Riley Technologies MkXI 60 Michael Shank Racing Mark Patterson Oswaldo Negri Jr. Hélio Castroneves Sam Hornish Jr. Lexus 5.0L V8 Riley Technologies MkXI 75 Krohn Racing Colin Braun Max Papis JJ Lehto Pontiac 5.0L V8 Riley Technologies MkXI 76 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Nic Jönsson Boris Said Pontiac 5.0L V8 Riley Technologies MkXI 91 Riley-Matthews Motorsports Jim Matthews Marc Goossens Jimmie Johnson Ryan Hunter-Reay Pontiac 5.0L V8 Riley Technologies MkXI 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Alex Gurney Jon Fogarty Jimmy Vasser Bob Stallings Pontiac 5.0L V8 Riley Technologies MkXI Grand Touring 65 The Racer's Group Porsche 3.6L F6 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 66 The Racer's Group Andy Lally R. J. Valentine Porsche 3.6L F6 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 72 Tafel Racing Andrew Davis Robin Liddell Jim Tafel Porsche 3.6L F6 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Season Results
Rnd Circuit DP Winning Team GT Winning Team Results DP Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers 1 Daytona #01 Chip Ganassi Racing #22 Alegra Motorsports Results Scott Pruett Salvador Durán Juan Pablo Montoya Jean-François Dumoulin Carlos de Quesada Scooter Gabel Marc Basseng 2 Hermanos Rodriguez #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #70 SpeedSource Results Alex Gurney Jon Fogarty Sylvain Tremblay Nick Ham 3 Homestead #05 Sigalsport BMW #70 SpeedSource Results Bill Auberlen Matthew Alhadeff Sylvain Tremblay Nick Ham 4 Virginia #10 SunTrust Racing #87 Farnbacher-Loles Racing Results Max Angelelli Jan Magnussen Dirk Werner Bryce Miller 5 Laguna Seca #23 Alex Job Racing #66 The Racer's Group Results Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Andy Lally R. J. Valentine 6 Lime Rock Did not compete #06 Banner Racing Results Leighton Reese Tim Lewis Jr. 7 Watkins Glen #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #66 The Racer's Group Results Alex Gurney Jon Fogarty Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly R. J. Valentine 8 Mid-Ohio #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #66 The Racer's Group Results Alex Gurney Jon Fogarty Andy Lally R. J. Valentine 9 Daytona #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #70 SpeedSource Results Alex Gurney Jon Fogarty Sylvain Tremblay Nick Ham 10 Iowa #01 Chip Ganassi Racing #66 The Racer's Group Results Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Andy Lally R. J. Valentine 11 Barber #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #07 Banner Racing Results Alex Gurney Jon Fogarty Paul Edwards Kelly Collins 12 Gilles Villeneuve #10 SunTrust Racing #66 The Racer's Group Results Max Angelelli Jan Magnussen Andy Lally R. J. Valentine 13 Watkins Glen #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Did not compete Results Alex Gurney Jon Fogarty 14 Infineon #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Did not compete Results Alex Gurney Jon Fogarty 15 Miller #91 Riley-Matthews Motorsports #07 Banner Racing Results Marc Goossens Ryan Hunter-Reay Jim Matthews Paul Edwards Kelly Collins Andy Pilgrim
Standings
DP Pos Driver R24 MEX HOM VIR LGA S6H MOH DAY IOW BAR MON WGL SON SLK Pts 1 Alex Gurney 22 1 11 5 6 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 8 408 Jon Fogarty 22 1 11 5 6 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 8 2 Scott Pruett 1 4 3 8 2 2 2 6 1 5 5 3 3 9406 3 Max Angelelli 3 3 2 1 15 3 4 2 7 3 1 2 4 18395 4 Memo Rojas 21 4 3 8 2 2 2 6 1 5 5 3 3 9381 5 Colin Braun 11 2 8 2 8 12 3 3 4 2 12 11EX 3338 6 Darren Law 20 6 6 3 4 9 5 5 6 4 8 5 2 20 338 David Donohue 20 6 6 3 4 9 5 5 6 4 8 5 2 20 7 Patrick Long 12 5 9 9 1 8 6 14 10 8 17 9 7 5319 8 Mark Patterson 9 9 15 11 3 11 9 7 5 6 6 8 8 10 319 Oswaldo Negri Jr. 9 9 15 11 3 11 9 7 5 6 6 8 8 10 9 Max Papis 11 2 8 2 8 12 3 3 4 9 14 19 DNS 12307 10 Ian James 16 10 12 6 7 4 10 4 9 7 11 16 10 7 307 Pos Driver R24 MEX HOM VIR LGA S6H MOH DAY IOW BAR MON WGL SON SLK Pts
† Colin Braun was suspended for the race in Sonoma by the GARRA for an incident during the race at Watkins Glen while on probation.SPEEDtv.com: Colin Braun gets 1-Race Suspension
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