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 MOH1 MOH2 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 MOH1 MOH2 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 MOH1 MOH2 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 1 In 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 MOH1 MOH2 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 MOH1 MOH2 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 MOH1 MOH2 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