The 2011 Pirelli World Challenge season was the 22nd season of the Sports Car Club of America's World Challenge series. It was the first season under the Pirelli sponsorship. Championships were awarded in three classes: GT, GTS, and Touring. The season began at St. Petersburg, Florida, on March 26 ended after 12 rounds at Road Atlanta on September 30. All rounds were covered on television by Versus.
Schedule Part of the schedule was released December 1, 2010. The final two rounds were announced February 2, 2011. Watkins Glen, Exhibition Place, and Virginia International Raceway were not retained. Infineon Raceway returned to the schedule after a five-year absence. Laguna Seca and Road Atlanta returned after a one-year absence.
Round Date Circuit Location Supporting 1 March 26 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida IndyCar Series 2 March 27 3 April 18 Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California IndyCar Series / American Le Mans Series 4 April 30 Miller Motorsports Park Tooele, Utah Stand-alone event with NASCAR West Series 5 May 21 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario Stand-alone event 6 May 22 7 August 6 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio IndyCar Series / American Le Mans Series 8 August 7 9 August 27 Infineon Raceway (Indy course) Sonoma, California IndyCar Series 10 August 28 11 September 18 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California American Le Mans Series 12 September 30 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia American Le Mans Series
News On January 3, 2011, Cadillac announced their return to the series after a four-year absence.
Pirelli became the sole tire supplier for the 2011 season. The series used slick racing tires, rather than the street-legal treaded tires used in previous seasons.
Brimtek Motorsports announced that they would be fielding a Volkswagen GTI in the touring car class for 2011.
It was announced that Mike Skeen would be driving a Chevrolet Corvette for CRP Motorsports in the GT class.
Results Rnd Circuit GT Winning Car GTS Winning Car TC Winning Car GT Winning Driver GTS Winning Driver TC Winning Driver 1 St. Petersburg #45 TruSpeed Porsche 911 GT3 #19 Steeda Ford Mustang Boss 302S #71 Compass360 Racing Honda Civic Si Patrick Long Jason von Kluge Lawson Aschenbach 2 #45 TruSpeed Porsche 911 GT3 #73 Traxxas Ford Mustang FR500S #33 Brimtek Motorsports Volkswagen GTI Patrick Long Eric Foss Tristan Herbert 3 Long Beach #10 ACS Express Ford Mustang Cobra #50 Tiger Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302S #67 Shea Racing Honda Civic Si Brandon Davis Paul Brown Shea Holbrook 4 Miller #7 Daskalos Motorsports Dodge Viper #05 Momentum Chevrolet Camaro #88 K-Pax Racing Volvo C30 Jason Daskalos Jordan Musser Aaron Povoledo 5 Mosport #2 CRP Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 #25 Interbank FX/Racewithrp.com Ford Mustang FR500S #71 Compass360 Racing Honda Civic Si Mike Skeen Ben Crosland Lawson Aschenbach 6 #2 CRP Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 #50 Tiger Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302S #71 Compass360 Racing Honda Civic Si Mike Skeen Paul Brown Lawson Aschenbach 7 Mid-Ohio #9 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 #50 Tiger Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302S #66 K-Pax Racing Volvo C30 Alex Figge Paul Brown Robb Holland 8 #3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac CTS-V #50 Tiger Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302S #88 K-Pax Racing Volvo C30 Johnny O'Connell Paul Brown Aaron Povoledo 9 Infineon #45 TruSpeed Porsche 911 GT3 #1 RealTime Racing Acura TSX #71 Compass360 Racing Honda Civic Si Patrick Long Peter Cunningham Lawson Aschenbach 10 #45 TruSpeed Porsche 911 GT3 #25 Interbank FX/Racewithrp.com Ford Mustang FR500S #88 K-Pax Racing Volvo C30 Patrick Long Ben Crosland Aaron Povoledo 11 Laguna Seca #2 CRP Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 #50 Tiger Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302S #71 Compass360 Racing Honda Civic Si Mike Skeen Paul Brown Lawson Aschenbach 12 Road Atlanta #3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac CTS-V #73 Traxxas Ford Mustang FR500S #88 K-Pax Racing Volvo C30 Johnny O'Connell Eric Foss Aaron Povoledo
References
External links World Challenge Official Website