The 2018 SprintX GT Championship Series is the final season of the SprintX GT Championship Series. Michael Cooper and Jordan Taylor are the defending champions in the highest class, the Pro class in GT. It is the second season sanctioned by the United States Auto Club. The season began on 23 March at Circuit of the Americas and will end on 12 August at Utah Motorsports Campus. GTS cars are separated from GT and GT Cup, as the GT4-based category has its own races this season.
Calendar On 17 November 2017, WC Vision announced the 2018 calendar. All rounds are headliner events held in the United States. Circuit of the Americas was the season opener instead of Virginia. Mosport was dropped from the schedule in favor of Portland. Round Event Circuit Date 1 Grand Prix of Texas Circuit of the Americas, Elroy, Texas 23–25 March 2 Grand Prix of Virginia presented by Audi Sport Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia 27–29 April 3 Grand Prix of Lime Rock powered by M Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Connecticut 25–26, 28 May 4 58th Rose Cup Races Portland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon 13–15 July 5 Grand Prix of Utah Utah Motorsports Campus, Tooele, Utah 10–12 August
Entry list
GT/GT Cup Icon Class PP Pro-Pro PA Pro-Am Am Am Cup GT Cup Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Squadra Corse Garage Italia Ferrari 488 GT3 07 Caesar Bacarella Am All Martin Fuentes CRP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 2 Daniel Morad PP 1–4 Fabian Schiller 1–2 Raffaele Marciello 3 Matthew Brabham 4–5 Michael Cooper 5 K-PAX Racing Bentley Continental GT3 3 Rodrigo Baptista PP All Maxime Soulet 9 Álvaro Parente PP All Andy Soucek Precision Driving Ferrari 458 Challenge Evo 11 Marko Radisic Cup 1–2 David Roberts TruSpeed AutoSport Audi R8 LMS 19 Parker Chase PA All Ryan Dalziel 71 Dore Chaponick Jr. PA 2 Brett Sandberg Alegra Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 24 Michael Christensen PP All Spencer Pumpelly Callaway Competition USA Corvette C7 GT3-R 26 Eric Curran PP 1 Daniel Keilwitz Dream Racing Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo 27 Ryan Hardwick Cup 1–4 Davide Amaduzzi 1 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 55 Alessandro Bressan PA All Yuki Harata TR3 Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 31 Wei Lu PA All Jeff Segal GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 41 Alec Udell PP 1–2 Mathieu Jaminet 1 Corey Lewis 2 DXDT Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 45 Lawrence DeGeorge Am 1 Lawrence DeGeorge PA 2 Cédric Sbirrazzuoli Mercedes-AMG GT3 63 David Askew Am 1–2, 4–5 Precision Performance Motorsports Lamborghini Huracán GT3 47 Patrick Byrne PA 4 Guy Cosmo Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 54 Jeroen Bleekemolen PA 1–4 Tim Pappas Topp Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 56 David Baker Cup 1 R. Ferri Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 61 Miguel Molina PP All Toni Vilander P1 Motorsports Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo 71 JC Perez Cup 1 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 80 Scott Heckert PP 1–3, 5 Mike Skeen Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GT3 82 Anthony Lazzaro PA 5 Pierre Mulacek Vital Speed Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 87 Rich Baek Am 4 Trevor Baek Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 96 Scott Hargrove PP All Wolf Henzler Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 97 Takuya Shirasaka Am 5 Naoto Takeda AM Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 99 Alan Metni Cup 1 Sources:
GTS Team Car Drivers Class Rounds GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 04 Colin Braun Pro-Am All George Kurtz 2 Jason Bell Am 3–5 McLaren 570S GT4 8 Andy Lee Pro-Am 1–2 Elias Sabo Audi R8 LMS GT4 Andy Lee 5 Elias Sabo Audi R8 LMS GT4 14 James Sofronas Pro-Am All Alex Welch Rearden Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 06 Vesko Kozarov Am 1 Ace Robey 19 Jeff Burton Am All Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 70 Edward Nakato Am 4 Scott Peterson Blackdog Racing Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R 1 Lawson Aschenbach Pro-Am All Andy Pilgrim 11 Michael Cooper Pro-Am All Tony Gaples M1 GT Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 2 Jason Bell Am 1–2 Epic Motorsports BMW M4 GT4 3 Randy Mueller Am All Michael Camus 1–4 William Vanjonack 5 PF Racing Ford Mustang GT4 10 Vinnie Allegretta Pro-Am All JR Pesek 40 James Pesek Pro-Am All Shelby Blackstock 1–4 Patrick Gallagher 5 55 Jade Buford Pro-Am All Scott Maxwell 1–2, 4–5 Patrick Gallagher 3 Ian Lacy Racing Ginetta G55 GT4 12 Drew Staveley Am All 24 Frank Gannett Am All 43 Steve Burns Am 1–2, 4–5 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 13 Orey Fidani Pro-Am All Kyle Marcelli Classic BMW BMW M4 GT4 17 Stevan McAleer Pro-Am All Justin Raphael 27 Jason Hart Pro-Am 1–2 Mike Vess 92 Toby Grahovec Am All Chris Ohmacht 113 Daren Jorgenson Am 4–5 Brett Strom Motorsport USA Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 18 Mike McAleenan Am 4 Cavan O'Keefe Mühlner Motorsports America Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 21 Moritz Kranz Pro-Am 2, 4 Gabriele Piana Moritz Kranz Am 3 Efrin Castro 24 Keith Jensen Am 4 Precision Driving BMW M4 GT4 22 Marko Radisic Am 1–2 David Roberts Case-it Racing by Flying Lizard Flying Lizard Motorsports Audi R8 LMS GT4 23 Ryan Eversley Pro-Am All Adam Merzon 45 Mike Hedlund Am 1–4 Michael Dinan Pro-Am 5 Robby Foley NOLAsport Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 32 Keith Jensen Am 2–3 47 Jason Hart Pro-Am 3 Matt Travis Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 33 Bryce Ward Pro-Am 3 Russell Ward Murillo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 34 Matt Fassnacht Pro-Am All Christian Szymczak ST Racing BMW M4 GT4 36 Aurora Straus Am All Al Carter 1 Jon Miller 2–5 38 Samantha Tan Pro-Am All Nick Wittmer Team Panoz Racing Panoz Avezzano GT4 50 Ian James Pro-Am All Matt Keegan 51 Preston Calvert Am All KohR Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 52 Dean Martin Pro-Am 1 Nate Stacy Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4 54 Mark Pavan Am All 69 Harry Gottsacker Pro-Am All KPR McLaren 570S GT4 62 Mark Klenin Pro-Am 1, 4–5 Max Riddle 1 Mark Klenin Am 2 Kris Wilson Audi R8 LMS GT4 Mark Klenin Pro-Am 3 Max Riddle TRG Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 66 Derek DeBoer Am 1–2, 4 Sean Gibbons MarcoPolo Motorsports KTM X-Bow GT4 71 Nicolai Elghanayan Am 1, 3–5 Robinson Racing Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R 72 Canaan O'Connell Pro-Am 5 Johnny O'Connell Mercedes-AMG GT4 74 Shane Lewis Pro-Am 1–3 Gar Robinson Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R Shane Lewis 4–5 Gar Robinson Volt Racing Ford Mustang GT4 77 Alan Brynjolfsson Pro-Am 2 Trent Hindman Compass Racing McLaren 570S GT4 78 Paul Holton Pro-Am All Ray Mason 1–3 Al Carter 4 Andrew Novich 5 Stephen Cameron Racing BMW M4 GT4 88 Greg Liefooghe Am 1–2, 4–5 Henry Schmitt JCR Motorsports Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 89 Fred Roberts Am 2 99 Jeff Courtney Am 1–2 RHC Lawrence-Strom BMW M4 GT4 113 Daren Jorgensen Pro-Am 1 Cameron Lawrence Sources:
Race results Round Circuit GT Pro-Pro Winners GT Pro-Am Winners GT Am Winners GT Cup Winners GTS Pro-Am Winners GTS Am Winners 1 Austin No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport No. 55 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 71 P1 Motorsports No. 55 PF Racing No. 12 Ian Lacy Racing Miguel Molina Toni Vilander Alessandro Bressan Yuki Harata Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes JC Perez Jade Buford Scott Maxwell Drew Staveley No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport No. 31 TR3 Racing No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 71 P1 Motorsports No. 14 GMG Racing No. 36 ST Racing Miguel Molina Toni Vilander Wei Lu Jeff Segal Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes JC Perez James Sofronas Alex Welch Al Carter Aurora Straus 2 R1 Virginia No. 3 K-PAX Racing No. 19 TruSpeed AutoSport No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 77 Volt Racing No. 92 Classic BMW Rodrigo Baptista Maxime Soulet Parker Chase Ryan Dalziel Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes Ryan Hardwick Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman Toby Grahovec Chris Ohmacht R2 No. 80 Lone Star Racing No. 55 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 14 GMG Racing No. 36 ST Racing Scott Heckert Mike Skeen Alessandro Bressan Yuki Harata Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes Ryan Hardwick James Sofronas Alex Welch Jon Miller Aurora Straus 3 R1 Lime Rock No. 24 Alegra Motorsports No. 19 TruSpeed AutoSport No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 55 PF Racing No. 71 MarcoPolo Motorsports Michael Christensen Spencer Pumpelly Parker Chase Ryan Dalziel Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes Ryan Hardwick Jade Buford Patrick Gallagher Nicolai Elghanayan R2 No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport No. 19 TruSpeed AutoSport No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 50 Team Panoz Racing No. 12 Ian Lacy Racing Miguel Molina Toni Vilander Parker Chase Ryan Dalziel Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes Ryan Hardwick Ian James Matt Keegan Drew Staveley 4 R1 Portland No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport No. 19 TruSpeed AutoSport No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 50 Team Panoz Racing No. 3 Epic Motorsports Miguel Molina Toni Vilander Parker Chase Ryan Dalziel Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes Ryan Hardwick Ian James Matt Keegan James Clay Randy Mueller R2 No. 3 K-PAX Racing No. 19 TruSpeed AutoSport No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 27 Dream Racing Motorsport No. 69 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 51 Team Panoz Racing Rodrigo Baptista Maxime Soulet Parker Chase Ryan Dalziel Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes Ryan Hardwick Harry Gottsacker Preston Calvert 5 R1 Utah No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport No. 31 TR3 Racing No. 63 DXDT Racing No entries No. 50 Team Panoz Racing No. 51 Team Panoz Racing Miguel Molina Toni Vilander Wei Lu Jeff Segal David Askew Ian James Matt Keegan Preston Calvert R2 No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport No. 31 TR3 Racing No. 07 Squadra Corse Garage Italia No. 69 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 92 Classic BMW Miguel Molina Toni Vilander Wei Lu Jeff Segal Caesar Bacarella Martín Fuentes Harry Gottsacker Toby Grahovec Chris Ohmacht
Championship standings
Drivers' championships Championship points were awarded for the first twenty positions in each race. The overall pole-sitter also received one point. Entries were required to complete 50% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Pole Points 25 23 21 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
GT/GT Cup Overall
Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest Lap