The 2015 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The Race was held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 9, 2015. The race was the ninth round of the 2015 United SportsCar Championship.

Background

Preview

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2015 IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship (IMSA TUSC) in August 2014. It was the second consecutive year the event was held as part of the United SportsCar Championship. The 2015 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase was the ninth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2015 by IMSA, and was the sixth round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup. The race was held at the fourteen-turn Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 9, 2015.

Entry list Thirty-three cars were officially entered for the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase, with most of the entries in the Prototype, Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM), and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) categories. Action Express Racing (AER) fielded two Chevrolet Corvette DP cars while VisitFlorida Racing (VFR) and Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR) fielded one. Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) entered one Ford-powered Riley MkXXVI. Mazda Motorsports had one Lola B12/80 and Michael Shank Racing (MSR) entered one Ligier JS P2 chassis with Honda HR28TT twin-turbocharged 2.8-liter V6 engine. They were joined by DeltaWing with no major changes in that field. The Prototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of seven Oreca FLM09 cars. BAR1 Motorsports, CORE Autosport, JDC-Miller MotorSports, Performance Tech PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, RSR Racing, and Starworks Motorsport entered one car each. GTLM was represented by eight entries from four different brands. In the list of GTD entrants, ten GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers.

Qualifying

Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by . P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona). ClassTeamDriverTime1P01 Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand1:56.452_12P5 Action Express Racing Christian Fittipaldi1:57.020 +0.56823P90 VisitFlorida.com Racing Michael Valiante1:57.173 +0.72134P10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor1:57.437 +0.98545P60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew1:57.502 +1.05056P0 DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone Memo Rojas1:57.736 +1.28467P31 Action Express Racing Eric Curran1:57.930 +1.47878PC38 Performance Tech Motorsports James French1:59.658+3.20689PC11 RSR Racing Chris Cumming1:59.710 +3.258910PC85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Chris Miller2:00.749 +4.2971011PC52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Mike Guasch2:01.304 +4.8521112PC54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett2:01.727 +5.2751213P07 SpeedSource Tom Long2:01.929 +5.4771314PC8 Starworks Motorsport Mirco Schultis2:02.078 +5.6261415PC16 BAR1 Motorsports Matt McMurry2:02.155 +5.7031516GTLM912 Porsche North America Earl Bamber2:02.384+5.9321617GTLM3 Corvette Racing Antonio García2:02.608 +6.1561718GTLM62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella2:02.721 +6.2691819GTLM24 BMW Team RLL John Edwards2:03.262 +6.8101920GTLM4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner2:03.689 +7.2372021GTLM25 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen2:03.772 +7.3202122GTLM17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler2:03.890 +7.4382223GTD73 Park Place Motorsports Patrick Lindsey2:09.370+12.9182324GTD33 Riley Motorsports Ben Keating2:09.488 +13.0362425GTD007 TRG-AMR North America Christina Nielsen2:09.947 +13.4952526GTD48 Paul Miller Racing Dion von Moltke2:10.125 +13.6732627GTD63 Scuderia Corsa Bill Sweedler2:11.116 +14.6642728GTD23 Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing Ian James2:11.695 +15.2432829GTD22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil2:11.836 +15.3842930GTD44 Magnus Racing John Potter2:12.016 +15.5643031GTLM911 Porsche North America Patrick Pilet2:12.307 +15.8553132GTD97 Turner Motorsport Michael Marsal2:12.941 +16.5893233GTD76 Compass360 Racing Ray Mason2:14.891 +18.43933Sources:

Race

Race results Class winners are denoted in bold and . P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona). +Final race classificationClassTeamDriversChassisTireTime/RetiredEngine1P31 Action Express Racing Eric Curran Dane CameronCorvette Daytona Prototype762:40:58.639Chevrolet 5.5 L V82P5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian FittipaldiCorvette Daytona Prototype76 +14.359Chevrolet 5.5 L V83P01 Chip Ganassi Racing Joey Hand Scott PruettFord EcoBoost Riley DP76 +25.140Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L V6 Turbo4P60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew Oswaldo Negri Jr.Ligier JS P276 +28.456Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo5P90 VisitFlorida.com Racing Richard Westbrook Michael ValianteCorvette Daytona Prototype76 +52.449Chevrolet 5.5 L V86P0 DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone Memo Rojas Katherine LeggeDeltaWing DWC1375 +1 lapÉlan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo7PC11 RSR Racing Chris Cumming Bruno JunqueiraOreca FLM0975 +1 lapChevrolet 6.2 L V88PC38 Performance Tech Motorsports Conor Daly James FrenchOreca FLM0975 +1 lapChevrolet 6.2 L V89PC54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin BraunOreca FLM0975 +1 lapChevrolet 6.2 L V810PC52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Mike Guasch Tom Kimber-SmithOreca FLM0975 +1 lapChevrolet 6.2 L V811P07 SpeedSource Tom Long Joel MillerMazda Prototype74 +2 LapsMazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel)12PC16 BAR1 Motorsports Daniel Burkett Matt McMurryOreca FLM0974 +2 LapsChevrolet 6.2 L V813GTLM911 Porsche North America Patrick Pilet Nick TandyPorsche 911 RSR74 +2 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-614GTLM912 Porsche North America Earl Bamber Jörg BergmeisterPorsche 911 RSR74 +2 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-615GTLM62 Risi Competizione Pierre Kaffer Giancarlo FisichellaFerrari 458 Italia GT274 +2 LapsFerrari 4.5 L V816P10 Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor Ricky TaylorCorvette Daytona Prototype74 +2 LapsChevrolet 5.5 L V817GTLM3 Corvette Racing Antonio García Jan MagnussenChevrolet Corvette C7.R73 +3 LapsChevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V818GTLM25 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Dirk WernerBMW Z4 GTE73 +3 LapsBMW 4.4 L V819GTLM24 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Lucas LuhrBMW Z4 GTE73 +3 LapsBMW 4.4 L V820GTLM4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy MilnerChevrolet Corvette C7.R73 +3 LapsChevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V821GTLM17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf HenzlerPorsche 911 RSR73 +3 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-622GTD33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben KeatingDodge Viper GT3-R70 +6 LapsDodge 8.3 L V1023GTD007 TRG-AMR North America Christina Nielsen Kuno WittmerAston Martin V12 Vantage GT370 +6 LapsAston Martin 6.0 L V1224GTD73 Park Place Motorsports Patrick Lindsey Spencer PumpellyPorsche 911 GT America70 +6 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-625GTD63 Scuderia Corsa Bill Sweedler Townsend BellFerrari 458 Italia GT370 +6 LapsFerrari 4.5 L V826GTD44 Magnus Racing John Potter Andy LallyPorsche 911 GT America70 +6 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-627GTD48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase Dion von MoltkeAudi R8 LMS ultra70 +6 LapsAudi 5.2 L V1028GTD22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen Cooper MacNeilPorsche 911 GT America70 +6 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-629GTD23 Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher Ian JamesPorsche 911 GT America69 +7 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-630GTD76 Compass360 Racing Pierre Kleinubing Ray MasonAudi R8 LMS ultra69 +7 LapsAudi 5.2 L V1031 DNFPC8 Starworks Motorsport Mirco Schultis Renger van der ZandeOreca FLM0960 EngineChevrolet 6.2 L V832 DNFPC85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Misha Goikhberg Chris MillerOreca FLM0943 Did Not FinishChevrolet 6.2 L V833 DNFGTD97 Turner Motorsport Michael Marsal Markus PalttalaBMW Z4 GT39 AccidentBMW 4.4 L V8Sources:+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer Continental Michelin Falken Tire

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