2009 Speed World Challenge

The 2009 SCCA Speed World Challenge was the 20th Speed World Challenge season. began March 18, 2009, and was completed on October 11, after 10 rounds.^[1] The Grand Touring championship was won by Brandon Davis driving a Ford Mustang GT, and the Touring Car championship was won by Pierre Kleinubing driving an Acura TSX. It was the last season under the Speed Channel sponsorship.

2009 Speed World Challenge

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Schedule

Five of the rounds were held as an undercard to the American Le Mans Series: Sebring, Long Beach, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca. The Sebring, Mid-Ohio, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca races were also shared with the Atlantic Championship, as well as the Autobahn date. The race at New Jersey was held as an undercard to the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

Round	Date	Location	Classes
1	March 20	Sebring	GT	TC
2	April 19	Long Beach	GT
3	May 3	New Jersey	GT	TC
4	May 17	Mosport	GT	TC
5	July 5	Watkins Glen	GT	TC
6	July 26	Autobahn Country Club	GT	TC
7	August 9	Mid Ohio	GT	TC
8	August 16	Road America	GT	TC
9	September 25	Road Atlanta	GT	TC
10	October 11	Laguna Seca	GT	TC

Race results

Rnd	Circuit	GT Winning Car	TC Winning Car
		GT Winning Driver	TC Winning Driver
1	Sebring	#97 Tax Masters Porsche 911 GT3	#38 Bimmer World BMW 328i
		Tony Rivera	Seth Thomas
2	Long Beach	#14 Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911 GT3	no race
		James Sofronas
3	New Jersey	#8 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60	#74 Mazdaspeed Mazda 6
		Andy Pilgrim	Jason Saini
4	Mosport	#5 Daskalos Developments Dodge Viper	#44 RealTime Racing Acura TSX
		Jason Daskalos	Kuno Wittmer
		no race	#1 RealTime Racing Acura TSX
			Peter Cunningham
5	Watkins Glen	#4 Stoptech Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3	#38 Bimmer World BMW 328i
		Dino Crescentini	Seth Thomas
6	Autobahn	#1 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60	#74 Mazdaspeed Mazda 6
		Randy Pobst	Jason Saini
7	Mid-Ohio	#10 SunMicro Ford Mustang GT	#74 Mazdaspeed Mazda 6
		Brandon Davis	Jason Saini
8	Road America	#97 Tax Masters Porsche 911 GT3	#42 RealTime Racing Acura TSX
		Tony Rivera	Pierre Kleinubing
9	Road Atlanta	#8 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60	#38 Bimmer World BMW 328i
		Andy Pilgrim	Seth Thomas
10	Monterey	#14 Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911 GT3	#42 RealTime Racing Acura TSX
		James Sofronas	Pierre Kleinubing

Drivers

Grand Touring (top 15)

Pos Driver SEB LB NJ MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points 1 Brandon Davis 3 3 3 2 8 2 1 4 3 4 1012 2 James Sofronas 5 1 6 9 3 6 3 15 5 1 931 3 Tony Rivera 1 7 5 3 7 5 2 1 4 17 910 4 Andy Pilgrim 12 6 1 4 5 4 15 16 1 5 851 5 Eric Curran 2 2 DSQ 5 2 17 16 2 2 3 811 6 Randy Pobst DNS 8 2 8 4 1 4 6 19 2 796 7 Dino Crescentini 17 DNS 6 1 15 5 3 9 18 578 8 Sonny Whelen 11 22 8 7 10 11 10 9 18 9 572 9 Tony Gaples 4 9 7 12 19 8 10 8 10 568 10 William Ziegler 8 12 11 13 11 10 11 11 12 19 552 11 Gunter Schaldach DSQ DNS 4 10 9 18 9 17 14 6 457 12 Jeff Courtney DSQ 10 11 8 6 13 7 11 441 13 Jason Daskalos 19 5 1 6 5 402 14 Rob Morgan 13 15 7 13 7 291 15 Ritch Marziale 18 14 12 8 209 Pos Driver SEB LB NJ MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Led Most Laps

Touring Car (top 15)

Pos Driver SEB NJ MOS MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points 1 Pierre Kleinubing 2 5 2 5 6 3 3 1 10 1 973 2 Jason Saini 3 1 4 3 8 1 1 4 8 8 960 3 Peter Cunningham 9 2 5 1 5 2 2 6 6 2 921 4 Seth Thomas 1 14 10 4 1 11 4 8 1 7 878 5 Charles Espenlaub 12 11 7 2 2 4 8 2 9 6 847 6 Kuno Wittmer 13 4 1 6 7 8 7 10 4 18 803 7 Eric Foss 4 6 6 9 11 6 9 5 5 12 769 8 James Clay 6 7 9 11 9 5 12 7 2 3 767 9 Nick Esayian 5 9 11 8 4 7 6 11 3 4 758 10 Patrick Lindsey 5 3 7 10 328 11 Toby Grahovec 11 8 8 10 10 313 12 Andrew Aquilante 8 3 3 12 309 13 Branden Peterson 10 12 13 165 14 Nick Wittmer 3 7 164 15 Chip Herr 14 5 131 Pos Driver SEB NJ MOS MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Led Most Laps

Manufacturer

Grand Touring

Pos	Manufacturer	SEB	LB	NJ	MOS	WGI	ABC	MID	ELK	ATL	LAG	Points
1	Porsche	1	1	5	3	1	5	2	1	4	1	67
2	Ford	3	3	3	2	8	2	1	4	3	4	53
3	Volvo	12	6	1	4	4	1	4	6	1	2	48
4	Chevrolet	2	2	7	5	2	11	8	2	2	3	45
5	Dodge	7	5	4	1	6	8	6	5	7	8	18
Pos	Manufacturer	SEB	LB	NJ	MOS	WGI	ABC	MID	ELK	ATL	LAG	Points

Touring Car

Pos	Manufacturer	SEB	NJ	MOS	MOS	WGI	ABC	MID	ELK	ATL	LAG	Points
1	Acura	2	2	1	1	5	2	2	1	4	1	72
2	Mazda	3	1	4	2	2	1	1	2	5	5	65
3	BMW	1	7	9	4	1	5	4	7	1	3	42
Pos	Manufacturer	SEB	NJ	MOS	MOS	WGI	ABC	MID	ELK	ATL	LAG	Points