The2015 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic was asports car race sanctioned by theInternational Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held atThe Raceway on Belle Isle inDetroit, Michigan on May 30, 2015. The race was the fifth round of the2015 United SportsCar Championship.
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International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the2015 IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship (IMSA TUSC) in August 2014.[1][2] It was the second consecutive year the event was held as part of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship, and the sixth annual running of the race, counting the period between 2007 and 2013 when it was a round of theRolex Sports Car Series and theAmerican Le Mans Series respectively.[2] The 2015 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic was the fourth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2015 by IMSA, the shortest in terms of time, and was the third round not held on the held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.[2] The event was held at the fourteen-turn 2.350 mi (3.782 km)Belle Isle Park on May 30, 2015.[2] The PC category would participate in the event for the first time.[3]
Twenty-three cars were officially entered for the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic, with the bulk of the entries in the Prototype (P) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) categories.[4]Action Express Racing (AER) fielded twoChevrolet Corvette DP cars whileVisitFlorida Racing (VFR) andWayne Taylor Racing (WTR) fielded one.Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) entered oneFord-poweredRiley MkXXVI. Mazda Motorsports had one Lola B12/80, andMichael Shank Racing (MSR) entered oneLigier JS P2 chasis withHonda HR28TTtwin-turbocharged 2.8-literV6 engine.[5][6] The DeltaWing skipped to undergo further testing.[7] ThePrototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of six Oreca FLM09 cars.CORE Autosport,JDC-Miller MotorSports, Performance TechPR1/Mathiasen Motorsports,RSR Racing, andStarworks Motorsport entered one car each. In the list of GTD entrants, ten GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers. With the absence of the Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) class from the field, only three racing classes were represented in Belle Isle.[2][3]
Pole positions in each class are indicated inbold and by ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 5 |  Action Express Racing |  Christian Fittipaldi | 1:24.746 | _ | 1‡ |
| 2 | P | 10 | Wayne Taylor Racing | Ricky Taylor | 1:24.796 | +0.050 | 2 |
| 3 | P | 90 | VisitFlorida.com Racing |  Michael Valiante | 1:25.156 | +0.410 | 3 |
| 4 | P | 01 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Scott Pruett | 1:25.987 | +1.241 | 4 |
| 5 | P | 31 | Action Express Racing | Eric Curran | 1:26.009 | +1.263 | 5 |
| 6 | P | 60 | Michael Shank Racing withCurb/Agajanian | John Pew | 1:26.889 | +2.143 | 6 |
| 7 | PC | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports | James French | 1:29.317 | +4.571 | 7‡ |
| 8 | PC | 11 | RSR Racing | Chris Cumming | 1:29.321 | +4.575 | 8 |
| 9 | PC | 8 | Starworks Motorsport |  Mirco Schultis | 1:30.687 | +5.941 | 9 |
| 10 | PC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Mike Guasch | 1:30.780 | +6.034 | 10 |
| 11 | PC | 54 | CORE Autosport | Jon Bennett | 1:31.180 | +6.434 | 11 |
| 12 | P | 07 | SpeedSource | Tom Long | 1:31.308 | +6.562 | 12 |
| 13 | PC | 85 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | Misha Goikhberg | 1:31.741 | +6.995 | 13 |
| 14 | GTD | 48 | Paul Miller Racing |  Dion von Moltke | 1:33.546 | +8.800 | 14‡ |
| 15 | GTD | 33 | Riley Motorsports | Ben Keating | 1:34.261 | +9.515 | 15 |
| 16 | GTD | 007 | TRG-AMR North America |  Christina Nielsen | 1:34.338 | +9.592 | 16 |
| 17 | GTD | 73 | Park Place Motorsports | Patrick Lindsey | 1:34.656 | +9.910 | 17 |
| 18 | GTD | 23 | Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing |  Ian James | 1:34.821 | +10.075 | 18 |
| 19 | GTD | 58 | Wright Motorsports | Madison Snow | 1:35.031 | +10.267 | 19 |
| 20 | GTD | 63 | Scuderia Corsa | Bill Sweedler | 1:35.632 | +10.886 | 20 |
| 21 | GTD | 44 | Magnus Racing | John Potter | 1:35.801 | +11.055 | 21 |
| 22 | GTD | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Cooper MacNeil | 1:37.080 | +12.334 | 22 |
| 23 | GTD | 97 | Turner Motorsport | Michael Marsal | 1:37.218 | +12.472 | 23 |
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Class winners are denoted inbold and ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).
| United SportsCar Championship | ||
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| Previous race: Monterey Grand Prix | 2015 season | Next race: 6 Hours of The Glen |
