2007 Rolex Sports Car Series season

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2007 Rolex Sports Car Series season
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The 2007 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the eighth season of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve. The 15-race championship for Daytona Prototypes and GT cars began January 27, 2007 and concluded on September 15, 2007. Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty shared the Daytona Prototype title, while Dirk Werner won the GT title. It marked the first time the Sonoma race did not feature the GT class. Phoenix was dropped for Iowa Speedway. Long Beach was dropped for Gilles Villenueve.

Contents

[edit] Schedule

Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 Flag of Florida Rolex 24 At Daytona Daytona International Speedway January 27
January 28
2 Flag of Mexico Mexico City 400k Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez March 3
3 Flag of Florida Miami 400k Homestead-Miami Speedway March 24
4 Flag of Virginia VIRginia 400k Virginia International Raceway April 29
5 Flag of California U.S. Sports Car Invitational (400 km) Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca May 20
6 Flag of Connecticut Rolex GT Series Challenge (400 km)[1] Lime Rock Park May 28
7 Flag of New York Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen Watkins Glen International June 9
8 Flag of Ohio EMCO Gears Classic presented by Keybank (400k) Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course June 24
9 Flag of Florida Brumos Porsche 250mi Daytona International Speedway July 5
10 Flag of Iowa Iowa 400k Iowa Speedway July 14
11 Flag of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park 400k Barber Motorsports Park July 22
12 Flag of Quebec Montreal 400k Circuit Gilles Villeneuve August 3
13 Flag of New York Crown Royal 200mi[2] Watkins Glen International August 10
14 Flag of California Sonoma 400k[2] Infineon Raceway August 25
15 Flag of Utah Sunchaser 1000k Miller Motorsports Park September 15
  • All sprint races have a 2 hour 30 minute time limit
  1. ^ Only the GT class participates in this event, no DP class.
  2. ^ a b Only the DP class participates in this event, no GT class.

[edit] Confirmed entrants

No Team Drivers Sponsor Engine
Chassis
Daytona Prototype
00 Flag of the United States Vision Racing[1] Flag of the United States Ed Carpenter
Flag of South Africa Tomas Scheckter
Flag of the United States Tony George
Flag of the United States A.J. Foyt IV		 Vision Racing Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Riley Technologies MkXI
01 Flag of the United States TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Flag of the United States Scott Pruett
Flag of Mexico Salvador Duran
Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya		 Telmex/Target Lexus 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
02 Flag of the United States Target Chip Ganassi Racing[1] Flag of New Zealand Scott Dixon
Flag of the United Kingdom Dan Wheldon
Flag of Mexico Memo Rojas		 Target/Telmex Lexus 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
3 Flag of the United States Southard Motorsports Flag of the United States Shane Lewis
Flag of the United States Randy Ruhlman
Flag of the United States Graham Rahal		 Preformed Line Products Lexus 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
05 Flag of the United States Sigalsport BMW Flag of the United States Bill Auberlen
Flag of the United States Matthew Alhadeff
Flag of Austria Karl Wendlinger
Flag of the United States Gene Sigal		 Sigalsport BMW S62-B50 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
6 Flag of the United States Michael Shank Racing Flag of the United States Henri Zogaib
Flag of the United States Ian James
Flag of Canada Paul Tracy
Flag of the United States A. J. Allmendinger		 Michael Shank Racing Lexus 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
7 Flag of the United States SAMAX Flag of the United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith
Flag of the Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Flag of the United States Jeff Bucknum		 SAMAX Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
10 Flag of the United States SunTrust Racing Flag of South Africa Wayne Taylor
Flag of Italy Max Angelelli
Flag of the United States Jeff Gordon
Flag of Denmark Jan Magnussen		 SunTrust Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
11 Flag of the United States Citgo SAMAX Flag of the United Kingdom Darren Manning
Flag of Venezuela Milka Duno
Flag of the United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel


Flag of Canada Patrick Capentier

 Citgo Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
16 Flag of the United States Howard Motorsports[1] Flag of the United States Chris Dyson
Flag of the United States Rob Dyson
Flag of the United Kingdom Guy Smith
Flag of the United Kingdom Oliver Gavin		 Thetford/Norcold Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Crawford DP03
18 Flag of Germany VICI Racing[1] Flag of Germany Uwe Alzen
Flag of Germany Robert Renauer
Flag of the United States Terry Borcheller
Flag of Argentina Gaston Mazzacane		 XM Satellite Radio Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Fabcar FDSC03
19 Flag of the United States Finlay Motorsports Flag of the United States Rob Finlay
Flag of Canada Michael Valiante
Flag of the United States Bobby Labonte
Flag of the United States Michael McDowell		 Z-Line/Make-A-Wish Foundation Ford 5.0L V8
Crawford DP03
20 Flag of the United States Howard Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom Andy Wallace
Flag of the United States Butch Leitzinger
Flag of the United States Tony Stewart		 Howard Motorsports Pontiac 5.0L V8
Crawford DP03
23 Flag of the United States Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Flag of the United States Patrick Long
Flag of Germany Jorg Bergmeister
Flag of France Romain Dumas		 Ruby Tuesday Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Crawford DP03
39 Flag of the United States Cheever Racing Flag of Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
Flag of the United States Eddie Cheever
Flag of France Emmanuel Collard
Flag of Germany Sascha Maassen		 Crown Royal Special Reserve Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Crawford DP03
47 Flag of the United States TruSpeed Motorsports[1] Flag of the United States Charles Morgan
Flag of the United States Rob Morgan
Flag of Germany Timo Bernhard
Flag of the United States BJ Zacharias		 Querencia Golf Club Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Riley Technologies MkXI
51 Flag of the United States Cheever Racing[1] Flag of the United Kingdom Mike Newton
Flag of Brazil Tommy Erdos
Flag of the United States Harrison Brix		 NetVu Video Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Fabcar FDSC03
58 Flag of the United States Brumos Racing Flag of the United States David Donohue
Flag of the United States Darren Law
Flag of the United States Buddy Rice
Flag of the United States Scott Sharp		 Red Bull Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Riley Technologies MkXI
59 Flag of the United States Brumos Porsche Flag of the United States Hurley Haywood
Flag of the United States J.C. France
Flag of Brazil Roberto Moreno
Flag of Portugal João Barbosa		 Brumos Porsche Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Riley Technologies MkXI
60 Flag of the United States Michael Shank Racing Flag of South Africa Mark Patterson
Flag of Brazil Oswaldo Negri, Jr.
Flag of Brazil Helio Castroneves
Flag of the United States Sam Hornish, Jr.		 Michael Shank Racing Lexus 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
75 Flag of the United States Krohn Racing Flag of the United States Colin Braun
Flag of Italy Max Papis
Flag of Finland JJ Lehto		 Krohn Racing Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
76 Flag of the United States Krohn Racing Flag of the United States Tracy Krohn
Flag of Sweden Nic Jönsson
Flag of the United States Boris Said		 Krohn Racing Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
91 Flag of the United States Riley-Matthews Motorsports Flag of the United States Jim Matthews
Flag of Belgium Marc Goossens
Flag of the United States Jimmie Johnson
Flag of the United States Ryan Hunter-Reay		 Lowe's (selected races when Johnson is participating) Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
99 Flag of the United States GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Flag of the United States Alex Gurney
Flag of the United States Jon Fogarty
Flag of the United States Jimmy Vasser
Flag of the United States Bob Stallings		 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
Grand Touring
66 Flag of the United States The Racer's Group Flag of the United States Andy Lally
Flag of the United States R.J. Valentine		 The Racer's Group / CRG Porsche 3.6L F6
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
72 Flag of the United States Tafel Racing Flag of the United States Andrew Davis
Flag of the United Kingdom Robin Liddell
Flag of the United States Jim Tafel		 Tafel Racing Porsche 3.6L F6
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
  1. ^ a b c d e f These teams are confirmed to only run select races of the Grand-Am season.

[edit] Season Results

Rnd Circuit DP Winning Team GT Winning Team Results
DP Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers
1 Daytona Flag of the United States Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of the United States Alegra Motorsports Results
Flag of the United States Scott Pruett
Flag of Mexico Salvador Durán
Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya		 Flag of Canada Jean Francois Dumoulin
Flag of the United States Carlos de Quesada
Flag of the United States Scooter Gabel
Flag of Germany Marc Basseng
2 Hermanos Rodriguez Flag of the United States GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Flag of the United States SpeedSource Results
Flag of the United States Alex Gurney
Flag of the United States Jon Fogarty		 Flag of Canada Sylvain Tremblay
Flag of the United Kingdom Nick Ham
3 Homestead Flag of the United States Sigalsport BMW Flag of the United States SpeedSource Results
Flag of the United States Bill Auberlen
Flag of the United States Matthew Alhadeff		 Flag of Canada Sylvain Tremblay
Flag of the United Kingdom Nick Ham
4 Virginia Flag of the United States SunTrust Racing Flag of Germany Farnbacher-Loles Racing Results
Flag of Italy Max Angelelli
Flag of Denmark Jan Magnussen		 Flag of Germany Dirk Werner
Flag of the United States Bryce Miller
5 Laguna Seca Flag of the United States Alex Job Racing Flag of the United States The Racer's Group Results
Flag of the United States Patrick Long
Flag of Germany Jörg Bergmeister		 Flag of the United States Andy Lally
Flag of the United States R.J. Valentine
6 Lime Rock Flag of the United States Banner Racing Results
Flag of the United States Leighton Reese
Flag of the United States Tim Lewis, Jr.
7 Watkins Glen Flag of the United States GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Flag of the United States The Racer's Group Results
Flag of the United States Alex Gurney
Flag of the United States Jon Fogarty		 Flag of the United States Andy Lally
Flag of the United States Spencer Pumpelly
Flag of the United States R.J. Valentine
8 Mid-Ohio Flag of the United States GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Flag of the United States The Racer's Group Results
Flag of the United States Alex Gurney
Flag of the United States Jon Fogarty		 Flag of the United States Andy Lally
Flag of the United States R.J. Valentine
9 Daytona Flag of the United States GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Flag of the United States SpeedSource Results
Flag of the United States Alex Gurney
Flag of the United States Jon Fogarty		 Flag of Canada Sylvain Tremblay
Flag of the United Kingdom Nick Ham
10 Iowa Flag of the United States Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of the United States The Racer's Group Results
Flag of the United States Scott Pruett
Flag of Mexico Memo Rojas		 Flag of the United States Andy Lally
Flag of the United States R.J. Valentine
11 Barber Flag of the United States GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Flag of the United States Banner Racing Results
Flag of the United States Alex Gurney
Flag of the United States Jon Fogarty		 Flag of the United States Paul Edwards
Flag of the United States Kelly Collins
12 Gilles Villeneuve Flag of the United States SunTrust Racing Flag of the United States The Racer's Group Results
Flag of Italy Max Angelelli
Flag of Denmark Jan Magnussen		 Flag of the United States Andy Lally
Flag of the United States R.J. Valentine
13 Watkins Glen Flag of the United States GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Results
Flag of the United States Alex Gurney
Flag of the United States Jon Fogarty
14 Infineon Flag of the United States GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Results
Flag of the United States Alex Gurney
Flag of the United States Jon Fogarty
15 Miller Flag of the United States Riley-Matthews Motorsports Flag of the United States Banner Racing Results
Flag of BelgiumMarc Goossens
Flag of the United StatesRyan Hunter-Reay
Flag of the United StatesJim Matthews		 Flag of the United StatesPaul Edwards
Flag of the United StatesKelly Collins
Flag of the United KingdomAndy Pilgrim

[edit] Standings

[edit] DP

Pos Driver Team Pts R24 Flag of Florida MEX Flag of Mexico MIA Flag of Florida VIR Flag of Virginia MRY Flag of California SIX Flag of New York MID Flag of Ohio DAY Flag of Florida IOW Flag of Iowa BAR Flag of Alabama MON Flag of Quebec WGI Flag of New York SON Flag of California SUN Flag of Utah
1 Flag of the United States Gurney / Flag of the United States Fogarty Flag of the United States GAINSCO 408 22 1 11 5 6 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 8
2 Flag of the United States Pruett Flag of the United States Ganassi 406 1 4 3 8 2 2 2 6 1 5 5 3 3 9
3 Flag of Italy Angelelli Flag of the United States SunTrust 395 3 3 2 1 15 3 4 2 7 3 1 2 4 18
4 Flag of Mexico Rojas Flag of the United States Ganassi 381 21 4 3 8 2 2 2 6 1 5 5 3 3 9
5 Flag of the United States Braun Flag of the United States Krohn 338 11 2 8 2 8 12 3 3 4 2 12 11 † 3
6 Flag of the United States Law / Flag of the United States Donohue Flag of the United States Red Bull 338 20 6 6 3 4 9 5 5 6 4 8 5 2 20
7 Flag of the United States Long Flag of the United States Alex Job 319 12 5 9 9 1 8 6 14 10 8 17 9 7 5
8 Flag of South Africa Patterson / Flag of Brazil Negri, Jr. Flag of the United States Shank 319 9 9 15 11 3 11 9 7 5 6 6 8 8 10
9 Flag of Italy Papis Flag of the United States Krohn 307 11 2 8 2 8 12 3 3 4 9 14 19 DNS 12
10 Flag of the United States James Flag of the United States Shank 307 16 10 12 6 7 4 10 4 9 7 11 16 10 7
Pos Driver Team Pts R24 Flag of Florida MEX Flag of Mexico MIA Flag of Florida VIR Flag of Virginia MRY Flag of California SIX Flag of New York MID Flag of Ohio DAY Flag of Florida IOW Flag of Iowa BAR Flag of Alabama MON Flag of Quebec WGI Flag of New York SON Flag of California SUN Flag of Utah
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished
Red Did not finish
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Blank Did not participate
Injured (INJ)
Excluded (EX)

† Colin Braun was suspended for the race in Sonoma by the GARRA for an incident during the race at Watkins Glen while on probation. [1]

[edit] GT

Pos Driver Team Pts R24 Flag of Florida MEX Flag of Mexico MIA Flag of Florida VIR Flag of Virginia MRY Flag of California LRP Flag of Connecticut SIX Flag of New York MID Flag of Ohio DAY Flag of Florida IOW Flag of Iowa BAR Flag of Alabama MON Flag of Quebec SUN Flag of Utah
1 Flag of Germany Werner Flag of Germany Farnbacher-Loles 375 14 4 3 1 3 2 2 12 3 3 3 2 3
2 Flag of the United States Collins / Flag of the United States Edwards Flag of the United States Banner 365 2 10 7 3 4 4 3 3 2 14 1 8 1
3 Flag of the United States Miller Flag of Germany Farnbacher-Loles 363 26 4 3 1 3 2 2 12 3 3 3 2 3
4 Flag of the United States Lally / Flag of the United States Valentine Flag of the United States TRG 348 17 8 2 10 1 10 1 1 9 1 2 1 23
5 Flag of the United States Reese / Flag of the United States Lewis, Jr. Flag of the United States Banner 316 4 14 10 12 10 1 7 6 6 2 4 5 16
6 Flag of Canada Tremblay Flag of the United States SpeedSource 314 5 1 1 2 7 11 22 2 1 13 5 9 †
7 Flag of the United Kingdom Ham Flag of the United States SpeedSource 305 5 1 1 2 7 11 DNS 2 1 13 5 9 †
8 Flag of the United States de Quesada Flag of the United States Alegra 289 1 12 6 6 8 12 5 11 7 DNS 11 4 6
9 Flag of Canada Doumoulin Flag of the United States Alegra 281 1 12 6 6 8 12 5 11 7 DNS 11 4 14
10 Flag of the United States Assentato Flag of the United States SpeedSource 275 7 3 16 11 9 19 8 19 8 5 10 12 4
Pos Driver Team Pts R24 Flag of Florida MEX Flag of Mexico MIA Flag of Florida VIR Flag of Virginia MRY Flag of California LRP Flag of Connecticut SIX Flag of New York MID Flag of Ohio DAY Flag of Florida IOW Flag of Iowa BAR Flag of Alabama MON Flag of Quebec SUN Flag of Utah
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished
Red Did not finish
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Blank Did not participate
Injured (INJ)
Excluded (EX)

† Not classified due to failure to complete a green-flag lap.

  1. ^ Colin Braun gets 1-Race Suspension

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