2005 SCCA (World Challenge GT series and Touring Car)

SPORTS CAR CLUB OF AMERICA

• organiser: Sports Car Club of America
• World Challenge series started in 1990 is production based sports car racing in North America.
• 2005 SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT series and Touring Car Championship
• SCHEDULE: 2005 season starts at Sebring International Raceway on March 18, 2005.
• 11 race competition
• 2004 final standings

2005 SCCA SCHEDULE & RESULTS:

R1: March 16-18 Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, ALM

• 1 Tommy Archer 2 Andy Pilgrim 3 Robin Liddell 4 Wolf Henzler 5 Max Papis

R2: April 1-3 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Fla. IRL

• 1 Tommy Archer 2 Robin Liddell 3 Lou Gigliotti 4 Andy Pilgrim 5 Wolf Henzler

R3: April 15-17 Road Atlanta, Braselton, Ga. ALMS

• 1 Max Papis 2 Andy Pilgrim 3 Max Angelelli 4 Tommy Archer 5 Leighton Reese

R4: May 20-22 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio ALMS

R5: July 1-4 Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Conn. ALMS

R6: July 15-17 Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Calif. ALMS

R7: July 29-31 Portland International Raceway, Portland, Ore. ALMS

R8: Aug. 12-14 CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix of Denver, Denver, Colo. Champ Car

R9: Aug. 19-21 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis. ALMS

R10: Sept. 2-4 Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville, Ont., Canada ALMS

R11: Oct. 14-16 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif

2005 SCCA TEAM / DRIVERS:

• CADILLAC CTS-V:
  Andy Pilgrim: #8 car
  Max Papis: #16 car
  PAPIS: "... To race the CTS-V is very exciting for me", said Papis. "I followed the team last year, and I could see the excitement that was generated among the fans. After winning the Rolex Grand-Am Championship, I'm looking forward to providing all my determination and experience to bring home a championship for Cadillac in 2005."
  CADILLAC (Jim Taylor, General manager): ".... Max Papis is a strong addition to our CTS-V race team ... His racing experience speaks for itself, and his international following will help expose the Cadillac brand to a whole new group of auto enthusiasts."

LAST SEASON: 2004

2004 SCCA World Challenge GT series championship standing:

• DRIVER STANDING, FINAL
• 1 Tommy Archer , Viper CompCoupe , 1 win, 240 points
  "... The team has worked hard all year, Dodge has been a big help along with c3controls and Whelen Engineering"
• 2 Michael Galati , Audi RS 6 , 234
• 3 Max Angelelli , Cadillac CTS-V , 206
• 4 Randy Pobst , Audi RS 6 , 204
• 5 Andy Pilgrim , Cadillac CTS-V , 198
• 6 Phil McClure 7 Mike McCann 8 Leighton Reese 9 Tim Wiens 10 Lou Gigliotti
• Rookie of the year: Mike McCann
• MANUFACTURER STANDING, FINAL
• 1 Audi RS 6
• 2 Cadillac 3 Dodge 4 Chevrolet

2004 SCCA Touring Car Championship standing

• DRIVER STANDING, FINAL
• 1 Bill Auberlen , BMW 325i , 3wins, 251 points
  "... Winning the Championship this year was even better than last year because it was so much harder than last year ... Trying to redo what you've already done is really difficult to do. But, man it feels good."
• 2 Nic Jonsson , BMW 325Ci , 234
• 3 Matt Plumb , Acura TSX , 214
• 4 James Sofronas , BMW 325Ci , 196
• 5 Peter Cunningham , Sentra SE-R, 188
• 6 Justin Marks 7 Pierre Kleinubing 8 Jeff Altenburg 9 Bob Stretch 10 Dino Crescentini
• Rookie of the year: Dino Crescentini
• MANUFACTURER STANDING, FINAL
• 1 BMW
• 2 Acura 3 Nissan 4 Mazda

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