Sports Car Classic

The Sports Car Classic is a sports car race on the Raceway at Belle Isle in Detroit , Michigan in the United States . The race, which is currently being held as the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic presented by the Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers due to sponsorship agreements , is currently on the United SportsCar Championship's racing calendar . It takes place as a frame race of the Detroit Grand Prix .

history

At the time of the Formula 1 and CART races in Detroit from 1984 to 2001, the supporting program included a Trans-Am series race every year . After the IndyCar Series revived the Detroit Grand Prix in 2007, the sports cars came to Detroit. The American Le Mans Series drove a 2:45 hour each in 2007 and 2008 , whereby in both years the overall victory did not go to a top-class LMP1 vehicle, but rather an LMP2 vehicle. This was mainly due to the very tight track layout in those years, which the more agile, smaller prototypes suited.

Since the Detroit Grand Prix was no longer held from 2009, the American Le Mans Series could no longer compete in Detroit. It wasn't until 2012 that races were held on Belle Isle again, but this time the Rolex Sports Car Series was part of the supporting program. In 2012 and 2013 the series drove a 2-hour race each. In the second year there was a switch to the faster track layout from the times of the CART championship.

Since the Grand-Am merged with the ALMS in 2014 to form the United SportsCar Championship , the new series started next year. The race distance was shortened to 1:40 hours and of the four classes in the series only the Prototype Class and the GT Daytona Class competed .

Results

• Overall winner in bold shown

season	Race name	distance	class	driver	team	vehicle
American Le Mans Series
2007	Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch	2:45 hours	LMP1	Emanuele Pirro Marco Werner	Audi Sport North America	Audi R10 TDI
			LMP2	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Penske Racing	Porsche RS Spyder
			GT1	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
			GT2	Mika Salo Jaime Melo	Risi Competizione	Ferrari F430 GT
2008	Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch	2:45 hours	LMP1	Clint Field Jon Field Richard Berry	Intersport Racing	Lola B06 / 10 / AER
			LMP2	Franck Montagny James Rossiter	Andretti Green Racing	Acura ARX-01b
			GT1	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
			GT2	Wolf Henzler Jörg Bergmeister	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
Grand-Am Sports Car Series
2012	Chevrolet Grand-Am Detroit 200	2 hours	DP	João Barbosa Darren Law	Action Express Racing	Corvette DP
			GT	Paul Edwards Jordan Taylor	Motorsports dealership	Chevrolet Camaro GT.R
2013	Chevrolet Grand-Am Detroit 200	2 hours	DP	Jordan Taylor Max Angelelli	Wayne Taylor Racing	Corvette DP
			GT	John Edwards Robin Liddell	Stevenson Motorsports	Chevrolet Camaro GT.R
			GX	Joel Miller Tristan Nunez	Speedsource	Mazda 6 GX
United SportsCar Championship
2014	Chevrolet Sports Car Classic presented by the Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers	1:40 hours	P	Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor	Wayne Taylor Racing	Corvette DP
			GTD	Alessandro Balzan Jeff Westphal	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 458 Italia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/TUDOR%20Championship%20Detroit%20Race%20Unofficial.pdf

Web links

• Website Detroit Grand Prix (English)