United SportsCar Championship 2015
The United SportsCar Championship 2015 was the second season of the United SportsCar Championship . The season started with the 24-hour race in Daytona on 24-25. January 2015 and ended on October 3, 2015 with the Petit Le Mans on Road Atlanta .
Field of participants
So far, the following teams have taken part in the races:
| team | # | Chassis / vehicle engine |
Regular driver | NAEC driver | |||
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| Surname | Calls | Surname | Calls | ||||
| Prototype | |||||||
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with Claro / Tracfone |
0 |
Delta Wing DWC13 Mazda |
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1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12 |
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1 1-2, 12 |
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01 | Riley DP Ford EcoBoost |
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1-7, 9, 11-12 1-7, 9, 11-12 |
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1 1 2, 12 |
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| 02 | no |
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1 1 1 1 |
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1 | HPD ARX 04b / HPD ARX 03b HPD |
no |
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1-2 1-2 1-2 |
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| 2 | no |
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1-2 1-2 1-2 |
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5 | Corvette DP (Coyote) Chevrolet |
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1-7, 9, 11-12 1-7, 9, 11-12 |
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1-2, 12 6 |
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| 31 |
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1-7, 9, 11-12 1-7, 9, 11-12 |
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1-2, 6, 12 1 |
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07 | Lola B12 / 80 Mazda SKYACTIV-D |
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1-7, 9, 11-12 1-7, 9, 11-12 |
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1-2, 6 1-2 |
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| 70 |
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1-4, 11-12 1-4, 11-12 |
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1-2, 12 1 |
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7th | Riley DP BMW |
no |
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1 1 1 1 1 |
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10 | Corvette DP (Dallara) Chevrolet |
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1-7, 9, 11-12 1-7, 9, 11-12 |
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1-2, 6, 12 | |
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Highway to Help |
50 | Riley DP BMW |
no |
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1-2 1-2 1-2 1 1-2 |
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57 | Ligier JS P2 Judd |
no |
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1-2 1-2 1-2 1 |
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60 | Ligier JS P2 HPD |
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1-7, 9, 11-12 1-7, 9, 11-12 |
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1, 12 1 2 |
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66 | Riley DP BMW |
no |
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1 1 1 1 |
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90 | Corvette DP (Coyote) Chevrolet |
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1-7, 9, 11-12 1-7, 9, 11-12 |
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1-2, 12 1 |
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| Prototype Challenge | |||||||
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8th |
Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet |
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1-2, 4-5, 7-9, 12 1-2, 4-9, 11-12 1-2, 6, 11-12 |
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1-2, 6, 12 1 |
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| 88 |
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11-12 11-12 |
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12 | |||
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11 |
Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet |
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1-2, 4-9, 11-12 1-2, 4-9, 11-12 |
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1-2, 12 1, 12 |
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16 |
Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet |
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4, 8, 11 4, 7, 11 7-8 6, 9 6, 9 |
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1, 12 1 1 1-2, 12 1-2, 6 2, 12 2 12 |
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| 61 |
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11 11 |
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1 1 1 1 1 |
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38 |
Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet |
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1-2, 4-9, 11-12 4 1, 5 6-9, 11-12 |
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1-2, 6, 12 1 |
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52 |
Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet |
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1-2, 4-9, 11-12 1-2, 4-9, 11-12 |
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1-2, 6, 12 1 |
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54 |
Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet |
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1-2, 4-9, 11-12 1-2, 4-9, 11-12 |
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1-2, 6 1 12 |
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85 |
Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet |
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1-2, 4-9, 11-12 4 1, 5, 8 7, 11 1-2, 6, 9, 12 |
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1-2, 6, 12 1 2 |
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| GT Le Mans | |||||||
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3 | Corvette C7.R |
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1-4, 6-7, 9-12 1-4, 6-7, 9-12 |
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1-2, 12 | |
| 4th |
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1-4, 6-7, 9-11 1-4, 6-7, 9-11 |
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1-2 12 |
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17th | Porsche 991 GT3 RSR |
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1-4, 6-7, 9-12 1-4, 6-7, 9-12 |
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1-2 12 |
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24 | BMW Z4 GTLM |
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1-4, 6-7, 9-12 1-4, 6-7, 9-12 |
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1 1-2, 12 |
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| 25th |
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1-4, 6-7, 9-12 1-4, 6-7, 9-12 |
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1 1-2, 12 |
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51 | Ferrari 458 Italia | no |
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1 1 1 1 |
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62 | Ferrari 458 Italia |
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1-4, 6-7, 9-12 1-4, 6-7, 9-12 |
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1 1 2 12 |
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98 | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | no |
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1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1 |
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CORE Autorsport |
911 | Porsche 991 GT3 RSR |
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1-4, 6-7, 9-12 1, 3 1, 4 1-2, 6-7, 9-12 |
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2, 12 2, 6 |
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| 912 |
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1-4, 6-7, 9-12 3 1, 4 1-2, 6-7, 9-12 |
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1 2, 12 2, 6 |
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| GT Daytona | |||||||
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007 | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 |
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1-2, 4-5 1-2, 4, 8-12 6, 8-12 |
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1 1-2, 12 |
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| 009 | no |
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1 1 1 1 1 |
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18th | Porsche 911 GT America | no |
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1 1 1 1 1 |
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| 19th | no |
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1 1 1 1 1 |
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22nd | Porsche 911 GT America |
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1-2, 4-6, 8-12 1-2, 4-6, 8-12 |
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1 1-2, 6, 12 |
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Alex Job Racing |
23 |
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1-2, 4-6, 8-12 1-2, 4-6, 8-12 |
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1-2, 12 | ||
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28 | Porsche 911 GT America | no |
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1 1 1 1 1 |
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33 | Dodge Viper GT3-R |
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1-2, 4-6, 8-12 1-2, 4-6, 8-12 |
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1 1 1-2, 12 |
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| 93 |
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4 4 |
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1-2 1-2, 6, 12 1 1 1-2, 6, 12 2, 6, 12 |
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44 | Porsche 911 GT America |
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1-2, 4-6, 8-12 1-2, 4-6, 8-12 |
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1-2, 6 1 12 |
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45 | Audi R8 LMS |
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4 4, 12 11 11 |
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1 1-2, 12 1 1 2 2, 12 |
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48 | Audi R8 LMS |
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1-2, 4-6, 8-12 1-2, 4-6, 8-12 |
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1-2, 6, 12 1 |
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49 | Ferrari 458 Italia | no |
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1 1 1 1-2 2 2 2 |
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Wright Motorsport |
58 | Porsche 911 GT America |
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1-2, 5-6 1-2, 5-6 |
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1 1 2 |
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63 | Ferrari 458 Italia |
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1-2, 4-6, 8-12 1-2, 4-6, 8-12 |
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1-2 1, 12 1 |
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| 64 | no |
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1, 12 1 1 1 12 12 |
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73 | Porsche 911 GT America |
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1-2, 4-6, 8-12 1-2, 4-6, 8-12 |
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1-2 1 1 12 |
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76 | Audi R8 LMS |
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8-11 8-11 |
no | ||
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80 | Dodge Viper GT3-R |
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11 11 |
no | ||
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81 | Porsche 911 GT America | no |
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1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1 |
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97 | BMW Z4 GT3 |
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1-2, 4-6, 9-12 1-2, 4-6, 8-12 8 |
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1-2, 12 1-2 12 |
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- Remarks
- ↑ In Daytona with HPD ARX 04, from Sebring in HPD ARX 03b
Changes to teams
- Extreme Speed Motorsports: The team will contest the entire season in the FIA World Endurance Championship and will only compete in the NAEC races in the USCC
- Dempsey Racing: The team will be dissolved and Patrick Dempsey will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Dempsey also drives for Wright Motorsport in the NAEC.
- Marsh Racing: The sponsor changes to Action Express Racing, the team no longer competes in the USCC
- SRT Motorsports: The Viper team is withdrawing from motorsport
- OAK Racing: The French team withdraws from the championship so as not to compete against their own customers
- Krohn Racing: The team around Tracy Krohn is changing from the GTLM to the P-Class and will again only contest selected races
- Starworks Motorsport: After the discontinued development of the HPD engine for DP's, the team in the P-Class changes to Dinan engines
- VisitFlorida.com Racing: The Spirit of Daytona Racing team changes its name due to the main sponsor
- Flying Lizard Motorsport: By switching to the Pirelli World Challenge, the team only competes in a few races
Changes in drivers
- Dane Cameron is joining Action Express Racing from Turner Motorsport.
- After the Viper team withdrew , Jonathan Bomarito switched back to Speedsource, where he had already been driving from 2010–2012
- Christina Nielsen is moving from NGT Motorsport to TRG-AMR within the GTD class
- The duo Bill Sweedler and Townsend Bell is moving from AIM Autosport to Scuderia Corsa
- Together with the sponsor, Eric Curran is moving from Marsh Racing to Action Express Racing
- Dirk Müller and Andy Priaulx will be replaced by Dirk Werner and Lucas Luhr in the BMW team
- Porsche works driver Jörg Bergmeister is moving from the World Endurance Championship to the USCC after having been driving in the ALMS and Grand Am for several years
- Even Patrick Pilet will drive the entire season in the Porsche factory team, after only a few performances in 2014
- Long-time BMW works driver Joey Hand is switching to the Chip Ganassi Racing prototype team
- After two years at Flying Lizard Motorsport, Dion moves from Moltke to Paul Miller Racing
- Memo Rojas changes from Chip Ganassi Racing to Delta Wing Racing Cars
Racing calendar
USCC
Not all races are advertised for all classes, as the number of registered participants exceeds the capacity of individual racetracks. In addition, the overlap with the 24 Hours of Le Mans was taken into account for the works teams in the GTLM class . This leads to twelve events with ten rating races per class. Sprint races over 100 minutes are held on the street circuits in Long Beach and Detroit . All other races that are not intended as NAEC events (see below) will run over a race length of 2:40 hours from this season. Previously, 2:45 hours was the usual length of American sports car races. The new distance this season also applies to the event in Laguna Seca , where two separate races for the P / GTLM and PC / GTD classes were held last year.
Compared to the previous season's calendar, the events in Kansas (PC only) and Indianapolis have been canceled. An event was added to the calendar at Lime Rock Park , a circuit that was regularly attended by both the American Le Mans Series and the Grand-Am Sports Car Series . Similar to the race in Laguna Seca, the race takes place over 2 hours.
NAEC
The Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup (NAEC) will be held unchanged from 2014 .
Results
Overall winner shown in bold .
| No. | date | Race name / circuit |
NAEC | Racing format | class | total Vehicle |
winner | ||
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| team | driver | vehicle | |||||||
| 1 | 24-25. January |
Daytona International Speedway |
X | 24 hours | P | 16 |
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Riley DP / Ford EcoBoost |
| Pc | 8th |
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ORECA FLM09 | |||||
| GTLM | 10 |
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Corvette C7.R | |||||
| GTD | 19th |
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Dodge Viper GT3-R | |||||
| 2 | March 21st |
Sebring International Raceway |
X | 12 hours | P | 13 |
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Corvette DP |
| Pc | 7th |
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ORECA FLM09 | |||||
| GTLM | 9 |
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Corvette C7.R | |||||
| GTD | 14th |
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Porsche 911 GT America | |||||
| 3 | April 18 |
Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit |
- | 100 minutes | P | 9 |
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Corvette DP |
| Pc | not at the start | ||||||||
| GTLM | 8th |
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BMW Z4 GTLM | |||||
| GTD | not at the start | ||||||||
| 4th | May 3rd |
Laguna Seca Raceway |
- | 2:40 hours | P | 9 |
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Corvette DP |
| Pc | 7th |
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ORECA FLM09 | |||||
| GTLM | 8th |
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BMW Z4 GTLM | |||||
| GTD | 11 |
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Porsche 911 GT America | |||||
| 5 | 30th May |
Raceway at Belle Isle |
- | 100 minutes | P | 7th |
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Corvette DP |
| Pc | 6th |
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ORECA FLM09 | |||||
| GTLM | not at the start | ||||||||
| GTD | 10 |
Alex Job Racing |
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Porsche 911 GT America | |||||
| 6th | June 28th |
Watkins Glen International |
X | 6 hours | P | 8th |
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Corvette DP |
| Pc | 7th |
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ORECA FLM09 | |||||
| GTLM | 8th |
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Porsche 991 GT3 RSR | |||||
| GTD | 11 |
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Dodge Viper GT3-R | |||||
| 7th | July 12 |
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park |
- | 2:40 hours | P | 8th |
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Corvette DP |
| Pc | 7th |
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ORECA FLM09 | |||||
| GTLM | 8th |
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Porsche 991 GT3 RSR | |||||
| GTD | not at the start | ||||||||
| 8th | July 25th |
Lime Rock Park |
- | 2 hours | P | not at the start | |||
| Pc | 7th |
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ORECA FLM09 | |||||
| GTLM | not at the start | ||||||||
| GTD | 10 |
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BMW Z4 GT3 | |||||
| 9 | August 9 |
Road America |
- | 2:40 hours | P | 8th |
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Corvette DP |
| Pc | 7th |
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ORECA FLM09 | |||||
| GTLM | 8th |
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Porsche 991 GT3 RSR | |||||
| GTD | 10 |
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Dodge Viper GT3-R | |||||
| 10 | August 23 |
Virginia International Raceway |
- | 2:40 hours | P | not at the start | |||
| Pc | not at the start | ||||||||
| GTLM | 8th |
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Porsche 991 GT3 RSR | |||||
| GTD | 10 |
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Ferrari 458 Italia | |||||
| 11 | September 19th |
Circuit of The Americas |
- | 2:40 hours | P | 9 |
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Riley DP / Ford EcoBoost |
| Pc | 7th |
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ORECA FLM09 | |||||
| GTLM | 8th |
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BMW Z4 GTLM | |||||
| GTD | 12 |
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Dodge Viper GT3-R | |||||
| 12 | October 3 |
Road Atlanta |
X | 10 hours | P | 9 |
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Corvette DP |
| Pc | 7th |
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ORECA FLM09 | |||||
| GTLM | 8th |
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Porsche 991 GT3 RSR | |||||
| GTD | 12 |
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Porsche 911 GT America | |||||
- ↑ Number of started vehicles
Scores
USCC
P-class
Stand after 10 out of 10 races
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PC class
Stand after 10 out of 10 races
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GTLM class
Stand after 10 out of 10 races
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GTD class
Stand after 10 out of 10 races
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NAEC
P-class
Stand after 4 of 4 races
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Stand after 4 of 4 races
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Stand after 4 of 4 races
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Stand after 4 of 4 races
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