The 2013 Pirelli World Challenge season was the 24th season of the Sports Car Club of America's World Challenge Series.
Schedule The season schedule is as follows:
Rnd Date Circuit Location Classes Supporting 1 March 23–24 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida GT, GTS (x2) IndyCar Series 2 April 20–21 Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California GT, GTS IndyCar Series/American Le Mans Series 3 May 18–19 Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas GT, GTS (x2)TC, TCB (x3) V8 Supercars Series 4 June 1–2 The Raceway on Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan GT, GTS (x2) IndyCar Series 5 July 5–6 Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut GT, GTS (x2)TC, TCB (x3) American Le Mans Series 6 July 13–14 Streets of Toronto Toronto, Ontario GT, GTSTC, TCB (x2) IndyCar Series 7 August 3–4 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio GT, GTS (x2)TC, TCB (x2) IndyCar Series 8 August 24–25 Sonoma Raceway (Indy course) Sonoma, California GT, GTSTC, TCB (x2) IndyCar Series 9 October 4–5 Grand Prix of Houston Houston, Texas GT, GTSTC, TCB (x2) IndyCar Series
Race results Rnd Circuit GT Winning Car GTS Winning Car TC Winning Car TCB Winning Car GT Winning Driver GTS Winning Driver TC Winning Driver TCB Winning Driver 1 St. Petersburg #9 Volvo S60 #73 Porsche Cayman S Did not participate Did not participate Alex Figge Jack Baldwin #14 Audi R8 LMS #73 Porsche Cayman S Did not participate Did not participate James Sofronas Jack Baldwin 2 Long Beach #14 Audi R8 LMS #10 Chevrolet Camaro Did not participate Did not participate James Sofronas Lawson Aschenbach 3 Austin Did not participate Did not participate #72 Honda Civic Si #98 Mazda 2 Ryan Winchester Ernie Francis Jr. #3 Cadillac CTS-V #10 Chevrolet Camaro #72 Honda Civic Si #98 Mazda 2 Johnny O'Connell Lawson Aschenbach Ryan Winchester Ernie Francis Jr. #14 Audi R8 LMS #20 Chevrolet Camaro #70 Honda Civic Si #98 Mazda 2 James Sofronas Andy Lee Brett Sandberg Ernie Francis Jr. 4 Belle Isle #3 Cadillac CTS-V #38 Kia Optima Did not participate Did not participate Johnny O'Connell Mark Wilkins #6 Volvo S60 #50 Ford Mustang Boss 302S Did not participate Did not participate Randy Pobst Dean Martin 5 Lime Rock Did not participate Did not participate #70 Honda Civic Si #37 Mini Cooper Brett Sandberg Robbie Davis #2 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 #10 Chevrolet Camaro #70 Honda Civic Si #37 Mini Cooper Mike Skeen Lawson Aschenbach Brett Sandberg Robbie Davis #3 Cadillac CTS-V #73 Porsche Cayman S #72 Honda Civic Si #81 Honda Fit Johnny O'Connell Jack Baldwin Ryan Winchester Joel Lipperini 6 Toronto Did not participate Did not participate #1 Mazdaspeed 3 #81 Honda Fit Michael Cooper Joel Lipperini #3 Cadillac CTS-V #10 Chevrolet Camaro #1 Mazdaspeed 3 #98 Mazda 2 Johnny O'Connell Lawson Aschenbach Michael Cooper Ernie Francis Jr. 7 Mid-Ohio #9 Volvo S60 #38 Kia Optima #1 Mazdaspeed 3 #98 Mazda 2 Alex Figge Mark Wilkins Michael Cooper Ernie Francis Jr. #9 Volvo S60 #10 Chevrolet Camaro #1 Mazdaspeed 3 #37 Mini Cooper Alex Figge Lawson Aschenbach Michael Cooper Robbie Davis 8 Sonoma Did not participate Did not participate #72 Honda Civic Si #98 Mazda 2 Ryan Winchester Ernie Francis Jr. #8 Cadillac CTS-V #27 Aston Martin Vantage GT4 #72 Honda Civic Si #98 Mazda 2 Andy Pilgrim Brandon Davis Ryan Winchester Ernie Francis Jr. 9 Houston Did not participate Did not participate #70 Honda Civic Si #24 Mini Cooper Brett Sandberg Tyler Palmer #3 Cadillac CTS-V #10 Chevrolet Camaro #72 Honda Civic Si #24 Mini Cooper Johnny O'Connell Lawson Aschenbach Ryan Winchester Tyler Palmer
Championships
Drivers' Championships Championship points are awarded to drivers based on qualifying and finishing positions. The Pole position winner receives 7 points. In addition, 1 bonus point is awarded to a driver leading a lap during a race, and 3 bonus points are awarded to the driver leading the most laps. The driver who sets the fastest lap of the race receives 1 bonus point. Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Race 140 110 95 85 80 76 72 68 64 60 57 54 51 48 45 43 41 39 37 35 33 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
GT Pos Driver Car STP LBH AUS DET LRP TOR MOH SON HOU Points 1 Johnny O'Connell Cadillac CTS-V 3 3 8 1 17 1 2 3 1 1 2 11 12 1 1481 2 James Sofronas Audi R8 LMS 2 1 1 2 1 4 3 6 4 4 3 3 3 5 1444 3 Andy Pilgrim Cadillac CTS-V 4 5 2 3 2 3 8 2 2 2 5 4 1 3 1379 4 Randy Pobst Volvo S60 5 2 13 4 3 2 1 5 3 5 4 2 4 2 1321 5 Alex Figge Volvo S60 1 13 10 8 8 9 6 9 11 8 1 1 10 6 1177 6 Mike Skeen Chevrolet Corvette Z06 6 4 3 6 4 1 12 3 6 5 11 1035 Nissan GTR 8 9 7 Duncan Ende Audi R8 LMS 13 7 4 7 5 7 4 4 8 6 12 6 2 967 8 Tim Pappas Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 9 8 6 5 10 5 5 7 6 DNS 656 9 Alex Welch Audi R8 LMS 7 9 12 9 6 10 7 8 7 602 10 Tomy Drissi Chevrolet Corvette Z06 8 10 DNS 378 Porsche 911 GT3 12 14 6 7 11 Jeff Courtney Audi R8 LMS 12 11 DNS 10 7 10 8 371 12 Tim Bell Nissan GTR 10 14 11 14 16 12 10 DNS 370 13 Bill Ziegler Audi R8 LMS 11 9 11 10 8 306 14 Bret Curtis Audi R8 LMS 14 12 5 16 9 289 15 Fred Roberts Dodge Viper 7 9 9 9 264 16 Peter LeSaffre Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 11 16 11 11 214 17 Oliver Bryant Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 8 5 148 18 Jordan Taylor Cadillac CTS-V 7 12 126 19 Craig Stanton Porsche 911 GT3 9 17 DNS 105 20 Robert Prilika Porsche 911 GT3 13 13 102 21 David Donner (R) Porsche 911 GT3 18 12 93 22 Mike Hedlund Audi R8 LMS 15 15 90 23 Brandon Davis Porsche 911 GT3 15 15 90 24 René Rast Audi R8 LMS 4 85 25 Elton Julian Audi R8 LMS Ultra 5 80 26 Ryan Dalziel Porsche 911 GT3 DSQ 6 76 27 Kevin Buckler Aston Martin Vantage GT3 6 76 28 Brent Holden Porsche 911 GT3 7 DNS DNS 72 29 Jason Daskalos Dodge Viper 7 72 30 Michael Cooper Nissan GTR 13 51 31 Bryan Heitkotter Nissan GTR 13 51 32 David Roberts Nissan GTR 13 51 Kyle Kelley Dodge Viper DNS 0 Pos Driver Car STP LBH AUS DET LRP TOR MOH SON HOU Points Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue Finished(Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify(DNQ) Brown Withdrawn(Wth) Black Disqualified(DSQ) White Did not start(DNS) Blank Did notparticipate
GTS Pos Driver Car STP LBH AUS DET LRP TOR MOH SON HOU Points 1 Lawson Aschenbach Chevrolet Camaro 5 2 1 1† 9† 3 8 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 1395 2 Jack Baldwin Porsche Cayman S 1 1 3 3 3 2 5 3 1 3 4 3 23 4 1383 3 Mark Wilkins Kia Optima 6 6 5 5 2 1 2 4 3 4 1 4 6 3 1346 4 Andy Lee Chevrolet Camaro 2 21 21 2 1† 5 23 2 4 2 5 5 2 5 1188 5 Peter Cunningham Acura TSX 3 3 2 8 4 22 4 5 13 DNS 2 2 22 2 1063 6 Alec Udell Ford Mustang 7 8 6 5 6 3 9 8 13 6 7 4 6 1036 7 Tony Gaples Chevrolet Camaro 9 10 11 10 8 14 21 8 10 7 13 12 5 10 835 8 Nick Esayian Acura TSX 10 7 8 12 10 9 16 21 9 8 7 6 21† 9 791 9 Brad Adams Ford Mustang 21 19 10 9 11 12 7 18 17 6 10 10 17 8 762 10 Nic Jönsson Kia Optima 8 5 7 4 22† 24 DNS 12 5 11 15 24 20 12 686 11 Ardee Toppe Ford Mustang 14 12 24 24 25 19 11 15 15 9 20 21 12 17 592 12 Jim Taggart (R) Lotus Exige S 13 9 15 15† 17 18 6 20 21 25 26 7 549 13 Roger Rodas Ford Mustang 16 16 18 15 9 5 14 15 8 13 526 14 Buz McCall Porsche Cayman S DNS DNS 18 22 20 17 14 17 11 10 26 18 15 16 502 15 Ric Bushey Nissan 370Z 19 16 23 20 14 10 20 22 23 DNS 22 DNS 7 18 489 16 Erik Davis Ford Mustang 17 17 13 11 22 12 12 19 9 430 17 Harry Curtin Chevrolet Camaro 15 15 12 23 12 8 19 14 22 411 18 Mitch Landry (R) Ford Mustang 12 14 13 12 11 14 13 15 408 19 Brian Kleeman Nissan 370Z 20 11 20 24 24 18 23 22 16 11 380 20 Drew Regitz (R) BMW M3 17 22 16 14 351 Aston Martin Vantage GT4 9 9 10 21 Robert Stout Scion FR-S DNS 23 19 25 26 11 24 DNS 23 14† 19 292 22 Dane Moxlow Ford Mustang 22 DNS 13 13 7† 7 15 282 23 Lou Gigliotti Chevrolet Camaro 11 17† 20 7 6 261 24 Mark Klenin BMW M3 DNS DNS 22 23 19 250 Aston Martin Vantage GT4 18 11 11 25 Bill Ziegler Pontiac Solstice GXP 16 13 14 26 23 DNS 13 245 26 Lucas Catania (R) Porsche Cayman S 11 15 8 8 238 27 Brandon Davis Aston Martin Vantage GT4 4 1 230 28 Dean Martin Ford Mustang 4 1 226 29 Kevin Gleason Porsche Cayman S 4† 4 9 214 30 Don Istook Audi TT RS 19 25 16 20 14 188 31 Todd Napieralski Chevrolet Camaro 19 21 16 10 173 32 Roger Miller Ford Mustang 18 16† 13 12 167 33 Craig Capaldi (R) Ford Mustang 21 17 21 13 158 34 Joseph Catania (R) Porsche Cayman S 21 19 17 16 154 35 Steven Goldman (R) Porsche Cayman S DNS DNS 6 6 152 36 Richard Golinello Ford Mustang 18 18 23 18 146 37 Ben Keating Aston Martin Vantage GT4 10 7 132 38 Tom Long Lotus Exige S 7 20 107 39 Lucas Ordóñez Nissan 370Z 24 25 18 91 40 Steve Doherty Nissan 370Z 19 17 DNS 78 41 Damien Faulkner Aston Martin Vantage GT4 6 76 42 Scott Bove BMW M3 14 24 75 43 Ernie Francis Jr. (R) Chevrolet Camaro 23 20 64 44 Bradford Sofronas BMW M3 DNS 16 43 45 Darrell Anderson (R) Ford Mustang 19 37 Pos Driver Car STP LBH AUS DET LRP TOR MOH SON HOU Points
Notes † Indicates driver received points penalty for rules or driving infraction.
TC Pos Driver Car AUS LRP TOR MOH SON HOU Points 1 Ryan Winchester Honda Civic Si 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 2 1 1710 2 Brett Sandberg Honda Civic Si 4 2 1 1 1 5 10 DNS 3 4 2 2 1 8 1365 3 Remo Ruscitti (R) Honda Civic Si 2 3 3 11 3 2 9 5 4 5 3 3 8 2 1242 4 Jon Miller Honda Civic Si 5 5 4 6 4 4 5 4 6 9 6 6 948 5 Michael Cooper Mazdaspeed 3 13 DNS 10 1 1 1 1 9 DNS 3 7 945 6 Fred Emich Volkswagen GLI 7 10 15 7 8 12 8 7 4 4 6 4 842 7 Sarah Cattaneo Honda Civic Si 6 6 6 9 8 5 5 520 8 Tristan Herbert Volkswagen GLI 8 8 7 2 3 416 9 Clark Toppe (R) Kia Forte Koup 3 9 3 7 7 398 10 Cody Ellsworth (R) Porsche Boxter 4 6 7 241 11 Patrick Seguin Honda Civic Si 9 7 5 216 12 Robb Holland Volkswagen GLI 8 7 6 216 13 Ray Mason Honda Civic Si 7 6 9 DNS 212 14 Brad Adams Mazda MX-5 10 DNS 7 6 208 15 Tom Kwok Honda Civic Si 3 2 207 16 Randy Hale Mazda MX-5 10 5 11 197 17 Michael Pettiford Volkswagen GLI 10 9 8 192 18 Bryce Miller Volkswagen GLI 5 11 13 188 19 Michael DiMeo (R) Honda Civic Si 4 3 180 20 Thomas Martin (R) Volkswagen GTI 11 11 9 178 21 Pete McIntosh (R) BMW 128i 9 10 8 172 22 Charlie Solomon Mazda RX-8 12 12 10 168 23 Sebastian Landy (R) Mazda MX-5 5 5 160 24 Dinah Weisberg (R) Porsche Boxter 13 13 11 159 25 Colin Cohen Volkswagen GTI 14 14 12 150 26 Alain Lauziere (R) Mini Cooper S JCW 6 7 148 27 Damon Sharpe Honda Civic Si 7 6 148 28 Tom Lepper Honda Civic Si 8 8 136 29 Gary Kwok Honda Civic Si 4 9 129 30 Jonathan Young Honda Civic Si 8 10 128 31 Russell Smith Kia Forte Koup 10 10 120 32 Josh Hurley Mazda MX-5 14 DNS 9 112 33 Conner Ford Volkswagen GLI 15 DNS 13 96 34 Nick Esayian Honda Civic Si DNS 8 68 35 Branden Peterson Honda Civic Si 11 57 36 Bob Roth Honda Civic Si 11 57 37 Jeff Ricca (R) Hyundai Genesis Coupe 12 DNS DNS 54 38 Nic Jönsson Kia Forte Koup 12 DNS 54 39 Patrick Gallagher Mazda MX-5 13 DNS 51 40 Dan Martinson (R) Pontiac Solstice GXP 3† 4† 14 48 Ken Dobson Fiat 500 Abarth DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver Car AUS LRP TOR MOH SON HOU Points
Notes † Indicates driver received points penalty for rules or driving infraction.
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