2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge

2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
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The 2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge was the twelfth season of the Grand American Road Racing Association's support series. It began on January 26–27 at Daytona International Speedway.^[1] The entire season of the CTSCC was tape-delayed on Speed, but shown live in its entirety on speed2.com.

Schedule

The first nine rounds were announced on November 9, 2011.^[2] The tenth was announced on November 14, 2011.^[3] All rounds were run to a 2-hour, 30 minute duration.

Rnd	Date	Event Name	Circuit	GS Winning Car	ST Winning Car
				GS Winning Drivers	ST Winning Drivers
1	January 26–27	BMW Performance 200 at Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	Ford Mustang Boss 302R	Mazdaspeed3
				Billy Johnson Jack Roush, Jr.	Pierre Kleinubing Jason Clunie
2	March 31	Barber 200	Barber Motorsports Park	Porsche 911 Carrera S	BMW 328i
				Nick Longhi Matt Plumb	David Levine Gregory Liefooghe
3	April 28	Kia 200	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Porsche 911 Carrera S	BMW 128i
				Nick Longhi Matt Plumb	Martin Jensen Ryan Ellis
4	May 12	B+ Heroes 200	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Subaru WRX-STI	Honda Civic Si
				Andrew Aquilante Bret Spaude	Corey Fergus Owen Trinkler
5	June 9	EMCO Gears Classic	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Ford Mustang Boss 302R	Honda Civic Si
				Billy Johnson Jack Roush, Jr.	Chad Gilsinger Michael Valiante
6	June 22	Road America	Road America	Porsche 911 Carrera S	Volkswagen Golf GTI
				Nick Longhi Matt Plumb	Aleks Altberg David Cheng
7	June 30	Continental Tire 150	Watkins Glen International	Porsche 911 Carrera S	Honda Civic Si
				Nick Longhi Matt Plumb	John Schmitt Michael Valiante
8	July 27	Brickyard Sports Car Challenge	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Chevrolet Camaro	BMW 328i
				Lawson Aschenbach Eric Curran	Daniel Rogers Seth Thomas
9	September 8	Continental Tire Sports Car Festival	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Chevrolet Camaro	Mazda MX-5
				John Edwards Matt Bell	Derek Whitis Tom Long
10	September 29	Lime Rock Park	Lime Rock Park[A 1]	Porsche 911 Carrera S	Mazdaspeed3
				Nick Longhi Matt Plumb	Pierre Kleinubing Jason Clunie

1. Separate races for GS and ST will be run at Lime Rock.

Team news

• On October 15, 2011, team owner C. J. Wilson said that he would miss the season due to its interference with the 2012 Major League Baseball season.^[4]
• After successfully testing a Roush Performance mustang during the 2011 season, Shelby Blackstock announced on October 20 that he and Jade Buford would be competing in the 2012 season.^[5]
• It was announced on October 27, 2011, that BGB Motorsports would be fielding two Porsche 997's, having previously fielded Porsche Caymans.^[6] The last time BGB ran the 911 chassis was in 2010, having also won 3 races with the car during the 2008 season. This also marks the retirement of the Cayman from the series.
• It was announced on November 3, 2011, that driver Mark Hillstead had died on August 29 of a heart attack.^[7]
• It was announced on November 3, 2011, that driver Aaron Steele would compete in the race at Daytona International Speedway.^[8]
• It was announced on November 3, 2011, that Al Carter and Hugh Plumb would return to the B+ Foundation and Fall Line Motorsports.^[9] They have entered BMW M3s.
• It was announced on December 1, 2011 that Ryan Ellis and Tyler McQuarrie would return to the series full-time in 2012 campaigning a BMW 128i in the Street Tuner division.

Event notes

• During the round at Indianapolis, a motorhome caught fire. At least half of the vehicle was destroyed. The flames became so intense that the smoke forced a full course caution.^[10]

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