2007 Rolex Sports Car Series

The 2007 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the eighth season of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve. The 15-race championship for Daytona Prototypes and GT cars began January 27, 2007 and concluded on September 15, 2007. Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty shared the Daytona Prototype title, while Dirk Werner won the GT title.

Schedule

2007 marked the first time the Sonoma race did not feature the GT class. Phoenix was dropped in favor of Iowa Speedway, and Long Beach was dropped for Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Rnd Race Circuit Class Distance/Duration Date
1 Rolex 24 At Daytona Daytona International Speedway Both 24 hours January 27
January 28
2 Mexico City 400k Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Both 400 km (250 mi) March 3
3 Linder Industrial Komatsu Grand Prix of Miami Homestead-Miami Speedway Both 2 hours, 30 minutes March 24
4 VIR 400 Virginia International Raceway Both (split races) 250 mi (400 km) April 29
5 U.S. Sports Car Invitational Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Both (split races) 2 hours, 30 minutes May 20
6 Rolex GT Series Challenge Lime Rock Park GT 2 hours, 30 minutes May 28
7 Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen Watkins Glen International Both 6 hours June 9
8 EMCO Gears Classic Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Both (split races) 250 mi (400 km) June 24
9 Brumos Porsche 250 Daytona International Speedway Both 250 mi (400 km) July 5
10 Iowa 400k Iowa Speedway Both (split races) 250 mi (400 km) July 14
11 Porsche 250 presented by Bradley Arant Barber Motorsports Park Both (split races) 2 hours, 30 minutes July 22
12 Montreal 400k Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Both 2 hours, 30 minutes August 3
13 Crown Royal 200 at the Glen Watkins Glen International DP 200 mi (320 km) August 10
14 Armed Forces Grand-Am 250 Infineon Raceway DP 2 hours, 30 minutes August 25
15 Sunchaser 1000k Miller Motorsports Park Both 1,000 km (620 mi) September 15

Entries

Daytona Prototype (DP)

Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Southard Motorsports Riley MkXI BMW 3 Shane Lewis All
Randy Ruhlman 1–5, 7–10, 12–14
Graham Rahal 1
Elliott Forbes-Robinson 1
Mark Martin 10
Guy Cosmo 11
Eric Lux 15
Michael Shank Racing Riley MkXI Lexus 6 Ian James All
John Pew 5, 7–15
Henri Zogaib 1–3, 15
Paul Tracy 1
A. J. Allmendinger 1
Burt Frisselle 4
60 Oswaldo Negri Jr. All
Mark Patterson All
Hélio Castroneves 1
Sam Hornish Jr. 1
Justin Wilson 15
SAMAX Motorsport Riley MkXI Pontiac 7 Tomáš Enge 1
Chris Festa 1
Christian Montanari 1
Kris Szekeres 1
Roger Yasukawa 1
11 Patrick Carpentier 1–3, 5, 7–12
Kris Szekeres 8–13, 15
Ryan Dalziel 1, 4–5, 15
Tomáš Enge 7, 13–15
Milka Duno 1–3
Darren Manning 1
Jean-François Dumoulin 4
Antoine Bessette 7
Roger Yasukawa 14
Tuttle Team Racing Riley MkXI Pontiac 7 Brian Tuttle 13
Jonathan Cochet 13
Synergy Racing Doran JE4 Porsche 8 Rick Knoop 13–14
David Murry 13–14
SunTrust Racing Riley MkXI Pontiac 10 Max Angelelli All
Jan Magnussen 1–5, 10, 12, 15
Jonathan Cochet 7–9
Memo Gidley 11, 13–14
Wayne Taylor 1, 7
Jeff Gordon 1
RVO Motorsports Riley MkXI Pontiac 12 Roger Schramm 1, 3–5, 7–8, 15
Justin Bell 1, 4–5, 7–8, 15
Bill Lester 1, 3, 15
Jack Baldwin 1
John Heinricy 1
Howard Motorsports Crawford DP03 Porsche 16 Chris Dyson 1, 3–4, 7, 9
Rob Dyson 1, 4, 7, 9, 13
Oliver Gavin 1
Guy Smith 1
Andy Wallace 3
Butch Leitzinger 7
Andy Lally 13
20 Butch Leitzinger 1
Tony Stewart 1
Andy Wallace 1
VICI Racing Fabcar FDSC/03 Porsche 18 Uwe Alzen 1
Terry Borcheller 1
Gastón Mazzacane 1
Robert Renauer 1
Finlay Motorsports Crawford DP03 Ford 19 Rob Finlay 1–3
Michael Valiante 1–3
Bobby Labonte 1
Michael McDowell 1
Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates Riley MkXI Lexus 19 Michael Valiante 4–5, 7–15
Rob Finlay 4–5, 7–13
Alex Lloyd 14
Dane Cameron 15
TELMEX Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates 01 Scott Pruett All
Salvador Durán 1, 15
Juan Pablo Montoya 1
Memo Rojas 2–5, 7–15
Target Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates 02 1
Scott Dixon 1
Dan Wheldon 1
Alex Job Racing

Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing

Crawford DP03 Porsche 23 Patrick Long All
Jörg Bergmeister 1–5, 7–12, 15
Romain Dumas 1
Emmanuel Collard 13
Terry Borcheller 14
Mike Rockenfeller 15
Matt Connolly Motorsports Chase CCE-01 Pontiac 31 Matt Connolly 13
Mike Halpin 13
Ted Ballou 15
Seth Ingram 15
Keith Rossberg 15
Cheever Racing Crawford DP03 (r1)

Fabcar FDSC/03

Porsche 39 Christian Fittipaldi All
Harrison Brix 2–5, 7–11, 14–15
Antonio García 7, 12–13
Emmanuel Collard 1
Sascha Maassen 1
Richard Antinucci 15
Fabcar FDSC/03 51 Harrison Brix 1
Eddie Cheever 1
Thomas Erdos 1
Mike Newton 1
TruSpeed Motorsports Riley MkXI Porsche 47 Timo Bernhard 1
Charles Morgan 1
Rob Morgan 1
B. J. Zacharias 1
Playboy Racing / Unitech Riley MkXI Pontiac 53 Mike Borkowski 4
Tommy Constantine 4
Multimatic Motorsports Multimatic MDP1 Ford 55 Gunnar Jeannette 12
Scott Maxwell 12
Red Bull/Brumos Porsche Riley MkXI Porsche 58 David Donohue All
Darren Law All
Buddy Rice 1, 15
Scott Sharp 1
Brumos Porsche/Kendall 59 Hurley Haywood All
J. C. France 1–5, 7–9, 11–15
João Barbosa 1, 7
Roberto Moreno 1
Guy Cosmo 10
Terry Borcheller 15
Exchange Traded Gold AIM Autosport Riley MkXI Lexus 61 Mark Wilkins All
Brian Frisselle 1–2, 4, 7–8, 10, 12, 14–15
Burt Frisselle 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15
David Empringham 1
Krohn Racing Riley MkXI Pontiac 75 Colin Braun 1–5, 7–13, 15
Max Papis 1–5, 7–10
Niclas Jönsson 11–15
J. J. Lehto 1
Ricardo Zonta 14
76 Tracy Krohn All
Niclas Jönsson 1–5, 7–10
Max Papis 11–15
Boris Said 1
Feeds The Need/Doran Racing Doran JE4 Ford 77 Memo Gidley 1–5, 7–8, 15
Jorge Goeters 2–4
Guy Cosmo 5, 7–8
Fabrizio Gollin 1
Michel Jourdain Jr. 1
Oriol Servià 1
Brad Jaeger 15
Robinson Racing Riley MkXI Pontiac 84 Paul Dallenbach 1
Wally Dallenbach Jr. 1
Katherine Legge 1
George Robinson 1
Lowe's Riley-Matthews Motorsports Riley MkXI Pontiac 91 Jim Matthews 1–5, 7–8, 10–15
Marc Goossens 1–5, 7, 9–15
Ryan Hunter-Reay 1, 7–8, 15
Jimmie Johnson 1, 9
GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Riley MkXI Pontiac 99 Jon Fogarty All
Alex Gurney All
Jimmy Vasser 1, 15
Vision Racing Crawford DP03 Porsche 00 Ed Carpenter 1
A. J. Foyt IV 1
Tony George 1
Stéphan Grégoire 1
Tomas Scheckter 1
Sigalsport BMW Riley MkXI BMW 05 Matthew Alhadeff All
Bill Auberlen All
Joey Hand 7, 15
Gene Sigal 1
Karl Wendlinger 1
Spirit of Daytona Racing Fabcar FDSC/03 Porsche 09 Marc-Antoine Camirand 15
Guy Cosmo 15
Doug Goad 15

Confirmed entrants

No Team Drivers Engine
Chassis
Daytona Prototype
00 Vision Racing[1] Ed Carpenter
Tomas Scheckter
Tony George
A. J. Foyt IV
Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Riley Technologies MkXI
01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett
Salvador Durán
Juan Pablo Montoya
Lexus 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
02 Target Chip Ganassi Racing[1] Scott Dixon
Dan Wheldon
Memo Rojas
Lexus 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
3 Southard Motorsports Shane Lewis
Randy Ruhlman
Graham Rahal
Lexus 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
05 Sigalsport BMW Bill Auberlen
Matthew Alhadeff
Karl Wendlinger
Gene Sigal
BMW S62-B50 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
6 Michael Shank Racing Henri Zogaib
Ian James
Paul Tracy
A. J. Allmendinger
Lexus 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
7 SAMAX Tom Kimber-Smith
Tomáš Enge
Jeff Bucknum
Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
10 SunTrust Racing Wayne Taylor
Max Angelelli
Jeff Gordon
Jan Magnussen
Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
11 Citgo SAMAX Darren Manning
Milka Duno
Ryan Dalziel
Patrick Carpentier
Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
16 Howard Motorsports[1] Chris Dyson
Rob Dyson
Guy Smith
Oliver Gavin
Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Crawford DP03
18 VICI Racing[1] Uwe Alzen
Robert Renauer
Terry Borcheller
Gastón Mazzacane
Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Fabcar FDSC03
19 Finlay Motorsports Rob Finlay
Michael Valiante
Bobby Labonte
Michael McDowell
Ford 5.0L V8
Crawford DP03
20 Howard Motorsports Andy Wallace
Butch Leitzinger
Tony Stewart
Pontiac 5.0L V8
Crawford DP03
23 Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Patrick Long
Jörg Bergmeister
Romain Dumas
Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Crawford DP03
39 Cheever Racing Christian Fittipaldi
Eddie Cheever
Emmanuel Collard
Sascha Maassen
Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Crawford DP03
47 TruSpeed Motorsports[1] Charles Morgan
Rob Morgan
Timo Bernhard
B. J. Zacharias
Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Riley Technologies MkXI
51 Cheever Racing[1] Mike Newton
Tommy Erdos
Harrison Brix
Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Fabcar FDSC03
58 Brumos Racing David Donohue
Darren Law
Buddy Rice
Scott Sharp
Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Riley Technologies MkXI
59 Brumos Porsche Hurley Haywood
J. C. France
Roberto Moreno
João Barbosa
Porsche 3.99L GT3R F6
Riley Technologies MkXI
60 Michael Shank Racing Mark Patterson
Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Hélio Castroneves
Sam Hornish Jr.
Lexus 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
75 Krohn Racing Colin Braun
Max Papis
JJ Lehto
Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
76 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn
Nic Jönsson
Boris Said
Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
91 Riley-Matthews Motorsports Jim Matthews
Marc Goossens
Jimmie Johnson
Ryan Hunter-Reay
Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty
Jimmy Vasser
Bob Stallings
Pontiac 5.0L V8
Riley Technologies MkXI
Grand Touring
65 The Racer's Group
Porsche 3.6L F6
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
66 The Racer's Group Andy Lally
R. J. Valentine
Porsche 3.6L F6
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
72 Tafel Racing Andrew Davis
Robin Liddell
Jim Tafel
Porsche 3.6L F6
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup

Season Results

Rnd Circuit DP Winning Team GT Winning Team Results
DP Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers
1 Daytona #01 Chip Ganassi Racing #22 Alegra Motorsports Results
Scott Pruett
Salvador Durán
Juan Pablo Montoya
Jean-François Dumoulin
Carlos de Quesada
Scooter Gabel
Marc Basseng
2 Hermanos Rodriguez #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #70 SpeedSource Results
Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty
Sylvain Tremblay
Nick Ham
3 Homestead #05 Sigalsport BMW #70 SpeedSource Results
Bill Auberlen
Matthew Alhadeff
Sylvain Tremblay
Nick Ham
4 Virginia #10 SunTrust Racing #87 Farnbacher-Loles Racing Results
Max Angelelli
Jan Magnussen
Dirk Werner
Bryce Miller
5 Laguna Seca #23 Alex Job Racing #66 The Racer's Group Results
Patrick Long
Jörg Bergmeister
Andy Lally
R. J. Valentine
6 Lime Rock Did not compete #06 Banner Racing Results
Leighton Reese
Tim Lewis Jr.
7 Watkins Glen #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #66 The Racer's Group Results
Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty
Andy Lally
Spencer Pumpelly
R. J. Valentine
8 Mid-Ohio #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #66 The Racer's Group Results
Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty
Andy Lally
R. J. Valentine
9 Daytona #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #70 SpeedSource Results
Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty
Sylvain Tremblay
Nick Ham
10 Iowa #01 Chip Ganassi Racing #66 The Racer's Group Results
Scott Pruett
Memo Rojas
Andy Lally
R. J. Valentine
11 Barber #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing #07 Banner Racing Results
Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty
Paul Edwards
Kelly Collins
12 Gilles Villeneuve #10 SunTrust Racing #66 The Racer's Group Results
Max Angelelli
Jan Magnussen
Andy Lally
R. J. Valentine
13 Watkins Glen #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Did not compete Results
Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty
14 Infineon #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Did not compete Results
Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty
15 Miller #91 Riley-Matthews Motorsports #07 Banner Racing Results
Marc Goossens
Ryan Hunter-Reay
Jim Matthews
Paul Edwards
Kelly Collins
Andy Pilgrim

Standings

DP

Pos Driver R24
MEX
HOM
VIR
LGA
S6H
MOH
DAY
IOW
BAR
MON
WGL
SON
SLK
Pts
1 Alex Gurney 22 1 11 5 6 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 8 408
Jon Fogarty 22 1 11 5 6 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 8
2 Scott Pruett 1 4 3 8 2 2 2 6 1 5 5 3 3 9 406
3 Max Angelelli 3 3 2 1 15 3 4 2 7 3 1 2 4 18 395
4 Memo Rojas 21 4 3 8 2 2 2 6 1 5 5 3 3 9 381
5 Colin Braun 11 2 8 2 8 12 3 3 4 2 12 11 EX 3 338
6 Darren Law 20 6 6 3 4 9 5 5 6 4 8 5 2 20 338
David Donohue 20 6 6 3 4 9 5 5 6 4 8 5 2 20
7 Patrick Long 12 5 9 9 1 8 6 14 10 8 17 9 7 5 319
8 Mark Patterson 9 9 15 11 3 11 9 7 5 6 6 8 8 10 319
Oswaldo Negri Jr. 9 9 15 11 3 11 9 7 5 6 6 8 8 10
9 Max Papis 11 2 8 2 8 12 3 3 4 9 14 19 DNS 12 307
10 Ian James 16 10 12 6 7 4 10 4 9 7 11 16 10 7 307
Pos Driver R24
MEX
HOM
VIR
LGA
S6H
MOH
DAY
IOW
BAR
MON
WGL
SON
SLK
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished
Red Did not finish
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Blank Did not participate
Injured (INJ)
Excluded (EX)

† Colin Braun was suspended for the race in Sonoma by the GARRA for an incident during the race at Watkins Glen while on probation.[2]

GT

Pos Driver Pts DAY MEX HOM VIR MTY LRP WGL MOH DAY IOW BAR MON MIL
1 Dirk Werner 375 14 4 3 1 3 2 2 12 3 3 3 2 3
2 Kelly Collins
Paul Edwards
365 2 10 7 3 4 4 3 3 2 14 1 8 1
3 Bryce Miller 363 26 4 3 1 3 2 2 12 3 3 3 2 3
4 Andy Lally
R. J. Valentine
348 17 8 2 10 1 10 1 1 9 1 2 1 23
5 Leighton Reese
Tim Lewis, Jr.
316 4 14 10 12 10 1 7 6 6 2 4 5 16
6 Sylvain Tremblay 314 5 1 1 2 7 11 22 2 1 13 5 9
7 Nick Ham 305 5 1 1 2 7 11 DNS 2 1 13 5 9
8 Carlos de Quesada 289 1 12 6 6 8 12 5 11 7 DNS 11 4 6
9 Jean-François Dumoulin 281 1 12 6 6 8 12 5 11 7 DNS 11 4 14
10 Emil Assentato 275 7 3 16 11 9 19 8 19 8 5 10 12 4
Pos Driver Pts DAY MEX HOM VIR MTY LRP WGL MOH DAY IOW BAR MON MIL
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished
Red Did not finish
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Blank Did not participate
Injured (INJ)
Excluded (EX)

† Not classified due to failure to complete a green-flag lap.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f These teams are confirmed to only run select races of the Grand-Am season.
  2. ^ SPEEDtv.com: Colin Braun gets 1-Race Suspension