2015 Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase

Third round of the 2015 United SportsCar Championship season February 2025 right|thumb|250x250px|The layout of the Long Beach Street Circuit The 2015 Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). It was held at Long Beach Street Circuit in Long Beach, California on 18 April 2015. The race was the third round of the 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship. Background The event was run as a support race to the Grand Prix of Long Beach, the annual IndyCar Series race held at the circuit. The Pirelli World Challenge and Stadium Super Trucks also ran during the weekend. The race was also the joint-shortest of the season, at just 100 minutes, identical to the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic. Entries 2015 United SportsCar Championship#Entries A total of 17 cars took part in the event; 9 in the Prototype (P) class and 8 in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class.8 April 2015 17 Cars on Long Beach Entry List https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/17-on-long-beach-entry-list/ 17 December 2022 sportscar365.com The Prototype Challenge (PC) and GT Daytona (GTD) classes would not be participating in the event. After only competing on permanent circuits since its competition debut in 2012, The DeltaWing would make its first appearance at a street course.15 April 2015 DeltaWing goes where it has never gone before: A street course https://us.motorsport.com/imsa/news/deltawing-goes-where-it-has-never-gone-before-a-street-course/2896769/ 17 December 2022 motorsport.com Due to scheduling conflicts for full-season drivers Nick Tandy and Earl Bamber, who were preparing for their LMP1 debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship, drivers Frédéric Makowiecki and Richard Lietz would replace them for the Long Beach event.2 April 2015 Porsche Set to Switch Up Long Beach GTLM Lineup https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/porsche-set-to-switch-up-long-beach-gtlm-lineup/ 17 December 2022 sportscar365.com Practice There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, both on Friday. The first session lasted two hours on Friday morning while the second session on Friday afternoon lasted 35 minutes.Dagys John April 18, 2015 Continental Tire Keys to the Race: Long Beach https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/continental-tire-keys-to-the-race-long-beach/ July 12, 2023 sportscar365.com Practice 1 The first practice session at 7:45 am PT on Friday and ended with Dane Cameron topping the charts for Action Express Racing, with a lap time of 1:16.063.Dagys John April 17, 2015 Cameron Tops Opening Practice at Long Beach https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/cameron-tops-opening-practice-at-long-beach/ July 12, 2023 sportscar365.com Pos. PositionClassNo. Car numberTeamDriverTimeGap Gap in seconds1P31Action Express RacingDane Cameron1:16.063_2P90VisitFlorida.com RacingRichard Westbrook1:16.141 +0.0783P5Action Express RacingJoão Barbosa1:16.159 +0.096Source:April 18, 2015 ResultsQuery http://www.dailysportscar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/TUSCC-2015-Long-Beach-Free-1.pdf July 12, 2023 dailysportscar.com Final Practice The second and final practice session took place at 4:45 pm PT on Friday and ended with Ricky Taylor topping the charts for Wayne Taylor Racing, with a lap time of 1:15.879.Dagys John April 17, 2015 Ricky Taylor Quickest in Final Practice at Long Beach https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/ricky-taylor-quickest-in-final-practice-at-long-beach/ July 12, 2023 sportscar365.com Pos. PositionClassNo. Car numberTeamDriverTimeGap Gap in seconds1P10Wayne Taylor RacingRicky Taylor1:15.879_2P01Chip Ganassi RacingScott Pruett1:16.165 +0.2863P90VisitFlorida.com RacingEric Curran1:16.447 +0.568Source:April 18, 2015 ResultsQuery http://www.dailysportscar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/TUSCC-2015-Long-Beach-Free-2.pdf July 12, 2023 dailysportscar.com Qualifying Qualifying was broken into two sessions. The first session of qualifying was for the GTLM class. Bill Auberlen qualified on pole in GTLM driving the No. 25 BMW Team RLL entry.Dagys John April 17, 2015 Auberlen Leads BMW 1-2 in GTLM Qualifying at Long Beach https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/auberlen-leads-bmw-1-2-in-gtlm-qualifying/ July 12, 2023 sportscar365.com The final session of qualifying was for the P class. Ricky Taylor qualified on pole driving the No. 10 car for Wayne Taylor Racing.Dagys John April 17, 2015 Ricky Taylor Rockets to Long Beach Pole https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/ricky-taylor-takes-long-beach-pole/ July 12, 2023 sportscar365.comApril 18, 2015 TUSCC: Long Beach, Qualifying, Taylor In Prototype While Auberlen Leads BMW Sweep https://www.dailysportscar.com/2015/04/18/tusc-long-beach-qualifying-taylor-in-prototype-while-auberlen-leads-bmw-sweep.html July 12, 2023 dailysportscar.com Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by . Pos. PositionClassNo. Car numberTeamDriverTimeGap Gap in secondsGrid Final grid position1P10USA Wayne Taylor RacingUSA Ricky Taylor1:14.790_12P01USA Chip Ganassi RacingUSA Scott Pruett1:15.048 +0.25823P5USA Action Express RacingBRA Christian Fittipaldi1:15.274 +0.48434P90USA VisitFlorida.com RacingCAN Michael Valiante1:15.553 +0.76345P31USA Action Express RacingUSA Eric Curran1:15.915 +1.12556GTLM25USA BMW Team RLLUSA Bill Auberlen1:17.268 +2.47867P0USA DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFoneMEX Memo Rojas1:17.405 +2.61578P60USA Michael Shank Racing with Curb/AgajanianUSA John Pew1:17.427 +2.63789GTLM24USA BMW Team RLLUSA John Edwards1:17.516 +2.726910GTLM62USA Risi CompetizioneITA Giancarlo Fisichella1:17.709 +2.9191011GTLM3USA Corvette RacingDEN Jan Magnussen1:17.739 +2.9491112GTLM4USA Corvette RacingGBR Oliver Gavin1:17.756 +2.9661213GTLM912USA Porsche North AmericaAUT Richard Lietz1:17.932 +3.1421614GTLM911USA Porsche North AmericaFRA Patrick Pilet1:18.185 +3.3951715GTLM17USA Team Falken TireUSA Bryan Sellers1:18.728 +3.9381316P70USA SpeedSourcedid not participate1417P07USA SpeedSourcedid not participate15Source:April 18, 2015 ResultsQuery http://www.dailysportscar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/TUSCC-2015-Long-Beach-Qualifying.pdf July 12, 2023 dailysportscar.com Results Class winners are denoted in bold and . +Final race classificationPos PositionClassNo. Car numberTeamDriversChassisTireLaps Laps completedTime/RetiredEngine1P10USA Wayne Taylor RacingUSA Jordan TaylorUSA Ricky TaylorCorvette Daytona PrototypeContinental781:40:59.571Chevrolet 5.5 L V82P01USA Chip Ganassi RacingUSA Joey HandUSA Scott PruettFord EcoBoost Riley DPContinental78 +3.300Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L V6 Turbo3P90USA VisitFlorida.com RacingGBR Richard WestbrookCAN Michael ValianteCorvette Daytona PrototypeContinental78 +18.242Chevrolet 5.5 L V84P31USA Action Express RacingUSA Eric CurranUSA Dane CameronCorvette Daytona PrototypeContinental78 +21.864Chevrolet 5.5 L V85P5USA Action Express RacingPOR João BarbosaBRA Christian FittipaldiCorvette Daytona PrototypeContinental78 +50.468Chevrolet 5.5 L V86P60USA Michael Shank Racing with Curb/AgajanianUSA John PewBRA Oswaldo Negri Jr.Ligier JS P2Continental76 +2 lapsHonda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo7GTLM25USA BMW Team RLLUSA Bill AuberlenDEU Dirk WernerBMW Z4 GTEMichelin76 +2 Laps BMW 4.4 L V88GTLM62USA Risi CompetizioneDEU Pierre KafferITA Giancarlo FisichellaFerrari 458 Italia GT2Michelin76 +2 LapsFerrari 4.5 L V89GTLM3USA Corvette RacingESP Antonio GarcíaDEN Jan MagnussenChevrolet Corvette C7.RMichelin75 +3 LapsChevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V810GTLM911USA Porsche North AmericaFRA Frédéric MakowieckiFRA Patrick PiletPorsche 911 RSRMichelin75 +3 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-611GTLM24USA BMW Team RLLUSA John EdwardsDEU Lucas LuhrBMW Z4 GTEMichelin75 +3 lapsBMW 4.4 L V812GTLM17USA Team Falken TireUSA Bryan SellersDEU Wolf HenzlerPorsche 911 RSRFalken75 +3 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-613P07USA SpeedSourceUSA Tom LongUSA Joel MillerMazda PrototypeContinental75 +3 LapsMazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel)14GTLM4USA Corvette RacingGBR Oliver GavinUSA Tommy MilnerChevrolet Corvette C7.RMichelin74 +4 LapsChevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V815P70USA SpeedSourceUSA Jonathan BomaritoUSA Tristan NunezMazda PrototypeContinental74 +4 LapsMazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel)16GTLM912USA Porsche North AmericaDEU Jörg BergmeisterAUT Richard LietzPorsche 911 RSRMichelin60 +18 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-617P0USA DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFoneMEX Memo RojasGBR Katherine LeggeDeltaWing DWC13Continental9Did not finishÉlan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 TurboSource:ResultsQuery http://www.dailysportscar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/TUSCC-2015-Long-Beach-Result.pdf 17 December 2022 dailysportscar.com+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturerContinental ContinentalMichelin MichelinFalken Falken Tire References United SportsCar Championship 12 Hours of Sebring 2015 Monterey Grand Prix Category:2015 United SportsCar Championship season Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase Category:Grand Prix of Long Beach (IMSA) Category:April 2015 sports events in the United States