2011 Rolex Sports Car Series

The 2011 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the twelfth season of Grand-Am's premier series. Continental Tire became the official tire supplier for Grand-Am.^[1] The company purchased the naming rights of the RSCS's support series, the Grand-Am Cup Series, from KONI in 2010.

The season began with the Rolex 24 at Daytona on January 29^[2] and finished with the EMCO Gears Classic at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on September 17.

A notable change is the television coverage. In contrast to 2010, about half of the races were not televised live.

Schedule

The official schedule was released October 18, 2010, and consisted of twelve rounds.^[3] Road America appears on the schedule after a nine year absence, while Laguna Seca returns after its absence from the schedule in 2010. The second race at Daytona and Miller Motorsports Park do not return.

Rnd	Race	Length/Duration	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Rolex 24 At Daytona	24 hours	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	January 27–30
2	Grand Prix of Miami	2 hours 45 minutes	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida	March 5
3	Porsche 250	2 hours 45 minutes	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama	April 9
4	Bosch Engineering 250	250 miles or 3 hours	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	May 14
5	Memorial Day Classic	2 hours 45 minutes	Lime Rock Park	Lime Rock, Connecticut	May 30
6	Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen	6 hours	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	June 4
7	Rolex Sports Car Series 250	2 hours	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	June 25
8	Continental Tire Sports Car Festival	2 hours 45 minutes	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	July 9
9	American Red Cross 250	2 hours 45 minutes	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	July 24
10	Canadian Tire 200	2 hours or 200 miles	Watkins Glen short	Watkins Glen, New York	August 13
11	Montreal 200	2 hours 30 minutes or 200 miles	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Montreal, Quebec	August 20
12	EMCO Gears Classic	3 hours	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	September 17

Teams and drivers

Will Turner announced that he will field two BMW M3s in the Rolex Sports Car Series for 2011.^[4]

Memo Gidley joined Team Sahlen for the 2011 season.^[5]

Spirit of Daytona Racing announced on October 11, 2010, that they would be changing to a Chevrolet-powered prototype.^[6] SunTrust Racing also announced on October 6 that they would return to the Chevrolet powerplant after two years of using a Ford powerplant.^[7]

It was announced on October 12, 2010 that Brumos Racing would be fielding a Porsche 911 GT3 for 2011 in a return to the team's roots.^[8] The drivers will be Leh Keen and Andrew Davis.

It was announced on October 13, 2010 that Blackforest Motorsports would be returning to the series, fielding a Ford Mustang.^[9]

It was announced on October 22, 2010 that Toro Corse would be entering two Lamborghini Gallardos in the GT class.^[10]

Results

Rnd	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Daytona	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	#01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
		Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Seth Neiman Johannes van Overbeek	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Seth Neiman Johannes van Overbeek	Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Joey Hand Graham Rahal
		#66 The Racer's Group	#44 Magnus Racing	#67 The Racer's Group
		Dominik Farnbacher Tim George, Jr. Ben Keating Lucas Luhr	Marco Holzer Richard Lietz John Potter Craig Stanton	Andy Lally Steven Bertheau Brendan Gaughan Wolf Henzler Spencer Pumpelly
2	Homestead	#99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	#9 Action Express Racing	#01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
		Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney	João Barbosa Terry Borcheller	Scott Pruett Memo Rojas
		#57 Stevenson Motorsport	#57 Stevenson Motorsport	#94 Turner Motorsport
		Jan Magnussen Robin Liddell	Jan Magnussen Robin Liddell	Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana
3	Barber	#90 Spirit of Daytona Racing	#10 SunTrust Racing	#01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
		Antonio García Paul Edwards	Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor	Scott Pruett Memo Rojas
		#41 Dempsey Racing	#94 Turner Motorsport	#94 Turner Motorsport
		Dane Cameron James Gue	Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana	Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana
4	VIR	#90 Spirit of Daytona Racing	#9 Action Express Racing	#9 Action Express Racing
		Paul Edwards Antonio García	João Barbosa Terry Borcheller J. C. France	João Barbosa Terry Borcheller J. C. France
		#57 Stevenson Motorsport	#88 Autohaus Motorsports	#88 Autohaus Motorsports
		Jan Magnussen Robin Liddell	Jordan Taylor Bill Lester	Jordan Taylor Bill Lester
5	Lime Rock	#10 SunTrust Racing	#01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	#10 SunTrust Racing
		Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli	Scott Pruett Memo Rojas	Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor
		#57 Stevenson Motorsport	#57 Stevenson Motorsport	#57 Stevenson Motorsport
		Robin Liddell Jan Magnussen	Jan Magnussen Robin Liddell	Robin Liddell Jan Magnussen
6	Watkins Glen Long	#10 SunTrust Racing	#10 SunTrust Racing	#10 SunTrust Racing
		Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli	Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli	Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor
		#88 Autohaus Motorsports	#07 Banner Racing	#59 Brumos Racing
		Jordan Taylor Bill Lester Tommy Milner	Oliver Gavin Gunter Schaldach Mike Skeen	Andrew Davis Leh Keen
7	Road America	#10 SunTrust Racing	#01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	#01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
		Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli	Scott Pruett Memo Rojas	Scott Pruett Memo Rojas
		#42 Team Sahlen	#42 Team Sahlen	#31 Marsh Racing
		Wayne Nonnamaker John Edwards	John Edwards Wayne Nonnamaker	Eric Curran John Heinricy
8	Laguna Seca	#10 SunTrust Racing	#99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	#99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing
		Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli	Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney	Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney
		#59 Brumos Racing	#59 Brumos Racing	#59 Brumos Racing
		Andrew Davis Leh Keen	Andrew Davis Leh Keen	Andrew Davis Leh Keen
9	New Jersey	#10 SunTrust Racing	#99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	#01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
		Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli	Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney	Scott Pruett Memo Rojas
		#42 Team Sahlen	#70 SpeedSource	#70 SpeedSource
		Wayne Nonnamaker John Edwards	Jonathan Bomarito Sylvain Tremblay	Jonathan Bomarito Sylvain Tremblay
10	Watkins Glen Short	#10 SunTrust Racing	#01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	#10 SunTrust Racing
		Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli	Scott Pruett Memo Rojas	Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor
		#57 Stevenson Motorsport	#88 Autohaus Motorsports	#67 The Racer's Group
		Robin Liddell Jan Magnussen	Jordan Taylor Bill Lester	Spencer Pumpelly Steven Bertheau
11	Montreal	#99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	#99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	#99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing
		Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney	Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney	Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney
		#31 Marsh Racing	#94 Turner Motorsport	#57 Stevenson Motorsport
		Boris Said Owen Kelly	Billy Johnson Paul Dalla Lana	Robin Liddell Ronnie Bremer
12	Mid-Ohio	#99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	#10 SunTrust Racing	#8 Starworks Motorsport
		Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney	Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli	Ryan Dalziel Enzo Potolicchio
		#57 Stevenson Motorsport	#42 Team Sahlen	#57 Stevenson Motorsport
		Ronnie Bremer Robin Liddell	John Edwards Wayne Nonnamaker	Ronnie Bremer Robin Liddell

Championship Standings

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Daytona Prototypes

Driver's (Top 30)

Pos	Driver	R24	HOM	BIR	VIR	LIM	S6H	ELK	LAG	NJ	WAT	MON	LEX	Points
1	Scott Pruett	1	1	1	2	7	2	1	2	1	2	5	2	385
1	Memo Rojas	1	1	1	2	7	2	1	2	1	2	5	2	385
2	Max Angelelli	5	3	11	4	1	1	3	3	2	1	2	11	353
2	Ricky Taylor	5	3	11	4	1	1	3	3	2	1	2	11	353
3	David Donohue	9	2	5	3	5	5	6	6	6	6	3	5	318
3	Darren Law	9	2	5	3	5	5	6	6	6	6	3	5	318
4	Jon Fogarty	12	8	2	10	4	3	2	1	3	12†	1	3	315
4	Alex Gurney	12	8	2	10	4	3	2	1	3	12†	1	3	315
5	João Barbosa	3	5	7	1	6	7	7	8	5	7	6	4	314
5	J. C. France	3	5	7	1	6	7	7	8	5	7	6	4	314
6	Oswaldo Negri	10	9	6	6	2	4	5	5	8	5	9	8	299
6	John Pew	10	9	6	6	2	4	5	5	8	5	9	8	299
7	Paul Edwards	14	11	9	8	9	8	10	10	7	10	4	10	263
7	Antonio García	14	11	9	8	9	8	10	10	7	10	4	10	263
8	Brian Frisselle	17	13	10	5	8	6	9	9	9	8	8	9	263
9	Burt Frisselle	9	4	4	9		5	11		9	4	7	9	242
10	Henri Richard	17	13	10	5	8	6	9	9	9	8	8		241
11	Ryan Dalziel	16	12	3	11†	3	9†	4	7	4	3	10†	1	240
12	Terry Borcheller	3	5	7	1	6	7	7	8	5	7†		4†	237
13	Enzo Potolicchio	15	7	8	7	10†		8		10	11	11	1	206
14	Alex Popow	15	7	8	7	10†		8	7	10	3	10	6†	206
15	Mark Wilkins	8	4	4	9			11			4	7	6	198
16	Mike Forest	16	12	3	11†	3	9†	4	4					151
17	Mark Blundell	4	6								9		7	99
18	Matt Bell	17					6		11					61
19	Zak Brown	4									9		7†	50
20	Raphael Matos	11								4				48
21	Michael Valiante	10	6											46
22	Jörg Bergmeister	13									11			38
23	Joey Hand	1												35
23	Graham Rahal	1												35
24	Scott Dixon	2												32
	Dario Franchitti	2
	Jamie McMurray	2
	Juan Pablo Montoya	2
25	Christian Fittipaldi	3												30
25	Max Papis	3												30
26	Martin Brundle	4												28
26	Mark Patterson	4												28
27	Ryan Briscoe	5												26
28	Niclas Jönsson	6												25
	Tracy Krohn	6
	Nicolas Minassian	6
	Ricardo Zonta	6
29	A. J. Allmendinger	7												24
	Michael McDowell	7
	Justin Wilson	7
30	Christophe Bouchut	8												23
	Luis Díaz	8
	Scott Tucker	8

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

Notes

Drivers denoted by † did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

Chassis

Pos	Chassis	R24	HOM	BIR	VIR	LIM	S6H	ELK	LAG	NJ	WAT	MON	LEX	Pts
1	Riley	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	411
2	Dallara	5	3	10	4	1	1	3	3	2	1	2	9	356
3	Coyote	14	11	9	8	9	8	10	10	7	10	4	10	263
4	Lola	6												25
Pos	Chassis	R24	HOM	BIR	VIR	LIM	S6H	ELK	LAG	NJ	WAT	MON	LEX	Pts

Engine

Pos	Engine	R24	HOM	BIR	VIR	LIM	S6H	ELK	LAG	NJ	WAT	MON	LEX	Pts
1	BMW	1	1	1	2	7	2	1	2	1	2	5	2	385
2	Chevrolet	5	3	2	4	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	3	385
3	Ford	4	6	3	5	2	4	4	4	4	3	8	1	341
4	Porsche	3	2	5	1	5	5	6	6	5	6	3	4	334
Pos	Engine	R24	HOM	BIR	VIR	LIM	S6H	ELK	LAG	NJ	WAT	MON	LEX	Pts

Grand Touring

Driver's (Top 10)

Pos	Driver	R24	HOM	BIR	VIR	LIM	S6H	ELK	LAG	NJ	WAT	MON	LEX	Points
1	Andrew Davis	5	7	10	5	3	1	6	1	12	7	5	4	319
1	Leh Keen	5	7	10	5	3	1	6	1	12	7	5	4	319
2	Jordan Taylor	14	6	7	1	2	2	5	10	4	2	9	8	317
2	Bill Lester	14	6	7	1	2	2	5	10	4	2	9	8	317
3	Jonathan Bomarito	6	4	3	14	12	10	7	3	1	4	2	5	315
3	Sylvain Tremblay	6	4	3	14	12	10	7	3	1	4	2	5	315
4	Dane Cameron	10	5	6	4	4	8	13	9	3	6	3	3	306
4	James Gue	10	5	6	4	4	8	13	9	3	6	3	3	306
5	Emil Assentato	27	2	4	8	10	3	10	2	6	10	10	2	302
5	Jeff Segal	27	2	4	8	10	3	10	2	6	10	10	2	302
6	Craig Stanton	4	3	5	15	9	5	4	7	8	3	7	7	301
6	John Potter	4	3	5	15	9	5	4	7	8	3	7	7	301
7	Paul Dalla Lana	17	1	1	3	6	11	8	8	13	5	4	16	294
8	Wayne Nonnamaker	7	9	11	9	7	7	2	14	2	8	6	6	290
9	Robin Liddell	12	16	9	7	1	15	12	4	5	20	1	1	285
10	Gunter Schaldach	23	8	2	2	8	4	16†	6	7	9	8	9	270

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Notes

Drivers denoted by † did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

Engine

Pos	Engine	R24	HOM	BIR	VIR	LIM	S6H	ELK	LAG	NJ	WAT	MON	LEX	Points
1	Chevrolet	12	6	2	1	1	2	1	4	4	2	1	1	371
2	Mazda	3	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	1	4	2	2	369
3	Porsche	1	3	5	5	3	1	3	1	8	1	5	4	359
4	BMW	17	1	1	3	6	11	8	8	10	5	4	15	296
5	Ford		19				13				12			49
6	Ferrari	15												16
Pos	Engine	R24	HOM	BIR	VIR	LIM	S6H	ELK	LAG	NJ	WAT	MON	LEX	Points

References

^ "Continental – Official GRAND-AM Tire Supplier from 2011". autoevolution. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
^ "Rolex 24 At Daytona". Daytona International Speedway. 2010-01-24. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
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^ GRAND-AM Rolex Series Driver Point Standings, Grand-Am Road Racing, June 15, 2012, Retrieved 2012-06-15

External links

The official website of Grand-Am

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