# 2016 Ferrari Challenge North America

The Ferrari Challenge is a single-marque motorsport championship. The Ferrari Challenge North America features the Trofeo Pirelli and Coppa Shell class system. This championship was inaugurated in 1994. It is organized by Ferrari North America and sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The 2016 season consists of seven rounds in the USA and Canada.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
| Ferrari of Houston | 2 | Ricardo Pérez de Lara | TP | 1, 3 |
| Ferrari of Houston | 47 | Darren Crystal | TPAM | 3 |
| Ferrari of Houston | 73 | Bryn Owen | TPAM | 1 |
| Lake Forest Sportscars | 5 | Nick Mancuso | TP | 2–3 |
| Lake Forest Sportscars | 7 | Cort Wagner | TP | 2 |
| Ferrari of Beverly Hills | 7 | Martín Fuentes | TP | 1 |
| Ferrari of Beverly Hills | 17 | Alistair Garnett | TPAM | 2–4 |
| Ferrari of Beverly Hills | 101 | Darren Enenstein | CS | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Beverly Hills | 106 | Karl Williams | CS | 3–4 |
| Ferrari of Beverly Hills | 153 | Neil Langberg | CS | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of San Francisco | 9 | Zaid Ghandour | TPAM | 2 |
| Ferrari of San Francisco | 113 | Geoff Palermo | CS | 1 |
| Ferrari of San Francisco | 125 | Matt Keegan | CS | 1 |
| Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale | 10 | Henrik Hedman | TP | 1 |
| Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale | 44 | Carlos Kauffmann | TP | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale | 85 | Steve Johnson | TPAM | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale | 112 | Dan O'Neal | CS | 1, 4 |
| Ferrari of Central Florida | 11 | Lance Willsey | TPAM | 1 |
| Ferrari of Central Florida | 11 | Onofrio Triarsi | TPAM | 3 |
| Ferrari of Central Florida | 12 | Charles Quinton | TPAM | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Central Florida | 121 | Luis Perusquia | CS | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Ontario | 13 | Marc Muzzo | TPAM | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Ontario | 31 | Damon Ockey | TP | 3 |
| Ferrari of Ontario | 120 | Rick Lovat | CS | 1, 3–4 |
| Ferrari of Ontario | 179 | Fons Scheltema | CS | 4 |
| Ferrari of Ontario | 199 | Barry Zekelman | CS | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Newport Beach | 14 | Brent Lawrence | TPAM | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Newport Beach | 151 | Rob Hodes | CS | 1–4 |
| Boardwalk Ferrari | 18 | James Weiland | TPAM | 1–4 |
| Boardwalk Ferrari | 161 | Jean-Claude Saada | CS | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Palm Beach | 21 | Danny Baker | TPAM | 2–4 |
| Ferrari of Long Island | 24 | Caesar Bacarella | TPAM | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Long Island | 111 | Joe Vitagliano | CS | 1–2, 4 |
| Ferrari of Long Island | 119 | Chris Cagnazzi | CS | 1–4 |
| The Collection | 33 | Arthur Romanelli | TPAM | 1–4 |
| The Collection | 38 | Gregory Romanelli | TP | 1–4 |
| The Collection | 123 | Alexander Menzel | CS | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Quebec | 71 | Patrice Brisebois | TPAM | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Quebec | 77 | Emmanuel Anassis | TP | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Quebec | 117 | Martin LaBrecque | CS | 1, 4 |
| Continental Autosport | 76 | Joel Weinberger | TPAM | 3–4 |
| Miller Motor Cars | 105 | Rodney Randall | CS | 1–4 |
| Miller Motor Cars | 116 | Al Delattre | CS | 1 |
| Miller Motor Cars | 177 | Joe Courtney | CS | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Vancouver | 99 | Wei Lu | TP | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Atlanta | 134 | Michael Watt | CS | 1–4 |
| Ferrari of Atlanta | 176 | Lance Cawley | CS | 2–4 |
| Ferrari of San Diego | 178 | Al Hegyi | CS | 1–4 |
| Ron Tonkin Gran Turismo | 187 | Rich Baek | CS | 1–3 |
| Icon | Class |
| TP | Trofeo Pirelli |
| TPAM | Trofeo Pirelli Amateur |
| CS | Coppa Shell |

## Race calendar and results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | TPAM Winner | Coppa Shell Winner |
| 1 | R1 | Daytona International Speedway | 29 January | Emmanuel Anassis | Gregory Romanelli | Emmanuel Anassis | Ferrari of Quebec | Steve Johnson | Joe Courtney |
| 1 | R2 | Daytona International Speedway | 30 January | Ricardo Pérez de Lara | Ricardo Pérez de Lara | Ricardo Pérez de Lara | Ferrari of Houston | Steve Johnson | Rick Lovat |
| 2 | R3 | Sonoma Raceway | 9 April | Emmanuel Anassis | Emmanuel Anassis | Emmanuel Anassis | Ferrari of Quebec | Steve Johnson | Joe Courtney |
| 2 | R4 | Sonoma Raceway | 10 April | Emmanuel Anassis | Carlos Kauffmann | Gregory Romanelli | The Collection | Patrice Brisebois | Joe Courtney |
| 3 | R5 | Circuit of the Americas | 14 May | Gregory Romanelli | Ricardo Pérez de Lara | Ricardo Pérez de Lara | Ferrari of Houston | James Weiland | Matt Keegan |
| 3 | R6 | Circuit of the Americas | 15 May | Gregory Romanelli | Gregory Romanelli | Ricardo Pérez de Lara | Ferrari of Houston | James Weiland | Joe Courtney |
| 4 | R7 | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 11 June | Gregory Romanelli | Carlos Kauffmann | Gregory Romanelli | The Collection | James Weiland | Rick Lovat |
| 4 | R8 | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 12 June | Gregory Romanelli | Carlos Kauffmann | Emmanuel Anassis | Ferrari of Quebec | James Weiland | Joe Courtney |
| 5 | R9 | Lime Rock Park | 23 September | | | | | | |
| 5 | R10 | Lime Rock Park | 24 September | | | | | | |
| 6 | R11 | Homestead-Miami Speedway | 5 November | | | | | | |
| 6 | R12 | Homestead-Miami Speedway | 6 November | | | | | | |
| 7 | R13 | Daytona International Speedway | 3 December | | | | | | |
| 7 | R14 | Daytona International Speedway | 4 December | | | | | | |

## Championship standings

All drivers get a bonus point for appearing on the entry list, then 20 points for a (class) win, 15 for second, 12 for third, 10 for fourth, 8 for fifth, 6 for sixth, 4 for seventh and 2 points for eighth. All remaining entrants get 1 point. There is a bonus point for pole and fastest lap in each race.

### Trofeo Pirelli

| Pos. | Driver | DAY | DAY | SON | SON | AUS | AUS | MON | MON | Pts |
| 1 | Emmanuel Anassis | 20 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 123 |
| 2 | Gregory Romanelli | 15 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 122 |
| 3 | Carlos Kauffmann | 4 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 91 |
| 4 | Ricardo Pérez de Lara | 12 | 20 | | | 20 | 20 | | | 77 |
| 5 | Wei Lu | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | DNS | DNS | 54 |
| 6 | Nick Mancuso | | | DNS | 8 | 4 | 12 | | | 26 |
| 7 | Martín Fuentes | 8 | 12 | | | | | | | 21 |
| 8 | Damon Ockey | | | | | 12 | 8 | | | 21 |
| 9 | Cort Wagner | | | 8 | 6 | | | | | 16 |
| 10 | Henrik Hedman | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | 11 |
| 11 | Onofrio Triarsi | | | | | 3 | 3 | | | 7 |
| 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Trofeo Pirelli Am

| Pos. | Driver | DAY | DAY | SON | SON | AUS | AUS | MON | MON | Pts |
| 1 | Steve Johnson | 20 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 118 |
| 2 | James Weiland | 3 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 117 |
| 3 | Patrice Bricebois | 10 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 100 |
| 4 | Arthur Romanelli | 2 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 69 |
| 5 | Marc Muzzo | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 69 |
| 6 | Charles Quinton | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 52 |
| 7 | Caesar Bacarella | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | DNS | DNS | 43 |
| 8 | Brent Lawrence | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | DNS | 3 | 2 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Danny Baker | | | DNS | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Joel Weinberger | | | | | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 11 | Ziad Ghandour | | | 4 | 10 | | | | | 16 |
| 12 | Lance Willsey | 12 | 1 | | | | | | | 14 |
| 13 | Darren Crystal | | | | | 8 | 4 | | | 13 |
| 14 | Alistair Garnett | | | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 15 | Bryn Owen | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | 9 |

### Coppa Shell

| Pos. | Driver | DAY | DAY | SON | SON | AUS | AUS | MON | MON | Pts |
| 1 | Joe Courtney | 20 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 138 |
| 2 | Chris Cagnazzi | 8 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 95 |
| 3 | Barry Zekelman | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 64 |
| 4 | Rick Lovat | 3 | 20 | | | 1 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 63 |
| 5 | Jean-Claude Saada | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 61 |
| 6 | Rob Hodes | 1 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | DNS | 49 |
| 7 | Matt Keegan | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 47 |
| 8 | Rich Baek | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 10 | | | 37 |
| 9 | Rodney Randall | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 37 |
| 10 | Jeff Naughton | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | DNS | DNS | 37 |
| 11 | Dan O'Neal | 10 | 8 | | | | | DNS | DNS | 20 |
| 12 | Karl Williams | | | | | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| 13 | Michael Watt | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | DNS | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| 14 | Fons Scheltema | | | | | | | 12 | 6 | 19 |
| 15 | Lance Cawley | | | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 16 | Al Hegyi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 17 | Alexander Menzel | 1 | 1 | DNS | DNS | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 18 | Darren Enenstein | 1 | 1 | DNS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 19 | Neil Langberg | 1 | 1 | DNS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 20 | Al Delattre | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | 10 |
| 21 | Joe Vitagliano | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 22 | Luis Perusquia | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 6 |
| 23 | Martin LaBrecque | DNS | DNS | | | | | DNS | DNS | 1 |