# 2009 Speed World Challenge

The 2009 SCCA Speed World Challenge was the 20th Speed World Challenge season. began March 18, 2009, and was completed on October 11, after 10 rounds. The Grand Touring championship was won by Brandon Davis driving a Ford Mustang GT, and the Touring Car championship was won by Pierre Kleinubing driving an Acura TSX. It was the last season under the Speed Channel sponsorship.

## Schedule

Five of the rounds were held as an undercard to the American Le Mans Series: Sebring, Long Beach, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca. The Sebring, Mid-Ohio, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca races were also shared with the Atlantic Championship, as well as the Autobahn date. The race at New Jersey was held as an undercard to the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.
| Round | Date | Location | Classes | Classes |
| 1 | March 20 | Sebring | GT | TC |
| 2 | April 19 | Long Beach | GT | |
| 3 | May 3 | New Jersey | GT | TC |
| 4 | May 17 | Mosport | GT | TC |
| 5 | July 5 | Watkins Glen | GT | TC |
| 6 | July 26 | Autobahn Country Club | GT | TC |
| 7 | August 9 | Mid Ohio | GT | TC |
| 8 | August 16 | Road America | GT | TC |
| 9 | September 25 | Road Atlanta | GT | TC |
| 10 | October 11 | Laguna Seca | GT | TC |

## Race results

| Rnd | Circuit | GT Winning Car | TC Winning Car |
| Rnd | Circuit | GT Winning Driver | TC Winning Driver |
| 1 | Sebring | #97 Tax Masters Porsche 911 GT3 | #38 Bimmer World BMW 328i |
| 1 | Sebring | Tony Rivera | Seth Thomas |
| 2 | Long Beach | #14 Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911 GT3 | no race |
| 2 | Long Beach | James Sofronas | no race |
| 3 | New Jersey | #8 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 | #74 Mazdaspeed Mazda 6 |
| 3 | New Jersey | Andy Pilgrim | Jason Saini |
| 4 | Mosport | #5 Daskalos Developments Dodge Viper | #44 RealTime Racing Acura TSX |
| 4 | Mosport | Jason Daskalos | Kuno Wittmer |
| 4 | Mosport | no race | #1 RealTime Racing Acura TSX |
| 4 | Mosport | no race | Peter Cunningham |
| 5 | Watkins Glen | #4 Stoptech Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 | #38 Bimmer World BMW 328i |
| 5 | Watkins Glen | Dino Crescentini | Seth Thomas |
| 6 | Autobahn | #1 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 | #74 Mazdaspeed Mazda 6 |
| 6 | Autobahn | Randy Pobst | Jason Saini |
| 7 | Mid-Ohio | #10 SunMicro Ford Mustang GT | #74 Mazdaspeed Mazda 6 |
| 7 | Mid-Ohio | Brandon Davis | Jason Saini |
| 8 | Road America | #97 Tax Masters Porsche 911 GT3 | #42 RealTime Racing Acura TSX |
| 8 | Road America | Tony Rivera | Pierre Kleinubing |
| 9 | Road Atlanta | #8 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 | #38 Bimmer World BMW 328i |
| 9 | Road Atlanta | Andy Pilgrim | Seth Thomas |
| 10 | Monterey | #14 Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911 GT3 | #42 RealTime Racing Acura TSX |
| 10 | Monterey | James Sofronas | Pierre Kleinubing |

### Drivers
#### Grand Touring (top 15)

| Pos Driver SEB LB NJ MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points 1 Brandon Davis 3 3 3 2 8 2 1 4 3 4 1012 2 James Sofronas 5 1 6 9 3 6 3 15 5 1 931 3 Tony Rivera 1 7 5 3 7 5 2 1 4 17 910 4 Andy Pilgrim 12 6 1 4 5 4 15 16 1 5 851 5 Eric Curran 2 2 DSQ 5 2 17 16 2 2 3 811 6 Randy Pobst DNS 8 2 8 4 1 4 6 19 2 796 7 Dino Crescentini 17 DNS 6 1 15 5 3 9 18 578 8 Sonny Whelen 11 22 8 7 10 11 10 9 18 9 572 9 Tony Gaples 4 9 7 12 19 8 10 8 10 568 10 William Ziegler 8 12 11 13 11 10 11 11 12 19 552 11 Gunter Schaldach DSQ DNS 4 10 9 18 9 17 14 6 457 12 Jeff Courtney DSQ 10 11 8 6 13 7 11 441 13 Jason Daskalos 19 5 1 6 5 402 14 Rob Morgan 13 15 7 13 7 291 15 Ritch Marziale 18 14 12 8 209 Pos Driver SEB LB NJ MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points | Bold – Pole Italics – Led Most Laps |

#### Touring Car (top 15)

| Pos Driver SEB NJ MOS MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points 1 Pierre Kleinubing 2 5 2 5 6 3 3 1 10 1 973 2 Jason Saini 3 1 4 3 8 1 1 4 8 8 960 3 Peter Cunningham 9 2 5 1 5 2 2 6 6 2 921 4 Seth Thomas 1 14 10 4 1 11 4 8 1 7 878 5 Charles Espenlaub 12 11 7 2 2 4 8 2 9 6 847 6 Kuno Wittmer 13 4 1 6 7 8 7 10 4 18 803 7 Eric Foss 4 6 6 9 11 6 9 5 5 12 769 8 James Clay 6 7 9 11 9 5 12 7 2 3 767 9 Nick Esayian 5 9 11 8 4 7 6 11 3 4 758 10 Patrick Lindsey 5 3 7 10 328 11 Toby Grahovec 11 8 8 10 10 313 12 Andrew Aquilante 8 3 3 12 309 13 Branden Peterson 10 12 13 165 14 Nick Wittmer 3 7 164 15 Chip Herr 14 5 131 Pos Driver SEB NJ MOS MOS WGI ABC MID ELK ATL LAG Points | Bold – Pole Italics – Led Most Laps |

### Manufacturer
#### Grand Touring

| Pos | Manufacturer | SEB | LB | NJ | MOS | WGI | ABC | MID | ELK | ATL | LAG | Points |
| 1 | Porsche | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 67 |
| 2 | Ford | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 53 |
| 3 | Volvo | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 48 |
| 4 | Chevrolet | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 45 |
| 5 | Dodge | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | SEB | LB | NJ | MOS | WGI | ABC | MID | ELK | ATL | LAG | Points |

#### Touring Car

| Pos | Manufacturer | SEB | NJ | MOS | MOS | WGI | ABC | MID | ELK | ATL | LAG | Points |
| 1 | Acura | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 72 |
| 2 | Mazda | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 65 |
| 3 | BMW | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 42 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | SEB | NJ | MOS | MOS | WGI | ABC | MID | ELK | ATL | LAG | Points |