2015 Northeast Grand Prix

The 2015 Northeast Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut on July 25, 2015. The race was the eighth round of the 2015 United SportsCar Championship.

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2015 IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship (IMSA TUSC) in August 2014.^[1] It was the first year the event was held as part of the United SportsCar Championship and the twenty-fourth annual running of the race. The 2015 Northeast Grand Prix was the eighth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2015 by IMSA, and was the fifth round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.^[2] The race was held at the seven-turn 1.530 mi (2.462 km) Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut on July 25, 2015.^[2]

Seven-teen cars were officially entered for the Northeast Grand Prix, with most of the entries being in the Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) category. The Prototype Challenge (PC) class was composed of seven Oreca FLM09 cars. BAR1 Motorsports, CORE Autosport, JDC-Miller MotorSports, Performance Tech PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, RSR Racing, and Starworks Motorsport entered one car each.^[3] In the list of GTD entrants, ten GT-specification vehicles were represented by six different manufacturers. Compass360 Racing made their season debut.^[4] Although it was listed as an entrant, Wright Motorsports No. 58 car withdrew from the event.^[5] With the absence of the Prototype (P) and Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) categories from the field, only two racing classes were represented at Lime Rock Park.^[2]

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡. PC stands for (Prototype Challenge) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	PC	85	JDC-Miller MotorSports	49.055	_	1‡
2	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	49.697	+0.642	2
3	PC	11	RSR Racing	49.966	+0.911	3
4	PC	54	CORE Autosport	50.111	+1.056	4
5	PC	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	50.504	+1.449	5
6	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	50.821	+1.766	6
7	PC	16	BAR1 Motorsports	50.953	+1.898	7
8	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	54.004	+4.949	8‡
9	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports	54.013	+4.958	9
10	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	54.251	+5.196	10
11	GTD	23	Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing	54.532	+5.477	11
12	GTD	007	TRG-AMR North America	54.547	+5.492	12
13	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	54.761	+5.706	13
14	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	54.770	+5.715	14
15	GTD	22	Alex Job Racing	55.151	+6.096	15
16	GTD	76	Compass360 Racing	56.775	+7.720	16
17	GTD	97	Turner Motorsport	No Time Established		17
Source:[6]

Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡. PC stands for (Prototype Challenge) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).

Final race classification Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Mike Guasch Tom Kimber-Smith Oreca FLM09 C 173 2:40:00.809‡ Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 2 PC 11 RSR Racing Chris Cumming Bruno Junqueira Oreca FLM09 C 173 +8.304 Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 3 PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Mirco Schultis Renger van der Zande Oreca FLM09 C 172 +1 lap Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 4 PC 54 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Oreca FLM09 C 172 +1 lap Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 5 PC 16 BAR1 Motorsports Todd Slusher Sean Rayhall Oreca FLM09 C 169 +4 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 6 PC 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Misha Goikhberg Stephen Simpson Oreca FLM09 C 165 +8 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 7 GTD 97 Turner Motorsport Dane Cameron Michael Marsal BMW Z4 GT3 C 162 +11 Laps‡ BMW 4.4 L V8 8 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Dodge Viper GT3-R C 162 +11 Laps Dodge 8.3 L V10 9 GTD 007 TRG-AMR North America Christina Nielsen Kuno Wittmer Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 162 +11 Laps Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 10 GTD 23 Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher Ian James Porsche 911 GT America C 161 +12 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 11 GTD 44 Magnus Racing John Potter Andy Lally Porsche 911 GT America C 161 +12 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 12 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Patrick Lindsey Spencer Pumpelly Porsche 911 GT America C 161 +12 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen Cooper MacNeil Porsche 911 GT America C 160 +13 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 14 GTD 76 Compass360 Racing Pierre Kleinubing Ray Mason Audi R8 LMS ultra C 159 +14 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 15 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 149 +24 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 16 DNF PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Conor Daly James French Oreca FLM09 C 91 Accident Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 17 DNF GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase Dion von Moltke Audi R8 LMS ultra C 85 Accident Audi 5.2 L V10 Sources:[7][8]

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