The 2003 Speed World Challenge season was the 14th season of the Sports Car Club of America 's World Challenge series. The series' title sponsor was television network Speed Channel , who televised all the races. Championships were awarded for grand touring and touring cars . It began on March 14 and ran for ten rounds. Randy Pobst and Audi won the championships in GT, and Bill Auberlen and BMW won in Touring Car.[ 1] The series would head to Puerto Rico for 2003, their first race outside of North America (i.e. the United States and Canada) since 1991 when they went to Mexico.
Schedule Rnd Date Circuit Supporting Distance GT Winning Car TC Winning Car GT TC GT Winning Driver TC Winning Driver 1 1 March 14 Sebring International Raceway , Sebring, Florida American Le Mans Series (12 Hours of Sebring ) 63 mi (101 km) (TC)67 mi (108 km) (GT) Chevrolet Corvette Z06 BMW 325i Phil McClure Bill Auberlen 2 2 May 17May 18 Mosport International Raceway , Bowmanville, Ontario Stand-alone event (with Trans-Am Series ) 69 mi (111 km) (TC)73 mi (117 km) (GT) Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Acura RSX Type-S Phil McClure Pierre Kleinubing 3 May 24 Lime Rock Park , Lakeville, Connecticut Stand-alone event (with Trans-Am Series ) 64 mi (103 km) (GT) BMW M3 did not participate Bill Auberlen 4 3 May 26 58 mi (93 km) (TC)61 mi (98 km) (GT) BMW M3 Acura RSX Type-S Bill Auberlen Pierre Kleinubing 5 4 June 29June 28 Road Atlanta , Braselton, Georgia American Le Mans Series (Grand Prix of Atlanta ) 64 mi (103 km) (TC)69 mi (111 km) (GT) Porsche 911 Cup BMW 325i Mike Fitzgerald Bill Auberlen 6 7 July 27 Infineon Raceway , Sonoma, California American Le Mans Series (Grand Prix of Sonoma ) 58 mi (93 km) (TC)63 mi (101 km) (GT) BMW M3 BMW 325i Bill Auberlen Bill Auberlen 7 August 3 Road America , Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Champ Car World Series (Mario Andretti Grand Prix ) 73 mi (117 km) (GT) Porsche 911 Cup did not participate Mike Fitzgerald 6 August 10 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course , Lexington, Ohio Champ Car World Series (Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio ) 59 mi (95 km) (TC) did not participate Acura RSX Type-S Bob Endicott 7 August 23 Road America , Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin American Le Mans Series (Road America 500 ) 69 mi (111 km) (TC) did not participate Nissan Sentra SE-R Peter Cunningham 8 8 9月8日9月7日 マツダ・レースウェイ・ラグナ・セカ 、カリフォルニア州モントレー アメリカン・ル・マン・シリーズ (モントレー・スポーツカー選手権 ) 93 km (TC) 101 km (GT) ダッジ・バイパー マツダ プロテジェ ES ポール・マンフォード ジェフ・アルテンバーグ 9 9 10月17日 ジョージア州 ブラッセルトン、アトランタ・ロード アメリカン・ル・マン・シリーズ (プチ・ル・マン ) 103 km (TC) 111 km (GT) アウディ RS6 アキュラ RSX タイプS ランディ・ポブスト ピエール・クライヌービング 10 10 10月26日 プエルトリコ、サンファン、イスラ ・グランデ空港 単独イベント(トランザムシリーズ と共催) 50 マイル (80 km) (TC) 58 マイル (93 km) (GT) アウディ RS6 BMW 325i ランディ・ポブスト ビル・オーバーレン [ 2 ]
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