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.

The North American also features the Trofeo Pirelli and Coppa Shell class system.[1][2] This championship was inaugurated in 1994. It is organized by Ferrari North America and sanctioned by IMSA.[3][4] In 2024 it was run at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit track as a support race to the Las Vegas Grand Prix F1 series.[5]

The Ferrari Challenge uses a single model from the manufacturer's road car range, suitably modified to make them safe for competition use. The lineage began with the 348 Challenge in 1993, followed by its successor, the F355 Challenge, and the 360 Modena was introduced in 2000. The F355 remained eligible during 2000 and 2001.[6] The 360 Challenge version was the first competition-orientated version to be marketed to the public. The F430 Challenge was phased in during a transitional year in 2006, with the same being the case for the 458 Challenge in 2011.[7] The F430 introduced carbon-ceramic brake discs for the first time and gained 80 hp (60 kW) over the 360CS, which has reduced lap times to approximately three seconds shy of the F430 GT2.[8] The 458 Challenge is the first to have driver controlled aids such as traction control, stability management and adjustable ABS brakes.[9]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
Ferrari of Houston 2 Ricardo Pérez de Lara[10] TP 1, 3
47 Darren Crystal[11] TPAM 3
73 Bryn Owen[10] TPAM 1
Lake Forest Sportscars 5 Nick Mancuso[12] TP 2–3
6 Rick Mancuso CS 1–4
7 Cort Wagner[12] TP 2
Ferrari of Beverly Hills 7 Martín Fuentes[10] TP 1
17 Alistair Garnett[12] TPAM 2–4
101 Darren Enenstein[10] CS 1–4
106 Karl Williams[11] CS 3–4
153 Neil Langberg[10] CS 1–4
Ferrari of San Francisco 9 Zaid Ghandour[12] TPAM 2
113 Geoff Palermo[10] CS 1
125 Matt Keegan[10] CS 1
Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale 10 Henrik Hedman[10] TP 1
44 Carlos Kauffmann[10] TP 1–4
85 Steve Johnson[10] TPAM 1–4
112 Dan O'Neal[10] CS 1, 4
Ferrari of Central Florida 11 Lance Willsey[10] TPAM 1
Onofrio Triarsi[11] 3
12 Charles Quinton[10] TPAM 1–4
121 Luis Perusquia[10] CS 1–4
Ferrari of Ontario 13 Marc Muzzo[10] TPAM 1–4
31 Damon Ockey[11] TP 3
120 Rick Lovat[10] CS 1, 3–4
179 Fons Scheltema[13] CS 4
199 Barry Zekelman[10] CS 1–4
Ferrari of Newport Beach 14 Brent Lawrence[10] TPAM 1–4
151 Rob Hodes[10] CS 1–4
Boardwalk Ferrari 18 James Weiland[10] TPAM 1–4
161 Jean-Claude Saada[10] CS 1–4
Ferrari of Palm Beach 4 Charles Quinton TPAM 2–4
21 Danny Baker[12] TPAM 2–4
Ferrari of Long Island 24 Caesar Bacarella[10] TPAM 1–4
111 Joe Vitagliano[10] CS 1–2, 4
119 Chris Cagnazzi[10] CS 1–4
The Collection 33 Arthur Romanelli[10] TPAM 1–4
38 Gregory Romanelli[10] TP 1–4
123 Alexander Menzel[10] CS 1–4
Ferrari of Quebec 71 Patrice Brisebois[10] TPAM 1–4
77 Emmanuel Anassis[10] TP 1–4
117 Martin LaBrecque[10] CS 1, 4
Continental Autosport 3 Joel Weinberger TPAM 3–4
76 Joel Weinberger[11] TPAM 3–4
Miller Motor Cars 105 Rodney Randall[10] CS 1–4
116 Al Delattre[10] CS 1
177 Joe Courtney[10] CS 1–4
Ferrari of Vancouver 99 Wei Lu[10] TP 1–4
100 Rusty Wallace TP 1–4
Ferrari of Atlanta 134 Michael Watt[10] CS 1–4
176 Lance Cawley[12] CS 2–4
Ferrari of San Diego 178 Al Hegyi[10] CS 1–4
179 Enzo Potolicchio TP 1–4
Ron Tonkin Gran Turismo 187 Rich Baek[10] CS 1–3
200 Cooper MacNeil TP 1–4
Misano Racing Team 222 Daniel Mancinelli TP 1–4
250 Charles Quinton TPAM 3–4
Target Racing 251 Brent Lawrence TPAM 3–4
255 Danny Baker TPAM 3–4
GP Project Team 256 Caesar Bacarella TPAM 3–4
300 Francisco Longo CS 3–4
Team RB Racing 301 Dave Musial TPAM 3–4
311 Tim Demore TPAM 3–4
Belt Racing 500 Brian Kaminskey CS 3–4
555 Tom Sharp CS 3–4
Icon Class
TP Trofeo Pirelli
TPAM Trofeo Pirelli Amateur
CS Coppa Shell

Race calendar and results

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
R2 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
R4 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
R6 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
R8 12 June Gregory Romanelli Carlos Kauffmann Emmanuel Anassis Ferrari of Quebec James Weiland Joe Courtney
5 R9 Lime Rock Park 23 September Carlos Kauffmann Carlos Kauffmann Carlos Kauffmann Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale Arthur Romanelli Matt Keegan
R10 24 September Wei Lu Wei Lu Carlos Kauffmann Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale Marc Muzzo Joe Courtney
6 R11 Homestead-Miami Speedway 5 November Daniel Mancinelli Daniel Mancinelli Daniel Mancinelli Misano Racing Team Steve Johnson Matt Keegan
R12 6 November Daniel Mancinelli Daniel Mancinelli Daniel Mancinelli Misano Racing Team Marc Muzzo Matt Keegan
7 R13 Daytona International Speedway 3 December Carlos Kauffmann Carlos Kauffmann Carlos Kauffmann Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale James Weiland Matt Keegan
R14 4 December Daniel Mancinelli Daniel Mancinelli Daniel Mancinelli Misano Racing Team Arthur Romanelli Rob Hodes

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.

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:

Race Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th or lower   Pole   FLap 
Points 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1 1

Trofeo Pirelli

Pos. Driver DAY
SON
AUS
MON
LIM
HOM
DAY
Pts
RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2
1 Carlos Kauffmann 7 5 2 3 2 6 3 3 1 1 Ret 4 1 3 189
2 Emmanuel Anassis 1 2 1 2 5 4 2 1 DNS DNS INF INF 126
3 Wei Lu 4 6 4 4 4 8 DNS DNS 2 2 4 5 Ret 4 126
4 Gregory Romanelli 2 4 3 1 6 2 1 2 Ret Ret DSQ DSQ 123
5 Ricardo Pérez de Lara 3 1 1 1 78
6 Daniel Mancinelli 1 1 Ret 1 74
7 Martín Fuentes 5 3 3 3 Ret Ret 65
8 Cooper MacNeil 2 2 2 2 62
9 Nick Mancuso DNS 5 7 3 Ret 3 26
10 Damon Ockey 3 5 21
11 Enzo Potolicchio 5 6 Ret Ret 17
12 Cort Wagner 5 6 15
13 Henrik Hedman 6 7 11
14 Onofrio Triarsi 8 7 7
15 Rusty Wallace Ret Ret 0
Pos. Driver DAY
SON
AUS
MON
LIM
HOM
DAY
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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)

Trofeo Pirelli Am

Pos. Driver DAY
SON
AUS
MON
LIM
HOM
DAY
Pts
RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2
1 James Weiland 10 2 6 8 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 2 1 4 202
3 Steve Johnson 1 1 1 3 6 3 4 3 3 3 1 3 2 3 201
3 Arthur Romanelli 9 3 3 2 11 12 2 6 1 2 3 4 3 1 166
4 Marc Muzzo 7 8 4 5 9 2 3 4 2 1 4 1 5 2 163
5 Patrice Bricebois 4 4 2 1 3 6 5 2 100
6 Joel Weinberger Ret Ret 8 5 6 7 Ret 5 4 5 54
7 Charles Quinton 8 6 8 11 2 4 7 5 DSQ DSQ 53
8 Caesar Bacarella 2 5 5 7 10 11 DNS DNS NPQ NPQ Ret DNS 51
9 Brent Lawrence 5 7 10 6 DNS 8 9 8 5 6 48
10 Danny Baker Ret Ret DNS 9 4 9 8 9 Ret 6 35
11 Ziad Ghandour 7 4 Ret Ret 16
12 Lance Willsey 3 10 14
13 Darren Crystal 5 7 13
14 Bryn Owen 6 9 9
15 Alistair Garnett 9 10 7 10 10 10 0
16 Francisco Longo Ret DNS 0
17 Dave Musial Ret Ret 0
18 Tim Demore Ret Ret 0
Pos. Driver DAY
SON
AUS
MON
LIM
HOM
DAY
Pts

Coppa Shell

Pos. Driver DAY
SON
AUS
MON
LIM
HOM
DAY
Pts
RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2
1 Joe Courtney 1 4 1 1 3 1 4 1 3 1 6 3 3 12 204
2 Matt Keegan 11 9 6 9 1 16 16 4 1 5 1 1 1 Ret 147
3 Chris Cagnazzi 5 3 2 2 17 4 2 2 5 4 4 5 Ret DNS 135
4 Jean-Claude Saada 2 18 14 16 2 2 6 13 2 7 3 DNS 7 NPQ 94
5 Rick Lovat 8 1 Ret Ret 18 14 1 3 7 6 5 Ret DNS DNS 84
6 Rob Hodes 10 6 3 3 4 15 17 DNS 6 3 8 7 2 1 78
7 Karl Williams Ret Ret 16 3 14 7 4 2 2 2 8 13 70
8 Barry Zekelman 18 2 4 4 6 6 5 8 DNS DNS Ret INF 65
9 Rodney Randall 3 16 13 18 5 5 15 5 8 8 7 8 52
10 Rich Baek 7 7 7 5 7 7 Ret DNQ 9 4 16 11 50
11 Jeff Naughton 19 19 12 6 8 8 DNS DNS 11 Ret 15 Ret 17 Ret 33
12 Michael Watt 17 12 8 7 11 DNS 8 9 9 9 12 10 4 7 27
13 Dan O'Neal 4 5 Ret 14 Ret NC DNS DNS 22
14 Lance Cawley Ret DNS 9 10 9 9 9 16 10 10 11 11 11 10 21
15 Fons Scheltema Ret 13 3 6 19
16 Geoff Palermo 9 10 5 Ret Ret Ret 19
17 Alexander Menzel 13 13 DNS DNS 10 11 7 10 5 Ret 16
18 Joe Vitagliano 16 15 15 15 10 15 13 11 Ret 12 6 6 16
19 Tim Demore Ret Ret 19 2 15
20 Dave Musial 10 6 13 5 14
21 Al Hegyi 14 11 11 8 14 10 11 12 14 13 12 14 14
22 Luis Perusquia 10 12 13 13 12 Ret 13 9 15 8 13
23 Alistair Garnett 10 2 13
24 Rick Mancuso 14 4 13
25 Francisco Longo Ret DNS Ret 3 12
26 Darren Enenstein 12 17 DNS 17 12 12 12 11 11
27 Neil Langberg 15 14 DNS 11 15 17 13 14 11
28 Al Delattre 6 8 10
29 Brian Kaminskey 9 9 6
30 Martin LaBrecque DNS DNS DNS DNS 20 14 3
31 Tom Sharp 18 Ret 0
Pos. Driver DAY
SON
AUS
MON
LIM
HOM
DAY
Pts

Television coverage

The Races of the Ferrari Challenge North America are broadcast on Cable Television including: ESPN, Fox Sports, Movistar+, CBS Sports y NBC Sports.

Coverage in Brazil

Transmission[14]
BandSports Narration: Márcio Pozzan
Narration: Eduardo Veríssimo
Comments: Duda Pompermayer
Comments: Rafael Pasqualotto
Transmission
YouTube Narration: Alexandre Eiras
Narration: Thiago Fabris
Comments: Ivar Castagnetti
Comments: Henrique Gava

Other countries

Internet (Global)
YouTube
Motorsport.tv
Facebook
Zoome
Catve.com
Auto Videos
Twitch

Rule sets

Different sets of regulations do apply:

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Ferrari Challenge North America". Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  3. ^ "An insider's look...." From autospectator.com, published July 7, 2007.
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  5. ^ dzinsmaster (2024-11-23). "Medler Runs Consistent en Route to Ferrari Challenge Race 1 Win in Las Vegas". IMSA. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  6. ^ 2004 Ferrari Challenge Archived January 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine From shell.com. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  7. ^ 2007 Trofeo Pirelli Archived October 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine From shell.com. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference autosport was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Ferrari 458 Challenge on the track". YouTube.
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  13. ^ "Challenge Race 1 Results (Official)" (PDF). Ferrari Corse Clienti. June 11, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  14. ^ Redação, Da. "Moto1000GP e BandSports renovam parceria para temporada 2024". bandsports.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-05-21.