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Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
The GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge features sports cars manufactured from around the world, brought straight from the showroom floor, that race side by side with only minor modifications in the area of safety. Like the GRAND-AM Rolex Series, the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge races two classes at the same time: Grand Sport (GS) and Street Tuner (ST).
The starting fields for Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge typically feature more than 60 of today's hottest import and domestic production cars, racing simultaneously and competing for both overall and class honors. Its races are primarily run as the featured support events for the Rolex Sports Car Series, however, the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge steps into the spotlight with several of its own feature races in 2010.
The big-bore Grand Sport (GS) class features a rules package allowing exotic international machines like the Porsche 997 and Cayman, Nissan 350Z, BMW M3, Subaru WRX, Audi S4 and others to go head-to-head with American iron such as the Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Mustang GT and Dodge Challenger. The smaller Street Tuner (ST) class is GRAND-AM's offering to the import and compact car crowd, with the Honda Civic Si, MAZDASPEED3, Mazda RX-8, Mazda MX-5, Chevrolet Cobalt SS, Dodge SRT4, Mini Cooper S, BMW 328i, BMW 330i and other eligible models.
All Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge classes run on Continental Tires, and at least two drivers must drive under green flag conditions, making at least one driver change mandatory.
The series' first season under the GRAND-AM banner, in 2001, produced much of the same types of racing it had seen in its predecessor, the Motorola Cup, and the same classes. In 2002, the series' names changed to Grand Sport I and II and Street Tuner I and II.
This is the first season for Continental Tire as the title sponsor of the series. Previously, the series was sponsored by KONI Shock Absorbers, and known as GRAND-AM Cup, as well as the KONI Challenge Series and KONI Sports Car Challenge.
The Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge has a long lineage, and has been known by many different names. Yet, one thing that hasn't changed is the series' level of competition, one which is defined by its quality drivers, recognizable manufacturers, car counts, level playing field and strong on-track action.
The starting fields for Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge typically feature more than 60 of today's hottest import and domestic production cars, racing simultaneously and competing for both overall and class honors. Its races are primarily run as the featured support events for the Rolex Sports Car Series, however, the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge steps into the spotlight with several of its own feature races in 2010.
The big-bore Grand Sport (GS) class features a rules package allowing exotic international machines like the Porsche 997 and Cayman, Nissan 350Z, BMW M3, Subaru WRX, Audi S4 and others to go head-to-head with American iron such as the Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Mustang GT and Dodge Challenger. The smaller Street Tuner (ST) class is GRAND-AM's offering to the import and compact car crowd, with the Honda Civic Si, MAZDASPEED3, Mazda RX-8, Mazda MX-5, Chevrolet Cobalt SS, Dodge SRT4, Mini Cooper S, BMW 328i, BMW 330i and other eligible models.
All Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge classes run on Continental Tires, and at least two drivers must drive under green flag conditions, making at least one driver change mandatory.
The series' first season under the GRAND-AM banner, in 2001, produced much of the same types of racing it had seen in its predecessor, the Motorola Cup, and the same classes. In 2002, the series' names changed to Grand Sport I and II and Street Tuner I and II.
This is the first season for Continental Tire as the title sponsor of the series. Previously, the series was sponsored by KONI Shock Absorbers, and known as GRAND-AM Cup, as well as the KONI Challenge Series and KONI Sports Car Challenge.
The Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge has a long lineage, and has been known by many different names. Yet, one thing that hasn't changed is the series' level of competition, one which is defined by its quality drivers, recognizable manufacturers, car counts, level playing field and strong on-track action.
| EVENT | Date |
| GRAND-AM 200 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, FL |
Jan 26 - 27 |
| Barber Motorsports Park Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama |
Mar 30 - Apr 1 |
| Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead Miami Speedway Homestead, FL |
Apr 27 - 29, |
| New Jersey Motorsports Park New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, NJ |
May 11 - 13 |
| Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, OH |
June 8 - 10 |
| Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, WI |
Jun 22 - 24 |
| Continental Tire 150 Watkins Glen Int'l - Long Course Watkins Glen, NY |
Jun 29 - July 1 |
| Super Weekend at the Brickyard Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, IN |
Jul 27 - 29 |
| Continental Tire Sports Car Festival Powered by Mazda Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Salinas, CA |
Sep 7 - 9 |
| Lime Rock Park Lime Rock Park Lakeville, CT |
Sep 28 - 30 |