The Tudor United SportsCar Championship (TUSCC) prototype and GTD class cars were at Detroit Belle Isle for the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic. Eric Curran and Dane Cameron in the #31 Action Express Racing Corvette was the overall and P class winner.  PC class was won by Renger van der Zande and Mirco Schultis in the #8 Starworks Motorsport ORECA FLM09. Ian James and Mario Farnbacher in the #23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT America won GTD class. Here’s a photo story on the paddock, practice and qualifying sessions that led up to the race. Hope you like the photos.

Thursday – Paddock walk

First up are some shots from my paddock walk.

Really liked the livery on the side of the WeatherTech Racing team trailer.

The #007 TRG-AMRAston Martin V12 Vantage being worked on by the crew.

Was really cool to see all the carbon-fiber underbody work on the #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA FLM09.

The #31 Action Express Racing Corvette DP.

The #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Riley DP being pushed through the paddock.

 

Practice 1

The teams were busy in pit lane preparing their cars for the Friday morning practice session.

Along the pit lane wall with the #33 Riley Motorsports Dodge Viper SRT.

The American Flag flew proudly over Turn 1 as the #5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP sped past.

The red livery of the #38 Performance Tech Motorsports ORECA FLM09 matched the “red, white, and blue” of the American Flag.

Speeding through Turn 1 with the #33 Riley Motorsports Dodge Viper SRT.

“Head-on” into Turn 1 with the #85 JDC/Miller Motorsports ORECA FLM09.

Into Turn 1 with the #07 SpeedSource Mazda Mazda.

Up close with the #31 Action Express Racing Corvette DP.

PC versus GTD on the front straight with the #54 CORE autosport ORECA FLM09 and #97 Turner Motorsport BMW Z4.

“EcoBoost” with the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Riley DP.

“Audi along the wall” with the #48 Paul Miller Racing Audi R8 LMS.

“Bimmer” with the  #97 Turner Motorsport BMW Z4.

A couple of “artsy” shots with the #54 CORE autosport (top) and #8 Starworks Motorsport ORECA FLM09s.