The 2007 Speed World Challenge GT championship has gone down to the wire. It's the final race and the battle is tight at the top with several drivers still in contention for the title. The season finale is at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The track has hosted the final round each year since 2004. This is is the 8th time the track has been part of the GT championship. Click here for a list of SWC GT winners at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
There are 34 drivers on the entry list for the final weekend of the 2007 season. The only former winner to participate this weekend will be points leader Randy Pobst. The Porsche driver has two victories, one last season and the other in 2002.
Pobst is clinging to a four point advantage after seeing Lawson Aschenbach pick up 26 points over the last two rounds. The young Cadillac driver is coming off a victory at Road Atlanta and looking to defend his Series Title from a year ago. Also in the hunt is Aschenbach's team mate Andy Pilgrim, the 2005 Series Champion, who sits 17 points adrift of the leader. Pobst's K-Pax team mate Michael Galati is fourth overall, a further ten points off Pilgrim. Any of these four can bring home the title with a good result on Sunday.
In the manufacturer's championship, Cadillac extended their lead to 10 points over Porsche with the win at Road Atlanta. That means the Cadi-boys need to score just one point, or have Porsche score less than the maximum ten points to clinch their second makes title in 3 years. In order to help the regulars (Aschenbach and Pilgrim) Cadillac has tapped Ron Fellows to run the third car this weekend.
Porsche's resistance will be headed up by the K-PAX team of Pobst, Galati and Robb Holland. They will be joined by James Sofronas (11th in points) and rookie Eric Olberz. Click here for complete points standings through 9 rounds.
Chevrolet will try to play spoiler and look for a fifth win on the season. There are seven Corvettes entered, lead by the Whelen Engineering team of Eric Curran (5th overall & 4 victories) and Sonny Whelen. In addition Rob Foster (10th overall) and Brian Kubinski (13th) will look for solid finishes.
Fourth place among manufacturers is Dodge, and as usual, they have the highest turnout. Jeff Courtney sits 8th overall and wants to move up in the final standings and he will be joined by Michael McCann (14th) and many more. Also notable Vipers are the Woodhouse Perfomance duo of Jeffrey Robbins (12th overall) and fifth place finisher last round, Jeff Altenburg.
Dane Moxlow will be joined by Paul Bonaccorsi this weekend for Pontiac, driving GTO's and veteran Mike Davis and son Brandon will visit the series with the elder in a Ford Mustang Cobra and the younger a Saleen SR.
Every point counts, so do miss any of the qualifying or race action from Laguna Seca at www.world-challenge.com.
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