This weekend marks the return of the TireRack.com ChampCar Endurance Series National Championship. Racing the famed Sonoma Raceway in Northern California will be 34 cars with 19 cars competing for the 2020 National Championship.

National Championship Race Format – 7+7-Hour Enduro.

Red flag for lunch for each race.

Two separate races with the points from each day adding to the Championship total. In the event of a tie at the end of the weekend (ex, two teams finish 1-2 & 2-1 on Sat/Sun), the higher finishing team on Sunday gets the Championship.

There will be no Parc Ferme on Saturday night, teams are free to repair their cars. Refer to the event supplemental rules for more information https://champcar.org/register/supplementalrules/400.pdf

The weather looks really good with the highs being just under 70 °F (21 °C). An overcast weekend is a welcome sight after the blizzard that hit ChampCar Road Atlanta a week earlier.

The race weekend will be broadcast at http://www.champcar.live. We will also try the audio-only version at

http://cast4.servcast.net:2199/start/mediachampcarorg/

Below is the race event schedule. Please add an 8:30 am drivers meeting for the test day to Friday’s schedule.

All National Championship Competing (NCC) cars will get a special gold-colored TireRack windshield topper and rear decal to signify who is competing for the National Championship. Below shows the national ranking of the attending teams.

Rank Team Name Car # Year Make Model Drivers

& Crew 559 Racing 559 2003 Subaru WRX Not Listed NCC

#48 A Few Good Cylinders 7 1999 Mazda Miata Spencer

Powell

Macy APT Racing 297 1995 BMW E36 Campbell

Collins

Buckler

Jordan NCC

#40 Bandits 47 1979 Pontiac Trans Am Redding

Burton

Hanson

Butler NCC

#5 Basil Weenie Racing 600 1990 Mazda Miata Humpert

Benzer

Gersch

White

Hill NCC

#49 Blown My Wad 135 1994 BMW 328 I Christianson

Larrabure

VanDorpe Bunny Boys 10 VW Sirocco Weller

Hardee

Buettner

McMann candlelit memorial in memory of orange yeller 214 1990 Mazda Miata Almand

Cremins

Turner Car wars 227 1995 Mazda Miata Hess

Downey

Hess District Motor Club 68 1998 BMW 328i Smith

Hutchins

Lindo NCC

#57 ERGOLAB 489 1993 Mazda Miata Enger

Barker

Williams

Truglio Flyin’ Hawaiians & 2 White Guys 82 1977 Datsun 280Z Schmitt Huffman Motorsports 35 1980 Chevrolet Camero W. Huffman

Z. Huffman NCC

#12 Nine Four Motorsports 840 1992 Lexus SC300 Peele

Bachoura

Nadim

Funderburk

Cleef

Gonzalez

Lattos

Stefaniak NCC

#35 Nine Four Motorsports 83 1994 Toyota Supra Peele

Nasser

Chrzan

Benton ORANGE PUMPKIN 137 1988 BMW 325 Barthel

Pratico Polish Hammer Racing 445 2005 Acura RSX-S Owen

Bonk

Clark

Cope NCC

#26 Pomona Speed Shop 236 1995 BMW 325is P. Coan

R. CoanZ

Gambrell

Lang Porsche Defectors 264 2004 BMW 330Ci Pruden

Domenici

Webster

Pruden NCC

#30 Team Roto Plooker 37 1990 Mazda RX7 Kinglsy

Foley

Oden

Porteous

Mink Rusty Duck Racing 99 2004 Mazda RX-8 Mamer

Allison NCC

#4 RVAGFX 111 1989 BMW 325 Woodfin

Davis

Reed

Dodge RVAGFX 511 1995 BMW M3 Andress

Marsh

Litchford

Harcum NCC

#44 Silver Fern 57 1995 Mazda Maita Thompson Silver fern racing 169 mazda Miata 169 Thompson

Burke The Gunslingers Raceteam 69 1993 mazda miata Arellano

Estupinan

Hatch NCC

#39 Tuttle Motorsports 108 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse C. Debehnke

N. Debehnke NCC

#11 Tuttle Motorsports 107 1998 Mitsubishi eclipse B. Tuttle

M. Tuttle NCC

#14 Uncommon Friends Racing 46 1978 Datsun 280Z Mills

Wolak

McCroskey

Umphries

Nichols NCC

#58 Utah Valley University 12 1990 Mazda Miata Hasara

Moench NCC

#1 Visceral Racing Group 918 1987 Porsche 944S Herrick

Sofianek

Sawicki NCC

#64 Wilwood 119 1999 Mazda Miata Martinez

Yorke

Wood NCC

#17 Winkler Motorsports 910 1992 Mazda Miata Winkler

Alexander

Drzayich NCC

#41 Zoom Zoom Kaboom 184 1994 Mazda Miata Gabe

Short

West

Mann

Sonoma Raceway Parc Ferme Red Flag Procedure: Both races

20 minutes prior to the one-hour break, a furled white flag is displayed to all cars on the course from the S/F stand. This is to signal that the pits are closing in five minutes. 15 minutes prior to the shutdown, the pit road is closed. Cars already on pit road can finish their service and leave when they want. Cars who hit pit road after we close it, and are not damaged are sent down pit road as a pass-through and back on to the track. No stopping at their pit box is allowed. Cars who hit pit road after we close it, and are damaged but repairable (flat tire, crash, etc) can go to their stall and repair the damage ONLY. No fuel or other mechanical work is allowed. Cars who hit pit road after we close it, and are damaged beyond repair (probably towed in) are taken to the paddock. With one lap to go before the shutdown, a Full Course Caution is displayed and the pace car is sent out to pick up the leader. The full field is collected and brought down pit road, keeping in mind the location of the timing loop. Once all cars have hit pit road, a Red Flag is displayed and Parc Ferme begins. Teams are allowed to remove their driver and video card from yours cameras, this is all that is allowed. At 12:45 teams can install cameras, and belt in new drivers. All cars in the active field line must leave the pit road behind the pace car for one pace lap. Cars who were in the paddock can join the field at the tail end of the pack. Any cars that were sent to their pit box as a damaged but repairable car during the time pit road was closed cannot continue their repairs until the field leaves pit road. Regular fueling can resume once the race goes back to green.

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