The 2010 Cooper Tires Prototype Lites season was the fourth season of the series. It consisted of eight rounds which started on March 20 at Sebring International Raceway and ended on October 2 at Road Atlanta . This was one of the support series of the American Le Mans Series .
CORE Autosport's Charlie Shears was champion in the Lites 1 class, clinching the title with a round to spare.[1] Despite winning only three races, Shears finished every race in the points and won the championship title by 45 points from his nearest rival. Brothers Antonio and Matt Downs finished in second and third places; Antonio winning races at Miller Motorsports Park and Road America , and Matt at Millville . Three-time race winner Gary Gibson and Jon Brownson, another winner at Road America completed the top five in the championship. Shears' performances helped CORE Autosport clinch the Lites 1 teams' championship, six points clear of the Downs' Eurosport Racing outfit. In Lites 2, BERG Racing's John Weisberg and Factory 48 Motorsports' Lee Alexander dominated the class, taking 13 of the 15 wins available. Weisberg's nine wins gave him the championship title by seven points on dropped scores, from four-time winner Alexander. BERG Racing also took the teams title by six points from Factory 48. Other race wins were taken by Rick Bartuska and Eric Vassian.
Schedule
All races supported the 2010 American Le Mans Series season apart from round three which was a stand-alone event. All rounds consisted of two 30 minute races.
Entry List
Team
No.
Driver
Rounds
Lites 1
Ferrari of Houston
00
Owen Kratz
1–2, 4, 6, 8
33
Richard Fant
1–2, 4, 6–8
Intersport Racing
2
David Ducote
1–2, 6–8
3
Wayne Ducote
1, 3–4, 6–8
37
James Kovacic
2
Eurosport Racing
4
Antonio Downs
1–7
12
Matt Downs
1–7
34
Jon Brownson
1–4, 6–8
79
Lucas Downs
1–7
88
Dan Weyland
1, 3–4, 6–8
Uberwurx Racing
5
Juan Carlos Martinez
6
Performance Tech
6
Daniel Goldburg
8
8
Anthony Nicolosi
1–5, 8
11
Johnny Meriggi
1–2, 4, 6, 8
64
Patrick O'Neill
2–4
96
Danny Mancini
1–6, 8
Comprent Motorsports
9
Jonathan Gore
6
24
1
92
Richard Zober
3
Inspire MotorsportsCORE Autosport [2]
13
Gary Gibson
All
21
Charlie Shears
All
54
Jon Bennett
All
Barnhart Racing Kelly Moss Racing
17
Paul Barnhart III
1–2
Robali Motorsports
25
Robert Garcia
6
The Motorsports Group
28
Don Yount
1
Pabst Racing
40
Jim Ferro
6
Brian Graham Racing
52
Nick Majors
7
Gunnar Racing
66
Frankie Montecalvo
1–5
Leslie Racing Services
94
Darryl Shoff
1, 3, 5–6, 8
Green Earth Team Gunnar
99
Christian Zugel
1–2
Lites 2
Clueless Racing
07
Rick Bartuska
1, 6
CGI – DeAngelis Racing
7
Max DeAngelis
7–8
22
Robert Sabato
7–8
30
Michal Chlumecky
2, 7–8
WEST Racing
10
Eric Vassian
1, 8
42
Jim Garrett
All
Wilzig Racing
15
Alan Wilzig
5
Factory 48 Motorsports
23
Lee Alexander
1–4, 6–8
Ansa Motorsports
44
Alain Nadal
1
68
Ray Langston
1
BERG Racing
48
Michael Hill
1
75
John Weisberg
1–3, 5–8
Season results
Rnd
Circuit
Lites 1 Race One Winning Team
Lites 2 Race One Winning Team
Lites 1 Race Two Winning Team
Lites 2 Race Two Winning Team
Lites 1 Race One Winning Driver
Lites 2 Race One Winning Driver
Lites 1 Race Two Winning Driver
Lites 2 Race Two Winning Driver
1
Sebring
#21 Inspire Motorsports
#23 Factory 48 Motorsports
#13 Inspire Motorsports
#75 BERG Racing
Charlie Shears
Lee Alexander
Gary Gibson
John Weisberg
2
Laguna Seca
#37 Intersport Racing
#75 BERG Racing
#11 Performance Tech
#75 BERG Racing
James Kovacic
John Weisberg
Johnny Meriggi
John Weisberg
3
New Jersey
#21 Inspire Motorsports
#23 Factory 48 Motorsports
#12 Eurosport Racing
#75 BERG Racing
Charlie Shears
Lee Alexander
Matt Downs
John Weisberg
4
Miller
#66 Gunnar Racing
#23 Factory 48 Motorsports
#4 Eurosport Racing
#23 Factory 48 Motorsports
Frankie Montecalvo
Lee Alexander
Antonio Downs
Lee Alexander
5
Lime Rock
#13 Inspire Motorsports
#75 BERG Racing
not held
not held
Gary Gibson
John Weisberg
6
Road America
#34 Eurosport Racing
#75 BERG Racing
#4 Eurosport Racing
#07 Clueless Racing
Jon Brownson
John Weisberg
Antonio Downs
Rick Bartuska
7
Mosport
#21 CORE Autosport
#75 BERG Racing
#79 Eurosport Racing
#75 BERG Racing
Charlie Shears
John Weisberg
Lucas Downs
John Weisberg
8
Road Atlanta
#13 CORE Autosport
#10 WEST Racing
#8 Performance Tech
#75 BERG Racing
Gary Gibson
Eric Vassian
Anthony Nicolosi
John Weisberg
Championship standings
Lites 1
Pos
Driver
SEB
LAG
NJ
MIL
LRP
ROA
MOS
ATL
Points
1
Charlie Shears
1
3
6
9
1
3
4
2
9
2
2
1
3
4
20
2
Antonio Downs
10
2
8
11
4
5
3
1
3
17
1
5
4
164
3
Matt Downs
7
19
2
6
3
1
10
8
6
22
4
3
2
150
4
Gary Gibson
19
1
18
22
15
16
7
17
1
4
3
2
17
1
2
149
5
Jon Brownson
8
4
10
8
8
7
6
10
1
8
7
5
2
3
6
Jon Bennett
4
6
13
21
2
6
2
4
13
8
20
6
8
6
18
133
7
Anthony Nicolosi
2
25
20
18
7
2
18
3
2
3
1
118
8
Lucas Downs
22
9
4
19
5
8
DNS
9
10
3
5
4
1
118
9
Johnny Meriggi
3
23
5
1
5
5
6
15
7
8
106
10
David Ducote
5
22
7
7
7
7
8
7
5
4
94
11
Frankie Montecalvo
6
7
9
16
6
4
1
16
4
90
12
Richard Fant
28
10
15
15
8
7
23
16
10
6
10
5
68
13
Danny Mancini
DSQ
26
16
10
9
10
12
12
7
11
22
16
9
55
14
Wayne Ducote
9
8
12
13
15
13
14
21
9
12
14
19
53
15
Owen Kratz
17
13
11
2
11
18
19
17
8
12
52
16
Darryl Shoff
11
11
16
DNS
5
9
11
11
16
48
17
Dan Weyland
21
12
14
14
13
11
21
18
12
11
15
13
44
18
Patrick O'Neill
3
17
10
DNS
9
6
42
19
James Kovacic
1
5
36
20
Jonathan Gore
25
29
5
6
22
21
Paul Barnhart III
27
5
12
20
16
22
Daniel Goldburg
9
11
15
23
Christian Zugel
14
17
DNS
13
12
24
Richard Zober
18
9
8
25
Juan Carlos Martinez
16
12
8
26
Nick Majors
13
18
8
27
Jim Ferro
10
23
6
28
Robert Garcia
12
19
5
—
Don Yount
23
28
0
Pos
Driver
SEB
LAG
NJ
MIL
LRP
ROA
MOS
ATL
Points
Lites 2
Pos
Driver
SEB
LAG
NJ
MIL
LRP
ROA
MOS
ATL
Points
1
John Weisberg
24
14
14
3
13
11
8
13
14
11
9
13
6
239
2
Lee Alexander
12
21
17
4
11
12
14
14
15
10
14
10
20
10
3
Jim Garrett
16
18
21
14
17
15
16
15
11
18
13
16
13
17
14
206
4
Michal Chlumecky
19
12
15
16
19
15
82
5
Rick Bartuska
13
15
20
9
70
6
Eric Vassian
20
16
12
7
64
7
Max DeAngelis
17
14
18
17
50
8
Alain Nadal
15
24
25
9
Ray Langston
18
20
24
10
Robert Sabato
18
15
DNS
21
22
11
Alan Wilzig
12
16
12
Michael Hill
26
27
16
Pos
Driver
SEB
LAG
NJ
MIL
LRP
ROA
MOS
ATL
Points
References
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