D Sports Racing
D Sports Racing now known as Prototype 2 is a sports prototype racecar class for road racing by the Sports Car Club of America. It has been called the one racing category that remains unfettered by regulations that have throttled innovation elsewhere in motorsport.[1]
Usually known simply as DSR, the class began in 1968. DSR evolved from the SCCA's older H Modified class, which traces its roots back to the early 1950s. Today's DSR cars normally use a 1000cc four cylinder engine sourced from a Japanese motorcycle. Several other engines are allowed.[2]
DSR's generally weigh under 1000 lbs with the driver and make 200 bhp at 13,000rpm. The relatively low cost of the engines and some new chassis manufacturers led to an explosion in growth of the class between the years 2000 and 2008.[3] DSR's were the fastest class at the SCCA National Championship races in 2008.
Manufacturers
- A-Mac
- Cheetah
- Diasio
- Dragon
- Galmer
- LSR Prince
- Radical
- Speads
- Stohr Cars
- West Race Cars
SCCA National Championship Runoffs
| Year | Winner | Car | Engine |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Template:Flagicon Ed Luke | Lotus | Chevrolet |
| 1967 | Template:Flagicon Wayne Koch | Koch | |
| 1968 | Template:Flagicon Fred Plotkin | Abarth Special | |
| 1969 | Template:Flagicon Eric Kerman | Arachnid | Honda |
| 1970 | Template:Flagicon Marvin Thomson | Bobsy-Imp | |
| 1971 | Template:Flagicon Harry Stephenson | Maru | Honda |
| 1972 | Template:Flagicon Harry Stephenson | Maru | Honda |
| 1973 | Template:Flagicon Ronald Dennis | Ocelot | Suzuki |
| 1974 | Template:Flagicon Bob Marshall | Quasar | Suzuki |
| 1975 | Template:Flagicon Kendall Noah | Ocelot Mk.A | Suzuki |
| 1976 | Template:Flagicon Jeff Miller | Wynnfurst | Kohler |
| 1977 | Template:Flagicon Jeff Miller | Wynnfurst | Kohler |
| 1978 | Template:Flagicon Dave Leeson | LeGrand Mk.18 | Kohler |
| 1979 | Template:Flagicon Dave Leeson | LeGrand Mk.18 | Kohler |
| 1980 | Template:Flagicon Jerry Smith | LeGrand Mk.25 | Kohler |
| 1981 | Template:Flagicon Jeff Miller | Lola T540 | Kohler |
| 1982 | Template:Flagicon Paul Decker | LeGrand Mk.18 | Suzuki |
| 1983 | Template:Flagicon Jeff Miller | Wynnfurst | Kohler |
| 1984 | Template:Flagicon Thomas Jagemann | Lola | Kohler |
| 1985 | Template:Flagicon Paul Decker | Decker Mk.1/2 | |
| 1986 | Template:Flagicon Paul Decker | Decker Mk.1 | |
| 1987 | Template:Flagicon Paul Decker | Decker Mk.1 | |
| 1988 | Template:Flagicon Al Beasley Sr. | Bease-Decker Mk.II | |
| 1989 | Template:Flagicon Travis Duder | McCann | |
| 1990 | Template:Flagicon Michael Reupert | Lola | |
| 1991 | Template:Flagicon Travis Duder | Crossle | Nissan |
| 1992 | Template:Flagicon Travis Duder | Crossle | Nissan |
| 1993 | Template:Flagicon Travis Duder | Crossle | Nissan |
| 1994 | Template:Flagicon David Kaiser | LeGrand Mk.25D | |
| 1995 | Template:Flagicon David Kaiser | LeGrand Mk.25D | |
| 1996 | Template:Flagicon David Kaiser | LeGrand Mk.25D | |
| 1997 | Template:Flagicon Michael Reupert | Lola | |
| 1998 | Template:Flagicon Travis Duder | Cheetah SR-1 | |
| 1999 | Template:Flagicon Bruce Sunseri | Cheetah SR-1 | |
| 2000 | Template:Flagicon Al Beasley Jr. | BeaseDecker Mk.1 | |
| 2001 | Template:Flagicon Marc Hoover | Cheetah | Mazda |
| 2002 | Template:Flagicon Mark Jaremko | Stohr 03D | |
| 2003 | Template:Flagicon Mark Jaremko | Stohr 03D | |
| 2004 | Template:Flagicon John Hill | Stohr | |
| 2005 | Template:Flagicon Mark Jaremko | Stohr WF1 | |
| 2006 | Template:Flagicon Mark Jaremko | Stohr WF1 | |
| 2007 | Template:Flagicon J.R. Osborne | Stohr WF1 | |
| 2008 | Template:Flagicon J.R. Osborne | Stohr WF1 | |
| 2009 | Template:Flagicon Garry Crook | Stohr WF1 | Suzuki |
| 2010 | Template:Flagicon Lawrence Loshak | Stohr WF1 | Suzuki |
| 2011 | Template:Flagicon Tom Bootz | Stohr WF1 | Suzuki |
| 2012 | Template:Flagicon Scott Tucker | West WX10 | Suzuki |
| 2013 | Template:Flagicon Chris Farrell | Stohr WF1 | Suzuki |
| Prototype 2 | |||
| 2014 | Template:Flagicon Fabian Okonski | Stohr 01D | Suzuki |
| 2015 | Template:Flagicon Chris Farrell | Stohr WF1 | Suzuki |
| 2016 | Template:Flagicon Jeff Shafer | Stohr WF1 | Suzuki |
| 2017 | Template:Flagicon Jeff Shafer | Stohr WF1 | Suzuki |
| 2018 | Template:Flagicon Tim Day Jr. | Stohr WF1 | Suzuki |
| 2019 | Template:Flagicon Tray Ayres | Van Diemen RF00 | Mazda |
| 2020 | Template:Flagicon Greg Gyann | Stohr WF1 | Suzuki |
| 2021 | Template:Flagicon Tim Day Jr. | Stohr WF1 | Suzuki |
| 2022 | Template:Flagicon Greg Gyann | Stohr WF1 | Suzuki |
| 2023 | Template:Flagicon Lucian Pancea | Stohr WF1 | Suzuki |
References
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- ↑ RaceCar Engineering magazine, February 2005, p.58
- ↑ SCCA Rulebook
- ↑ SportsCar magazine, October 2002, p.22
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