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2023 Porsche Carrera Cup North America

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The 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup North America, known as the 2023 Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America for sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the Porsche Carrera Cup North America. It began on March 15 at Sebring International Raceway and ended on October 22 at Circuit of the Americas.

Calendar

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The calendar was released on February 8, 2023, featuring eight rounds.[1]

Round Circuit Date
1 Florida Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida March 15–16
2 California Grand Prix of Long Beach, Long Beach, California April 14–16
3 Florida Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida May 5–7
4 New York (state) Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York June 22–25
5 Wisconsin Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin July 27–29
6 Indiana Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana September 15–17
7 California WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California September 28 – October 1
8 Texas Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas October 20–22

Entry list

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Team No. Driver Rounds
Pro Class
United States Kellymoss[2] 2 United States Sean Varwig[3] All
7 United States Michael McCarthy[3] All
37 United States Sabré Cook[2] 1–6
53 United States Riley Dickinson[3] All
99 United States Francis Selldorff 8
United States MDK Motorsports[4] 3 United States Nick Boulle 7–8
20 United States Jason Hart[4] All
74 Dominican Republic Jimmy Llibre[4] All
93 Canada Stefan Rzadzinski[5] All
United States JDX Racing[6] 4 United States Elias De La Torre IV[6] All
9 United Kingdom Will Martin[7] All
United States PT Autosport with JDX Racing[8] 98 United Kingdom Alex Sedgwick[8] All
United States McCann Racing[5] 8 United States Michael McCann[5] All
United States GMG Racing 11 United States Blake McDonald 8
United States Wright Motorsports[9] 13 United States Varun Choksey[9] All
15 Canada Nicky Hays 7
Australia McElrea Racing[10] 17 Australia Tom Sargent[11] All
24 Canada Thomas Nepveu[11] 1–4
Australia Bayley Hall[12] 7–8
United States Accelerating Performance[13] 33 Netherlands Kay van Berlo[13] 3
United States Michael Cooper[14] 4–5, 7–8
United States Nolasport[15] 47 United States Thomas Merrill[15] 1–3, 5–8
United States Nolasport-Reis Nichols[15] 64 United Kingdom Dan Clarke[15] All
United States 762 Motorsports[5] 58 United States T.J. Fischer[5] 1
United States Nick Boulle[14] 4
United States Topp Racing[5] 77 United States Travis Wiley[5] All
78 New Zealand Ryan Yardley[5] All
United States ACI Motorsports[5] 81 United States Grant Talkie[5] 1–3
United States Rearden Racing[5] 85 United States Jake Pedersen[5] 1–2, 4–8
United States Irish Mike's Racing[5] 95 United States Conor Flynn[5] 1, 3
Pro-Am Class
United States GMG Racing[16] 11 United States Blake McDonald 7
14 United States James Sofronas 8
32 United States Kyle Washington[16] 2–3, 5–8
89 United States Todd Parriott[16] 2–3, 5, 8
United States Kellymoss[3] 23 United States P. J. Hyett[16] 2, 4–5, 7–8
65 Dominican Republic Efrin Castro[3] All
89 United States Todd Parriott 7
99 United States Alan Metni[3] 1–2, 4, 6
United States McCann Racing[5] 27 United States Christian Cole[5] 1–4
United States MDK Motorsports[4] 42 United States Don Yount[17] 3
68 United States Chris Bellomo[5] All
United States Accelerating Performance[5] 44 Moisey Uretsky[5][N 1] 1–5, 7–8
United States Nolasport 46 United States Kayden Kelly 8
United States Goldcrest Motorsports[4] 55 United States Matt Halcome[5] 1
United States Topp Racing[5] 56 United States Jeff Mosing[5] 1–5
United States BGB Motorsports[17] 69 United States Thomas Collingwood[17] 3, 7–8
United States ACI Motorsports[5] 82 Canada Marco Cirone[5] 1–6
Am Class
United States MDK Motorsports[4] 10 United States Scott Noble[4] All
43 United States Mark Kvamme[4] All
United States Kellymoss[3] 19 United States Tom Balames[3] 1, 3, 5, 7
United States Goldcrest Motorsports[4] 21 United States Grady Willingham[5] 1, 3–8
28 United States Bob Mueller[5] 1, 3, 7
29 United States Jeffrey Majkrzak[5] 1
72 United States Phillip Martien[5] 1, 3–4, 8
80 United States Joe Still[5] 1
United States Wright Motorsports[9] 57 United States John Goetz[9] All
United States McCann Racing[5] 63 United States Michael Merritt[5] 1–5, 7–8
83 United States James McCann[5] All

Results

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Winning Pro-Am Winning Am
1 Florida Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida March 15–16 United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Kelly-Moss Road and Race United States Moisey Uretsky United States Scott Noble
2 United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Kelly-Moss Road and Race United States Alan Metni United States Mark Kvamme
3 California Grand Prix of Long Beach, Long Beach, California April 14–16 United States Riley Dickinson Australia Tom Sargent United States Riley Dickinson United States Kelly-Moss Road and Race United States Alan Metni United States Mark Kvamme
4 Australia Tom Sargent United States Riley Dickinson United Kingdom Will Martin United States JDX Racing Canada Marco Cirone United States Mark Kvamme
5 Florida Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida May 5–7 United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Kelly-Moss Road and Race Dominican Republic Efrin Castro United States Mark Kvamme
6 United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Kelly-Moss Road and Race Dominican Republic Efrin Castro United States Mark Kvamme
7 New York (state) Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York June 22–25 United Kingdom Will Martin United Kingdom Will Martin United States Jason Hart United States MDK Motorsports United States Jeff Mosing United States John Goetz
8 United Kingdom Will Martin United Kingdom Will Martin United Kingdom Will Martin United States JDX Racing United States Jeff Mosing United States Mark Kvamme
9 Wisconsin Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin July 27–29 United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Kelly-Moss Road and Race Dominican Republic Efrin Castro United States Scott Noble
10 United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Kelly-Moss Road and Race Dominican Republic Efrin Castro United States Scott Noble
11 Indiana Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana September 15–17 United States Riley Dickinson Australia Tom Sargent United States Riley Dickinson United States Kelly-Moss Road and Race Dominican Republic Efrin Castro United States Scott Noble
12 United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Kelly-Moss Road and Race Dominican Republic Efrin Castro United States Scott Noble
13 California WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California September 28 – October 1 United Kingdom Will Martin United Kingdom Alex Sedgwick Australia Tom Sargent Australia McElrea Racing Dominican Republic Efrin Castro United States Scott Noble
14 United Kingdom Will Martin United Kingdom Will Martin United Kingdom Will Martin United States JDX Racing United States P. J. Hyett United States Scott Noble
15 Texas Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas October 20–22 Australia Tom Sargent United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Kelly-Moss Road and Race United States James Sofronas United States Mark Kvamme
16 United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Riley Dickinson United States Kelly-Moss Road and Race United States James Sofronas United States Mark Kvamme

Championship standings

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Points system

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Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions in the race as shown in the chart below.[18]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th  Pole   FL 
Points 25 20 17 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 1

For Pro-Am and Am championship, lowest two race results before the final round are dropped. All pole position and fastest lap points are retained.

Driver's Championship

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Pos. Driver SEB
Florida
LBH
California
MIA
Florida
WGL
New York (state)
ELK
Wisconsin
IMS
Indiana
LGA
California
AUS
Texas
Points
Overall
1 United States Riley Dickinson 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 36 2 1 1 382
2 Australia Tom Sargent 2 2 2 2 2 20 3 4 6 9 6 19 1 3 2 3 243
3 United Kingdom Will Martin 3 4 4 1 37 2 32 1 4 12 16 2 35 1 6 28 199
4 United Kingdom Alex Sedgwick 7 12 8 5 25 3 4 5 2 10 3 3 9 10 3 4 181
5 United States Jason Hart 4 3 30 DNS 18 7 1 3 9 5 9 24 4 15 10 5 141
6 United Kingdom Dan Clarke 5 5 9 29 38 DNS 5 6 3 25 2 5 3 4 12 31 137
7 New Zealand Ryan Yardley 11 25 5 7 4 8 7 11 19 7 28 6 5 5 7 2 134
8 Dominican Republic Jimmy Llibre 15 7 6 4 39 11 8 18 7 8 4 10 10 6 9 29 107
9 United States Sean Varwig 8 36 10 30 12 12 10 8 11 4 7 26 2 7 11 24 98
10 United States Thomas Merrill 10 9 7 10 28 15 10 2 5 7 8 18 8 27 92
11 United States Varun Choksey 6 6 31 8 35 6 22 9 12 11 10 8 30 13 35 6 81
12 United States Michael McCarthy 9 8 29 DNS 14 17 6 7 20 28 13 4 33 11 4 11 77
13 United States Travis Wiley 16 15 27 9 5 10 12 16 8 6 8 25 6 8 36 DNS 74
14 United States Michael McCann 26 14 3 31 3 4 34 19 WD WD 11 23 11 16 18 23 60
15 United States Michael Cooper 33 10 5 3 31 9 5 30 54
16 United States Sabré Cook 14 16 12 26 6 9 13 15 13 29 12 27 34
17 Dominican Republic Efrin Castro 23 26 16 15 8 14 15 14 14 14 15 11 13 25 19 12 31
18 Canada Thomas Nepveu 13 11 11 28 32 5 11 33 30
19 United States Elias De La Torre 34 21 13 27 19 18 9 12 15 13 14 9 DNS DNS 14 32 29
20 Canada Stefan Rzadzinski 33 23 14 12 7 37 21 17 16 31 19 14 14 17 16 7 28
21 United States Grant Talkie 12 13 DNS 6 29 13 20
22 Australia Bayley Hall 7 12 17 34 13
23 Canada Marco Cirone 18 20 19 13 9 16 16 21 17 30 17 28 10
24 United States Chris Bellomo 24 38 24 18 13 21 23 32 24 19 25 21 16 22 20 10 9
25 United States Kyle Washington 32 21 10 24 31 27 20 15 17 29 26 14 9
26 United States Francis Selldorff 23 8 8
27 United States James Sofronas 15 9 8
28 United States Jake Pedersen 39 27 17 11 35† 20 23 17 18 13 19 28 34 33 8
29 United States Nick Boulle 20 22 15 20 13 13 7
30 United States Jeff Mosing 27 18 18 14 33 38 14 13 33 DNS 7
31 United States T.J. Fischer 38 10 6
32 Moisey Uretsky 17 19 20 19 11 19 18 23 18 15 32 26 24 16 6
33 Canada Nicky Hays 12 14 6
34 United States Alan Metni 19 17 15 DNS 19 31 21 12 5
35 United States Mark Kvamme 21 24 21 16 15 22 26 24 22 18 23 17 22 23 21 17 1
36 United States Kayden Kelly 27 15 1
37 United States Scott Noble 30 39 22 22 34 25 25 25 21 16 22 16 20 21 22 35 0
38 United States Thomas Collingwood 16 23 24 27 32 DNS 0
39 United States P. J. Hyett DNS DNS 17 DNS 32 DNS 18 19 37 26 0
40 United States John Goetz 22 40 33 17 40 28 24 29 30 20 24 18 23 30 28 20 0
41 United States Michael Merritt 40 32 23 24 17 29 27 30 29 21 26 32 30 21 0
42 United States Todd Parriott 25 25 23 31 28 26 34 DNS 29 18 0
43 United States Blake McDonald 21 24 25 19 0
44 United States Christian Cole 29 30 28 20 20 30 28 27 0
45 United States James McCann 36 35 26 23 22 34 29 26 27 24 26 20 27 33 33 25 0
46 United States Don Yount 21 33 0
47 United States Grady Willingham 32 31 26 35 30 28 25 22 27 22 28 31 31 22 0
48 United States Conor Flynn 30 22 31 26 0
49 United States Tom Balames 35 34 24 32 26 23 29 34 0
50 United States Bob Mueller 25 37 30 DNS 25 35 0
51 United States Phillip Martien 37 33 27 36 31 34 DNS DNS 0
52 United States Jeffrey Majkrzak 28 28 0
53 United States Matt Halcome 31 29 0
54 United States Joe Still DNS DNS 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Netherlands Kay van Berlo 36 27 0
Pro-Am
1 Dominican Republic Efrin Castro (23) (26) 16 15 8 14 15 14 14 14 15 11 13 25 19 12 337
2 Canada Marco Cirone 18 20 19 13 9 16 16 21 17 30 17 28 214
3 Moisey Uretsky 17 19 20 19 11 19 18 23 18 15 32 26 24 16 209
4 United States Chris Bellomo 24 (38) 24 18 13 21 (23) 32 24 19 25 21 16 22 20 10 208
5 United States Kyle Washington 32 21 10 24 31 27 20 15 17 29 26 14 152
6 United States Jeff Mosing 27 18 18 14 33 38 14 13 33 DNS 138
7 United States Alan Metni 19 17 15 DNS 19 31 21 12 124
8 United States Todd Parriott 25 25 23 31 28 26 34 DNS 29 18 85
9 United States P. J. Hyett DNS DNS 17 DNS 32 DNS 18 19 37 26 80
10 United States Christian Cole 29 30 28 20 20 30 28 27 74
11 United States Thomas Collingwood 16 23 24 27 32 DNS 54
12 United States James Sofronas 15 9 51
13 United States Kayden Kelly 27 15 22
14 United States Matt Halcome 31 29 18
15 United States Don Yount 21 33 15
Am
1 United States Mark Kvamme 21 24 21 16 15 22 (26) 24 (22) 18 23 17 22 23 21 17 334
2 United States Scott Noble 30 (39) 22 22 (34) 25 25 25 21 16 22 16 20 21 22 35 331
3 United States John Goetz 22 (40) 33 17 (40) 28 24 29 30 20 24 18 23 30 28 20 236
4 United States Michael Merritt 40 32 23 24 17 29 27 30 29 21 26 32 30 21 186
5 United States James McCann (36) (35) 26 23 22 34 29 26 27 24 26 20 27 33 33 25 177
6 United States Grady Willingham 32 31 26 35 30 28 25 22 27 22 28 31 31 22 174
7 United States Tom Balames 35 34 24 32 26 23 29 34 86
8 United States Phillip Martien 37 33 27 36 31 34 DNS DNS 55
9 United States Bob Mueller 25 37 30 DNS 25 35 54
10 United States Jeffrey Majkrzak 28 28 32
11 United States Joe Still DNS DNS 0
Pos. Driver SEB
Florida
LBH
California
MIA
Florida
WGL
New York (state)
ELK
Wisconsin
IMS
Indiana
LGA
California
AUS
Texas
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • Bold - Pole position
  • Italics - Fastest lap

†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

Notes

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  1. ^ Moisey Uretsky is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

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  18. ^ 2023 IMSA SPORTING REGULATIONS and SSR PCCNA Blackline 100523 V1
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