2024 GT America Series
Appearance
The 2024 GT America Series was the fourth season of the SRO Motorsports Group's GT America Series, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The races were contested with GT2-spec, GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season began on April 5 at Sonoma Raceway and ended on October 6 at Indianapolis.
Calendar
[edit]The initial calendar was revealed during the 2023 24 Hours of Spa featuring eight rounds.[1]
Round | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
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1 | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California | April 5–7 | GT World Challenge America |
2 | Long Beach Grand Prix, Long Beach, California | April 19–21 | IndyCar Series IMSA SportsCar Championship |
3 | Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida | May 3–5 | GT World Challenge America |
4 | Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas | May 17–19 | |
5 | Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia | July 19–21 | |
6 | Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | August 16–18 | |
7 | Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama | September 6–8 | |
8 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana | October 4–6 | Intercontinental GT Challenge GT World Challenge America |
Entry list
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Notes:
- AF Corse and driver Custodio Toledo were originally entered for the season opener at Sonoma,[2] but decided to withdraw from the event.[27]
- CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports was originally entered for the fifth round at Virginia International Raceway,[5] but was withdrawn following the CrowdStrike global outage.[28]
- GMG Racing originally entered the No. 58 for CJ Moses in the fifth round at VIR,[5] but later withdrew the entry from the event.[29]
Race Results
[edit]Bold indicates overall winner
Round | Circuit | Pole position | SRO3 Winners | GT2 Winners | GT4 Winners | Results | |
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1 | R1 | Sonoma | #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing | #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing | #127 TPC with Dream Racing | #098 Rotek Racing | Report |
Jason Daskalos | Jason Daskalos | Aaron Farhadi | Isaac Sherman | ||||
R2 | #14 GMG Racing | #3 SKI Autosports | #127 TPC with Dream Racing | #098 Rotek Racing | Report | ||
James Sofronas | Johnny O'Connell | Aaron Farhadi | Isaac Sherman | ||||
2 | R1 | Long Beach | #3 SKI Autosports | #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing | #10 Lone Star Racing | #098 Rotek Racing | Report |
Johnny O'Connell | Jason Daskalos | Dan Knox | Isaac Sherman | ||||
R2 | #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing | #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing | #10 Lone Star Racing | #098 Rotek Racing | Report | ||
Jason Daskalos | Jason Daskalos | Dan Knox | Isaac Sherman | ||||
3 | R1 | Sebring | #04 Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports | #04 Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports | #102 TPC with Dream Racing | #098 Rotek Racing | Report |
George Kurtz | George Kurtz | Alan Grossberg | Isaac Sherman | ||||
R2 | #04 Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports | #04 Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports | #102 TPC with Dream Racing | #098 Rotek Racing | Report | ||
George Kurtz | George Kurtz | Alan Grossberg | Isaac Sherman | ||||
4 | R1 | COTA | #3 SKI Autosports | #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing | #102 TPC with Dream Racing | #098 Rotek Racing | Report |
Johnny O'Connell | Jason Daskalos | Alan Grossberg | Isaac Sherman | ||||
R2 | #04 Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports | #04 Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports | #102 TPC with Dream Racing | #7 ACI Motorsports | Report | ||
George Kurtz | George Kurtz | Alan Grossberg | Curt Swearingin | ||||
5 | R1 | Virginia | #29 Turner Motorsports | #29 Turner Motorsports | No Entries | #7 ACI Motorsports | Report |
Justin Rothberg | Justin Rothberg | Curt Swearingin | |||||
R2 | #3 SKI Autosports | #3 SKI Autosports | #098 Rotek Racing | Report | |||
Johnny O'Connell | Johnny O'Connell | Isaac Sherman | |||||
6 | R1 | Road America | #29 Turner Motorsports | #29 Turner Motorsports | No Entries | #7 ACI Motorsports | Report |
Justin Rothberg | Justin Rothberg | Curt Swearingin | |||||
R2 | #14 GMG Racing | #14 GMG Racing | #098 Rotek Racing | Report | |||
James Sofronas | James Sofronas | Isaac Sherman | |||||
7 | R1 | Barber | #29 Turner Motorsports | #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing | No Entries | #098 Rotek Racing | Report |
Justin Rothberg | Jason Daskalos | Isaac Sherman | |||||
R2 | #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing | #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing | #098 Rotek Racing | Report | |||
Jason Daskalos | Jason Daskalos | Isaac Sherman | |||||
8 | R1 | Indianapolis | #29 Turner Motorsports | #29 Turner Motorsports | #10 Lone Star Racing | #098 Rotek Racing | Report |
Justin Rothberg | Justin Rothberg | Dan Knox | Isaac Sherman | ||||
R2 | #29 Turner Motorsports | #29 Turner Motorsports | #58 GMG Racing | #098 Rotek Racing | Report | ||
Justin Rothberg | Justin Rothberg | CJ Moses | Isaac Sherman |
Championship Standings
[edit]- Scoring System
Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' Championships
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Bold – Pole |
- Notes
- † – Drivers did not finish the race but were classified, as they completed more than 75% of the race distance.
- ‡ – Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
References
[edit]- ^ "SRO America reveals 2024 calendar". RACER. July 1, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
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- ^ a b c Kilbey, Stephen (December 14, 2023). "Flying Lizard To Race New Vantage GT3 EVOs In 2024". Dailysportscar. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
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- ^ a b c "Les brèves du vendredi 9 août". Endurance-Info (in French). August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
- ^ a b "Les brèves du dimanche 24 mars". Endurance-Info (in French). March 24, 2024. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ a b c Dagys, John (April 29, 2024). "Daskalos Leads Charge into Sebring". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Dagys, John (September 30, 2024). "GT2 Cars Return for Indianapolis Title Decider – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
- ^ a b "SKI Autosports Acquires Latest-Gen Audi for Title Defense". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. December 20, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
- ^ a b Dagys, John (April 2, 2024). "Van Berlo, Swearingin in Re-Focused ACI Motorsports Effort". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ a b "Carrus Callas Raceteam Unveils Exciting Plans with BMW for the 2024 Race Season". GT4 America. SRO Motorsports Group America. January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ a b "Greenemeier Joins the Heart of Racing SRO Motorsports America Lineup". GT4 America. SRO Motorsports Group America. February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ a b Dagys, John (July 18, 2024). "VIR Thursday Notebook". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
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- ^ a b c Dagys, John (April 4, 2024). "TPC Partners With Dream Racing for Two-Car Lambo GT2 Effort". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ a b Dagys, John (August 11, 2024). "TPC to Debut McLaren GT4 for Grossberg at Road America". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
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- ^ "Long Beach 24 Entry List" (PDF). GT America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ "Sebring 24 Entry List" (PDF). GT America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ "COTA 24 Entry List" (PDF). GT America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
- ^ "VIR 24 Entry List" (PDF). GT America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ "Road America 24 Entry List" (PDF). GT America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ "Barber 24 Entry List" (PDF). GT America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ^ "Indy 24 Entry List" (PDF). GT America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
- ^ O'Connell, RJ (April 5, 2024). "SRO America, Sonoma: Friday Paddock Notes". Dailysportscar. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ Dagys, John (July 19, 2024). "CrowdStrike by Riley Withdraws from VIR Weekend". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
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