2024 GT World Challenge America
The 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS was the eighteenth season of the United States Auto Club's GT World Challenge America, and the seventh under ownership of SRO Motorsports Group.
The season began at Sonoma on April 5, and ended at Indianapolis on October 6.
Calendar
[edit]The preliminary calendar released on July 1, 2023, at the SRO's annual 24 Hours of Spa press conference, featuring 14 races across seven rounds.[1] In September, an updated schedule was released, the SRO announced that Barber Motorsports Park would fill the vacancy in the schedule, and Sebring International Raceway would replace NOLA Motorsports Park.[2]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California
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April 5–7 | |
| 2 |  Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida
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May 3–5 | |
| 3 |  Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas
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May 17–19 | |
| 4 |  Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia
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July 19–21 | |
| 5 |  Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
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August 16–18 | |
| 6 |  Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama
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September 6–8 | |
| 7 |  Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana
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October 4–6 |
Entry list
[edit]
Notes:
- Montreal Motorsport Group was originally entered for the season opener at Sonoma,[3] but the team had to withdrew due to delays receiving their race car.They withdrew from subsequent rounds as well due to the same issue.[44]
- CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports was originally entered for the fourth round at Virginia International Raceway,[45] but was withdrawn following the CrowdStrike incident.[46]
- Scott Smithson was originally scheduled to drive the No. 08 Corvette for DXDT Racing at Road America,[27] but Bryson Morris replaced Smithson after the team and driver parted ways.[6]
- Conor Daly was originally scheduled to drive the No. 99 BMW for Random Vandals Racing at Road America,[27] but it was later announced Daly would miss the race due to an scheduling conflict. Madison Snow replaced Daly for the round.[35]
Race results
[edit]Bold indicates overall winner
| Round | Circuit | Pole position | IGTC Pro Winners | Pro Winners | Pro/Am Winners | Am Winners | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Sonoma
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 #91 DXDT Racing
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Did not participate | #120 Wright Motorsports
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#04 CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports
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No Entries | Report |
Jeff Burton Philip Ellis
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Adam Adelson Elliot Skeer
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Colin Braun George Kurtz
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| R2 | #120 Wright Motorsports
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#120 Wright Motorsports
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#04 CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports
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Report | ||||
| Adam Adelson Elliot Skeer
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Adam Adelson Elliot Skeer
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Colin Braun George Kurtz
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| 2 | R1 | Sebring
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#91 Regulator Racing
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#85 RennSport1
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 #38 ST Racing
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Report | ||
| Jeff Burton Philip Ellis
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Trent Hindman Spencer Pumpelly
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Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen
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| R2 | #38 ST Racing
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#85 RennSport1
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#29 Turner Motorsport
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Report | ||||
| Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen
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Trent Hindman Spencer Pumpelly
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Robby Foley Justin Rothberg
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| 3 | R1 | COTA
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 #88 AF Corse
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#63 DXDT Racing
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#38 ST Racing
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Report | ||
Riccardo Agostini Custodio Toledo
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Tommy Milner Alec Udell
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Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen
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| R2 | #38 ST Racing
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#63 DXDT Racing
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#38 ST Racing
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Report | ||||
| Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen
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Tommy Milner Alec Udell
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Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen
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| 4 | R1 | Virginia
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#91 Regulator Racing
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#63 DXDT Racing
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#32 GMG Racing
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Report | ||
| Jeff Burton Philip Ellis
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Tommy Milner Alec Udell
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 Tom Sargent Kyle Washington
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| R2 | #63 DXDT Racing
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#63 DXDT Racing
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#91 Regulator Racing
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Report | ||||
| Tommy Milner Alec Udell
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Tommy Milner Alec Udell
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Jeff Burton Philip Ellis
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| 5 | R1 | Road America
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#63 DXDT Racing[a]
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#63 DXDT Racing
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#29 Turner Motorsport
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#19 Mercedes-AMG Austin with Esses Racing
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Report | |
| Tommy Milner Alec Udell[a]
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Tommy Milner Alec Udell
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Robby Foley Justin Rothberg
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Will Hardeman Alan Metni
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| R2 | #29 Turner Motorsport
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#63 DXDT Racing
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#08 DXDT Racing
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#163 AF Corse
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Report | |||
| Robby Foley Justin Rothberg
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Tommy Milner Alec Udell
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Bryson Morris Bryan Sellers
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Oswaldo Negri Jr. Jay Schreibman
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| 6 | R1 | Barber
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#63 DXDT Racing
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#63 DXDT Racing
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#64 DXDT Racing
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#163 AF Corse
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Report | |
| Tommy Milner Alec Udell
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Tommy Milner Alec Udell
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Bryson Morris Bryan Sellers
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Oswaldo Negri Jr. Jay Schreibman
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| R2 | #29 Turner Motorsport
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#63 DXDT Racing
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#91 Regulator Racing
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No Finishers | Report | |||
| Robby Foley Justin Rothberg
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Tommy Milner Alec Udell
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Jeff Burton Philip Ellis
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| 7 | Indianapolis
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 #10 Herberth Motorsport
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 #31 Team WRT
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#120 Wright Motorsports
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#10 Herberth Motorsport
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No Entries | Report | |
 Antares Au Loek Hartog Patric Niederhauser
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 Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts
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Adam Adelson Elliot Skeer Laurin Heinrich
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Antares Au Loek Hartog Patric Niederhauser
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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. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 40 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. Race-by-race entries which only participated in either of the final two races of the season are not eligible for points.
- Standard Points
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
- Indianapolis Points
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 50 | 36 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
Drivers' championship
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- 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.
See also
[edit]- 2024 GT World Challenge Europe
- 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
- 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
- 2024 GT World Challenge Asia
- 2024 GT World Challenge Australia
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b The Regulator Racing #91 AMG driven by Jeff Burton and Philip Ellis was penalised due to a ride height violation, promoting the DXDT Racing #63 Corvette driven by Tommy Milner and Alec Udell to pole position for race one.[47]
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