2024 GT America Series explained

The 2024 GT America Series will be the fourth season of the SRO Motorsports Group's GT America Series, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The races will be contested with GT2-spec, GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season will begin on April 5 at Sonoma Raceway and end on October 6 at Indianapolis.

Calendar

The initial calendar was revealed during the 2023 24 Hours of Spa featuring eight rounds.^[1]

Round	Circuit	Date	Supporting
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

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Car Driver Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports^[2] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 04 George Kurtz GT3 OV 1–4 Flying Lizard Motorsports^[3] ^[4] Nissan Z Nismo GT4 05 Damir Hot GT4 GT 5 5 4 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 2 Jason Bell GT3 OV 1–6 48 Elias Sabo^[5] ^[6] GT3 OV 5 BMW M4 GT3 8 GT3 OV 6 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 GT4 GT 2 13 Todd Parriott GT4 GT 1–3 31 4–6 ProSport Competition^[7] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 007 Tim Savage GT3 OV 1, 3–6 DXDT Racing^[8] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 08 Scott Smithson GT3 OV 1 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 3–5 Bryson Morris 6 Regulator Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 91 Jeff Burton GT3 OV 6 Rotek Racing^[9] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport 098 Isaac Sherman GT4 GT 1–6 099 Robb Holland GT4 GT 2 SKI Autosports^[10] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 3 Johnny O'Connell GT3 OV 1–6 ACI Motorsports^[11] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport 7 Curt Swearingin GT4 GT 1–6 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT2 10 Dan Knox GT2 GT 2 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 11 Marc Austin GT3 OV 4 GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II 14 James Sofronas GT3 OV nowrap 1–2, 4, 6 Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) 32 Kyle Washington GT3 OV 1–4 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 5–6 Mercedes-AMG GT2 44 Brent Holden GT2 GT 1–2 Audi R8 LMS GT2 58 CJ Moses GT2 GT 2 Carrus Callas Raceteam^[12] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) 21 Nicholas Shanny GT4 GT 1–6 Heart of Racing Team^[13] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 25 Gray Newell GT4 GT 1–6 CRP/Daskalos Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 27 Jason Daskalos GT3 OV 1–6 Turner Motorsports BMW M4 GT3 29 Justin Rothberg GT3 OV 1–6 Fast Track Racing BMW M4 GT3 30 John Roberts GT3 OV 4 Rigid Speed Company^[14] BMW M4 GT4 Gen II 33 Joseph Catania GT4 GT 5 STR38 Motorsports^[15] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) 38 Samantha Tan GT4 GT 2 Chouest Povoledo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 50 Ross Chouest GT3 OV 1–6 RennSport1 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport 52 TBA GT4 GT TBA Archangel Motorsports Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 69 Todd Coleman GT4 GT 1–2 Mishumotors Corvette C7 GT3-R 70 Mirco Schultis GT3 OV 1–3, 6 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 88 Custodio Toledo GT3 OV TBA Montreal Motorsport Group Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 92 Jean-Frédéric Laberge GT3 OV 5 FastMD Racing with Remstar Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo 95 Farhan Siddiqi GT4 GT 3–4, 6 TPC with Dream Racing^[16] ^[17] McLaren Artura GT4 102 Alan Grossberg GT4 GT 6 Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo GT2 GT2 GT 1–4 127 Aaron Farhadi GT2 GT 1–3 Source:^[18] ^[19] ^[20] ^[21] ^[22] ^[23]

Icon Class Car GT2 GT2 Cars GT3 GT3 Current-Gen Cars GT3 GT3 Previous-Gen Cars GT4 GT4 Cars Drivers OV Overall GT GT2 GT GT4 INV Invitational

Notes:

• AF Corse and driver Custodio Toledo were originally entered for the season opener at Sonoma,^[2] but decided to withdraw from the event.^[24]
• 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.^[25]
• 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.^[26]

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner

Round		Circuit	Pole position	SRO3 Winners	GT2 Winners	GT4 Winners	Results
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		#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	Curt Swearingin #7 ACI Motorsports	Report
			Justin Rothberg	Justin Rothberg		Curt Swearingin
	R2			#14 GMG Racing		#098 Rotek Racing	Report
				James Sofronas		Isaac Sherman
7	R1	Barber
	R2
8	R1	Indianapolis
	R2

Championship Standings

Scoring SystemChampionship 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
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championships

Driver Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points SON LBH SEB COTA VIR ELK BAR IND SRO3 1 align=left Johnny O'Connell align=left SKI Autosports 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 13 3 1 169 2 align=left Jason Daskalos align=left CRP/Daskalos Racing 1 6 1 1 2 4 1 11 15 3 161 3 align=left Justin Rothberg align=left Turner Motorsport 6 5 4 4 4 3 5 3 1 2 137 4 align=left George Kurtz align=left CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports 3 3 1 1 3 1 WD WD 120 5 align=left Kyle Washington align=left GMG Racing 9 4 5 8 Ret 5 6 2 5 5 86 6 align=left James Sofronas align=left GMG Racing 8 2 3 2 4 10 75 = align=left Ross Chouest align=left Chouest Povoledo Racing 5 19 7 7 6 7 17 4 4 4 75 7 align=left Jason Bell align=left Flying Lizard Motorsports 7 7 10 10 Ret 8 7 12 2 8 56 8 align=left Mirco Schultis align=left Mishumotors 4 9 6 5 5 6 50 9 align=left Tim Savage align=left ProSport Competition 10 8 13 9 10 15 9 Ret 20 10 align=left Elias Sabo align=left Flying Lizard Motorsports 6 6 16 11 align=left Marc Austin align=left Lone Star Racing 8 5 14 12 align=left Jean-Frédéric Laberge align=left Montreal Motorsport Group 12 7 10 13 align=left John Roberts align=left Fast Track Racing 9 14 3 - align=left Scott Smithson align=left DXDT Racing WD WD WD WD WD WD WD WD 0 GT2 1 align=left Alan Grossberg align=left TPC with Dream Racing 19 11 12 13 7 14 11 16 155 2 align=left Aaron Farhadi align=left TPC with Dream Racing 11 10 9 9 86 3 align=left Brent Holden align=left GMG Racing 17 18 11 11 63 4 align=left Dan Knox align=left Lone Star Racing 8 6 50 5 align=left CJ Moses align=left GMG Racing 13 12 22 GT4 1 align=left Isaac Sherman align=left Rotek Racing 12 12 14 14 8 10 12 7 8 9 236 2 align=left Curt Swearingin align=left ACI Motorsports 15 15 16 17 9 11 13 6 7 10 173 3 align=left Gray Newell align=left Heart of Racing Team 13 14 17 16 10 12 14 8 11 12 144 4 align=left Nicholas Shanny align=left Carrus Callas Raceteam 18 17 21 Ret 11 13 15 9 13 13 88 5 align=left Todd Parriott align=left Flying Lizard Motorsports 16 16 20 20 12 15 Ret Ret 14 14 68 6 align=left Todd Coleman align=left Archangel Motorsports 14 13 Ret 18 43 7 align=left Damir Hot align=left Flying Lizard Motorsports WD WD 10 11 30 8 align=left Samantha Tan align=left STR38 Motorsports 18 15 28 9 align=left Robb Holland align=left Rotek Racing 15 Ret 18 10 align=left Elias Sabo align=left Flying Lizard Motorsports 19 19 16 11 align=left Farhan Siddiqi align=left FastMD Racing with Remstar Racing 16 Ret 10 12 align=left Joseph Catania align=left Rigid Speed Company DNS 15 6 Driver Team SON LBH SEB COTA VIR ELK BAR IND Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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.

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