2024 GT World Challenge America explained

The 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS will be 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 will begin at Sonoma on April 5, and end at Indianapolis on October 6.

Calendar

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	April 5–7
2	Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida	May 3–5
3	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	May 17–19
4	Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia	July 19–21
5	Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 16–18
6	Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama	September 6–8
7	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana	October 4–6

Entry list

Team Car Engine Drivers Class Rounds CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports^[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 04 Colin Braun PA 1–3 George Kurtz DXDT Racing^[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 08 Bryan Sellers PA 1 Scott Smithson 91 Jeff Burton PA 1 Philip Ellis Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 08 Bryan Sellers^[5] PA 2–5 Scott Smithson 2–4 Bryson Morris^[6] 5 63 Tommy Milner^[7] P 3–5 Alec Udell Flying Lizard Motorsports^[8] ^[9] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 2 Jason Bell^[10] PA TBA Henrique Chaves 8 Andy Lee PA 1–4 Elias Sabo BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 Andy Lee 5 Elias Sabo Mercedes-AMG Austin with Esses Racing^[11] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 19 Will Hardeman nowrap rowspan="3" align=center PA Am 1, 3–5 Adam Carroll 1, 4 Alan Metni 3, 5 ST Racing^[12] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 28 Bill Auberlen^[13] P 1–5 Varun Choksey 38 Samantha Tan PA 1–5 Neil Verhagen Turner Motorsport^[14] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 29 Robby Foley PA 1–5 Justin Rothberg GMG Racing^[15] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 32 Tom Sargent PA 1–5 Kyle Washington Chouest Povoledo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 50 Ross Chouest PA 1–5 Aaron Povoledo RennSport1 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 85 Trent Hindman nowrap rowspan="3" align="center" P PA 2–5 Spencer Pumpelly 2, 4 Jake Pedersen^[16] 3, 5 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 88 Riccardo Agostini PA 3 Custodio Toledo 163 Oswaldo Negri Jr.^[17] Am 5 Jay Schreibman Regulator Racing^[18] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 91 Jeff Burton PA 2–5 Philip Ellis Montreal Motorsport Group^[19] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 92 Jean-Frédéric Laberge PA 5 Kyle Marcelli^[20] Alex Tagliani TBA Racers Edge Motorsports^[21] Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 Acura JNC1 3.5 L Turbo V6 93 Luca Mars P 1–5 Zach Veach Random Vandals Racing^[22] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 99 Kenton Koch P 5 Madison Snow^[23] Conor Daly TBA Connor De Phillippi Wright Motorsports^[24] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 120 Adam Adelson P 1–5 Elliot Skeer Source: ^[25] ^[26] ^[27] ^[28] ^[29]

Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro/Am Cup Am Am Cup

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.^[30]
• CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports was originally entered for the fourth round at Virginia International Raceway,^[31] but was withdrawn following the CrowdStrike incident.^[32]
• Scott Smithson was originally scheduled to drive the No. 08 Corvette for DXDT Racing at Road America,^[17] 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,^[17] but it was later announced Daly would miss the race due to an scheduling conflict. Madison Snow replaced Daly for the round.^[23]

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Pro Winners	Pro/Am Winners	Am Winners	Results
1	1	Sonoma	#91 DXDT Racing	#120 Wright Motorsports	#04 CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports	No Entries	Report
			Jeff Burton Philip Ellis	Adam Adelson Elliot Skeer	Colin Braun George Kurtz
	R2		#120 Wright Motorsports	#120 Wright Motorsports	#04 CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports		Report
			Adam Adelson Elliot Skeer	Adam Adelson Elliot Skeer	Colin Braun George Kurtz
2	1	Sebring	#91 Regulator Racing	#85 RennSport1	#38 ST Racing	No Entries	Report
			Jeff Burton Philip Ellis	Trent Hindman Spencer Pumpelly	Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen
	R2		#38 ST Racing	#85 RennSport1	#29 Turner Motorsport		Report
			Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen	Trent Hindman Spencer Pumpelly	Robby Foley Justin Rothberg
3	1	COTA	#88 AF Corse	#63 DXDT Racing	#38 ST Racing	No Entries	Report
			Riccardo Agostini Custodio Toledo	Tommy Milner Alec Udell	Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen
	R2		#38 ST Racing	#63 DXDT Racing	#38 ST Racing		Report
			Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen	Tommy Milner Alec Udell	Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen
4	1	Virginia	#91 Regulator Racing	#63 DXDT Racing	#32 GMG Racing	No Entries	Report
			Jeff Burton Philip Ellis	Tommy Milner Alec Udell	Tom Sargent Kyle Washington
	R2		#63 DXDT Racing	#63 DXDT Racing	#91 Regulator Racing		Report
			Tommy Milner Alec Udell	Tommy Milner Alec Udell	Jeff Burton Philip Ellis
5	1	Road America	#63 DXDT Racing	#63 DXDT Racing	#29 Turner Motorsport	#19 Mercedes-AMG Austin with Esses Racing	Report
			Tommy Milner Alec Udell	Tommy Milner Alec Udell	Robby Foley Justin Rothberg	Will Hardeman Alan Metni
	R2		#29 Turner Motorsport	#63 DXDT Racing	#08 DXDT Racing	#163 AF Corse	Report
			Robby Foley Justin Rothberg	Tommy Milner Alec Udell	Bryson Morris Bryan Sellers	Oswaldo Negri Jr. Jay Schreibman
6	1	Barber
	R2
7	Indianapolis

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. 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

Driver Team SON SEB COT VIR ELK BAR IND Points Pro class 1 Adam Adelson Elliot Skeer Wright Motorsports 1 1 2 2 4 2 2 5 3 3 185 2 Alec Udell Tommy Milner DXDT Racing 1 1 1 2 1 1 150 3 Varun Choksey Bill Auberlen ST Racing 3 5 6 3 9 7 10 9 12 6 137 4 Luca Mars Zach Veach Racers Edge Motorsports 9 6 7 7 Ret 6 4 4 2 5 129 5 Trent Hindman Spencer Pumpelly RennSport1 1 1 3 3 83 6 Kenton Koch Madison Snow Random Vandals Racing Ret 7 10 Pro-Am class 1 Neil Verhagen Samantha Tan ST Racing 4 3 3 6 2 3 6 6 9 4 190 2 Robby Foley Justin Rothberg Turner Motorsport 5 8 4 4 6 4 Ret 8 4 15 139 3 Philip Ellis Jeff Burton DXDT Racing 8 7 114 Regulator Racing 5 11 12 12 7 1 7 8 4 Colin Braun George Kurtz CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports 2 2 9 5 5 5 WD WD 108 5 Tom Sargent Kyle Washington GMG Racing 12 10 8 8 10 14 5 11 5 11 96 6 Bryan Sellers DXDT Racing 7 4 Ret 10 7 15 11 7 14 2 95 7 Scott Smithson DXDT Racing 7 4 Ret 10 7 15 11 7 66 8 Andy Lee Elias Sabo Flying Lizard Motorsports 10 9 10 12 11 11 9 WD 10 10 64 9 Trent Hindman Jake Pedersen RennSport1 3 8 13 9 48 10 Will Harderman Mercedes-AMG Austin with Esses Racing 6 11 13 13 8 10 41 11 Adam Carroll Mercedes-AMG Austin with Esses Racing 6 11 8 10 38 12 Bryson Morris DXDT Racing 14 2 29 13 Ross Chouest Aaron Povoledo Chouest Povoledo Racing 11 12 Ret 9 14 9 DNS 12 WD WD 28 14 Kyle Marcelli Jean-Frederic Laberge Montreal Motorsport Group 6 12 21 15 Riccardo Agostini Custodio Toledo AF Corse 8 10 16 16 Alan Metni Mercedes-AMG Austin with Esses Racing 13 13 3 Am class 1 Alan Metni Will Harderman Mercedes-AMG Austin with Esses Racing 8 14 43 2 Jay Schreibman Oswaldo Negri Jr. AF Corse 11 13 43 Driver Team SON SEB COT 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.

See also

• 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 and References

1. News: 2024 GTWC America Schedule Released. July 1, 2023. Daniel. Lloyd. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. July 1, 2023.
2. News: Barber In; Sebring Replaces NOLA on Updated Schedule. September 3, 2023. Daniel. Lloyd. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. September 3, 2023.
3. News: Entry List Revealed for Sonoma Season Opener. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Dagys. John. 29 March 2024. 29 March 2024.
4. News: DXDT Racing Joins The Corvette Racing Customer Family. Dailysportscar. Goodwin. Graham. 5 October 2023. 5 October 2023.
5. Web site: DXDT Racing Confirms Sebring Launch For Corvette Programme. Dailysportscar. O'Connell. RJ. 5 April 2024. 6 April 2024.
6. News: Morris to Replace Smithson in DXDT Corvette at Road America. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Dagys. John. 10 August 2024. 14 August 2024.
7. News: Milner, Udell to Drive Second DXDT Corvette; Livery Revealed. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Dagys. John. 29 April 2024. 29 April 2024.
8. News: Flying Lizard to Field Vantage GT3 for Sabo, Lee. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Euwema. Davey. 13 December 2023. 13 December 2023.
9. Web site: Flying Lizards Switch To BMW Confirmed. Dailysportscar. Goodwin. Graham. 12 August 2024. 14 August 2024.
10. News: Seasoned Veterans Return to Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS for Sebring Fight. GT World Challenge America. SRO Motorsports Group. 26 April 2024. 26 April 2024.
11. News: Esses Racing to Return for Partial Season Campaign. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Dagys. John. 19 March 2024. 19 March 2024.
12. News: ST Racing Confirms Series Return With Verhagen, Tan. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Dagys. John. 22 December 2023. 22 December 2023.
13. News: Bill Auberlen Begins New Multi-Year BMW Contract Racing with ST Racing in SRO Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS; Varun Choksey to Co-Drive ST Racing No. 28 BMW M4 GT3. GT World Challenge America. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 February 2024. 28 February 2024.
14. News: Turner to Make Full-Time Return to Fanatec GT. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Dagys. John. 26 March 2024. 26 March 2024.
15. News: Sargent Steps Up to GT3 in GMG Pro-Am Effort. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Euwema. Davey. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024.
16. News: GT World Challenge America COTA Entry List Published. Dailysportscar. O’Connell. O’Connell. 13 May 2024. 14 May 2024.
17. News: Les brèves du vendredi 9 août. Endurance-Info. fr. 9 August 2024. 9 August 2024.
18. News: Regulator Racing to Campaign No. 91 Mercedes-AMG for Remainder of 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge America Season. GT World Challenge America. SRO Motorsports Group. 23 April 2024. 23 April 2024.
19. News: Alex Tagliani and Jean-Frédéric Laberge to Co-Drive Porsche 992 GT3 R with MMG in Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS. GT World Challenge America. SRO Motorsports Group. 12 April 2024. 12 April 2024.
20. News: Marcelli Joins MMG Porsche Effort for Rest of Season. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Dagys. John. 7 August 2024. 7 August 2024.
21. News: Veach, Mars Form All-New Lineup in Racers Edge Acura. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Dagys. John. 25 March 2024. 25 March 2024.
22. News: Random Vandals Confirms BMW GT3 Program for Selected Races. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Dagys. John. 4 April 2024. 4 April 2024.
23. Web site: Snow, Morris Land Road America Drives. Dailysportscar. O'Connell. RJ. 14 August 2024. 14 August 2024.
24. Web site: Wright Motorsports, Skeer & Adelson Return For Second GTWC America Campaign. Dailysportscar. O'Connell. RJ. 21 March 2024. 21 March 2024.
25. Web site: Sonoma - Entry List. GT World Challenge America. SRO Motorsports Group America. 29 March 2024.
26. Web site: Sebring - Entry List. GT World Challenge America. SRO Motorsports Group America. 29 March 2024.
27. Web site: COTA - Entry List. GT World Challenge America. SRO Motorsports Group America. 17 May 2024.
28. Web site: VIR - Entry List. GT World Challenge America. SRO Motorsports Group America. 17 July 2024.
29. Web site: Road America - Entry List. GT World Challenge America. SRO Motorsports Group America. 9 August 2024.
30. Web site: SRO America, Sonoma: Friday Paddock Notes. Dailysportscar. O'Connell. RJ. 5 April 2024. 6 April 2024.
31. News: VIR to Feature Season-High Pro Class Field With RS1 Return. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Dagys. John. 17 July 2024. 20 July 2024.
32. News: CrowdStrike by Riley Withdraws from VIR Weekend. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Dagys. John. 19 July 2024. 19 July 2024.