Indianapolis 8 Hour Explained

Race Title:Indianapolis 8 Hours
Series Long:Intercontinental GT Challenge
Series Short:IGTC
Venue:Indianapolis Motor Speedway
First Race:2020
First Series Race:2020
Duration:8 Hours
Most Wins Driver:12 drivers tied (1)
Most Wins Team:4 teams tied (1)
Most Wins Manufacturer:BMW (2)

The Indianapolis 8 Hour is an endurance sports car race contested at Indianapolis Motor Speedway using the infield road course, first held in 2020,[1] making it the first ever endurance sports car race at this venue.[2] The event is the US leg of the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) and the finale of the GT World Challenge America series.[3]

The race was originally open to GT3 and GT4 cars. In 2022 the GT4 class was dropped; in addition the race ran into the twilight for the first time; and the GT World Challenge America entrants were awarded points at the full 8 hours rather than at the three-hour mark in previous years.

For the GT World Challenge America drivers, this event is the longest of the races and the only event to include three drivers.

For the cars additionally competing in IGTC, this event differs from the remainder of IGTC, with the maximum number of Gold or Platinum drivers reduced to two.

In 2022 14 cars took part in the IGTC within the total grid of 25 entries running GT World Challenge America.

History

The US leg of the SRO's IGTC - the California 8 Hours - was held at Laguna Seca circuit from 2016 to 2019.[4] The event was moved to Indianapolis in 2020.

For 2022 the GT World Challenge America element of the event was extended such that the entire 8 hour duration scored points for the GTWC America entrants;[5] in previous years those entrants scored points for the first three hours only.

Additionally for 2022 GT4 classes were dropped from the race making it GT3 only.

Winners

YearDriversVehicleEntrantLapsReportRef
2020 Nicky Catsburg
Connor De Phillippi
Augusto Farfus		BMW M6 GT3 Walkenhorst Motorsport300Report[6]
2021 Christopher Haase
Patric Niederhauser
Markus Winkelhock		Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi Sport Team Saintéloc265Report[7]
2022 Daniel Juncadella
Raffaele Marciello
Daniel Morad		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing328Report[8]
2023 Philipp Eng
Sheldon van der Linde
Dries Vanthoor		BMW M4 GT3 Team WRT332Report[9]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 23 Car Entry For Indianapolis 8 Hour, 13 x GT3 & 10 x GT4 . 2023-01-11 . www.dailysportscar.com.
  2. Web site: Brown . Nathan . After IMS hosts its first endurance race, a look at the track's future of hosting 'events that matter around the world' . 2023-01-11 . The Indianapolis Star . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2019-07-27 . Intercontinental GT and World Challenge Team to Bring Sports Car Racing Back to Indianapolis . 2023-01-11 . Jalopnik . en.
  4. Web site: Coch . Mat . 2019-07-26 . Indianapolis joins Bathurst on IGTC calendar . 2022-10-08 . Speedcafe . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2022-10-06 . Indianapolis 8 Hour to decide GT World Challenge America Pro-Am . 2023-01-11 . RACER . en-US.
  6. Web site: 2020 Indianapolis 8 Hour Race - Classification - Provisional . 8 October 2022.
  7. Web site: 2021 Indianapolis 8 Hour presented by aws Race - Classification - Provisional - Amended . 8 October 2022.
  8. Web site: 2022 Indianapolis 8 Hour Race - Classification - Provisional . 9 October 2022.
  9. Web site: 2023 Indianapolis 8 Hour Race - Classification - Provisional . 9 October 2023.

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