2020 Indianapolis 8 Hours

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Date2–4 October 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
LocationSpeedway, Indiana, United States
Distance 300 laps
United States 2020 Indianapolis 8 Hours
Event Information
Round 2 of 4 in the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Date2–4 October 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
LocationSpeedway, Indiana, United States
VenueIndianapolis Motor Speedway
Results
Race 1
Distance 300 laps 1177.500 km
Pole position United States Connor de Phillippi
Walkenhorst Motorsport
1:23.318
Winner United States Connor de Phillippi
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Brazil Augusto Farfus, Jr.
Walkenhorst Motorsport
8:00:55.390

The 2020 Indianapolis 8 Hours was an endurance race held on 4 October 2020 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, in Indiana, United States. The event was open to cars in GT classes, namely GT3 and GT4. It was the inaugural running of the Indianapolis 8 Hour, replacing the previous American leg of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, the California 8 Hours held at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. It was the second leg of the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge and the sixth and final round of the 2020 GT World Challenge America. The GT World Challenge America results would be determined by the race results after three hours instead of the full eight hours.

22 cars started the race, 12 GT3 entries and 10 GT4 entries. Just three of the entries had also raced in round 1 of the Intercontinental GT Challenge held in Australia in February.

The race was dominated by BMWs. The German Walkenhorst Motorsport team finished first and second after eight hours, led by the #34 BMW M6 of Dutch driver Nicky Catsburg, American driver Connor De Phillippi and Brazilian driver Augusto Farfus. BMW M4s also finished first and second in the GT4 class.

Cars competed in the following four classes.

  • GT3 Overall
  • GT3 Pro/Am
  • GT3 Silver Cup
  • GT4

Entries

No. Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3
GT3 Entries
04 United States CrowdStrike/ DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA United States Colin Braun United States Ben Keating United States George Kurtz
1 Italy Squadra Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 PA Italy Alessandro Balzan Mexico Martin Fuentes United States Mark Issa
6 United States Vital Speed Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 OV United States Trevor Baek Australia Ryan Briscoe United States Jeff Westphal
7 United States K-PAX Racing Bentley Continental GT3 OV France Jules Gounon South Africa Jordan Pepper Belgium Maxime Soulet
20 United States Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R S Belgium Jan Heylen United States Fred Poordad United States Max Root
30 Japan Team Honda Racing Honda NSX GT3 Evo OV United States Dane Cameron Germany Mario Farnbacher Netherlands Renger van der Zande
31 United States Audi Sport Team Hardpoint Audi R8 LMS Evo OV Italy Mirko Bortolotti United States Spencer Pumpelly Germany Markus Winkelhock
34 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 OV Netherlands Nicky Catsburg United States Connor De Phillippi Brazil Augusto Farfus
35 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 OV United Kingdom David Pittard Germany Martin Tomczyk United Kingdom Nicholas Yelloly
63 United States CrowdStrike/ DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA United States David Askew United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel United States Richard Heistand
75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Canada Mikaël Grenier Australia Kenny Habul Austria Martin Konrad
80 United States Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 Evo PA Lebanon Ziad Ghandour Canada Kyle Marcelli TBA
93 United States Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 Evo OV United States Shelby Blackstock United States Trent Hindman United States Robert Megennis
GT4 Entries
2 United States GMG Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS MR United States Jason Bell United States Andrew Davis United Kingdom Robin Liddell
3 United States Motorsport USA McLaren 570S GT4 United States Michael Cooper United States Michael McAleenan United States Dan Rogers
8 United States GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo United States Andy Lee United States Elias Sabo United States James Sofronas
17 United States TRG - The Racers Group Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS MR United States Derek Deboer United States Andy Lally United States James Rappaport
25 United States CCR Team TFB BMW M4 GT4 United States Tim Barber United States Parker Chase United States Cole Ciraulo
26 United States Classic BMW BMW M4 GT4 United States Phil Bloom United States Toby Grahovec United Kingdom Stevan McAleer
33 United States Notlad Racing by RS1 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 United States Joe Dalton United States Patrick Gallagher United States Jonathan Taylor
69 United States BGB Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS MR Canada Tom Collingwood United States Dylan Murry United States John Tecce
82 United States BimmerWorld Racing BMW M4 GT4 United States Bill Auberlen United States James Clay United States Chandler Hull
438 United States ST Racing BMW M4 GT4 United States Jon Miller Canada Samantha Tan Canada Nickolas Wittmer
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Icon Class
OV Overall
S Silver Cup
PA Pro/Am Cup

Results

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