2024 GT World Challenge America
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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.
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 | April 5–7 | ||
| 2 | May 3–5 | ||
| 3 | May 17–19 | ||
| 4 | July 19–21 | ||
| 5 | August 16–18 | ||
| 6 | September 6–8 | ||
| 7 | October 4–6 |
Entry list
Notes:
- Montreal Motorsport Group was originally entered for the season opener at Sonoma,[3] but the team had to withdraw 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Racing by Riley Motorsports was originally entered for the fourth round at Virginia International Raceway,[45] but was withdrawn following the CrowdStrike incident.[46]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
Bold indicates overall winner
| Round | Circuit | Pole position | IGTC Pro Winners | Pro Winners | Pro/Am Winners | Am Winners | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Did not participate | No Entries | Report | ||||
| R2 | Report | |||||||
| 2 | R1 | Report | ||||||
| R2 | Report | |||||||
| 3 | R1 | Report | ||||||
| R2 | Report | |||||||
| 4 | R1 | Report | ||||||
| R2 | Report | |||||||
| 5 | R1 | Report | ||||||
| R2 | Report | |||||||
| 6 | R1 | Report | ||||||
| R2 | No Finishers | Report | ||||||
| 7 | No Entries | Report | ||||||
Championship standings
- 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.