2020 GT World Challenge America

The 2020 GT World Challenge America powered by AWS is the fourteenth season of the United States Auto Club's GT World Challenge America, the third season under ownership of the SRO Motorsports Group and the first season without Blancpain sponsorship.[1] The season began on 7 March in Austin and will end on 4 October at Indianapolis.

2020 GT World Challenge America
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Pirelli GT4 America Series
TC America Series
GT Sports Club America

Calendar

At the annual press conference during the 2019 24 Hours of Spa on 26 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2020 calendar with Las Vegas being dropped from the schedule in favor of Indianapolis.[2] Austin was removed from the provisional calendar on 25 October,[3] before it would return on 8 November after extensive discussions with team owners and stakeholders. The round at Indianapolis became a non-points paying event.[4]

Calendar changes due to COVID-19 pandemic

The round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park was cancelled. The round at Virginia was moved from 6–7 June to 11–12 July. The round at Indianapolis is back to being a points paying event to replace the cancelled rounds at CTMP with the first three hours of the Indianapolis 8 Hour Intercontinental GT race counting towards the championship.

Round Circuit Date
1 Circuit of the Americas, Elroy, Texas 7–8 March
2 Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia 11–12 July
3 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California 8–9 August
4 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 29–30 August
5 Circuit of the Americas, Elroy, Texas 19–20 September
6 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana 4 October
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
Circuit Original Date
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario 16–17 May
  Combined races with GT Sports Club America due to drop in expected entries amid COVID-19 pandemic
  Also part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge

Entry list

The Pro Cup class was eliminated from the series for this season.[5]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds

Squadra Corse[6][N 1]
TR3 Racing[6][N 1]
Ferrari 488 GT3[6] 1 Martin Fuentes[6] PA 1–2, 4–6
Rodrigo Baptista[6] 1–2, 4–5
Alessandro Balzan 6
24 Ziad Ghandour[6] PA 1, 3
Matteo Cressoni[6] 1
Jeff Segal 3
31 John Megrue[7] Am 2
Bill Sweedler[7]
DXDT Racing[8] Mercedes-AMG GT3 (2020)[8] 04 Colin Braun[8] PA All
George Kurtz[8]
Ben Keating 6
63 David Askew[9] PA All
Ryan Dalziel[9]
Richard Heistand 6
Vital Speed[10] Ferrari 488 GT3[10] 6 Rich Baek[6] Am 1
Mark Issa[6]
Ryan Briscoe 6
7 Trevor Baek[10] PA 1
Jeff Westphal[10]
K-PAX Racing[11] Bentley Continental GT3[11] 8 Patrick Byrne[11] PA 1
Guy Cosmo[11]
GMG Racing[12] Porsche 911 GT3 R[12] 14 Jeroen Bleekemolen[12] PA 1, 3
James Sofronas[12]
Wright Motorsports[13] Porsche 911 GT3 R[13] 20 Fred Poordad[13] Am 1–4
Max Root[13]
Fred Poordad[13] PA 5–6
Jan Heylen
Max Root 6
Winward Racing[6] Mercedes-AMG GT3 (2019)[6] 33 Russell Ward[6] PA 1–3
Bryce Ward[6] 1
Kris Wilson[14] 2–3
Russell Ward S 4–5
Indy Dontje 4
Alec Udell 5
Park Place Motorsports[6] Porsche 911 GT3 R[6] 73 David Ducote[6] Am 1
Alan Metni[6]
Racers Edge Motorsports[15] Acura NSX GT3[15] 80 Kyle Marcelli[15] PA 1–2, 5
Martin Barkey[15] 1–2
Ziad Ghandour 5
93 Shelby Blackstock[16] S All
Trent Hindman[16]
Robert Megennis 6
Stephen Cameron Racing[6] BMW M6 GT3[6] 87 Greg Liefooghe[6] PA 1
Henry Schmitt[6]
Icon Class
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole position Silver Winners Pro-Am Winners Am Winners
1 R1 Austin No. 14 GMG Racing No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 14 GMG Racing No. 20 Wright Motorsports
Jeroen Bleekemolen
James Sofronas
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Jeroen Bleekemolen
James Sofronas
Fred Poordad
Max Root
R2 No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 1 Squadra Corse No. 20 Wright Motorsports
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Rodrigo Baptista
Martin Fuentes
Fred Poordad
Max Root
2 R1 Virginia No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 80 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 31 TR3 Racing
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Martin Barkey
Kyle Marcelli
John Megrue
Bill Sweedler
R2 No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 04 DXDT Racing No. 31 TR3 Racing
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Colin Braun
George Kurtz
John Megrue
Bill Sweedler
3 R1 Sonoma No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 1 Squadra Corse No. 20 Wright Motorsports
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Rodrigo Baptista
Martin Fuentes
Fred Poordad
Max Root
R2 No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 14 GMG Racing No. 20 Wright Motorsports
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Jeroen Bleekemolen
James Sofronas
Fred Poordad
Max Root
4 R1 Road America No. 33 Winward Racing No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 1 Squadra Corse No. 20 Wright Motorsports
Indy Dontje
Russell Ward
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Rodrigo Baptista
Martin Fuentes
Fred Poordad
Max Root
R2 No. 63 DXDT Racing No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 04 DXDT Racing No. 20 Wright Motorsports
David Askew
Ryan Dalziel
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Colin Braun
George Kurtz
Fred Poordad
Max Root
5 R1 Austin No. 1 Squadra Corse No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 1 Squadra Corse No Entries
Rodrigo Baptista
Martin Fuentes
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Rodrigo Baptista
Martin Fuentes
R2 No. 1 Squadra Corse No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 1 Squadra Corse
Rodrigo Baptista
Martin Fuentes
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Rodrigo Baptista
Martin Fuentes
6 Indianapolis No. 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 04 DXDT Racing
Nicky Catsburg
Augusto Farfus
Connor De Phillippi
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Robert Megennis
Colin Braun
Ben Keating
George Kurtz

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.

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

Pos. Driver Team AUS1
VIR
SON
ELK
AUS2
IND
Points
Silver class
1 Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Racers Edge Motorsports 1 1 2 7 5 1 1 1 2 2 3 300
2 Russell Ward Winward Racing 2 2 3 4 72
3 Indy Dontje Winward Racing 2 2 36
4 Alec Udell Winward Racing 3 4 36
Pro-Am class
1 Martin Fuentes Squadra Corse 4 2 3 3 1 6 4 5 1 1 2 234
2 Colin Braun
George Kurtz
DXDT Racing 3 3 5 1 3 4 6 3 WD WD 1 199
3 Rodrigo Baptista Squadra Corse 4 2 3 3 1 6 4 5 1 1 198
4 David Askew
Ryan Dalziel
DXDT Racing 14 5 4 6 4 5 5 4 5 5 Ret 134
5 Kyle Marcelli Racers Edge Motorsports 5 6 1 2 6 6 89
6 Ziad Ghandour TR3 Racing 6 4 6 7 73
Racers Edge Motorsports 6 6
7 Martin Barkey Racers Edge Motorsports 5 6 1 2 65
8 Jeroen Bleekemolen
James Sofronas
GMG Racing 2 9 DSQ 3 58
9 Fred Poordad
Jan Heylen
Wright Motorsports 4 3 NC 36
10 Russell Ward Winward Racing 9 DNS 7 4 WD WD 28
11 Matteo Cressoni TR3 Racing 6 4 25
12 Kris Wilson Winward Racing 7 4 WD WD 22
13 Jeff Segal TR3 Racing 6 7 22
14 Trevor Baek
Jeff Westphal
Vital Speed 8 10 14
15 Patrick Byrne
Guy Cosmo
K-PAX Racing 10 11 WD WD 8
16 Bryce Ward Winward Racing 9 DNS 6
17 Greg Liefooghe
Henry Schmitt
Stephen Cameron Racing 11 Ret 2
Drivers ineligible to score points
Alessandro Balzan Squadra Corse 2
Am class
1 Fred Poordad
Max Root
Wright Motorsports 7 7 8 8 2 2 3 6 186
2 John Megrue
Bill Sweedler
TR3 Racing 6 5 50
3 David Ducote
Alan Metni
Park Place Motorsports 12 8 36
4 Rich Baek
Mark Issa
Vital Speed 13 Ret 15
Pos. Driver Team AUS1
VIR
SON
ELK
AUS2
IND
Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Pos. Team Manufacturer AUS1
VIR
SON
ELK
AUS2
IND
Points
Silver class
1 Racers Edge Motorsports Acura 1 1 2 7 5 1 1 1 2 2 3 300
2 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG 2 2 3 4 72
Pro-Am class
1 Squadra Corse Ferrari 4 2 3 3 1 6 4 5 1 1 2 239
2 DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG 3 3 4 1 3 4 5 3 5 5 1 235
3 Racers Edge Motorsports Acura 5 6 1 2 6 6 91
4 GMG Racing Porsche 2 9 DSQ 3 60
5 TR3 Racing Ferrari 6 4 6 7 52
6 Wright Motorsports Porsche 4 3 NC 36
7 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG 9 DNS 7 4 WD WD 30
8 Vital Speed Ferrari 8 10 16
9 K-PAX Racing Bentley 10 11 WD WD 10
10 Stephen Cameron Racing BMW 11 Ret 2
Am class
1 Wright Motorsports Porsche 7 7 8 8 2 2 3 6 186
2 TR3 Racing Ferrari 6 5 50
3 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 12 8 36
4 Vital Speed Ferrari 13 Ret 15
Pos. Team Manufacturer AUS1
VIR
SON
ELK
AUS2
IND
Points

See also

Notes

  1. Car No. 1 entered as Squadra Corse at Round 1 and as TR3 Racing from Round 2 on. Cars No. 24 and 31 entered as TR3 Racing.

References

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