2020 Indianapolis 8 Hours

The 2020 Indianapolis 8 Hours was an endurance race that was staged on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, in Indiana, U.S.A. on 4 October 2020. The event was open to cars in GT classes, namely GT3 and GT4. It was the inaugural running of the Indianapolis 8 Hours, 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, lead 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.

Class structure

Cars competed in the following four classes.

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

Results

Top 10 shootout

Pos. No. Class Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 34 Overall Connor De Phillippi Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 1:23.318
2 7 Overall Jules Gounon K-Pax Racing Bentley Continental GT3 1:23.560 +0.242
3 30 Overall Mario Farnbacher Team Honda Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo 1:23.821 +0.503
4 35 Overall Nicholas Yelloly Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 1:23.858 +0.540
5 93 Overall Trent Hindman Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 Evo 1:23.961 +0.643
6 1 Pro/Am Alessandro Balzan Squadra Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 1:23.961 +0.643
7 31 Overall Mirko Bortolotti Audi Sport Team Hardpoint Audi R8 LMS Evo 1:24.073 +0.755
8 63 Pro/Am Ryan Dalziel DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 1:24.245 +0.927
9 20 Silver Cup Max Root Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:24.268 +0.950
10 6 Overall Jeff Westphal Vital Speed Ferrari 488 GT3 1:24.512 +1.194
Source:[1]

Race

Pos. Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 Overall 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Nicky Catsburg
Connor De Phillippi
Augusto Farfus
BMW M6 GT3 300 8:00:55.390
4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8
2 Overall 35 Walkenhorst Motorsport David Pittard
Martin Tomczyk
Nicholas Yelloly
BMW M6 GT3 300 +41.346
4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8
3 Overall 30 Team Honda Racing Dane Cameron
Mario Farnbacher
Renger van der Zande
Honda NSX GT3 Evo 299 +1 lap
3.5 L Honda JNC1 twin-turbocharged V6
4 Overall 31 Audi Sport Team Hardpoint Mirko Bortolotti
Spencer Pumpelly
Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS Evo 297 +3 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
5 Pro/Am 4 DXDT Racing Colin Braun
Ben Keating
George Kurtz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 295 +5 laps
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
6 Silver Cup 20 Wright Motorsports Jan Heylen
Fred Poordad
Max Root
Porsche 911 GT3 R 295 +5 laps
4.0 L Porsche H6
7 Overall 93 Racers Edge Motorsports Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman
Robert Megennis
Honda NSX GT3 Evo 293 +7 laps
3.5 L Honda JNC1 twin-turbocharged V6
8 Pro/Am 1 Squadra Corse Alessandro Balzan
Martin Fuentes
Mark Issa
Ferrari 488 GT3 292 +8 laps
3.9 L Ferrari F154 twin-turbo V8
9 Pro/AM 75 SunEnergy 1 Racing Mikaël Grenier
Kenny Habul
Martin Konrad
Mercedes-AMG GT3 291 +9 laps
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
10 GT4 82 BimmerWorld Bill Auberlen
James Clay
Chandler Hull
BMW M4 GT4 273 +27 laps
3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6
11 GT4 438 ST Racing Jon Miller
Samantha Tan
Nick Wittmer
BMW M4 GT4 273 +27 laps
3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6
12 GT4 2 GMG Racing Jason Bell
Andrew Davis
Robin Liddell
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS MR 273 +27 laps
3.8 L Porsche H6
13 GT4 33 Notlad Racing by RS1 Joe Dalton
Patrick Gallagher
Jonathan Taylor
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 272 +28 laps
4.0 L Mercedes-AMG M177 twin-turbocharged V8
14 GT4 17 The Racer's Group Derek Deboer
Andy Lally
James Rappaport
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS MR 270 +30 laps
3.8 L Porsche H6
15 GT4 8 GMG Racing Andy Lee
Elias Sabo
James Sofronas
Audi R8 LMS Evo 297 +3 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
16 GT4 69 BGB Motorsports Tom Collingwood
Dylan Murry
John Tecce
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 263 +37 laps
3.8 L Porsche H6
17 Overall 7 K-Pax Racing Jules Gounon
Jordan Pepper
Maxime Soulet
Bentley Continental GT3 260 +40 laps
4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8
18 GT4 26 Classic BMW Phil Bloom
Toby Grahovec
Stevan McAleer
BMW M4 GT4 224 +76 laps
3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6
19 GT4 25 CCR Team TFB Tim Barber
Parker Chase
Cole Ciraulo
BMW M4 GT4 219 +81 laps
3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6
DNF Pro/Am 63 DXDT Racing David Askew
Ryan Dalziel
Richard Heistand
Mercedes-AMG GT3 175 +125 laps
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
DNF Overall 6 Vital Speed Trevor Baek
Ryan Briscoe
Jeff Westphal
Ferrari 488 GT3 98 +202 laps
3.9 L Ferrari F154 twin-turbo V8
DNF GT4 3 Motorsport USA Michael Cooper
Michael McAleenan
Dan Rogers
McLaren 570S GT4 67 +233 laps
3.8 L McLaren M838T E twin-turbocharged V8
Source:[2]
  • Race time of winning car: 8:00:55.390
  • Race distance of cars on the lead lap: 1177.500 km
  • Fastest race lap: 1:23.310 Nicky Catsburg on lap 219

References

  1. "Indianapolis Motor Speedway POLE SHOOTOUT - CLASSIFICATION - FINAL" (PDF). SRO Motorsports Group. 6 October 2020.
  2. "Indianapolis Motor Speedway RACE - CLASSIFICATION - PROVISIONAL" (PDF). SRO Motorsports Group. 10 October 2020.
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