California 8 Hours

The California 8 Hours is a sports car endurance race for GT3 and GT4 specification cars held at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, as part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge.[1] The first annual race was run in 2017.

California 8 Hours
Intercontinental GT Challenge
VenueWeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
First race2017
Duration8 Hours
Most wins (driver)Kelvin van der Linde (2)
Most wins (manufacturer)Audi (2)

For the first two years, the California 8 Hours served as the season finale of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. In 2019, the date was brought forward to fill the second race of the season. The event is due to be replaced by the newly-created Indianapolis 8 Hours event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge.[2]

Winners
Year Drivers Vehicle Entrant Laps
2017 Pierre Kaffer
Kelvin van der Linde
Markus Winkelhock		 Audi R8 LMS Audi Sport Team Magnus 314
2018 Christopher Haase
Kelvin van der Linde
Christopher Mies		 Audi R8 LMS Audi Sport Team Land 306
2019 Nick Foster
Miguel Molina
Tim Slade		 Ferrari 488 GT3 HubAuto Corsa 327

Multiple winners

By driver
Wins Driver Years
2 Kelvin van der Linde 2017, 2018

By manufacturer
Wins Manufacturer Years
2 Audi 2017, 2018

See also

References
  1. Karis, Tony. "Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca preps for California 8 Hours, the longest race in track history". Monterey Herald. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. Coch, Mat (26 July 2019). "Indianapolis joins Bathurst on IGTC calendar". Speedcafe. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
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