2020 GT Sports Club America

Last updated February 08, 2025

The 2020 GT Sports Club America is the inaugural season of the SRO Motorsports Group's GT Sports Club America, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. GT Sports Club America is a championship for Bronze, Titanium and Iron drivers only. The Titanium categorisation is within the Bronze category, for drivers between the age of 50 and 59. The Iron categorisation is within the Bronze category, for drivers over the age of 60. The races are contested with GT2-spec and GT3-spec cars. The season began on 11 July at Virginia and will end on 3 October at Indianapolis.

Calendar

At the annual press conference during the 2019 24 Hours of Spa on 26 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2020 calendar.^[1]

Calendar changes due to COVID-19 pandemic

The season opening round at Virginia was moved from 6–7 June to 11–12 July.

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia	11–12 July
2	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California	8–9 August
3	Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	29–30 August
4	Circuit of the Americas, Elroy, Texas	19–20 September
5	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana	2–3 October

Combined races with GT World Challenge America due to drop in expected entries amid COVID-19 pandemic

Entry list

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
GMG Racing	Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport	2	Jason Bell		1–4
		32	Kyle Washington	Ti	2
		57	Stu Frederick	Iron	1–3
	Audi R8 LMS Ultra	14	James Sofronas	Ti	4
Daskalos Motorsports	Audi R8 LMS Ultra	27	Jason Daskalos		2, 4
TR3 Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	31	Mark Issa		3–4
ATech Design	Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport	54	Karl Leinsing	Ti	1
311RS Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport	311	Ryan Gates		1–4
Sources:^[2]

Icon	Class
Ti	Titanium Cup
Iron	Iron Cup

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Overall Winner	Titanium Winner	Iron Winner
1	R1	Virginia	No. 311 311RS Motorsport	No. 311 311RS Motorsport	No. 54 Karl Leinsing	No Finishers
	R1		Ryan Gates	Ryan Gates		No Finishers
	R2		No. 311 311RS Motorsport	No. 311 311RS Motorsport	No. 54 Karl Leinsing	No. 57 GMG Racing
	R2		Ryan Gates	Ryan Gates		Stu Frederick
2	R1	Sonoma	No. 27 Daskalos Motorsport	No. 27 Daskalos Motorsport	No. 32 GMG Racing	No. 57 GMG Racing
	R1		Jason Daskalos	Jason Daskalos	Kyle Washington	Stu Frederick
	R2		No. 27 Daskalos Motorsport	No. 27 Daskalos Motorsport	No. 32 GMG Racing	No. 57 GMG Racing
	R2		Jason Daskalos	Jason Daskalos	Kyle Washington	Stu Frederick
3	R1	Road America	No. 31 TR3 Racing	No. 311 311RS Motorsport	No Entries	No. 57 GMG Racing
	R1		Mark Issa	Ryan Gates		Stu Frederick
	R2		No. 31 TR3 Racing	No. 31 TR3 Racing		No. 57 GMG Racing
	R2		Mark Issa	Mark Issa		Stu Frederick
4	R1	Austin	No. 14 GMG Racing	No. 27 Daskalos Motorsports	No. 14 GMG Racing	No Entries
	R1		James Sofronas	Jason Daskalos	James Sofronas
	R2		No. 27 Daskalos Motorsports	No. 31 TR3 Racing	No Starters
	R2		Jason Daskalos	Mark Issa	No Starters
5	R1	Indianapolis	No Entries
5	R2	Indianapolis	No Entries

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.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championships

Overall

Pos.	Driver	Team	VIR		SON		ELK		AUS	IND	Points
1	Ryan Gates	311RS Motorsport	1	1	2	2	1	2			129
2	Jason Bell	GMG Racing	2	2	3	3	3	4			93
3	Stu Frederick	GMG Racing	Ret	3	4	4	4	3			66
4	Jason Daskalos	Daskalos Motorsport			1	1					50
5	Mark Issa	TR3 Racing					2	1			43
6	Karl Leinsing	ATech Design	3	4							27
7	Kyle Washington	GMG Racing			5	5					20
Pos.	Driver	Team	VIR		SON		ELK		AUS	IND	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Titanium Cup

Pos.	Driver	Team	VIR		SON		ELK		AUS		IND		Points
1	Kyle Washington	GMG Racing			5	5							50
Pos.	Driver	Team	VIR		SON		ELK		AUS		IND		Points

Iron Cup

Pos.	Driver	Team	VIR		SON		ELK		AUS		IND		Points
1	Stu Frederick	GMG Racing	Ret	3	4	4	4	3					125
Pos.	Driver	Team	VIR		SON		ELK		AUS		IND		Points

References

↑ Kilshaw, Jake (July 26, 2019). "GT Sports Club Goes Global as GT2 Platform". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
↑ "Green! Green! Green! VIRginia International Raceway Readies for Roar of GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Series, GT Sports Club America Series Debut". gtsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. July 7, 2020. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.

External links

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[1] Kilshaw, Jake (July 26, 2019). "GT Sports Club Goes Global as GT2 Platform". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved July 9, 2020.

[2] "Green! Green! Green! VIRginia International Raceway Readies for Roar of GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Series, GT Sports Club America Series Debut". gtsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. July 7, 2020. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.

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