The 2020 GT World Challenge America powered by AWS is the 14th 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.
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]
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 | ||
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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 |
The Pro Cup class was eliminated from the series for this season. [5]
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Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | Pole position | Silver Winners | Pro-Am Winners | Am Winners | |
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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 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.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 50 | 36 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
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Bold – Pole |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | AUS1 | VIR | SON | ELK | AUS2 | IND | Points | |||||
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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 |
Pos. | Manufacturer | AUS1 | VIR | SON | ELK | AUS2 | IND | Points | |||||
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1 | Acura | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 246 |
2 | Ferrari | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 213 |
3 | Mercedes-AMG | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 213 |
4 | Porsche | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 144 | |
5 | Lamborghini | 0 | |||||||||||
Pos. | Manufacturer | AUS1 | VIR | SON | ELK | AUS2 | IND | Points |
Source: [17]
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