2021 Porsche Carrera Cup North America

2021 Porsche Carrera Cup North America

Drivers' Champion:
Riley Dickson
Teams' Champion:
Kellymoss Racing

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Parent series:
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Support Series:
Michelin Pilot Challenge
IMSA Prototype Challenge

The 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup North America was the first Porsche Carrera Cup North America season, sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) which in turn replaced both Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA & Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada. It began on March 19 at Sebring International Raceway and ended on November 12 at Road Atlanta.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers were signed to run the 2021 season.

Team No. Driver Class Rounds 992 Pro Class JDX Racing [1] 2 Sean McAlister [2] R All 9 Parker Thompson [1] R All Kelly-Moss Road and Race [3] 3 Kay van Berlo [4] R All 15 Sebastian Priaulx [3] R All 27 Sebastian Carazo [5] R All Moorespeed-Wright Motorsports [6] [N 1] Wright Motorsports [6] [N 1] 7 Max Root [6] R All 88 Hutton McKenna [6] All 311RS Motorsport [7] 11 Ryan Gates [7] All 12 Leh Keen [7] All MRS GT-Racing [8] 14 Erik Johansson 1–4, 6 Leon Köhler 7 16 Jeffrey Kingsley [9] 1 Jimmy Llibre 4 BGB Motorsports [10] 38 Dylan Murry [10] R All Team Hardpoint EBM [11] 53 Riley Dickinson [12] R All Topp Racing [6] 58 TJ Fischer All 992 Pro-Am Class TPC Racing [6] 10 Vernon McClure [6] 1, 3–6 MRS GT-Racing [8] 14 Andor Kovacs 5 16 Mark Thomas 2 Alexander Marmureanu 5 Steve Dunn 6–7 ACI Motorsports [6] 17 Curt Swearingin [6] All Goldcrest Motorsports [6] 29 Jeffrey Majkrzak [6] 5–7 Topp Racing [6] 42 Bill Smith [6] All Black Swan with JDX Racing [6] 54 Tim Pappas [6] 1, 4–6 Wright Motorsports [6] 57 John Goetz [6] All Team Hardpoint EBM [11] 65 Efrin Castro [12] All BGB Motorsport 69 Thomas Collingwood All Kelly-Moss Road and Race [3] [N 2] iFLY Racing/Kelly-Moss [3] [N 2] 84 Rene Robichaud [13] 1, 3, 7 99 Alan Metni [13] All 991 Pro-Am Class Goldcrest Motorsports [6] 8 Joe Still [6] 1–3, 6–7 21 Grady Willingham [6] All 29 Jeffrey Majkrzak 1–4 55 Matt Halcome [6] All 72 Phillip Martien [6] 1–2 96 Dimitri Dimakos 7 ACI Motorsports [6] [N 3] Team TGM [14] [N 3] 18 Richard Edge 3 24 Kurt Hunt [6] 1, 3–4, 7 64 Ted Giovanis [14] 1 Topp Racing [6] 56 Frank Raso [6] 1–2 Kelly-Moss Racing [13] 59 Tom Balames [13] 1, 3–4, 7 92 Joseph Lombardo [13] 1, 3, 5, 7 Flying Lizard Motorsports 68 Chris Bellomo 4, 7 Irish Mike's Racing [6] 95 Conor Flynn 4–7 97 Craig Conway [6] 1, 3–7

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Race calendar and results

The revised calendar was announced on September 25, 2020. ^[15]

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida	March 19	Sebastian Priaulx	Kay van Berlo	Sebastian Priaulx	Kelly-Moss Road and Race
2		March 20	Sebastian Priaulx	Sebastian Priaulx	Kay van Berlo	Kelly-Moss Road and Race
3	Circuit of The Americas, Austin, Texas	April 30	Sebastian Priaulx	Sebastian Priaulx	Parker Thompson	JDX Racing
4		May 2	Sebastian Priaulx	Kay van Berlo	Kay van Berlo	Kelly-Moss Road and Race
5	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York	June 24	Max Root	Sebastian Priaulx	Kay van Berlo	Kelly-Moss Road and Race
6		June 27	Sebastian Priaulx	Kay van Berlo	Kay van Berlo	Kelly-Moss Road and Race
	Honda Indy Toronto, Toronto, Ontario	Cancelled
7	Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 6	Kay van Berlo	Kay van Berlo	Kay van Berlo	Kelly-Moss Road and Race
8		August 8	Kay van Berlo	Riley Dickinson	Parker Thompson	JDX Racing
9	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana	September 11	Sebastian Priaulx	Sebastian Priaulx	Sebastian Priaulx	Kelly-Moss Road and Race
10		September 12	Sebastian Priaulx	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	JDX Racing
11		September 12	Sebastian Priaulx	Parker Thompson	Sebastian Priaulx	Kelly-Moss Road and Race
12	Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia	October 9	Kay van Berlo	Sebastian Priaulx	Kay van Berlo	Kelly-Moss Road and Race
13		October 10	Sebastian Priaulx	Sebastian Priaulx	Sebastian Priaulx	Kelly-Moss Road and Race
14	Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia	November 10	Sebastian Priaulx	Riley Dickinson	Sebastian Priaulx	Kelly-Moss Road and Race
15		November 11	Sebastian Priaulx	Riley Dickinson	Kay van Berlo	Kelly-Moss Road and Race
16		November 12	Sebastian Priaulx	Sebastian Priaulx	Sebastian Priaulx	Kelly-Moss Road and Race

Final Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Points
1	Sebastian Priaulx	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	371
2	Kay van Berlo	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	287
3	Parker Thompson	JDX Racing	258
4	Riley Dickinson	Team Hardpoint EBM	216
5	Leh Keen	311RS Motorsports	191
6	TJ Fischer	Topp Racing	163
7	Dylan Murry	BGB Motorsport	123
8	Max Root	Wright Motorsports	120
9	Sebastian Carazo	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	105
10	Ryan Gates	311RS Motorsports	98
11	Sean McAlister	JDX Racing	94
12	Efrin Castro	Team Hardpoint EBM	58
13	Alan Metni	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	58
14	Erik Johansson	MRS GT-Racing	50
15	Hutton McKenna	Topp Racing	35
16	Curt Swearingin	ACI Motorsports	30
17	Leon Köhler	MRS GT-Racing	23
18	Tim Pappas	Black Swan with JDX Racing	23
19	John Goetz	Wright Motorsports	15
20	Steve Dunn	MRS GT-Racing	12
21	Jimmy Llibre	MRS GT-Racing	10
22	Thomas Collingwood	BGB Motorsport	7
23	Bill Smith	Topp Racing	6
24	Jeffrey Majkrzak	Goldcrest Motorsports	3
25	Rene Robichaud	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	2

Notes

1. Car No. 19 entered as Moorespeed-Wright Motorsports and car No. 88 entered as Wright Motorsports.
2. Car No. 84 entered as Kelly-Moss Road and Race and car No. 99 entered as iFLY Racing/Kelly-Moss.
3. Cars No. 18 and 24 entered as ACI Motorsports and car No. 64 entered as Teama TGM

References

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13. Dagys, John (March 5, 2021). "Former GT3 Cup Challenge Champ Rejoins Kelly-Moss". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
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