2024 GT America Series

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The 2024 GT America Series will be the fourth season of the SRO Motorsports Group's GT America Series, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The races will be contested with GT2-spec, GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season will begin on April 5 at Sonoma Raceway and end on October 6 at Indianapolis.

Calendar

The initial calendar was revealed during the 2023 24 Hours of Spa featuring eight rounds. [1]

RoundCircuitDateSupporting
1 Flag of California.svg Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California April 5–7 GT World Challenge America
2 Flag of California.svg Long Beach Grand Prix, Long Beach, California April 19–21 IndyCar Series
IMSA SportsCar Championship
3 Flag of Florida.svg Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida May 3–5 GT World Challenge America
4 Flag of Texas.svg Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas May 17–19
5 Flag of Virginia.svg Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia July 19–21
6 Flag of Wisconsin.svg Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 16–18
7 Flag of Alabama.svg Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama September 6–8
8 Flag of Indiana.svg Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana October 4–6 Intercontinental GT Challenge
GT World Challenge America

Entry list

TeamCarNo.DriversClassRounds
CarDriver
Flag of the United States.svg Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports [2] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 04 Flag of the United States.svg George Kurtz [2] GT3OV1–2
Flag of the United States.svg ProSport Competition [3] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 007 Flag of the United States.svg Tim Savage [4] GT3OV1
Flag of the United States.svg DXDT Racing [2] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 08 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Smithson [2] GT3OV1
Flag of Germany.svg Rotek Racing [5] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport 098 Flag of the United States.svg Isaac Sherman [2] GT4GT1–2
099 Flag of the United States.svg Robb Holland [5] GT4GT2
Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports [6] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 2 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Bell [6] GT3OV1–2
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 8 Flag of the United States.svg Elias Sabo [5] GT4GT2
13 Flag of the United States.svg Todd Parriott [6] GT4GT1–2
Flag of the United States.svg SKI Autosports [4] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 3 Flag of the United States.svg Johnny O'Connell [4] GT3OV1–2
Flag of the United States.svg ACI Motorsports [7] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport 7 Flag of the United States.svg Curt Swearingin [7] GT4GT1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Lone Star Racing [5] Mercedes-AMG GT2 10 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Knox [5] GT2GT2
Flag of the United States.svg GMG Racing [2] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 14 Flag of the United States.svg James Sofronas [2] GT3OV1–2
Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) 32 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Washington [2] GT3OV1–2
Mercedes-AMG GT2 44 Flag of the United States.svg Brent Holden [2] GT2GT1–2
Audi R8 LMS GT2 58 Flag of the United States.svg CJ Moses [5] GT2GT2
Flag of the United States.svg Carrus Callas Raceteam [8] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) 21 Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Shanny [8] GT4GT1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Heart of Racing Team [9] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 25 Flag of the United States.svg Gray Newell [9] GT4GT1–2
Flag of the United States.svg CRP/Daskalos Racing [2] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 27 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Daskalos [2] GT3OV1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsports [2] BMW M4 GT3 29 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Rothberg [2] GT3OV1–2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg STR38 Motorsports [10] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) 38 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Samantha Tan [5] GT4GT2
Flag of the United States.svg Chouest Povoledo Racing [2] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 50 Flag of the United States.svg Ross Chouest [2] GT3OV1
Flag of the United States.svg RennSport1 [2] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport 52 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kopczynski [2] GT4GT1
Flag of the United States.svg Archangel Motorsports [2] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 69 Flag of the United States.svg Todd Coleman [2] GT4GT1–2
Flag of Germany.svg Mishumotors [2] Corvette C7 GT3-R 70 Flag of Germany.svg Mirco Schultis [2] GT3OV1–2
Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse [2] Ferrari 296 GT3 88 Flag of Brazil.svg Custodio Toledo [2] GT3OVTBA
Flag of the United States.svg TPC with Dream Racing [11] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo GT2 102 Flag of the United States.svg Alan Grossberg [11] GT2GT1–2
127 Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Farhadi [11] GT2GT1–2
Source: [12]
IconClass
Car
GT2GT2 Cars
GT3GT3 Current-Gen Cars
GT3GT3 Previous-Gen Cars
GT4GT4 Cars
Drivers
OVOverall
GTGT2
GTGT4
INVInvitational

Notes:

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner

RoundCircuitPole positionSRO3 WinnersGT2 WinnersGT4 Winners
1R1 Flag of California.svg Sonoma Flag of the United States.svg #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing Flag of the United States.svg #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing Flag of the United States.svg #127 TPC with Dream Racing Flag of the United States.svg #098 Rotek Racing
Flag of the United States.svg Jason Daskalos Flag of the United States.svg Jason Daskalos Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Farhadi Flag of the United States.svg Isaac Sherman
R2 Flag of the United States.svg #3 SKI Autosports Flag of the United States.svg #127 TPC with Dream Racing Flag of the United States.svg #098 Rotek Racing
Flag of the United States.svg Johnny O'Connell Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Farhadi Flag of the United States.svg Isaac Sherman
2R1 Flag of California.svg Long Beach
R2
3R1 Flag of Florida.svg Sebring
R2
4R1 Flag of Texas.svg COTA
R2
5R1 Flag of Virginia.svg Virginia
R2
6R1 Flag of Wisconsin.svg Road America
R2
7R1 Flag of Alabama.svg Barber
R2
8R1 Flag of Indiana.svg Indianapolis
R2

Championship Standings

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