International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2023.[1] It was the eleventh consecutive time the IMSA SCC hosted a race at Road America. The 2024 IMSA SportsCar Weekend was the eighth of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2024 by IMSA.[2] The race was held at the fourteen-turn 4.048mi (6.515km)Road America on August 4, 2024.[2]
The entry list was revealed on July 24, 2024, and featured 47 entries: 10 entries in GTP, 12 entries in LMP2, 10 entries in GTD Pro, and 15 entries in GTD. The No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca did not participate in the event after the CrowdStrike incident two weeks prior to the event. Furthermore, JDC–Miller MotorSports entered an additional Oreca in the LMP2 class for Scott Andrews and Gerry Knaut, whilst Tõnis Kasemets replaced Lance Willsey in the No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier.[4] For the second time this season, Conquest Racing fielded an additional car in the GTD Pro class: the No. 35 Ferrari was driven by Giacomo Altoè and Daniel Serra. The No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche returned to the GTD field after missing the previous round, whilst Triarsi Competizione fielded their No. 023 Ferrari for drivers Alessio Rovera and Onofrio Triarsi.[5]Kenton Koch replaced Mike Skeen behind the wheel of the No. 32 Korthoff/Preston Motorsports Mercedes, whilst Sandy Mitchell replaced Kyle Marcelli behind the wheel of the No. 45 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Lamborghini.[6]
There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday, one on Friday afternoon and one on Saturday morning. The first session lasted 90 minutes on Friday afternoon while the second session on Saturday morning lasted 90 minutes.[8]
Qualifying
Saturday's afternoon qualifying session was broken into three sessions, with one session for the GTP, LMP2, GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted 15 minutes each. The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am LMP2 class requiring a Bronze rated driver to qualify the car.[8] The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put GTPs ahead of the LMP2, GTD Pro, and GTD cars.[9]
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with ‡.
1 The No. 74 Riley entry was moved to the back of its class after changing the engine of the car.
Race
Post-race
The result kept Cameron and Nasr atop the GTP Drivers' Championship with 2386 points while race winners Jaminet and Tandy advanced to second.[12] As a result of finishing seventh, Boulle and Dillmann took the lead of the LMP2 Drivers' Championship. Hanley and Keating jumped from sixth to fourth.[12] The final results of GTD Pro meant Heinrich continued to lead the Drivers' Championship, but his advantage was reduced to 76 points by third-place finisher Gunn.[12] Ellis and Ward's fourth-place finish allowed them to keep their advantage over race finishers Foley and Gallagher in the GTD Drivers' Championship.[12] Porsche and Mercedes-AMG continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships. Porsche Penske Motorsport, AO Racing, and Winward Racing kept their respective advantages in their of Teams' Championships while Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports became the leader of the LMP2 Teams' Championship with three rounds remaining.[12]
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Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti 
Filipe Albuquerque 
Renger van der Zande 
Proton Competition Mustang Sampling 
Gianmaria Bruni 
Pipo Derani 
Nick Tandy 
Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 
Luis Pérez Companc 
TDS Racing 
MDK by High Class Racing 
Tõnis Kasemets 
John Farano 
Alex Riberas 
Danny Formal
Kerong Li
