2024 Porsche Carrera Cup North America

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The 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup North America, known as the 2024 Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America for sponsorship reasons, will be the fourth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup North America. It will begin on March 13 at Sebring International Raceway and end on October 20 at Circuit of the Americas.

Calendar

The calendar was released on October 23, 2023, featuring eight rounds. The rounds at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and the Grand Prix of Long Beach were dropped in favor of a round at the Canadian Grand Prix, alongside a return to Road Atlanta. [1] A new sub-championship, dubbed the ANDIAL Cup, was introduced at the IMSA-supporting rounds. [2]

RoundCircuitDate
1 Flag of the United States.svg Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida March 13–15
2 Flag of the United States.svg Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida May 3–5
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec June 7–9
4 Flag of the United States.svg Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York June 20–22
5 Flag of the United States.svg Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 2–4
6 Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana September 20–22
7 Flag of the United States.svg Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia October 9–11
8 Flag of the United States.svg Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas October 18–20
  Race is part of ANDIAL Cup

Series news

Entry list

TeamNo.DriverRounds
Pro Class
Flag of the United States.svg ACI Motorsports2 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Jimmy Llibre1–4
Flag of the United States.svg JDX Racing [4] 4 Flag of the United States.svg Elias De La Torre IV [4] 1–4
9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zachary Vanier [4] 1–4
82 Flag of New Zealand.svg Madeline Stewart [4] 1–4
98 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Sedgwick [4] 1–4
Flag of the United States.svg Momentop FMS Motorsport x RGB Racing5 Flag of Venezuela.svg Ángel Benítez1–4
91 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael Verhagen2
Flag of the United States.svg McCann Racing8 Flag of the United States.svg Michael McCann1–4
Flag of the United States.svg MDK Motorsports [5] 15 Flag of the United States.svg Yves Baltas [5] 1–4
20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gustav Burton [6] 1–3
37 Flag of the United States.svg Sabré Cook [6] 1–4
64 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Clarke [6] 1–4
Flag of the United States.svg Kellymoss [7] 24 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loek Hartog [7] 1–4
85 Flag of the United States.svg Jake Pedersen [8] 2–4
Flag of the United States.svg Topp Racing Performance77 Flag of the United States.svg Colin Kaminsky 1–4
78 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Yardley1–4
Flag of the United States.svg Rearden Racing85 Flag of the United States.svg Jake Pedersen1
Flag of the United States.svg Baby Bull Racing88 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Cooper 1–4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg McElrea Racing [9] TBAFlag placeholder.svg TBATBA
Pro-Am Class
Flag of the United States.svg GMG Racing 3 Flag of the United States.svg Ofir Levy2–3
14 Flag of the United States.svg James Sofronas 1–3
Flag of the United States.svg Forward Motorsport11 Flag of Germany.svg Peter Ludwig1–4
Flag of the United States.svg ACI Motorsports16 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pedro Torres1, 4
26 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roberto Tutino1–4
84 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marco Cirone1–4
Flag of the United States.svg Kellymoss [10] 23 Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Wallace [11] 1–4
65 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Efrin Castro 1–4
99 Flag of the United States.svg Alan Metni 1–4
Flag of the United States.svg Baby Bull Racing44 Flag of the United States.svg Moisey Uretsky1–4
Flag of the United States.svg Topp Racing Performance56 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Mosing1–4
Flag of the United States.svg Momentop FMS Motorsport x RGB Racing66 Flag of the United States.svg David Tuaty2
91 Flag of Venezuela.svg Javier Ripoll Sanchez1, 4
Flag of Portugal.svg Andre Renha Fernandes [12] 3
Flag of the United States.svg BGB Motorsports69 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Collingwood1–2
Flag of the United States.svg MDK Motorsports [6] 74 Flag of San Marino.svg Kenton King [6] 1–4
Masters Class
Flag of the United States.svg MGM Racing10 Flag of the United States.svg Jody Miller4
Flag of the United States.svg Kellymoss [10] 13 Flag of the United States.svg Todd Parriott1
57 Flag of the United States.svg John Goetz1–4
68 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Bellomo1–4
Flag of the United States.svg ACI Motorsports18 Flag of the United States.svg Richard Edge1, 4
19 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Balames1–2, 4
55 Flag of the United States.svg Matt Halcome1–4
Flag of the United States.svg Alegra Motorsports, LLC22 Flag of the United States.svg Carlos de Quesada1–4
Flag of the United States.svg GMG Racing 32 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Washington1–3
Flag of the United States.svg MDK Motorsports [6] 43 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Kvamme [6] 1–4
46 Flag of the United States.svg Naveen Rao1
Flag of the United States.svg Ruckus Racing45 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Blind1–2, 4

Results

RoundCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning TeamWinning Pro-AmWinning Masters
1 Flag of the United States.svg Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida March 13–15 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loek Hartog Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loek Hartog Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loek Hartog Flag of the United States.svg Kellymoss Flag of the United States.svg James Sofronas Flag of the United States.svg Matt Halcome
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gustav Burton Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loek Hartog Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gustav Burton Flag of the United States.svg MDK Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Alan Metni Flag of the United States.svg Matt Halcome
3 Flag of the United States.svg Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida May 5–7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Sedgwick Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gustav Burton Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loek Hartog Flag of the United States.svg Kellymoss Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Efrin Castro Flag of the United States.svg Mark Kvamme
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Sedgwick Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loek Hartog Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zachary Vanier Flag of the United States.svg JDX Racing Flag of the United States.svg Moisey Uretsky Flag of the United States.svg Mark Kvamme
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec June 7–9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loek Hartog Flag of the United States.svg Yves Baltas Flag of the United States.svg Yves Baltas Flag of the United States.svg MDK Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg James Sofronas Flag of the United States.svg Matt Halcome
6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loek Hartog Flag of the United States.svg Michael Cooper Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loek Hartog Flag of the United States.svg Kellymoss Flag of the United States.svg Moisey Uretsky Flag of the United States.svg Matt Halcome
7 Flag of the United States.svg Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York June 20–22 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Yardley Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Yardley Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Yardley Flag of the United States.svg Topp Racing Performance Flag of the United States.svg Alan Metni Flag of the United States.svg Richard Edge
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Sedgwick Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Jimmy Llibre Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Sedgwick Flag of the United States.svg JDX Racing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pedro Torres Flag of the United States.svg Richard Edge
9 Flag of the United States.svg Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 2–4
10
11 Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana September 20–22
12
13 Flag of the United States.svg Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia October 9–11
14
15 Flag of the United States.svg Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas October 18–20
16

Championship standings

Points system

Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions in the race as shown in the chart below. [13]

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th Pole   FL  
Points25201714121098765432121

For the Pro-Am and Masters championships, the lowest two race results before the final round are dropped. All pole position and fastest lap points are retained.

Driver's Championship

Pos.Driver SEB
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MIA
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CGV
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
WGL
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ELK
Flag of the United States.svg
IMS
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ATL
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COT
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Points
Overall
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loek Hartog 13172122171
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Sedgwick 451524461116
3 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Cooper 66353347107
4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Yardley3235392613106
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zachary Vanier712217554105
6 Flag of the United States.svg Yves Baltas910781291188
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Clarke 894295303570
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gustav Burton21184WDWD62
9 Flag of the United States.svg Michael McCann13462767101256
10 Flag of the United States.svg Elias De La Torre11115611912856
11 Flag of the United States.svg Colin Kaminsky 5791312297951
12 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Jimmy Llibre108349101020643
13 Flag of the United States.svg Sabré Cook 141381025881041
14 Flag of Venezuela.svg Ángel Benítez1224211186333427
15 Flag of the United States.svg Jake Pedersen331410121811112822
16 Flag of the United States.svg Moisey Uretsky322214141412173210
17 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Efrin Castro 35351116301914317
18 Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Wallace25201233152028185
19 Flag of the United States.svg Alan Metni 40151935191613274
20 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pedro Torres181915134
21 Flag of the United States.svg James Sofronas 1528233213274
22 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marco Cirone16161717161418144
23 Flag of New Zealand.svg Madeline Stewart 17401636171316293
24 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael Verhagen13343
25 Flag of San Marino.svg Kenton King36172015232534152
26 Flag of the United States.svg Matt Halcome20213223201523191
27 Flag of the United States.svg Richard Edge223622160
28 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roberto Tutino28392821311719330
29 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Kvamme 29372419272425170
30 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Mosing19382218241830260
31 Flag of Germany.svg Peter Ludwig23182928282121210
32 Flag of the United States.svg Jody Miller24200
33 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Blind3026332029250
34 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Bellomo21312525213227300
35 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Washington2625WDWD22220
36 Flag of the United States.svg John Goetz24273622322826220
37 Flag of the United States.svg Carlos de Quesada38233131262331230
38 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Balames3734302632240
39 Flag of the United States.svg Ofir Levy2724WDWD0
40 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Collingwood272926300
41 Flag of Portugal.svg Andre Renha Fernandes29310
42 Flag of Venezuela.svg Javier Ripoll Sanchez3930WDWD0
43 Flag of the United States.svg Naveen Rao31330
44 Flag of the United States.svg Todd Parriott34320
45 Flag of the United States.svg David Tuaty37370
Pro-Am
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marco Cirone1616171716141814136
2 Flag of the United States.svg Moisey Uretsky3222141414121732123
3 Flag of the United States.svg Alan Metni 4015193519161327111
4 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Efrin Castro 3535111630191431106
5 Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Wallace2520123315202818102
6 Flag of the United States.svg Kenton King361720152325341591
7 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Mosing193822182418302679
8 Flag of the United States.svg James Sofronas 15282332132777
9 Flag of Germany.svg Peter Ludwig231829282821212176
10 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pedro Torres1819151373
11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roberto Tutino283928213117193355
12 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Collingwood2729263027
13 Flag of the United States.svg Ofir Levy272415
14 Flag of the United States.svg Naveen Rao313312
15 Flag of Portugal.svg Andre Renha Fernandes293112
16 Flag of Venezuela.svg Javier Ripoll Sanchez39309
Masters
1 Flag of the United States.svg Matt Halcome2021322320152319175
2 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Kvamme 2937241927242517132
3 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Bellomo2131252521322730117
4 Flag of the United States.svg Carlos de Quesada382331312623312396
5 Flag of the United States.svg John Goetz242736223228262293
6 Flag of the United States.svg Richard Edge2236221677
7 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Blind30263320292576
8 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Washington2625WDWD222260
9 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Balames37343026322451
10 Flag of the United States.svg Jody Miller242031
11 Flag of the United States.svg Todd Parriott343217
12 Flag of the United States.svg David Tuaty37370
Pos.Driver SEB
Flag of the United States.svg
MIA
Flag of the United States.svg
CGV
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
WGL
Flag of the United States.svg
ELK
Flag of the United States.svg
IMS
Flag of the United States.svg
ATL
Flag of the United States.svg
COT
Flag of the United States.svg
Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • Bold - Pole position
  • Italics - Fastest lap

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