2023 Indianapolis 8 Hours

**2023 Indianapolis 8 Hours**
Event Information
Round 4 of 5 in the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Date	8 October 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Location	Speedway, Indiana, United States
Venue	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	332 laps
Pole position	No. 20 Huber Motorsports; (driver for session: Laurin Heinrich); Huber Motorsports
Winner	Philipp Eng; Sheldon van der Linde; Dries Vanthoor; Team WRT

The 2023 Indianapolis 8 Hours (also known as the Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth running of the Indianapolis 8 Hour. It took place from October 5–8, 2023. The race was the fourth round of the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge and the seventh and final round 2023 GT World Challenge America championships.

Background

The 2023 edition was open only to cars within GT3 regulations. GT4 cars, which had appeared in the first two races, were dropped from the race in an effort to reduce incidents caused by multi-class racing.^[1]

Supporting the race weekend were the Pirelli GT4 America Series, the TC America Series, and the GT America Series.^[2]

Entry list

No.	Entrant	Car	Class	Driver 1	Driver 2	Driver 3
04	Crowdstrike with Riley Motorsports	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	PA	Colin Braun	Nolan Siegel	George Kurtz
007	TRG-AMR	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	PA	Derek DeBoer	Valentin Hasse-Clot	Ben Tuck
08	DXDT Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	PA	Bryan Sellers	Scott Smithson	Tom Sargent
4	Grove Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	PA	Brenton Grove	Stephen Grove	Earl Bamber
20	Huber Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	PA	Antares Au	Laurin Heinrich	Alfred Renauer
21	Conquest Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	P	Alessandro Balzan	Manny Franco	Lilou Wadoux
27	TR3 Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	PA	Matt Bell	Jon Branam	Kenton Koch
28	RennSport1 - CBW Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	P	Eric Filgueiras	Stevan McAleer	Klaus Bachler
30	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	P	Philipp Eng	Sheldon van der Linde	Dries Vanthoor
31	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	P	Augusto Farfus	Maxime Martin	Charles Weerts
33	Triarsi Competizione	Ferrari 296 GT3	PA	Ryan Dalziel	Justin Wetherill	Onofrio Triarsi
38	ST Racing	BMW M4 GT3	PA	Samantha Tan	Neil Verhagen	Jake Walker
45	Wright Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	P	Jan Heylen	Madison Snow	Trent Hindman
53	MDK Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	P	Trenton Estep	Seth Lucas	Matteo Cairoli
77	Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	P	Maximilian Götz	Jules Gounon	Raffaele Marciello
85	Rearden Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	P	Christian Engelhart	Vesko Kozarov	Jake Pedersen
91	DXDT Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	PA	Jeff Burton	Corey Lewis	Philip Ellis
93	Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR-Andretti	Acura NSX GT3 Evo22	P	Mario Farnbacher	Ashton Harrison	Kyle Marcelli
94	Bimmerworld Racing	BMW M4 GT3	P	Bill Auberlen	Chandler Hull	Robby Foley
120	Wright Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	PA	Adam Adelson	Elliot Skeer	Callum Ilott
535	Sky – Tempesta Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	PA	Eddie Cheever III	Chris Froggatt	Jonathan Hui
999	Team GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	P	Maro Engel	Daniel Juncadella	Luca Stolz
Source:^[3]

Icon	Class
P	Pro Cup
PA	Pro/Am Cup

Race Result

Class winners denoted with bold and ‡.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team / Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	Pro	30	Team WRT	Philipp Eng Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor	BMW M4 GT3	332	8:00:05.921‡
2	Pro	77	Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing	Maximilian Götz Raffaele Marciello Jules Gounon	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	332	+53.110
3	Pro	999	Team GruppeM Racing	Maro Engel Daniel Juncadella Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	332	+53.640
4	Pro	45	Wright Motorsports	Madison Snow Jan Heylen Trent Hindman	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	330	+2 Laps
5	Pro	28	RennSport1 - CBW Racing	Eric Filgueiras Stevan McAleer Klaus Bachler	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	329	+3 Laps
6	Pro-Am	04	Crowdstrike with Riley Motorsports	Colin Braun Nolan Siegel George Kurtz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	329	+3 Laps‡
7	Pro-Am	20	Huber Motorsport	Antares Au Laurin Heinrich Alfred Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	328	+4 Laps
8	Pro	53	MDK Motorsports	Trenton Estep Seth Lucas Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	328	+4 Laps
9	Pro-Am	27	TR3 Racing	Matt Bell Jon Branam Kenton Koch	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	328	+4 Laps
10	Pro-Am	535	Sky – Tempesta Racing	Eddie Cheever III Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	327	+5 Laps
11	Pro-Am	120	Wright Motorsports	Adam Adelson Elliot Skeer Callum Ilott	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	327	+5 Laps
12	Pro-Am	38	ST Racing	Neil Verhagen Samantha Tan Jake Walker	BMW M4 GT3	327	+5 Laps
13	Pro-Am	007	TRG-AMR	Derek DeBoer Valentin Hasse-Clot Ben Tuck	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	326	+6 Laps
14	Pro	93	Racers Edge Motorsports	Mario Farnbacher Ashton Harrison Kyle Marcelli	Acura NSX GT3 Evo22	325	+7 Laps
15	Pro-Am	4	Grove Racing	Earl Bamber Brenton Grove Stephen Grove	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	324	+8 Laps
16	Pro	85	Rearden Racing	Christian Engelhart Vesko Kozarov Jake Pedersen	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	322	+10 Laps
17	Pro	31	Team WRT	Augusto Farfus Maxime Martin Charles Weerts	BMW M4 GT3	321	+11 Laps
18	Pro-Am	33	Triarsi Competizione	Ryan Dalziel Onofrio Triarsi Justin Wetherill	Ferrari 296 GT3	317	+15 Laps
19	Pro	21	Conquest Racing	Alessandro Balzan Manny Franco Lilou Wadoux	Ferrari 296 GT3	311	+21 Laps
20	Pro	94	Bimmerworld Racing	Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull Richard Heistand	BMW M4 GT3	309	Retired
21	Pro-Am	08	DXDT Racing	Bryan Sellers Scott Smithson Tom Sargent	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	285	Suspension
NC	Pro-Am	91	DXDT Racing	Jeff Burton Corey Lewis Philip Ellis	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	65	Driveline
Source:^[4]

References

^ Lloyd, Daniel (July 5, 2022). "Silver Driver Required in Each Top Category Lineup at Indy 8H". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
^ "2023 SRO Motorsports America INDIANAPOLIS 8 Hour Indianapolis Motor Speedway Event Schedule" (PDF). intercontinentalgtchallenge. September 22, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
^ "2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR presented by AWS - Provisional Entry List Round 4 Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS - Round 13" (PDF). intercontinentalgtchallenge. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
^ "IGTC Indianapolis 8 Hour Race Provisional" (PDF). intercontinentalgtchallenge. Retrieved December 6, 2024.

[Silvers-1] Lloyd, Daniel (July 5, 2022). "Silver Driver Required in Each Top Category Lineup at Indy 8H". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2022.

[2] "2023 SRO Motorsports America INDIANAPOLIS 8 Hour Indianapolis Motor Speedway Event Schedule" (PDF). intercontinentalgtchallenge. September 22, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2024.

[3] "2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR presented by AWS - Provisional Entry List Round 4 Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS - Round 13" (PDF). intercontinentalgtchallenge. Retrieved December 6, 2024.

[4] "IGTC Indianapolis 8 Hour Race Provisional" (PDF). intercontinentalgtchallenge. Retrieved December 6, 2024.

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