2024 GT America Series

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

Calendar

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

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

Entry list

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Car Driver
Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports[2] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 04 George Kurtz[2] GT3 OV 1–4
Flying Lizard Motorsports[3][4] Nissan Z Nismo GT4 05 Damir Hot[4] GT4 GT 5, 8
5 4
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 2 Jason Bell[3] GT3 OV All
48 Elias Sabo[5][6][7] GT3 OV 5
BMW M4 GT3 8 GT3 OV 6–7
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 GT4 GT 2
13 Todd Parriott[3] GT4 GT 1–3
31 4–7
ProSport Competition[8] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 007 Tim Savage[8] GT3 OV 1, 3–7
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 GT4 GT 8
DXDT Racing[2][9] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 08 Scott Smithson[2] GT3 OV 1
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 3–5
Bryson Morris GT3 OV 6
64 7
Blake McDonald GT3 OV 8
Orlando Motorsports Services[10] McLaren Artura GT4 085 Alan Teo[10] GT4 GT 8
Rotek Racing[6] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport 098 Isaac Sherman[2] GT4 GT All
099 Robb Holland[6] GT4 GT 2
SKI Autosports[11] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 3 Johnny O'Connell[11] GT3 OV All
ACI Motorsports[12] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport 7 Curt Swearingin[12] GT4 GT All
Lone Star Racing[6][4] Mercedes-AMG GT2 10 Dan Knox[6] GT2 GT 2, 8
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 11 Marc Austin[4] GT3 OV 4
GMG Racing[2] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 14 James Sofronas[2] GT3 OV 1–2, 4, 6, 8
Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) 32 Kyle Washington[2] GT3 OV 1–4
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 5–7
Mercedes-AMG GT2 44 Brent Holden[2] GT2 GT 1–2
Audi R8 LMS GT2 58 CJ Moses[6] GT2 GT 2, 8
Carrus Callas Raceteam[13] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) 21 Nicholas Shanny[13] GT4 GT All
Heart of Racing Team[14] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 25 Gray Newell[14] GT4 GT All
CRP/Daskalos Racing[2] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 27 Jason Daskalos[2] GT3 OV All
Turner Motorsports[2] BMW M4 GT3 29 Justin Rothberg[2] GT3 OV All
Fast Track Racing[4] BMW M4 GT3 30 John Roberts[4] GT3 OV 4
Rigid Speed Company[15] BMW M4 GT4 Gen II 33 Joseph Catania[15] GT4 GT 5
STR38 Motorsports[16] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) 38 Samantha Tan[6] GT4 GT 2
Dollahite Racing[10] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 46 Scott Dollahite[10] GT3 OV 8
Chouest Povoledo Racing[2] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 50 Ross Chouest[2] GT3 OV All
Archangel Motorsports[2] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 69 Todd Coleman[2] GT4 GT 1–2
Mishumotors[2] Corvette C7 GT3-R 70 Mirco Schultis[2] GT3 OV 1–3, 6, 8
Regulator Racing[7] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 91 Jeff Burton[7] GT3 OV 6–7
Montreal Motorsport Group[5] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 92 Jean-Frédéric Laberge[5] GT3 OV 5
FastMD Racing with Remstar Racing[9] Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo 95 Farhan Siddiqi[9] GT4 GT 3–4, 6
TPC with Dream Racing[17][18] McLaren Artura GT4 102 Alan Grossberg[17][18] GT4 GT 6–8
Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2 GT2 GT2 GT 1–4
127 Aaron Farhadi[17] GT2 GT 1–3
Source:[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Icon Class
Car
GT2 GT2 Cars
GT3 GT3 Current-Gen Cars
GT3 GT3 Previous-Gen Cars
GT4 GT4 Cars
Drivers
OV Overall
GT GT2
GT GT4
INV Invitational

Notes:

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner

Round Circuit Pole position SRO3 Winners GT2 Winners GT4 Winners Results
1 R1 Sonoma #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing #127 TPC with Dream Racing #098 Rotek Racing Report
Jason Daskalos Jason Daskalos Aaron Farhadi Isaac Sherman
R2 #14 GMG Racing #3 SKI Autosports #127 TPC with Dream Racing #098 Rotek Racing Report
James Sofronas Johnny O'Connell Aaron Farhadi Isaac Sherman
2 R1 Long Beach #3 SKI Autosports #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing #10 Lone Star Racing #098 Rotek Racing Report
Johnny O'Connell Jason Daskalos Dan Knox Isaac Sherman
R2 #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing #10 Lone Star Racing #098 Rotek Racing Report
Jason Daskalos Jason Daskalos Dan Knox Isaac Sherman
3 R1 Sebring #04 Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports #04 Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports #102 TPC with Dream Racing #098 Rotek Racing Report
George Kurtz George Kurtz Alan Grossberg Isaac Sherman
R2 #04 Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports #04 Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports #102 TPC with Dream Racing #098 Rotek Racing Report
George Kurtz George Kurtz Alan Grossberg Isaac Sherman
4 R1 COTA #3 SKI Autosports #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing #102 TPC with Dream Racing #098 Rotek Racing Report
Johnny O'Connell Jason Daskalos Alan Grossberg Isaac Sherman
R2 #04 Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports #04 Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports #102 TPC with Dream Racing #7 ACI Motorsports Report
George Kurtz George Kurtz Alan Grossberg Curt Swearingin
5 R1 Virginia #29 Turner Motorsports #29 Turner Motorsports No Entries #7 ACI Motorsports Report
Justin Rothberg Justin Rothberg Curt Swearingin
R2 #3 SKI Autosports #3 SKI Autosports #098 Rotek Racing Report
Johnny O'Connell Johnny O'Connell Isaac Sherman
6 R1 Road America #29 Turner Motorsports #29 Turner Motorsports No Entries #7 ACI Motorsports Report
Justin Rothberg Justin Rothberg Curt Swearingin
R2 #14 GMG Racing #14 GMG Racing #098 Rotek Racing Report
James Sofronas James Sofronas Isaac Sherman
7 R1 Barber #29 Turner Motorsports #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing No Entries #098 Rotek Racing Report
Justin Rothberg Jason Daskalos Isaac Sherman
R2 #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing #27 CRP/Daskalos Racing #098 Rotek Racing Report
Jason Daskalos Jason Daskalos Isaac Sherman
8 R1 Indianapolis #29 Turner Motorsports #29 Turner Motorsports #10 Lone Star Racing #098 Rotek Racing Report
Justin Rothberg Justin Rothberg Dan Knox Isaac Sherman
R2 #29 Turner Motorsports #29 Turner Motorsports #58 GMG Racing #098 Rotek Racing Report
Justin Rothberg Justin Rothberg CJ Moses Isaac Sherman

Championship Standings

Scoring System

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' Championships

Pos. Driver Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points

SON
LBH
SEB
COTA
VIR
ELK
BAR
IND
SRO3
1 Johnny O'Connell SKI Autosports 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 13 3 1 3 3 13 2 2 2 259
2 Justin Rothberg Turner Motorsport 6 5 4 4 4 3 5 3 1 2 1 2 2 8 1 1 258
3 Jason Daskalos CRP/Daskalos Racing 1 6 1 1 2 4 1 11 15 3 2 4 1 1 7 6 255
4 Kyle Washington GMG Racing 9 4 5 8 Ret 5 6 2 5 5 6 6 3 4 4 4 153
5 James Sofronas GMG Racing 8 2 3 2 4 10 5 1 3 15 129
6 George Kurtz CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports 3 3 1 1 3 1 WD WD 120
7 Jason Bell Flying Lizard Motorsports 7 7 10 10 Ret 8 7 12 2 8 Ret DNS 5 3 6 5 99
8 Mirco Schultis Mishumotors 4 9 6 5 5 6 4 5 5 3 97
9 Ross Chouest Chouest Povoledo Racing 5 19 7 7 6 7 17 4 4 4 4 Ret 86
10 Tim Savage ProSport Competition 10 8 13 9 10 15 9 Ret 7 7 6 Ret 40
11 Elias Sabo Flying Lizard Motorsports 6 6 DNS DNS 16
12 Marc Austin Lone Star Racing 8 5 14
13 Jean-Frédéric Laberge Montreal Motorsport Group 12 7 10
14 John Roberts Fast Track Racing 9 14 3
15 Bryson Morris DXDT Racing DNS DNS 0
ineligible to score points
Scott Dollahite Dollahite Racing 9 7 -
GT2
1 Alan Grossberg TPC with Dream Racing 19 11 12 13 7 14 11 16 155
2 Aaron Farhadi TPC with Dream Racing 11 10 9 9 86
3 Dan Knox Lone Star Racing 8 6 8 75
4 CJ Moses GMG Racing 13 12 10 8 65
5 Brent Holden GMG Racing 17 18 11 11 63
GT4
1 Isaac Sherman Rotek Racing 12 12 14 14 8 10 12 7 8 9 13 8 7 5 11 9 369
2 Curt Swearingin ACI Motorsports 15 15 16 17 9 11 13 6 7 10 8 9 8 11 13 257
3 Gray Newell Heart of Racing Team 13 14 17 16 10 12 14 8 11 12 9 10 9 6 16 10 236
4 Nicholas Shanny Carrus Callas Raceteam 18 17 21 Ret 11 13 15 9 13 13 11 12 11 7 14 13 157
5 Todd Parriott Flying Lizard Motorsports 16 16 20 20 12 15 Ret Ret 14 14 10 11 10 9 119
6 Damir Hot Flying Lizard Motorsports WD WD 10 11 12 11 63
7 Alan Grossberg TPC Racing 14 13 12 10 15 14 50
8 Todd Coleman Archangel Motorsports 14 13 Ret 18 45
9 Samantha Tan STR38 Motorsports 18 15 28
10 Farhan Siddiqi FastMD Racing with Remstar Racing 16 Ret 12 14 26
11 Robb Holland Rotek Racing 15 Ret 18
12 Elias Sabo Flying Lizard Motorsports 19 19 16
13 Joseph Catania Rigid Speed Company DNS 15 6
Ineligible to score points
Tim Savage ProSport Competition Ret 12 -
Alan Teo Orlando Motorsports Services 17 -
Pos. Driver Team
SON
LBH
SEB
COTA
VIR
ELK
BAR
IND 		Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes
  • † – Drivers did not finish the race but were classified, as they completed more than 75% of the race distance.
  • ‡ – Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

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