2024 IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge

The 2024 IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge is the inaugural season of the IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge. It began on June 7 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and will end on October 6 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Robert Noaker Racing's Robert Noaker scored the series' inaugural victory during the opening round at Mid-Ohio.[1]

Calendar

An initial calendar was released in August 2023, featuring five race weekends totaling ten race events.[2] The preliminary schedule initially featured a round at Charlotte Motor Speedway with an undisclosed date.[3] Ultimately, this round was dropped from the final schedule in favor of the Indianapolis 8 Hour support race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.[4]

Each weekend consisted of two 30-minute practice sessions, with a 15-minute qualifying session setting the grids for a pair of 45-minute races.[5]

Round Circuit Location Dates Supporting
1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio June 7–9 TCR World Tour
2 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 20–23 IMSA SportsCar Championship
3 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 2–4
4 Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas August 31–September 1 FIA World Endurance Championship
5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana October 4–6 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Source:[5]

Entry list

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
Amerasian Fragrance Competition Motorsports[6] 1 Chloe Chambers[7] DH 1
Carl Bennett[8] DH 2
Greg Bennett[9] DHL 3
Leaders Credit Union Competition Motorsports[6] 66 Kel Kearns[10] DHL All
Max Opalski Racing[11] 2 Maximilian Opalski[11] DH All
Spark Performance[6] 3 Tommy McGlynn[12] DHL 3
Frankie Muniz[13] DH 4
Chloe Chambers[14] DH 5
33 Alex Bachoura[6] DHL All
KohR Motorsports[15] 5 Rod Randall[6] DHL All
52 Christian Bach[6] DH All
94 D.J. Randall[6] DH All
MDK Motorsports[16] 8 Tom Tait[16] DHL All
16 Gabe Tesch[16] DH 1–3
Trenton Estep[17] DH 4
17 Jim Farley[18] DH 1
Automatic Racing[6] 9 Mike Stillwagon[6] DHL 1
Rob Ecklin[9] DHL 3
99 Larry Webster[19] DH 1
NV Autosport[6] 10 Stephen Vajda[6] DHL 1–2, 4–5
Robert Noaker Racing[15] 13 Robert Noaker[6] DH All
29 Mitch Marvosh[6] DHL 1–4
31 Reid Sweeney[20] DH All
74 Tyler Maxson[21] DH All
Capaldi Racing[6] 14 John Strauss[6] DHL All
TechSport Racing[14] 15 Alfonso Diaz[14] DHL 5
JV Racing Team[6] 18 Marcos Vento[22] DH All
Skip Barber Racing[23] 19 Mike Stillwagon[23] DHL 2–5
McCumbee McAleer Racing[24] 22 Jeremy Fletcher[24] DH All
48 Zachry Lee[24] DHL All
82 Nate Cicero[25] DH 1–2
Drew Neubauer[17] DHL 4
Southern Paley Motorsports[26] 26 Sam Paley[26] DH All
LAP Motorsports[9] 30 Scott Thomson[9] DHL 3–5
37 Cristian Perocarpi[14] DH 5
Precision Performance Motorsports[27] 46 Brandon Gdovic[6] DH All
47 Wesley Slimp[27] DH All
Nick Smither Racing[6] 58 Nicholas Smither[6] DHL All
Jack Lewis Enterprises[6] 73 Jack Lewis[6] DHL All
Torre Racing[9] 84 Paolo Salvatore[9] DHL 3–4
Icon Class
DH Dark Horse
DHL Dark Horse Legends

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Legends Winner
1 R1 Mid-Ohio #74 Robert Noaker Racing #74 Robert Noaker Racing #13 Robert Noaker Racing #8 MDK Motorsports
Tyler Maxson Tyler Maxson Robert Noaker Tom Tait
R2 #74 Robert Noaker Racing #13 Robert Noaker Racing #74 Robert Noaker Racing #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Tyler Maxson Robert Noaker Tyler Maxson Zachry Lee
2 R1 Watkins Glen #13 Robert Noaker Racing #74 Robert Noaker Racing #74 Robert Noaker Racing #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Robert Noaker Tyler Maxson Tyler Maxson Zachry Lee
R2 #74 Robert Noaker Racing #74 Robert Noaker Racing #74 Robert Noaker Racing #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Tyler Maxson Tyler Maxson Tyler Maxson Zachry Lee
3 R1 Road America #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #26 Southern Paley Motorsports #26 Southern Paley Motorsports #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Jeremy Fletcher Sam Paley Sam Paley Zachry Lee
R2 #26 Southern Paley Motorsports #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #26 Southern Paley Motorsports #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Sam Paley Jeremy Fletcher Sam Paley Zachry Lee
4 R1 COTA #16 MDK Motorsports #74 Robert Noaker Racing #16 MDK Motorsports #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Trenton Estep Tyler Maxson Trenton Estep Zachry Lee
R2 #16 MDK Motorsports #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing #13 Robert Noaker Racing #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
Trenton Estep Jeremy Fletcher Robert Noaker Zachry Lee
5 R1 Indianapolis #13 Robert Noaker Racing #13 Robert Noaker Racing #74 Robert Noaker Racing #33 Spark Performance
Robert Noaker Robert Noaker Tyler Maxson Alex Bachoura
R2 #13 Robert Noaker Racing #74 Robert Noaker Racing #13 Robert Noaker Racing #15 TechSport Racing
Robert Noaker Tyler Maxson Robert Noaker Alfonso Diaz

Championship standings

Points system

Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below. Ten bonus points each are awarded for the driver who earns the pole position and runs the fastest lap in each race event.

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30+
Points 350 320 300 280 260 250 240 230 220 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10

Driver's Championship

IMSA recognizes driver champions based on the total number of championship points earned during the season.

Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points
1 Robert Noaker 1 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 2 1 40 3270
2 Tyler Maxson 7 1 1 1 2 3 3 8 1 2 80 3190
3 Sam Paley 2 4 5 4 1 1 21 24 5 5 20 2550
4 Jeremy Fletcher 3 3 3 22 25† 5 4 2 6 3 30 2490
5 Reid Sweeney 4 24 4 3 4 19 5 4 3 14 0 2360
6 Maximilian Opalski 6 27 22 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 0 2230
7 Marcos Vento 9 21 11 10 9 8 8 6 7 6 0 2180
8 Alex Bachoura 26 9 17 8 10 11 11 10 10 12 0 1880
9 Mike Stillwagon 15 12 16 12 13 10 13 12 13 13 0 1840
10 Zachry Lee 23 8 7 6 7 9 9 7 DNS DNS 0 1740
11 Nicholas Smither 17 10 12 14 15 14 15 17 15 17 0 1660
12 Brandon Gdovic 24 6 6 21 5 2 7 22 DNS DNS 0 1600
13 Christian Bach 13 19 24 DNS 14 12 26 11 8 7 0 1470
14 D.J. Randall 10 5 9 9 23 DNS 10 9 DNS DNS 0 1430
15 Tom Tait 12 23 13 13 24 16 19 21 14 15 0 1430
16 Wesley Slimp 25 25 10 20 11 13 25 23 21 11 0 1300
17 John Strauss 20 18 20 16 19 21 18 16 20 18 0 1270
18 Gabe Tesch 11 22 8 7 8 7 0 1260
19 Stephen Vajda 18 13 14 11 14 25 16 16 0 1240
20 Kel Kearns 22 16 21 19 17 18 20 18 18 21 0 1230
21 Rod Randall 19 14 18 18 20 DNS 23 15 DNS DNS 0 930
22 Mitch Marvosh 16 15 25 DNS 16 20 22 20 0 860
23 Jack Lewis 21 17 19 17 DNS DNS 24 DNS 19 20 0 830
24 Chloe Chambers 27 7 9 9 0 740
25 Scott Thomson 18 22 17 19 17 19 0 740
26 Trenton Estep 1 3 20 670
27 Paolo Salvatore 12 17 27 13 0 550
28 Alfonso Diaz 11 8 0 430
29 Nate Cicero 5 26 23 DNS 0 410
30 Cristian Perocarpi 12 10 0 400
31 Drew Neubauer 16 14 0 320
32 Carl Bennett 15 15 0 320
33 Tommy McGlynn 21 15 0 260
34 Frankie Muniz 12 DNS 0 190
35 Rob Ecklin 22 DNS 0 90
36 Greg Bennett DNS DNS 0 0
Drivers ineligible to score points
Jim Farley 14 11
Larry Webster 8 20
Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position

Italics - Fastest lap

  • †: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

Dark Horse Legends Driver's Championship

Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points
1 Alex Bachoura 26 9 17 8 10 11 11 10 10 12 10 3030
2 Mike Stillwagon 15 12 16 12 13 10 13 12 13 13 20 2960
3 Zachry Lee 23 8 7 6 7 9 9 7 140 2800
4 Nicholas Smither 17 10 12 14 15 14 15 17 15 17 0 2690
5 Tom Tait 12 23 13 13 24 16 19 21 14 15 0 2510
6 John Strauss 20 18 20 16 19 21 18 16 20 18 0 2260
7 Kel Kearns 22 16 21 19 17 18 20 18 18 21 0 2210
8 Stephen Vajda 18 13 14 11 14 25 16 16 0 2070
9 Mitch Marvosh 16 15 25 DNS 16 20 22 20 0 1610
10 Rod Randall 19 14 18 18 20 DNS 23 15 DNS DNS 0 1610
11 Jack Lewis 21 17 19 17 DNS DNS 24 DNS 19 20 0 1530
12 Scott Thomson 18 22 17 19 17 19 0 1350
13 Paolo Salvatore 12 17 27 13 0 990
14 Alfonso Diaz 11 8 20 690
15 Drew Neubauer 16 14 0 510
16 Tommy McGlynn 21 15 0 460
17 Rob Ecklin 22 DNS 0 190
18 Greg Bennett DNS DNS 0 0
Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points

Team's Championship

Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points
1 Robert Noaker Racing 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 120 3510
2 McCumbee McAleer Racing 3 3 3 6 7 5 4 2 6 3 30 3010
3 Southern Paley Motorsports 2 4 5 4 1 1 21 24 5 5 20 2860
4 Max Opalski Racing 6 27 22 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 0 2600
5 MDK Motorsports 11 22 8 7 8 7 1 3 14 15 20 2480
6 KohR Motorsports 10 5 9 9 14 12 10 9 8 7 0 2420
7 JV Racing Team 9 21 11 10 9 8 8 6 7 6 0 2410
8 Precision Performance Motorsports 24 6 6 20 5 2 7 22 21 11 0 2260
9 Spark Performance 26 9 17 8 10 11 11 10 9 9 0 2230
10 Nick Smither Racing 17 10 12 14 15 14 15 17 15 17 0 2030
11 Capaldi Racing 20 18 20 16 19 21 18 16 20 18 0 1760
12 Leaders Credit Union Competition Motorsports 22 16 21 19 17 18 20 18 18 21 0 1730
13 Skip Barber Racing 16 12 13 10 13 12 13 13 0 1710
14 NV Autosport 18 13 14 11 14 25 16 16 0 1580
15 Jack Lewis Enterprises 21 17 19 17 DNS DNS 24 DNS 19 20 0 1190
16 LAP Motorsports 18 22 17 19 12 10 0 1140
17 Amerasian Fragrance Competition Motorsports 27 7 15 15 0 800
18 Torre Racing 12 17 27 13 0 770
19 Automatic Racing 15 12 22 DNS 0 600
20 TechSport Racing 11 8 0 470
Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points

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