2020 GT Sports Club America

The 2020 GT Sports Club America is the inaugural season of the SRO Motorsports Group's GT Sports Club America, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. GT Sports Club America is a championship for Bronze, Titanium and Iron drivers only. The Titanium categorisation is within the Bronze category, for drivers between the age of 50 and 59. The Iron categorisation is within the Bronze category, for drivers over the age of 60. The races are contested with GT2-spec and GT3-spec cars. The season began on 11 July at Virginia and will end on 3 October at Indianapolis.

2020 GT Sports Club America
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GT World Challenge America
Pirelli GT4 America Series
TC America Series

Calendar

At the annual press conference during the 2019 24 Hours of Spa on 26 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2020 calendar.[1]

Calendar changes due to COVID-19 pandemic

The season opening round at Virginia was moved from 6–7 June to 11–12 July.

Round Circuit Date
1 Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia 11–12 July
2 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California 8–9 August
3 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 29–30 August
4 Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York 19–20 September
5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana 2–3 October
  Combined races with GT World Challenge America due to drop in expected entries amid COVID-19 pandemic

Entry list
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 2 Jason Bell 1–2
32 Kyle Washington Ti 2
57 Stu Frederick Iron 1–2
Daskalos Motorsports Audi R8 LMS Ultra 27 Jason Daskalos 2
ATech Design Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 54 Karl Leinsing 1
311RS Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 311 Ryan Gates 1–2
Sources:[2]
Icon Class
Ti Titanium Cup
Iron Iron Cup

Race results
Round Circuit Pole position Overall Winner Titanium Winner Iron Winner
1 R1 Virginia No. 311 311RS Motorsport No. 311 311RS Motorsport No Entries No Finishers
Ryan Gates Ryan Gates
R2 No. 311 311RS Motorsport No. 311 311RS Motorsport No. 57 GMG Racing
Ryan Gates Ryan Gates Stu Frederick
2 R1 Sonoma No. 27 Daskalos Motorsport No. 27 Daskalos Motorsport No. 32 GMG Racing No. 57 GMG Racing
Jason Daskalos Jason Daskalos Kyle Washington Stu Frederick
R2 No. 27 Daskalos Motorsport No. 27 Daskalos Motorsport No. 32 GMG Racing No. 57 GMG Racing
Jason Daskalos Jason Daskalos Kyle Washington Stu Frederick
3 R1 Road America
R2
4 R1 Watkins Glen
R2
5 R1 Indianapolis
R2

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

Overall
Pos. Driver Team VIR
 SON
 ELK
 WGL
 IND
 Points
1 Ryan Gates 311RS Motorsport 1 1 2 2 86
2 Jason Bell GMG Racing 2 2 3 3 66
3 Jason Daskalos Daskalos Motorsport 1 1 50
4 Stu Frederick GMG Racing Ret 3 4 4 39
5 Karl Leinsing ATech Design 3 4 27
6 Kyle Washington GMG Racing 5 5 20
Pos. Driver Team VIR
 SON
 ELK
 WGL
 IND
 Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Titanium Cup
Pos. Driver Team VIR
 SON
 ELK
 WGL
 IND
 Points
1 Kyle Washington GMG Racing 5 5 50
Pos. Driver Team VIR
 SON
 ELK
 WGL
 IND
 Points

Iron Cup
Pos. Driver Team VIR
 SON
 ELK
 WGL
 IND
 Points
1 Stu Frederick GMG Racing Ret 3 4 4 75
Pos. Driver Team VIR
 SON
 ELK
 WGL
 IND
 Points
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See also

References
  1. Kilshaw, Jake (26 July 2019). "GT Sports Club Goes Global as GT2 Platform". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. "Green! Green! Green! VIRginia International Raceway Readies for Roar of GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Series, GT Sports Club America Series Debut". gtsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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