2020 GT World Challenge America

The 2020 GT World Challenge America powered by AWS is the fourteenth season of the United States Auto Club's GT World Challenge America, the third season under ownership of the SRO Motorsports Group and the first season without Blancpain sponsorship.[1] The season began on 7 March in Austin and will end on 4 October at Indianapolis.

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

Calendar

At the annual press conference during the 2019 24 Hours of Spa on 26 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2020 calendar with Las Vegas being dropped from the schedule in favor of Indianapolis.[2] Austin was removed from the provisional calendar on 25 October[3], before it would return on 8 November after extensive discussions with team owners and stakeholders. The round at Indianapolis became a non-points paying event.[4]

Calendar changes due to COVID-19 pandemic

The round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park was cancelled. The round at Virginia was moved from 6–7 June to 11–12 July. The round at Indianapolis is back to being a points paying event to replace the cancelled rounds at CTMP with the first three hours of the Indianapolis 8 Hour Intercontinental GT race counting towards the championship.

Round Circuit Date
1 Circuit of the Americas, Elroy, Texas 7–8 March
2 Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia 11–12 July
3 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California 8–9 August
4 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 29–30 August
5 Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York 19–20 September
6 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana 4 October
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
Circuit Original Date
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario 16–17 May
  Combined races with GT Sports Club America due to drop in expected entries amid COVID-19 pandemic
  Also part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge

Entry list

The Pro Cup class was eliminated from the series for this season.[5]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds

 Squadra Corse[6][N 1]
TR3 Racing[6][N 1]
 Ferrari 488 GT3[6] 1 Rodrigo Baptista[6] PA 1–2
Martin Fuentes[6]
24 Ziad Ghandour[6] PA 1, 3
Matteo Cressoni[6] 1
Jeff Segal 3
31 John Megrue[7] Am 2
Bill Sweedler[7]
DXDT Racing[8] Mercedes-AMG GT3 (2020)[8] 04 Colin Braun[8] PA 1–3
George Kurtz[8]
63 David Askew[9] PA 1–3
Ryan Dalziel[9]
Vital Speed[10] Ferrari 488 GT3[10] 6 Rich Baek[6] Am 1
Mark Issa[6]
7 Trevor Baek[10] PA 1
Jeff Westphal[10]
K-PAX Racing[11] Bentley Continental GT3[11] 8 Patrick Byrne[11] PA 1
Guy Cosmo[11]
GMG Racing[12] Porsche 911 GT3 R[12] 14 Jeroen Bleekemolen[12] PA 1, 3
James Sofronas[12]
Wright Motorsports[13] Porsche 911 GT3 R[13] 20 Fred Poordad[13] Am 1–3
Max Root[13]
Winward Racing[6] Mercedes-AMG GT3 (2019)[6] 33 Russell Ward[6] PA 1–3
Bryce Ward[6] 1
Kris Wilson[14] 2–3
Park Place Motorsports[6] Porsche 911 GT3 R[6] 73 David Ducote[6] Am 1
Alan Metni[6]
Racers Edge Motorsports[15] Acura NSX GT3[15] 80 Martin Barkey[15] PA 1–3
Kyle Marcelli[15]
93 Shelby Blackstock[16] S 1–3
Trent Hindman[16]
Stephen Cameron Racing[6] BMW M6 GT3[6] 87 Greg Liefooghe[6] PA 1
Henry Schmitt[6]
Icon Class
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole position Silver Winners Pro-Am Winners Am Winners
1 R1 Austin No. 14 GMG Racing No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 14 GMG Racing No. 20 Wright Motorsports
Jeroen Bleekemolen
James Sofronas		 Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman		 Jeroen Bleekemolen
James Sofronas		 Fred Poordad
Max Root
R2 No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 1 Squadra Corse No. 20 Wright Motorsports
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman		 Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman		 Rodrigo Baptista
Martin Fuentes		 Fred Poordad
Max Root
2 R1 Virginia No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 80 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 31 TR3 Racing
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman		 Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman		 Martin Barkey
Kyle Marcelli		 John Megrue
Bill Sweedler
R2 No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 04 DXDT Racing No. 31 TR3 Racing
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman		 Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman		 Colin Braun
George Kurtz		 John Megrue
Bill Sweedler
3 R1 Sonoma No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 1 Squadra Corse No. 20 Wright Motorsports
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman		 Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman		 Rodrigo Baptista
Martin Fuentes		 Fred Poordad
Max Root
R2 No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports No. 14 GMG Racing No. 20 Wright Motorsports
Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman		 Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman		 Jeroen Bleekemolen
James Sofronas		 Fred Poordad
Max Root
4 R1 Road America
R2
5 R1 Watkins Glen
R2
6 Indianapolis

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. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 40 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

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

Drivers' championship
Pos. Driver Team AUS
 VIR
 SON
 ELK
 WGL
 IND
 Points
Silver class
1 Shelby Blackstock
Trent Hindman		 Racers Edge Motorsports 1 1 2 7 5 1 150
Pro-Am class
1 Rodrigo Baptista
Martin Fuentes		 Squadra Corse 4 2 3 3 1 6 110
2 Colin Braun
George Kurtz		 DXDT Racing 3 3 5 1 3 4 109
3 David Askew
Ryan Dalziel		 DXDT Racing 14 5 4 6 4 5 68
4 Martin Barkey
Kyle Marcelli		 Racers Edge Motorsports 5 6 1 2 65
5 Jeroen Bleekemolen
James Sofronas		 GMG Racing 2 9 DSQ 3 58
6 Ziad Ghandour TR3 Racing 6 4 6 7 47
7 Russell Ward Winward Racing 9 DNS 7 4 WD WD 28
8 Matteo Cressoni TR3 Racing 6 4 25
9 Kris Wilson Winward Racing 7 4 WD WD 22
10 Jeff Segal TR3 Racing 6 7 22
11 Trevor Baek
Jeff Westphal		 Vital Speed 8 10 14
12 Patrick Byrne
Guy Cosmo		 K-PAX Racing 10 11 WD WD 8
13 Bryce Ward Winward Racing 9 DNS 6
14 Greg Liefooghe
Henry Schmitt		 Stephen Cameron Racing 11 Ret 2
Am class
1 Fred Poordad
Max Root		 Wright Motorsports 7 7 8 8 2 2 136
2 John Megrue
Bill Sweedler		 TR3 Racing 6 5 50
3 David Ducote
Alan Metni		 Park Place Motorsports 12 8 36
4 Rich Baek
Mark Issa		 Vital Speed 13 Ret 15
Pos. Driver Team AUS
 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

Teams' championship
Pos. Team Manufacturer AUS
 VIR
 SON
 ELK
 WGL
 IND
 Points
Silver class
1 Racers Edge Motorsports Acura 1 1 2 7 5 1 150
Pro-Am class
1 Squadra Corse Ferrari 4 2 3 3 1 6 113
2 DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG 3 3 4 1 3 4 112
3 Racers Edge Motorsports Acura 5 6 1 2 67
4 GMG Racing Porsche 2 9 DSQ 3 60
5 TR3 Racing Ferrari 6 4 6 7 52
6 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG 9 DNS 7 4 WD WD 30
7 Vital Speed Ferrari 8 10 16
8 K-PAX Racing Bentley 10 11 WD WD 10
9 Stephen Cameron Racing BMW 11 Ret 2
Am class
1 Wright Motorsports Porsche 7 7 8 8 2 2 136
2 TR3 Racing Ferrari 6 5 50
3 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 12 8 36
4 Vital Speed Ferrari 13 Ret 15
Pos. Team Manufacturer AUS
 VIR
 SON
 ELK
 WGL
 IND
 Points

See also

Notes
  1. Car No. 1 entered as Squadra Corse at Round 1 and as TR3 Racing from Round 2 on. Cars No. 24 and 31 entered as TR3 Racing.

References
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