2020 GT World Challenge America
The 2020 GT World Challenge America powered by AWS will be the fourteenth of the United States Auto Club's World Challenge championship, and the third one under SRO ownership.
2020 GT World Challenge America | |||
Previous: | 2019 | Next: | 2021 |
Pirelli GT4 America Series TC America Series GT Sports Club America |
Calendar
At the annual press conference at the 2019 24 Hours of Spa, SRO Motorsports Group released the first draft calendar.[1] It showed that the round at Las Vegas Motor Speedway had been replaced by the new Indianapolis 8 Hours, while the date for the Circuit of the Americas round was unconfirmed.
A second draft calendar was released on 25 October which saw the round at COTA dropped from the schedule.[2] The final calendar was released on 8 November with the round at COTA returning to the schedule, while the Indianapolis 8 Hours became non-points round.[3]
A third draft calendar was released on 6 May which saw the round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park dropped because of provincial regulations following the coronavirus pandemic. The six-round schedule also saw the Alton, Virginia round rescheduled, and the Indianapolis 8 Hours sporting regulations were changed where it would be a championship round, but only the results after three hours will count towards GT World Challenge America points. [4]
Round | Circuit | Date |
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1 | 7–8 March | |
2 | 9–12 July | |
3 | 8–9 August | |
4 | 29–30 August | |
5 | 19–20 September | |
6 | 4 October | |
Changes
- The rounds at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park was dropped from the schedule.
- The Indianapolis 8 Hours will be run with the first three hours counting for series points.
Entry List
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Race results
Bold indicates the overall winner
Round | Circuit | Pole position | Silver Winners | Pro-Am Winners | Am Winners | |
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1 | R1 | |||||
R2 | ||||||
2 | R1 | |||||
R2 | ||||||
3 | R1 | |||||
R2 | ||||||
4 | R1 | |||||
R2 | ||||||
5 | R1 | |||||
R2 | ||||||
6 | ||||||
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 |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Driver's championships
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Bold – Pole |
Notes:
The first three hours of the Indianapolis endurance race will count as one round. It replaces the Mosport Victoria Day races cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Team's championships
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | AUS |
VIR |
SON |
ELK |
WGL |
IND† |
Points | |||||||
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Silver Cup | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Acura | 1 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||||
Pro-Am Cup | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Ferrari | 4 | 2 | 40 | ||||||||||||
2 | Porsche | 2 | 8 | 37 | ||||||||||||
3 | Mercedes-AMG | 3 | 3 | 36 | ||||||||||||
4 | Ferrari | 6 | 4 | 25 | ||||||||||||
5 | Acura | 5 | 9 | 22 | ||||||||||||
6 | Ferrari | 8 | 10 | 16 | ||||||||||||
7 | Bentley | 10 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||||||
8 | Mercedes-AMG | 9 | DNS | 6 | ||||||||||||
9 | BMW | 11 | Ret | 2 | ||||||||||||
Am Cup | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Porsche | 7 | 6 | 50 | ||||||||||||
2 | Porsche | 12 | 7 | 36 | ||||||||||||
3 | Ferrari | 13 | Ret | 15 | ||||||||||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | AUS |
VIR |
SON |
ELK |
WGL |
IND† |
Points |
Notes:
† Only the first three hours will count towards points at Indianapolis. It is unknown at this time if double points to replace Mosport will be used since this will be one continuous race instead of two separate races.
See also
References
- Lloyd, Daniel (26 July 2019). "SRO America Schedules Released; Indy Round Added". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- Dagys, John (25 October 2019). "SRO America Confirms Reduced Six-Round Schedule for 2020". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- Myrehn, Ryan (8 November 2019). "COTA Back on 2020 Schedule; Indy 8H Becomes Optional". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- "SRO America Restart Slated for July at VIRginia International Raceway". SRO.
- Dagys, John (18 February 2020). "Dalziel, Askew Return to DXDT in Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- Dagys, John (11 February 2020). "Kurtz, Braun Return to DXDT in Expanded CrowdStrike Program". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- Kilshaw, Jake (5 February 2020). "Vital Speed Ferrari Return; Westphal Joins Team". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- Dagys, John (9 January 2020). "Cosmo, Byrne Set for K-PAX Bentley Pro-Am Effort". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- Dagys, John (13 January 2020). "HTP Winward Set for 50+ Races in Global Program". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- "Racers Edge confirms GT3 Pro/Am title defense". racer.com. RACER Magazine. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.