2020 Michelin Pilot Challenge

The 2020 Michelin Pilot Challenge is the twenty-first season of the IMSA SportsCar Challenge and the seventh season organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA).

2020 Michelin Pilot Challenge
Previous: 2019 Next: 2021
Parent series:
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
IMSA Prototype Challenge

Classes
  • Grand Sport (GS) (run to FIA GT4 regulations)
  • Touring Car (TCR)

Calendar

The 2020 schedule was released on 15 May 2020 and features ten rounds.[1]

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date Duration
1 BMW Endurance Challenge at Daytona Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 24 4 Hours
2 TBA Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida July 18 2 Hours
3 Road America 120 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 2 2 Hours
4 TBA Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 23 2 Hours
5 TBA WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California September 6 2 Hours
6 TBA Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio September 27 2 Hours
7 Tioga Downs Casino Resorts 240 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York October 4 4 Hours
8 Fox Factory 120 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 17 2 Hours
9 Lime Rock Park 120 Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut October 31 2 Hours
10 Alan Jay Automotive Network 120 Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida November 14 2 Hours

Entry list

Grand Sport
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Automatic Racing AMR[2] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4[2] 09 Ramin Abdolvahabi[3] 1
Rob Ecklin[3] 1
Brandon Kidd 1
99 Gary Ferrera[4] 1
Kris Wilson[4] 1
Ave Motorsports[3] Audi R8 LMS GT4[3] 2 Mark Brummond[3] 1
Mike Skeen[3] 1
M1 Racing[5] McLaren 570S GT4[5] 3 Corey Lewis[5] 1
Motorsport in Action[6] Sheena Monk[5] 1
Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport[5] Mercedes-AMG GT4[5] 4 Indy Dontje[5] 1
Russell Ward[5] 1
57 Philip Ellis[5] 1
Bryce Ward[5] 1
Archangel Motorsports with VOLT Racing[7] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport[7] 7 Alan Brynjolfsson[7] 1
Trent Hindman[7] 1
McCann Racing[8] Audi R8 LMS GT4[8] 8 Britt Casey Jr.[8] 1
Michael McCann[8] 1
AWA[9] McLaren 570S GT4[9] 13 Orey Fidani[9] 1
Kuno Wittmer[9] 1
Bluff City Racing with Autometrics[10] Mercedes-AMG GT4[10] 14 Dan Clarke[10] 1
Anton Dias Perera[10] 1
Cory Friedman[10] 1
Multimatic Motorsports[5] Ford Mustang GT4[5] 15 Austin Cindric[5] 1
Sebastian Priaulx[5] 1
19 Scott Maxwell[5] 1
Marco Signoretti[5] 1
22 Chase Briscoe[5] 1
Hailie Deegan[5] 1
Ian Lacy Racing[5] Ford Mustang GT4[5] 24 Frank Gannett[5] 1
Drew Staveley[5] 1
Fast Track Racing/Classic BMW[5] BMW M4 GT4[5] 26 Robbie Dalgleish[5] 1
Stevan McAleer[5] 1
Beitske Visser[5] 1
Team Hardpoint[11] Audi R8 LMS GT4[11] 31 Robert Ferriol[11] 1
Spencer Pumpelly[11] 1
Riley Motorsports[12] Mercedes-AMG GT4 35 Jeroen Bleekemolen[12] 1
Jim Cox[12] 1
Dylan Murry[12] 1
BGB Motorsports[5] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport[5] 38 Thomas Collingwood[5] 1
Jan Heylen[5] 1
John Tecce[5] 1
CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing[13] Audi R8 LMS GT4[13] 39 Tyler McQuarrie[13] 1
Jeff Westphal[13] 1
PF Racing[14] Ford Mustang GT4[14] 40 Jade Buford[14] 1
Shane Lewis[14] 1
James Pesek[14] 1
Stephen Cameron Racing[5] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4[5] 43 Ari Balogh[5] 1
Greg Liefooghe[5] 1
Team TGM[15] Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R[15] 46 Hugh Plumb[15] 1
Matt Plumb[15] 1
64 Ted Giovanis[15] 1
Owen Trinkler[15] 1
MMC Motorsport[5] Mercedes-AMG GT4[5] 51 Átila Abreu[5] 1
Leo Sanchez[5] 1
Murillo Racing[5] Mercedes-AMG GT4[5] 56 Eric Foss[5] 1
Jeff Mosing[5] 1
65 Justin Piscitell[5] 1
Brent Mosing[5] 1
Tim Probert[5] 1
KohR Motorsports[5] Ford Mustang GT4[5] 59 Rich Golinello[5] 1
Bob Michaelian[5] 1
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4[16] 60 Kyle Marcelli[16] 1
Nate Stacy[16] 1
Rebel Rock Racing[5] Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R[5] 71 Andrew Davis[5] 1
Frank DePew[5] 1
Robin Liddell[5] 1
BimmerWorld Racing[17] BMW M4 GT4[17] 80 Nick Galante[17] 1
Dillon Machavern[17] 1
82 James Clay[17] 1
Devin Jones[17] 1
Turner Motorsport[18] BMW M4 GT4[18] 95 Connor Bloum[19] 1
Aurora Straus[19] 1
Billy Johnson 1
96 Bill Auberlen[19] 1
Vin Barletta[19] 1
Robby Foley[19] 1
AIM Vasser Sullivan[20] Toyota GR Supra GT4[20] TBA TBA[20] TBA
TBA[20] TBA

Touring Car
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering[21] Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR[21] 5 Roy Block[21] 1
Tim Lewis Jr.[21] 1
Team Prémat[5] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[5] 18 Alexandre Prémat[5] 1
Stephen Vajda[5] 1
Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian[22][23][24] Hyundai Veloster N TCR[22] 21 Harry Gottsacker[22] 1
Mark Wilkins[22] 1
29 Spencer Brockman[24] TBA
Parker Chase[24] TBA
33 Gabby Chaves[23] 1
Ryan Norman[23] 1
98 Mason Filippi[22] 1
Michael Lewis[22] 1
FastMD by Syndicate Racing[25] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[25] 23 Max Faulkner[26] 1
James Vance[25] 1
32 William Tally[25] 1
Mikey Taylor[25] 1
LA Honda World Racing[27] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[27] 37 Shelby Blackstock[27] 1
Chris Miller 1
73 Mike LaMarra[27] 1
Mat Pombo[27] 1
77 Ryan Eversley[27] 1
Taylor Hagler[27] 1
Forty 7 Motorsports[5] Hyundai Veloster N TCR[5] 47 Dario Cangialosi[5] 1
Alex Papadopulos [5] 1
74 AJ Muss[5] 1
Ben Waddell[5] 1
JDC-Miller MotorSports[5] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[5] 54 Michael Johnson[5] 1
Stephen Simpson[5] 1
Road Shagger Racing[28] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[28] 61 Gavin Ernstone[28] 1
Jonathan Morley[28] 1
TWOth Autosport[5] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR[5] 81 Travis Hill[5] 1
Ron Tomlinson[5] 1
Atlanta Speedwerks[5] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[5] 84 Brian Henderson[5] 1
Todd Lamb[5] 1
94 Bryan Ortiz[29] 1
Nikko Reger[29] 1
HART[30] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)[30] 89 Steve Eich[30] 1
Chad Gilsinger[30] 1
Cameron Lawrence[30] 1

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd Circuit GS Winning Car TCR Winning Car
GS Winning Drivers TCR Winning Drivers
1 Daytona No. 35 Riley Motorsports No. 61 Road Shagger Racing
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Jim Cox
Dylan Murry		 Gavin Ernstone
Jonathan Morley
2 Sebring
3 Mid-Ohio
4 Watkins Glen
5 Mosport
6 Lime Rock
7 Road America
8 Virginia
9 Laguna Seca
10 Road Atlanta

Championship standings

Points systems

Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions as shown in the chart below.

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 31+
Race 35 32 30 28 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Team points

Team points are calculated in exactly the same way as driver points, using the point distribution chart. Each car entered is considered its own "team" regardless if it is a single entry or part of a two-car team.

Team's Championships

Grand Sport
Pos. Team Car DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS LIM ROA VIR LGA ATL Points
1 #35 Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT4 1 35
2 #57 Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 2 32
3 #4 Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 3 30
4 #39 CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 4 28
5 #60 KohR Motorsports Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 5 26
6 #82 BimmerWorld Racing BMW M4 GT4 6 25
7 #43 Stephen Cameron Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 7 24
8 #56 Murillo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 8 23
9 #31 Team Hardpoint Audi R8 LMS GT4 9 22
10 #8 McCann Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 10 21
11 #40 PF Racing Ford Mustang GT4 11 20
12 #24 Ian Lacy Racing Ford Mustang GT4 12 19
13 #71 Rebel Rock Racing Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R 13 18
14 #64 Team TGM Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R 14 17
15 #99 Automatic Racing AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 15 16
16 #38 BGB Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport 16 15
17 #09 Automatic Racing AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 17 14
18 #3 M1 Racing McLaren 570S GT4 18 13
19 #80 BimmerWorld Racing BMW M4 GT4 19 12
20 #51 MMC Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 20 11
21 #14 Bluff City Racing with Autometrics Mercedes-AMG GT4 21 10
22 #26 Fast Track Racing/Classic BMW BMW M4 GT4 22 9
23 #7 Archangel Motorsports with VOLT Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport 23 8
24 #19 Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 24 7
25 #65 Murillo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 25 6
26 #13 AWA McLaren 570S GT4 26 5
27 #59 KohR Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 27 4
28 #95 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 28 3
29 #22 Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 29 2
30 #15 Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 30 1
31 #96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 31 0
32 #46 Team TGM Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R 32 0
33 #2 Ave Motorsports Audi R8 LMS GT4 33 0
Pos. Team Car DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS LIM ROA VIR LGA ATL Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

Touring Car
Pos. Team Car DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS LIM ROA VIR LGA ATL Points
1 #61 Road Shagger Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 1 35
2 #32 FastMD by Syndicate Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 2 32
3 #54 JDC-Miller MotorSports Audi RS3 LMS TCR 3 30
4 #98 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Hyundai Veloster N TCR 4 28
5 #33 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Hyundai Veloster N TCR 5 26
6 #21 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Hyundai Veloster N TCR 6 25
7 #81 TWOth Autosport Audi RS3 LMS TCR 7 24
8 #73 LA Honda World Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 8 23
9 #74 Forty 7 Motorsports Hyundai Veloster N TCR 9 22
10 #84 Atlanta Speedwerks Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 10 21
11 #23 FastMD by Syndicate Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 11 20
12 #77 LA Honda World Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 12 19
13 #5 KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 13 18
14 #18 Team Prémat Audi RS3 LMS TCR 14 17
15 #94 Atlanta Speedwerks Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 15 16
16 #47 Forty 7 Motorsports Hyundai Veloster N TCR 16 15
17 #89 HART Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 17 14
18 #37 LA Honda World Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 18 13
Pos. Team Car DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS LIM ROA VIR LGA ATL Points

Manufacturer's Championships

Grand Sport
Pos. Manufacturer DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS LIM ROA VIR LGA ATL Points
1 Mercedes-AMG 1 35
2 Audi 4 32
3 Aston Martin 5 30
4 BMW 6 28
5 Ford 11 26
6 Chevrolet 13 25
7 Porsche 16 24
8 McLaren 18 23
Pos. Manufacturer DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS LIM ROA VIR LGA ATL Points

Touring Car
Pos. Manufacturer DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS LIM ROA VIR LGA ATL Points
1 Audi 1 35
2 Hyundai 4 32
3 Honda 8 30
4 Alfa Romeo 13 28
Pos. Manufacturer DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS LIM ROA VIR LGA ATL Points

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