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.

Calendar

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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   Circuit of the Americas, Elroy, Texas 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

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Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
  GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 2   Jason Bell 1–4
32   Kyle Washington Ti 2
57   Stu Frederick Iron 1–3
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 14   James Sofronas Ti 4
  Daskalos Motorsports Audi R8 LMS Ultra 27   Jason Daskalos 2, 4
  TR3 Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 31   Mark Issa 3–4
  ATech Design Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 54   Karl Leinsing Ti 1
  311RS Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 311   Ryan Gates 1–4
Sources:[2]
Icon Class
Ti Titanium Cup
Iron Iron Cup

Race results

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Round Circuit Pole position Overall Winner Titanium Winner Iron Winner
1 R1   Virginia   No. 311 311RS Motorsport   No. 311 311RS Motorsport   No. 54 Karl Leinsing No Finishers
  Ryan Gates   Ryan Gates
R2   No. 311 311RS Motorsport   No. 311 311RS Motorsport   No. 54 Karl Leinsing   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   No. 31 TR3 Racing   No. 311 311RS Motorsport No Entries   No. 57 GMG Racing
  Mark Issa   Ryan Gates   Stu Frederick
R2   No. 31 TR3 Racing   No. 31 TR3 Racing   No. 57 GMG Racing
  Mark Issa   Mark Issa   Stu Frederick
4 R1   Austin   No. 14 GMG Racing   No. 27 Daskalos Motorsports   No. 14 GMG Racing No Entries
  James Sofronas   Jason Daskalos   James Sofronas
R2   No. 27 Daskalos Motorsports   No. 31 TR3 Racing No Starters
  Jason Daskalos   Mark Issa
5 R1   Indianapolis No Entries
R2

Championship standings

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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

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Overall

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Pos. Driver Team VIR
 
SON
 
ELK
 
AUS
 
IND
 
Points
1   Ryan Gates   311RS Motorsport 1 1 2 2 1 2 129
2   Jason Bell   GMG Racing 2 2 3 3 3 4 93
3   Stu Frederick   GMG Racing Ret 3 4 4 4 3 66
4   Jason Daskalos   Daskalos Motorsport 1 1 50
5   Mark Issa   TR3 Racing 2 1 43
6   Karl Leinsing   ATech Design 3 4 27
7   Kyle Washington   GMG Racing 5 5 20
Pos. Driver Team VIR
 
SON
 
ELK
 
AUS
 
IND
 
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Titanium Cup

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

Iron Cup

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Pos. Driver Team VIR
 
SON
 
ELK
 
AUS
 
IND
 
Points
1   Stu Frederick   GMG Racing Ret 3 4 4 4 3 125
Pos. Driver Team VIR
 
SON
 
ELK
 
AUS
 
IND
 
Points

See also

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References

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  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. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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