The 2024 Indianapolis 8 Hours (also known as the Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth running of the Indianapolis 8 Hour. It took place from October 4–6 2024. The race was the fourth and final round of the 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge and the seventh and final round 2024 GT World Challenge America championships.
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| Round 4 of 4 in the 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 5 October 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge | |||||||||||||
| Location | Speedway, Indiana, United States | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |||||||||||||
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Background
editThe 2024 edition was open only to cars within GT3 regulations. GT4 cars, which had appeared in the first two races, were dropped from the race in an effort to reduce incidents caused by multi-class racing.[1]
Supporting the race weekend were the Pirelli GT4 America Series, the TC America Series, and the GT America Series.[2]
Entry list
editRace Result
editClass winners denoted with bold and ‡.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team / Entrant | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Retired |
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| 1 | Pro | 31 |  Team WRT
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Charles Weerts Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor
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BMW M4 GT3 | 320 | 8:00:17.640‡ |
| 2 | Pro | 120 |  Wright Motorsports
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Adam Adelson Elliot Skeer Laurin Heinrich
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Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 320 | +0.260 |
| 3 | Pro | 130 |  Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
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Maro Engel Jules Gounon Mikael Grenier
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Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 320 | +20.886 |
| 4 | Pro | 93 | Racers Edge Motorsports
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Luca Mars Zach Veach Gabby Chaves
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Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 | 320 | +53.149 |
| 5 | Pro | 63 | DXDT Racing
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Tommy Milner Alec Udell Alexander Sims
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Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R | 320 | +1:09.880 |
| 6 | Pro | 85 | RennSport1
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Trent Hindman Jake Pedersen Kay van Berlo
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Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 320 | +1:10.569 |
| 7 | Pro-Am | 10 | Herberth Motorsport
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Antares Au Loek Hartog Patric Niederhauser
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Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 319 | +1 Lap‡ |
| 8 | Pro-Am | 29 | Turner Motorsport
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Robby Foley Justin Rothberg Patrick Gallagher
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BMW M4 GT3 | 318 | +2 Laps |
| 9 | Pro-Am | 91 | DXDT Racing
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Jeff Burton Elias Seppänen Philip Ellis
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Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 317 | +3 Laps |
| 10 | Pro-Am | 163 |  AF Corse
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 Oswaldo Negri Jr. Jay Schreibman Toni Vilander
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Ferrari 296 GT3 | 317 | +3 Laps |
| 11 | Pro | 28 | ST Racing
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Bill Auberlen Varun Choksey Philipp Eng
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BMW M4 GT3 | 316 | +4 Laps |
| 12 | Pro-Am | 21 | Car Collection Motorsport
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Alex Fontana Yannick Mettler 'Hash'
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Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 315 | +5 Laps |
| 13 | Pro | 4 | Mercedes-AMG Team Lone Star Racing
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 Alex Palou Fabian Schiller Luca Stolz
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Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 309 | +11 Laps |
| 14 | Pro-Am | 64 | DXDT Racing
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Bryan Sellers Patrick Liddy Blake McDonald
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Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R | 308 | +12 Laps |
| 15 | Pro-Am | 88 | AF Corse
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Riccardo Agostini Custodio Toledo Cedric Sbirrazzuoli
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Ferrari 296 GT3 | 289 | +31 Laps |
| 16 | Pro-Am | 61 |  Earl Bamber Motorsport
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 Bastian Buus Adrian D'Silva Brendon Leitch
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Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 288 | +32 Laps |
| 17 | Pro-Am | 8 | Flying Lizard Motorsports
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Andy Lee Elias Sabo Nick Yelloly
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BMW M4 GT3 | 284 | +36 Laps |
| 18 | Pro | 33 | Team WRT
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Augusto Farfus Maxime Martin Charles Weerts
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BMW M4 GT3 | 280 | +40 Laps |
| 19 | Pro-Am | 38 | ST Racing
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Neil Verhagen Samantha Tan Jake Walker
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BMW M4 GT3 | 278 | +42 Laps |
| 20 | Pro-Am | 75 |  SunEnergy1 Racing
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Lucas Auer Kenny Habul Jayden Ojeda
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Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 251 | Rear Axle |
| 21 | Pro | 99 | Random Vandals Racing
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Kenton Koch Conor Daly Connor De Phillippi
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BMW M4 GT3 | 213 | Fuel Pump |
| 22 | Pro-Am | 888 | Triple Eight JMR
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Prince Jefri Ibrahim Arjun Maini Jordan Love
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Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 143 | Mechanical |
| 23 | Pro-Am | 32 | GMG Racing
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Tom Sargent Kyle Washington Ayhancan Güven
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Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 136 | Steering |
| NC | Pro-Am | 50 | Chouest Povoledo Racing
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Ross Chouest Aaron Povoledo
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Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 0 | Did not start |
| NC | Pro-Am | 92 | Montreal Motorsport Group
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Jean-Frédéric Laberge Kyle Marcelli
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Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 0 | Did not start |
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References
edit- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (July 5, 2022). "Silver Driver Required in Each Top Category Lineup at Indy 8H". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ "EVENT SCHEDULE" (PDF). Retrieved December 6, 2024.
- ^ "Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS - INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR presented by AWS Provisional Entry List" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
- ^ "IGTC Indianapolis 8 Hour Race Provisional" (PDF). sportscar365.com. October 5, 2024. Retrieved December 6, 2024.