2024 Porsche Carrera Cup North America

The 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup North America, known as the 2024 Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America for sponsorship reasons, will be the fourth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup North America. It will begin on March 13 at Sebring International Raceway and end on October 20 at Circuit of the Americas.

Calendar

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The calendar was released on October 23, 2023, featuring eight rounds. The rounds at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and the Grand Prix of Long Beach were dropped in favor of a round at the Canadian Grand Prix, alongside a return to Road Atlanta.[1] A new sub-championship, dubbed the ANDIAL Cup, was introduced at the IMSA-supporting rounds.[2]

Round Circuit Date
1   Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida March 13–15
2   Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida May 3–5
3   Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec June 7–9
4   Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York June 20–22
5   Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 2–4
6   Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana September 20–22
7   Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia October 9–11
8   Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas October 18–20
  Race is part of ANDIAL Cup

Series news

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  • Following three years of competition using Michelin tires, Yokohama became the official tire supplier ahead of the 2024 season.[3]

Entry list

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Team No. Driver Rounds
Pro Class
  ACI Motorsports 2   Jimmy Llibre 1–6
15   Yves Baltas[4] 6
  JDX Racing[5] 4   Elias De La Torre IV[5] 1–6
9   Zachary Vanier[5] 1–6
82   Madeline Stewart[5] 1–6
98   Alex Sedgwick[5] 1–6
  Momentop FMS Motorsport x RGB Racing 5   Ángel Benítez 1–4, 6
91   Michael Verhagen 2
  McCann Racing 8   Michael McCann[6] 1–4
  Kellymoss[7] 5–6
24   Loek Hartog[7] 1–6
85   Jake Pedersen[8] 2–6
  GMG Racing 15   Yves Baltas[4] 5
  MDK Motorsports[4][9] 1–4
20   Gustav Burton[10] 1–3
37   Sabré Cook[10] 1–4
64   Dan Clarke[10] 1–4
  Era Motorsport[11] 37   Sabré Cook[11] 5–6
64   Dan Clarke[11] 5–6
  Topp Racing Performance 77   Colin Kaminsky 1–6
78   Ryan Yardley 1–6
  Rearden Racing 85   Jake Pedersen 1
  Baby Bull Racing 88   Michael Cooper 1–6
  McElrea Racing[12] TBA   TBA TBC
Pro-Am Class
  GMG Racing 3   Ofir Levy 2–3
14   James Sofronas 1–3, 5
  Forward Motorsport 11   Peter Ludwig 1–4
  ACI Motorsports 16   Pedro Torres 1, 4–6
26   Roberto Tutino 1–5
84   Marco Cirone 1–6
  Kellymoss[13] 23   Jordan Wallace[14] 1–6
65   Efrin Castro 1–6
99   Alan Metni 1–6
  Baby Bull Racing 44   Moisey Uretsky 1–6
  Topp Racing Performance 56   Jeff Mosing 1–6
  Momentop FMS Motorsport x RGB Racing 27   Stanislav Minskiy 6
66   David Tuaty 2
91   Javier Ripoll Sanchez 1, 4, 6
  Andre Renha Fernandes[15] 3
  BGB Motorsports 69   Thomas Collingwood 1–2
  MDK Motorsports[10][9] 74   Kenton King[10][11] 1–4
  Era Motorsport[11] 5
Masters Class
  MGM Racing 10   Jody Miller 4–5
  Kellymoss[13] 13   Todd Parriott 1, 5–6
57   John Goetz 1–6
68   Chris Bellomo 1–6
  ACI Motorsports 18   Richard Edge 1, 4–6
19   Tom Balames 1–2, 4–5
55   Matt Halcome 1–6
  Alegra Motorsports, LLC 22   Carlos de Quesada 1–5
  GMG Racing 32   Kyle Washington 1–3, 5
  MDK Motorsports[10][9] 43   Mark Kvamme[10] 1–4
46   Naveen Rao 1
  Ruckus Racing 45   Scott Blind 1–2, 4–6

Results

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Winning Pro-Am Winning Masters
1   Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida March 13–15   Loek Hartog   Loek Hartog   Loek Hartog   Kellymoss   James Sofronas   Matt Halcome
2   Gustav Burton   Loek Hartog   Gustav Burton   MDK Motorsports   Alan Metni   Matt Halcome
3   Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida May 5–7   Alex Sedgwick   Gustav Burton   Loek Hartog   Kellymoss   Efrin Castro   Mark Kvamme
4   Alex Sedgwick   Loek Hartog   Zachary Vanier   JDX Racing   Moisey Uretsky   Mark Kvamme
5   Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec June 7–9   Loek Hartog   Yves Baltas   Yves Baltas   MDK Motorsports   James Sofronas   Matt Halcome
6   Loek Hartog   Michael Cooper   Loek Hartog   Kellymoss   Moisey Uretsky   Matt Halcome
7   Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York June 20–22   Ryan Yardley   Ryan Yardley   Ryan Yardley   Topp Racing Performance   Alan Metni   Richard Edge
8   Alex Sedgwick   Jimmy Llibre   Alex Sedgwick   JDX Racing   Pedro Torres   Richard Edge
9   Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 2–4   Loek Hartog   Loek Hartog   Loek Hartog   Kellymoss   Pedro Torres   Chris Bellomo
10   Loek Hartog   Loek Hartog   Loek Hartog   Kellymoss   James Sofronas   Chris Bellomo
11   Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana September 20–22   Loek Hartog   Loek Hartog   Loek Hartog   Kellymoss   Alan Metni   Scott Blind
12   Loek Hartog   Loek Hartog   Loek Hartog   Kellymoss   Alan Metni   Richard Edge
13   Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia October 9–11
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15   Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas October 18–20
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Championship standings

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Points system

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Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions in the race as shown in the chart below.[16]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th  Pole   FL 
Points 25 20 17 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 1

For the Pro-Am and Masters championships, the lowest two race results before the final round are dropped. All pole position and fastest lap points are retained.

Driver's Championship

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Pos. Driver SEB
 
MIA
 
CGV
 
WGL
 
ROA
 
IMS
 
ATL
 
COT
 
Points
Overall
1   Loek Hartog 1 3 1 7 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 221
2   Alex Sedgwick 4 5 15 2 4 4 6 1 2 6 3 2 146
3   Ryan Yardley 3 2 35 3 9 26 1 3 4 4 2 5 134
4   Zachary Vanier 7 12 2 1 7 5 5 4 14 2 5 18 127
5   Michael Cooper 6 6 3 5 3 3 4 7 30 10 4 10 113
6   Yves Baltas 9 10 7 8 1 2 9 11 11 12 27 17 97
7   Dan Clarke 8 9 4 29 5 30 3 5 6 3 6 3 97
8   Elias De La Torre 11 11 5 6 11 9 12 8 5 9 12 6 75
9   Michael McCann 13 4 6 27 6 7 10 12 8 7 8 7 73
10   Jimmy Llibre 10 8 34 9 10 10 20 6 3 5 26 4 72
11   Gustav Burton 2 1 18 4 WD WD 62
12   Colin Kaminsky 5 7 9 13 12 29 7 9 18 8 7 13 59
13   Sabré Cook 14 13 8 10 25 8 8 10 9 32 9 8 48
14   Ángel Benítez 12 24 21 11 8 6 33 34 DNS 27 27
15   Jake Pedersen 33 14 10 12 18 11 11 28 28 21 10 9 22
16   Madeline Stewart 17 40 16 36 17 13 16 29 7 11 15 11 17
17   Pedro Torres 18 19 15 13 10 14 21 26 12
18   Moisey Uretsky 32 22 14 14 14 12 17 32 25 15 14 16 11
19   Marco Cirone 16 16 17 17 16 14 18 14 12 17 22 15 8
20   James Sofronas 15 28 23 32 13 27 15 13 8
21   Efrin Castro 35 35 11 16 30 19 14 31 20 16 13 19 7
22   Jordan Wallace 25 20 12 33 15 20 28 18 27 25 16 14 5
23   Alan Metni 40 15 19 35 19 16 13 27 29 27 11 12 4
24   Jeff Mosing 19 38 22 18 24 18 30 26 13 20 23 23 3
25   Michael Verhagen 13 34 3
26   Kenton King 36 17 20 15 23 25 34 15 31 28 2
27   Matt Halcome 20 21 32 23 20 15 23 19 19 19 24 21 1
28   Richard Edge 22 36 22 16 17 22 20 20 0
29   Chris Bellomo 21 31 25 25 21 32 27 30 16 18 18 28 0
30   Roberto Tutino 28 39 28 21 31 17 19 33 DNS DNS 0
31   Mark Kvamme 29 37 24 19 27 24 25 17 0
32   Peter Ludwig 23 18 29 28 28 21 21 21 0
33   Jody Miller 24 20 24 31 0
34   Scott Blind 30 26 33 20 29 25 22 23 17 22 0
35   John Goetz 24 27 36 22 32 28 26 22 21 24 19 24 0
36   Kyle Washington 26 25 WD WD 22 22 23 29 0
37   Carlos de Quesada 38 23 31 31 26 23 31 23 DNS DNS 0
38   Tom Balames 37 34 30 26 32 24 32 30 0
39   Ofir Levy 27 24 WD WD 0
40   Todd Parriott 34 32 26 26 28 29 0
41   Thomas Collingwood 27 29 26 30 0
42   Andre Renha Fernandes 29 31 0
43   Javier Ripoll Sanchez 39 30 WD WD 25 25 0
44   Naveen Rao 31 33 0
45   David Tuaty DNS DNS 0
46   Stanislav Minskiy DNS DNS 0
Pro-Am
1   Marco Cirone 16 16 17 17 16 14 18 14 136
2   Moisey Uretsky 32 22 14 14 14 12 17 32 123
3   Alan Metni 40 15 19 35 19 16 13 27 111
4   Efrin Castro 35 35 11 16 30 19 14 31 106
5   Jordan Wallace 25 20 12 33 15 20 28 18 102
6   Kenton King 36 17 20 15 23 25 34 15 91
7   Jeff Mosing 19 38 22 18 24 18 30 26 79
8   James Sofronas 15 28 23 32 13 27 77
9   Peter Ludwig 23 18 29 28 28 21 21 21 76
10   Pedro Torres 18 19 15 13 73
11   Roberto Tutino 28 39 28 21 31 17 19 33 55
12   Thomas Collingwood 27 29 26 30 27
13   Ofir Levy 27 24 15
14   Naveen Rao 31 33 12
15   Andre Renha Fernandes 29 31 12
16   Javier Ripoll Sanchez 39 30 9
Masters
1   Matt Halcome 20 21 32 23 20 15 23 19 175
2   Mark Kvamme 29 37 24 19 27 24 25 17 132
3   Chris Bellomo 21 31 25 25 21 32 27 30 117
4   Carlos de Quesada 38 23 31 31 26 23 31 23 96
5   John Goetz 24 27 36 22 32 28 26 22 93
6   Richard Edge 22 36 22 16 77
7   Scott Blind 30 26 33 20 29 25 76
8   Kyle Washington 26 25 WD WD 22 22 60
9   Tom Balames 37 34 30 26 32 24 51
10   Jody Miller 24 20 31
11   Todd Parriott 34 32 17
12   David Tuaty 37 37 0
Pos. Driver SEB
 
MIA
 
CGV
 
WGL
 
ROA
 
IMS
 
ATL
 
COT
 
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • Bold - Pole position
  • Italics - Fastest lap

References

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  16. ^ 2024 IMSA SPORTING REGULATIONS and SSR PCCNA Blackline 022824
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