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2024 TC America Series

The 2024 TC America Series Powered by Skip Barber Racing School was the sixth season of the TC America Series. The season began at Sonoma on April 5, 2024, and ended at Indianapolis on October 6.

Calendar

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The preliminary calendar was released on July 1, 2023, featuring 14 races across seven rounds.[1] On July 17, the VIR round was moved from June 15–16 to July 19–21, to avoid a clash with the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[2] An additional change was announced on September 7, with Barber Motorsports Park returning to the schedule for the first time since 2016 and Sebring replaced NOLA Motorsports Park.[3]

Round Circuit Date
1   Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California April 5–7
2   Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida May 3–5
3   Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas May 17–19
4   Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia July 19–21
5   Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 16–18
6   Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama September 6–8
7   Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana October 5–8

Entry list

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Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
TCX entries
  LA Honda World Racing[4] Acura Integra Type S TCX 7   Mario Biundo[4] 1, 3
73   Mike Lamarra[4] 1, 3
  Rigid Speed Company[5] BMW M2 CS Racing 16   Joseph Catania[5] 1–3
17   Lucas Catania[5] 1–3
  Kaplan Racing Systems[5] BMW M2 CS Racing 18   Aaron Kaplan[5] 1–3, 5–7
  Skip Barber Racing School[6] Acura Integra Type S TCX 19   Cooper Broll[7] All
22   Celso Neto[6] All
  Fast Track Racing[8] BMW M2 CS Racing 23   Cameron Stellar[9] 7
29   Nick Roberts[8] 3
  Racers Edge Motorsports[10] Acura Integra Type S TCX 39   Christopher DeFreitas[10] 1–2, 4–7
  Carrus Callas Raceteam[11] BMW M2 CS Racing 104   Chris Walsh[11] All
TC entries
  DRS[5] Honda Civic Type-R TC 11   Kris Valdez[5] 1, 3, 7
  MINI JCW Team[12] Mini JCW Pro TC 37   Cristian Perocarpi[12] All
66   Scott Thomson[12] All
  FTG Racing[5] Mazda 3 71   Joey Jordan[5] 1–4
  Ricca Autosport[5] Hyundai Elantra N TC 75   Connor Attrell[13] 5, 7
76   Ron Zaras[14] 4, 6
  Vin Anatra[13] 5, 7
77   Ruben Iglesias Jr[5] 1–5
  Ron Zaras[9] 7
78   Jeff Ricca[5] All
780   Sally McNulty[5] All
  HART Alabama[15] Honda Civic Type-R TC 93   Karl Hertel[15] 2
TCA entries
  Ascent Racing[5] Honda Civic Si (FE1) 9   Maddy Lemke[5] 1–4, 6
  Skip Barber Racing School[16] Honda Civic Si (FE1) 14   Alex Garcia[16] 2–7
  MINI JCW Team[12][17] Mini JCW 62   P.J. Groenke[12] All
63   Alan Grossberg[17] 2–4
  Bruce Myrehn[13] 5, 7
64   Alain Lauziere[9] 7
65   Andy Sellers[9] 7
  HART Alabama[18] Honda Civic Si (FE1) 93   Karl Hertel[18] 6
Source:[19][20][21][22][23][24][25]

Race results

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Bold indicates overall winner

Round Circuit Pole position TCX Winners TC Winners TCA Winners Results
1 R1   Sonoma   #17 Rigid Speed Company   #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam   #78 Ricca Autosport   #62 MINI JCW Team Report
  Lucas Catania   Chris Walsh   Jeff Ricca   P.J. Groenke
R2   #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam   #77 Ricca Autosport   #62 MINI JCW Team Report
  Chris Walsh   Ruben Iglesias Jr   P.J. Groenke
2 R1   Sebring   #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam   #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam   #78 Ricca Autosport   #62 MINI JCW Team Report
  Chris Walsh   Chris Walsh   Jeff Ricca   P.J. Groenke
R2   #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam   #78 Ricca Autosport   #14 Skip Barber Racing School Report
  Chris Walsh   Jeff Ricca   Alex Garcia
3 R1   Austin   #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam   #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam   #78 Ricca Autosport   #62 MINI JCW Team Report
  Chris Walsh   Chris Walsh   Jeff Ricca   P.J. Groenke
R2   #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam   #77 Ricca Autosport   #14 Skip Barber Racing School Report
  Chris Walsh   Ruben Iglesias Jr   Alex Garcia
4 R1   Virginia   #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam   #22 Skip Barber Racing School   #78 Ricca Autosport   #14 Skip Barber Racing School Report
  Chris Walsh   Celso Neto   Jeff Ricca   Alex Garcia
R2   #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam   #37 MINI JCW Team   #14 Skip Barber Racing School Report
  Chris Walsh   Cristian Perocarpi   Alex Garcia
5 R1   Road America   #22 Skip Barber Racing School   #22 Skip Barber Racing School   #37 MINI JCW Team   #62 MINI JCW Team Report
  Celso Neto   Celso Neto   Cristian Perocarpi   P.J. Groenke
R2   #22 Skip Barber Racing School   #37 MINI JCW Team   #62 MINI JCW Team Report
  Celso Neto   Cristian Perocarpi   P.J. Groenke
6 R1   Barber   #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam   #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam   #76 Ricca Autosport   #62 MINI JCW Team Report
  Chris Walsh   Chris Walsh   Jeff Ricca   P.J. Groenke
R2   #22 Skip Barber Racing School   #76 Ricca Autosport   #93 HART Alabama Report
  Celso Neto   Jeff Ricca   Karl Hertel
7 R1   Indianapolis   #22 Skip Barber Racing School   #22 Skip Barber Racing School   #78 Ricca Autosport   #62 MINI JCW Team Report
  Celso Neto   Celso Neto   Jeff Ricca   P.J. Groenke
R2   #22 Skip Barber Racing School   #75 Ricca Autosport   #14 Skip Barber Racing School Report
  Celso Neto   Connor Attrell   Alex Garcia

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' championship

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Pos. Driver Team SON

 

SEB

 

AUS

 

VIR

 

ELK

 

BAR

 

IMS

 

Points
TCX
1   Chris Walsh   Carrus Callas Raceteam 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 308
2   Celso Neto   Skip Barber Racing School 3 4 3 4 18 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 259
3   Cooper Broll   Skip Barber Racing School 5 6 7 11 Ret 5 5 5 7 11 3 7 12 4 146
4   Aaron Kaplan   Kaplan Racing Systems 7 7 5 3 3 4 Ret WD 4 3 4 5 113
5   Lucas Catania   Rigid Speed Company 2 2 2 2 2 2 108
6   Christopher DeFreitas   Racers Edge Motorsports 9 10 8 Ret 6 7 Ret WD 9 6 9 5 10 6 107
7   Joseph Catania   Rigid Speed Company 6 5 4 10 DNS WD 40
8   Mike Lamarra   LA Honda World Racing 4 3 4 DNS 39
9   Cameron Steller   Fast Track Racing 3 3 30
10   Mario Biundo   LA Honda World Racing 16 13 10 6 18
11   Nick Roberts   Fast Track Racing 5 Ret 10
TC
1   Jeff Ricca   Ricca Autosport 8 18 6 5 7 Ret 3 4 4 4 5 4 5 18 266
2   Cristian Perocarpi   MINI JCW Team DNS 14 9 7 19 10 4 3 3 3 6 Ret Ret 19 179
3   Sally McNulty   Ricca Autosport 10 11 11 8 11 11 9 12 5 5 7 6 11 11 178
4   Ruben Iglesias Jr.   Ricca Autosport 13 8 10 6 8 8 6 6 Ret WD 141
5   Scott Thomson   MINI JCW Team 14 15 13 12 12 16 8 7 6 8 8 8 Ret 10 135
6   Joey Jordan   FTG Racing 11 9 12 9 9 9 DNS DNS 86
7   Kris Valdez   DRS 12 12 13 17 11 DNS 9 12 58
8   Ron Zaras   Ricca Autosport 7 8 7 8 55
9   Connor Attrell   Ricca Autosport 10 Ret 6 7 51
10   Vin Anatra   Ricca Autosport 8 7 8 9 49
TCA
1   P.J. Groenke   MINI JCW Team 15 16 14 14 14 13 12 10 11 9 10 10 14 13 308
2   Alex Garcia   Skip Barber Racing School DNS 13 15 12 10 9 13 Ret 11 11 13 14 209
3   Maddy Lemke   Ascent Racing 17 17 15 15 16 14 WD WD 99
4   Alan Grossberg   MINI JCW Team 16 16 17 15 Ret 11 66
5   Bruce Myrehn   MINI JCW Team 12 10 16 15 63
6   Karl Hertel   HART Alabama 12 9 40
7   Alain Lauziere   MINI JCW Team 15 16 27
8   Andy Sellers   MINI JCW Team 17 17 20
Pos. Driver Team SON

 

SEB

 

AUS

 

VIR

 

ELK

 

BAR

 

IMS

 

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


References

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