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North American GT Championship

Country	United States
Inaugural season	2020
Folded	2020
Tire suppliers	Michelin
Last Drivers' champion	GTE: Antonio García Jordan Taylor GT3: Mario Farnbacher Matt McMurry GT4: Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr
Last Makes' champion	GTE: Chevrolet GT3: Dodge GT4: Chevrolet
Last Teams' champion	GTE: Corvette Racing GT3: Meyer Shank Racing GT4: Whelen Engineering Racing

The 2020 North American GT Championship was the first and only season of the fictional American sports car racing series organized by the Association for Worldwide Motorsport (AWM). The series began its inaugural season in 2020, folding at the end of the season to make way for future events on the calendar. All races were run in the form of 2:40 sprint races.

The season was set to begin on August 9th at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and end on November 8th at Sebring International Raceway.

History

The competition was born in late 2019 as the AWM looked to expand into their home market of the United States. In June 2020, the series was announced to be streamed live on the AWM's YouTube channel, barring the final round at Sebring. This would be broadcast on YouTube TV, featured on tape delay on the aforementioned channel.

The series was initially announced to have a length of 22 races, but was shortened to 14 races due to dwindling entries and the association's financial difficulties.

Class structure

There were three classes in the series, all of which consisted of grand tourer-style cars.

• GTE: A class featuring cars built to the ACO's GTE specifications.
• GT3: A class featuring cars built to FIA GT3 specifications.
• GT4: A class featuring cars built to the FIA's GT4 specifications.

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  The Ford GTE in a promotional photoshoot at the car's launch
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  A GT3-class Cadillac ATS-V.R in 2014
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  A GT4-class Chevy Camaro at Zolder in 2018

Schedule

The updated schedule features 14 rounds, down from the initial number of 22. The rounds at Summit Point, Lime Rock, Birmingham, Kansas, New Jersey, Charlotte, Watkins Glen, and Homestead were cancelled.

Rnd.	Race	Classes	Circuit	Location	Date
1	The Curtain Raiser presented by Nationwide Insurance	All	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Troy Township, Ohio	August 9th
2	GM Sports Car Challenge	GTE, GT3	The Raceway on Belle Isle	Detroit, Michigan	August 16th
3	Capital One Grand Prix of VIR	GTE, GT3	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	August 23rd
4	Brickyard GT Classic	All	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	August 30th
5	City of Roses Cup	All	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	September 6th
6	Infineon 240	All	Sonoma Raceway	Sonoma, California	September 13th
7	WeatherTech Showcase	All	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	September 20th
8	NAGTC at Long Beach	GTE, GT3	Long Beach Street Circuit	Long Beach, California	September 27th
9	Elkhart Lake 160	All	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	October 4th
10	Lone Star Grand Prix	All	Circuit of the Americas	Austin, Texas	October 11th
11	Mobil 1 Sports Car Championship	All	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	October 18th
12	Visit Florida Triple Header Challenge of Daytona	All	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	October 25th
13	Visit Florida Triple Header Challenge of St. Petersburg	GTE, GT3	St. Petersburg Street Circuit	St. Petersburg, Florida	November 1st
14	Visit Florida Curtain Closer	All	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	November 8th

Entries

GTE

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	3	Antonio García	All
				Jordan Taylor	All
			4	Oliver Gavin	All
				Tommy Milner	All
Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	50	Erwin Creed	1–7
				Romano Ricci	1–7
Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GTE	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	66	Joey Hand	All
				Dirk Müller	All
			67	Ryan Briscoe	All
				Richard Westbrook	All
SRT Motorsports	SRT Viper GTS-R	Dodge 8.0 L V10	91	Dominik Farnbacher	All
				Marc Goossens	All
			93	Jonathan Bomarito	1–9
				Kuno Wittmer	1–9
Team LNT	Panoz Esperante GTLM	Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8	810	Bill Auberlen	All
				Bryan Sellers	All

GT3

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Cadillac Racing	Cadillac ATS-V.R	Cadillac 3.6 L Twin-Turbocharged V6	03	Johnny O'Connell	All
				Michael Cooper	All
			8	João Barbosa	1–7
				Renger van der Zande	1–7
Stevens-Miller Racing	Dodge Challenger SRT8	HEMI 5.7 L V8	11	Ryan Dalziel	All
				Tommy Kendall	All
AIM Vasser Sullivan	Chevrolet Corvette C7 GT3-R	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	12	Jack Hawksworth	1–7
				Aaron Telitz	1–7
Team Penske	Ford Mustang GT3	Ford 5.0 L V8	17	Fabian Coulthard	All
				Scott McLaughlin	All
Reiter Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro GT3-R	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	25	Nicky Catsburg	All
				Tomáš Enge	All
GRT Grasser Racing Team			44	Albert Costa	1–7
				Franck Perera	1–7
PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Pontiac GXP.R	Pontiac 3.9 L V6	52	Patrick Kelly	1–8, 14
				Simon Trummer	1–8, 14
Krohn Racing	Cadillac ATS-V.R	Cadillac 3.6 L Twin-Turbocharged V6	57	Niclas Jönsson	1–9
				Tracy Krohn	1–9
Riley Motorsports	Dodge Viper GT3-R	Dodge 8.3 L V10	74	Lawson Aschenbach	All
				Ben Keating	All
Callaway Competition	Chevrolet Corvette C7 GT3-R	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	77	Markus Pommer	1–9
				Jeffrey Schmidt	1–9
DragonSpeed	Dodge Viper GT3-R	Dodge 8.3 L V10	81	Ben Hanley	1–8, 10–14
				Henrik Hedman	1–8, 10–14
Meyer Shank Racing	Ford Mustang GT3	Ford 5.0 L V8	86	Mario Farnbacher	All
				Matt McMurry	All

GT4

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Juncos Racing	Chevrolet Corvette (C7) GT4	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	05	René Binder	1, 4–7
				Will Owen	1, 4–7
Team Panoz Racing	Panoz Avezzano GT4	Panoz 6.2 L V8	15	Preston Calvert	All
				Matt Keegan	All
Multimatic Motorsports	Ford Mustang GT4	Ford 5.0 L V8	22	Chase Briscoe	All
				Austin Cindric	9–12, 14
				Ben Rhodes	1, 4–7
Whelen Engineering Racing	Chevrolet Corvette (C7) GT4	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	31	Pipo Derani	All
				Felipe Nasr	All
Andretti Autosport	Panoz Avezzano GT4	Panoz 6.2 L V8	36	Jarett Andretti	4–7, 9–12, 14
				Marco Andretti	4–7, 9–12, 14
JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	47	Ryan Preece	1, 4–7
				Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	1, 4–7
Viper Team Oreca	Dodge Viper GT4	Dodge 8.3 L V10	51	Olivier Beretta	All
				Nicolas Prost	All
Rick Ware Racing	Ford Mustang GT4	Ford 5.0 L V8	53	James Davison	1, 4–7
				Joey Gase	1, 4–7
Stevenson Motorsports	Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	75	Matt Bell	1, 4–7, 9
				Andrew Davis	1, 4–7, 9

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd	Circuit	GTE Winning Team	GT3 Winning Team	GT4 Winning Team
		GTE Winning Drivers	GT3 Winning Drivers	GT4 Winning Drivers
1	Mid-Ohio	#3 Corvette Racing	#86 Meyer Shank Racing	#22 Multimatic Motorsports
		Antonio García Jordan Taylor	Mario Farnbacher Matt McMurry	Chase Briscoe Ben Rhodes
2	Belle Isle	#3 Corvette Racing	#03 Cadillac Racing	Did not participate
		Antonio García Jordan Taylor	Johnny O'Connell Michael Cooper
3	Virginia	#93 SRT Motorsports	#25 Reiter Engineering	Did not participate
		Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer	Nicky Catsburg Tomáš Enge
4	Indianapolis	#93 SRT Motorsports	#11 Stevens-Miller Racing	#75 Stevenson Motorsports
		Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer	Ryan Dalziel Tommy Kendall	Matt Bell Andrew Davis
5	Portland	#4 Corvette Racing	#86 Meyer Shank Racing	#31 Whelen Engineering Racing
		Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Mario Farnbacher Matt McMurry	Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr
6	Sonoma	#67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	#25 Reiter Engineering	#31 Whelen Engineering Racing
		Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook	Nicky Catsburg Tomáš Enge	Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr
7	Laguna Seca	#3 Corvette Racing	#74 Riley Motorsports	#51 Viper Team Oreca
		Antonio García Jordan Taylor	Lawson Aschenbach Ben Keating	Olivier Beretta Nicolas Prost
8	Long Beach	#3 Corvette Racing	#11 Stevens-Miller Racing	Did not participate
		Antonio García Jordan Taylor	Ryan Dalziel Tommy Kendall
9	Road America	#3 Corvette Racing	#17 Team Penske	#31 Whelen Engineering Racing
		Antonio García Jordan Taylor	Fabian Coulthard Scott McLaughlin	Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr
10	COTA	#3 Corvette Racing	#25 Reiter Engineering	#31 Whelen Engineering Racing
		Antonio García Jordan Taylor	Nicky Catsburg Tomáš Enge	Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr
11	Road Atlanta	#3 Corvette Racing	#86 Meyer Shank Racing	#15 Team Panoz Racing
		Antonio García Jordan Taylor	Mario Farnbacher Matt McMurry	Preston Calvert Matt Keegan
12	Daytona	#66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	#03 Cadillac Racing	#31 Whelen Engineering Racing
		Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Johnny O'Connell Michael Cooper	Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr
13	St. Petersburg	#66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	#03 Cadillac Racing	Did not participate
		Joey Hand Dirk Müller	Johnny O'Connell Michael Cooper
14	Sebring	#4 Corvette Racing	#74 Riley Motorsports	#15 Team Panoz Racing
		Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Lawson Aschenbach Ben Keating	Preston Calvert Matt Keegan

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	Other
Race	35	32	30	28	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15

Drivers' championships

GTE

Pos. Drivers MDO DET VIR IND POR SON LGA LBH ELK COT ATL DAY STP SEB Points 1 Antonio García Jordan Taylor 1 1 4 6 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 3 438 2 Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner 2 3 3 3 1 3 2 4 4 5 2 4 3 1 426 3 Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook 3 4 6 4 3 1 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 2 422 4 Joey Hand Dirk Müller 8 2 2 2 4 2 4 2 2 4 4 1 1 4 420 5 Dominik Farnbacher Marc Goossens 5 7 7 8 6 6 6 5 5 3 6 2 2 5 370 6 Bill Auberlen Bryan Sellers 7 8 8 5 7 8 7 6 7 6 5 6 6 6 341 7 Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer 4 5 1 1 5 4 5 7 6 253 8 Erwin Creed Romano Ricci 6 6 7 7 8 7 8 166 Pos. Drivers MDO DET VIR IND POR SON LGA LBH ELK COT ATL DAY STP SEB Points GT3 Pos. Drivers MDO DET VIR IND POR SON LGA LBH ELK COT ATL DAY STP SEB Points 1 Mario Farnbacher Matt McMurry 1 2 3 2 1 5 2 4 5 5 1 5 7 2 419 2 Lawson Aschenbach Ben Keating 2 5 12 6 4 2 1 2 2 4 2 3 3 1 416 3 Johnny O'Connell Michael Cooper 4 1 6 3 5 4 8 3 4 3 5 1 1 5 405 4 Nicky Catsburg Tomáš Enge 8 8 1 5 3 1 4 10 6 1 7 2 6 4 388 5 Fabian Coulthard Scott McLaughlin 7 3 5 7 2 3 3 9 1 6 3 7 5 8 380 6 Ryan Dalziel Tommy Kendall 3 4 7 1 9 12 5 1 8 7 6 6 2 7 373 7 Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman 10 9 8 9 13 8 12 6 2 4 4 4 3 317 8 Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn 11 12 11 13 8 10 9 5 3 198 9 Markus Pommer Jeffrey Schmidt 9 10 13 10 10 13 10 7 7 188 10 Patrick Kelly Simon Trummer 12 13 9 11 12 11 11 8 6 184 11 João Barbosa Renger van der Zande 6 7 2 4 6 7 7 180 12 Jack Hawksworth Aaron Telitz 5 6 4 8 7 6 6 175 13 Albert Costa Franck Perera 13 11 10 12 11 9 13 136 Pos. Drivers MDO DET VIR IND POR SON LGA LBH ELK COT ATL DAY STP SEB Points GT4 Pos. Drivers MDO IND POR SON LGA ELK COT ATL DAY SEB Points 1 Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr 2 3 1 1 5 1 1 3 1 3 323 2 Preston Calvert Matt Keegan 3 6 2 3 4 2 3 1 5 1 303 3 Chase Briscoe 1 2 4 5 3 3 4 2 3 5 297 4 Olivier Beretta Nicolas Prost 4 4 3 9 1 4 5 4 2 4 285 5 Jarett Andretti Marco Andretti 5 9 4 2 5 2 5 4 2 252 6 Matt Bell Andrew Davis 8 1 5 2 8 6 163 7 Ben Rhodes 1 2 4 5 3 151 8 Austin Cindric 3 4 2 3 5 146 9 René Binder Will Owen 5 7 8 6 7 122 10 Ryan Preece Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 6 8 7 7 6 120 11 James Davison Joey Gase 7 10 6 9 9 115 Pos. Drivers MDO IND POR SON LGA ELK COT ATL DAY SEB Points Teams' championships GTE Pos. Team MDO DET VIR IND POR SON LGA LBH ELK COT ATL DAY STP SEB Points 1 Corvette Racing 1 1 3 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 463 2 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 3 2 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 459 3 SRT Motorsports 4 5 1 1 5 4 5 5 5 3 6 2 2 5 401 4 Team LNT 7 8 8 5 7 8 7 6 7 6 5 6 6 6 341 5 Larbre Compétition 6 6 7 7 8 7 8 166 Pos. Team MDO DET VIR IND POR SON LGA LBH ELK COT ATL DAY STP SEB Points GT3 Pos. Team MDO DET VIR IND POR SON LGA LBH ELK COT ATL DAY STP SEB Points 1 Meyer Shank Racing 1 2 3 2 1 5 2 4 5 5 1 5 7 2 419 2 Riley Motorsports 2 5 12 6 4 2 1 2 2 4 2 3 3 1 416 3 Cadillac Racing 4 1 2 3 5 4 7 3 4 3 5 1 1 5 413 4 Reiter Engineering 8 8 1 5 3 1 4 10 6 1 7 2 6 4 388 5 Team Penske 7 3 5 7 2 3 3 9 1 6 3 7 5 8 380 6 Stevens-Miller Racing 3 4 7 1 9 12 5 1 8 7 6 6 2 7 373 7 DragonSpeed USA 10 9 8 9 13 8 12 6 2 4 4 4 3 317 8 Krohn Racing 11 12 11 13 8 10 9 5 3 198 9 Callaway Competition 9 10 13 10 10 13 10 7 7 188 10 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports 12 13 9 11 12 11 11 8 6 184 11 AIM Vasser Sullivan 5 6 4 8 7 6 6 175 12 GRT Grasser Racing Team 13 11 10 12 11 9 13 136 Pos. Team MDO DET VIR IND POR SON LGA LBH ELK COT ATL DAY STP SEB Points GT4 Pos. Team MDO IND POR SON LGA ELK COT ATL DAY SEB Points 1 Whelen Engineering Racing 2 3 1 1 5 1 1 3 1 3 323 2 Team Panoz Racing 3 6 2 3 4 2 3 1 5 1 303 3 Multimatic Motorsports 1 2 4 5 3 3 4 2 3 5 297 4 Viper Team Oreca 4 4 3 9 1 4 5 4 2 4 285 5 Andretti Autosport 5 9 4 2 5 2 5 4 2 252 6 Stevenson Motorsports 8 1 5 2 8 6 163 7 Juncos Racing 5 7 8 6 7 122 8 JTG Daugherty Racing 6 8 7 7 6 120 9 Rick Ware Racing 7 10 6 9 9 115 Pos. Team MDO IND POR SON LGA ELK COT ATL DAY SEB Points Manufacturers' championships GTE Pos. Manufacturer MDO DET VIR IND POR SON LGA LBH ELK COT ATL DAY STP SEB Points 1 Chevrolet 1 1 3 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 467 2 Ford 3 2 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 457 3 Dodge 4 5 1 1 5 4 5 5 5 3 6 2 2 5 432 4 Panoz 7 8 8 5 7 8 7 6 7 6 5 6 6 6 394 Pos. Manufacturer MDO DET VIR IND POR SON LGA LBH ELK COT ATL DAY STP SEB Points GT3 Pos. Manufacturer MDO DET VIR IND POR SON LGA LBH ELK COT ATL DAY STP SEB Points 1 Dodge 2 4 7 1 4 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 1 445 2 Ford 1 2 3 2 1 3 2 4 1 5 1 5 5 2 444 3 Cadillac 4 1 2 3 5 4 7 3 3 3 5 1 1 5 431 4 Chevrolet 8 8 1 5 3 1 4 7 6 1 7 2 6 4 421 5 Pontiac 12 13 9 11 12 11 11 8 6 234 Pos. Manufacturer MDO DET VIR IND POR SON LGA LBH ELK COT ATL DAY STP SEB Points GT4 Pos. Drivers MDO IND POR SON LGA ELK COT ATL DAY SEB Points 1 Chevrolet 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 3 1 3 332 2 Panoz 3 5 2 3 2 2 2 1 4 1 316 3 Ford 1 2 4 5 3 3 4 2 3 5 305 4 Dodge 4 4 3 9 1 4 5 4 2 4 297 Pos. Drivers MDO IND POR SON LGA ELK COT ATL DAY SEB Points