The 2024 Michelin Pilot Challenge will be the twenty-fifth season of the IMSA SportsCar Challenge and the eleventh season organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The season will begin on January 26 at Daytona International Speedway and will conclude on October 11 at Road Atlanta. It will also feature a round of the TCR World Tour.[1]

Classes

Calendar

  Race is part of TCR World Tour

The provisional 2024 calendar was released on August 4, 2023, featuring ten rounds.[2]

Round Race Circuit Location Date Duration
1 BMW M Endurance Challenge at Daytona United States Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 25–26 4 Hours
2 Alan Jay Automotive Network 120 United States Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 13–15 2 Hours
3 TBA United States WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 10–12 2 Hours
4 TBA United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio June 7–9 4 Hours
5 TBA United States Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 27–29 2 Hours
6 TBA Canada Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 12–14 2 Hours
7 TBA United States Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 2–4 2 Hours
8 TBA United States Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 23–25 2 Hours
9 TBA United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana September 20–21 2 Hours
10 TBA United States Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 9–11 2 Hours
Calendar Changes

Entry list

Grand Sport (GS)

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
United States Automatic Racing AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 09 United States Ramin Abdolvahabi 1
United States Rob Ecklin 1
United States Brandon Kidd 1
United States McCumbee McAleer Racing with Aerosport[3] Ford Mustang GT4 (2024) Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 13 United States Jenson Altzman[3] 1
United States Chad McCumbee[3] 1
United States Skip Barber Racing AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 16 United States Carter Fartuch 1
United States Ken Fukuda 1
United States Will Lambros 1
United States Van der Steur Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 19 France Valentin Hasse-Clot 1
United States Dominic Starkweather 1
United States Rory van der Steur 1
United States Rearden Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 21 Bulgaria Vesko Kozarov 1
United States Jake Pedersen 1
United States TGR Smooge Racing[4] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 23 United States Corey Heim[4] 1
United States John Hunter Nemechek[4] 1
United States Bubba Wallace[4] 1
68 United States Kevin Conway[4] 1
United States John Geesbreght[4] 1
United States Corey Lewis[4] 1
United States RennSport1 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 28 United States Trent Hindman 1
United States Austin Krainz 1
United Kingdom Stevan McAleer 1
United States JMF Motorsports[5] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 34 United States Michai Stephens[5] 1
Canada Jesse Webb[5] 1
United States BGB Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 38 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 1
Canada Thomas Collingwood 1
United States Spencer Pumpelly 1
United States CarBahn with Peregrine Racing[6] BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 39 United States Sean McAlister[6] 1
United States Jeff Westphal[6] 1
United States Stephen Cameron Racing BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 43 United States Greg Liefooghe 1
United States Sean Quinlan 1
United States Baby Bull Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 44 United States Michael Cooper 1
Moisey Uretsky[N 1] 1
United States Team TGM[7] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 46 United States Matt Plumb[7] TBA
United States Owen Trinkler[7] TBA
64 United States Ted Giovanis[7] 1
United States Hugh Plumb[7] 1
United States Kris Wilson[7] 1
Japan TGR Hattori Motorsports[8] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 50 United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth[8] 1
United States Tyler Maxson[8] 1
51 United States Matt Forbush[8] 1
United States Nick Galante[8] 1
United States Mark Kvamme[8] 1
United States Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 57 Canada Daniel Morad 1
United States Bryce Ward 1
United States KohR Motorsports[9] Ford Mustang GT4 (2024) Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 59 United States Luca Mars[9] 1
United States Bob Michaelian[9] 1
United States TGR CDR Valkyrie[10] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 66 TBA TBA
TBA TBA
United States Czabok-Simpson Motorsport[11] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 67 Puerto Rico Sebastian Carazo[11] 1
Nikita Lastochkin[11][N 1] 1
United States Gordon Scully[11] 1
Canada Motorsport in Action[12] McLaren Artura GT4 McLaren M630 3.0 L Twin-Turbo V6 69 Canada Jesse Lazare[12] 1
United States Michael de Quesada[12] 1
United States Rebel Rock Racing[13] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 71 United States Andrew Davis[13] 1
United States Frank DePew[13] 1
United Kingdom Robin Liddell[13] 1
United States Thaze Competition[14] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 78 United States Josh Green[14] TBA
United States Marc Miller[14] TBA
United States Archangel Motorsports[15] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 88 United States Todd Coleman[15] 1
United States Aaron Telitz[15] 1
United States Kellymoss with Riley[16] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 91 United States Riley Dickinson[16] 1
United States Brady Golan[16] 1
United States Michael McCarthy[16] 1
United States Team ACP by Random Vandals[17] BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 92 United States Kenton Koch[17] 1
United States Paul Sparta[17] 1
94 United States Terry Borcheller[17] 1
United States Ken Goldberg[17] 1
United States Catesby Jones[17] 1
United States Turner Motorsport[18] BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 95 United States Dillon Machavern[18] 1
United States Robert Megennis[18] 1
96 United States Robby Foley[18] 1
United States Francis Selldorff[18] 1
Sources:[19]

Touring Car (TCR)

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
United States KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering[20] Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 5 United States William Tally[20] 1
United States Tim Lewis Jr.[20] 1
Canada Montreal Motorsport Group[21] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 6 Canada Louis-Philippe Montour[22] 1
Puerto Rico Bryan Ortiz[22] 1
93 Canada Karl Wittmer[23] 1
Japan Daijiro Yoshihara[23] 1
Puerto Rico Victor Gonzalez Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 8 United States Colton Reynolds 1
United States Clayton Williams 1
Hyundai Elantra N TCR 80 United States Morgan Burkhard 1
Argentina Julián Santero 1
99 United States Tyler Gonzalez 1
Puerto Rico Victor Gonzalez Jr. 1
United States Rockwell Autosport Development[24] Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017) 15 United States Tom O'Gorman[24] 1
United States Doug Oakley[24] 1
United States Eric Rockwell[24] 1
United States Unitronic/JDC-Miller MotorSports[25] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 United States Chris Miller[25] 1
South Africa Mikey Taylor[25] 1
United States Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian[26] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 33 United States Harry Gottsacker 1
Canada Robert Wickens 1
76 United States Preston Brown[26] 1
Belgium Denis Dupont[26] 1
Canada Nick Looijmans 1
77 United States Taylor Hagler 1
United States Bryson Morris 1
98 United States Mason Filippi 1
Canada Mark Wilkins 1
United States Gou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 55 United States Eddie Gou 1
United States Eduardo Gou 1
United States Road Shagger Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 61 United States Gavin Ernstone 1
United States Jon Morley 1
United States Deily Motorsports Hyundai Elantra N TCR 70 United States Jacob Deily 1
United States Jordan Wisely 1
United States Racers Edge Motorsports Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 73 United States Tazio Ottis 1
United States Daniel Wu 1
United States HART Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 89 United States Tyler Chambers 1
United States Steve Eich 1
United States Chad Gilsinger 1
Sources:[19]
Icon Status
W TCR World Tour entries not eligible to score points in the local series

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit GS Winning Car TCR Winning Car
GS Winning Drivers TCR Winning Drivers
1 United States Daytona United States #91 Kellymoss with Riley United States #17 Unitronic/JDC-Miller MotorSports
United States Riley Dickinson
United States Brady Golan
United States Michael McCarthy
United States Chris Miller
South Africa Mikey Taylor
2 United States Sebring
3 United States Laguna Seca
4 United States Mid-Ohio
5 United States Watkins Glen
6 Canada Mosport
7 United States Road America
8 United States Virginia
9 United States Indianapolis
10 United States Road Atlanta

Championship Standings

Points system

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.[27]

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30+
Race 350 320 300 280 260 250 240 230 220 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10

GS Drivers' Championship

Pos. Drivers DAY
United States
SEB
United States
LGA
United States
MOH
United States
WGL
United States
MOS
Canada
ELK
United States
VIR
United States
IMS
United States
ATL
United States
Points
1 United States Riley Dickinson
United States Brady Golan
United States Michael McCarthy
1 350
2 Canada Daniel Morad
United States Bryce Ward
2 320
3 United States Matt Plumb
United States Owen Trinkler
3 300
4 United States Dillon Machavern
United States Robert Megennis
4 280
5 United States Robby Foley
United States Francis Selldorff
5 260
6 Canada Jesse Lazare
United States Michael de Quesada
6 250
7 United States Trent Hindman
United States Austin Krainz
United Kingdom Stevan McAleer
7 240
8 United States Luca Mars
United States Bob Michaelian
8 230
9 United States Andrew Davis
United States Frank DePew
United Kingdom Robin Liddell
9 220
10 United States Michai Stephens
Canada Jesse Webb
10 210
11 France Valentin Hasse-Clot
United States Dominic Starkweather
United States Rory van der Steur
11 200
12 United States Kevin Conway
United States John Geesbreght
United States Corey Lewis
12 190
13 United States Kenton Koch
United States Paul Sparta
13 180
14 United States Ted Giovanis
United States Hugh Plumb
United States Kris Wilson
14 170
15 United States Jenson Altzman
United States Chad McCumbee
15 160
16 United States Ramin Abdolvahabi
United States Rob Ecklin
United States Brandon Kidd
16 150
17 United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
United States Tyler Maxson
17 140
18 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Canada Thomas Collingwood
United States Spencer Pumpelly
18 130
19 United States Todd Coleman
United States Aaron Telitz
19 120
20 Puerto Rico Sebastian Carazo
Nikita Lastochkin
United States Gordon Scully
20 110
21 United States Matt Forbush
United States Nick Galante
United States Mark Kvamme
21 100
22 United States Greg Liefooghe
United States Sean Quinlan
22 90
23 United States Sean McAlister
United States Jeff Westphal
23 80
24 Bulgaria Vesko Kozarov
United States Jake Pedersen
24 70
25 United States Michael Cooper
Moisey Uretsky
25 60
26 United States Terry Borcheller
United States Ken Goldberg
United States Catesby Jones
26 50
27 United States Corey Heim
United States John Hunter Nemechek
United States Bubba Wallace
27 40
28 United States Carter Fartuch
United States Ken Fukuda
United States Will Lambros
DNS 0
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

TCR Drivers' Championship

Pos. Drivers DAY
United States
SEB
United States
LGA
United States
MOH
United States
WGL
United States
MOS
Canada
ELK
United States
VIR
United States
IMS
United States
ATL
United States
Points
1 United States Chris Miller
South Africa Mikey Taylor
1 350
2 United States Preston Brown
Belgium Denis Dupont
Canada Nick Looijmans
2 320
3 United States Mason Filippi
Canada Mark Wilkins
3 300
4 United States Tom O'Gorman
United States Douglas Oakley
United States Eric Rockwell
4 280
5 United States Tazio Ottis
United States Daniel Wu
5 260
6 United States Jacob Deily
United States Jordan Wisely
6 250
7 Canada Karl Wittmer
Japan Daijiro Yoshihara
7 240
8 United States Taylor Hagler
United States Bryson Morris
8 230
9 United States Gavin Ernstone
United States Jon Morley
9 220
10 United States Tyler Gonzalez
Puerto Rico Victor Gonzalez Jr.
10 210
11 United States Morgan Burkhard
Argentina Julián Santero
11 200
12 United States Harry Gottsacker
Canada Robert Wickens
12 190
13 United States William Tally
United States Tim Lewis Jr.
13 180
14 United States Tyler Chambers
United States Steve Eich
United States Chad Gilsinger
14 170
15 Canada Louis-Philippe Montour
Puerto Rico Bryan Ortiz
15 160
16 United States Colton Reynolds
United States Clayton Williams
16 150
17 United States Eddie Gou
United States Eduardo Gou
17 140
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

Notes

  1. ^ a b Uretsky and Lastochkin are Russian, but compete as a neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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