2024 IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge

The 2024 IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge is the inaugural season of the IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge. It began on June 7 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and will end on October 6 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Robert Noaker Racing's Robert Noaker scored the series' inaugural victory during the opening round at Mid-Ohio.[1]

Calendar

An initial calendar was released in August 2023, featuring five race weekends totaling ten race events.[2] The preliminary schedule initially featured a round at Charlotte Motor Speedway with an undisclosed date.[3] Ultimately, this round was dropped from the final schedule in favor of the Indianapolis 8 Hour support race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.[4]

Each weekend consisted of two 30-minute practice sessions, with a 15-minute qualifying session setting the grids for a pair of 45-minute races.[5]

Round Circuit Location Dates Supporting
1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Ohio Lexington, Ohio June 7–9 TCR World Tour
2 Watkins Glen International New York (state) Watkins Glen, New York June 20–23 IMSA SportsCar Championship
3 Road America Wisconsin Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 2–4
4 Circuit of the Americas Texas Austin, Texas August 31–September 1 FIA World Endurance Championship
5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indiana Speedway, Indiana October 4–6 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Source:[5]

Entry list

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
United States Amerasian Fragrance Competition Motorsports[6] 1 United States Chloe Chambers[7] DH 1
Thailand Carl Bennett[8] DH 2
United States Greg Bennett[9] DHL 3
United States Leaders Credit Union Competition Motorsports[6] 66 Australia Kel Kearns[10] DHL All
United States Max Opalski Racing[11] 2 United States Maximilian Opalski[11] DH All
United States Spark Performance[6] 3 United States Tommy McGlynn[12] DHL 3
United States Frankie Muniz[13] DH 4
United States Chloe Chambers[14] DH 5
33 United States Alex Bachoura[6] DHL All
United States KohR Motorsports[15] 5 United States Rod Randall[6] DHL All
52 United States Christian Bach[6] DH All
94 United States D.J. Randall[6] DH All
United States MDK Motorsports[16] 8 United States Tom Tait[16] DHL All
16 United States Gabe Tesch[16] DH 1–3
United States Trenton Estep[17] DH 4
17 United States Jim Farley[18] DH 1
United States Automatic Racing[6] 9 United States Mike Stillwagon[6] DHL 1
United States Rob Ecklin[9] DHL 3
99 United States Larry Webster[19] DH 1
United States NV Autosport[6] 10 United States Stephen Vajda[6] DHL 1–2, 4–5
United States Robert Noaker Racing[15] 13 United States Robert Noaker[6] DH All
29 United States Mitch Marvosh[6] DHL 1–4
31 United States Reid Sweeney[20] DH All
74 United States Tyler Maxson[21] DH All
United States Capaldi Racing[6] 14 United States John Strauss[6] DHL All
United States TechSport Racing[14] 15 United States Alfonso Diaz[14] DHL 5
Puerto Rico JV Racing Team[6] 18 Puerto Rico Marcos Vento[22] DH All
United States Skip Barber Racing[23] 19 United States Mike Stillwagon[23] DHL 2–5
United States McCumbee McAleer Racing[24] 22 United States Jeremy Fletcher[24] DH All
48 United States Zachry Lee[24] DHL All
82 United States Nate Cicero[25] DH 1–2
United States Drew Neubauer[17] DHL 4
United States Southern Paley Motorsports[26] 26 United States Sam Paley[26] DH All
United States LAP Motorsports[9] 30 United States Scott Thomson[9] DHL 3–5
37 United States Cristian Perocarpi[14] DH 5
United States Precision Performance Motorsports[27] 46 United States Brandon Gdovic[6] DH All
47 United States Wesley Slimp[27] DH All
United States Nick Smither Racing[6] 58 United States Nicholas Smither[6] DHL All
United States Jack Lewis Enterprises[6] 73 United States Jack Lewis[6] DHL All
United States Torre Racing[9] 84 United States Paolo Salvatore[9] DHL 3–4
Icon Class
DH Dark Horse
DHL Dark Horse Legends

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Legends Winner
1 R1 Mid-Ohio United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #8 MDK Motorsports
United States Tyler Maxson United States Tyler Maxson United States Robert Noaker United States Tom Tait
R2 United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Tyler Maxson United States Robert Noaker United States Tyler Maxson United States Zachry Lee
2 R1 Watkins Glen United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Robert Noaker United States Tyler Maxson United States Tyler Maxson United States Zachry Lee
R2 United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Tyler Maxson United States Tyler Maxson United States Tyler Maxson United States Zachry Lee
3 R1 Road America United States #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #26 Southern Paley Motorsports United States #26 Southern Paley Motorsports United States #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Jeremy Fletcher United States Sam Paley United States Sam Paley United States Zachry Lee
R2 United States #26 Southern Paley Motorsports United States #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #26 Southern Paley Motorsports United States #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Sam Paley United States Jeremy Fletcher United States Sam Paley United States Zachry Lee
4 R1 COTA United States #16 MDK Motorsports United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #16 MDK Motorsports United States #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Trenton Estep United States Tyler Maxson United States Trenton Estep United States Zachry Lee
R2 United States #16 MDK Motorsports United States #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Trenton Estep United States Jeremy Fletcher United States Robert Noaker United States Zachry Lee
5 R1 Indianapolis United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #33 Spark Performance
United States Robert Noaker United States Robert Noaker United States Tyler Maxson United States Alex Bachoura
R2 United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #15 TechSport Racing
United States Robert Noaker United States Tyler Maxson United States Robert Noaker United States Alfonso Diaz

Championship standings

Points system

Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below. Ten bonus points each are awarded for the driver who earns the pole position and runs the fastest lap in each race event.

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+
Points 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

Driver's Championship

IMSA recognizes driver champions based on the total number of championship points earned during the season.

Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points
1 United States Robert Noaker 1 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 2 1 40 3270
2 United States Tyler Maxson 7 1 1 1 2 3 3 8 1 2 80 3190
3 United States Sam Paley 2 4 5 4 1 1 21 24 5 5 20 2550
4 United States Jeremy Fletcher 3 3 3 22 25† 5 4 2 6 3 30 2490
5 United States Reid Sweeney 4 24 4 3 4 19 5 4 3 14 0 2360
6 United States Maximilian Opalski 6 27 22 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 0 2230
7 Puerto Rico Marcos Vento 9 21 11 10 9 8 8 6 7 6 0 2180
8 United States Alex Bachoura 26 9 17 8 10 11 11 10 10 12 0 1880
9 United States Mike Stillwagon 15 12 16 12 13 10 13 12 13 13 0 1840
10 United States Zachry Lee 23 8 7 6 7 9 9 7 DNS DNS 0 1740
11 United States Nicholas Smither 17 10 12 14 15 14 15 17 15 17 0 1660
12 United States Brandon Gdovic 24 6 6 21 5 2 7 22 DNS DNS 0 1600
13 United States Christian Bach 13 19 24 DNS 14 12 26 11 8 7 0 1470
14 United States D.J. Randall 10 5 9 9 23 DNS 10 9 DNS DNS 0 1430
15 United States Tom Tait 12 23 13 13 24 16 19 21 14 15 0 1430
16 United States Wesley Slimp 25 25 10 20 11 13 25 23 21 11 0 1300
17 United States John Strauss 20 18 20 16 19 21 18 16 20 18 0 1270
18 United States Gabe Tesch 11 22 8 7 8 7 0 1260
19 United States Stephen Vajda 18 13 14 11 14 25 16 16 0 1240
20 Australia Kel Kearns 22 16 21 19 17 18 20 18 18 21 0 1230
21 United States Rod Randall 19 14 18 18 20 DNS 23 15 DNS DNS 0 930
22 United States Mitch Marvosh 16 15 25 DNS 16 20 22 20 0 860
23 United States Jack Lewis 21 17 19 17 DNS DNS 24 DNS 19 20 0 830
24 United States Chloe Chambers 27 7 9 9 0 740
25 United States Scott Thomson 18 22 17 19 17 19 0 740
26 United States Trenton Estep 1 3 20 670
27 United States Paolo Salvatore 12 17 27 13 0 550
28 United States Alfonso Diaz 11 8 0 430
29 United States Nate Cicero 5 26 23 DNS 0 410
30 United States Cristian Perocarpi 12 10 0 400
31 United States Drew Neubauer 16 14 0 320
32 Thailand Carl Bennett 15 15 0 320
33 United States Tommy McGlynn 21 15 0 260
34 United States Frankie Muniz 12 DNS 0 190
35 United States Rob Ecklin 22 DNS 0 90
36 United States Greg Bennett DNS DNS 0 0
Drivers ineligible to score points
United States Jim Farley 14 11
United States Larry Webster 8 20
Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus 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

  • †: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

Dark Horse Legends Driver's Championship

Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points
1 United States Alex Bachoura 26 9 17 8 10 11 11 10 10 12 10 3030
2 United States Mike Stillwagon 15 12 16 12 13 10 13 12 13 13 20 2960
3 United States Zachry Lee 23 8 7 6 7 9 9 7 140 2800
4 United States Nicholas Smither 17 10 12 14 15 14 15 17 15 17 0 2690
5 United States Tom Tait 12 23 13 13 24 16 19 21 14 15 0 2510
6 United States John Strauss 20 18 20 16 19 21 18 16 20 18 0 2260
7 Australia Kel Kearns 22 16 21 19 17 18 20 18 18 21 0 2210
8 United States Stephen Vajda 18 13 14 11 14 25 16 16 0 2070
9 United States Mitch Marvosh 16 15 25 DNS 16 20 22 20 0 1610
10 United States Rod Randall 19 14 18 18 20 DNS 23 15 DNS DNS 0 1610
11 United States Jack Lewis 21 17 19 17 DNS DNS 24 DNS 19 20 0 1530
12 United States Scott Thomson 18 22 17 19 17 19 0 1350
13 United States Paolo Salvatore 12 17 27 13 0 990
14 United States Alfonso Diaz 11 8 20 690
15 United States Drew Neubauer 16 14 0 510
16 United States Tommy McGlynn 21 15 0 460
17 United States Rob Ecklin 22 DNS 0 190
18 United States Greg Bennett DNS DNS 0 0
Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points

Team's Championship

Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points
1 United States Robert Noaker Racing 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 120 3510
2 United States McCumbee McAleer Racing 3 3 3 6 7 5 4 2 6 3 30 3010
3 United States Southern Paley Motorsports 2 4 5 4 1 1 21 24 5 5 20 2860
4 United States Max Opalski Racing 6 27 22 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 0 2600
5 United States MDK Motorsports 11 22 8 7 8 7 1 3 14 15 20 2480
6 United States KohR Motorsports 10 5 9 9 14 12 10 9 8 7 0 2420
7 Puerto Rico JV Racing Team 9 21 11 10 9 8 8 6 7 6 0 2410
8 United States Precision Performance Motorsports 24 6 6 20 5 2 7 22 21 11 0 2260
9 United States Spark Performance 26 9 17 8 10 11 11 10 9 9 0 2230
10 United States Nick Smither Racing 17 10 12 14 15 14 15 17 15 17 0 2030
11 United States Capaldi Racing 20 18 20 16 19 21 18 16 20 18 0 1760
12 United States Leaders Credit Union Competition Motorsports 22 16 21 19 17 18 20 18 18 21 0 1730
13 United States Skip Barber Racing 16 12 13 10 13 12 13 13 0 1710
14 United States NV Autosport 18 13 14 11 14 25 16 16 0 1580
15 United States Jack Lewis Enterprises 21 17 19 17 DNS DNS 24 DNS 19 20 0 1190
16 United States LAP Motorsports 18 22 17 19 12 10 0 1140
17 United States Amerasian Fragrance Competition Motorsports 27 7 15 15 0 800
18 United States Torre Racing 12 17 27 13 0 770
19 United States Automatic Racing 15 12 22 DNS 0 600
20 United States TechSport Racing 11 8 0 470
Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points

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