2024 Indianapolis 8 Hours

United States 2024 Indianapolis 8 Hours
Event Information
Round 4 of 4 in the 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Date5 October 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge
LocationSpeedway, Indiana, United States
VenueIndianapolis Motor Speedway
Results
Race 1
Distance 320 laps 780.48 miles (1,256.06 km) km
Pole position Germany No. 10 Herberth Motorsport
(driver for session: Switzerland Patric Niederhauser )
Herbeth Motorsport
1:22.564
Winner Belgium Charles Weerts
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Belgium Team WRT
8:00:17.640

The 2024 Indianapolis 8 Hours (also known as the Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth running of the Indianapolis 8 Hour. It took place from October 4–6 2024. The race was the fourth and final round of the 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge and the seventh and final round 2024 GT World Challenge America championships.

Background

The 2024 edition was open only to cars within GT3 regulations. GT4 cars, which had appeared in the first two races, were dropped from the race in an effort to reduce incidents caused by multi-class racing.[1]

Supporting the race weekend were the Pirelli GT4 America Series, the TC America Series, and the GT America Series.[2]

Entry list

No. Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3
4 United States Mercedes-AMG Team Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Spain Alex Palou Germany Fabian Schiller Germany Luca Stolz
8 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports BMW M4 GT3 PA United States Andy Lee United States Elias Sabo United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
10 Germany Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Hong Kong Antares Au Netherlands Loek Hartog Switzerland Patric Niederhauser
21 Germany Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Switzerland Alex Fontana Germany Yannick Mettler United States 'Hash'
28 Canada ST Racing BMW M4 GT3 P United States Bill Auberlen United States Varun Choksey Austria Philipp Eng
29 United States Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 PA United States Robby Foley United States Justin Rothberg United States Patrick Gallagher
31 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 P Belgium Charles Weerts South Africa Sheldon van der Linde Belgium Dries Vanthoor
32 United States GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Australia Tom Sargent United States Kyle Washington Turkey Ayhancan Güven
33 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 P Brazil Augusto Farfus United Kingdom Dan Harper Germany Max Hesse
38 Canada ST Racing BMW M4 GT3 PA Canada Samantha Tan United States Neil Verhagen United States John Capestro-Dubets
61 New Zealand Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Denmark Bastian Buus Malaysia Adrian D'Silva New Zealand Brendon Leitch
63 United States DXDT Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R P United States Tommy Milner United States Alec Udell United Kingdom Alexander Sims
64 United States DXDT Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R PA United States Bryan Sellers United States Patrick Liddy United States Blake McDonald
75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Austria Lucas Auer Australia Kenny Habul Australia Jayden Ojeda
85 United States RennSport1 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) P United States Trent Hindman United States Jake Pedersen Netherlands Kay van Berlo
88 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 PA Italy Riccardo Agostini Brazil Custodio Toledo Monaco Cedric Sbirrazzuoli
91 United States Regulator Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA United States Jeff Burton Finland Elias Seppänen Switzerland Philip Ellis
92 Canada Montreal Motorsport Group Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Canada Jean-Frédéric Laberge Canada Kyle Marcelli
93 United States Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 P United States Luca Mars United States Zach Veach Colombia Gabby Chaves
99 United States Random Vandals Racing BMW M4 GT3 P United States Kenton Koch United States Conor Daly United States Connor De Phillippi
120 United States Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA United States Adam Adelson United States Elliot Skeer Germany Laurin Heinrich
130 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Germany Maro Engel Andorra Jules Gounon Canada Mikael Grenier
163 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 PA Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr. United States Jay Schreibman Finland Toni Vilander
888 Australia Triple Eight JMR Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Malaysia Prince Jefri Ibrahim India Arjun Maini Australia Jordan Love
Source:[3]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
PA Pro/Am Cup

Race Result

Class winners denoted with bold and ‡.

Pos. Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired
1 Pro 31 Belgium Team WRT Belgium Charles Weerts
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
BMW M4 GT3 320 8:00:17.640‡
2 Pro 120 United States Wright Motorsports United States Adam Adelson
United States Elliot Skeer
Germany Laurin Heinrich
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 320 +0.260
3 Pro 130 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Germany Maro Engel
Andorra Jules Gounon
Canada Mikael Grenier
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 320 +20.886
4 Pro 93 United States Racers Edge Motorsports United States Luca Mars
United States Zach Veach
Colombia Gabby Chaves
Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 320 +53.149
5 Pro 63 United States DXDT Racing United States Tommy Milner
United States Alec Udell
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 320 +1:09.880
6 Pro 85 United States RennSport1 United States Trent Hindman
United States Jake Pedersen
Netherlands Kay van Berlo
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 320 +1:10.569
7 Pro-Am 10 Germany Herberth Motorsport Hong Kong Antares Au
Netherlands Loek Hartog
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 319 +1 Lap‡
8 Pro-Am 29 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley
United States Justin Rothberg
United States Patrick Gallagher
BMW M4 GT3 318 +2 Laps
9 Pro-Am 91 United States DXDT Racing United States Jeff Burton
Finland Elias Seppänen
Switzerland Philip Ellis
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 317 +3 Laps
10 Pro-Am 163 Italy AF Corse Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.
United States Jay Schreibman
Finland Toni Vilander
Ferrari 296 GT3 317 +3 Laps
11 Pro 28 Canada ST Racing United States Bill Auberlen
United States Varun Choksey
Austria Philipp Eng
BMW M4 GT3 316 +4 Laps
12 Pro-Am 21 Germany Car Collection Motorsport Switzerland Alex Fontana
Germany Yannick Mettler
United States 'Hash'
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 315 +5 Laps
13 Pro 4 United States Mercedes-AMG Team Lone Star Racing Spain Alex Palou
Germany Fabian Schiller
Germany Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 309 +11 Laps
14 Pro-Am 64 United States DXDT Racing United States Bryan Sellers
United States Patrick Liddy
United States Blake McDonald
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 308 +12 Laps
15 Pro-Am 88 Italy AF Corse Italy Riccardo Agostini
Brazil Custodio Toledo
Monaco Cedric Sbirrazzuoli
Ferrari 296 GT3 289 +31 Laps
16 Pro-Am 61 New Zealand Earl Bamber Motorsport Denmark Bastian Buus
Malaysia Adrian D'Silva
New Zealand Brendon Leitch
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 288 +32 Laps
17 Pro-Am 8 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Andy Lee
United States Elias Sabo
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
BMW M4 GT3 284 +36 Laps
18 Pro 33 Belgium Team WRT Brazil Augusto Farfus
Belgium Maxime Martin
Belgium Charles Weerts
BMW M4 GT3 280 +40 Laps
19 Pro-Am 38 Canada ST Racing United States Neil Verhagen
Canada Samantha Tan
United States Jake Walker
BMW M4 GT3 278 +42 Laps
20 Pro-Am 75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Austria Lucas Auer
Australia Kenny Habul
Australia Jayden Ojeda
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 251 Rear Axle
21 Pro 99 United States Random Vandals Racing United States Kenton Koch
United States Conor Daly
United States Connor De Phillippi
BMW M4 GT3 213 Fuel Pump
22 Pro-Am 888 Australia Triple Eight JMR Malaysia Prince Jefri Ibrahim
India Arjun Maini
Australia Jordan Love
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 143 Mechanical
23 Pro-Am 32 United States GMG Racing Australia Tom Sargent
United States Kyle Washington
Turkey Ayhancan Güven
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 136 Steering
NC Pro-Am 50 United States Chouest Povoledo Racing United States Ross Chouest
Canada Aaron Povoledo
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 0 Did not start
NC Pro-Am 92 Canada Montreal Motorsport Group Canada Jean-Frédéric Laberge
Canada Kyle Marcelli
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 0 Did not start
Source:[4]

References

  1. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (July 5, 2022). "Silver Driver Required in Each Top Category Lineup at Indy 8H". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "EVENT SCHEDULE" (PDF). Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS - INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR presented by AWS Provisional Entry List" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  4. ^ "IGTC Indianapolis 8 Hour Race Provisional" (PDF). sportscar365.com. October 5, 2024. Retrieved December 6, 2024.


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