2024 Porsche Carrera Cup North America

The 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup North America, known as the 2024 Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America for sponsorship reasons, will be the fourth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup North America. It will begin on March 13 at Sebring International Raceway and end on October 20 at Circuit of the Americas.

Calendar edit

The calendar was released on October 23, 2023, featuring eight rounds. The rounds at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and the Grand Prix of Long Beach were dropped in favor of a round at the Canadian Grand Prix, alongside a return to Road Atlanta.[1] A new sub-championship, dubbed the ANDIAL Cup, was introduced at the IMSA-supporting rounds.[2]

Round Circuit Date
1   Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida March 13–15
2   Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida May 3–5
3   Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec June 7–9
4   Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York June 20–22
5   Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 2–4
6   Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana September 20–22
7   Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia October 9–11
8   Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas October 18–20
  Race is part of ANDIAL Cup

Series news edit

  • Following three years of competition using Michelin tires, Yokohama became the official tire supplier ahead of the 2024 season.[3]

Entry list edit

Team No. Driver Rounds
Pro Class
  ACI Motorsports 2   Jimmy Llibre 1–2
  JDX Racing[4] 4   Elias De La Torre IV[4] 1–2
9   Zachary Vanier[4] 1–2
82   Madeline Stewart[4] 1–2
98   Alex Sedgwick[4] 1–2
  Momentop FMS Motorsport x RGB Racing 5   Ángel Benítez 1–2
91   Michael Verhagen 2
  McCann Racing 8   Michael McCann 1–2
  MDK Motorsports[5] 15   Yves Baltas[5] 1–2
20   Gustav Burton[6] 1–2
37   Sabré Cook[6] 1–2
64   Dan Clarke[6] 1–2
  Kellymoss[7] 24   Loek Hartog[7] 1–2
85   Jake Pedersen[8] 2
  Topp Racing Performance 77   Colin Kaminsky 1–2
78   Ryan Yardley 1–2
  Rearden Racing 85   Jake Pedersen 1
  Baby Bull Racing 88   Michael Cooper 1–2
  McElrea Racing[9] TBA   TBA TBA
Pro-Am Class
  GMG Racing 3   Ofir Levy 2
  Forward Motorsport 11   Peter Ludwig 1–2
  GMG Racing 14   James Sofronas 1–2
  ACI Motorsports 16   Pedro Torres 1
26   Roberto Tutino 1–2
84   Marco Cirone 1–2
  Kellymoss[10] 23   Jordan Wallace[11] 1–2
65   Efrin Castro 1–2
99   Alan Metni 1–2
  Baby Bull Racing 44   Moisey Uretsky 1–2
  Topp Racing Performance 56   Jeff Mosing 1–2
  BGB Motorsports 69   Thomas Collingwood 1–2
  MDK Motorsports[6] 74   Kenton King[6] 1–2
  Momentop FMS Motorsport x RGB Racing 66   David Tuaty 2
91   Javier Ripoll Sanchez 1
Masters Class
  Kellymoss[10] 13   Todd Parriott 1
57   John Goetz 1–2
68   Chris Bellomo 1–2
  ACI Motorsports 18   Richard Edge 1
19   Tom Balames 1–2
55   Matt Halcome 1–2
  Alegra Motorsports, LLC 22   Carlos de Quesada 1–2
  GMG Racing 32   Kyle Washington 1–2
  MDK Motorsports[6] 43   Mark Kvamme[6] 1–2
46   Naveen Rao 1
  Ruckus Racing 45   Scott Blind 1–2

Results edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Winning Pro-Am Winning Masters
1   Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida March 13–15   Loek Hartog   Loek Hartog   Loek Hartog   Kellymoss   James Sofronas   Matt Halcome
2   Gustav Burton   Loek Hartog   Gustav Burton   MDK Motorsports   Alan Metni   Matt Halcome
3   Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida May 5–7   Alex Sedgwick   Gustav Burton   Loek Hartog   Kellymoss   Efrin Castro   Mark Kvamme
4   Alex Sedgwick   Loek Hartog   Zachary Vanier   JDX Racing   Moisey Uretsky   Mark Kvamme
5   Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec June 7–9
6
7   Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York June 20–22
8
9   Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 2–4
10
11   Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana September 20–22
12
13   Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia October 9–11
14
15   Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas October 18–20
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Championship standings edit

Points system edit

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.[12]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th  Pole   FL 
Points 25 20 17 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 1

For the Pro-Am and Masters championships, the lowest two race results before the final round are dropped. All pole position and fastest lap points are retained.

Driver's Championship edit

Pos. Driver SEB
 
MIA
 
CGV
 
WGL
 
ELK
 
IMS
 
ATL
 
AUS
 
Points
Overall
1   Loek Hartog 1 3 1 7 81
2   Gustav Burton 2 1 18 4 62
3   Zachary Vanier 7 12 2 1 58
4   Ryan Yardley 3 2 35 3 54
5   Alex Sedgwick 4 5 15 2 51
6   Michael Cooper 6 6 3 5 49
7   Elias De La Torre 11 11 5 6 32
8   Colin Kaminsky 5 7 9 13 31
9   Yves Baltas 9 10 7 8 30
10   Dan Clarke 8 9 4 29 29
11   Michael McCann 13 4 6 27 27
12   Jimmy Llibre 10 8 34 9 21
13   Sabré Cook 14 13 8 10 19
14   Jake Pedersen 33 14 10 12 12
15   Ángel Benítez 12 24 21 11 9
16   Efrin Castro 35 35 11 16 5
17   Jordan Wallace 25 20 12 33 4
18   Moisey Uretsky 32 22 14 14 4
19   Michael Verhagen 13 34 3
20   Kenton King 36 17 20 15 1
21   Alan Metni 40 15 19 35 1
22   James Sofronas 15 28 23 32 1
23   Marco Cirone 16 16 17 17 0
24   Madeline Stewart 17 40 16 36 0
25   Jeff Mosing 19 38 22 18 0
26   Pedro Torres 18 19 0
27   Peter Ludwig 23 18 29 28 0
28   Mark Kvamme 29 37 24 19 0
29   Matt Halcome 20 21 32 23 0
30   Scott Blind 30 26 33 20 0
31   Chris Bellomo 21 31 25 25 0
32   Roberto Tutino 28 39 28 21 0
33   John Goetz 24 27 36 22 0
34   Richard Edge 22 36 0
35   Carlos de Quesada 38 23 31 31 0
36   Ofir Levy 27 24 0
37   Kyle Washington 26 25 WD WD 0
38   Thomas Collingwood 27 29 26 30 0
39   Tom Balames 37 34 30 26 0
40   Javier Ripoll Sanchez 39 30 0
41   Naveen Rao 31 33 0
42   Todd Parriott 34 32 0
43   David Tuaty 37 37 0
Pro-Am
1   Marco Cirone 16 16 17 17 68
2   Moisey Uretsky 32 22 14 14 57
3   Efrin Castro 35 35 11 16 56
4   Kenton King 36 17 20 15 51
5   Alan Metni 40 15 19 35 49
6   Jordan Wallace 25 20 12 33 48
7   James Sofronas 15 28 23 32 46
8   Jeff Mosing 19 38 22 18 39
9   Peter Ludwig 23 18 29 28 38
10   Pedro Torres 18 19 30
11   Thomas Collingwood 27 29 26 30 27
12   Roberto Tutino 28 39 28 21 25
13   Ofir Levy 27 24 15
14   Naveen Rao 31 33 12
15   Javier Ripoll Sanchez 39 30 9
Masters
1   Matt Halcome 20 21 32 23 84
2   Chris Bellomo 21 31 25 25 70
3   Mark Kvamme 29 37 24 19 67
4   Scott Blind 30 26 33 20 57
5   Carlos de Quesada 38 23 31 31 47
6   John Goetz 24 27 36 22 43
7   Tom Balames 37 34 30 26 35
8   Kyle Washington 26 25 WD WD 29
9   Richard Edge 22 36 24
10   Todd Parriott 34 32 17
11   David Tuaty 37 37 0
Pos. Driver SEB
 
MIA
 
CGV
 
WGL
 
ELK
 
IMS
 
ATL
 
AUS
 
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

References edit

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  5. ^ a b Dagys, John (February 16, 2024). "Baltas to Make Series Debut in MDK Pro Entry". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Six Car Squad for MDK Motorsports' Porsche Carrera Cup Assault". PCCNA. February 16, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
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  8. ^ Dagys, John (April 16, 2024). "Pedersen Joins Kellymoss for Dual Series Program". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  9. ^ Dagys, John (October 27, 2023). "McElrea Targeting Expansion to Four-Car Effort in 2024". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
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  12. ^ 2024 IMSA SPORTING REGULATIONS and SSR PCCNA Blackline 022824

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