2020 GT Sports Club America

The 2020 GT Sports Club America was the inaugural and only season of the SRO Motorsports Group's GT Sports Club America, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. GT Sports Club America was a championship for Bronze, Titanium and Iron drivers only. The Titanium categorisation is within the Bronze category, for drivers between the age of 50 and 59. The Iron categorisation is within the Bronze category, for drivers over the age of 60. The races are contested with GT2-spec and GT3-spec cars. The season began on 11 July at Virginia and ended on 3 October at Indianapolis.

Calendar

At the annual press conference during the 2019 24 Hours of Spa on 26 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2020 calendar.[1]

Calendar changes due to COVID-19 pandemic

The season opening round at Virginia was moved from 6–7 June to 11–12 July.

Round Circuit Date
1 United States Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia 11–12 July
2 United States Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California 8–9 August
3 United States Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 29–30 August
4 United States Circuit of the Americas, Elroy, Texas 19–20 September
5 United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana 2–3 October
  Combined races with GT World Challenge America due to drop in expected entries amid COVID-19 pandemic

Entry list

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
United States GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 2 United States Jason Bell All
32 United States Kyle Washington Ti 2, 4–5
57 United States Stu Frederick Iron All
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 14 United States James Sofronas Ti 1, 4–5
United States Daskalos Motorsports Audi R8 LMS Ultra 27 United States Jason Daskalos 2, 4–5
41 United States Walt Sipp 5
United States TR3 Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 31 United States Mark Issa 3–5
32 United States Brian Pinkstaff Iron 2
United States ATech Design Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 54 United States Karl Leinsing Ti 1, 4–5
55 United States Geoff May Iron 2
United States 311RS Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 311 United States Ryan Gates All
312 United States Hunter Dunham 3
United States Altus Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 500 Canada Trevor Daley Iron 1, 3–5
Germany Team Germany - TSE Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 999 Germany Stefan Dolipski Ti 4–5
Sources:[2]
Icon Class
Ti Titanium Cup
Iron Iron Cup

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position Overall winner Titanium Winner Iron Winner
1 R1 United States Virginia United States No. 311 311RS Motorsport United States No. 311 311RS Motorsport United States No. 54 ATech Design No Finishers
United States Ryan Gates United States Ryan Gates United States Karl Leinsing
R2 United States No. 311 311RS Motorsport United States No. 311 311RS Motorsport United States No. 54 ATech Design United States No. 57 GMG Racing
United States Ryan Gates United States Ryan Gates United States Karl Leinsing United States Stu Frederick
2 R1 United States Sonoma United States No. 27 Daskalos Motorsport United States No. 27 Daskalos Motorsport United States No. 32 GMG Racing United States No. 57 GMG Racing
United States Jason Daskalos United States Jason Daskalos United States Kyle Washington United States Stu Frederick
R2 United States No. 27 Daskalos Motorsport United States No. 27 Daskalos Motorsport United States No. 32 GMG Racing United States No. 57 GMG Racing
United States Jason Daskalos United States Jason Daskalos United States Kyle Washington United States Stu Frederick
3 R1 United States Road America United States No. 31 TR3 Racing United States No. 311 311RS Motorsport No Entries United States No. 57 GMG Racing
United States Mark Issa United States Ryan Gates United States Stu Frederick
R2 United States No. 31 TR3 Racing United States No. 31 TR3 Racing United States No. 57 GMG Racing
United States Mark Issa United States Mark Issa United States Stu Frederick
4 R1 United States Austin United States No. 14 GMG Racing United States No. 27 Daskalos Motorsports United States No. 14 GMG Racing United States No. 99 Altus Motorsports
United States James Sofronas United States Jason Daskalos United States James Sofronas Canada Trevor Daley
R2 United States No. 27 Daskalos Motorsports United States No. 31 TR3 Racing United States No. 14 GMG Racing United States No. 99 Altus Motorsports
United States Jason Daskalos United States Mark Issa United States James Sofronas Canada Trevor Daley
4 R1 United States Indianapolis United States No. 311 311RS Motorsport United States No. 311 311RS Motorsport Germany No. 11 Team Germany - TSE Racing United States No. 57 GMG Racing
United States Ryan Gates United States Ryan Gates Germany Stefan Dolipski United States Stu Frederick
R2 United States No. 32 GMG Racing United States No. 14 GMG Racing Germany No. 11 Team Germany - TSE Racing United States No. 57 GMG Racing
United States No. 2 Jason Bell United States James Sofronas Germany Stefan Dolipski United States Stu Frederick

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championships

Overall

Pos. Driver Team VIR
United States
SON
United States
ELK
United States
AUS
United States
IND
United States
Points
RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2
1 United States Ryan Gates United States 311RS Motorsport 1 1 2 2 1 2 4 3 1 3 196
3 United States Jason Bell United States GMG Racing 2 2 3 3 3 4 8 4 3 2 142
3 United States Jason Daskalos United States Daskalos Motorsport 1 1 1 2 Ret 4 105
4 United States Stu Frederick United States GMG Racing Ret 3 4 4 4 3 5 Ret 2 5 104
5 United States Mark Issa United States TR3 Racing 2 1 Ret 1 4 Ret 80
6 United States James Sofronas United States GMG Racing Ret DNS 2 5 8 1 57
7 United States Karl Leinsing United States ATech Design 3 4 7 8 6 8 49
8 United States Kyle Washington United States GMG Racing 5 5 9 10 10 7 30
9 Canada Trevor Daley United States Altus Motorsports DNS DNS Ret Ret 3 9 5 9 29
10 Germany Stefan Dolipski Germany Team Germany - TSE Racing 6 7 7 6 28
11 United States Walt Sipp United States Daskalos Motorsport 9 Ret 2
12 United States Brian Pinkstaff United States TR3 Racing Ret Wth 0
13 United States Geoff May United States ATech Design DNQ INF 0
14 United States Hunter Dunham United States 311RS Motorsport DSQ DSQ 0
Pos. Driver Team VIR
United States
SON
United States
ELK
United States
AUS
United States
IND
United States
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Titanium Cup

Pos. Driver Team VIR
United States
SON
United States
ELK
United States
AUS
United States
IND
United States
Points
RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2
1 United States Kyle Washington United States GMG Racing 5 5 9 10 10 7 119
2 Germany Stefan Dolipski Germany Team Germany - TSE Racing 6 7 7 6 100
3 United States Walt Sipp United States Daskalos Motorsport 9 Ret 18
4 United States Hunter Dunham United States 311RS Motorsport DSQ DSQ 0
Pos. Driver Team VIR
United States
SON
United States
ELK
United States
AUS
United States
IND
United States
Points

Iron Cup

Pos. Driver Team VIR
United States
SON
United States
ELK
United States
AUS
United States
IND
United States
Points
RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2
1 United States Stu Frederick United States GMG Racing Ret 3 4 4 4 3 5 Ret 2 5 193
2 Canada Trevor Daley United States Altus Motorsports DNS DNS Ret Ret 3 9 5 9 86
3 United States Brian Pinkstaff United States TR3 Racing Ret Wth 0
4 United States Geoff May United States ATech Design DNQ INF 0
Pos. Driver Team VIR
United States
SON
United States
ELK
United States
AUS
United States
IND
United States
Points

See also

References

  1. ^ Kilshaw, Jake (July 26, 2019). "GT Sports Club Goes Global as GT2 Platform". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "Green! Green! Green! VIRginia International Raceway Readies for Roar of GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Series, GT Sports Club America Series Debut". gtsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. July 7, 2020. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.