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, was the fourth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup North America. It began on March 13 at Sebring International Raceway and ended on October 20 at Circuit of the Americas.

Calendar

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

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

Entry list

Team No. Driver Rounds
Pro Class
ACI Motorsports 2 Jimmy Llibre All
15 Yves Baltas[4] 6–8
JDX Racing[5] 4 Elias De La Torre IV[5] All
9 Zachary Vanier[5] All
82 Madeline Stewart[5] All
98 Alex Sedgwick[5] All
Momentop FMS Motorsport x RGB Racing 5 Ángel Benítez 1–4, 6–8
27 Thomas Kiefer 8
91 Michael Verhagen 2
McCann Racing 8 Michael McCann[6] 1–4
Kellymoss[7] 5–8
24 Loek Hartog[7] All
85 Jake Pedersen[8] 2–8
GMG Racing 15 Yves Baltas[4] 5
MDK Motorsports[4][9] 1–4
20 Gustav Burton[10] 1–3
37 Sabré Cook[10] 1–4
64 Dan Clarke[10] 1–4
Era Motorsport[11] 37 Sabré Cook[11] 5–8
64 Dan Clarke[11] 5–8
Topp Racing Performance 77 Colin Kaminsky All
78 Ryan Yardley All
Rearden Racing 85 Jake Pedersen 1
Baby Bull Racing 88 Michael Cooper All
Pro-Am Class
GMG Racing 3 Ofir Levy 2–3
14 James Sofronas 1–3, 5, 8
Forward Motorsport 11 Peter Ludwig 1–4
ACI Motorsports 16 Pedro Torres 1, 4–7
26 Roberto Tutino 1–5
84 Marco Cirone All
Kellymoss[12] 23 Jordan Wallace[13] 1–6, 8
65 Efrin Castro All
99 Alan Metni All
Momentop FMS Motorsport x RGB Racing 27 Stanislav Minskiy 6
66 David Tuaty 2
91 Javier Ripoll Sanchez 1, 4, 6–8
Andre Renha Fernandes[14] 3
Baby Bull Racing 44 Moisey Uretsky All
Topp Racing Performance 56 Jeff Mosing All
BGB Motorsports 69 Thomas Collingwood 1–2
MDK Motorsports[10][9] 74 Kenton King[10][11] 1–4
Era Motorsport[11] 5
Josh Conley 8
Masters Class
MGM Racing 10 Jody Miller 4–5, 7–8
Topp Racing 12 Peter Atwater 8
Kellymoss[12] 13 Todd Parriott 1, 5–6, 8
57 John Goetz All
68 Chris Bellomo All
80 John Gilliland 8
ACI Motorsports 18 Richard Edge 1, 4–7
19 Tom Balames 1–2, 4–5, 8
55 Matt Halcome All
Alegra Motorsports, LLC 22 Carlos de Quesada 1–5
GMG Racing 32 Kyle Washington 1–3, 5, 8
MDK Motorsports[10][9] 43 Mark Kvamme[10] 1–4
46 Naveen Rao 1
Ruckus Racing 45 Scott Blind 1–2, 4–8
JDX Racing 70 Joel Johnson 8

Results

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 Loek Hartog Yves Baltas Yves Baltas MDK Motorsports James Sofronas Matt Halcome
6 Loek Hartog Michael Cooper Loek Hartog Kellymoss Moisey Uretsky Matt Halcome
7 Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York June 20–22 Ryan Yardley Ryan Yardley Ryan Yardley Topp Racing Performance Alan Metni Richard Edge
8 Alex Sedgwick Jimmy Llibre Alex Sedgwick JDX Racing Pedro Torres Richard Edge
9 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 2–4 Loek Hartog Loek Hartog Loek Hartog Kellymoss Pedro Torres Chris Bellomo
10 Loek Hartog Loek Hartog Loek Hartog Kellymoss James Sofronas Chris Bellomo
11 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana September 20–22 Loek Hartog Loek Hartog Loek Hartog Kellymoss Alan Metni Scott Blind
12 Loek Hartog Loek Hartog Loek Hartog Kellymoss Alan Metni Richard Edge
13 Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia October 9–11 Alex Sedgwick Zachary Vanier Zachary Vanier JDX Racing Efrin Castro Richard Edge
14 Ryan Yardley Loek Hartog Ryan Yardley Topp Racing Performance Efrin Castro Chris Bellomo
15 Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas October 18–20 Loek Hartog Zachary Vanier Zachary Vanier JDX Racing Efrin Castro Chris Bellomo
16 Michael Cooper Ryan Yardley Ryan Yardley Topp Racing Performance Alan Metni Scott Blind

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.[15]

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

Pos. Driver SEB
MIA
CGV
WGL
ROA
IMS
ATL
COT
Points
Overall
1 Loek Hartog 1 3 1 7 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 342
2 Ryan Yardley 3 2 35 3 9 26 1 3 4 4 2 5 3 1 3 1 254
3 Zachary Vanier 7 12 2 1 7 5 5 4 14 2 5 18 1 3 1 3 233
4 Alex Sedgwick 4 5 15 2 4 4 6 1 2 6 3 2 4 4 5 2 228
5 Dan Clarke 8 9 4 29 5 30 3 5 6 3 6 3 5 7 10 6 167
6 Michael Cooper 6 6 3 5 3 3 4 7 30 10 4 10 8 DNS 4 5 160
7 Yves Baltas 9 10 7 8 1 2 9 11 11 12 27 17 6 5 7 9 133
8 Jimmy Llibre 10 8 34 9 10 10 20 6 3 5 26 4 7 6 6 8 126
9 Elias De La Torre 11 11 5 6 11 9 12 8 5 9 12 6 10 9 8 13 116
10 Michael McCann 13 4 6 27 6 7 10 12 8 7 8 7 13 15 11 7 112
11 Colin Kaminsky 5 7 9 13 12 29 7 9 18 8 7 13 9 8 9 10 103
12 Sabré Cook 14 13 8 10 25 8 8 10 9 32 9 8 28 DNS 20 11 71
13 Gustav Burton 2 1 18 4 WD WD 62
14 Jake Pedersen 33 14 10 12 18 11 11 28 28 21 10 9 24 14 19 12 44
15 Madeline Stewart 17 40 16 36 17 13 16 29 7 11 15 11 27 10 14 15 32
16 Ángel Benítez 12 24 21 11 8 6 33 34 DNS 27 16 17 18 31 28
17 Efrin Castro 35 35 11 16 30 19 14 31 20 16 13 19 11 11 12 17 24
18 Alan Metni 40 15 19 35 19 16 13 27 29 27 11 12 12 12 17 14 23
19 Moisey Uretsky 32 22 14 14 14 12 17 32 25 15 14 16 15 18 23 16 14
20 Marco Cirone 16 16 17 17 16 14 18 14 12 17 22 15 14 13 16 32 14
21 Pedro Torres 18 19 15 13 10 14 21 26 17 16 12
22 James Sofronas 15 28 23 32 13 27 15 13 15 18 9
23 Jordan Wallace 25 20 12 33 15 20 28 18 27 25 16 14 25 26 7
24 Jeff Mosing 19 38 22 18 24 18 30 26 13 20 23 23 19 24 21 25 3
25 Michael Verhagen 13 34 3
26 Thomas Kiefer 13 19 3
27 Kenton King 36 17 20 15 23 25 34 15 31 28 2
28 Matt Halcome 20 21 32 23 20 15 23 19 19 19 24 21 20 23 36 22 1
29 Richard Edge 22 36 22 16 17 22 20 20 18 20 0
30 Chris Bellomo 21 31 25 25 21 32 27 30 16 18 18 28 22 19 22 21 0
31 Roberto Tutino 28 39 28 21 31 17 19 33 DNS DNS 0
32 Mark Kvamme 29 37 24 19 27 24 25 17 0
33 Scott Blind 30 26 33 20 29 25 22 23 17 22 21 21 26 20 0
34 Peter Ludwig 23 18 29 28 28 21 21 21 0
35 John Goetz 24 27 36 22 32 28 26 22 21 24 19 24 23 22 30 33 0
36 Jody Miller 24 20 24 31 25 25 27 24 0
37 Kyle Washington 26 25 WD WD 22 22 23 29 24 27 0
38 Carlos de Quesada 38 23 31 31 26 23 31 23 DNS DNS 0
39 Joel Johnson 35 23 0
40 Tom Balames 37 34 30 26 32 24 32 30 31 30 0
41 Ofir Levy 27 24 WD WD 0
42 Javier Ripoll Sanchez 39 30 WD WD 25 25 26 26 28 28 0
43 Todd Parriott 34 32 26 26 28 29 32 29 0
44 Thomas Collingwood 27 29 26 30 0
45 Andre Renha Fernandes 29 31 0
46 Josh Conley 29 34 0
47 Naveen Rao 31 33 0
48 Peter Atwater 33 EX 0
49 John Gilliland 34 35 0
David Tuaty DNS DNS
Stanislav Minskiy DNS DNS
Pro-Am
1 Marco Cirone 16 16 17 17 16 14 18 14 136
2 Moisey Uretsky 32 22 14 14 14 12 17 32 123
3 Alan Metni 40 15 19 35 19 16 13 27 111
4 Efrin Castro 35 35 11 16 30 19 14 31 106
5 Jordan Wallace 25 20 12 33 15 20 28 18 102
6 Kenton King 36 17 20 15 23 25 34 15 91
7 Jeff Mosing 19 38 22 18 24 18 30 26 79
8 James Sofronas 15 28 23 32 13 27 77
9 Peter Ludwig 23 18 29 28 28 21 21 21 76
10 Pedro Torres 18 19 15 13 73
11 Roberto Tutino 28 39 28 21 31 17 19 33 55
12 Thomas Collingwood 27 29 26 30 27
13 Ofir Levy 27 24 15
14 Naveen Rao 31 33 12
15 Andre Renha Fernandes 29 31 12
16 Javier Ripoll Sanchez 39 30 9
Masters
1 Matt Halcome 20 21 32 23 20 15 23 19 175
2 Mark Kvamme 29 37 24 19 27 24 25 17 132
3 Chris Bellomo 21 31 25 25 21 32 27 30 117
4 Carlos de Quesada 38 23 31 31 26 23 31 23 96
5 John Goetz 24 27 36 22 32 28 26 22 93
6 Richard Edge 22 36 22 16 77
7 Scott Blind 30 26 33 20 29 25 76
8 Kyle Washington 26 25 WD WD 22 22 60
9 Tom Balames 37 34 30 26 32 24 51
10 Jody Miller 24 20 31
11 Todd Parriott 34 32 17
12 David Tuaty 37 37 0
Pos. Driver SEB
MIA
CGV
WGL
ROA
IMS
ATL
COT
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

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