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2025 GT World Challenge America

The 2025 GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS is the nineteenth season of the United States Auto Club's GT World Challenge America, and the eighth under ownership of SRO Motorsports Group.

The season began at Sonoma on March 28, and will end at Indianapolis on October 18.

Calendar

The preliminary calendar released on June 26, 2024, at the SRO's annual 24 Hours of Spa press conference, featuring 14 races across seven rounds.[1] On August 6, 2024, the calendar was finalized, and the date of Indianapolis round was pushed back two weeks.[2]

Round Circuit Date Map
1 California Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California March 28–30
2 Texas Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas April 25–27
3 Florida Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida May 16–18
4 Virginia Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia July 18–20
5 Wisconsin Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 15–17
6 Alabama Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama September 5–7
7 Indiana Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana October 16–18

Entry list

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
United States CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 04 United States Colin Braun[3] PA 1
United States George Kurtz[3]
United States Racers Edge Motorsports[4][3] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8 2 United States Jason Bell[5] PA 1–2
United States Michael Cooper[5]
United States Dollahite Racing[6] Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 6 United States Scott Dollahite[6] PA 1–2
United States Anthony Lazzaro[7]
United States Flying Lizard Motorsports[8] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 8 United States Andy Lee[7] PA 1–2
United States Elias Sabo[7]
United States DXDT Racing[9][3] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 11 United Kingdom Matt Bell[9] PA 1–2
United States Blake McDonald[9]
Italy AF Corse[10][3] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 16 Brazil Marcelo Hahn[7] PA 1–2
Brazil Allam Khodair[7]
163 Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.[10] Am 1–2
United States Jay Schreibman[10]
United States RennSport1[3] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 18 Belgium Jan Heylen[11] P 1–2
United Kingdom Alex Sedgwick[11]
United States Heart of Racing Team[12] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8 24 United States Gray Newell[13] PA 1–2
United Kingdom Darren Turner[13]
United States CRP Racing[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 27 United States Jason Daskalos[3] PA 1–2
United States Isaac Sherman[3]
United States Turner Motorsport[14][3] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 29 United States Robby Foley[14] PA 1–2
United States Justin Rothberg[14]
United States GMG Racing[3] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 32 Australia Tom Sargent[3] PA 1–2
United States Kyle Washington[3]
Canada JMF Motorsports[15] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 34 Canada Mikaël Grenier[16] P 1–2
United States Michai Stephens[16]
United States Chouest Povoledo Racing[17] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 50 United States Ross Chouest[17] PA 1–2
Canada Aaron Povoledo[17]
United States Random Vandals Racing[18] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 51 United States Bill Auberlen[19] P 1–2
United States Varun Choksey[19]
99 United States Connor De Phillippi[20] P 1–2
United States Kenton Koch[20]
United States Conor Daly[20] TBC
United States Archangel Motorsports[21] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 88 United States Todd Coleman[21] PA 1–2
United States Aaron Telitz[21]
United States Regulator Racing[22] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 91 United States Jeff Burton[3] PA 1–2
Switzerland Philip Ellis[3]
Canada LAB Motorsport by GT Racing[23] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 92 Canada Jean-Frédéric Laberge[23] PA 1–2
Canada Kyle Marcelli[23]
Source:[24][25]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
PA Pro/Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner

Round Circuit Pole position Pro Winners Pro/Am Winners Am Winners Results
1 R1 California Sonoma United States #99 Random Vandals Racing Canada #34 JMF Motorsports United States #29 Turner Motorsport Italy #163 AF Corse USA Report
United States Connor De Phillippi
United States Kenton Koch 		Canada Mikaël Grenier
United States Michai Stephens 		United States Robby Foley
United States Justin Rothberg 		Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.
United States Jay Schreibman
R2 United States #04 CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports United States #99 Random Vandals Racing United States #91 Regulator Racing No Finishers Report
United States Colin Braun
United States George Kurtz 		United States Connor De Phillippi
United States Kenton Koch 		United States Jeff Burton
Switzerland Philip Ellis
2 R1 Texas Austin
R2
3 R1 Florida Sebring
R2
4 R1 Virginia Virginia
R2
5 R1 Wisconsin Road America
R2
6 R1 Alabama Barber
R2
7 R1 Indiana Indianapolis

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. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 40 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. Race-by-race entries which only participated in either of the final two races of the season are not eligible for points.

Standard Points
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Indianapolis Points
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 50 36 30 24 20 16 12 8 4 2

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver Team SON SEB COT VIR ELK BAR IND Points
Pro class
1 United States Connor De Phillippi
United States Kenton Koch 		United States Random Vandals Racing 2 1 43
2 Canada Mikaël Grenier
United States Michai Stephens 		Canada JMF Motorsports 1 3 40
3 Belgium Jan Heylen
United Kingdom Alex Sedgwick 		United States RennSport1 4 2 30
4 United States Bill Auberlen
United States Varun Choksey 		United States Random Vandals Racing 3 4 27
Pro-Am class
1 United States Robby Foley
United States Justin Rothberg 		United States Turner Motorsport 1 3 40
2 United States Colin Braun
United States George Kurtz 		United States CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports 2 2 36
3 United States Jeff Burton
Switzerland Philip Ellis 		United States Regulator Racing 7 1 31
4 Brazil Marcelo Hahn
Brazil Allam Khodair 		Italy AF Corse USA 3 5 25
5 United States Jason Daskalos
United States Isaac Sherman 		United States CRP Racing 4 4 24
6 United States Todd Coleman
United States Aaron Telitz 		United States Archangel Motorsports 5 6 18
7 United States Jason Bell
United States Michael Cooper 		United States Racers Edge Motorsports 6 12 8
8 United States Andy Lee
United States Elias Sabo 		United States Flying Lizard Motorsports 10 7 7
9 United States Ross Chouest
Canada Aaron Povoledo 		United States Chouest Povoledo Racing 11 8 4
= United States Gray Newell
United Kingdom Darren Turner 		United States Heart of Racing Team 8 11 4
= Australia Tom Sargent
United States Kyle Washington 		United States GMG Racing 9 9 4
12 United Kingdom Matt Bell
United States Blake McDonald 		United States DXDT Racing 12 10 1
– United States Scott Dollahite
United States Anthony Lazzaro 		United States Dollahite Racing 13 13 0
– Canada Jean-Frédéric Laberge
Canada Kyle Marcelli 		Canada LAB Motorsport by GT Racing DNS 0
Am class
1 Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr
United States Jay Schreibman 		Italy AF Corse USA 1 1 50
Pos. Driver Team SON SEB COT VIR ELK BAR IND 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

Teams' championship

Pos. Team SON SEB COT VIR ELK BAR IND Points
Pro class
1 United States Random Vandals Racing 2 1 43
2 Canada JMF Motorsports 1 3 40
3 United States RennSport1 4 2 33
Pro-Am class
1 United States Turner Motorsport 1 3 40
2 United States CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports 2 2 36
3 United States Regulator Racing 7 1 31
4 Italy AF Corse USA 3 5 25
5 United States CRP Racing 4 4 24
6 United States Archangel Motorsports 5 6 18
7 United States Racers Edge Motorsports 6 12 8
8 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports 10 7 7
9 United States Chouest Povoledo Racing 11 8 4
= United States Heart of Racing Team 8 11 4
= United States GMG Racing 9 9 4
12 United States DXDT Racing 12 10 1
– United States Dollahite Racing 13 13 0
– Canada LAB Motorsport by GT Racing DNS 0
Am class
1 Italy AF Corse USA 1 1 50
Pos. Team SON SEB COT VIR ELK BAR IND Points
Notes
  • † – Drivers did not finish the race but were classified, as they completed more than 75% of the race distance.
  • ‡ – Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

See also

Notes

References

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