The 2019 Pirelli GT4 America Series was the inaugural season of the GT4 America Series . It took over the GTS class of the Pirelli World Challenge, which adopted global GT4 technical regulations in 2018, and it is a Blancpain GT World Challenge America support series. GT4 America Series is split into a Sprint series, which features 50-minute races with one driver per car, and a SprintX series, which features one-hour races with two drivers per car and a mandatory driver change during Pit stops. Also East and West regional championships are awarded. The season began on 2 March in Austin and ended on 20 October in Las Vegas .[ 1]
Calendar
At the annual press conference during the 2018 24 Hours of Spa on 27 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2019 calendar.[ 2] Austin was confirmed on 15 August.[ 3] [ 1] Las Vegas Motor Speedway that carry the 'Grand Finale' name, is forthcoming.[ 4]
SprintX
Round
Circuit
Date
1
Circuit of the Americas , Elroy, Texas
2–3 March
East / West
2
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca , Monterey, California
30–31 March
West
3
Virginia International Raceway , Alton, Virginia
27–28 April
East
4
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park , Bowmanville, Ontario
18–19 May
East
5
Sonoma Raceway , Sonoma, California
8–9 June
West
6
Portland International Raceway , Portland, Oregon
13–14 July
West
7
Watkins Glen International , Watkins Glen, New York
31 August–1 September
East
8
Road America , Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
21–22 September
East
9
Las Vegas Motor Speedway , Las Vegas, Nevada
19–20 October
West
The round at
Laguna Seca only counts towards GT4 America West points and not towards SprintX.
Sprint
Round
Circuit
Date
1
Streets of St. Petersburg , St. Petersburg, Florida
9–10 March
2
Streets of Long Beach , Long Beach, California
14 April
3
Virginia International Raceway , Alton, Virginia
27–28 April
4
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park , Bowmanville, Ontario
18–19 May
5
Sonoma Raceway , Sonoma, California
8–9 June
6
Watkins Glen International , Watkins Glen, New York
31 August–1 September
7
Road America , Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
21–22 September
8
Las Vegas Motor Speedway , Las Vegas, Nevada
19–20 October
Entry list
SprintX
Team
Car
Drivers
Class
Rounds
Driver
Series
[ 5] Audi R8 LMS GT4 [ 5] 2
[ 5] PA SX 1, 7–8
Alec Udell
1, 8
7
Am 5
James Sofronas [ 6]
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport
James Sofronas
8
Audi R8 LMS GT4 [ 5] 04
[ 7] Am SX 3, 7
James Sofronas [ 7]
[ 8] BMW M4 GT4 [ 8] 3
[ 8] Am East 1, 3–4, 7
[ 8]
[ 8] Ginetta G55 GT4 [ 8] 5
[ 8] PA West 1–2, 5, 9
[ 8]
Audi R8 LMS GT4
6
Ginetta G55 GT4 [ 8] 15
PA West 6
Audi R8 LMS GT4
9
Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4
8
PA SX 6
[ 8] BMW M4 GT4 [ 8] 16
[ 8] Am SX All
[ 8]
TRG - The Racers Group [ 9] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport [ 9] 17
[ 9] Am West All
[ 9]
East 3–4, 8
[ 7]
67
[ 9] Am West All
[ 9]
[ 10] BMW M4 GT4 [ 10] 19
[ 10] PA SX All
[ 10]
West 2
[ 10]
190
PA SX 7
Flying Lizard Motorsports [ 11] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport [ 11] 21
Michael Dinan [ 11] PA SX 1, 3, 6–9
Robby Foley [ 11]
35
Seth Neiman [ 8] Am SX 1
[ 12] BMW M4 GT4 [ 12] 22
[ 12] PA East 1, 3
[ 12]
[ 8] Ginetta G55 GT4 [ 8] 24
[ 8] Am West 1
[ 8]
Ford Mustang GT4 [ 13] [ 13] PA East 4, 7–8
[ 13]
[ 6] Am West 5–6
[ 6]
[ 8] Ginetta G55 GT4 [ 8] 27
[ 8] PA East 1, 3–4
[ 8]
McLaren 570S GT4
7–8
[ 14] BMW M4 GT4 [ 14] 28
Harry Gottsacker [ 15] PA West All
[ 15]
38
Samantha Tan [ 14] PA West All
Jason Wolfe [ 14]
[ 16] BMW M4 GT4 [ 16] 29
Stevan McAleer [ 16] PA East All
[ 16]
92
[ 16] PA East 1
[ 16]
SX 3–4, 7–9
[ 7]
254
[ 17] Am East 1
[ 17]
[ 18] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport [ 18] 31
[ 18] Am East 1
[ 18]
Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR [ 8] 32
[ 8] PA East 1
[ 8]
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport [ 7] 3
[ 7]
Audi R8 LMS GT4 [ 8] 44
[ 8] Am East 1, 3–4, 8
[ 8]
81
PA East 8
[ 8] Audi R8 LMS GT4 [ 8] 33
Andy Pilgrim [ 8] PA East 1, 3
[ 8]
Murillo Racing [ 8] Mercedes-AMG GT4 [ 8] 34
[ 8] Am East 1, 3–4, 7–8
Christian Szymczak [ 8]
PA West 5–6
[ 6]
Andretti Autosport [ 19] McLaren 570S GT4 [ 19] 36
Jarett Andretti
Am SX 1, 3
[ 19]
Jarett Andretti [ 19] PA 5–9
5–7, 9
David Donohue
8
Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR
37
PA SX 7
Jan Heylen
[ 8] Audi R8 LMS GT4 [ 8] 43
[ 8] PA West 1, 5–6, 9
[ 8]
Mercedes-AMG GT4
64
Anthony Lazzaro
Am West 9
Audi R8 LMS GT4
91
Jeff Burton [ 8] Am West 1–2, 6, 9
[ 8]
SX 3, 7
Jeff Burton [ 7]
[ 20] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport [ 20] 46
[ 20] Am SX 1, 3, 5
[ 20]
Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR
PA East 7
Guy Cosmo
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport [ 20] 47
[ 20] PA SX All
[ 20]
Team Panoz Racing [ 21] Panoz Avezzano GT4 [ 21] 51
[ 21] Am SX All
[ 21]
[ 22] SIN R1 GT4 [ 22] 54
[ 22] Am West 2
[ 22]
PA 6
9
[ 23] Ford Mustang GT4 [ 23] 55
[ 23] PA East 1, 3
[ 23]
Ginetta G55 GT4
63
PA West 6
SX 7
[ 8] Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR [ 8] 69
[ 8] Am East 1
[ 8]
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport [ 7] 3–4, 7–8
[ 7]
SX 9
[ 24] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport [ 24] 77
[ 24] PA East 1, 4, 7–8
Trent Hindman [ 24]
West 9
Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR [ 7] Trent Hindman
East 3
[ 7]
[ 25] Mercedes-AMG GT4 [ 25] 89
Parker Chase [ 25] PA East 1
[ 25]
8
Guy Cosmo
West 9
[ 22] BMW M4 GT4 [ 22] 452
[ 22] Am West 2
[ 22]
Mercedes-AMG GT4
592
Alexandre Prémat
PA SX 6
Icon
Class
Drivers
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
Series
SX SprintX
East East
West West
Sprint
Team
Car
Drivers
Class
Rounds
[ 5] Audi R8 LMS GT4 [ 5] 2
[ 5] Am 1
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport [ 26] 2–8
Audi R8 LMS GT4 [ 5] 04
[ 5] Am 1–2
14
James Sofronas [ 26] Pro 2
[ 24] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport [ 24] 7
[ 24] Am All
[ 27] McLaren 570S GT4 [ 27] 10
Michael Cooper [ 28] Pro All
11
[ 27] Am All
[ 29] Ford Mustang GT4 [ 29] 12
[ 30] Pro 1
[ 29] Am 2–8
24
[ 29] Am All
Andretti Autosport [ 19] McLaren 570S GT4 [ 19] 18
Jarett Andretti [ 19] Am 1–4
Pro 5–8
[ 7] BMW M4 GT4 [ 7] 19
[ 7] Am 3–8
88
[ 7] Am 3, 5
190
Am 6
[ 26] Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR [ 26] 20
Matt Brabham [ 26] Pro 2, 5, 8
Flying Lizard Motorsports [ 11] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport [ 11] 21
Michael Dinan [ 11] Am 1–2
210
3, 7–8
Audi R8 LMS GT4 [ 31] 30
[ 31] Am 5
[ 12] BMW M4 GT4 [ 12] 22
[ 12] Am 1–3, 5–7
[ 7] BMW M4 GT4 [ 7] 26
[ 6] Pro 5
Stevan McAleer
7
92
[ 7] Am 3
[ 26] BMW M4 GT4 [ 26] 38
Samantha Tan [ 26] Am 2
[ 30] Ford Mustang GT4 [ 30] 40
[ 30] Pro 1, 8
41
[ 30] Pro 1, 8
42
Shane Lewis
Pro 8
[ 7] Audi R8 LMS GT4 [ 7] 44
[ 7] Am 3
Team Panoz Racing [ 21] Panoz Avezzano GT4 [ 21] 50
Ian James [ 21] Pro All
51
[ 21] Am 1
[ 26] Am 2
Murillo Racing [ 7] Mercedes-AMG GT4 [ 7] 53
[ 7] Am 3–4
[ 26] SIN R1 GT4 [ 26] 54
[ 26] Am 2
[ 32] Ford Mustang GT4 [ 32] 55
[ 32] Pro 4
[ 33] McLaren 570S GT4 [ 33] 62
[ 33] Am All
TRG - The Racers Group [ 9] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport [ 9] 66
Spencer Pumpelly [ 9] Pro All
[ 30] Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR [ 30] 69
[ 30] Am 1
169
3–4
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport
6–7
[ 34] KTM X-Bow GT4 [ 34] 71
[ 34] Pro 1–5
[ 30] Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R [ 30] 72
Shane Lewis [ 30] Pro 1–7
74
Gar Robinson [ 30] Pro 1–7
[ 7] Mercedes-AMG GT4
64
Am 8
BMW M4 GT4 [ 7] 80
3, 5
Audi R8 LMS GT4 [ 7] 91
Jeff Burton [ 7] Am 3, 5–6
[ 7] Audi R8 LMS GT4 [ 7] 82
[ 7] Pro 3, 6–7
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport
83
Am 6–8
Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4
99
Am 6, 8
Icon
Class
Pro Pro Cup
Am Am Cup
Race results
Bold indicates overall winner.
SprintX
Sprint
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 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any SprintX race.
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Points
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
SprintX
Sprint Overall
Driver
Team
STP LBH VIR MOS SON WGL ELK LVS Points
1
Ian James
Team Panoz Racing
1
5
2
20
3
5
3
2
1
1
7
10
6
1
4
211
2
Michael Cooper
4
13
3
2
4
3
2
1 2
4
18
1
1
18
1
207.5
3
Spencer Pumpelly
TRG - The Racers Group
2
4
1 19
Ret
2
1
3
3
5
5
2
2
10
2
195
4
Gar Robinson
3
2
9
3
2
7
6
18
10
2
2
4
4
137
5
Jarett Andretti
Andretti Autosport
Ret
8
7
5
20
4
5
6
5
19
1
6
17
2
3
128
6
Shane Lewis
14
3
5
4
5
6
9
7
7
3
16
3
3
118.5
4
14
7
10
6
6
8
8
4
6
6
4
7
8
5
5
96
8
Murillo Racing
1
1 Ret
13
50
9
Ret
12
17
8
7
1
7
8
8
49
10
15
1
3
6
48
11
7
3
9
14
8
8
35
12
Matt Brabham
8
5
4
6
Ret
34
13
5
11
11
17
16
9
11
11
Ret
8
6
11
7
17
Ret
29
14
8
7
13
7
8
19
17
12
10
20
9
23
15
6
15
14
11
12
11
10
10
9
11
DNS
8
11
Ret
9
20.5
16
Team Panoz Racing
7
6
14
17
Ret
4
12
18
Team Panoz Racing
4
12
19
Ret
Ret
9
7
10
20
James Sofronas
6
8
21
9
8
6
22
Jeff Burton
9
10
9
12
Ret
Ret
5
23
10
9
Ret
15
Ret
11
13
9
12
16
20
DNS
5
24
10
9
DNS
14
17
12
12
13
16
14
13
DNS
13
14
10
4
25
9
10
16
11
13
17
18
17
14
12
3
26
12
14
15
18
14
10
16
14
15
15
11
17
Ret
13
13
1
27
Michael Dinan
Flying Lizard Motorsports
11
Ret
Ret
Ret
DNS
17
12
13
10
12
12
1
28
Ret
DNS
10
14
15
DNS
1
29
12
19
17
19
11
11
1
12
13
0
Samantha Tan
12
0
13
13
0
13
DNS
0
16
DNS
Ret
15
18
14
14
20
20
16
15
16
DNS
15
15
0
DNS
15
15
14
0
DNS
DNS
18
15
0
17
Ret
16
0
Flying Lizard Motorsports
16
18
0
Ret
Drivers ineligible to score points
5
5
7
18
16
16
19
DNS
19
17
Driver
Team
STP LBH VIR MOS SON WGL ELK LVS Points
Sprint Am Cup
Driver
Team
STP LBH VIR MOS SON WGL ELK LVS Points
1
10
6
6
8
8
4 6 6
4
7
8
5
5
261
2
6
15
14
11
12
11
10
10
9
11
DNS
8
11
Ret
9
146
3
5
11
11
17
16
9
11
11
Ret
8
6
11
7
17
Ret
142.5
4
Jarett Andretti
Andretti Autosport
Ret
8
7
5
20
4
5
101
5
7
3 9
14
8
8
96
6
8
7
13
7
8
19
17
12
10
20
9
93.5
7
10
9
DNS
14
17
12
12
13
16
14
13
DNS
13
14
10
84
8
12
14
15
18
14
10
16
14
15
15
11
17
Ret
13
13
72
9
10
9
Ret
15
Ret
11
13
9
12
16
20
DNS
67.5
10
Murillo Racing
1 1 Ret
13
58
11
Jeff Burton
9
10
9
12
Ret
Ret
50
12
9
10
16
11
13
17
18
17
14
12
45
13
Flying Lizard Motorsports
11
Ret
Ret
Ret
DNS
17
12
13
10
12
12
44
14
Team Panoz Racing
7
6
40
15
12
19
17
19
11
11
32
16
16
DNS
Ret
15
18
14
14
20
20
16
15
16
DNS
15
15
28
17
Team Panoz Racing
4
25
18
9
8
24
19
DNS
15
15
14
17
20
Samantha Tan
12
10
21
13
13
6
22
Flying Lizard Motorsports
16
18
6
23
17
Ret
16
3
24
DNS
DNS
18
15
2
Ret
Drivers ineligible to score points
7 18
16
16
19
DNS
19
17
Driver
Team
STP LBH VIR MOS SON WGL ELK LVS Points
See also
Notes
^ a b Car Nos. 32 and 81 entered as Kelly-Moss Road & Race and car No. 44 entered as Kelly-Moss/Photon Motorsports.
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