2024 TC America Series
The 2024 TC America Series Powered by Skip Barber Racing School was the sixth season of the TC America Series. The season began at Sonoma on April 5, 2024, and ended at Indianapolis on October 6.
Calendar
[edit]The preliminary calendar was released on July 1, 2023, featuring 14 races across seven rounds.[1] On July 17, the VIR round was moved from June 15–16 to July 19–21, to avoid a clash with the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[2] An additional change was announced on September 7, with Barber Motorsports Park returning to the schedule for the first time since 2016 and Sebring replaced NOLA Motorsports Park.[3]
Round | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California | April 5–7 |
2 | Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida | May 3–5 |
3 | Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas | May 17–19 |
4 | Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia | July 19–21 |
5 | Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | August 16–18 |
6 | Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama | September 6–8 |
7 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana | October 5–8 |
Entry list
[edit]Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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TCX entries | ||||
LA Honda World Racing[4] | Acura Integra Type S TCX | 7 | Mario Biundo[4] | 1, 3 |
73 | Mike Lamarra[4] | 1, 3 | ||
Rigid Speed Company[5] | BMW M2 CS Racing | 16 | Joseph Catania[5] | 1–3 |
17 | Lucas Catania[5] | 1–3 | ||
Kaplan Racing Systems[5] | BMW M2 CS Racing | 18 | Aaron Kaplan[5] | 1–3, 5–7 |
Skip Barber Racing School[6] | Acura Integra Type S TCX | 19 | Cooper Broll[7] | All |
22 | Celso Neto[6] | All | ||
Fast Track Racing[8] | BMW M2 CS Racing | 23 | Cameron Stellar[9] | 7 |
29 | Nick Roberts[8] | 3 | ||
Racers Edge Motorsports[10] | Acura Integra Type S TCX | 39 | Christopher DeFreitas[10] | 1–2, 4–7 |
Carrus Callas Raceteam[11] | BMW M2 CS Racing | 104 | Chris Walsh[11] | All |
TC entries | ||||
DRS[5] | Honda Civic Type-R TC | 11 | Kris Valdez[5] | 1, 3, 7 |
MINI JCW Team[12] | Mini JCW Pro TC | 37 | Cristian Perocarpi[12] | All |
66 | Scott Thomson[12] | All | ||
FTG Racing[5] | Mazda 3 | 71 | Joey Jordan[5] | 1–4 |
Ricca Autosport[5] | Hyundai Elantra N TC | 75 | Connor Attrell[13] | 5, 7 |
76 | Ron Zaras[14] | 4, 6 | ||
Vin Anatra[13] | 5, 7 | |||
77 | Ruben Iglesias Jr[5] | 1–5 | ||
Ron Zaras[9] | 7 | |||
78 | Jeff Ricca[5] | All | ||
780 | Sally McNulty[5] | All | ||
HART Alabama[15] | Honda Civic Type-R TC | 93 | Karl Hertel[15] | 2 |
TCA entries | ||||
Ascent Racing[5] | Honda Civic Si (FE1) | 9 | Maddy Lemke[5] | 1–4, 6 |
Skip Barber Racing School[16] | Honda Civic Si (FE1) | 14 | Alex Garcia[16] | 2–7 |
MINI JCW Team[12][17] | Mini JCW | 62 | P.J. Groenke[12] | All |
63 | Alan Grossberg[17] | 2–4 | ||
Bruce Myrehn[13] | 5, 7 | |||
64 | Alain Lauziere[9] | 7 | ||
65 | Andy Sellers[9] | 7 | ||
HART Alabama[18] | Honda Civic Si (FE1) | 93 | Karl Hertel[18] | 6 |
Source:[19][20][21][22][23][24][25] |
Race results
[edit]Bold indicates overall winner
Round | Circuit | Pole position | TCX Winners | TC Winners | TCA Winners | Results | |
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1 | R1 | Sonoma | #17 Rigid Speed Company | #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam | #78 Ricca Autosport | #62 MINI JCW Team | Report |
Lucas Catania | Chris Walsh | Jeff Ricca | P.J. Groenke | ||||
R2 | #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam | #77 Ricca Autosport | #62 MINI JCW Team | Report | |||
Chris Walsh | Ruben Iglesias Jr | P.J. Groenke | |||||
2 | R1 | Sebring | #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam | #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam | #78 Ricca Autosport | #62 MINI JCW Team | Report |
Chris Walsh | Chris Walsh | Jeff Ricca | P.J. Groenke | ||||
R2 | #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam | #78 Ricca Autosport | #14 Skip Barber Racing School | Report | |||
Chris Walsh | Jeff Ricca | Alex Garcia | |||||
3 | R1 | Austin | #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam | #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam | #78 Ricca Autosport | #62 MINI JCW Team | Report |
Chris Walsh | Chris Walsh | Jeff Ricca | P.J. Groenke | ||||
R2 | #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam | #77 Ricca Autosport | #14 Skip Barber Racing School | Report | |||
Chris Walsh | Ruben Iglesias Jr | Alex Garcia | |||||
4 | R1 | Virginia | #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam | #22 Skip Barber Racing School | #78 Ricca Autosport | #14 Skip Barber Racing School | Report |
Chris Walsh | Celso Neto | Jeff Ricca | Alex Garcia | ||||
R2 | #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam | #37 MINI JCW Team | #14 Skip Barber Racing School | Report | |||
Chris Walsh | Cristian Perocarpi | Alex Garcia | |||||
5 | R1 | Road America | #22 Skip Barber Racing School | #22 Skip Barber Racing School | #37 MINI JCW Team | #62 MINI JCW Team | Report |
Celso Neto | Celso Neto | Cristian Perocarpi | P.J. Groenke | ||||
R2 | #22 Skip Barber Racing School | #37 MINI JCW Team | #62 MINI JCW Team | Report | |||
Celso Neto | Cristian Perocarpi | P.J. Groenke | |||||
6 | R1 | Barber | #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam | #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam | #76 Ricca Autosport | #62 MINI JCW Team | Report |
Chris Walsh | Chris Walsh | Jeff Ricca | P.J. Groenke | ||||
R2 | #22 Skip Barber Racing School | #76 Ricca Autosport | #93 HART Alabama | Report | |||
Celso Neto | Jeff Ricca | Karl Hertel | |||||
7 | R1 | Indianapolis | #22 Skip Barber Racing School | #22 Skip Barber Racing School | #78 Ricca Autosport | #62 MINI JCW Team | Report |
Celso Neto | Celso Neto | Jeff Ricca | P.J. Groenke | ||||
R2 | #22 Skip Barber Racing School | #75 Ricca Autosport | #14 Skip Barber Racing School | Report | |||
Celso Neto | Connor Attrell | Alex Garcia |
Championship standings
[edit]- 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 |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championship
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Italics – Fastest Lap |
References
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