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

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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
1 United States Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California April 5–7
2 United States Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida May 3–5
3 United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas May 17–19
4 United States Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia July 19–21
5 United States Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 16–18
6 United States Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama September 6–8
7 United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana October 5–8

Entry list

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Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
TCX entries
United States LA Honda World Racing[4] Acura Integra Type S TCX 7 United States Mario Biundo[4] 1, 3
73 United States Mike Lamarra[4] 1, 3
United States Rigid Speed Company[5] BMW M2 CS Racing 16 United States Joseph Catania[5] 1–3
17 United States Lucas Catania[5] 1–3
United States Kaplan Racing Systems[5] BMW M2 CS Racing 18 United States Aaron Kaplan[5] 1–3, 5–7
United States Skip Barber Racing School[6] Acura Integra Type S TCX 19 United States Cooper Broll[7] All
22 Brazil Celso Neto[6] All
United States Fast Track Racing[8] BMW M2 CS Racing 23 United States Cameron Stellar[9] 7
29 United States Nick Roberts[8] 3
United States Racers Edge Motorsports[10] Acura Integra Type S TCX 39 United States Christopher DeFreitas[10] 1–2, 4–7
United States Carrus Callas Raceteam[11] BMW M2 CS Racing 104 United States Chris Walsh[11] All
TC entries
United States DRS[5] Honda Civic Type-R TC 11 United States Kris Valdez[5] 1, 3, 7
United States MINI JCW Team[12] Mini JCW Pro TC 37 United States Cristian Perocarpi[12] All
66 United States Scott Thomson[12] All
United States FTG Racing[5] Mazda 3 71 United States Joey Jordan[5] 1–4
United States Ricca Autosport[5] Hyundai Elantra N TC 75 Canada Connor Attrell[13] 5, 7
76 United States Ron Zaras[14] 4, 6
United States Vin Anatra[13] 5, 7
77 Puerto Rico Ruben Iglesias Jr[5] 1–5
United States Ron Zaras[9] 7
78 United States Jeff Ricca[5] All
780 United States Sally McNulty[5] All
United States HART Alabama[15] Honda Civic Type-R TC 93 United States Karl Hertel[15] 2
TCA entries
United States Ascent Racing[5] Honda Civic Si (FE1) 9 Canada Maddy Lemke[5] 1–4, 6
United States Skip Barber Racing School[16] Honda Civic Si (FE1) 14 United States Alex Garcia[16] 2–7
United States MINI JCW Team[12][17] Mini JCW 62 Canada P.J. Groenke[12] All
63 United States Alan Grossberg[17] 2–4
United States Bruce Myrehn[13] 5, 7
64 Canada Alain Lauziere[9] 7
65 United States Andy Sellers[9] 7
United States HART Alabama[18] Honda Civic Si (FE1) 93 United States Karl Hertel[18] 6
Source:[19][20][21][22][23][24][25]

Race results

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Bold indicates overall winner

Round Circuit Pole position TCX Winners TC Winners TCA Winners Results
1 R1 United States Sonoma United States #17 Rigid Speed Company United States #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam United States #78 Ricca Autosport United States #62 MINI JCW Team Report
United States Lucas Catania United States Chris Walsh United States Jeff Ricca Canada P.J. Groenke
R2 United States #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam United States #77 Ricca Autosport United States #62 MINI JCW Team Report
United States Chris Walsh Puerto Rico Ruben Iglesias Jr Canada P.J. Groenke
2 R1 United States Sebring United States #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam United States #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam United States #78 Ricca Autosport United States #62 MINI JCW Team Report
United States Chris Walsh United States Chris Walsh United States Jeff Ricca Canada P.J. Groenke
R2 United States #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam United States #78 Ricca Autosport United States #14 Skip Barber Racing School Report
United States Chris Walsh United States Jeff Ricca United States Alex Garcia
3 R1 United States Austin United States #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam United States #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam United States #78 Ricca Autosport United States #62 MINI JCW Team Report
United States Chris Walsh United States Chris Walsh United States Jeff Ricca Canada P.J. Groenke
R2 United States #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam United States #77 Ricca Autosport United States #14 Skip Barber Racing School Report
United States Chris Walsh Puerto Rico Ruben Iglesias Jr United States Alex Garcia
4 R1 United States Virginia United States #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam United States #22 Skip Barber Racing School United States #78 Ricca Autosport United States #14 Skip Barber Racing School Report
United States Chris Walsh Brazil Celso Neto United States Jeff Ricca United States Alex Garcia
R2 United States #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam United States #37 MINI JCW Team United States #14 Skip Barber Racing School Report
United States Chris Walsh United States Cristian Perocarpi United States Alex Garcia
5 R1 United States Road America United States #22 Skip Barber Racing School United States #22 Skip Barber Racing School United States #37 MINI JCW Team United States #62 MINI JCW Team Report
Brazil Celso Neto Brazil Celso Neto United States Cristian Perocarpi Canada P.J. Groenke
R2 United States #22 Skip Barber Racing School United States #37 MINI JCW Team United States #62 MINI JCW Team Report
Brazil Celso Neto United States Cristian Perocarpi Canada P.J. Groenke
6 R1 United States Barber United States #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam United States #104 Carrus Callas Raceteam United States #76 Ricca Autosport United States #62 MINI JCW Team Report
United States Chris Walsh United States Chris Walsh United States Jeff Ricca Canada P.J. Groenke
R2 United States #22 Skip Barber Racing School United States #76 Ricca Autosport United States #93 HART Alabama Report
Brazil Celso Neto United States Jeff Ricca United States Karl Hertel
7 R1 United States Indianapolis United States #22 Skip Barber Racing School United States #22 Skip Barber Racing School United States #78 Ricca Autosport United States #62 MINI JCW Team Report
Brazil Celso Neto Brazil Celso Neto United States Jeff Ricca Canada P.J. Groenke
R2 United States #22 Skip Barber Racing School United States #75 Ricca Autosport United States #14 Skip Barber Racing School Report
Brazil Celso Neto Canada Connor Attrell United States Alex Garcia

Championship standings

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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' championship

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Pos. Driver Team SON

United States

SEB

United States

AUS

United States

VIR

United States

ELK

United States

BAR

United States

IMS

United States

Points
TCX
1 United States Chris Walsh United States Carrus Callas Raceteam 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 308
2 Brazil Celso Neto United States Skip Barber Racing School 3 4 3 4 18 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 259
3 United States Cooper Broll United States Skip Barber Racing School 5 6 7 11 Ret 5 5 5 7 11 3 7 12 4 146
4 United States Aaron Kaplan United States Kaplan Racing Systems 7 7 5 3 3 4 Ret WD 4 3 4 5 113
5 United States Lucas Catania United States Rigid Speed Company 2 2 2 2 2 2 108
6 United States Christopher DeFreitas United States Racers Edge Motorsports 9 10 8 Ret 6 7 Ret WD 9 6 9 5 10 6 107
7 United States Joseph Catania United States Rigid Speed Company 6 5 4 10 DNS WD 40
8 United States Mike Lamarra United States LA Honda World Racing 4 3 4 DNS 39
9 United States Cameron Steller United States Fast Track Racing 3 3 30
10 United States Mario Biundo United States LA Honda World Racing 16 13 10 6 18
11 United States Nick Roberts United States Fast Track Racing 5 Ret 10
TC
1 United States Jeff Ricca United States Ricca Autosport 8 18 6 5 7 Ret 3 4 4 4 5 4 5 18 266
2 United States Cristian Perocarpi United States MINI JCW Team DNS 14 9 7 19 10 4 3 3 3 6 Ret Ret 19 179
3 United States Sally McNulty United States Ricca Autosport 10 11 11 8 11 11 9 12 5 5 7 6 11 11 178
4 Puerto Rico Ruben Iglesias Jr. United States Ricca Autosport 13 8 10 6 8 8 6 6 Ret WD 141
5 United States Scott Thomson United States MINI JCW Team 14 15 13 12 12 16 8 7 6 8 8 8 Ret 10 135
6 United States Joey Jordan United States FTG Racing 11 9 12 9 9 9 DNS DNS 86
7 United States Kris Valdez United States DRS 12 12 13 17 11 DNS 9 12 58
8 United States Ron Zaras United States Ricca Autosport 7 8 7 8 55
9 Canada Connor Attrell United States Ricca Autosport 10 Ret 6 7 51
10 United States Vin Anatra United States Ricca Autosport 8 7 8 9 49
TCA
1 Canada P.J. Groenke United States MINI JCW Team 15 16 14 14 14 13 12 10 11 9 10 10 14 13 308
2 United States Alex Garcia United States Skip Barber Racing School DNS 13 15 12 10 9 13 Ret 11 11 13 14 209
3 Canada Maddy Lemke United States Ascent Racing 17 17 15 15 16 14 WD WD 99
4 United States Alan Grossberg United States MINI JCW Team 16 16 17 15 Ret 11 66
5 United States Bruce Myrehn United States MINI JCW Team 12 10 16 15 63
6 United States Karl Hertel United States HART Alabama 12 9 40
7 Canada Alain Lauziere United States MINI JCW Team 15 16 27
8 United States Andy Sellers United States MINI JCW Team 17 17 20
Pos. Driver Team SON

United States

SEB

United States

AUS

United States

VIR

United States

ELK

United States

BAR

United States

IMS

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


References

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