2024 IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge

The 2024 IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge is the inaugural season of the IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge. It began on June 7 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and will end on October 6 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Robert Noaker Racing's Robert Noaker scored the series' inaugural victory during the opening round at Mid-Ohio.[1]

Calendar

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An initial calendar was released in August 2023, featuring five race weekends totaling ten race events.[2] The preliminary schedule initially featured a round at Charlotte Motor Speedway with an undisclosed date.[3] Ultimately, this round was dropped from the final schedule in favor of the Indianapolis 8 Hour support race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.[4]

Each weekend consisted of two 30-minute practice sessions, with a 15-minute qualifying session setting the grids for a pair of 45-minute races.[5]

Round Circuit Location Dates Supporting
1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Ohio Lexington, Ohio June 7–9 TCR World Tour
2 Watkins Glen International New York (state) Watkins Glen, New York June 20–23 IMSA SportsCar Championship
3 Road America Wisconsin Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 2–4
4 Circuit of the Americas Texas Austin, Texas August 31–September 1 FIA World Endurance Championship
5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indiana Speedway, Indiana October 4–6 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Source:[5]

Entry list

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Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
United States Amerasian Fragrance Competition Motorsports[6] 1 United States Chloe Chambers[7] DH 1
Thailand Carl Bennett[8] DH 2
United States Greg Bennett[9] DHL 3
United States Leaders Credit Union Competition Motorsports[6] 66 Australia Kel Kearns[10] DHL 1–4
United States Max Opalski Racing[11] 2 United States Maximilian Opalski[11] DH 1–4
United States Spark Performance[6] 3 United States Tommy McGlynn[12] DHL 3
United States Frankie Muniz[13] DH 4
33 United States Alex Bachoura[6] DHL 1–4
United States KohR Motorsports[14] 5 United States Rod Randall[6] DHL 1–4
52 United States Christian Bach[6] DH 1–4
94 United States D.J. Randall[6] DH 1–4
United States MDK Motorsports[15] 8 United States Tom Tait[15] DHL 1–4
16 United States Gabe Tesch[15] DH 1–3
United States Trenton Estep[16] DH 4
17 United States Jim Farley[17] DH 1
United States Automatic Racing[6] 9 United States Mike Stillwagon[6] DHL 1
United States Rob Ecklin[9] DHL 3
99 United States Larry Webster[18] DH 1
United States NV Autosport[6] 10 United States Stephen Vajda[6] DHL 1–2, 4
United States Robert Noaker Racing[14] 13 United States Robert Noaker[6] DH 1–4
29 United States Mitch Marvosh[6] DHL 1–4
31 United States Reid Sweeney[19] DH 1–4
74 United States Tyler Maxson[20] DH 1–4
United States Capaldi Racing[6] 14 United States John Strauss[6] DHL 1–4
Puerto Rico JV Racing Team[6] 18 Puerto Rico Marcos Vento[21] DH 1–4
United States Skip Barber Racing[22] 19 United States Mike Stillwagon[22] DHL 2–4
United States McCumbee McAleer Racing[23] 22 United States Jeremy Fletcher[23] DH 1–4
48 United States Zachry Lee[23] DHL 1–4
82 United States Nate Cicero[24] DH 1–2
United States Drew Neubauer[16] DHL 4
TBA United States Maximilian Opalski[25] DH TBA
United States Southern Paley Motorsports[26] 26 United States Sam Paley[26] DH 1–4
United States LAP Motorsports[9] 30 United States Scott Thomson[9] DHL 3–4
United States Precision Performance Motorsports[27] 46 United States Brandon Gdovic[6] DH 1–4
47 United States Wesley Slimp[27] DH 1–4
United States Nick Smither Racing[6] 58 United States Nicholas Smither[6] DHL 1–4
United States Jack Lewis Enterprises[6] 73 United States Jack Lewis[6] DHL 1–4
United States Torre Racing[9] 84 United States Paolo Salvatore[9] DHL 3–4
Icon Class
DH Dark Horse
DHL Dark Horse Legends

Race Results

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Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Legends Winner
1 R1 Mid-Ohio United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #8 MDK Motorsports
United States Tyler Maxson United States Tyler Maxson United States Robert Noaker United States Tom Tait
R2 United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Tyler Maxson United States Robert Noaker United States Tyler Maxson United States Zachry Lee
2 R1 Watkins Glen United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Robert Noaker United States Tyler Maxson United States Tyler Maxson United States Zachry Lee
R2 United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Tyler Maxson United States Tyler Maxson United States Tyler Maxson United States Zachry Lee
3 R1 Road America United States #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #26 Southern Paley Motorsports United States #26 Southern Paley Motorsports United States #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Jeremy Fletcher United States Sam Paley United States Sam Paley United States Zachry Lee
R2 United States #26 Southern Paley Motorsports United States #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #26 Southern Paley Motorsports United States #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Sam Paley United States Jeremy Fletcher United States Sam Paley United States Zachry Lee
4 R1 COTA United States #16 MDK Motorsports United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #16 MDK Motorsports United States #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Trenton Estep United States Tyler Maxson United States Trenton Estep United States Zachry Lee
R2 United States #16 MDK Motorsports United States #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
United States Trenton Estep United States Jeremy Fletcher United States Robert Noaker United States Zachry Lee
5 R1 Indianapolis United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #33 Spark Performance
United States Robert Noaker United States Robert Noaker United States Tyler Maxson United States Alex Bachoura
R2 United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #74 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #15 TechSport Racing
United States Robert Noaker United States Tyler Maxson United States Robert Noaker United States Alfonso Diaz

Championship standings

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Points system

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Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below. Ten bonus points each are awarded for the driver who earns the pole position and runs the fastest lap in each race event.

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30+
Points 350 320 300 280 260 250 240 230 220 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10

Driver's Championship

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IMSA recognizes driver champions based on the total number of championship points earned during the season.

Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points
1 United States Robert Noaker 1 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 20 2580
2 United States Tyler Maxson 7 1 1 1 2 3 3 8 70 2510
3 United States Sam Paley 2 4 5 4 1 1 21 24 20 2030
4 United States Jeremy Fletcher 3 3 3 22 25† 5 4 2 30 1940
5 United States Reid Sweeney 4 24 4 3 4 19 5 4 0 1890
6 United States Zachry Lee 23 8 7 6 7 9 9 7 0 1740
7 Puerto Rico Marcos Vento 9 21 11 10 9 8 8 6 0 1690
8 United States Maximilian Opalski 6 27 22 5 6 6 6 5 0 1670
9 United States Brandon Gdovic 24 6 6 21 5 2 7 22 0 1600
10 United States Alex Bachoura 26 9 17 8 10 11 11 10 0 1480
11 United States Mike Stillwagon 15 12 16 12 13 10 13 12 0 1480
12 United States D.J. Randall 10 5 9 9 23 DNS 10 9 0 1430
13 United States Nicholas Smither 17 10 12 14 15 14 15 17 0 1360
14 United States Gabe Tesch 11 22 8 7 8 7 0 1260
15 United States Tom Tait 12 23 13 13 24 16 19 21 0 1100
16 United States John Strauss 20 18 20 16 19 21 18 16 0 1030
17 United States Wesley Slimp 25 25 10 20 11 13 25 23 0 1000
18 United States Christian Bach 13 19 24 DNS 14 12 26 11 0 1000
19 Australia Kel Kearns 22 16 21 19 17 18 20 18 0 1000
20 United States Stephen Vajda 18 13 14 11 14 25 0 940
21 United States Rod Randall 19 14 18 18 20 DNS 23 15 0 930
22 United States Mitch Marvosh 16 15 25 DNS 16 20 22 20 0 860
23 United States Trenton Estep 1 3 20 670
24 United States Jack Lewis 21 17 19 17 DNS DNS 24 DNS 0 600
25 United States Paolo Salvatore 12 17 27 13 0 550
26 United States Scott Thomson 18 22 17 19 0 480
27 United States Nate Cicero 5 26 23 DNS 0 410
28 United States Drew Neubauer 16 14 0 320
29 Thailand Carl Bennett 15 15 0 320
30 United States Chloe Chambers 27 7 0 300
31 United States Tommy McGlynn 21 15 0 260
32 United States Frankie Muniz 12 DNS 0 190
33 United States Rob Ecklin 22 DNS 0 90
34 United States Greg Bennett DNS DNS 0 0
Drivers ineligible to score points
United States Jim Farley 14 11
United States Larry Webster 8 20
Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

  • †: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

Dark Horse Legends Driver's Championship

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Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points
1 United States Zachry Lee 23 8 7 6 7 9 9 7 140 2800
2 United States Alex Bachoura 26 9 17 8 10 11 11 10 10 2360
3 United States Mike Stillwagon 15 12 16 12 13 10 13 12 10 2350
4 United States Nicholas Smither 17 10 12 14 15 14 15 17 0 2180
5 United States Tom Tait 12 23 13 13 24 16 19 21 0 1950
6 United States John Strauss 20 18 20 16 19 21 18 16 0 1810
7 Australia Kel Kearns 22 16 21 19 17 18 20 18 0 1770
8 United States Mitch Marvosh 16 15 25 DNS 16 20 22 20 0 1610
9 United States Rod Randall 19 14 18 18 20 DNS 23 15 0 1610
10 United States Stephen Vajda 18 13 14 11 14 25 0 1560
11 United States Jack Lewis 21 17 19 17 DNS DNS 24 DNS 0 1090
12 United States Paolo Salvatore 12 17 27 13 0 990
13 United States Scott Thomson 18 22 17 19 0 880
14 United States Drew Neubauer 16 14 0 510
15 United States Tommy McGlynn 21 15 0 460
16 United States Rob Ecklin 22 DNS 0 190
17 United States Greg Bennett DNS DNS 0 0
Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points

Team's Championship

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Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points
1 United States Robert Noaker Racing 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 90 2780
2 United States McCumbee McAleer Racing 3 3 3 6 7 5 4 2 30 2410
3 United States Southern Paley Motorsports 2 4 5 4 1 1 21 24 20 2280
4 United States MDK Motorsports 11 22 8 7 8 7 1 3 20 2090
5 United States Max Opalski Racing 6 27 22 5 6 6 6 5 0 1980
6 United States KohR Motorsports 10 5 9 9 14 12 10 9 0 1920
7 United States Precision Performance Motorsports 24 6 6 20 5 2 7 22 0 1910
8 Puerto Rico JV Racing Team 9 21 11 10 9 8 8 6 0 1890
9 United States Spark Performance 26 9 17 8 10 11 11 10 0 1760
10 United States Nick Smither Racing 17 10 12 14 15 14 15 17 0 1670
11 United States Capaldi Racing 20 18 20 16 19 21 18 16 0 1450
12 United States Leaders Credit Union Competition Motorsports 22 16 21 19 17 18 20 18 0 1420
13 United States Skip Barber Racing 16 12 13 10 13 12 0 1300
14 United States NV Autosport 18 13 14 11 14 25 0 1220
15 United States Jack Lewis Enterprises 21 17 19 17 DNS DNS 24 DNS 0 880
16 United States Amerasian Fragrance Competition Motorsports 27 7 15 15 0 800
17 United States Torre Racing 12 17 27 13 0 770
18 United States LAP Motorsports 18 22 17 19 0 700
19 United States Automatic Racing 15 12 22 DNS 0 600
Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points

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