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

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	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

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
TCX entries
LA Honda World Racing^[4]	Acura Integra Type S TCX	7	Mario Biundo^[4]	1, 3
LA Honda World Racing^[4]	Acura Integra Type S TCX	73	Mike Lamarra^[4]	1, 3
Rigid Speed Company^[5]	BMW M2 CS Racing	16	Joseph Catania^[5]	1–3
Rigid Speed Company^[5]	BMW M2 CS Racing	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
Skip Barber Racing School^[6]	Acura Integra Type S TCX	22	Celso Neto^[6]	All
Fast Track Racing^[8]	BMW M2 CS Racing	23	Cameron Stellar^[9]	7
Fast Track Racing^[8]	BMW M2 CS Racing	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
MINI JCW Team^[12]	Mini JCW Pro TC	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
		76	Vin Anatra^[13]	5, 7
		77	Ruben Iglesias Jr^[5]	1–5
		77	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
		63	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

Bold indicates overall winner

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

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.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championship

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

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

References

^ Dagys, John (July 1, 2023). "2024 GTWC America Schedule Released – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
^ Dagys, John (July 21, 2023). "VIR Date Shift Confirmed in Revised 2024 Calendar – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (September 7, 2023). "Barber In; Sebring Replaces NOLA on Updated Schedule – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Precision Racing L.A. and L.A. Honda World Racing Reveal Talented Driver Lineup and New Race Cars for the 2024 SRO Series". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group. March 19, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Excitement Builds as the TC America Powered by Skip Barber Racing School Championship Kicks Off at Sonoma Raceway Protected by CrowdStrike". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group. March 29, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Neto returns to Skip Barber Racing, will pilot new Acura Integra Type-S in TCX". RACER. March 25, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
^ "Broll to compete in TC America with Skip Barber Racing". RACER. March 26, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Dagys, John (May 16, 2024). "Fast Track Racing to Make GT3 Debut at COTA". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "TC America Touches Down at IMS for Closing Rounds". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. September 27, 2024. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Racers Edge Motorsports TCX campaign an Acura Integra Type S in TC America Powered by Skip Barber Racing School". GT4 America. SRO Motorsports Group. April 1, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Carrus Callas Raceteam Unveils Exciting Plans with BMW for the 2024 Race Season". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group. January 11, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "MINI USA and the MINI John Cooper Works Race Team return for annoter SRO TC America Series Season". BMW Group. April 5, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "TC America powered by Skip Barber Ready to Challenge at Road America". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
^ "Competitive Spirits High as TC America powered by Skip Barber Comes to VIR". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. July 17, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Top Touring Car Racers Ready for Sebring Showdown". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. April 26, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Touring Car Texas Thrills at Circuit of The Americas for TC America powered by Skip Barber". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. May 10, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "MINI USA and the MINI John Cooper Works Race Team head to Sebring following an action packed season opener at Sonoma". BMW Group. May 3, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "TC America Title Contenders Set to Face Off in Alabama". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group. August 30, 2024. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
^ "Sonoma - Entry List" (PDF). TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
^ "Sebring - Entry List" (PDF). TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
^ "COTA - Entry List" (PDF). TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
^ "VIR - Entry List" (PDF). TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Road America - Entry List" (PDF). TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
^ "Barber - Entry List" (PDF). TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
^ "Indy - Entry List" (PDF). TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved October 7, 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] Dagys, John (July 1, 2023). "2024 GTWC America Schedule Released – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 2, 2024.

[2] Dagys, John (July 21, 2023). "VIR Date Shift Confirmed in Revised 2024 Calendar – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 3, 2024.

[3] Lloyd, Daniel (September 7, 2023). "Barber In; Sebring Replaces NOLA on Updated Schedule – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved June 3, 2024.

[LAHWRDrivers-4] "Precision Racing L.A. and L.A. Honda World Racing Reveal Talented Driver Lineup and New Race Cars for the 2024 SRO Series". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group. March 19, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

[17EntriesSonoma-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Excitement Builds as the TC America Powered by Skip Barber Racing School Championship Kicks Off at Sonoma Raceway Protected by CrowdStrike". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group. March 29, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2024.

[SBRSNeto-6] "Neto returns to Skip Barber Racing, will pilot new Acura Integra Type-S in TCX". RACER. March 25, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

[SBRSBroll-7] "Broll to compete in TC America with Skip Barber Racing". RACER. March 26, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

[FTRRoberts-8] Dagys, John (May 16, 2024). "Fast Track Racing to Make GT3 Debut at COTA". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

[:2-9] "TC America Touches Down at IMS for Closing Rounds". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. September 27, 2024. Retrieved October 7, 2024.

[REMDeFreitas-10] "Racers Edge Motorsports TCX campaign an Acura Integra Type S in TC America Powered by Skip Barber Racing School". GT4 America. SRO Motorsports Group. April 1, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

[CCRWalsh-11] "Carrus Callas Raceteam Unveils Exciting Plans with BMW for the 2024 Race Season". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group. January 11, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

[MiniJCWDrivers-12] "MINI USA and the MINI John Cooper Works Race Team return for annoter SRO TC America Series Season". BMW Group. April 5, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

[:0-13] "TC America powered by Skip Barber Ready to Challenge at Road America". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.

[16EntriesVIR-14] "Competitive Spirits High as TC America powered by Skip Barber Comes to VIR". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. July 17, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

[17EntriesSebring-15] "Top Touring Car Racers Ready for Sebring Showdown". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. April 26, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2024.

[21EntriesCOTA-16] "Touring Car Texas Thrills at Circuit of The Americas for TC America powered by Skip Barber". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. May 10, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2024.

[MiniJCWGrossberg-17] "MINI USA and the MINI John Cooper Works Race Team head to Sebring following an action packed season opener at Sonoma". BMW Group. May 3, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

[:1-18] "TC America Title Contenders Set to Face Off in Alabama". TC America. SRO Motorsports Group. August 30, 2024. Retrieved September 6, 2024.

[Sonoma-19] "Sonoma - Entry List" (PDF). TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

[Sebring-20] "Sebring - Entry List" (PDF). TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

[COTA-21] "COTA - Entry List" (PDF). TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

[VIR-22] "VIR - Entry List" (PDF). TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[23] "Road America - Entry List" (PDF). TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved August 9, 2024.

[24] "Barber - Entry List" (PDF). TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved September 6, 2024.

[25] "Indy - Entry List" (PDF). TC America. SRO Motorsports Group America. Retrieved October 7, 2024.

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