2021 GT World Challenge America

The 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS was the 15th season of the United States Auto Club's GT World Challenge America, and the fourth under ownership of SRO Motorsports Group.
The season began at Sonoma on March 6, and ended at Indianapolis on October 17.

2021 GT World Challenge America

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2020

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2022

Pirelli GT4 America Series
TC America Series
GT America Series
Indianapolis 8 Hours

Calendar

The final calendar was released on October 26, 2020^[1] The scheduled round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California	March 6–7
2	Circuit of the Americas, Elroy, Texas	May 1–2
3	Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia	June 4–6[2]
4	Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 28–29
5	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York	September 18–19
6	Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida	October 1–3
7	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana	October 17

  Also part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge

Entry list

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds CrowdStrike/ DXDT Racing[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[3] 04 Colin Braun[3] PA All George Kurtz[3] Ben Keating[4] 7 19 Michael Cooper[3] PA All Erin Vogel[3] Thomas Merrill[4] 7 63 David Askew[3] PA All Ryan Dalziel[3] Scott Smithson[4] 7 K-PAX Racing[5] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[5] 3 Andrea Caldarelli[5] P All Jordan Pepper[5] Mirko Bortolotti[6] 7 6 Corey Lewis[5] P All Giovanni Venturini[5] Marco Mapelli[6] 7 TR3 Racing[7] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[7] 9 Ziad Ghandour[7] PA 1–3 Giacomo Altoè[7] 1–2, 4–5 Sandy Mitchell[8] 3 Martín Fuentes[9] 4–6 Giacomo Altoè[7] P 6 Dennis Lind[10] 10 John Megrue[9] Am 4–5 Bill Sweedler[9] Giacomo Altoè[11] PA 7 John Megrue[11] Bill Sweedler[11] Ian Lacy Racing with G3 Racing[12] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3[12] 12 Frank Gannett[12] PA 1–6 Drew Staveley[12] Ian Lacy[11] 7 Wright Motorsports[13][14] Porsche 911 GT3 R[13] 20 Jan Heylen[13] PA 1–6 Fred Poordad[13] Jan Heylen[11] S 7 Fred Poordad[11] Max Root[11] Triarsi Competizione[15] Ferrari 488 GT3[15] 23 Charlie Scardina[15] Am 6 Onofrio Triarsi[15] Winward Racing[7] Mercedes-AMG GT3[7]1 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[16] 2 33 Russell Ward[7] P 1–6 Philip Ellis[7] 1–2, 4 Mikaël Grenier[17] 3, 5–6 Marvin Dienst[11] S 7 Philip Ellis[11] Russell Ward[11] AF Corse[18] Ferrari 488 GT3[18] 61 Conrad Grunewald[18] Am All Jean-Claude Saada[18] Mark Kvamme[19] 7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport[20] McLaren 720S GT3[20] 70 Brendan Iribe[20] PA 2–3, 7 Ollie Millroy[20] Kevin Madsen[21] 7 Compass Racing[22] Acura NSX GT3 Evo[22] 77 Matt McMurry[22] PA All Rodrigo Sales[22] 1–2, 6 Michael DiMeo[17] 3–5 Mario Farnbacher[23] S 7 Ashton Harrison[23] Matt McMurry[11] Zelus Motorsports[24] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[24] 88 Jason Harward[24] PA 2–7 Madison Snow[24] Rearden Racing[25] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[25] 91 Jeff Burton[25] PA All Vesko Kozarov[25] Racers Edge Motorsports[26] Acura NSX GT3 Evo[26] 93 Taylor Hagler[26] PA 1 S 7 All Dakota Dickerson[26] 1, 4, 6–7 Jacob Abel[26] 2–3, 5, 7 Turner Motorsport[27] BMW M6 GT3[27] 96 Michael Dinan[28] P All Robby Foley[28] Connor De Phillippi[11] 7

Icon Class P Pro Cup S Silver Cup PA Pro/Am Cup Am Am Cup

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Pro Winners	Silver Winners	Pro/Am Winners	Am Winners	Ref.
1	R1	Sonoma	#3 K-Pax Racing	#3 K-Pax Racing	No Entries	#20 Wright Motorsports	#61 AF Corse	[29]
			Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper	Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper		Jan Heylen Fred Poordad	Conrad Grunewald Jean-Claude Saada
	R2		#3 K-Pax Racing	#3 K-Pax Racing		#04 DXDT Racing	#61 AF Corse	[30]
			Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper	Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper		Colin Braun George Kurtz	Conrad Grunewald Jean-Claude Saada
2	R1	Austin	#3 K-Pax Racing	#3 K-Pax Racing		#70 Inception Racing	#61 AF Corse
			Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper	Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper		Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy	Conrad Grunewald Jean-Claude Saada
	R2		#33 Winward Racing	#6 K-Pax Racing		#04 DXDT Racing	#61 AF Corse
			Philip Ellis Russell Ward	Corey Lewis Giovanni Venturini		Colin Braun George Kurtz	Conrad Grunewald Jean-Claude Saada
3	R1	Virginia	#3 K-Pax Racing	#3 K-Pax Racing		#19 DXDT Racing	#61 AF Corse	[31]
			Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper	Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper		Michael Cooper Erin Vogel	Conrad Grunewald Jean-Claude Saada
	R2		#33 Winward Racing	#33 Winward Racing		#77 Compass Racing	#61 AF Corse	[32]
			Mikaël Grenier Russell Ward	Mikaël Grenier Russell Ward		Michael Di Meo Matt McMurry	Conrad Grunewald Jean-Claude Saada
4	R1	Road America	#3 K-Pax Racing	#3 K-Pax Racing		#93 Racers Edge Motorsports	#61 AF Corse	[33]
			Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper	Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper		Dakota Dickerson Taylor Hagler	Conrad Grunewald Jean-Claude Saada
	R2		#93 Racers Edge Motorsports	#96 Turner Motorsport		#20 Wright Motorsports	#61 AF Corse	[34]
			Dakota Dickerson Taylor Hagler	Michael Dinan Robby Foley		Jan Heylen Fred Poordad	Conrad Grunewald Jean-Claude Saada
5	R1	Watkins Glen	#3 K-Pax Racing	#3 K-Pax Racing		#93 Racers Edge Motorsports	#61 AF Corse	[35]
			Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper	Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper		Jacob Abel Taylor Hagler	Conrad Grunewald Jean-Claude Saada
	R2		#3 K-Pax Racing	#3 K-Pax Racing		#77 Compass Racing	#61 AF Corse	[36]
			Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper	Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper		Michael Di Meo Matt McMurry	Conrad Grunewald Jean-Claude Saada
6	R1	Sebring	#3 K-Pax Racing	#3 K-Pax Racing		#20 Wright Motorsports	#23 Triarsi Competizione	[37]
			Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper	Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper		Jan Heylen Fred Poordad	Charlie Scardina Onofrio Triarsi
	R2		#20 Wright Motorsports	#3 K-Pax Racing		#93 Racers Edge Motorsports	#61 AF Corse	[38]
			Jan Heylen Fred Poordad	Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper		Dakota Dickerson Taylor Hagler	Conrad Grunewald Jean-Claude Saada
7	3H	Indianapolis	#51 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors	#6 K-Pax Racing	#77 Compass Racing	#91 Rearden Racing	#61 AF Corse	[39] [40]
			Côme Ledogar Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi	Corey Lewis Marco Mapelli Giovanni Venturini	Mario Farnbacher Ashton Harrison Matt McMurry	Jeff Burton Vesko Kozarov	Conrad Grunewald Mark Kvamme Jean-Claude Saada
	8H			#26 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc	#77 Compass Racing	#75 SunEnergy1 Racing	#61 AF Corse
				Christopher Haase Patric Niederhauser Markus Winkelhock	Mario Farnbacher Ashton Harrison Matt McMurry	Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul Martin Konrad	Conrad Grunewald Mark Kvamme Jean-Claude Saada

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 40 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

Standard Points

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

Indianapolis Points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	50	36	30	24	20	16	12	8	4	2

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver Team SON AUS VIR ELK WGL SEB IND Points Pro class 1 Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper K-Pax Racing 1 1 1 2 1 14 1 4 1 1 1 1 270 2 Corey Lewis Giovanni Venturini K-Pax Racing 2 2 6 1 Ret 2 4 2 9 2 5 3 3 234 3 Michael Dinan Robby Foley Turner Motorsport 9 8 3 5 2 6 7 1 2 4 DNS Ret 157 4 Russell Ward Winward Racing Ret 7 2 3 4 1 2 5 3 Ret Ret 2 Ret 151 5 Philip Ellis Winward Racing Ret 7 2 3 2 5 Ret 78 6 Mikaël Grenier Winward Racing 4 1 3 Ret Ret 2 73 7 Giacomo Altoè Dennis Lind TR3 Racing 2 4 30 Pro-Am class 1 Jan Heylen Fred Poordad Wright Motorsports 3 4 5 5 5 4 6 3 8 5 3 8 8 236 2 Taylor Hagler Racers Edge Motorsports 5 5 11 Ret 9 5 3 14 4 7 4 5 2 204 3 Matt McMurry Compass Racing Ret 9 DNS NC 12 3 5 13 5 3 7 7 1 183 4 Dakota Dickerson Racers Edge Motorsports 5 5 3 14 4 5 2 138 5 Michael Cooper Erin Vogel DXDT Racing 7 6 14 Ret 3 8 11 NC 6 8 12 6 Ret 114 6 Colin Braun George Kurtz DXDT Racing 6 3 9 4 6 Ret WD WD 6 111 7 David Askew Ryan Dalziel DXDT Racing 4 11 10 8 DNS 9 9 7 11 11 11 9 107 8 Michael Di Meo Compass Racing 12 3 5 13 5 3 96 9 Jason Harward Madison Snow Zelus Motorsport 15 9 7 7 13 12 13 9 6 12 9 90 10 Giacomo Altoè TR3 Racing Ret 10 7 11 8 6 7 6 88 11 Jeff Burton Vesko Kozarov Rearden Racing 10 12 8 NC Ret 10 10 11 NC Ret 13 Ret 4 82 12 Frank Gannett Drew Staveley Ian Lacy Racing w/ G3 Racing 11 14 13 12 8 11 12 8 10 Ret 10 10 74 13 Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport 4 6 10 Ret 7 66 14 Jacob Abel Racers Edge Motorsports 11 Ret 9 5 4 7 66 15 Martín Fuentes TR3 Racing 8 6 7 6 57 16 Rodrigo Sales Compass Racing Ret 9 DNS NC 7 7 37 17 Ziad Ghandour TR3 Racing Ret 10 7 11 13 13 35 18 Sandy Mitchell TR3 Racing 13 13 4 Am class 1 Conrad Grunewald Jean-Claude Saada AF Corse 8 13 12 10 11 12 14 9 12 10 9 11 5 343 2 John Megrue Bill Sweedler TR3 Racing 15 10 Ret DNS 36 3 Charlie Scardina Onofrio Triarsi Triarsi Competizione 8 Ret 25

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

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	SON		AUS		VIR		ELK		WGL		SEB		IND	Points
Pro class
1	K-Pax Racing	Lamborghini	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1				236
2	Turner Motorsport	BMW	9	8	3	5	2	6	7	1	2	4				172
3	Winward Racing	Mercedes-AMG	Ret	7	2	3	4	1	2	5	3	Ret				142
Pro-Am class
1	Wright Motorsports	Porsche	3	4	5	5	5	4	6	3	8	5				183
2	DXDT Racing	Mercedes-AMG	4	3	9	4	3	8	9	7	6	8				163
3	Racers Edge Motorsports	Acura	5	5	11	Ret	9	5	3	14	4	7				129
4	Compass Racing	Acura	Ret	9	DNS	NC	12	3	5	13	5	3				110
5	TR3 Racing	Lamborghini	Ret	10	7	11	13	13	8	6	7	6				100
6	Ian Lacy Racing w/ G3 Racing	Aston Martin	11	14	13	12	8	11	12	8	10	Ret				74
7	Zelus Motorsport	Lamborghini			15	9	7	7	13	12	13	9				69
8	Rearden Racing	Lamborghini	10	12	8	NC	Ret	10	10	11	NC	Ret				58
9	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	McLaren			4	6	10	Ret								48
Am class
1	AF Corse	Ferrari	8	13	12	10	11	12	14	9	12	10				250
2	TR3 Racing	Lamborghini							15	10	Ret	DNS				36
Pos.	Driver	Team	SON		AUS		VIR		ELK		WGL		SEB		IND	Points

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer SON AUS VIR ELK WGL SEB IND Points 1 Lamborghini 1 1 1 1 100 2 Mercedes-AMG 4 3 2 3 69 3 Porsche 3 4 5 5 55 4 BMW 9 8 3 4 48 5 Acura 5 5 11 Ret 32 6 Ferrari 8 13 12 10 32 7 McLaren 4 7 22 8 Aston Martin 11 14 13 12 16 Pos. Manufacturer SON AUS VIR ELK WGL SEB IND Points

See also

• 2021 GT World Challenge Europe
• 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
• 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
• 2021 GT World Challenge Asia
• 2021 GT World Challenge Australia