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.

2024 IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge

Drivers' Champion:
Robert Noaker
Teams' Champion:
Robert Noaker Racing

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

Calendar

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	Lexington, Ohio	June 7–9	TCR World Tour
2	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	June 20–23	IMSA SportsCar Championship
3	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 2–4
4	Circuit of the Americas	Austin, Texas	August 31–September 1	FIA World Endurance Championship
5	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	October 4–6	Intercontinental GT Challenge
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Entry list

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds Amerasian Fragrance Competition Motorsports[6] 1 Chloe Chambers[7] DH 1 Carl Bennett[8] DH 2 Greg Bennett[9] DHL 3 Leaders Credit Union Competition Motorsports[6] 66 Kel Kearns[10] DHL All Max Opalski Racing[11] 2 Maximilian Opalski[11] DH All Spark Performance[6] 3 Tommy McGlynn[12] DHL 3 Frankie Muniz[13] DH 4 Chloe Chambers[14] DH 5 33 Alex Bachoura[6] DHL All KohR Motorsports[15] 5 Rod Randall[6] DHL All 52 Christian Bach[6] DH All 94 D.J. Randall[6] DH All MDK Motorsports[16] 8 Tom Tait[16] DHL All 16 Gabe Tesch[16] DH 1–3 Trenton Estep[17] DH 4 17 Jim Farley[18] DH 1 Automatic Racing[6] 9 Mike Stillwagon[6] DHL 1 Rob Ecklin[9] DHL 3 99 Larry Webster[19] DH 1 NV Autosport[6] 10 Stephen Vajda[6] DHL 1–2, 4–5 Robert Noaker Racing[15] 13 Robert Noaker[6] DH All 29 Mitch Marvosh[6] DHL 1–4 31 Reid Sweeney[20] DH All 74 Tyler Maxson[21] DH All Capaldi Racing[6] 14 John Strauss[6] DHL All TechSport Racing[14] 15 Alfonso Diaz[14] DHL 5 JV Racing Team[6] 18 Marcos Vento[22] DH All Skip Barber Racing[23] 19 Mike Stillwagon[23] DHL 2–5 McCumbee McAleer Racing[24] 22 Jeremy Fletcher[24] DH All 48 Zachry Lee[24] DHL All 82 Nate Cicero[25] DH 1–2 Drew Neubauer[17] DHL 4 Southern Paley Motorsports[26] 26 Sam Paley[26] DH All LAP Motorsports[9] 30 Scott Thomson[9] DHL 3–5 37 Cristian Perocarpi[14] DH 5 Precision Performance Motorsports[27] 46 Brandon Gdovic[6] DH All 47 Wesley Slimp[27] DH All Nick Smither Racing[6] 58 Nicholas Smither[6] DHL All Jack Lewis Enterprises[6] 73 Jack Lewis[6] DHL All Torre Racing[9] 84 Paolo Salvatore[9] DHL 3–4

Icon Class DH Dark Horse DHL Dark Horse Legends

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

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

Championship standings

Points system

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

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 Robert Noaker 1 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 2 1 40 3270 2 Tyler Maxson 7 1 1 1 2 3 3 8 1 2 80 3190 3 Sam Paley 2 4 5 4 1 1 21 24 5 5 20 2550 4 Jeremy Fletcher 3 3 3 22 25† 5 4 2 6 3 30 2490 5 Reid Sweeney 4 24 4 3 4 19 5 4 3 14 0 2360 6 Maximilian Opalski 6 27 22 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 0 2230 7 Marcos Vento 9 21 11 10 9 8 8 6 7 6 0 2180 8 Alex Bachoura 26 9 17 8 10 11 11 10 10 12 0 1880 9 Mike Stillwagon 15 12 16 12 13 10 13 12 13 13 0 1840 10 Zachry Lee 23 8 7 6 7 9 9 7 DNS DNS 0 1740 11 Nicholas Smither 17 10 12 14 15 14 15 17 15 17 0 1660 12 Brandon Gdovic 24 6 6 21 5 2 7 22 DNS DNS 0 1600 13 Christian Bach 13 19 24 DNS 14 12 26 11 8 7 0 1470 14 D.J. Randall 10 5 9 9 23 DNS 10 9 DNS DNS 0 1430 15 Tom Tait 12 23 13 13 24 16 19 21 14 15 0 1430 16 Wesley Slimp 25 25 10 20 11 13 25 23 21 11 0 1300 17 John Strauss 20 18 20 16 19 21 18 16 20 18 0 1270 18 Gabe Tesch 11 22 8 7 8 7 0 1260 19 Stephen Vajda 18 13 14 11 14 25 16 16 0 1240 20 Kel Kearns 22 16 21 19 17 18 20 18 18 21 0 1230 21 Rod Randall 19 14 18 18 20 DNS 23 15 DNS DNS 0 930 22 Mitch Marvosh 16 15 25 DNS 16 20 22 20 0 860 23 Jack Lewis 21 17 19 17 DNS DNS 24 DNS 19 20 0 830 24 Chloe Chambers 27 7 9 9 0 740 25 Scott Thomson 18 22 17 19 17 19 0 740 26 Trenton Estep 1 3 20 670 27 Paolo Salvatore 12 17 27 13 0 550 28 Alfonso Diaz 11 8 0 430 29 Nate Cicero 5 26 23 DNS 0 410 30 Cristian Perocarpi 12 10 0 400 31 Drew Neubauer 16 14 0 320 32 Carl Bennett 15 15 0 320 33 Tommy McGlynn 21 15 0 260 34 Frankie Muniz 12 DNS 0 190 35 Rob Ecklin 22 DNS 0 90 36 Greg Bennett DNS DNS 0 0 Drivers ineligible to score points Jim Farley 14 11 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 classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

Pos.	Driver	MOH		WGI		ELK		COT		IND		Bonus	Points
1	Alex Bachoura	26	9	17	8	10	11	11	10	10	12	10	3030
2	Mike Stillwagon	15	12	16	12	13	10	13	12	13	13	20	2960
3	Zachry Lee	23	8	7	6	7	9	9	7			140	2800
4	Nicholas Smither	17	10	12	14	15	14	15	17	15	17	0	2690
5	Tom Tait	12	23	13	13	24	16	19	21	14	15	0	2510
6	John Strauss	20	18	20	16	19	21	18	16	20	18	0	2260
7	Kel Kearns	22	16	21	19	17	18	20	18	18	21	0	2210
8	Stephen Vajda	18	13	14	11			14	25	16	16	0	2070
9	Mitch Marvosh	16	15	25	DNS	16	20	22	20			0	1610
10	Rod Randall	19	14	18	18	20	DNS	23	15	DNS	DNS	0	1610
11	Jack Lewis	21	17	19	17	DNS	DNS	24	DNS	19	20	0	1530
12	Scott Thomson					18	22	17	19	17	19	0	1350
13	Paolo Salvatore					12	17	27	13			0	990
14	Alfonso Diaz									11	8	20	690
15	Drew Neubauer							16	14			0	510
16	Tommy McGlynn					21	15					0	460
17	Rob Ecklin					22	DNS					0	190
18	Greg Bennett					DNS	DNS					0	0
Pos.	Driver	MOH		WGI		ELK		COT		IND		Bonus	Points

Team's Championship

Pos.	Driver	MOH		WGI		ELK		COT		IND		Bonus	Points
1	Robert Noaker Racing	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	120	3510
2	McCumbee McAleer Racing	3	3	3	6	7	5	4	2	6	3	30	3010
3	Southern Paley Motorsports	2	4	5	4	1	1	21	24	5	5	20	2860
4	Max Opalski Racing	6	27	22	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	0	2600
5	MDK Motorsports	11	22	8	7	8	7	1	3	14	15	20	2480
6	KohR Motorsports	10	5	9	9	14	12	10	9	8	7	0	2420
7	JV Racing Team	9	21	11	10	9	8	8	6	7	6	0	2410
8	Precision Performance Motorsports	24	6	6	20	5	2	7	22	21	11	0	2260
9	Spark Performance	26	9	17	8	10	11	11	10	9	9	0	2230
10	Nick Smither Racing	17	10	12	14	15	14	15	17	15	17	0	2030
11	Capaldi Racing	20	18	20	16	19	21	18	16	20	18	0	1760
12	Leaders Credit Union Competition Motorsports	22	16	21	19	17	18	20	18	18	21	0	1730
13	Skip Barber Racing			16	12	13	10	13	12	13	13	0	1710
14	NV Autosport	18	13	14	11			14	25	16	16	0	1580
15	Jack Lewis Enterprises	21	17	19	17	DNS	DNS	24	DNS	19	20	0	1190
16	LAP Motorsports					18	22	17	19	12	10	0	1140
17	Amerasian Fragrance Competition Motorsports	27	7	15	15							0	800
18	Torre Racing					12	17	27	13			0	770
19	Automatic Racing	15	12			22	DNS					0	600
20	TechSport Racing									11	8	0	470
Pos.	Driver	MOH		WGI		ELK		COT		IND		Bonus	Points