2024 Michelin Pilot Challenge

The 2024 Michelin Pilot Challenge was the twenty-fifth season of the IMSA SportsCar Challenge and the eleventh season organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The season began on January 26 at Daytona International Speedway and concluded on October 11 at Road Atlanta. It featured a round of the TCR World Tour.^[1]

2024 Michelin Pilot Challenge

Previous

2023

Next

2025

Parent series:
IMSA SportsCar Championship
Support series:
IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge
TCR World Tour

Classes

• Grand Sport (GS) (run to GT4 regulations)
• Touring Car (TCR)

Calendar

The provisional 2024 calendar was released on August 4, 2023, featuring ten rounds.^[2]

Round	Race	Circuit	Location	Date	Duration
1	BMW M Endurance Challenge at Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	January 25–26	4 Hours
2	Alan Jay Automotive Network 120	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 13–15	2 Hours
3	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 120	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	May 10–12	2 Hours
4	O’Reilly Auto Parts Four Hours of Mid-Ohio	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	June 7–9	4 Hours
5	Watkins Glen International 120	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	June 20–22	2 Hours
6	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 120	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	July 12–14	2 Hours
7	Road America 120	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 2–4	2 Hours
8	Virginia Is Racing for Lovers Grand Prix	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	August 23–25	2 Hours
9	Indianapolis Motor Speedway 120	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	September 20–21	2 Hours
10	Fox Factory 120	Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	October 9–11	2 Hours

Calendar Changes

• The single-class events at Detroit (GS) and Lime Rock Park (TCR) were dropped from the schedule for 2024.
• Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course returned to the schedule after a one-year absence, replacing Indianapolis as the second four-hour event after Daytona.

Entry list

Grand Sport (GS)

Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Automatic Racing AMR	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8	09	Rob Ecklin	1–2, 5
				Ramin Abdolvahabi	1–2
				Brandon Kidd	1
				John Potter	5
			9	Brandon Kidd	5
				Tom Long	5
Czabok-Simpson Motorsport[3]	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6	2	Gordon Scully[3]	2–3
				Jackson Lee	2
				Mat Pombo[4]	3
			67	Sebastian Carazo[3]	All
				Nikita Lastochkin[3][N 1]	1–5
				Gordon Scully[3]	1, 7–8
				Jackson Lee	4, 6, 9–10
JTR Motorsports Engineering			3	Nick Shaeffer	4, 6
				Jared Thomas	4, 6
McCumbee McAleer Racing with Aerosport[5]	Ford Mustang GT4 (2024)	Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8	13	Jenson Altzman[5]	All
				Chad McCumbee[5]	1–6, 8
				Gavin Sanders	7
				Nate Cicero	9
				Sam Paley	10
Skip Barber Racing AMR	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8	16	Ken Fukuda	1–5, 7–8
				Will Lambros	1–5, 8
				Carter Fartuch	1
				Ross Chastain[6]	7
Van der Steur Racing			19	Rory van der Steur	All
				Valentin Hasse-Clot	1–2, 5, 7, 10
				Scott Andrews	6, 8
				Dominic Starkweather	1
				Alexandre Prémat	3, 9
				Danny Formal	4
Van der Steur Racing with Ruckus Racing			82	Brady Behrman	5, 9–10
				Scott Blind	5, 9–10
Ruckus Racing			45		4, 6–7
				John Paul Southern Jr.	4, 7
				Andrew Davis	6
Rearden Racing	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6	21	Vesko Kozarov	1–2
				Jake Pedersen[7]	1–2
Kellymoss with Riley[8]					3, 5
				Kay van Berlo[7]	3, 5
			91	Riley Dickinson[8]	All
				Michael McCarthy[8]	All
				Brady Golan[8]	1
TWOth Autosport			22	Justin Di Benedetto	6
				Travis Hill	6
TGR Team Smooge Racing[9]	Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo	BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6	23	Corey Heim[9]	1
				John Hunter Nemechek[9]	1
				Bubba Wallace[9]	1
			68	Kevin Conway[9]	1
				John Geesbreght[9]	1
				Corey Lewis[9]	1
RennSport1	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6	28	Trent Hindman	All
				Stevan McAleer	All
				Austin Krainz	1, 4
JMF Motorsports[10]	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8	34	Michai Stephens[10]	1–8
				Jesse Webb[10]	1–8
BGB Motorsports	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6	38	Spencer Pumpelly	All
				Thomas Collingwood	1–5, 7–10
				Jeroen Bleekemolen	1, 4
				John Tecce	6
CarBahn with Peregrine Racing[11]	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6	39	Sean McAlister[11]	All
				Jeff Westphal[11]	All
Stephen Cameron Racing			43	Greg Liefooghe	1–2
				Sean Quinlan	1–2
	Ford Mustang GT4 (2024)	Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8		Greg Liefooghe	3–10
				Sean Quinlan	3–10
Baby Bull Racing	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6	44	Michael Cooper	1–3, 5–10
				Moisey Uretsky[N 1]	1–3, 5–10
Team TGM[12]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8	46	Matt Plumb[12]	All
				Paul Holton	2–10
				Owen Trinkler[12]	1
			64	Ted Giovanis[12]	All
				Hugh Plumb[12]	All
				Kris Wilson[12]	1, 4
NOLAsport	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6	47	Matt Travis	2
				Jason Hart	2
TGR Team Hattori Motorsports[13]	Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo	BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6	50	Jack Hawksworth[13]	1, 3, 6–7
				Parker Thompson[14]	4, 6
				Tyler Maxson[13]	1
				Jaden Conwright	3, 7
				Yuichi Nakayama[15]	4
				Gabby Chaves	10
				Zach Veach	10
			51	Matt Forbush[13]	1
				Nick Galante[13]	1
				Mark Kvamme[13]	1
Winward Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8	57	Bryce Ward	All
				Daniel Morad	1–8, 10
				Philip Ellis	9
KohR Motorsports[16]	Ford Mustang GT4 (2024)	Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8	59	Luca Mars[16]	All
				Bob Michaelian[16]	All
TGR Team CDR Valkyrie[17]	Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo	BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6	66	Amir Haleem	3
				Brian Lock	3
Motorsport in Action[18]	McLaren Artura GT4	McLaren M630 3.0 L Twin-Turbo V6	69	Jesse Lazare[18]	1–9
				Michael de Quesada[18]	1–9
Rebel Rock Racing[19]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8	71	Robin Liddell[19]	All
				Frank DePew[19]	All
				Andrew Davis[19]	1, 4
Thaze Competition[20]	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8	78	Josh Green[20]	2
				Marc Miller[20]	2
Lone Star Racing			79	Scott Andrews	9
				Dan Knox	9
Archangel Motorsports[21]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8	88	Todd Coleman[21]	All
				Aaron Telitz[21]	All
Team ACP by Random Vandals[22]	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6	92	Kenton Koch[22]	1–5, 7
				Paul Sparta[22]	1–5, 7
			94	Terry Borcheller[22]	1
				Ken Goldberg[22]	1
				Catesby Jones[22]	1
Turner Motorsport[23]			95	Dillon Machavern[23]	All
				Robert Megennis[23]	All
			96	Robby Foley[23]	All
				Francis Selldorff[23]	All
			97	Vin Barletta	4
				Joe Dalton	4
				Patrick Gallagher	4
Goldcrest Motorsports	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6	808	Jim Jonsin	10
				Tom Long	10
Sources:[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]

Touring Car (TCR)

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering[34] Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 5 William Tally[34] All Tim Lewis Jr.[34] All Montreal Motorsport Group[35] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 6 Louis-Philippe Montour[36] 1–7 Bryan Ortiz[36] 1–5 Jonathan Brel 6–7 93 Karl Wittmer[37] All Daijiro Yoshihara[37] All Victor Gonzalez Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 8 Colton Reynolds 1 Clayton Williams 1 Hyundai Elantra N TCR 80 Morgan Burkhard 1–5 Chase Jones 2–5 Julián Santero 1 99 Tyler Gonzalez All Victor Gonzalez Jr. 1–4 Morgan Burkhard 6–10 Elliott Budzinski 4 Clayton Williams 5 StarCom Racing[38] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 12 Andy Lally[38] 2, 7 Nick Tucker[38] 2, 7 Rockwell Autosport Development[39] Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017) 15 Tom O'Gorman[39] 1, 4 Eric Rockwell[39] 1, 4 Doug Oakley[39] 1 Alex Rockwell 4 Unitronic/JDC-Miller MotorSports[40] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 17 Chris Miller[40] All Mikey Taylor[40] All Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian[41] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 33 Harry Gottsacker All Robert Wickens All 76 Preston Brown[41] All Denis Dupont[41] All Nick Looijmans 1 77 Taylor Hagler All Bryson Morris All 98 Mason Filippi All Mark Wilkins All Baker Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 52 Dean Baker 4, 6, 8, 10 Sam Baker 4, 6, 8, 10 Gou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 55 Eddie Gou All Eduardo Gou All Road Shagger Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 61 Gavin Ernstone 1–3, 5, 7, 9 Jon Morley 1–3, 5, 7 Tom O'Gorman 9 Deily Motorsports[42] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 70 Jacob Deily 1 Jordan Wisely 1 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Jacob Deily[42] 4 James Vance[42] 4 Pegram Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017) 72 Larry Pegram 7, 9–10 Riley Pegram 7, 9–10 Racers Edge Motorsports Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 73 Tazio Ottis 1, 4–5, 9–10 Daniel Wu 1, 4–5, 9–10 HART Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 89 Chad Gilsinger 1–2, 4–5, 9 Steve Eich 1–2, 4 Tyler Chambers 1, 4–5, 9 Sources:[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round	Circuit	GS Winning Car	TCR Winning Car
		GS Winning Drivers	TCR Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#91 Kellymoss with Riley	#17 Unitronic/JDC-Miller MotorSports
		Riley Dickinson Brady Golan Michael McCarthy	Chris Miller Mikey Taylor
2	Sebring	#71 Rebel Rock Racing	#17 Unitronic/JDC-Miller MotorSports
		Robin Liddell Frank DePew	Chris Miller Mikey Taylor
3	Laguna Seca	#69 Motorsport in Action	#17 Unitronic/JDC-Miller MotorSports
		Jesse Lazare Michael de Quesada	Chris Miller Mikey Taylor
4	Mid-Ohio	#88 Archangel Motorsports	#76 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian
		Todd Coleman Aaron Telitz	Preston Brown Denis Dupont
5	Watkins Glen	#46 Team TGM	#17 Unitronic/JDC-Miller MotorSports
		Matt Plumb Paul Holton	Chris Miller Mikey Taylor
6	Mosport	#28 RennSport1	#33 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian
		Trent Hindman Stevan McAleer	Harry Gottsacker Robert Wickens
7	Road America	#28 RennSport1	#5 KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering
		Trent Hindman Stevan McAleer	Tim Lewis Jr. William Tally
8	Virginia	#38 BGB Motorsports	#93 Montreal Motorsport Group
		Thomas Collingwood Spencer Pumpelly	Karl Wittmer Daijiro Yoshihara
9	Indianapolis	#39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing	#98 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian
		Sean McAlister Jeff Westphal	Mason Filippi Mark Wilkins
10	Road Atlanta	#91 Kellymoss with Riley	#98 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian
		Michael McCarthy Riley Dickinson	Mason Filippi Mark Wilkins

Championship Standings

Points system

Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions in the race as shown in the chart below.^[43]

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+
Race	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

GS Drivers' Championship

Pos. Drivers DAY SEB LGA MOH WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS ATL Points 1 Matt Plumb 3 4 6 2 1 3 11 14 4 2 2770 2 Trent Hindman Stevan McAleer 7 19 2 9 11 1 1 2 9 6 2590 3 Paul Holton 4 6 2 1 3 11 14 4 2 2470 4 Rory van der Steur 11 2 5 22 4 2 3 16 15 4 2360 5 Dillon Machavern Robert Megennis 4 14 9 6 2 12 9 11 3 10 2360 6 Riley Dickinson Michael McCarthy 1 10 7 12 10 14 19 4 8 1 2350 7 Bryce Ward 2 22 3 3 6 23 8 8 2 18 2250 8 Todd Coleman Aaron Telitz 19 26 10 1 3 7 2 6 19 5 2220 9 Robby Foley Francis Selldorff 5 6 13 20 7 5 7 10 6 13 2180 10 Frank DePew Robin Liddell 9 1 12 5 15 8 12 7 20 9 2170 11 Sean McAlister Jeff Westphal 23 9 17 24 5 4 6 13 1 3 2130 12 Daniel Morad 2 22 3 3 6 23 8 8 18 1930 13 Jesse Lazare Michael de Quesada 6 13 1 18 16 9 10 12 7 1920 14 Luca Mars Bob Michaelian 8 23 14 8 19 11 4 3 12 19 1920 15 Jenson Altzman 15 3 21 11 17 17 5 9 10 20 1840 16 Sebastian Carazo 18 12 11 13 12 16 18 18 11 14 1650 17 Greg Liefooghe Sean Quinlan 22 17 18 14 21 20 23 5 14 7 1490 18 Ted Giovanis Hugh Plumb 14 18 20 16 18 19 14 15 17 12 1470 19 Spencer Pumpelly 18 24 24 17 22 21 13 1 16 16 1430 20 Valentin Hasse-Clot 11 2 4 3 4 1380 21 Michael Cooper Moisey Uretsky 25 20 16 8 13 21 17 13 8 1380 22 Michai Stephens Jesse Webb 10 7 23 7 9 10 15 DNS 1360 23 Thomas Collingwood 18 24 24 17 22 13 1 16 16 1330 24 Chad McCumbee 15 3 21 11 17 17 9 1260 25 Kenton Koch Paul Sparta 13 5 8 23 20 17 1000 26 Scott Blind 4 13 18 22 18 15 970 27 Nikita Lastochkin 18 12 11 13 12 870 28 Jackson Lee 21 13 16 11 14 800 29 Jack Hawksworth 17 4 6 20 780 30 Scott Andrews 2 16 5 730 31 Jaden Conwright 4 6 20 640 32 Gordon Scully 20 21 15 18 18 630 33 Ken Fukuda DNS 25† 19 14 16 19† 620 34 Andrew Davis 9 5 18 610 35 Brady Behrman 13 18 15 470 36 Will Lambros DNS 25† 19 14 19† 470 37 Austin Krainz 7 9 460 38 Jake Pedersen 24 11 22 23 440 39 Alexandre Prémat 5 15 420 40 Nick Shaeffer Jared Thomas 10 15 370 41 Rob Ecklin 16 15 25 370 42 John Paul Southern Jr. 4 22 370 43 Brady Golan 1 350 44 Philip Ellis 2 320 45 Kris Wilson 14 16 320 46 Ramin Abdolvahabi 16 15 310 47 Owen Trinkler 3 300 48 Vesko Kozarov 24 11 270 49 Jeroen Bleekemolen 18 17 270 50 Gavin Sanders 5 260 51 Dan Knox 5 260 52 Jason Hart Matt Travis 8 230 53 Brandon Kidd 16 24 220 54 Nate Cicero 10 210 55 Tom Long 24 17 210 56 Dominic Starkweather 11 200 57 Gabby Chaves Zach Veach 11 200 58 Kevin Conway John Geesbreght Corey Lewis 12 190 59 Amir Haleem Brian Lock 25 19 180 60 Kay van Berlo 22 23 170 61 Mat Pombo 15 160 62 Vin Barletta Joe Dalton Patrick Gallagher 15 160 63 Josh Green Marc Miller 16 150 64 Ross Chastain 16 150 65 Tyler Maxson 17 140 66 Jim Jonsin 17 140 67 Celso Neto 19 120 68 Sam Paley 20 110 69 John Tecce 21 100 70 Matt Forbush Nick Galante Mark Kvamme 21 100 71 Yuichi Nakayama Parker Thompson 21 100 72 Justin Di Benedetto Travis Hill 22 90 73 Danny Formal 22 90 74 John Potter 25 60 75 Terry Borcheller Ken Goldberg Catesby Jones 26 50 76 Corey Heim John Hunter Nemechek Bubba Wallace 27† 40 77 Carter Fartuch DNS 0

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.

TCR Drivers' Championship

Pos. Drivers DAY SEB LGA MOH WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS ATL Points 1 Chris Miller Mikey Taylor 1 1 1 3 1 8 4 7 3 6 3000 2 Mason Filippi Mark Wilkins 3 6 2 12 4 6 2 4 1 1 2890 3 Harry Gottsacker Robert Wickens 12 3 3 4 2 1 7 3 2 4 2880 4 Preston Brown Denis Dupont 2 4 8 1 3 3 10 9 11 2 2730 5 Karl Wittmer Daijiro Yoshihara 7 8 6 5 8 2 3 1 8 3 2710 6 William Tally Tim Lewis Jr. 13 11 4 2 12 9 1 5 5 5 2520 7 Taylor Hagler Bryson Morris 8 9 9 8 5 4 6 6 4 8 2450 8 Tyler Gonzalez 10 7 7 14 10 10 8 2 10 11 2240 9 Morgan Burkhard 11 13† 12 9 14 10 8 2 10 11 2130 10 Eddie Gou Eduardo Gou 17 10 11 15 6 DNS 9 8 9 7 1870 11 Gavin Ernstone 9 5 5 7 5 12 1430 12 Louis-Philippe Montour 15 12† 10 7 9 7 DNS 1260 13 Jon Morley 9 5 5 7 5 1240 14 Bryan Ortiz 15 12† 10 7 9 1020 15 Chad Gilsinger 14 14† 6 13 7 1010 16 Dean Baker Sam Baker 10 5 10 10 890 17 Victor Gonzalez Jr. 10 7 7 14 860 18 Tyler Chambers 14 6 13 7 840 19 Tazio Ottis Daniel Wu 5 11 11 13 DNS 840 20 Chase Jones 13† 12 9 14 760 21 Larry Pegram Riley Pegram 12 6 9 660 22 Tom O'Gorman 4 13 12 650 23 Steve Eich 14 14† 6 590 24 Andy Lally Nick Tucker 2 11 520 25 Eric Rockwell 4 13 460 26 Jacob Deily 6 16 400 27 Clayton Williams 16 10 360 28 Nick Looijmans 2 320 29 Douglas Oakley 4 280 30 Jordan Wisely 6 250 31 Jonathan Brel 7 DNS 240 32 Julián Santero 11 200 33 Alex Rockwell 13 180 34 Elliott Budzinski 14 170 35 James Vance 16 150 36 Colton Reynolds 16 150

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.

Notes

1. Uretsky and Lastochkin are Russian, but compete as a neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.