GT World Challenge America (Circuit of the Americas)

The GT World Challenge America at Circuit of the Americas is an annual Sports car racing event that is held usually in the spring or in the fall. The support races are the TC America Series, GT4 America Series and the GT America Series. It is sanctioned by the United States Auto Club under the ownership of SRO Motorsports Group.

GT World Challenge America at Circuit of the Americas

GT World Challenge America
Venue	Circuit of the Americas
First race	2013

Official names and sponsors

• 2013: Pirelli World Challenge at Circuit of the Americas^[1]
• 2015: Nissan Grand Prix of Texas^[2]
• 2016: Nissan Grand Prix of Texas presented by VP Racing Fuels^[3]
• 2017–2018: Grand Prix of Texas^[4]
• 2019: Blancpain GT World Challenge at Circuit of the Americas^[5]
• 2020: GT World Challenge America powered by AWS at Circuit of the Americas^[6]
• 2021–present: Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS at Circuit of the Americas^[7]

Winners of the GT World Challenge America at Circuit of the Americas

GT

Year	Circuit	GT Winning Car	GTS Winning Car	TC Winning Car	TCB Winning Car	Ref.
		GT Winning Driver	GTS Winning Driver	TC Winning Driver	TCB Winning Driver
2013	Circuit of the Americas	Did not participate	Did not participate	No. 72 Honda Civic Si	No. 98 Mazda 2	[8][9]
				Ryan Winchester	Ernie Francis Jr.
		No. 3 Cadillac CTS-V	No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro	No. 72 Honda Civic Si	No. 98 Mazda 2
		Johnny O'Connell	Lawson Aschenbach	Ryan Winchester	Ernie Francis Jr.
		No. 14 Audi R8 LMS	No. 20 Chevrolet Camaro	No. 70 Honda Civic Si	No. 98 Mazda 2
		James Sofronas	Andy Lee	Brett Sandberg	Ernie Francis Jr.
2014	Circuit of the Americas	No Race Held
Year		Circuit	GT Winning Car	GTA Winning Car	GT Cup Winning Car	GTS Winning Car	TC Winning Car	TCA Winning Car	TCB Winning Car	Ref.
			GT Winning Driver	GTA Winning Driver	GT Cup Winning Driver	GTS Winning Driver	TC Winning Driver	TCA Winning Driver	TCB Winning Driver
2015	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 61 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	No. 41 Porsche 911 GT3 R	No. 11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	No. 07 Aston Martin Vantage GT4	No. 04 Porsche Cayman	No. 86 Scion FR-S	No. 25 Chevy Sonic	[10]
			Olivier Beretta	Michael Lewis	Colin Thompson	Kris Wilson	Cody Ellsworth	Tony Rivera	Johan Schwartz
	R2		No. 9 McLaren 650S GT3	No. 41 Porsche 911 GT3 R	No. 11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro Z28	No. 04 Porsche Cayman	No. 86 Scion FR-S	No. 25 Chevy Sonic
			Kévin Estre	Michael Lewis	Colin Thompson	Michael Cooper	Cody Ellsworth	Tony Rivera	Johan Schwartz
	R3		Did not participate				No. 3 Nissan Altima	No. 36 Kia Forte Koup	No. 25 Chevy Sonic
							Vesko Kozarov	Jason Wolfe	Johan Schwartz
Year		Circuit	GT Winning Car	GTA Winning Car	GT Cup Winning Car	GTS Winning Car	TC Winning Car	TCA Winning Car	TCB Winning Car	Ref.
			GT Winning Driver	GTA Winning Driver	GT Cup Winning Driver	GTS Winning Driver	TC Winning Driver	TCA Winning Driver	TCB Winning Driver
2016	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 31 Porsche 911 GT3 R	No. 07 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	No. 17 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.R	No. 3 Nissan 370Z	No. 70 Mazda MX-5 Cup	No. 68 Mazda Demio	[11][12]
			Patrick Long	Martín Fuentes	Alec Udell	Lawson Aschenbach	Vesko Kozarov	Elivan Goulart	Ted Hough
	R2		No. 3 Cadillac ATS-V.R GT3	No. 07 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	No. 20 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	No. 13 KTM X-Bow GT4	No. 26 BMW M235iR	No. 12 Kia Forte Koup	No. 65 Mazda Demio
			Johnny O'Connell	Martín Fuentes	Sloan Urry	Brett Sandberg	Toby Grahovec	Jason Wolfe	Will Rodgers
Year		Circuit	GT Winning Car	GTA Winning Car	GT Cup Winning Car	GTS Winning Car	GTSA Winning Car	TC Winning Car	TCA Winning Car	TCB Winning Car
			GT Winning Driver	GTA Winning Driver	GT Cup Winning Driver	GTS Winning Driver	GTSA Winning Driver	TC Winning Driver	TCA Winning Driver	TCB Winning Driver
2017	R1	Circuit of the Americas [N 1][13][14]	Did not participate			No. 50 Panoz Avezzano GT	No. 04 McLaren 570S GT4	No. 20 BMW M235iR	No. 33 Mazda MX-5 Cup	No. 24 Chevrolet Sonic
						Ian James	George Kurtz	Greg Liefooghe	Kenny Murillo	Canaan O'Connell
	R2					No. 3 Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	No. 04 McLaren 570S GT4	No. 91 BMW M235iR	No. 33 Mazda MX-5 Cup	No. 6 Honda Fit
						Rodrigo Baptista	George Kurtz	Nick Wittmer	Kenny Murillo	Jake Pipal
Year		Circuit	GT Winners	GTA Winners	GT Cup Winners	GTS Winners	GTSA Winners	TCR Winners	TC Winners	TCA Winners
2018	R1	Circuit of the Americas[15][16]	did not participate					No. 98 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	No. 3 Rearden Racing	No. 95 TechSport Racing
								Michael Lewis	Vesko Kozarov	Eric Powell
	R2							No. 99 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	No. 3 Rearden Racing	No. 94 TOMO Racing
								Mark Wilkins	Vesko Kozarov	Tom O'Gorman
Year		Circuit	Pole position	Pro Winners	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners	Ref.
2019	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 9 K-PAX Racing	No. 3 K-PAX Racing	No. 31 TR3 Racing	No. 7 Squadra Corse	[17][18]
			Álvaro Parente Andy Soucek	Rodrigo Baptista Maxime Soulet	Wei Lu Jeff Segal	Caesar Bacarella Martin Fuentes
	R2		No. 80 Racers Edge Motorsports	No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport	No. 80 Racers Edge Motorsports	No. 7 Squadra Corse
			Martin Barkey Kyle Marcelli	Miguel Molina Toni Vilander	Martin Barkey Kyle Marcelli	Caesar Bacarella Martin Fuentes
Year		Circuit	Pole position	Pro Winners	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners	Ref.
2020	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 14 GMG Racing	No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports	No. 14 GMG Racing	No. 20 Wright Motorsports	[19][20][21]
			Jeroen Bleekemolen James Sofronas	Shelby Blackstock Trent Hindman	Jeroen Bleekemolen James Sofronas	Fred Poordad Max Root
	R2		No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports	No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports	No. 1 Squadra Corse	No. 20 Wright Motorsports
			Shelby Blackstock Trent Hindman	Shelby Blackstock Trent Hindman	Rodrigo Baptista Martin Fuentes	Fred Poordad Max Root
Year		Circuit	Pole position	Silver Winners	Pro/Am Winners	Am Winners	Ref.
2020	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 1 Squadra Corse	No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports	No. 1 Squadra Corse	No Entries	[22]
			Rodrigo Baptista Martin Fuentes	Shelby Blackstock Trent Hindman	Rodrigo Baptista Martin Fuentes
	R2		No. 1 Squadra Corse	No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports	No. 1 Squadra Corse
			Rodrigo Baptista Martin Fuentes	Shelby Blackstock Trent Hindman	Rodrigo Baptista Martin Fuentes
Year		Circuit	Pole position	Pro Winners	Silver Winners	Pro/Am Winners	Am Winners	Ref.
2021	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 3 K-Pax Racing	No. 3 K-Pax Racing	No Entries	No. 70 Inception Racing	No. 61 AF Corse	[23]
			Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper	Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper		Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy	Conrad Grunewald Jean-Claude Saada
	R2		No. 33 Winward Racing	No. 6 K-Pax Racing		No. 04 DXDT Racing	No. 61 AF Corse
			Philip Ellis Russell Ward	Corey Lewis Giovanni Venturini		Colin Braun George Kurtz	Conrad Grunewald Jean-Claude Saada
2022	No Round	Circuit of the Americas	No Race Held
Year		Circuit	Pole position	IGTC Pro Winners	Pro Winners	Pro/Am Winners	Am Winners	Ref.
2023	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 28 RennSport1 – CBW Racing	Did not participate	No. 28 RennSport1 – CBW Racing	No. 120 Wright Motorsports	No. 43 Bartone Bros Racing with RealTime	[24]
			Eric Filgueiras		Eric Filgueiras Stevan McAleer	Adam Adelson Elliot Skeer	Anthony Bartone Andy Pilgrim
	R2		No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports		No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports	No. 120 Wright Motorsports	No. 43 Bartone Bros Racing with RealTime	[25]
			Colin Braun		Ashton Harrison Mario Farnbacher	Adam Adelson Elliot Skeer	Anthony Bartone Andy Pilgrim
2024	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 88 AF Corse	Did not participate	DXDT Racing	No. 38 ST Racing	Did not participate
			Riccardo Agostini Custodio Toledo		Alec Udell Tommy Milner	Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen
	R2		No. 38 ST Racing		DXDT Racing	No. 38 ST Racing
			Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen		Alec Udell Tommy Milner	Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen

GT4/SprintX

Round		Circuit	Pole position	SprintX		East		West
				Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners
2019	R1	Circuit of the Americas[26][27]	No. 47 Nolasport	No. 47 Nolasport	No. 51 Team Panoz Racing	No. 77 Park Place Motorsports	No. 31 Bodymotion Racing	No. 28 ST Racing	No. 91 Rearden Racing
			Jason Hart Matt Travis	Jason Hart Matt Travis	Preston Calvert Matt Keegan	Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman	Al Carter Sean Gibbons	Harry Gottsacker Jon Miller	Jeff Burton Vesko Kozarov
	R2		No. 47 Nolasport	No. 47 Nolasport	No. 36 Andretti Autosport	No. 77 Park Place Motorsports	No. 34 Murillo Racing	No. 28 ST Racing	No. 67 TRG – The Racers Group
			Jason Hart Matt Travis	Jason Hart Matt Travis	Jarett Andretti Karl Thomson	Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman	Matt Fassnacht Christian Szymczak	Harry Gottsacker Jon Miller	Chris Bellomo Kevin Woods
Year		Circuit	Pole position	Silver Winners	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners	Ref.
2020	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 71 Marco Polo Motorsports	No. 36 Andretti Autosport	No. 47 Nolasport	No. 7 Nolasport	[28][29]
			Nicolai Elghanayan Mads Siljehaug	Jarett Andretti Colin Mullan	Jason Hart Matt Travis	Zac Anderson Sean Gibbons
	R2		No.2 GMG Racing	No. 28 ST Racing	No. 47 Nolasport	No. 7 Nolasport
			Jason Bell Andrew Davis	Harry Gottsacker Nick Wittmer	Jason Hart Matt Travis	Zac Anderson Sean Gibbons
Year		Circuit	Pole position	Silver Winners	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners	Ref.
2021	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 47 Nolasport	No. 94 Bimmerworld Racing	No. 47 Nolasport	No. 68 TGR Smooge Racing	[30][31]
			Jason Hart Matt Travis	Chandler Hull Jon Miller	Jason Hart Matt Travis	Kevin Conway John Geesbreght
	R2		No. 47 Nolasport	No. 72 Murillo Racing	No. 47 Nolasport	No. 7 Nolasport with OGH
			Jason Hart Matt Travis	Kenny Murillo Christian Szymczak	Jason Hart Matt Travis	Sean Gibbons Sam Owen
2022	No Round	Circuit of the Americas	No Race Held
Year		Circuit	Pole position	Silver Winners	Pro/Am Winners	Am Winners	Ref.
2023	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 74 TGR Copeland Motorsports	No. 51 Auto Technic Racing	No. 68 TGR Smooge Racing	No. 438 STR38 Motorsports	[32]
			Tyler Gonzalez Tyler Maxson	Zac Anderson John Capestro-Dubets	Kevin Conway John Geesbreght	Robert Mau Chris Allen
	R2		No. 54 Black Swan Racing	No. 999 TGR Hanley Motorsports	No. 2 Flying Lizard Motorsports	No. 36 Bimmerworld Racing	[33]
			Jeroen Bleekemolen Tim Pappas	Daniel Hanley Parker Thompson	Jason Bell Michael Cooper	Charlie Postins James Clay
Year		Circuit	Pole position	SRO3 Winners	GT2 Winners	GT4 Winners	Ref.
2023	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 56 SKI Autosports	No. 04 Crowdstrike Racing by Riley Motorsports	No Entries	No. 50 Chouest Povoledo Racing	[34][35]
			Johnny O'Connell	George Kurtz		Ross Chouest
	R2			No. 27 CRP Racing		No. 8 Flying Lizard Motorsports
				Jason Daskalos		Elias Sabo

Sprint

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Pro Winners	Am Winners	Ref.
2020	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 12 Ian Lacy Racing	No. 12 Ian Lacy Racing	No. 210 Flying Lizard Motorsports	[36]
			Drew Staveley	Drew Staveley	Michael Dinan
	R2			No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop	No. 59 Rearden Racing
				Michael Cooper	Paul Terry
Year		Circuit	Pole position	Pro Winners	Am Winners
2020	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop	No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop	No. 210 Flying Lizard Motorsports
			Michael Cooper	Michael Cooper	Michael Dinan
	R2			No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop	No. 59 Rearden Racing
				Michael Cooper	Paul Terry
	R3			No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop	No. 210 Flying Lizard Motorsports
				Michael Cooper	Michael Dinan

TCR/TCA

Bold indicates overall winner.

Year		Circuit	Pole position	TCR Winners	DSG Cup Winners	TCA Winners
2019	R1	Circuit of the Americas[37]	No. 72 FCP Euro	No. 12 TFB	No. 47 Alphasonic Motorsport	No. 91 TechSport Racing
			Nate Vincent	Mason Filippi	Alain Lauziere	Nick Wittmer
	R2		No. 12 TFB	No. 12 TFB	No. 47 Alphasonic Motorsport	No. 91 TechSport Racing
			Mason Filippi	Mason Filippi	Alain Lauziere	Nick Wittmer
Year		Circuit	TCR Winners	TCA Winners	Ref.
2020	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 74 Copeland Motorsports	No. 61 MINI JCW Team	[38]
			Tyler Maxson	Mark Pombo
	R2		No. 74 Copeland Motorsports	No. 60 MINI JCW Team
			Tyler Maxson	Tomas Mejia
Year		Circuit	TC Winners	TCA Winners	Ref.
2021	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 78 GenRacer	No. 18 Forbush Performance	[39]
			Jeff Ricca	Caleb Bacon
	R2		No. 9 DXDT Racing	No. 18 Forbush Performance
			Kevin Boehm	Caleb Bacon
2022	No Round	Circuit of the Americas	No Race Held
Round		Circuit	Pole Position	TCX Winners	TCA Winners	Ref.
2023	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 99 VGRT	No. 26 Rigid Speed Company	No. 22 TechSport Racing	[40][41]
			Daijiro Yoshihara	Lucas Catania	Devin Anderson
	R2			No. 44 Rooster Hall Racing	No. 77 Skip Barber Racing School
				Colin Garrett	William Lambros
2024	R1	Circuit of the Americas	#104 Carrus Callas Raceteam	#104 Carrus Callas Raceteam	#62 MINI JCW Team
			Chris Walsh	Chris Walsh	P.J. Groenke
	R2			#104 Carrus Callas Raceteam	No. 14 Skip Barber Racing School
				Chris Walsh	Alex Garcia

TC

Note: TC results are cited on the TCR/TCA table.

Year		Circuit	Pole position	Winning Driver	Winning Team
2019	R1	Circuit of the Americas	Jeff Ricca	Johan Schwartz	Rooster Hall Racing
	R2		Paul Terry	Jeff Ricca	GenRacer
Year		Circuit	Winning Driver	Winning Team
2020	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 36 BimmerWorld Racing	James Clay
	R2		No. 23 TechSport Racing	Joseph Federl
Year		Circuit	TC Winners
2021	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 78 GenRacer
			Jeff Ricca
	R2		No. 9 DXDT Racing
			Kevin Boehm
2022	No Round	Circuit of the Americas	No Race Held
Year		Circuit	TC Winners
2023	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 60 MINI JCW Team
			Clayton Williams
	R2		No. 60 MINI JCW Team
			Clayton Williams
2024	R1	Circuit of the Americas	Ricca Autosport
			Jeff Ricca
	R2		Ricca Autosport
			Ruben Iglesias Jr.

GT Sports Club America

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Overall Winner	Titanium Winner	Iron Winner
2020	R1	Circuit of the Americas[42]	No. 14 GMG Racing	No. 27 Daskalos Motorsports	No. 14 GMG Racing	No Entries
			James Sofronas	Jason Daskalos	James Sofronas
	R2		No. 27 Daskalos Motorsports	No. 31 TR3 Racing	No Starters
			Jason Daskalos	Mark Issa

TCX

Note: TCX results are cited on the TCR/TCA table.

Round		Circuit	Pole position	TCX Winners
2021	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 81 Classic BMW	No. 81 Classic BMW
			Jacob Ruud	Jacob Ruud
	R2			No. 81 Classic BMW
				Jacob Ruud
2022	No Round	Circuit of the Americas	No Race Held
Year		Circuit	Pole position	TCX Winners
2023	R1	Circuit of the Americas	No. 99 VGRT	No. 26 Rigid Speed Company
			Daijiro Yoshihara	Lucas Catania
	R2			' No. 44 Rooster Hall Racing
				Colin Garrett
2024	R1	Circuit of the Americas	#104 Carrus Callas Raceteam	#104 Carrus Callas Raceteam
			#62 MINI JCW Team	Chris Walsh
	R2			#104 Carrus Callas Raceteam
				Chris Walsh