The 2024 IMSA SportsCar Weekend was a sports car race held at

Road America Road America is a motorsport Road racing, road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the IndyCar Series, IMSA SportsCar Championship, Sports Car Club ...

near

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, on August 4, 2024. It was the eighth round of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Background

Preview

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(IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2023. It was the eleventh consecutive time the IMSA SCC hosted a race at Road America. The 2024 IMSA SportsCar Weekend was the eighth of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2024 by IMSA. The race was held at the fourteen-turn

on August 4, 2024.

Standings before the race

Preceding the event, the GTP Drivers' Championship was led by

Dane Cameron Dane Richard Cameron (born October 18, 1988) is an American racing driver from Glen Ellen, California. He won the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship overall in 2016 and 2019, and also in the GTD class in 2014. Early career After karting, Ca ...

and

Felipe Nasr Luiz Felipe de Oliveira Nasr (born 21 August 1992) is a Brazilian racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Porsche. Nasr competed in Formula One from to . In endurance racing, Nasr has won three IMSA SportsCar Cham ...

with 2044 points, 93 points ahead of the duo of

Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Olivier Bourdais (; born 28 February 1979) is a French professional racing driver who currently races in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Cadillac Hertz Team Jota in the Hypercar category. He is one of the most successful dr ...

and Renger van der Zande.

Mathieu Jaminet Mathieu Jaminet (born 24 October 1994) is a French racing driver. He is currently employed by Porsche as a factory driver and participates primarily in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Career Jaminet originally began pursuing a career in ...

and

Nick Tandy Nicholas Tandy (born 5 November 1984) is a professional British racing driver currently racing for Porsche Motorsport as a factory driver in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Tandy is the only person to have completed the Grand Slam of overal ...

sat in third, a further 39 points behind. Felipe Fraga and

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were leading the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 1308 points, 12 points ahead of

Nick Boulle Nicholas Bernard Wilkie Boulle (born March 28, 1989) is an American-British professional racing driver, athlete, entrepreneur and jeweler from Dallas, Texas, who is currently competing for United Autosports in the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship ...

and

Tom Dillmann Tom Aston Dillmann (born 6 April 1989 in Mulhouse) is a French racing driver who competes for Inter Europol Competition in the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2025 European Le Mans Series and in the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship. He has won the 2025 ...

, who won the previous race at Mosport Park. Ryan Dalziel sat in third, 135 points behind Fraga and Robinson. The GTD Pro Drivers' Championship was led by

Laurin Heinrich Laurin Heinrich (born 26 September 2001) is a German racing driver who competes in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for AO Racing driving the No. 77 "Rexy" Porsche 911 GT3.R. He was selected as the 2022 Porsche Junior following the sh ...

and Sebastian Priaulx, with 1955 points. They were 98 points ahead of second-placed

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. The GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Philip Ellis and Russell Ward with 2090 points. They sat 340 points ahead of second-placed

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and Patrick Gallagher in second. The Teams' Championships were led by Porsche Penske Motorsport,

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AO Racing Autumn Oaks Racing, doing business as AO Racing, is an American sports car racing team that currently competes in the LMP2 and the GTD Pro classes of the IMSA SportsCar Championship and in LMP2 in the European Le Mans Series. The team was found ...

, and

Winward Racing HTP Winward Motorsport also known as HTP Motorsport and Winward Racing is a German-American-based auto racing team. The team mainly competes in GT3 based series such as the GT World Challenge Europe. The team was founded after HTP Investment BV ...

, respectively, whilst the Manufacturers' Championships were led by

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in GTP and GTD Pro and

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in GTD.

Entry list

The entry list was revealed on July 24, 2024, and featured 47 entries: 10 entries in GTP, 12 entries in LMP2, 10 entries in GTD Pro, and 15 entries in GTD. The No. 04

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Racing by APR Oreca did not participate in the event after the CrowdStrike incident two weeks prior to the event. Furthermore, JDC–Miller MotorSports entered an additional Oreca in the LMP2 class for Scott Andrews and Gerry Knaut, whilst

Tõnis Kasemets Tõnis Kasemets (born March 17, 1974) is an Estonian racing driver and a former competitor in the CART Champ Car World Series. He won the 2022 IMSA Prototype Challenge championship. Career Kasemets started racing karts in 1982, winning the Bal ...

replaced Lance Willsey in the No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier. For the second time this season,

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fielded an additional car in the GTD Pro class: the No. 35 Ferrari was driven by

Giacomo Altoè Giacomo Altoè (born 5 October 2000) is an Italian Ferrari racing driver. Having previously competed in the Italian F4 Championship and TCR Middle East Series amongst others. Racing career Altoè began his career in 2015 in Karting. In 2016 h ...

and

Daniel Serra Daniel Gardano Serra (born 24 February 1984) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 29 Chevrolet Cruze for Eurofarma-RC and is also a Ferrari Factory Driver. He won 3 tim ...

. The No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche returned to the GTD field after missing the previous round, whilst Triarsi Competizione fielded their No. 023 Ferrari for drivers

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and Onofrio Triarsi.

Kenton Koch Kenton Lee Koch (born July 5, 1994) is an American racing driver who competes in the GT4 America Series, Michelin Pilot Challenge, and IMSA SportsCar Championship. Career Early career Koch's interest in motorsport began at an incredibly young ag ...

replaced

Mike Skeen Michael B. Skeen (born October 25, 1986) is an American professional sports car racing driver. He competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship driving the No. 021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3. Skeen has raced in the Pirelli World Challe ...

behind the wheel of the No. 32 Korthoff/Preston Motorsports Mercedes, whilst Sandy Mitchell replaced

Kyle Marcelli Kyle Marcelli (born 23 February 1990) is a Canadian racing driver who currently competes in the Michelin Pilot Challenge. Career Marcelli began his racing career in karts in 2005, before moving into single seaters for the 2006 Bridgestone F2000 ...

behind the wheel of the No. 45

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with Andretti Lamborghini.

Practice

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday, one on Friday afternoon and one on Saturday morning. The first session lasted 90 minutes on Friday afternoon while the second session on Saturday morning lasted 90 minutes.

Qualifying

Saturday's afternoon qualifying session was broken into three sessions, with one session for the GTP, LMP2, GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted 15 minutes each. The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am LMP2 class requiring a Bronze rated driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put GTPs ahead of the LMP2, GTD Pro, and GTD cars.

Qualifying results

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in each class are indicated in bold and with . * The No. 74 Riley entry was moved to the back of its class after changing the engine of the car.

Race

Post-race

The result kept Cameron and Nasr atop the GTP Drivers' Championship with 2386 points while race winners Jaminet and Tandy advanced to second. As a result of finishing seventh, Boulle and Dillmann took the lead of the LMP2 Drivers' Championship. Hanley and Keating jumped from sixth to fourth. The final results of GTD Pro meant Heinrich continued to lead the Drivers' Championship, but his advantage was reduced to 76 points by third-place finisher Gunn. Ellis and Ward's fourth-place finish allowed them to keep their advantage over race finishers Foley and Gallagher in the GTD Drivers' Championship. Porsche and Mercedes-AMG continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships. Porsche Penske Motorsport, AO Racing, and Winward Racing kept their respective advantages in their of Teams' Championships while Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports became the leader of the LMP2 Teams' Championship with three rounds remaining. Class winners are in bold and .

Standings after the race

* Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings. * Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings. * Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

References

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