The 2021 Indianapolis 8 Hours was an endurance race held on 17 October 2021 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, in Indiana, United States. The event was open to cars in GT classes, namely GT3 and GT4. It was the second running of the Indianapolis 8 Hour. It was also the second leg of the 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge and the seventh and final race of the 2021 GT World Challenge America. The GT World Challenge America results were determined by the race results after three hours instead of the full eight hours.
The race was run on the SCCA Runoffs layout, not the INDYCAR Grand Prix layout as was done the previous year, as it was made necessary as a result of kerbing damage in the Turn 5-6 chicane during the Verizon 200 NASCAR-INDYCAR meeting. The Runoffs course utilised the old Formula One course with the newer Snake Pit section.
Class structure Cars competed in the following two GT classes. GT3 Cars GT4 Cars
Entry list Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Group GT3 (28 entries) 04 CrowdStrike/ DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Colin Braun Ben Keating George Kurtz 3 K-Pax Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo P Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper 6 K-Pax Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo P Corey Lewis Marco Mapelli Giovanni Venturini 10 TR3 Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo PA Giacomo Altoè John Megrue Bill Sweedler 12 Ian Lacy Racing with G3 Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 PA Frank Gannett Ian Lacy Drew Staveley 16 EBM Giga Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R PA Nick Boulle Adrian D'Silva Jeffrey Kingsley 19 CrowdStrike/ DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Michael Cooper Thomas Merrill Erin Vogel 20 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R S Jan Heylen Fred Poordad Max Root 25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Audi R8 LMS Evo P Christopher Haase Patric Niederhauser Markus Winkelhock 26 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo S Nicolas Baert Lucas Légeret Aurélien Panis 32 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo P Christopher Mies Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts 33 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S Marvin Dienst Philip Ellis Russell Ward 34 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R PA Dennis Olsen James Sofronas Kyle Washington 37 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo P Mattia Drudi Robin Frijns Nico Müller 51 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 P Côme Ledogar Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi 59 Crucial Motorsports McLaren 720S GT3 P Ben Barnicoat Robert Bell Paul Holton 61 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Am Conrad Grunewald Mark Kvamme Jean-Claude Saada 63 CrowdStrike/ DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA David Askew Ryan Dalziel Scott Smithson 70 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 PA Brendan Iribe Kevin Madsen Ollie Millroy 71 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 P Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul Martin Konrad 77 Richard Mille - Compass Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo S Mario Farnbacher Ashton Harrison Matt McMurry 88 Zelus Motorsports Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo PA Jason Harward Madison Snow TBA 89 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Timur Boguslavskiy Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello 91 Rearden Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo PA Jeff Burton Vesko Kozarov TBA 93 Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 Evo S Jacob Abel Dakota Dickerson Taylor Hagler 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 P Connor De Phillippi Michael Dinan Robby Foley 99 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Maro Engel Jules Gounon Luca Stolz Group GT4 (13 entries) 09 Automatic Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Am Jonathan Branam Paul Kiebler Mikel Miller 2 GMG Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 PA Jason Bell Andrew Davis Trent Hindman 7 Nolasport with OGH Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Am Sean Gibbons Pippa Mann Sam Owens 8 GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo PA Andy Lee Joel Miller Elias Sabo 36 Bimmerworld Racing BMW M4 GT4 S Bill Auberlen James Clay Chandler Hull 47 Nolasport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport PA Jason Hart Colin Noble Matt Travis 54 Black Swan Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport PA Jeroen Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Tim Pappas 66 TRG - The Racers Group Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport PA Derek DeBoer Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly 68 TGR Smooge Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 Am Kevin Conway John Geesbreght Jack Hawksworth 82 Bimmerworld Racing BMW M4 GT4 S Nick Galante Devin Jones James Walker 98 Random Vandals Racing BMW M4 GT4 PA Al Carter Conor Daly Paul Sparta 111 Classic BMW BMW M4 GT4 S John Capestro-DuBets Alex Filsinger Dominic Starkweather 119 Stephen Cameron Racing BMW M4 GT4 PA Guy Cosmo Tom Dyer Sean Quinlan Icon Class P Pro Cup S Silver Cup PA Pro/Am Cup Am Am Cup
Qualifying Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are denoted in bold. +Final qualifying classificationClassTeam1 GT3 Pro 51 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors 1:34.916 1:33.4561 2 GT3 Pro 25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc 1:34.728 1:33.514 2 3 GT3 Pro 99 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing 1:34.444 1:33.515 3 4 GT3 Pro 71 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors 1:34.706 1:33.556 4 5 GT3 Pro 32 Audi Sport Team WRT 1:34.826 1:33.817 5 6 GT3 Pro 37 Audi Sport Team WRT 1:34.562 1:33.845 67 GT3 Silver 33 Winward Racing 1:35.168 1:34.0137 8 GT3 Pro 89 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP 1:34.942 1:34.130 8 9 GT3 Silver 20 Wright Motorsports 1:35.885 1:34.197 910 GT3 Pro/Am 75 SunEnergy1 Racing 1:35.791 1:34.23210 11 GT3 Pro 3 K-Pax Racing 1:34.641 1:34.376 11 12 GT3 Silver 26 Saintéloc Racing 1:35.503 1:34.418 12 13 GT3 Silver 93 Racers Edge Motorsports 1:35.775 1:34.456 13 14 GT3 Pro 6 K-Pax Racing 1:35.664 1:34.903 14 15 GT3 Pro 59 Crucial Motorsports 1:34.730 No Time 15 16 GT3 Silver 77 Richard Mille - Compass Racing 1:36.045 16 17 GT3 Pro/Am 70 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport 1:36.152 17 18 GT3 Pro/Am 19 CrowdStrike/ DXDT Racing 1:36.395 18 19 GT3 Pro/Am 34 GMG Racing 1:36.523 19 20 GT3 Pro/Am 88 Zelus Motorsports 1:36.764 20 21 GT3 Pro/Am 04 CrowdStrike/ DXDT Racing 1:37.044 21 22 GT3 Pro/Am 63 CrowdStrike/ DXDT Racing 1:37.199 22 23 GT3 Pro/Am 10 TR3 Racing 1:37.218 23 24 GT3 Pro/Am 91 Rearden Racing 1:37.429 2425 GT3 Am 61 AF Corse 1:37.53725 26 GT3 Pro/Am 16 EBM Giga Racing 1:41.637 2627 GT4 Am 68 TGR Smooge Racing 1:43.069 3928 GT4 Pro/Am 2 GMG Racing 1:43.5162729 GT4 Silver 36 Bimmerworld Racing 1:43.74828 30 GT4 Pro/Am 119 Stephen Cameron Racing 1:44.093 29 31 GT4 Silver 82 Bimmerworld Racing 1:44.240 30 32 GT4 Pro/Am 47 Nolasport 1:44.252 31 33 GT4 Pro/Am 8 GMG Racing 1:44.414 32 34 GT4 Pro/Am 98 Random Vandals Racing 1:44.649 33 35 GT4 Silver 111 Classic BMW 1:44.651 34 36 GT4 Pro/Am 66 TRG - The Racers Group 1:44.740 35 37 GT4 Pro/Am 54 Black Swan Racing 1:44.859 36 38 GT4 Am 7 Nolasport with OGH 1:46.18937 39 GT4 Am 09 Automatic Racing 1:44.608 38 40 GT3 Pro 96 Turner Motorsport No Time 41 GT3 Pro/Am 12 Ian Lacy Racing with G3 Racing No Time
Race Result Class winners denoted with bold and .
Class Team / Entrant Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired 1 GT3 Pro 25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Christopher Haase Patric Niederhauser Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS Evo 265 8:00:59.768 2 GT3 Pro 89 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP Timur Boguslavskiy Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 265 +11.958 3 GT3 Pro 3 K-Pax Racing Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 265 +22.853 4 GT3 Pro 51 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Côme Ledogar Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 265 +49.508 5 GT3 Pro 32 Audi Sport Team WRT Christopher Mies Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts Audi R8 LMS Evo 265 +51.655 6 GT3 Silver 77 Richard Mille - Compass Racing Mario Farnbacher Ashton Harrison Matt McMurry Acura NSX GT3 Evo 265 +59.815 7 GT3 Silver 26 Saintéloc Racing Nicolas Baert Lucas Légeret Aurélien Panis Audi R8 LMS Evo 265 +1:23.937 8 GT3 Silver 93 Racers Edge Motorsports Jacob Abel Dakota Dickerson Taylor Hagler Acura NSX GT3 Evo 264 +1 Lap 9 GT3 Pro 6 K-Pax Racing Corey Lewis Marco Mapelli Giovanni Venturini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 264 +1 Lap 10 GT3 Pro-Am 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul Martin Konrad Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 261 +4 Laps 11 GT3 Pro-Am 34 GMG Racing Dennis Olsen James Sofronas Kyle Washington Porsche 911 GT3 R 261 +4 Laps 12 GT3 Pro 37 Audi Sport Team WRT Mattia Drudi Robin Frijns Nico Müller Audi R8 LMS Evo 261 +4 Laps 13 GT3 Pro-Am 10 TR3 Racing Giacomo Altoè John Megrue Bill Sweedler Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 259 +6 Laps 14 GT3 Pro-Am 63 CrowdStrike/DXDT Racing David Askew Ryan Dalziel Scott Smithson Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 256 +9 Laps 15 GT3 Pro-Am 70 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Brendan Iribe Kevin Madsen Ollie Millroy McLaren 720S GT3 255 +10 Laps 16 GT3 Am 61 AF Corse Conrad Grunewald Mark Kvamme Jean-Claude Saada Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 254 +11 Laps 17 GT4 Silver 36 Bimmerworld Racing Bill Auberlen James Clay Chandler Hull BMW M4 GT4 247 +18 Laps 18 GT4 Pro-Am 119 Stephen Cameron Racing Guy Cosmo Tom Dyer Sean Quinlan BMW M4 GT4 247 +18 Laps 19 GT4 Pro-Am 54 Black Swan Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Tim Pappas Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport 247 +18 Laps 20 GT4 Silver 82 Bimmerworld Racing Nick Galante Devin Jones James Walker BMW M4 GT4 246 +19 Laps 21 GT4 Pro-Am 66 TRG - The Racer's Group Derek DeBoer Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport 246 +19 Laps 22 GT4 Pro-Am 8 GMG Racing Andy Lee Joel Miller Elias Sabo Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo 244 +21 Laps 23 GT4 Silver 111 Classic BMW John Capestro-DuBets Alex Filsinger Dominic Starkweather BMW M4 GT4 223 +42 Laps 24 GT3 Pro-Am 04 CrowdStrike/DXDT Racing Colin Braun Ben Keating George Kurtz Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 212 +53 Laps 25 GT4 Am 09 Automatic Racing Jonathan Branam Paul Kiebler Mikel Miller Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 212 +53 Laps 26 GT4 Am 7 Nolasport with OGH Sean Gibbons Pippa Mann Sam Owens Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport 200 +65 Laps 27 GT4 Pro-Am 47 Nolasport Jason Hart Colin Noble Matt Travis Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport 196 +69 Laps NC GT3 Pro 99 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Maro Engel Jules Gounon Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 243 Retired NC GT3 Pro 59 Crucial Motorsports Ben Barnicoat Robert Bell Paul Holton McLaren 720S GT3 242 Retired NC GT3 Pro 71 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 237 Retired NC GT4 Pro-Am 98 Random Vandals Racing Al Carter Conor Daly Paul Sparta BMW M4 GT4 169 Retired NC GT3 Pro-Am 16 EBM Giga Racing Nick Boulle Adrian D'Silva Jeffery Kingsley Porsche 911 GT3 R 144 Retired NC GT3 Silver 20 Wright Motorsports Jan Heylen Fred Poordad Max Root Porsche 911 GT3 R 144 Retired NC GT4 Pro-Am 2 GMG Racing Jason Bell Andrew Davis Trent Hindman Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 134 Retired NC GT4 Am 68 TGR Smooge Racing Kevin Conway John Geesbreght Jack Hawksworth Toyota GR Supra GT4 120 Retired NC GT3 Pro-Am 91 Rearden Racing Jeff Burton Vesko Kozarov Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 103 Retired NC GT3 Pro-Am 19 CrowdStrike/DXDT Racing Michael Cooper Thomas Merrill Erin Vogel Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 62 Retired NC GT3 Silver 33 Winward Racing Marvin Dienst Philip Ellis Russell Ward Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 62 Retired NC GT3 Pro-Am 88 Zelus Motorsports Jason Harward Madison Snow Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 100 Results
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