The 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS was the seventeenth season of the United States Auto Club's GT World Challenge America, and the sixth under ownership of SRO Motorsports Group.
The season began at Sonoma on March 30, and ended at Indianapolis on October 8.
Eric Filgueiras and Stevan McAleer won the Pro class championship for Rennsport One (RS1) in the new Porsche 911 GT3 R, one year after they won the 2022 GT4 America Series Silver class title. George Kurtz and Colin Braun won the Pro-Am championship for CrowdStrike by Riley.
Calendar The preliminary calendar was released on July 29, 2022, featuring 14 races across seven rounds. In September, an updated schedule was released, postponing the event at Circuit of the Americas by two weeks and bringing the Road America round forward one week. An additional change was announced on October 17, moving the NOLA round from February 24–26 to April 28–30 to alleviate a clash with the Kyalami 9 Hours, as well as allowing the 2023 BoP test to be completed before the start of the season.
Round Circuit Date Map 1 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California March 30 – April 2 2 NOLA Motorsports Park, Avondale, Louisiana April 28–30 3 Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas May 19–21 4 Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia June 16–18 5 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 18–20 6 Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida September 22–24 7 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana October 6–8
Entry list Team Car Engine Drivers Class Rounds TRG-AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 007 Derek DeBoer PA All Ross Gunn 1, 6 Valentin Hasse-Clot 2–5, 7 Ben Tuck 7 CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 04 Colin Braun PA All George Kurtz Nolan Siegel 7 DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 08 Bryan Sellers PA All Scott Smithson Tom Sargent 7 91 Jeff Burton PA All Corey Lewis Philip Ellis 7 Turner Motorsports BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 096 Vincent Barletta PA 4 Robby Foley Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 4 Earl Bamber PA 7 Brenton Grove Stephen Grove TR3 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 9 Ziad Ghandour PA 1–3, 5 Daniel Morad Kenton Koch P 4 Daniel Morad 27 Matt Bell PA 7 Jon Branam Kenton Koch 77 Jon Branam Am 5 Paul Kiebler GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 14 Tom Dyer PA 1 James Sofronas Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 32 Jeroen Bleekemolen PA 5 Kyle Washington ACI Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 Spencer Pumpelly PA 1–4 Pedro Torres Mercedes-AMG Austin with Esses Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 19 Adam Carroll PA 1–3, 5 Will Hardeman Huber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 20 Antares Au PA 7 Laurin Heinrich Alfred Renauer Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 21 Alessandro Balzan P All Manny Franco Lilou Wadoux 7 RennSport1 - CBW Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 28 Eric Filgueiras P All Stevan McAleer Klaus Bachler 7 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 30 Philipp Eng P 7 Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor 31 Augusto Farfus P 7 Maxime Martin Charles Weerts Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 33 Ryan Dalziel PA 1–4, 6–7 Justin Wetherill Onofrio Triarsi 7 ST Racing BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 38 Samantha Tan PA All John Edwards 1–3 Neil Verhagen 4–7 Jake Walker 7 Bartone Bros Racing with RealTime Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 43 Anthony Bartone Am 1–3 Andy Pilgrim Anthony Bartone PA 4–6 Adam Christodoulou Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 45 Jan Heylen PA 1–4 Charlie Luck Jan Heylen P 5–7 Madison Snow Trent Hindman 7 Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 120 Adam Adelson PA All Elliott Skeer Callum Ilott 7 MDK Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 53 Trenton Estep P All Seth Lucas Matteo Cairoli 7 Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 77 Maximilian Götz P 7 Jules Gounon Raffaele Marciello Rearden Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 85 Christian Engelhart P 7 Vesko Kozarov Jake Pedersen Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR-Andretti Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 Acura JNC1 3.5 L Turbo V6 93 Mario Farnbacher P All Ashton Harrison Kyle Marcelli 7 Bimmerworld Racing BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 94 Bill Auberlen P All Chandler Hull Robby Foley 7 Sky – Tempesta Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 535 Eddie Cheever III PA 7 Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 999 Maro Engel P 7 Daniel Juncadella Luca Stolz Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro/Am Cup Am Am Cup
Mid-season changes
Aston Martin factory GT drivers Ross Gunn and Valentin Hasse-Clot split driving duties alongside Derek DeBoer at TRG-AMR. Gunn raced at the season-opener at Sonoma, then was replaced by Hasse-Clot for the next four meetings. Gunn returned at Sebring, and Hasse-Clot finished the season at Indianapolis with Ben Tuck also making his series debut. Neil Verhagen replaced John Edwards at ST Racing beginning at the fourth round in VIR. Adam Christodolou replaced Andy Pilgrim at RealTime Racing beginning at the fourth round in VIR. The number 43 car was moved up from Am to Pro-Am. Ziad Ghandour withdrew from the fourth round at VIR due to a personal commitment. The number 9 TR3 Racing car was moved up to the Pro class as Kenton Koch replaced Ghandour for the weekend. Ghandour missed the final two races of the season due to a family matter. Turner Motorsport, who ran full-time in 2022, returned for a one-off entry at VIR with Vincent Barletta and Robby Foley driving the number 096 BMW M4 GT3. Charlie Luck missed the final three rounds due to a kidney injury sustained in July. Wright Motorsports moved the number 45 car from the Pro-Am to the Pro category as Madison Snow replaced Luck for the remainder of the season. TR3 Racing added a second Mercedes-AMG GT3 for Paul Kiebler and Jon Branam which debuted in the Am class at Road America. At the Indianapolis 8 Hour, TR3 entered one car for Kiebler, Branam, and British driver Matthew Bell. On the morning of the race, Kiebler was replaced by Kenton Koch. Adam Adelson and Elliott Skeer drove the newest-generation Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) in the second race at Road America after crashing their 991.2-generation car in a crash during the first race. The 991.2 returned for the following round at Sebring, but the 992 raced at Indianapolis. Rearden Racing, who last competed in GT World Challenge America during the 2021 season, returned at the Indianapolis 8 Hour with a new Porsche 911 GT3 R.
Race results Bold indicates overall winner Round Circuit Pole positionIGTC Pro Winners Pro/Am Winners Am Winners 1 1 Sonoma #28 RennSport1 - CBW Racing Did not participate #28 RennSport1 - CBW Racing #120 Wright Motorsports #43 Bartone Bros Racing with RealTime Eric Filgueiras Eric Filgueiras Stevan McAleer Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer Anthony Bartone Andy Pilgrim R2 #38 ST Racing #93 Racers Edge Motorsports #04 CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports #43 Bartone Bros Racing with RealTime John Edwards Ashton Harrison Mario Farnbacher Colin Braun George Kurtz Anthony Bartone Andy Pilgrim 2 R1 NOLA #28 RennSport1 - CBW Racing #28 RennSport1 - CBW Racing #120 Wright Motorsports #43 Bartone Bros Racing with RealTime Eric Filgueiras Eric Filgueiras Stevan McAleer Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer Anthony Bartone Andy Pilgrim R2 #007 TRG-AMR #94 Bimmerworld Racing #04 CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports #43 Bartone Bros Racing with RealTime Valentin Hasse-Clot Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull Colin Braun George Kurtz Anthony Bartone Andy Pilgrim 3 R1 COTA #28 RennSport1 - CBW Racing #28 RennSport1 - CBW Racing #120 Wright Motorsports #43 Bartone Bros Racing with RealTime Eric Filgueiras Eric Filgueiras Stevan McAleer Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer Anthony Bartone Andy Pilgrim R2 #04 CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports #93 Racers Edge Motorsports #120 Wright Motorsports #43 Bartone Bros Racing with RealTime Colin Braun Ashton Harrison Mario Farnbacher Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer Anthony Bartone Andy Pilgrim 4 R1 Virginia #9 TR3 Racing #9 TR3 Racing #04 CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports No Entries Kenton Koch Kenton Koch Daniel Morad Colin Braun George Kurtz R2 #096 Turner Motorsport #9 TR3 Racing #04 CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports Robby Foley Kenton Koch Daniel Morad Colin Braun George Kurtz 5 R1 Road America #21 Conquest Racing #21 Conquest Racing #04 CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports #77 TR3 Racing Manny Franco Alessandro Balzan Manny Franco Colin Braun George Kurtz Jon Branam Paul Kiebler R2 #04 CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports #21 Conquest Racing #38 ST Racing #77 TR3 Racing Colin Braun Alessandro Balzan Manny Franco Neil Verhagen Samantha Tan Jon Branam Paul Kiebler 6 R1 Sebring #45 Wright Motorsports #45 Wright Motorsports #120 Wright Motorsports No Entries Madison Snow Jan Heylen Madison Snow Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer R2 #33 Triarsi Competizione #45 Wright Motorsports #120 Wright Motorsports Ryan Dalziel Jan Heylen Madison Snow Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer 7 Indianapolis #20 Huber Motorsport #30 Team WRT #45 Wright Motorsports #04 CrowdStrike Racing by Riley Motorsports Laurin Heinrich Philipp Eng Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Jan Heylen Trent Hindman Madison Snow Colin Braun George Kurtz Nolan Siegel
Championship standings Scoring system Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 40 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. Race-by-race entries which only participated in either of the final two races of the season are not eligible for points.
Standard Points Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Indianapolis Points Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 50 36 30 24 20 16 12 8 4 2
Drivers' championship