The 2023 Indianapolis 8 Hours (also known as the Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth running of the Indianapolis 8 Hour. It took place from October 5–8, 2023. The race was the fourth round of the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge and the seventh and final round 2023 GT World Challenge America championships.
Background The 2023 edition was open only to cars within GT3 regulations. GT4 cars, which had appeared in the first two races, were dropped from the race in an effort to reduce incidents caused by multi-class racing.
Supporting the race weekend were the Pirelli GT4 America Series, the TC America Series, and the GT America Series.
Entry list
Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 04 Crowdstrike with Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Colin Braun Nolan Siegel George Kurtz 007 TRG-AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 PA Derek DeBoer Valentin Hasse-Clot Ben Tuck 08 DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Bryan Sellers Scott Smithson Tom Sargent 4 Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R PA Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Earl Bamber 20 Huber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Antares Au Laurin Heinrich Alfred Renauer 21 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 P Alessandro Balzan Manny Franco Lilou Wadoux 27 TR3 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Matt Bell Jon Branam Kenton Koch 28 RennSport1 - CBW Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) P Eric Filgueiras Stevan McAleer Klaus Bachler 30 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 P Philipp Eng Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor 31 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 P Augusto Farfus Maxime Martin Charles Weerts 33 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 PA Ryan Dalziel Justin Wetherill Onofrio Triarsi 38 ST Racing BMW M4 GT3 PA Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen Jake Walker 45 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) P Jan Heylen Madison Snow Trent Hindman 53 MDK Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) P Trenton Estep Seth Lucas Matteo Cairoli 77 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Maximilian Götz Jules Gounon Raffaele Marciello 85 Rearden Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) P Christian Engelhart Vesko Kozarov Jake Pedersen 91 DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Jeff Burton Corey Lewis Philip Ellis 93 Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR-Andretti Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 P Mario Farnbacher Ashton Harrison Kyle Marcelli 94 Bimmerworld Racing BMW M4 GT3 P Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull Robby Foley 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Adam Adelson Elliot Skeer Callum Ilott 535 Sky – Tempesta Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020PA Eddie Cheever III Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui 999 Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Maro Engel Daniel Juncadella Luca Stolz Source: Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro/Am Cup
Race result Class winners denoted with bold and .
Class Team / Entrant Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired 1 Pro 30 Team WRT Philipp Eng Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor BMW M4 GT3 332 8:00:05.921 2 Pro 77 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Maximilian Götz Raffaele Marciello Jules Gounon Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 332 +53.110 3 Pro 999 Team GruppeM Racing Maro Engel Daniel Juncadella Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 332 +53.640 4 Pro 45 Wright Motorsports Madison Snow Jan Heylen Trent Hindman Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 330 +2 Laps 5 Pro 28 RennSport1 - CBW Racing Eric Filgueiras Stevan McAleer Klaus Bachler Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 329 +3 Laps 6 Pro-Am 04 Crowdstrike with Riley Motorsports Colin Braun Nolan Siegel George Kurtz Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 329 +3 Laps 7 Pro-Am 20 Huber Motorsport Antares Au Laurin Heinrich Alfred Renauer Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 328 +4 Laps 8 Pro 53 MDK Motorsports Trenton Estep Seth Lucas Matteo Cairoli Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 328 +4 Laps 9 Pro-Am 27 TR3 Racing Matt Bell Jon Branam Kenton Koch Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 328 +4 Laps 10 Pro-Am 535 Sky – Tempesta Racing Eddie Cheever III Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 327 +5 Laps 11 Pro-Am 120 Wright Motorsports Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer Callum Ilott Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 327 +5 Laps 12 Pro-Am 38 ST Racing Neil Verhagen Samantha Tan Jake Walker BMW M4 GT3 327 +5 Laps 13 Pro-Am 007 TRG-AMR Derek DeBoer Valentin Hasse-Clot Ben Tuck Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 326 +6 Laps 14 Pro 93 Racers Edge Motorsports Mario Farnbacher Ashton Harrison Kyle Marcelli Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 325 +7 Laps 15 Pro-Am 4 Grove Racing Earl Bamber Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 324 +8 Laps 16 Pro 85 Rearden Racing Christian Engelhart Vesko Kozarov Jake Pedersen Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 322 +10 Laps 17 Pro 31 Team WRT Augusto Farfus Maxime Martin Charles Weerts BMW M4 GT3 321 +11 Laps 18 Pro-Am 33 Triarsi Competizione Ryan Dalziel Onofrio Triarsi Justin Wetherill Ferrari 296 GT3 317 +15 Laps 19 Pro 21 Conquest Racing Alessandro Balzan Manny Franco Lilou Wadoux Ferrari 296 GT3 311 +21 Laps 20 Pro 94 Bimmerworld Racing Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull Richard Heistand BMW M4 GT3 309 Retired 21 Pro-Am 08 DXDT Racing Bryan Sellers Scott Smithson Tom Sargent Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 285 Suspension NC Pro-Am 91 DXDT Racing Jeff Burton Corey Lewis Philip Ellis Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 65 Driveline Source:
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