The 2024 Indianapolis 8 Hours (also known as the Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth running of the Indianapolis 8 Hour. It took place from October 4–6, 2024. The race was the fourth and final round of the 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge and the seventh and final round 2024 GT World Challenge America championships.
Background The 2024 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 4 Mercedes-AMG Team Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Alex Palou Fabian Schiller Luca Stolz 8 Flying Lizard Motorsports BMW M4 GT3 PA Andy Lee Elias Sabo Nick Yelloly 10 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Antares Au Loek Hartog Patric Niederhauser 21 Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Alex Fontana Yannick Mettler 'Hash' 28 ST Racing BMW M4 GT3 P Bill Auberlen Varun Choksey Philipp Eng 29 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 PA Robby Foley Justin Rothberg Patrick Gallagher 31 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 P Charles Weerts Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor 32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Tom Sargent Kyle Washington Ayhancan Güven 33 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 P Augusto Farfus Dan Harper Max Hesse 38 ST Racing BMW M4 GT3 PA Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen John Capestro-Dubets 61 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Bastian Buus Adrian D'Silva Brendon Leitch 63 DXDT Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R P Tommy Milner Alec Udell Alexander Sims 64 DXDT Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R PA Bryan Sellers Patrick Liddy Blake McDonald 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Lucas Auer Kenny Habul Jayden Ojeda 85 RennSport1 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) P Trent Hindman Jake Pedersen Kay van Berlo 88 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 PA Riccardo Agostini Custodio Toledo Cedric Sbirrazzuoli 91 Regulator Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Jeff Burton Elias Seppänen Philip Ellis 92 Montreal Motorsport Group Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Jean-Frédéric Laberge Kyle Marcelli 93 Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 P Luca Mars Zach Veach Gabby Chaves 99 Random Vandals Racing BMW M4 GT3P Kenton Koch Conor Daly Connor De Phillippi 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer Laurin Heinrich 130 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Maro Engel Jules Gounon Mikael Grenier163 AF CorseFerrari 296 GT3PA Oswaldo Negri Jr. Jay Schreibman Toni Vilander888 Triple Eight JMRMercedes-AMG GT3 EvoPA Prince Jefri Ibrahim Arjun Maini Jordan Love 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 31 Team WRT Charles Weerts Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor BMW M4 GT3 320 8:00:17.640 2 Pro 120 Wright Motorsports Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer Laurin Heinrich Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 320 +0.260 3 Pro 130 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Maro Engel Jules Gounon Mikael Grenier Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 320 +20.886 4 Pro 93 Racers Edge Motorsports Luca Mars Zach Veach Gabby Chaves Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 320 +53.149 5 Pro 63 DXDT Racing Tommy Milner Alec Udell Alexander Sims Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 320 +1:09.880 6 Pro 85 RennSport1 Trent Hindman Jake Pedersen Kay van Berlo Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 320 +1:10.569 7 Pro-Am 10 Herberth Motorsport Antares Au Loek Hartog Patric Niederhauser Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 319 +1 Lap 8 Pro-Am 29 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley Justin Rothberg Patrick Gallagher BMW M4 GT3 318 +2 Laps 9 Pro-Am 91 DXDT Racing Jeff Burton Elias Seppänen Philip Ellis Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 317 +3 Laps 10 Pro-Am 163 AF Corse Oswaldo Negri Jr. Jay Schreibman Toni Vilander Ferrari 296 GT3 317 +3 Laps 11 Pro 28 ST Racing Bill Auberlen Varun Choksey Philipp Eng BMW M4 GT3 316 +4 Laps 12 Pro-Am 21 Car Collection Motorsport Alex Fontana Yannick Mettler 'Hash' Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 315 +5 Laps 13 Pro 4 Mercedes-AMG Team Lone Star Racing Alex Palou Fabian Schiller Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 309 +11 Laps 14 Pro-Am 64 DXDT Racing Bryan Sellers Patrick Liddy Blake McDonald Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 308 +12 Laps 15 Pro-Am 88 AF Corse Riccardo Agostini Custodio Toledo Cedric Sbirrazzuoli Ferrari 296 GT3 289 +31 Laps 16 Pro-Am 61 Earl Bamber Motorsport Bastian Buus Adrian D'Silva Brendon Leitch Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 288 +32 Laps 17 Pro-Am 8 Flying Lizard Motorsports Andy Lee Elias Sabo Nick Yelloly BMW M4 GT3 284 +36 Laps 18 Pro 33 Team WRT Augusto Farfus Maxime Martin Charles Weerts BMW M4 GT3 280 +40 Laps 19 Pro-Am 38 ST Racing Neil Verhagen Samantha Tan John Capestro-Dubets BMW M4 GT3 278 +42 Laps 20 Pro-Am 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Lucas Auer Kenny Habul Jayden Ojeda Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 251Rear Axle 21 Pro 99 Random Vandals Racing Kenton Koch Conor Daly Connor De Phillippi BMW M4 GT3 213Fuel Pump 22 Pro-Am 888 Triple Eight JMR Prince Jefri Ibrahim Arjun Maini Jordan Love Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 143Mechanical23Pro-Am32 GMG Racing Tom Sargent Kyle Washington Ayhancan GüvenPorsche 911 GT3 R (992)136SteeringDNSPro-Am50 Chouest Povoledo Racing Ross Chouest Aaron PovoledoMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo0Did not startDNSPro-Am92 Montreal Motorsport Group Jean-Frédéric Laberge Kyle MarcelliPorsche 911 GT3 R (992)0Did not start Source:
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