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2024 IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge

The 2024 IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge is the inaugural season of the IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge. It began on June 7 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and will end on October 6 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Robert Noaker Racing's Robert Noaker scored the series' inaugural victory during the opening round at Mid-Ohio.[1]

Calendar

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An initial calendar was released in August 2023, featuring five race weekends totaling ten race events.[2] The preliminary schedule initially featured a round at Charlotte Motor Speedway with an undisclosed date.[3] Ultimately, this round was dropped from the final schedule in favor of the Indianapolis 8 Hour support race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.[4]

Each weekend consisted of two 30-minute practice sessions, with a 15-minute qualifying session setting the grids for a pair of 45-minute races.[5]

Round Circuit Location Dates Supporting
1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course   Lexington, Ohio June 7–9 TCR World Tour
2 Watkins Glen International   Watkins Glen, New York June 20–23 IMSA SportsCar Championship
3 Road America   Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 2–4
4 Circuit of the Americas   Austin, Texas August 31–September 1 FIA World Endurance Championship
5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway   Speedway, Indiana October 4–6 Intercontinental GT Challenge
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Entry list

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Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
  Amerasian Fragrance Competition Motorsports[6] 1   Chloe Chambers[7] DH 1
  Carl Bennett[8] DH 2
  Leaders Credit Union Competition Motorsports[6] 66   Kel Kearns[9] DHL 1–2
  Max Opalski Racing[10] 2   Maximilian Opalski[10] DH 1–2
  KohR Motorsports[11] 5   Rod Randall[6] DHL 1–2
52   Christian Bach[6] DH 1–2
94   D.J. Randall[6] DH 1–2
  MDK Motorsports[12] 8   Tom Tait[12] DHL 1–2
16   Gabe Tesch[12] DH 1–2
17   Jim Farley[13] DH 1
  Automatic Racing[6] 9   Mike Stillwagon[6] DHL 1
99   Larry Webster[14] DH 1
  NV Autosport[6] 10   Stephen Vajda[6] DHL 1–2
  Robert Noaker Racing[11] 13   Robert Noaker[6] DH 1–2
29   Mitch Marvosh[6] DHL 1–2
31   Reid Sweeney[15] DH 1–2
74   Tyler Maxson[16] DH 1–2
  Capaldi Racing[6] 14   John Strauss[6] DHL 1–2
  JV Racing Team[6] 18   Marcos Vento[17] DH 1–2
  Skip Barber Racing[18] 19   Mike Stillwagon[18] DHL 2
  McCumbee McAleer Racing[19] 22   Jeremy Fletcher[19] DH 1–2
48   Zachry Lee[19] DHL 1–2
82   Nate Cicero[20] DH 1–2
  Southern Paley Motorsports[21] 26   Sam Paley[21] DH 1–2
  Spark Performance[6] 33   Alex Bachoura[6] DHL 1–2
  Precision Performance Motorsports[22] 46   Brandon Gdovic[6] DH 1–2
47   Wesley Slimp[22] DH 1–2
  Nick Smither Racing[6] 58   Nicholas Smither[6] DHL 1–2
  Jack Lewis Enterprises[6] 73   Jack Lewis[6] DHL 1–2
Icon Class
DH Dark Horse
DHL Dark Horse Legends

Race Results

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Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Legends Winner
1 R1 Mid-Ohio   #74 Robert Noaker Racing   #74 Robert Noaker Racing   #13 Robert Noaker Racing   #8 MDK Motorsports
  Tyler Maxson   Tyler Maxson   Robert Noaker   Tom Tait
R2   #74 Robert Noaker Racing   #13 Robert Noaker Racing   #74 Robert Noaker Racing   #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
  Tyler Maxson   Robert Noaker   Tyler Maxson   Zachry Lee
2 R1 Watkins Glen   #13 Robert Noaker Racing   #74 Robert Noaker Racing   #74 Robert Noaker Racing   #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
  Robert Noaker   Tyler Maxson   Tyler Maxson   Zachry Lee
R2   #74 Robert Noaker Racing   #74 Robert Noaker Racing   #74 Robert Noaker Racing   #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
  Tyler Maxson   Tyler Maxson   Tyler Maxson   Zachry Lee
3 R1 Road America
R2
4 R1 COTA
R2
5 R1 Indianapolis
R2

Championship standings

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Points system

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Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below. Ten bonus points each are awarded for the driver who earns the pole position and runs the fastest lap in each race event.

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30+
Points 350 320 300 280 260 250 240 230 220 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10

Driver's Championship

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IMSA recognizes driver champions based on the total number of championship points earned during the season.

Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points
1   Tyler Maxson 7 1 1 1 60 1350
2   Robert Noaker 1 2 2 2 20 1330
3   Sam Paley 2 4 5 4 0 1140
4   Jeremy Fletcher 3 3 3 22 0 990
5   Reid Sweeney 4 24 4 3 0 950
6   D.J. Randall 10 5 9 9 0 920
7   Zachry Lee 23 8 7 6 0 820
8   Gabe Tesch 11 22 8 7 0 790
9   Marcos Vento 9 21 11 10 0 760
10   Nicholas Smither 17 10 12 14 0 730
11   Mike Stillwagon 15 12 16 12 0 720
12   Stephen Vajda 18 13 14 11 0 710
13   Brandon Gdovic 24 6 6 21 0 690
14   Maximilian Opalski 6 27 22 5 0 660
15   Alex Bachoura 26 9 17 8 0 660
16   Tom Tait 12 23 13 13 0 660
17   Rod Randall 19 14 18 18 0 580
18   John Strauss 20 18 20 16 0 530
19   Jack Lewis 21 17 19 17 0 530
20   Kel Kearns 22 16 21 19 0 490
21   Wesley Slimp 25 25 10 20 0 480
22   Nate Cicero 5 26 23 DNS 0 410
23   Mitch Marvosh 16 15 25 DNS 0 400
24   Christian Bach 13 19 24 DNS 0 390
25   Carl Bennett 15 15 0 320
26   Chloe Chambers 27 7 0 300
Drivers ineligible to score points
  Jim Farley 14 11
  Larry Webster 8 20
Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position

Italics - Fastest lap

Dark Horse Legends Driver's Championship

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Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points
1   Zachry Lee 23 8 7 6 70 1330
2   Nicholas Smither 17 10 12 14 0 1150
3   Mike Stillwagon 15 12 16 12 0 1140
4   Tom Tait 12 23 13 13 0 1110
5   Alex Bachoura 26 9 17 8 10 1100
6   Stephen Vajda 18 13 14 11 0 1100
7   Rod Randall 19 14 18 18 0 960
8   John Strauss 20 18 20 16 0 910
9   Jack Lewis 21 17 19 17 0 910
10   Kel Kearns 22 16 21 19 0 870
11   Mitch Marvosh 16 15 25 DNS 0 740
Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points

Team's Championship

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Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points
1   Robert Noaker Racing 1 1 1 1 80 1480
2   Southern Paley Motorsports 2 4 5 4 0 1240
3   McCumbee McAleer Racing 3 3 3 6 0 1220
4   KohR Motorsports 10 5 9 9 0 1020
5   MDK Motorsports 11 22 8 7 0 920
6   JV Racing Team 9 21 11 10 0 900
7   Max Opalski Racing 6 27 22 5 0 880
8   Nick Smither Racing 17 10 12 14 0 880
9   Precision Performance Motorsports 24 6 6 20 0 860
10   NV Autosport 18 13 14 11 0 860
11   Spark Performance 26 9 17 8 0 840
12   Amerasian Fragrance Competition Motorsports 27 7 15 15 0 800
13   Capaldi Racing 20 18 20 16 0 730
14   Jack Lewis Enterprises 21 17 19 17 0 730
15   Leaders Credit Union Competition Motorsports 22 16 21 19 0 700
16   Automatic Racing 15 12 0 450
17   Skip Barber Racing 16 12 0 410
Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points

References

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