2020 Indianapolis 8 Hours
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| Round 2 of 4 in the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 2–4 October 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge | |||||||||||||
| Location | Speedway, Indiana, United States | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |||||||||||||
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The 2020 Indianapolis 8 Hours was an endurance race held on 4 October 2020 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 inaugural running of the Indianapolis 8 Hour, replacing the previous American leg of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, the California 8 Hours held at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. It was the second leg of the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge and the sixth and final round of the 2020 GT World Challenge America. The GT World Challenge America results would be determined by the race results after three hours instead of the full eight hours.
22 cars started the race, 12 GT3 entries and 10 GT4 entries. Just three of the entries had also raced in round 1 of the Intercontinental GT Challenge held in Australia in February.
The race was dominated by BMWs. The German Walkenhorst Motorsport team finished first and second after eight hours, lead by the #34 BMW M6 of Dutch driver Nicky Catsburg, American driver Connor De Phillippi and Brazilian driver Augusto Farfus. BMW M4s also finished first and second in the GT4 class.
Class structure
Cars competed in the following four classes.
- GT3 Overall
- GT3 Pro/Am
- GT3 Silver Cup
- GT4
Entries
Results
Top 10 shootout
| Pos. | No. | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
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| 1 | 34 | Overall | Connor De Phillippi | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 1:23.318 | |
| 2 | 7 | Overall | Jules Gounon | K-Pax Racing | Bentley Continental GT3 | 1:23.560 | +0.242 |
| 3 | 30 | Overall | Mario Farnbacher | Team Honda Racing | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 1:23.821 | +0.503 |
| 4 | 35 | Overall | Nicholas Yelloly | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 1:23.858 | +0.540 |
| 5 | 93 | Overall | Trent Hindman | Racers Edge Motorsports | Acura NSX GT3 Evo | 1:23.961 | +0.643 |
| 6 | 1 | Pro/Am | Alessandro Balzan | Squadra Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1:23.961 | +0.643 |
| 7 | 31 | Overall | Mirko Bortolotti | Audi Sport Team Hardpoint | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 1:24.073 | +0.755 |
| 8 | 63 | Pro/Am | Ryan Dalziel | DXDT Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1:24.245 | +0.927 |
| 9 | 20 | Silver Cup | Max Root | Wright Motorsports | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1:24.268 | +0.950 |
| 10 | 6 | Overall | Jeff Westphal | Vital Speed | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1:24.512 | +1.194 |
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Race
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team / Entrant | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Retired |
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| 1 | Overall | 34 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Nicky Catsburg Connor De Phillippi Augusto Farfus |
BMW M6 GT3 | 300 | 8:00:55.390 |
| 4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8 | |||||||
| 2 | Overall | 35 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | David Pittard Martin Tomczyk Nicholas Yelloly |
BMW M6 GT3 | 300 | +41.346 |
| 4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8 | |||||||
| 3 | Overall | 30 | Team Honda Racing | Dane Cameron Mario Farnbacher Renger van der Zande |
Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 299 | +1 lap |
| 3.5 L Honda JNC1 twin-turbocharged V6 | |||||||
| 4 | Overall | 31 | Audi Sport Team Hardpoint | Mirko Bortolotti Spencer Pumpelly Markus Winkelhock |
Audi R8 LMS Evo | 297 | +3 laps |
| 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | |||||||
| 5 | Pro/Am | 4 | DXDT Racing | Colin Braun Ben Keating George Kurtz |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 295 | +5 laps |
| 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | |||||||
| 6 | Silver Cup | 20 | Wright Motorsports | Jan Heylen Fred Poordad Max Root |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 295 | +5 laps |
| 4.0 L Porsche H6 | |||||||
| 7 | Overall | 93 | Racers Edge Motorsports | Shelby Blackstock Trent Hindman Robert Megennis |
Acura NSX GT3 Evo | 293 | +7 laps |
| 3.5 L Honda JNC1 twin-turbocharged V6 | |||||||
| 8 | Pro/Am | 1 | Squadra Corse | Alessandro Balzan Martin Fuentes Mark Issa |
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 292 | +8 laps |
| 3.9 L Ferrari F154 twin-turbo V8 | |||||||
| 9 | Pro/AM | 75 | SunEnergy 1 Racing | Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul Martin Konrad |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 291 | +9 laps |
| 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | |||||||
| 10 | GT4 | 82 | BimmerWorld Racing | Bill Auberlen James Clay Chandler Hull |
BMW M4 GT4 | 273 | +27 laps |
| 3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6 | |||||||
| 11 | GT4 | 438 | ST Racing | Jon Miller Samantha Tan Nickolas Wittmer |
BMW M4 GT4 | 273 | +27 laps |
| 3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6 | |||||||
| 12 | GT4 | 2 | GMG Racing | Jason Bell Andrew Davis Robin Liddell |
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS MR | 273 | +27 laps |
| 3.8 L Porsche H6 | |||||||
| 13 | GT4 | 33 | Notlad Racing by RS1 | Joe Dalton Patrick Gallagher Jonathan Taylor |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | 272 | +28 laps |
| 4.0 L Mercedes-AMG M177 twin-turbocharged V8 | |||||||
| 14 | GT4 | 17 | TRG - The Racers Group | Derek Deboer Andy Lally James Rappaport |
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS MR | 270 | +30 laps |
| 3.8 L Porsche H6 | |||||||
| 15 | GT4 | 8 | GMG Racing | Andy Lee Elias Sabo James Sofronas |
Audi R8 LMS Evo | 297 | +3 laps |
| 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | |||||||
| 16 | GT4 | 69 | BGB Motorsports | Tom Collingwood Dylan Murry John Tecce |
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 | 263 | +37 laps |
| 3.8 L Porsche H6 | |||||||
| 17 | Overall | 7 | K-Pax Racing | Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet |
Bentley Continental GT3 | 260 | +40 laps |
| 4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8 | |||||||
| 18 | GT4 | 26 | Classic BMW | Phil Bloom Toby Grahovec Stevan McAleer |
BMW M4 GT4 | 224 | +76 laps |
| 3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6 | |||||||
| 19 | GT4 | 25 | CCR Team TFB | Tim Barber Parker Chase Cole Ciraulo |
BMW M4 GT4 | 219 | +81 laps |
| 3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6 | |||||||
| DNF | Pro/Am | 63 | DXDT Racing | David Askew Ryan Dalziel Richard Heistand |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 175 | +125 laps |
| 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | |||||||
| DNF | Overall | 6 | Vital Speed | Trevor Baek Ryan Briscoe Jeff Westphal |
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 98 | +202 laps |
| 3.9 L Ferrari F154 twin-turbo V8 | |||||||
| DNF | GT4 | 3 | Motorsport USA | Michael Cooper Michael McAleenan Dan Rogers |
McLaren 570S GT4 | 67 | +233 laps |
| 3.8 L McLaren M838T E twin-turbocharged V8 | |||||||
| DNS | Overall | 80 | Racers Edge Motorsports | Ziad Ghandour Kyle Marcelli |
Honda NSX GT3 Evo | - | - |
| 3.5 L Honda JNC1 twin-turbocharged V6 | |||||||
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- Race time of winning car: 8:00:55.390
- Race distance of cars on the lead lap: 1177.500 km
- Fastest race lap: 1:23.310 – Nicky Catsburg on lap 219