The 2024 Michelin Pilot Challenge will be the twenty-fifth season of the IMSA SportsCar Challenge and the eleventh season organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The season will begin on January 26 at Daytona International Speedway and will conclude on October 11 at Road Atlanta. It will also feature a round of the TCR World Tour.[1]

Classes

  • Grand Sport (GS) (run to GT4 regulations)
  • Touring Car (TCR)

Calendar

  Race is part of TCR World Tour

The provisional 2024 calendar was released on August 4, 2023, featuring ten rounds.[2]

Round Race Circuit Location Date Duration
1 TBA United States Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 25–26 4 Hours
2 TBA United States Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 13–15 2 Hours
3 TBA United States WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 10–12 2 Hours
4 TBA United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio June 7–9 4 Hours
5 TBA United States Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 27–29 2 Hours
6 TBA Canada Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 12–14 2 Hours
7 TBA United States Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 2–4 2 Hours
8 TBA United States Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 23–25 2 Hours
9 TBA United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana September 20–21 2 Hours
10 TBA United States Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 9–11 2 Hours
Calendar Changes
  • The single-class events at Detroit (GS) and Lime Rock Park (TCR) were dropped from the schedule for 2024.
  • Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course returned to the schedule after a one-year absence, replacing Indianapolis as the second four-hour event after Daytona.

Entry list

Grand Sport (GS)

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
United States McCumbee McAleer Racing with Aerosport[3] Ford Mustang GT4 (2024) Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 13 United States Jenson Altzman[3] TBA
United States Chad McCumbee[3] TBA
United States Mobil 1 Smooge Racing[4] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 23 United States Corey Heim[4] TBA
United States John Hunter Nemechek[4] TBA
United States Bubba Wallace[4] TBA
United States TGR Smooge Racing[4] 68 United States Kevin Conway[4] TBA
United States John Geesbreght[4] TBA
United States Corey Lewis[4] TBA
United States JMF Motorsports[5] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 34 United States Michai Stephens[5] TBA
Canada Jesse Webb[5] TBA
United States Team TGM[6] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 46 United States Matt Plumb[6] TBA
United States Owen Trinkler[6] TBA
64 United States Ted Giovanis[6] TBA
United States Hugh Plumb[6] TBA
United States KohR Motorsports[7] Ford Mustang GT4 (2024) Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 59 United States Luca Mars[7] TBA
United States Bob Michaelian[7] TBA
United States TGR CDR Valkyrie[8] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 66 TBA TBA
TBA TBA
United States Czabok-Simpson Motorsport[9] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 67 Puerto Rico Sebastian Carazo[9] TBA
Nikita Lastochkin[9][N 1] TBA
United States Gordon Scully[9] TBA
Canada Motorsport in Action[10] McLaren Artura GT4 McLaren M630 3.0  L Turbo V6 69 Canada Jesse Lazare[10] TBA
United States Michael de Quesada[10] TBA
United States Rebel Rock Racing[11] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 71 United States Andrew Davis[11] TBA
United States Frank DePew[11] TBA
United Kingdom Robin Liddell[11] TBA
United States Archangel Motorsports[12] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 88 United States Todd Coleman[12] TBA
United States Aaron Telitz[12] TBA
United States Team ACP by Random Vandals[13] BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 92 United States Kenton Koch[13] TBA
United States Paul Sparta[13] TBA
94 United States Terry Borcheller[13] TBA
United States Ken Goldberg[13] TBA
United States Catesby Jones[13] TBA
United States Turner Motorsport[14] BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 95 United States Dillon Machavern[14] TBA
United States Robert Megennis[14] TBA
96 United States Robby Foley[14] TBA
United States Francis Selldorff[14] TBA

Touring Car (TCR)

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
United States KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering[15] Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 5 United States William Tally[15] TBA
United States Tim Lewis Jr.[15] TBA
Canada Montreal Motorsport Group[16] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 6 Canada Louis-Philippe Montour[17] TBA
Puerto Rico Bryan Ortiz[17] TBA
93 Canada Karl Wittmer[18] TBA
Japan Daijiro Yoshihara[18] TBA
United States Rockwell Autosport Development[19] Audi RS3 LMS TCR (2017) 15 United States Tom O'Gorman[19] TBA
United States Doug Oakley[19] TBA
United States Eric Rockwell[19] TBA
United States Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian[20] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 76 United States Preston Brown[20] TBA
Belgium Denis Dupont[20] TBA
Icon Status
W TCR World Tour entries not eligible to score points in the local series

Notes

  1. ↑ Lastochkin is Russian, but he competes under as neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    References

    1. ↑ "TCR World Tour gets FIA status and confirms 2024 calendar". TouringCarTimes. December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
    2. ↑ Kilbey, Stephen (August 4, 2023). "2024 Pilot Challenge Schedule Revealed". Dailysportscar. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
    3. 1 2 3 Dagys, John (January 11, 2023). "McCumbee McAleer Racing to Run New Mustang GT4". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
    4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Goodwin, Graham (January 11, 2024). "NASCAR Trio In Smooge Racing GR Supra". Dailysportscar. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
    5. 1 2 3 Dagys, John (January 2, 2024). "Stephens, Webb Move to GS in JMF Motorsport Expansion". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
    6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Team TGM Shuffles Lineup in Pair of Aston Martin GT4s". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. January 15, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
    7. 1 2 3 Goodwin, Graham (January 9, 2024). "KoHR Field New Mustang GT4 For Mars & Michaelian". Dailysportscar. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
    8. ↑ Euwema, Davey (January 3, 2024). "CDR Valkyrie Joins GS Class With Supra GT4". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
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    10. 1 2 3 Dagys, John (January 3, 2024). "Rolex 24 Winning Co-Drivers to Reunite in MIA McLaren". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
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    13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dagys, John (January 11, 2024). "Random Vandals Expands to Three-Car BMW GT4 Program". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
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    17. 1 2 "DSC's Daily Notebook (18/12/2023)". Dailysportscar. December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023. Louis-Philippe Montour will partner with Bryan Ortiz aboard the #6.
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    19. 1 2 3 4 "Rockwell Autosport Confirms Daytona TCR Plans". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
    20. 1 2 3 Euwema, Davey (December 14, 2023). "Brown, Dupont Join Bryan Herta Autosport". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
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