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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
  Greg Bennett[9] DHL 3
  Leaders Credit Union Competition Motorsports[6] 66   Kel Kearns[10] DHL 1–4
  Max Opalski Racing[11] 2   Maximilian Opalski[11] DH 1–4
  Spark Performance[6] 3   Tommy McGlynn[12] DHL 3
  Frankie Muniz[13] DH 4
33   Alex Bachoura[6] DHL 1–4
  KohR Motorsports[14] 5   Rod Randall[6] DHL 1–4
52   Christian Bach[6] DH 1–4
94   D.J. Randall[6] DH 1–4
  MDK Motorsports[15] 8   Tom Tait[15] DHL 1–4
16   Gabe Tesch[15] DH 1–3
  Trenton Estep[16] DH 4
17   Jim Farley[17] DH 1
  Automatic Racing[6] 9   Mike Stillwagon[6] DHL 1
  Rob Ecklin[9] DHL 3
99   Larry Webster[18] DH 1
  NV Autosport[6] 10   Stephen Vajda[6] DHL 1–2, 4
  Robert Noaker Racing[14] 13   Robert Noaker[6] DH 1–4
29   Mitch Marvosh[6] DHL 1–4
31   Reid Sweeney[19] DH 1–4
74   Tyler Maxson[20] DH 1–4
  Capaldi Racing[6] 14   John Strauss[6] DHL 1–4
  JV Racing Team[6] 18   Marcos Vento[21] DH 1–4
  Skip Barber Racing[22] 19   Mike Stillwagon[22] DHL 2–4
  McCumbee McAleer Racing[23] 22   Jeremy Fletcher[23] DH 1–4
48   Zachry Lee[23] DHL 1–4
82   Nate Cicero[24] DH 1–2
  Drew Neubauer[16] DHL 4
TBA   Maximilian Opalski[25] DH TBA
  Southern Paley Motorsports[26] 26   Sam Paley[26] DH 1–4
  LAP Motorsports[9] 30   Scott Thomson[9] DHL 3–4
  Precision Performance Motorsports[27] 46   Brandon Gdovic[6] DH 1–4
47   Wesley Slimp[27] DH 1–4
  Nick Smither Racing[6] 58   Nicholas Smither[6] DHL 1–4
  Jack Lewis Enterprises[6] 73   Jack Lewis[6] DHL 1–4
  Torre Racing[9] 84   Paolo Salvatore[9] DHL 3–4
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   #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing   #26 Southern Paley Motorsports   #26 Southern Paley Motorsports   #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
  Jeremy Fletcher   Sam Paley   Sam Paley   Zachry Lee
R2   #26 Southern Paley Motorsports   #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing   #26 Southern Paley Motorsports   #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
  Sam Paley   Jeremy Fletcher   Sam Paley   Zachry Lee
4 R1 COTA   #16 MDK Motorsports   #74 Robert Noaker Racing   #16 MDK Motorsports   #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
  Trenton Estep   Tyler Maxson   Trenton Estep   Zachry Lee
R2   #16 MDK Motorsports   #22 McCumbee McAleer Racing   #13 Robert Noaker Racing   #48 McCumbee McAleer Racing
  Trenton Estep   Jeremy Fletcher   Robert Noaker   Zachry Lee
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   Robert Noaker 1 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 20 2580
2   Tyler Maxson 7 1 1 1 2 3 3 8 70 2510
3   Sam Paley 2 4 5 4 1 1 21 24 20 2030
4   Jeremy Fletcher 3 3 3 22 25† 5 4 2 30 1940
5   Reid Sweeney 4 24 4 3 4 19 5 4 0 1890
6   Zachry Lee 23 8 7 6 7 9 9 7 0 1740
7   Marcos Vento 9 21 11 10 9 8 8 6 0 1690
8   Maximilian Opalski 6 27 22 5 6 6 6 5 0 1670
9   Brandon Gdovic 24 6 6 21 5 2 7 22 0 1600
10   Alex Bachoura 26 9 17 8 10 11 11 10 0 1480
11   Mike Stillwagon 15 12 16 12 13 10 13 12 0 1480
12   D.J. Randall 10 5 9 9 23 DNS 10 9 0 1430
13   Nicholas Smither 17 10 12 14 15 14 15 17 0 1360
14   Gabe Tesch 11 22 8 7 8 7 0 1260
15   Tom Tait 12 23 13 13 24 16 19 21 0 1100
16   John Strauss 20 18 20 16 19 21 18 16 0 1030
17   Wesley Slimp 25 25 10 20 11 13 25 23 0 1000
18   Christian Bach 13 19 24 DNS 14 12 26 11 0 1000
19   Kel Kearns 22 16 21 19 17 18 20 18 0 1000
20   Stephen Vajda 18 13 14 11 14 25 0 940
21   Rod Randall 19 14 18 18 20 DNS 23 15 0 930
22   Mitch Marvosh 16 15 25 DNS 16 20 22 20 0 860
23   Trenton Estep 1 3 20 670
24   Jack Lewis 21 17 19 17 DNS DNS 24 DNS 0 600
25   Paolo Salvatore 12 17 27 13 0 550
26   Scott Thomson 18 22 17 19 0 480
27   Nate Cicero 5 26 23 DNS 0 410
28   Drew Neubauer 16 14 0 320
29   Carl Bennett 15 15 0 320
30   Chloe Chambers 27 7 0 300
31   Tommy McGlynn 21 15 0 260
32   Frankie Muniz 12 DNS 0 190
33   Rob Ecklin 22 DNS 0 90
34   Greg Bennett DNS DNS 0 0
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

  • †: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

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 7 9 9 7 140 2800
2   Alex Bachoura 26 9 17 8 10 11 11 10 10 2360
3   Mike Stillwagon 15 12 16 12 13 10 13 12 10 2350
4   Nicholas Smither 17 10 12 14 15 14 15 17 0 2180
5   Tom Tait 12 23 13 13 24 16 19 21 0 1950
6   John Strauss 20 18 20 16 19 21 18 16 0 1810
7   Kel Kearns 22 16 21 19 17 18 20 18 0 1770
8   Mitch Marvosh 16 15 25 DNS 16 20 22 20 0 1610
9   Rod Randall 19 14 18 18 20 DNS 23 15 0 1610
10   Stephen Vajda 18 13 14 11 14 25 0 1560
11   Jack Lewis 21 17 19 17 DNS DNS 24 DNS 0 1090
12   Paolo Salvatore 12 17 27 13 0 990
13   Scott Thomson 18 22 17 19 0 880
14   Drew Neubauer 16 14 0 510
15   Tommy McGlynn 21 15 0 460
16   Rob Ecklin 22 DNS 0 190
17   Greg Bennett DNS DNS 0 0
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 2 3 2 1 90 2780
2   McCumbee McAleer Racing 3 3 3 6 7 5 4 2 30 2410
3   Southern Paley Motorsports 2 4 5 4 1 1 21 24 20 2280
4   MDK Motorsports 11 22 8 7 8 7 1 3 20 2090
5   Max Opalski Racing 6 27 22 5 6 6 6 5 0 1980
6   KohR Motorsports 10 5 9 9 14 12 10 9 0 1920
7   Precision Performance Motorsports 24 6 6 20 5 2 7 22 0 1910
8   JV Racing Team 9 21 11 10 9 8 8 6 0 1890
9   Spark Performance 26 9 17 8 10 11 11 10 0 1760
10   Nick Smither Racing 17 10 12 14 15 14 15 17 0 1670
11   Capaldi Racing 20 18 20 16 19 21 18 16 0 1450
12   Leaders Credit Union Competition Motorsports 22 16 21 19 17 18 20 18 0 1420
13   Skip Barber Racing 16 12 13 10 13 12 0 1300
14   NV Autosport 18 13 14 11 14 25 0 1220
15   Jack Lewis Enterprises 21 17 19 17 DNS DNS 24 DNS 0 880
16   Amerasian Fragrance Competition Motorsports 27 7 15 15 0 800
17   Torre Racing 12 17 27 13 0 770
18   LAP Motorsports 18 22 17 19 0 700
19   Automatic Racing 15 12 22 DNS 0 600
Pos. Driver MOH WGI ELK COT IND Bonus Points

References

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