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2020 Indianapolis 8 Hours

Event Information
Round 2 of 4 in the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Date	2–4 October 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Location	Speedway, Indiana, United States
Venue	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Results
Race 1 Distance 300 laps 1177.500 km Pole position Connor de Phillippi Walkenhorst Motorsport 1:23.318 Winner Connor de Phillippi Nick Catsburg Augusto Farfus, Jr. Walkenhorst Motorsport 8:00:55.390

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, led 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

No. Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 GT3 Entries 04 CrowdStrike/ DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Colin Braun Ben Keating George Kurtz 1 Squadra Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 PA Alessandro Balzan Martin Fuentes Mark Issa 6 Vital Speed Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 OV Trevor Baek Ryan Briscoe Jeff Westphal 7 K-PAX Racing Bentley Continental GT3 OV Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet 20 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R S Jan Heylen Fred Poordad Max Root 30 Team Honda Racing Honda NSX GT3 Evo OV Dane Cameron Mario Farnbacher Renger van der Zande 31 Audi Sport Team Hardpoint Audi R8 LMS Evo OV Mirko Bortolotti Spencer Pumpelly Markus Winkelhock 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 OV Nicky Catsburg Connor De Phillippi Augusto Farfus 35 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 OV David Pittard Martin Tomczyk Nicholas Yelloly 63 CrowdStrike/ DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA David Askew Ryan Dalziel Richard Heistand 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul Martin Konrad 80 Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 Evo PA Ziad Ghandour Kyle Marcelli TBA 93 Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 Evo OV Shelby Blackstock Trent Hindman Robert Megennis GT4 Entries 2 GMG Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS MR Jason Bell Andrew Davis Robin Liddell 3 Motorsport USA McLaren 570S GT4 Michael Cooper Michael McAleenan Dan Rogers 8 GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo Andy Lee Elias Sabo James Sofronas 17 TRG - The Racers Group Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS MR Derek Deboer Andy Lally James Rappaport 25 CCR Team TFB BMW M4 GT4 Tim Barber Parker Chase Cole Ciraulo 26 Classic BMW BMW M4 GT4 Phil Bloom Toby Grahovec Stevan McAleer 33 Notlad Racing by RS1 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Joe Dalton Patrick Gallagher Jonathan Taylor 69 BGB Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS MR Tom Collingwood Dylan Murry John Tecce 82 BimmerWorld Racing BMW M4 GT4 Bill Auberlen James Clay Chandler Hull 438 ST Racing BMW M4 GT4 Jon Miller Samantha Tan Nickolas Wittmer Source:

Icon Class OV Overall S Silver Cup PA Pro/Am Cup

Results

Top 10 shootout

Pos.	No.	Class	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap
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
Source:

Race

Pos.	Class	No.	Team / Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
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
Source:

• 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

References

1. Dagys, John (September 28, 2020). "Indy 8H Set for 23-Car Grid; Numerous Driver Additions". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
2. "Indianapolis Motor Speedway POLE SHOOTOUT - CLASSIFICATION - FINAL" (PDF). SRO Motorsports Group. 6 October 2020.
3. "Indianapolis Motor Speedway RACE - CLASSIFICATION - PROVISIONAL" (PDF). SRO Motorsports Group. 10 October 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Official website

• 2020 in American motorsport
• 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge