The GT4 America Series is a
sports car racing
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series based in the
United States
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. In 2019, the series was relaunched with the explicit GT4 title, following the alignment in 2017 of the Pirelli World Challenge series "GTS" class with SRO GT4, and the
Stéphane Ratel Organisation
SRO Motorsports Group (formerly the Stéphane Ratel Organisation) is an international sporting organisation best known for promoting and running a variety of racing events and series, including the Total 24 Hours of Spa, Intercontinental GT Challe ...
assuming control of the series in May 2018. It is a
GT World Challenge America
The GT World Challenge America is a North American auto racing series launched in 1990 by the Sports Car Club of America. It has been managed by the Stephane Ratel Organisation since 2018, and has been sanctioned by the United States Auto Club s ...
support series, managed by SRO and sanctioned by the
United States Auto Club
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.
Classes
SprintX
In
2016
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an extended sprint format series was added as a standalone championship in addition to its existing Sprint format racing series. SprintX races are 60 minutes in length and feature mandatory driver and tire changes.
For 2021 the original single-driver Sprint races (which ran alongside SprintX) were moved into the multiclass GT America series,
which means all GT4 America races preserved the two-driver 60-minute format but dropped the SprintX name.
GT4 East & GT4 West
Beginning in 2019, GT4 America began two regional series integrated into its Sprint X Championship. The regional series consist of five rounds each in the eastern and western sides of North America in a two-driver, pro-am format.
*Winners :
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://www.gt4-america.com/
Sports car racing series
Auto racing series in the United States
2019 establishments in the United States
GT4 (sports car class)