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

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 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 Class Team / Entrant Drivers Car LapsTime/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

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