2024 Toyota Gazoo Racing North America GR Cup eSports League
| Toyota Gazoo Racing North America GR Cup eSports League | |
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| Races | 7 |
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| Start date | 30 March |
| End date | 21 September |
The 2024 TGRNA GR Cup eSports League (formally known as 2024 Toyota Gazoo Racing North America GR Cup eSports League) was the inagural season of Toyota Gazoo Racing North America GR Cup eSports League. It was managed and operated by SRO Motorsports Group America and hosted on iRacing. The series featured $10,000 in purse and prizes.
Only drivers with proof of residence within the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico and who were 14 years old of age or older were eligible for the league. League qualification took place from March 11th to 18th via iRacing's Time Attack feature. The Time Attack featured Sonoma Raceway - Long and Circuit of the Americas - Grand Prix, and the time attack leaderboard was based on the combined fastest lap time of the two circuits of a driver. Top 40 drivers on the leaderboard were invited to compete in the league.
A race day was structured to have a 55-minute practice session followed by drivers' meeting, a 30-minute open qualifying session, and one single 60-minute race with rolling start. Each race was broadcast live on the GT World YouTube channel and SRO Motorsports Twitch channel.
Entries
All competitors utilize the Toyota GR86 Cup car and all competitors' cars were fixed to a custom-made setup.
Top 40 advanced from time attack qualifiers
| No. | Driver name | Rounds |
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| 2 |  Matt Friedman
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| 3 |  Thomas Bellemin
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| 4 | Nate Stewart
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| 5 |  Jason Landry
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| 7 | Kevin Rold
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| 8 |  Mauricio Lozano
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| 9 | Dekota Fripp
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| 10 | Joshua Soto
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| 11 | Vicente Salas
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| 14 | Logan McKinzie
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| 15 | Alex Koffard
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| 17 | Matt Adams
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| 18 | Jordan RickSegrini
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| 19 | Cameron Jordan
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| 21 | Miguel Colón del Valle
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| 23 | Ken Houseal
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| 24 | Justin Nasseir
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| 25 | Christian Menezes
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| 26 | Jyeed Hutchinson
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| 27 | Sam Adams
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| 30 |  Yuanxi Lin
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| 33 | Nicholas Riceputo
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| 34 | Andre Castro
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| 38 | Cameron Martineau
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| 39 | Christopher Severt
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| 41 | Ben Blaustein
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| 43 | Keelin Terry
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| 45 | Michael Polasek
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| 48 | Andrew Sharpe
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| 52 | Austin Farr
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| 55 | Paul Darling
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| 57 | Blake Townend
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| 71 | Chris Wetz
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| 73 | Micah Hendricks
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| 77 | Ryan Doucette
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| 87 | Nicholas Sudik
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| 91 | Elliot Budzinski
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| 92 | Michael Janney
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| 95 | Ethan Lampe
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| 99 | Giovanni Romano
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Invited real-life series drivers
| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
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| BSI Racing | 22 | Max Hewitt
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| Copeland Motorsports | 13 | Westin Workman
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| 51 | Adam Brickley
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| Precision Racing LA | 44 | Aiden Yoder
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| RVA Graphics Motorsports by Speed Syndicate | 31 | Austin Dodge
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| Smooge Racing | 68 | John Geesbreght
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| TechSport Racing | 22 | Devin Anderson
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Calendar
The league schedule followed the real-life series schedule with each round taken place one week ahead of the real-life race date.
| Round | Circuit | Date |
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| 1 | Sonoma Raceway - Long | 30 March |
| 2 | Sebring International Raceway - International | 27 April |
| 3 | Circuit of the Americas - Grand Prix | 11 May |
| 4 | VIRginia International Raceway - Full Course (2023) | 13 July |
| 5 | Road America - Full Course | 10 August |
| 6 | Barber Motorsports Park - Full Course | 31 August |
| 7 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Road Course (2022) | 21 September |
Due to iRacing not featuring the layout raced by the real-life series at Sonoma Raceway, the Long layout was used for the eSports league.
Results and standings
Season summary
| Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Broadcast |
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| 1 | Sonoma Raceway | Vicente Salas
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Andre Castro
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Vicente Salas
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| 2 | Sebring International Raceway | Thomas Bellemin
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Ethan Lampe
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Michael Janney
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| 3 | Circuit of the Americas | Elliot Budzinski
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Christopher Severt
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Michael Polasek
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| 4 | VIRginia International Raceway | ||||
| 5 | Road America | ||||
| 6 | Barber Motorsports Park | ||||
| 7 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
Points System
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th+ |
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| Points | 35 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Pole Position - 1 point
Fastest race lap time - no points
Hard Charger - no points