2024 Toyota Gazoo Racing North America GR Cup eSports League

2024 TGRNA GR Cup eSports League season

Toyota Gazoo Racing North America GR Cup eSports League
Season
Races	7
Start date	30 March
End date	21 September
Season champion
Michael Polasek

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.[1]

Entries

All competitors utilize the Toyota GR86 Cup car and all competitors' cars were fixed to a custom-made setup by organizers.[2]

Top 40 advanced from time attack qualifiers

No.	Driver name	Rounds
2	Matt Friedman	All
3	Thomas Bellemin	All
4	Nate Stewart	All
5	Jason Landry	All
7	Kevin Rold	All
8	Mauricio Lozano	All
9	Dekota Fripp	All
10	Joshua Soto	All
11	Vicente Salas	All
14	Logan McKinzie	All
15	Alex Koffard	All
17	Matt Adams	All
18	Jordan RickSegrini	All
19	Cameron Jordan	All
21	Miguel Colón del Valle	All
23	Ken Houseal	All
24	Justin Nasseir	All
25	Christian Menezes	All
26	Jyeed Hutchinson	1-3
27	Sam Adams	All
30	Yuanxi Lin	All
33	Nicholas Riceputo	All
34	Andre Castro	All
38	Cameron Martineau	All
39	Christopher Severt	All
41	Ben Blaustein	All
43	Keelin Terry	1-3
45	Michael Polasek	All
48	Andrew Sharpe	All
52	Austin Farr	All
55	Paul Darling	All
57	Blake Townend	All
71	Chris Wetz	All
73	Micah Hendricks	All
77	Ryan Doucette	All
87	Nicholas Sudik	All
91	Elliot Budzinski	All
92	Michael Janney	All
95	Ethan Lampe	All
99	Giovanni Romano	All

Invited real-life series drivers

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
BSI Racing	22	Max Hewitt	1-2,4-5
Copeland Motorsports	13	Westin Workman	1-2,5-6
	51	Adam Brickley	1
Precision Racing LA	44	Aiden Yoder	1-3
	88	Henry Drury	4-5
RVA Graphics Motorsports by Speed Syndicate	31	Austin Dodge	3
Smooge Racing	68	John Geesbreght	1
TechSport Racing	220	Devin Anderson	2-6
	47	Ayden Kirk	5
	72	Ethan Goulart	6

Reserve drivers invited after round 4

No.	Driver name	Rounds
03	Max Stallone	4-5
43	Nick Janney	5-6
63	Pierre-Olivier Cloutier	5,7
70	Jon Lauzon	4,7
101	Matthew Best	4-7
250	Tristan Cadet	4

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
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
1	Sonoma Raceway	Vicente Salas	Andre Castro	Vicente Salas
2	Sebring International Raceway	Thomas Bellemin	Ethan Lampe	Michael Janney
3	Circuit of the Americas	Elliot Budzinski	Christopher Severt	Michael Polasek
4	VIRginia International Raceway	Michael Janney	Ben Blaustein	Michael Polasek
5	Road America	Michael Polasek	Logan McKinzie	Michael Polasek
6	Barber Motorsports Park	Michael Janney	Michael Polasek	Michael Polasek
7	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Michael Polasek	Nate Stewart	Jason Landry

Points System

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th+
Points	35	30	25	21	18	15	13	11	9	7	5	4	3	2	1	0

Pole Position - 1 point

Standings

Pos. Driver No. SON SEB COA VIR ROA BAR IMS Pts. 1 Michael Polasek 45 7 2 1 1 1 1 2 215 2 Jason Landry 5 34 12 5 10 2 2 1 124 3 Michael Janney 92 1 2 2 29 3 122 4 Andre Castro 34 2 7 3 5 26 6 9 119 5 Paul Darling 55 6 5 4 3 4 100 6 Nate Stewart 4 15 8 8 3 16 13 8 60 7 Thomas Bellemin 3 4 4 9 28 52 8 Yuanxi Lin 30 21 6 23 11 7 11 7 51 9 Ethan Lampe 95 3 3 23 50 10 Logan McKinzie 14 39 19 11 24 6 12 3 49 11 Christopher Severt 39 8 10 29 4 10 15 47 12 Joshua Soto 10 18 11 13 13 11 9 5 43 13 Cameron Martineau 38 12 7 6 32 10 17 39 14 Vicente Salas 11 1 36 36 15 Ben Blaustein 41 26 9 15 7 8 17 15 35 16 Matt Adams 17 9 33 28 19 4 14 18 32 17 Kevin Rold 7 10 17 17 22 5 10 32 18 Blake Townend 57 28 34 10 14 18 21 6 24 19 Jon Lauzon 70 21 4 21 20 Micah Hendricks 73 5 24 22 14 26 20 21 Austin Farr 52 16 5 18 22 Ken Houseal 23 13 9 11 17 23 Alex Koffard 15 14 14 12 9 17 24 Giovanni Romano 99 41 15 6 26 16 25 Matthew Best 101 18 25 8 12 15 26 Westin Workman 13 20 16 27 7 13 27 Henry Drury 88 8 28 11 28 Matt Friedman 2 11 32 16 12 9 29 Jordan RickSegrini 18 19 20 29 12 23 19 4 30 Nicholas Sudik 87 32 25 24 15 20 18 13 4 31 Nick Janney 43 13 16 3 32 Jyeed Hutchinson 26 13 3 33 Mauricio Lozano 8 30 21 25 19 14 2 34 Aiden Yoder 44 31 28 14 2 35 Pierre-Olivier Cloutier 63 15 20 1 36 Elliot Budzinski 91 24 35 31 21 1 37 Chris Wetz 71 23 27 22 27 23 20 16 0 38 Max Stallone 03 16 31 0 39 Devin Anderson 220 37 30 20 17 25 0 40 Tristan Cadet 250 17 0 41 Adam Brickley 51 17 0 42 Ryan Doucette 77 35 18 18 0 43 Cameron Jordan 19 22 29 19 0 44 Ayden Kirk 47 19 0 45 Andrew Sharpe 48 27 23 20 30 27 0 46 Justin Nasseir 25 33 26 21 0 47 Miguel Colón del Valle 21 25 30 26 22 0 48 Sam Adams 27 40 22 0 49 Max Hewitt 22 42 31 25 24 0 50 Ethan Goulart 72 24 0 51 Austin Dodge 31 27 0 52 Christian Menezes 25 29 0 53 Nicholas Riceputo 33 37 33 0 54 Keelin Terry 43 36 0 55 Dekota Fripp 9 38 0 56 John Geesbreght 68 43 0

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th – 10th place Dark Blue Finished Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify Black Disqualified / Excluded White Did not start Blank Did not participate

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