2021 Porsche Carrera Cup North America

The 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup North America was the first Porsche Carrera Cup North America season, sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) which in turn replaced both Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA & Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada. It began on March 19 at Sebring International Raceway and ended on November 12 at Road Atlanta.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers were signed to run the 2021 season.

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
992 Pro Class
JDX Racing[1] 2 Sean McAlister[2] R 1–5
9 Parker Thompson[1] R 1–5
Kelly-Moss Road and Race[3] 3 Kay van Berlo[4] R 1–5
15 Sebastian Priaulx[3] R 1–5
27 Sebastian Carazo[5] R 1–5
Moorespeed-Wright Motorsports[6][N 1]
Wright Motorsports[6][N 1]
 7 Max Root[6] R 1–5
88 Hutton McKenna[6] 1–5
311RS Motorsport[7] 11 Ryan Gates[7] 1–5
12 Leh Keen[7] 1–5
MRS GT-Racing[8] 14 Erik Johansson 1–4
16 Jeffrey Kingsley[9] 1
Jimmy Llibre 4
BGB Motorsports[10] 38 Dylan Murry[10] R 1–4
Team Hardpoint EBM[11] 53 Riley Dickinson[12] R 1–5
Topp Racing[6] 58 TJ Fischer 1–5
992 Pro-Am Class
TPC Racing[6] 10 Vernon McClure[6] 1, 3–5
MRS GT-Racing[8] 14 Andor Kovacs 5
16 Mark Thomas 2
Alexander Marmureanu 5
ACI Motorsports[6] 17 Curt Swearingin[6] 1–5
Goldcrest Motorsports[6] 29 Jeffrey Majkrzak[6] 5
Topp Racing[6] 42 Bill Smith[6] 1–5
Black Swan with JDX Racing[6] 54 Tim Pappas[6] 1, 4–5
Wright Motorsports[6] 57 John Goetz[6] 1–5
Team Hardpoint EBM[11] 65 Efrin Castro[12] 1–5
BGB Motorsport 69 Thomas Collingwood 1–5
Kelly-Moss Road and Race[3][N 2]
iFLY Racing/Kelly-Moss[3][N 2]
 84 Rene Robichaud[13] 1, 3
99 Alan Metni[13] 1–5
991 Pro-Am Class
Goldcrest Motorsports[6] 8 Joe Still[6] 1–3
21 Grady Willingham[6] 1–5
29 Jeffrey Majkrzak 1–4
55 Matt Halcome[6] 1–5
72 Phillip Martien[6] 1–2
ACI Motorsports[6][N 3]
Team TGM[14][N 3]
 18 Richard Edge 3
24 Kurt Hunt[6] 1, 3–4
64 Ted Giovanis[14] 1
TPC Racing[6] 36 Michael Levitas[6] TBA
37 Sabré Cook TBA
Topp Racing[6] 56 Frank Raso[6] 1–2
Kelly-Moss Racing[13] 59 Tom Balames[13] 1, 3–4
92 Joseph Lombardo[13] 1, 3, 5
Flying Lizard Motorsports 68 Chris Bellomo 4
Irish Mike's Racing[6] 95 Conor Flynn 4–5
97 Craig Conway[6] 1, 3–5
Icon Class
R Rookie
G Guest

Race calendar and results

The revised calendar was announced on September 25, 2020.[15]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida March 19 Sebastian Priaulx Kay van Berlo Sebastian Priaulx Kelly-Moss Road and Race
2 March 20 Sebastian Priaulx Sebastian Priaulx Kay van Berlo Kelly-Moss Road and Race
3 Circuit of The Americas, Austin, Texas April 30 Sebastian Priaulx Sebastian Priaulx Parker Thompson JDX Racing
4 May 2 Sebastian Priaulx Kay van Berlo Kay van Berlo Kelly-Moss Road and Race
5 Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York June 24 Max Root Sebastian Priaulx Kay van Berlo Kelly-Moss Road and Race
6 June 27 Sebastian Priaulx Kay van Berlo Kay van Berlo Kelly-Moss Road and Race
Honda Indy Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Cancelled
7 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 6 Kay van Berlo Kay van Berlo Kay van Berlo Kelly-Moss Road and Race
8 August 8 Kay van Berlo Riley Dickinson Parker Thompson JDX Racing
9 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana September 11 Sebastian Priaulx Sebastian Priaulx Sebastian Priaulx Kelly-Moss Road and Race
10 September 12 Sebastian Priaulx Parker Thompson Parker Thompson JDX Racing
11 September 12 Sebastian Priaulx Parker Thompson Sebastian Priaulx Kelly-Moss Road and Race
12 Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia October 9 Kay van Berlo Sebastian Priaulx Kay van Berlo Kelly-Moss Road and Race
13 October 10 Sebastian Priaulx Sebastian Priaulx Sebastian Priaulx Kelly-Moss Road and Race
14 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia November 10 Sebastian Priaulx Riley Dickinson Sebastian Priaulx Kelly-Moss Road and Race
15 November 11 Sebastian Priaulx Riley Dickinson Kay van Berlo Kelly-Moss Road and Race
16 November 12 Sebastian Priaulx Sebastian Priaulx Sebastian Priaulx Kelly-Moss Road and Race

Final Standings
Pos Driver Team Points
1 Sebastian Priaulx Kelly-Moss Road and Race 371
2 Kay van Berlo Kelly-Moss Road and Race 287
3 Parker Thompson JDX Racing 258
4 Riley Dickinson Team Hardpoint EBM 216
5 Leh Keen 311RS Motorsports 191
6 TJ Fischer Topp Racing 163
7 Dylan Murry BGB Motorsport 123
8 Max Root Wright Motorsports 120
9 Sebastian Carazo Kelly-Moss Road and Race 105
10 Ryan Gates 311RS Motorsports 98
11 Sean McAlister JDX Racing 94
12 Efrin Castro Team Hardpoint EBM 58
13 Alan Metni Kelly-Moss Road and Race 58
14 Erik Johansson MRS GT-Racing 50
15 Hutton McKenna Topp Racing 35
16 Curt Swearingin ACI Motorsports 30
17 Leon Köhler MRS GT-Racing 23
18 Tim Pappas Black Swan with JDX Racing 23
19 John Goetz Wright Motorsports 15
20 Steve Dunn MRS GT-Racing 12
21 Jimmy Llibre MRS GT-Racing 10
22 Thomas Collingwood BGB Motorsport 7
23 Bill Smith Topp Racing 6
24 Jeffrey Majkrzak Goldcrest Motorsports 3
25 Rene Robichaud Kelly-Moss Road and Race 2

Notes
  1. Car No. 19 entered as Moorespeed-Wright Motorsports and car No. 88 entered as Wright Motorsports.
  2. Car No. 84 entered as Kelly-Moss Road and Race and car No. 99 entered as iFLY Racing/Kelly-Moss.
  3. Cars No. 18 and 24 entered as ACI Motorsports and car No. 64 entered as Teama TGM

References
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