2023 Porsche Carrera Cup North America

The 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup North America, known as the 2023 Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America for sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the Porsche Carrera Cup North America. It began on March 15 at Sebring International Raceway and ended on October 22 at Circuit of the Americas.

Calendar

The calendar was released on February 8, 2023, featuring eight rounds.^[1]

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida	March 15–16
2	Grand Prix of Long Beach, Long Beach, California	April 14–16
3	Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida	May 5–7
4	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York	June 22–25
5	Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	July 27–29
6	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana	September 15–17
7	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California	September 28 – October 1
8	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	October 20–22

Entry list

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Pro Class
Kellymoss[2]	2	Sean Varwig[3]	All
	7	Michael McCarthy[3]	All
	37	Sabré Cook[2]	1–6
	53	Riley Dickinson[3]	All
	99	Francis Selldorff	8
MDK Motorsports[4]	3	Nick Boulle	7–8
	20	Jason Hart[4]	All
	74	Jimmy Llibre[4]	All
	93	Stefan Rzadzinski[5]	All
JDX Racing[6]	4	Elias De La Torre IV[6]	All
	9	Will Martin[7]	All
PT Autosport with JDX Racing[8]	98	Alex Sedgwick[8]	All
McCann Racing[5]	8	Michael McCann[5]	All
GMG Racing	11	Blake McDonald	8
Wright Motorsports[9]	13	Varun Choksey[9]	All
	15	Nicky Hays	7
McElrea Racing[10]	17	Tom Sargent[11]	All
	24	Thomas Nepveu[11]	1–4
		Bayley Hall[12]	7–8
Accelerating Performance[13]	33	Kay van Berlo[13]	3
		Michael Cooper[14]	4–5, 7–8
Nolasport[15]	47	Thomas Merrill[15]	1–3, 5–8
Nolasport-Reis Nichols[15]	64	Dan Clarke[15]	All
762 Motorsports[5]	58	T.J. Fischer[5]	1
		Nick Boulle[14]	4
Topp Racing[5]	77	Travis Wiley[5]	All
	78	Ryan Yardley[5]	All
ACI Motorsports[5]	81	Grant Talkie[5]	1–3
Rearden Racing[5]	85	Jake Pedersen[5]	1–2, 4–8
Irish Mike's Racing[5]	95	Conor Flynn[5]	1, 3
Pro-Am Class
GMG Racing[16]	11	Blake McDonald	7
	14	James Sofronas	8
	32	Kyle Washington[16]	2–3, 5–8
	89	Todd Parriott[16]	2–3, 5, 8
Kellymoss[3]	23	P. J. Hyett[16]	2, 4–5, 7–8
	65	Efrin Castro[3]	All
	89	Todd Parriott	7
	99	Alan Metni[3]	1–2, 4, 6
McCann Racing[5]	27	Christian Cole[5]	1–4
MDK Motorsports[4]	42	Don Yount[17]	3
	68	Chris Bellomo[5]	All
Accelerating Performance[5]	44	Moisey Uretsky[5][N 1]	1–5, 7–8
Nolasport	46	Kayden Kelly	8
Goldcrest Motorsports[4]	55	Matt Halcome[5]	1
Topp Racing[5]	56	Jeff Mosing[5]	1–5
BGB Motorsports[17]	69	Thomas Collingwood[17]	3, 7–8
ACI Motorsports[5]	82	Marco Cirone[5]	1–6
Am Class
MDK Motorsports[4]	10	Scott Noble[4]	All
	43	Mark Kvamme[4]	All
Kellymoss[3]	19	Tom Balames[3]	1, 3, 5, 7
Goldcrest Motorsports[4]	21	Grady Willingham[5]	1, 3–8
	28	Bob Mueller[5]	1, 3, 7
	29	Jeffrey Majkrzak[5]	1
	72	Phillip Martien[5]	1, 3–4, 8
	80	Joe Still[5]	1
Wright Motorsports[9]	57	John Goetz[9]	All
McCann Racing[5]	63	Michael Merritt[5]	1–5, 7–8
	83	James McCann[5]	All

Results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Pro-Am	Winning Am
1	Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida	March 15–16	Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Moisey Uretsky	Scott Noble
2			Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Alan Metni	Mark Kvamme
3	Grand Prix of Long Beach, Long Beach, California	April 14–16	Riley Dickinson	Tom Sargent	Riley Dickinson	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Alan Metni	Mark Kvamme
4			Tom Sargent	Riley Dickinson	Will Martin	JDX Racing	Marco Cirone	Mark Kvamme
5	Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida	May 5–7	Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Efrin Castro	Mark Kvamme
6			Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Efrin Castro	Mark Kvamme
7	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York	June 22–25	Will Martin	Will Martin	Jason Hart	MDK Motorsports	Jeff Mosing	John Goetz
8			Will Martin	Will Martin	Will Martin	JDX Racing	Jeff Mosing	Mark Kvamme
9	Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	July 27–29	Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Efrin Castro	Scott Noble
10			Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Efrin Castro	Scott Noble
11	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana	September 15–17	Riley Dickinson	Tom Sargent	Riley Dickinson	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Efrin Castro	Scott Noble
12			Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Efrin Castro	Scott Noble
13	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California	September 28 – October 1	Will Martin	Alex Sedgwick	Tom Sargent	McElrea Racing	Efrin Castro	Scott Noble
14			Will Martin	Will Martin	Will Martin	JDX Racing	P. J. Hyett	Scott Noble
15	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	October 20–22	Tom Sargent	Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	James Sofronas	Mark Kvamme
16			Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	James Sofronas	Mark Kvamme

Championship standings

Points system

Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions in the race as shown in the chart below.^[18]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	Pole	FL
Points	25	20	17	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	2	1

For Pro-Am and Am championship, lowest two race results before the final round are dropped. All pole position and fastest lap points are retained.

Driver's Championship

Pos. Driver SEB LBH MIA WGL ELK IMS LGA AUS Points Overall 1 Riley Dickinson 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 36 2 1 1 382 2 Tom Sargent 2 2 2 2 2 20 3 4 6 9 6 19 1 3 2 3 243 3 Will Martin 3 4 4 1 37 2 32 1 4 12 16 2 35 1 6 28 199 4 Alex Sedgwick 7 12 8 5 25 3 4 5 2 10 3 3 9 10 3 4 181 5 Jason Hart 4 3 30 DNS 18 7 1 3 9 5 9 24 4 15 10 5 141 6 Dan Clarke 5 5 9 29 38 DNS 5 6 3 25 2 5 3 4 12 31 137 7 Ryan Yardley 11 25 5 7 4 8 7 11 19 7 28 6 5 5 7 2 134 8 Jimmy Llibre 15 7 6 4 39 11 8 18 7 8 4 10 10 6 9 29 107 9 Sean Varwig 8 36 10 30 12 12 10 8 11 4 7 26 2 7 11 24 98 10 Thomas Merrill 10 9 7 10 28 15 10 2 5 7 8 18 8 27 92 11 Varun Choksey 6 6 31 8 35 6 22 9 12 11 10 8 30 13 35 6 81 12 Michael McCarthy 9 8 29 DNS 14 17 6 7 20 28 13 4 33 11 4 11 77 13 Travis Wiley 16 15 27 9 5 10 12 16 8 6 8 25 6 8 36 DNS 74 14 Michael McCann 26 14 3 31 3 4 34 19 WD WD 11 23 11 16 18 23 60 15 Michael Cooper 33 10 5 3 31 9 5 30 54 16 Sabré Cook 14 16 12 26 6 9 13 15 13 29 12 27 34 17 Efrin Castro 23 26 16 15 8 14 15 14 14 14 15 11 13 25 19 12 31 18 Thomas Nepveu 13 11 11 28 32 5 11 33 30 19 Elias De La Torre 34 21 13 27 19 18 9 12 15 13 14 9 DNS DNS 14 32 29 20 Stefan Rzadzinski 33 23 14 12 7 37 21 17 16 31 19 14 14 17 16 7 28 21 Grant Talkie 12 13 DNS 6 29 13 20 22 Bayley Hall 7 12 17 34 13 23 Marco Cirone 18 20 19 13 9 16 16 21 17 30 17 28 10 24 Chris Bellomo 24 38 24 18 13 21 23 32 24 19 25 21 16 22 20 10 9 25 Kyle Washington 32 21 10 24 31 27 20 15 17 29 26 14 9 26 Francis Selldorff 23 8 8 27 James Sofronas 15 9 8 28 Jake Pedersen 39 27 17 11 35† 20 23 17 18 13 19 28 34 33 8 29 Nick Boulle 20 22 15 20 13 13 7 30 Jeff Mosing 27 18 18 14 33 38 14 13 33 DNS 7 31 T.J. Fischer 38 10 6 32 Moisey Uretsky 17 19 20 19 11 19 18 23 18 15 32 26 24 16 6 33 Nicky Hays 12 14 6 34 Alan Metni 19 17 15 DNS 19 31 21 12 5 35 Mark Kvamme 21 24 21 16 15 22 26 24 22 18 23 17 22 23 21 17 1 36 Kayden Kelly 27 15 1 37 Scott Noble 30 39 22 22 34 25 25 25 21 16 22 16 20 21 22 35 0 38 Thomas Collingwood 16 23 24 27 32 DNS 0 39 P. J. Hyett DNS DNS 17 DNS 32 DNS 18 19 37 26 0 40 John Goetz 22 40 33 17 40 28 24 29 30 20 24 18 23 30 28 20 0 41 Michael Merritt 40 32 23 24 17 29 27 30 29 21 26 32 30 21 0 42 Todd Parriott 25 25 23 31 28 26 34 DNS 29 18 0 43 Blake McDonald 21 24 25 19 0 44 Christian Cole 29 30 28 20 20 30 28 27 0 45 James McCann 36 35 26 23 22 34 29 26 27 24 26 20 27 33 33 25 0 46 Don Yount 21 33 0 47 Grady Willingham 32 31 26 35 30 28 25 22 27 22 28 31 31 22 0 48 Conor Flynn 30 22 31 26 0 49 Tom Balames 35 34 24 32 26 23 29 34 0 50 Bob Mueller 25 37 30 DNS 25 35 0 51 Phillip Martien 37 33 27 36 31 34 DNS DNS 0 52 Jeffrey Majkrzak 28 28 0 53 Matt Halcome 31 29 0 54 Joe Still DNS DNS 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points Kay van Berlo 36 27 0 Pro-Am 1 Efrin Castro (23) (26) 16 15 8 14 15 14 14 14 15 11 13 25 19 12 337 2 Marco Cirone 18 20 19 13 9 16 16 21 17 30 17 28 214 3 Moisey Uretsky 17 19 20 19 11 19 18 23 18 15 32 26 24 16 209 4 Chris Bellomo 24 (38) 24 18 13 21 (23) 32 24 19 25 21 16 22 20 10 208 5 Kyle Washington 32 21 10 24 31 27 20 15 17 29 26 14 152 6 Jeff Mosing 27 18 18 14 33 38 14 13 33 DNS 138 7 Alan Metni 19 17 15 DNS 19 31 21 12 124 8 Todd Parriott 25 25 23 31 28 26 34 DNS 29 18 85 9 P. J. Hyett DNS DNS 17 DNS 32 DNS 18 19 37 26 80 10 Christian Cole 29 30 28 20 20 30 28 27 74 11 Thomas Collingwood 16 23 24 27 32 DNS 54 12 James Sofronas 15 9 51 13 Kayden Kelly 27 15 22 14 Matt Halcome 31 29 18 15 Don Yount 21 33 15 Am 1 Mark Kvamme 21 24 21 16 15 22 (26) 24 (22) 18 23 17 22 23 21 17 334 2 Scott Noble 30 (39) 22 22 (34) 25 25 25 21 16 22 16 20 21 22 35 331 3 John Goetz 22 (40) 33 17 (40) 28 24 29 30 20 24 18 23 30 28 20 236 4 Michael Merritt 40 32 23 24 17 29 27 30 29 21 26 32 30 21 186 5 James McCann (36) (35) 26 23 22 34 29 26 27 24 26 20 27 33 33 25 177 6 Grady Willingham 32 31 26 35 30 28 25 22 27 22 28 31 31 22 174 7 Tom Balames 35 34 24 32 26 23 29 34 86 8 Phillip Martien 37 33 27 36 31 34 DNS DNS 55 9 Bob Mueller 25 37 30 DNS 25 35 54 10 Jeffrey Majkrzak 28 28 32 11 Joe Still DNS DNS 0 Pos. Driver SEB LBH MIA WGL ELK IMS LGA AUS Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

Notes

1. Moisey Uretsky is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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External links

• Official website