2023 Indianapolis 8 Hours

Event Information
Round 4 of 5 in the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Date	8 October 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Location	Speedway, Indiana, United States
Venue	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Results
Race 1 Distance 332 laps 809.71 miles (1,303.10 km) km Pole position No. 20 Huber Motorsports (driver for session: Laurin Heinrich) Huber Motorsports 1:22.707 Winner Philipp Eng Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Team WRT 8:00:05.921

The 2023 Indianapolis 8 Hours (also known as the Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth running of the Indianapolis 8 Hour. It took place from October 5–8, 2023. The race was the fourth round of the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge and the seventh and final round 2023 GT World Challenge America championships.

The 2023 edition was open only to cars within GT3 regulations. GT4 cars, which had appeared in the first two races, were dropped from the race in an effort to reduce incidents caused by multi-class racing.^[1]

Supporting the race weekend were the Pirelli GT4 America Series, the TC America Series, and the GT America Series.^[2]

No. Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 04 Crowdstrike with Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Colin Braun Nolan Siegel George Kurtz 007 TRG-AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 PA Derek DeBoer Valentin Hasse-Clot Ben Tuck 08 DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Bryan Sellers Scott Smithson Tom Sargent 4 Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R PA Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Earl Bamber 20 Huber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Antares Au Laurin Heinrich Alfred Renauer 21 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 P Alessandro Balzan Manny Franco Lilou Wadoux 27 TR3 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Matt Bell Jon Branam Kenton Koch 28 RennSport1 - CBW Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) P Eric Filgueiras Stevan McAleer Klaus Bachler 30 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 P Philipp Eng Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor 31 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 P Augusto Farfus Maxime Martin Charles Weerts 33 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 PA Ryan Dalziel Justin Wetherill Onofrio Triarsi 38 ST Racing BMW M4 GT3 PA Samantha Tan Neil Verhagen Jake Walker 45 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) P Jan Heylen Madison Snow Trent Hindman 53 MDK Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) P Trenton Estep Seth Lucas Matteo Cairoli 77 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Maximilian Götz Jules Gounon Raffaele Marciello 85 Rearden Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) P Christian Engelhart Vesko Kozarov Jake Pedersen 91 DXDT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Jeff Burton Corey Lewis Philip Ellis 93 Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR-Andretti Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 P Mario Farnbacher Ashton Harrison Kyle Marcelli 94 Bimmerworld Racing BMW M4 GT3 P Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull Robby Foley 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Adam Adelson Elliot Skeer Callum Ilott 535 Sky – Tempesta Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 PA Eddie Cheever III Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui 999 Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Maro Engel Daniel Juncadella Luca Stolz Source:[3]

Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro/Am Cup

Class winners denoted with bold and ‡.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team / Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	Pro	30	Team WRT	Philipp Eng Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor	BMW M4 GT3	332	8:00:05.921‡
2	Pro	77	Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing	Maximilian Götz Raffaele Marciello Jules Gounon	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	332	+53.110
3	Pro	999	Team GruppeM Racing	Maro Engel Daniel Juncadella Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	332	+53.640
4	Pro	45	Wright Motorsports	Madison Snow Jan Heylen Trent Hindman	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	330	+2 Laps
5	Pro	28	RennSport1 - CBW Racing	Eric Filgueiras Stevan McAleer Klaus Bachler	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	329	+3 Laps
6	Pro-Am	04	Crowdstrike with Riley Motorsports	Colin Braun Nolan Siegel George Kurtz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	329	+3 Laps‡
7	Pro-Am	20	Huber Motorsport	Antares Au Laurin Heinrich Alfred Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	328	+4 Laps
8	Pro	53	MDK Motorsports	Trenton Estep Seth Lucas Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	328	+4 Laps
9	Pro-Am	27	TR3 Racing	Matt Bell Jon Branam Kenton Koch	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	328	+4 Laps
10	Pro-Am	535	Sky – Tempesta Racing	Eddie Cheever III Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	327	+5 Laps
11	Pro-Am	120	Wright Motorsports	Adam Adelson Elliot Skeer Callum Ilott	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	327	+5 Laps
12	Pro-Am	38	ST Racing	Neil Verhagen Samantha Tan Jake Walker	BMW M4 GT3	327	+5 Laps
13	Pro-Am	007	TRG-AMR	Derek DeBoer Valentin Hasse-Clot Ben Tuck	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	326	+6 Laps
14	Pro	93	Racers Edge Motorsports	Mario Farnbacher Ashton Harrison Kyle Marcelli	Acura NSX GT3 Evo22	325	+7 Laps
15	Pro-Am	4	Grove Racing	Earl Bamber Brenton Grove Stephen Grove	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	324	+8 Laps
16	Pro	85	Rearden Racing	Christian Engelhart Vesko Kozarov Jake Pedersen	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	322	+10 Laps
17	Pro	31	Team WRT	Augusto Farfus Maxime Martin Charles Weerts	BMW M4 GT3	321	+11 Laps
18	Pro-Am	33	Triarsi Competizione	Ryan Dalziel Onofrio Triarsi Justin Wetherill	Ferrari 296 GT3	317	+15 Laps
19	Pro	21	Conquest Racing	Alessandro Balzan Manny Franco Lilou Wadoux	Ferrari 296 GT3	311	+21 Laps
20	Pro	94	Bimmerworld Racing	Bill Auberlen Chandler Hull Richard Heistand	BMW M4 GT3	309	Retired
21	Pro-Am	08	DXDT Racing	Bryan Sellers Scott Smithson Tom Sargent	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	285	Suspension
NC	Pro-Am	91	DXDT Racing	Jeff Burton Corey Lewis Philip Ellis	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	65	Driveline
Source:[4]