California 8 Hours

California 8 Hours
Intercontinental GT Challenge
Venue	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
First race	2017
Duration	8 Hours
Most wins (driver)	Kelvin van der Linde (2)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Audi (2)

The California 8 Hours is a sports car endurance race for GT3 and GT4 specification cars held at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, as part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge.^[1] The first annual race was run in 2017.

For the first two years, the California 8 Hours served as the season finale of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. In 2019, the date was brought forward to fill the second race of the season. The event is due to be replaced by the newly-created Indianapolis 8 Hours event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge.^[2]

Winners

Year	Drivers	Vehicle	Entrant	Laps
2017	Pierre Kaffer Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS	Audi Sport Team Magnus	314
2018	Christopher Haase Kelvin van der Linde Christopher Mies	Audi R8 LMS	Audi Sport Team Land	306
2019	Nick Foster Miguel Molina Tim Slade	Ferrari 488 GT3	HubAuto Corsa	327

Multiple winners

By driver

Wins	Driver	Years
2	Kelvin van der Linde	2017, 2018

By manufacturer

Wins	Manufacturer	Years
2	Audi	2017, 2018

References

^ Karis, Tony. "Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca preps for California 8 Hours, the longest race in track history". Monterey Herald. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ Coch, Mat (26 July 2019). "Indianapolis joins Bathurst on IGTC calendar". Speedcafe. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

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[1] Karis, Tony. "Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca preps for California 8 Hours, the longest race in track history". Monterey Herald. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[2] Coch, Mat (26 July 2019). "Indianapolis joins Bathurst on IGTC calendar". Speedcafe. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

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v t e Intercontinental GT Challenge races (2016–present)
Current (2024)	Bathurst 12 Hour Nürburgring 24 Hours Spa 24 Hours Indianapolis 8 Hour
Former	California 8 Hours Gulf 12 Hours Kyalami 9 Hours Sepang 12 Hours Suzuka 10 Hours

v t e Automobile endurance races
24 hours	24 Hours of Le Mans 24 Hours of Daytona Nürburgring 24 Hours Spa 24 Hours Dubai 24 Hour Fuji 24 Hours 24 Hours of Zolder 24 Hours of Portimão 24 Hours of Barcelona - Trofeo Fermí Vélez [es] 2CV 24 Hour Race Longest Day of Nelson 24H Silverstone – European Touring Car Edition 24 Hours of Chamonix [fr] Willhire 24 Hour Bathurst 24 Hour Tokachi 24 Hours
12 hours	12 Hours of Kuwait 12 Hours of Sebring Bathurst 12 Hour Gulf 12 Hours Sepang 12 Hours Coppa Florio 12 Hours of Sicily 12 Hours at the Point 12 Hours of Brno 12 Hours of Reims Rothmans 12 hours
10 hours	Petit Le Mans Qatar 1812 km Suzuka 10 Hours
9 hours	Kyalami 9 Hours
8 hours	8 Hours of Bahrain Indianapolis 8 Hour California 8 Hours
6 hours	6 Hours of Abu Dhabi 6 Hours of Bogotá 6 Hours of Fuji 6 Hours of Imola 6 Hours of Jeddah 6 Hours of Rome 6 Hours of São Paulo 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours of Watkins Glen Bathurst 6 Hour Lone Star Le Mans Monterey 6 Hours 6 Hour Le Mans 6 Hours of Atlanta 6 Hours of Donington 6 Hours of Mexico 6 Hours of Monza 6 Hours of Nürburgring 6 Hours of Portimão 6 Hours of Zhuhai LA Times GP Mid-Ohio 6 Hours Mosport 6 Hours
1000 miles	Mil Milhas Brasil 1000 Miles of Sebring Mille Miglia
1000 km	1006 km Palanga 1000 km Paul Ricard Bathurst 1000 Baja 1000 Sepang 1000 km 1000 km Brands Hatch 1000 km Buenos Aires 1000 km Istanbul 1000 km Jarama 1000 km Le Mans (Bugatti) 1000 km Mosport 1000 km Okayama 1000 km Paris Race of a Thousand Years
4 Hours	4 Hours of Abu Dhabi 4 Hours of Barcelona 4 Hours of Dubai 4 Hours of Imola 4 Hours of Le Castellet 4 Hours of Mugello 4 Hours of Portimão 4 Hours of Sepang 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 4 Hours of Aragón 4 Hours of Estoril 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring 4 Hours of Shanghai 4 Hours of Silverstone
Other	25 Hours of Spa 25 Hours of Thunderhill Carrera Panamericana Charge of the Headlight Brigade Targa Florio TCR Spa 500 Laps or 23 Hours The 2904
Defunct races are indicated in italics

Winners

Multiple winners

By driver

By manufacturer

See also

References