2024 Stock Car Pro Series Explained

The 2024 Stock Car Pro Series is the 46th season of the Stock Car Pro Series, the premier touring car racing series in South America, and the third season under the Stock Car Pro Series moniker. Gabriel Casagrande is the defending champion.^{[1] [2]} The championship started in Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia and is set to finish at Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2024 season was revealed on 1 December 2023.^{[3] [4]} On 19 June 2024, the calendar is updated, in which the round at Santa Cruz do Sul was removed, Velopark round was shifted into the September slot previously vacated by Santa Cruz do Sul, and Stock Car Pro Series will go to Uruguay first time in its history by the addition of El Pinar round, also the venue of penultimate round is uncertain.^[5]

Round	Circuit (Event)	Dates	Map
1	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna	2–3 March
2	Autódromo Velo Città	23–24 March
3	Autódromo José Carlos Pace (GP ArcelorMittal Interlagos Stock Car)	20–21 April
4	Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel	18–19 May
5	Autódromo Velo Città	29–30 June
6	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna	27–28 July
7	Belo Horizonte Street Circuit (BH Stock Festival)[6] [7]	17–18 August
8	Velopark	7–8 September
9	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez	5–6 October
10	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini	25–26 October
11	Autódromo Brasília BRB or Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel	23–24 November
12		14–15 December

Teams and drivers

Championship entries
Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
KTF Sports	Chevrolet Cruze	0	Cacá Bueno[8]	1–3
		80	Marcos Gomes[9]	3
KTF Racing		38	Zezinho Muggiati[10]	1–4
		85	Guilherme Salas[11]	1–4
Pole Motorsport	Chevrolet Cruze	4	Júlio Campos[12]	1–4
		51	Átila Abreu	1–4
TMG Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	8	Rafael Suzuki[13]	1–4
		19	Felipe Massa	1–4
RCM Motorsport		10	Ricardo Zonta[14]	1–4
		44	Bruno Baptista	1–4
Cavaleiro Sports	Chevrolet Cruze	11	Gaetano di Mauro[15]	1–4
		33	Nelson Piquet Jr.[16]	1–4
A.Mattheis Vogel	Chevrolet Cruze	12	Lucas Foresti	1–4
		83	Gabriel Casagrande	1–4
Blau Motosport	Chevrolet Cruze	18	Allam Khodair	1–4
		88	Felipe Fraga	1–4
Ipiranga Racing		21	Thiago Camilo	1–4
		30	César Ramos	1–4
		28	Enzo Elias[17]	1–4
		121	Felipe Baptista[18]	1–4
Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Cruze	29	Daniel Serra[19]	1–4
		90	Ricardo Mauricio	1–4
Wokin Garra Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	35	Gabriel Robe	1–4
		95	Lucas Kohl	1–4
ASR Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	37	Raphael Teixeira	1
		81	Arthur Leist[20]	1–4
		101	Gianluca Petecof	1–4
		91	Eduardo Barrichello[21]	1–4
		111	Rubens Barrichello	1–4
Scuderia Chiarelli		99	Luan Lopes	3
		120	Vitor Baptista	2–4

Team changes

The amount of entrants was downsized with the capacity from thirty-two cars to thirthy cars. Full Time Sports downsized from five cars to four cars. The vacant slot was purchased by new team called ASR Racing, that debuted in the series. Hot Car Competições left the series after twenty-two years and was replaced by Garra Racing, that debuted in the series after three titles in Stock Series.^{[22] [23]}

TMG Racing reverted to its original name after competing two seasons as Lubrax Podium Stock Team name.

Driver changes

Tony Kanaan left Full Time Sports at the end of the 2023 season and moved to the United States to work in Arrow McLaren as director. FTS reserve driver Arthur Leist moved to the team, replacing Kanaan. Matias Rossi did not return to the championship to focus on Turismo Carretera.

Júlio Campos and Rafael Suzuki changed places. Campos moved to Pole Motorsport while Suzuki took his place at TMG Racing.

Denis Navarro and Marcos Gomes retired from full-time driving at Cavaleiro Sports at the end of 2023 and were replaced by Nelson Piquet, Jr and Gaetano di Mauro. Piquet Jr was left Crown Racing and Di Mauro left Hot Car Competições.

Felipe Baptista left KTF Sports to replace Piquet, Jr. His seat was taken by reigning Stock Series champion Zezinho Muggiati.

Lucas Kohl moved to Garra Racing after the team took the place left by Hot Car Competições. The second car will be taken by Stock Series graduate Gabriel Robe.

Raphael Teixeira departed Scuderia Chiarelli to join ASR Racing. He was replaced by Vitor Baptista.

Mid-season changes

Scuderia Chiarelli did not participate in the first round due to a lack of sponsors. ASR Racing competed at the first round with just one car. Initially renewed for another season with KTF Sports, Rodrigo Baptista did not participate in the first round due a disagreement with the team and his principal sponsor.^[24]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Goiânia	March 3		Júlio Campos	Rafael Suzuki	TMG Racing
	R2
2	R1	Mogi Guaçu	March 24		Ricardo Zonta	Felipe Massa	TMG Racing
	R2			Daniel Serra	cancelled because of adverse weather conditions
3	R1	Interlagos	April 21		Felipe Massa	César Ramos	Ipiranga Racing
	R2
4	R1	Cascavel	May 19		Eduardo Barrichello	Eduardo Barrichello	Mobil Ale Full Time
	R2			Daniel Serra	Daniel Serra	Bruno Baptista	RCM Motorsport
5	R1	Mogi Guaçu	June 30
	R2
6	R1	Goiânia	July 28
	R2
7	R1	Belo Horizonte	August 18
	R2
8	R1	Nova Santa Rita	September 8
	R2
9	R1	Buenos Aires	October 6
	R2
10	R1	El Pinar	October 26
	R2
11	R1	Brasília or Cascavel	November 24
	R2
12	R1	Interlagos
	R2

Championship standings

Points systemPoints are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race. Before the last round, the four worst results are discarded. Races in which a driver has been disqualified cannot be discarded. The second race of each event is held with partially reversed top ten grid.

Points format	Position
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21th	22th	23th	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	Pole
Sprint Race	55	50	46	42	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Main Race	80	74	69	64	59	55	51	47	43	40	37	34	31	28	25	22	19	17	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver GOI1 MGG1 INT1 CSC MGG2 GOI2 BLH VEL BUA ELP BRS INT2 Pts S M S M S M M S M S M S M S M S M S M S M S M 1 Rafael Suzuki 1 15 5 C 12 2 5 3 Ret Ret 27 285 2 Ricardo Zonta 5 19 2 C 5 6 2 5 4 20 14 255 3 Júlio Campos 2 6 12 C 7 5 11 26 12 11 1 240 4 Felipe Baptista 19 1 7 C 9 3 8 20 2 6 3 238 5 Gabriel Casagrande 4 3 18 C Ret 13 6 7 15 Ret 4 229 6 Felipe Massa 23 2 1 C 2 15 16 6 228 7 Enzo Elias 12 12 16 C 8 12 11 2 224 8 Eduardo Barrichello 18 9 Ret C 14 9 1 10 214 9 Lucas Foresti 8 5 19 C 13 17 4 15 199 10 Thiago Camilo 3 22 10 C 3 10 10 16 191 11 Bruno Baptista 6 7 4 C 21 Ret 17 1 191 12 Guilherme Salas 10 11 21 C 4 27 9 8 190 13 Ricardo Maurício 9 Ret 6 C Ret 11 3 4 177 14 Átila Abreu 25 8 11 C 11 7 21 12 174 15 César Ramos 14 13 13 C 1 24 12 22 150 16 Rubens Barrichello 15 4 Ret C Ret 18 14 13 150 17 Nelson Piquet, Jr. 13 16 14 C 6 20 20 9 147 18 Felipe Fraga 17 Ret 3 C 17 8 13 14 125 19 Gaetano di Mauro 16 Ret 20 C 26 1 15 Ret 119 20 Allam Khodair 27 10 24 C 18 19 19 17 119 21 Marcos Gomes 10 4 94 22 Daniel Serra Ret Ret 8 C 15 16 7 21 88 23 Zezinho Muggiati 7 17 Ret C 16 28 Ret Ret 74 24 Gabriel Robe 21 21 22 C 25 21 24 18 64 25 Lucas Kohl 20 23 23 C 20 25 22 19 64 26 Arthur Leist 11 20 9 C 23 23 25 Ret 63 27 Gianluca Petecof 22 18 Ret C 19 22 18 DSQ 62 28 Vitor Baptista 17 C 24 14 23 Ret 43 29 Cacá Bueno 26 14 15 C WD WD 33 30 Luan Lopes 22 26 16 31 Raphael Teixeira 24 Ret 7 Pos Driver GOI1 MGG1 INT1 CSC MGG2 GOI2 BLH VEL BUA ELP BRS INT2 Pts

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap † – Retired, but classified

Teams' Championship

Pos	Driver	GOI1		MGG1		INT1		CSC		MGG2		GOI2		BLH		VEL		BUA		ELP		BRS		INT2		Pts
		S	M	S	M	S	M	S	M	S	M	S	M	S	M	S	M	S	M	S	M	S	M
1	align=left rowspan=2		4	3																							202
	8	5
2	align=left rowspan=2	TMG Racing	1	2																							162
	23	15
3	align=left rowspan=2	Pole Motorsport	2	6																							158
	25	8
4	align=left rowspan=2	Crown Racing	12	1																							152
	19	12
5	align=left rowspan=2	RCM Motorsport	5	7																							140
	6	19
6	align=left rowspan=2	Full Time Sports (#91, #111)	15	4																							138
	18	9
7	align=left rowspan=2	KTF Sports (#38, #85)	7	11																							118
	10	17
8	align=left rowspan=2	A.Mattheis Motorsport / Vogel Motorsport (#21, #30)	3	13																							108
	14	22
9	align=left rowspan=2	Full Time Sports (#81, #101)	11	18																							65
	22	20
10	align=left rowspan=2	Cavaleiro Sports	13	16																							60
	16	Ret
11	align=left rowspan=2	R.Mattheis Motorsport	17	10																							58
	27	Ret
12	align=left rowspan=2	Garra Racing	20	21																							43
	21	23
13	KTF Sports (#0)	26	14																							33
14	align=left rowspan=2	RC Competições	9	Ret																							30
	Ret	Ret
15	ASR Racing	24	Ret																							7

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-12-17 . Casagrande é bi da Stock Car após prova dramática em Interlagos . 2023-12-17 . motorsport.uol.com.br . pt-BR.
2. Web site: 2023-12-17 . Casagrande leva bicampeonato da Stock Car em 2023. Massa vence corrida 2 em Interlagos . 2023-12-17 . Grande Prêmio . pt-br.
3. Web site: Marum . Pedro Henrique . Stock Car anuncia calendário para 2024 com chance de etapas em Belo Horizonte e Uruguai . Grande Prêmio . pt-BR . 1 December 2023 . 8 February 2024.
4. Web site: Stock Car: Calendário da temporada de 2024 . motorsport.uol.com.br . pt-BR . 1 December 2023 . 8 February 2024.
5. Web site: Stock Car anuncia mudanças no calendário de 2024 . stockproseries.com.br . pt-BR . 19 June 2024 . 22 June 2024.
6. Web site: Superesportes . 2023-03-02 . Belo Horizonte deve receber etapa da Stock Car em 2024 . 2024-02-08 . Superesportes . pt-br.
7. Web site: Esportivo . M. K. T. . 2023-02-28 . Mineirão sediará edição da Stock Car em Belo Horizonte . 2024-02-08 . MKT Esportivo . pt-BR.
8. Web site: Stock Car:Cacá Bueno dobra aposta na Stock Car, renova até 2025 e traz novo patrocinador . 2024-02-08 . motorsport.uol.com.br . pt-BR.
9. Web site: Stock Car: Meta de Digo Baptista é ambiciosa para 2023 . 2023-02-23 . motorsport.uol.com.br . pt-BR.
10. Web site: Stock Car: KTF Sports terá Zezinho Muggiati na Pro Series 2024 . 2024-02-08 . motorsport.uol.com.br . pt-BR.
11. Web site: Instagram . 2024-03-07 . www.instagram.com.
12. Web site: LubraxJúlio Campos defenderá a equipe Pole Motorsport em 2024. 2024-02-08 . motorsport.uol.com.br . pt-BR.
13. Web site: LubraxMercado da Stock Car: após brigar pelo título em 2023, Rafael Suzuki vai para a equipe TMG, dividindo boxes com Felipe Massa. 2024-02-08 . motorsport.uol.com.br . pt-BR.
14. Web site: Instagram . 2024-03-07 . www.instagram.com.
15. Web site: LubraxStock Car: Gaetano di Mauro será piloto da Cavaleiro Sports em 2024. 2024-02-08 . motorsport.uol.com.br . pt-BR.
16. Web site: LubraxNelsinho Piquet assina com a Cavaleiro Sports para a Stock Car 2024. 2024-02-08 . motorsport.uol.com.br . pt-BR.
17. Web site: LubraxEnzo Elias renova com Crown Racing e vai para 2º ano na Stock Car. 2024-02-08 . stockcarproseries.com.br . pt-BR.
18. Web site: LubraxTexaco tem novo rumo na Stock e terá Felipe Baptista como piloto em 2024. 2024-02-08 . motorsport.uol.com.br . pt-BR.
19. Web site: LubraxEurofarma-RC anuncia renovação de Serra e Maurício para 2024. 2024-02-08 . motorsport.uol.com.br . pt-BR.
20. Web site: LubraxArthur Leist será piloto da Full Time na temporada 2024 da Stock Car. 2024-02-08 . motorsport.uol.com.br . pt-BR.
21. Web site: Bloisi . Guilherme . 2023-03-26 . Barrichello renova com Full Time e forma dupla com filho Dudu na Stock Car 2023. 2023-03-29 . Grande Prêmio . pt-br.
22. Web site: 2024-03-01 . Com a Garra Racing, Stock Car volta a ter equipe gaúcha após 30 anos . 2024-03-09 . www.f1mania.net . pt-BR.
23. Web site: Caramez . João . 2024-02-25 . Wokin Garra Racing estreia na Stock Car e anuncia Lucas Kohl e Gabriel Robe . 2024-03-09 . GAZ - Notícias de Santa Cruz do Sul e Região . pt-BR.
24. Web site: Instagram . 2024-03-07 . www.instagram.com.