GT World Challenge America
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| 2025 | Kurtz returned to motorsport for the 24 Hours of Daytona. |
| 2024 | CrowdStrike was added to the S&P 500, the fastest a cybersecurity company had ever been listed on the index. |
| 2024 | CrowdStrike was added to the S&P 500, becoming the fastest cybersecurity company to achieve this milestone. |
| 2024 | Cybercrime Magazine names Kurtz the Cybersecurity Person of the Year. |
| 2024 | Kurtz is named the 76th most powerful person in business by Fortune Magazine. |
| 2024 | Following the CrowdStrike incident, Kurtz withdrew from racing for the season. |
| 2024 | CrowdStrike experiences a global system crash that disrupts Windows computers worldwide, affecting air travel, banking, broadcasting, and other services, considered the largest outage in information technology history. |
| July 19 2024 | CrowdStrike caused a massive global IT outage affecting an estimated 8.5 million Windows computers. Kurtz publicly apologized on NBC's Today show, acknowledging the significant economic and operational disruptions. |
| July 19 2024 | CrowdStrike caused a massive global IT outage after a software update crashed approximately 8.5 million Windows computers. Kurtz publicly apologized on NBC's Today show. |
| 2023 | Kurtz publicly warned of cyber threats from China and criticized Microsoft's response to a security breach affecting U.S. government email accounts. |
| 2023 | Submitted plans to develop the former Cracker Jax amusement park site into 'The Parque', a 2-million-square-foot mixed-use campus including residential units, office space, restaurants, retail, a hotel, and a 2-acre green space. |
| 2023 | Kurtz made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning the LMP2 Pro-Am subclass with Colin Braun and James Allen. |
| 2023 | Kurtz claimed Pro-Am honours in the GTWC America series, partnering with Colin Braun. |
| 2023 | Kurtz warned of cyber threats from China and criticized Microsoft's response to a cloud email service vulnerability. |
| 2023 | Kurtz won the season-ending Petit Le Mans in the LMP2 category with Ben Hanley, and finished second in the IMSA SCC standings. |
| 2022 | Japan's Acura returns to championship victory, with Italy's Ferrari and Lamborghini also winning titles in different categories. |
| 2022 | Kurtz won ten of 16 races in the GTWC America series, earning the title in the SRO3 class. |
| 2021 | Germany's Porsche wins the championship, with Italy's Ferrari and Lamborghini also securing titles in different classes. |
| 2021 | Kurtz was ranked on CRN's Top 100 Executives list. |
| 2021 | Kurtz competed in the IMSA SportsCar Championship's LMP3 category, winning at Sebring and scoring a class podium at Watkins Glen. |
| 2021 | Kurtz ranked on CRN's Top 100 Executives list. |
| 2020 | Competed in the GT World Challenge America in an Acura NSX, winning the Silver Cup for professional drivers with co-driver Trent Hindman by being the only class entry to compete in every race. |
| 2020 | Championship continued during COVID-19 pandemic, with United States drivers Shelby Blackstock, Trent Hindman, and Martin Fuentes winning different class titles. |
| 2020 | Kurtz achieved his first overall win in GT3 machinery at Virginia International Raceway and finished as the runner-up in the Pro-Am standings. |
| July 2020 | An IDC report named CrowdStrike as the fastest-growing endpoint security software vendor. |
| March 2020 | Analyst Andrew Nowinski reported CrowdStrike as having the 'best in-class solution' in cybersecurity. |
| March 2020 | Kurtz discussed CrowdStrike's strategy, notably stating his philosophy of not regretting firing employees quickly. |
| March 2020 | Kurtz discussed company strategy, stating his approach to quick personnel decisions. |
| 2019 | Moved to touring car racing in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge, finishing 4th in points in the TCR class driving a Honda Civic. |
| 2019 | United Kingdom's Bentley wins the Overall Championship, while Japan's Acura takes the Pro-Am Cup and Italy's Ferrari wins the Am Cup. |
| 2019 | Official rebranding to GT World Challenge America, with Toni Vilander winning the Overall Championship driving a Ferrari 488 GT3. |
| 2019 | Launched two regional GT4 series (GT4 East and GT4 West) integrated into the SprintX Championship, each consisting of five rounds in a two-driver, pro-am format across eastern and western North America. |
| 2019 | CrowdStrike completed a $612 million initial public offering on the Nasdaq, achieving a $6.6 billion valuation under Kurtz's leadership. |
| 2019 | CrowdStrike completed a $612 million initial public offering on the Nasdaq, reaching a $6.6 billion valuation under Kurtz's leadership. |
| 2018 | Participated in the season-opening weekend of Indy Lights with Team Pelfrey, achieving his career-best finish of second place in the second race. This would be his last Indy Lights race. |
| 2018 | Italy's Ferrari wins the Overall and GT Sprint GTA championships, with Germany's Porsche also securing the GT Sprint Overall title. |
| 2018 | SRO Motorsports Group took over management of the GT World Challenge America series, bringing international motorsports expertise to the North American racing platform. |
| September 29 2018 | Series acquired a new title sponsor and rebranded, with World Challenge becoming World Challenge America. |
| May 25 2018 | Stéphane Ratel Organisation became majority shareholder of WC Vision LLC and majority owner of Pirelli World Challenge. |
| 2017 | The B-Spec class was discontinued after this racing season, following a year after the sanctioning of the series changed from Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) to United States Auto Club (USAC). |
| 2017 | Pirelli World Challenge transferred to USAC as its sanctioning body. GT Cup class expanded to include Cup cars from Lamborghini and Ferrari. |
| 2017 | The United States Auto Club began sanctioning the GT World Challenge America series, providing official regulatory oversight. |
| 2017 | Kurtz won the GTS Am class in the Pirelli World Challenge, driving a McLaren 570S GT4. |
| May 2017 | CrowdStrike exceeded a valuation of $1 billion. |
| 2016 | Achieved his best points finish of 8th in Indy Lights. |
| 2016 | United Kingdom's McLaren enters the championship scene, winning alongside United States's Ford. |
| 2016 | Series established SprintX classes featuring two-driver sprint races and expanded GTS class to include GT4 homologations through partnership with SRO. |
| 2016 | George Kurtz made his racing debut in the Pirelli World Challenge, driving an Aston Martin Vantage GT4 for TRG-AMR. |
| June 2016 | CrowdStrike attracted public interest for its role in investigating the Democratic National Committee cyber attacks. |
| 2015 | Signed to race for Andretti Autosport in the Indy Lights series. |
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