2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship

The 2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship) was the third season of the United SportsCar Championship and first to be under the name as the IMSA SportsCar Championship organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). It was the 46th season of IMSA-sanctioned GT Championship sportscar racing tracing its lineage to the 1971 IMSA Camel GT season. It began on January 30 with the 24 Hours of Daytona and ended on October 1 at Petit Le Mans.^[1]

Classes[edit]

The class structure remained largely unchanged from 2015, with the major change coming in GTD which was now run full GT3 spec machinery.

• Prototype (P) (DP and LMP2)
• Prototype Challenge (PC)
• GT Le Mans (GTLM)
• GT Daytona (GTD)

Schedule[edit]

Race schedule[edit]

The 2016 schedule was released on August 8, 2015 and features twelve rounds.

There were also two test sessions before the beginning of the season. They were held on November 17–18 at Daytona International Speedway, as well as The Roar Before the 24, also at Daytona, January 8–10.^[1]

Rnd	Race	Length	Classes	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Rolex 24 at Daytona	24 hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	January 30–31
2	Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring	12 hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 19
3	BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach	1 hour 40 minutes	P, PC, GTLM	Long Beach Street Circuit	Long Beach, California	April 16
4	Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix	2 hours	P, GTLM	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	May 1
			PC, GTD
5	Chevrolet Sports Car Classic	1 hour 40 minutes	P, PC, GTD	The Raceway on Belle Isle	Detroit, Michigan	June 4
6	Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen	6 hours	All	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	July 3
7	Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix	2 hours 40 minutes	All	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	July 10
8	Northeast Grand Prix	2 hours 40 minutes	PC, GTLM, GTD	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	July 23
9	Continental Tire Road Race Showcase	2 hours 40 minutes	All	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 7
10	Michelin GT Challenge	2 hours 40 minutes	GTLM, GTD	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	August 28
11	Lone Star Le Mans	2 hours 40 minutes	All	Circuit of the Americas	Austin, Texas	September 17
12	Petit Le Mans presented by Harrah's Cherokee	10 hours	All	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	October 1

NOTE: Because of a high car count for the Mazda Raceway event, there will be two separate two-hour races with two categories racing in each race.

Calendar changes[edit]

• PC has been added to the lineup at Long Beach.^[1]
• GTD has been added to the lineup at the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix, having the race feature all four classes.^[1]
• The round at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca will return to a split race format because of field size.^[2]
• GTLM will join PC and GTD at Lime Rock Park.^[1]

Entries[edit]

Prototype[edit]

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Panoz DeltaWing Racing[3]	DeltaWing DWC13	Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo	0	Katherine Legge[3]	1–4, 6–7, 9, 11–12
				Andy Meyrick[3]	1–3, 12
				Sean Rayhall[3]	1–2, 4, 6–7, 9, 11–12
				Andreas Wirth[4]	1
				Gabby Chaves[5]	6
Tequila Patrón ESM[6]	Ligier JS P2	Honda HR35TT 3.5 L V6 Turbo	2	Pipo Derani[4]	1–2, 6, 12
				Scott Sharp[6]	1–2, 6, 12
				Johannes van Overbeek[6]	1–2, 6, 12
				Ed Brown[6]	1–2
Action Express Racing[7]	Coyote Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	5	João Barbosa[7]	All
				Christian Fittipaldi[7]	All
				Filipe Albuquerque[8]	1–2, 6, 12
				Scott Pruett[9]	1–2
			31	Dane Cameron[7]	All
				Eric Curran[7]	All
				Simon Pagenaud[8]	1, 12
				Jonathan Adam[8]	1
				Scott Pruett[9]	2
				Filipe Albuquerque[5]	6
Wayne Taylor Racing[6]	Dallara Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	10	Jordan Taylor[6]	All
				Ricky Taylor[6]	All
				Max Angelelli[6]	1–2, 6, 12
				Rubens Barrichello[4]	1–2
Alegra Motorsports[10]	Riley Mk XXVI DP	Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8	24	Dominik Farnbacher[10]	2
				Cameron Lawrence[10]	2
				Daniel Morad[10]	2
				Carlos de Quesada[10]	2
SMP Racing[11]	BR Engineering BR01	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	37	Mikhail Aleshin[11]	1
				Kirill Ladygin[11]	1
				Maurizio Mediani[11]	1
				Nicolas Minassian[11]	1
Fifty Plus Racing (Highway to Help)	Riley Mk XXVI DP	Dinan (BMW) 5.0 L V8	50	Byron DeFoor[4]	1–2, 6
				Jim Pace[4]	1–2, 6
				Dorsey Schroeder[4]	1–2, 6
				David Hinton[4]	1–2
				Thomas Gruber[4]	1
Mazda Motorsports[12]	Lola B12/80 Mazda	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L I4 Turbo	55	Jonathan Bomarito[12]	All
				Tristan Nunez[12]	All
				Spencer Pigot[4]	1–2, 6, 12
			70	Tom Long[12]	All
				Joel Miller[12]	All
				Ben Devlin[4]	1–2, 6
				Keiko Ihara[10]	2
				Spencer Pigot[13]	12
Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian[14]	Ligier JS P2	Honda HR35TT 3.5 L V6 Turbo	60	Oswaldo Negri Jr.[14]	All
				John Pew[14]	1–4, 6–7, 9, 11–12
				Olivier Pla[4]	1–2, 6, 12
				A. J. Allmendinger[14]	1
				Katherine Legge[15]	5
DragonSpeed[6]	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	81	Henrik Hedman[6]	2
				Nicolas Lapierre[6]	2
				Nicolas Minassian[6]	2
VisitFlorida Racing[16]	Coyote Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	90	Marc Goossens[16]	All
				Ryan Hunter-Reay[4]	1–3, 12
				Ryan Dalziel[16]	1–2, 4–7, 9, 11–12
Ford Chip Ganassi Racing[17]	Ford EcoBoost Riley DP	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L V6 Turbo	01	Brendon Hartley[17]	1
				Andy Priaulx[17]	1
				Lance Stroll[17]	1
				Alexander Wurz[17]	1
			02	Scott Dixon[17]	1
				Tony Kanaan[17]	1
				Kyle Larson[17]	1
				Jamie McMurray[17]	1

Prototype Challenge[edit]

All entries use an Oreca FLM09 chassis powered by a Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8.

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Starworks Motorsport[18]	7	José Gutiérrez[19]	8–9, 11
		Sean Rayhall[19]	8
		Gustavo Yacamán[20]	9, 11
		Stefano Coletti[13]	12
		James Dayson[13]	12
		Quinlan Lall[13]	12
	8	Alex Popow[21]	All
		Renger van der Zande[18]	All
		Chris Cumming[18]	1
		Jack Hawksworth[18]	1
		David Heinemeier Hansson[21]	2, 12
	88	Maro Engel[21]	1–2
		Sean Johnston[21]	1–2
		Mark Kvamme[21]	1, 3–9, 11–12
		Felix Rosenqvist[21]	1
		Michael Lyons[10]	2
		Ashley Freiberg[21]	3–5
		Richard Bradley[5]	6–7, 9, 11–12
		Remo Ruscitti[5]	6, 8
		Max Hanratty[13]	12
BAR1 Motorsports[18]	20	Johnny Mowlem[22]	1–8, 12
		Marc Drumwright[4]	1–2
		Tomy Drissi[4]	1, 3, 5, 12
		Brendan Gaughan[4]	1
		Ricardo Vera[4]	1
		Don Yount[10]	2, 6, 12
		Ryan Lewis[10]	2
		Matt McMurry[22]	4, 6–9, 11
		Bruno Junqueira[20]	9, 11
	26	Don Yount[4]	1, 9, 11
		John Falb[4]	1, 11
		Ryan Eversley[4]	1
		Ryan Lewis[4]	1
		Adam Merzon[4]	1
		Johnny Mowlem[20]	9
Performance Tech Motorsports[18]	38	James French[18]	All
		Kyle Marcelli[4]	1–9, 12
		Josh Norman[4]	1–2
		Brandon Gdovic[4]	1
		Jim Norman[4]	1
		Kenton Koch[5]	6, 12
		Nicholas Boulle[23]	11
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports[24]	52	Robert Alon[24]	All
		Tom Kimber-Smith[24]	All
		José Gutiérrez[24]	1–2, 6, 12
		Nicholas Boulle[24]	1
CORE Autosport[25]	54	Jon Bennett[25]	1–9
		Colin Braun[25]	1–9
		Mark Wilkins[25]	1–2, 6
		Martin Plowman[25]	1
JDC-Miller MotorSports[18]	85	Mikhail Goikhberg[18]	All
		Stephen Simpson[4]	All
		Chris Miller[18]	1–2, 6, 12
		Kenton Koch[4]	1–2

GT Le Mans[edit]

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Corvette Racing[26]	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	3	Antonio García[26]	All
				Jan Magnussen[26]	All
				Mike Rockenfeller[4]	1–2, 12
			4	Oliver Gavin[26]	All
				Tommy Milner[26]	All
				Marcel Fässler[4]	1–2, 12
BMW Team RLL[27]	BMW M6 GTLM	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	25	Bill Auberlen[27]	All
				Dirk Werner[27]	All
				Bruno Spengler[27]	1–2
				Augusto Farfus[27]	1, 12
			100	John Edwards[27]	All
				Lucas Luhr[27]	All
				Kuno Wittmer[27]	1–2, 12
				Graham Rahal[27]	1
Risi Competizione[28]	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	62	Giancarlo Fisichella[28]	All
				Toni Vilander[28]	All
				Davide Rigon[4]	1–2
				Olivier Beretta[4]	1
				James Calado[13]	12
Ford Chip Ganassi Racing[29]	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	66	Joey Hand[29]	All
				Dirk Müller[29]	All
				Sébastien Bourdais[4]	1–2, 12
			67	Ryan Briscoe[29]	All
				Richard Westbrook[29]	All
				Stefan Mücke[4]	1
				Scott Dixon[10]	2, 12
Scuderia Corsa[30]	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	68	Daniel Serra[30]	1–4, 6, 12
				Alessandro Pier Guidi[30]	1–2, 4, 6, 12
				Alexandre Prémat[30]	1
				Memo Rojas[4]	1
				Andrea Bertolini[10]	2, 12
				Alessandro Balzan[31]	3
SMP Racing[11]	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	72	Andrea Bertolini[11]	1
				Gianmaria Bruni[11]	1
				James Calado[11]	1
				Viktor Shaitar[11]	1
Porsche North America[32]	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	911	Patrick Pilet[32]	All
				Nick Tandy[32]	All
				Kévin Estre[32]	1–2
				Richard Lietz[13]	12
			912	Earl Bamber[32]	All
				Frédéric Makowiecki[32]	All
				Michael Christensen[32]	1–2, 12

GT Daytona[edit]

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Stevenson Motorsports[33]	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	6	Andrew Davis[33]	All
				Robin Liddell[33]	All
				Lawson Aschenbach[33]	1
				Matt Bell[33]	1
				Connor De Phillippi[10]	2
				Mike Skeen[13]	12
			9	Dion von Moltke[4]	1–2, 12
				Kenny Habul[33]	1
				Boris Said[33]	1
				Tristan Vautier[4]	1
				Lawson Aschenbach[33]	2, 4–12
				Matt Bell[33]	2, 4–12
O'Gara Motorsport[34]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	11	Richard Antinucci[4]	1
				Townsend Bell[35]	1
				Edoardo Piscopo[4]	1
				Bill Sweedler[35]	1
Change Racing[36]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	11	Townsend Bell[37]	2, 4
				Bill Sweedler[37]	2, 4
				Richard Antinucci[10]	2
			16	Corey Lewis[36]	All
				Spencer Pumpelly[36]	All
				Kaz Grala[4]	1
				Justin Marks[4]	1
				Al Carter[10]	2
				Richard Antinucci[13]	12
Konrad Motorsport[34]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	21	Emanuele Busnelli[4]	1
				Jim Michaelian[4]	1
				Joseph Toussaint[4]	1
				Lance Willsey[4]	1
				Pierre Ehret[10]	2
				Jürgen Krebs[10]	2
				Christopher Zöchling[10]	2
			28	Franz Konrad[4]	1–2
				Fabio Babini[38]	1
				Marc Basseng[4]	1
				Rolf Ineichen[38]	1
				Lance Willsey[38]	1
				Terry Borcheller[10]	2
				Christopher Brück[10]	2
				Josh Webster[10]	2
Alex Job Racing[39][N 1] Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing[39][N 1]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	22	Cooper MacNeil[39]	1–2, 4–9
				Leh Keen[39]	1–2, 4–8
				Gunnar Jeannette[4]	1–2, 6
				David MacNeil[4]	1
				Shane van Gisbergen[4]	1
				Sven Müller[20]	9
			23	Mario Farnbacher[39]	All
				Alex Riberas[4]	All
				Ian James[39]	1–2, 6, 12
				Wolf Henzler[4]	1
			77	Gunnar Jeannette[20]	9
				David MacNeil[20]	9
Dream Racing[40]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	27	Cédric Sbirrazzuoli[40]	2, 4–10, 12
				Luca Persiani[10]	2, 6, 9–12
				Fabio Babini[10]	2, 7
				Paolo Ruberti[10]	2, 11–12
				Lawrence DeGeorge[40]	4–6, 8
Frikadelli Racing[41]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	30	Klaus Abbelen[41]	1
				Patrick Huisman[41]	1
				Sven Müller[41]	1
				Sabine Schmitz[4]	1
				Frank Stippler[41]	1
Riley Motorsports[42]	Dodge Viper GT3-R	Dodge 8.3 L V10	33	Jeroen Bleekemolen[42]	All
				Ben Keating[42]	All
				Marc Miller[4]	1–2, 12
				Dominik Farnbacher[4]	1
			93	Damien Faulkner[43]	1
				Eric Foss[43]	1
				Ben Keating[43]	1
				Jeff Mosing[43]	1
				Gar Robinson[43]	1
Magnus Racing[44]	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	44	Andy Lally[44]	All
				John Potter[44]	All
				Marco Seefried[4]	1–2, 12
				René Rast[4]	1
				Dion von Moltke[5]	6
Flying Lizard Motorsports[45]	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi 5.2 L V10	45	Niclas Jönsson[45]	1–2
				Pierre Kaffer[45]	1–2
				Tracy Krohn[45]	1–2
				Christopher Haase[45]	1
Paul Miller Racing[46]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	48	Bryan Sellers[46]	All
				Madison Snow[46]	All
				Bryce Miller[46]	1–2, 6, 12
				Mirko Bortolotti[4]	1
Spirit of Race[47]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	51	Matteo Cressoni[47]	1–2
				Raffaele Giammaria[47]	1–2
				Peter Mann[47]	1–2
				Marco Cioci[47]	1
Scuderia Corsa[30]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3[48] 1 Ferrari 488 GT3 2–12	Ferrari 4.5 L V8 1 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 2–12	63	Alessandro Balzan[30]	All
				Christina Nielsen[30]	All
				Jeff Segal[30]	1–2, 6, 12
				Robert Renauer[30]	1
Park Place Motorsports[49]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	73	Jörg Bergmeister[49]	1–2, 4–9, 11–12
				Patrick Lindsey[49]	1–2, 4–9, 11–12
				Matt McMurry[4]	1–2, 6, 12
				Norbert Siedler[4]	1
				Jan Heylen[10]	2
Lone Star Racing[50]	Dodge Viper GT3-R	Dodge 8.3 L V10	80	Dan Knox[50]	4, 9–11
				Mike Skeen[50]	4, 9–11
Turner Motorsport[51]	BMW M6 GT3	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	96	Bret Curtis[51]	All
				Jens Klingmann[51]	All
				Ashley Freiberg[51]	1–2, 12
				Marco Wittmann[51]	1
			97	Michael Marsal[51]	All
				Markus Palttala[51]	All
				Jesse Krohn[51]	1–2
				Maxime Martin[51]	1
				Cameron Lawrence[13]	12
Aston Martin Racing[52]	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	98	Paul Dalla Lana[52]	1–2
				Pedro Lamy[52]	1–2
				Mathias Lauda[52]	1–2
				Richie Stanaway[52]	1–2
TRG-AMR[53]	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	007	James Davison[4]	1, 4
				Santiago Creel[53]	1
				Antonio Pérez[53]	1
				Ricardo Pérez de Lara[53]	1
				Lars Viljoen[53]	1
				Brandon Davis[54]	4
				Ben Barker[23]	11
				David Calvert-Jones[23]	11
Black Swan Racing[55]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	540	Tim Pappas[55]	1–2, 4, 6, 8
				Nick Catsburg[55]	1–2, 4, 6
				Andy Pilgrim[4]	1–2, 6, 8
				Patrick Long[4]	1–2

Team changes[edit]

• After 8 years sported the higher E85 Ethanol blend, Corvette Racing officially switched to traditional E20 Ethanol 20% blend as it was announced on October 13, 2015.^[56]

Race results[edit]

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd	Circuit	Prototype Winning Team	PC Winning Team	GTLM Winning Team	GTD Winning Team	Report
		Prototype Winning Drivers	PC Winning Drivers	GTLM Winning Drivers	GTD Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	No. 2 Tequila Patrón ESM	No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports	No. 4 Corvette Racing	No. 44 Magnus Racing	Report
		Ed Brown Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek Scott Sharp	Mikhail Goikhberg Kenton Koch Chris Miller Stephen Simpson	Marcel Fässler Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Andy Lally John Potter René Rast Marco Seefried
2	Sebring	No. 2 Tequila Patrón ESM	No. 54 CORE Autosport	No. 4 Corvette Racing	No. 63 Scuderia Corsa	Report
		Ed Brown Pipo Derani Johannes van Overbeek Scott Sharp	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Mark Wilkins	Marcel Fässler Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Alessandro Balzan Christina Nielsen Jeff Segal
3	Long Beach	No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing	No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports	No. 911 Porsche North America	did not participate	Report
		Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor	Mikhail Goikhberg Stephen Simpson	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy
4	Laguna Seca	No. 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	No. 23 Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing	Report
		Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew	Robert Alon Tom Kimber-Smith	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook	Mario Farnbacher Alex Riberas
5	Belle Isle	No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing	No. 8 Starworks Motorsport	did not participate	No. 33 Riley Motorsports	Report
		Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor	Alex Popow Renger van der Zande		Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating
6	Watkins Glen	No. 5 Action Express Racing	No. 8 Starworks Motorsport	No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	No. 63 Scuderia Corsa	Report
		Filipe Albuquerque João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi	Alex Popow Renger van der Zande	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook	Alessandro Balzan Christina Nielsen Jeff Segal
7	Mosport	No. 31 Action Express Racing	No. 54 CORE Autosport	No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	No. 96 Turner Motorsport	Report
		Dane Cameron Eric Curran	Jon Bennett Colin Braun	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook	Bret Curtis Jens Klingmann
8	Lime Rock	did not participate	No. 8 Starworks Motorsport	No. 4 Corvette Racing	No. 44 Magnus Racing	Report
			Alex Popow Renger van der Zande	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Andy Lally John Potter
9	Road America	No. 31 Action Express Racing	No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	No. 4 Corvette Racing	No. 33 Riley Motorsports	Report
		Dane Cameron Eric Curran	Robert Alon Tom Kimber-Smith	Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating
10	Virginia	did not participate	did not participate	No. 3 Corvette Racing	No. 48 Paul Miller Racing	Report
				Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Bryan Sellers Madison Snow
11	Austin	No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing	No. 8 Starworks Motorsport	No. 912 Porsche North America	No. 96 Turner Motorsport	Report
		Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor	Alex Popow Renger van der Zande	Earl Bamber Frédéric Makowiecki	Bret Curtis Jens Klingmann
12	Road Atlanta	No. 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	No. 62 Risi Competizione	No. 33 Riley Motorsports	Report
		Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Olivier Pla	Robert Alon Tom Kimber-Smith José Gutiérrez	Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander James Calado	Jeroen Bleekemolen Ben Keating Marc Miller

Championship standings[edit]

Points systems[edit]

Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions as shown in the chart below.^[57]

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Race	35	32	30	28	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers points[edit]

Points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Drivers must complete a minimum driving time (outlined to teams prior to each event) in order to score points. A driver does not score points if the minimum drive time is not met.^[57]

In addition, for each car credited with a race start, each driver nominated in that car also receives one additional “starting point.”^[57]

Team points[edit]

Team points are calculated in exactly the same way as driver points, using the point distribution chart and “starting points.” Each car entered is considered its own “team” regardless if it is a single entry or part of a two-car team.^[57]

Manufacturer points[edit]

There are also a number of manufacturer championships which utilize the same season-long point distribution chart, minus the “starting points” used for the driver and team championships. (The “starting point” is not used in manufacturer championship points.) The manufacturer championships recognized by IMSA are as follows:^[57]

Prototype (P): Engine Manufacturer

GT Le Mans (GTLM): Car Manufacturer

GT Daytona (GTD): Car Manufacturer

Each manufacturer receives finishing points for its highest finishing car in each class. The positions of subsequent finishing cars from the same manufacturer are not taken into consideration, and all other manufacturers move up in the order.^[57]

Example: Manufacturer A finishes 1st and 2nd at an event, and Manufacturer B finishes 3rd. Manufacturer A receives 35 first-place points while Manufacturer B would earn 32 second-place points.^[57]

The points system for the 2016 season is the same as in 2015.^[58]

North American Endurance Cup[edit]

The points system for the North American Endurance Cup is different from the normal points system. Points are awarded on a 5-4-3-2 basis for drivers, teams and manufacturers. The first finishing position at each interval earns five points, four points for second position, three points for third, with two points awarded for fourth and each subsequent finishing position.^[57]

Position	1	2	3	Other Classified
Race	5	4	3	2

At Daytona (24 hour race), points are awarded at six hours, 12 hours, 18 hours and at the finish. At the Sebring (12 hour race), points are awarded at four hours, eight hours and at the finish. At Watkins Glen (6 hour race), points are awarded at three hours and at the finish. At Road Atlanta (10 hour race), points are awarded at four hours, eight hours and at the finish.^[57]

Like the season-long team championship, North American Endurance Cup team points are awarded for each car and drivers get points in any car that they drive, in which they are entered for points. The manufacturer points go to the highest placed car from that manufacturer (the others from that manufacturer not being counted), just like the season-long manufacturer championship.^[57]

For example: in any particular segment manufacturer A finishes 1st and 2nd and manufacturer B finishes 3rd. Manufacturer A only receives first-place points for that segment. Manufacturer B receives the second-place points.^[57]

Drivers' championships[edit]

Prototype[edit]

Pos. Driver DAY SEB LBH LGA BEL WGL MOS ELK AUS ATL Points NAEC 1 Dane Cameron 6 2 3 3 6 2 1 1 2 4 314 35 Eric Curran 6 2 3 3 6 2 1 1 2 4 314 35 2 João Barbosa 4 3 2 7 2 1 2 2 3 5 311 43 Christian Fittipaldi 4 3 2 7 2 1 2 2 3 5 311 43 3 Jordan Taylor 2 12 1 6 1 4 3 3 1 3 309 34 Ricky Taylor 2 12 1 6 1 4 3 3 1 3 309 34 4 Oswaldo Negri Jr. 11 7 7 1 5 3 6 4 6 1 282 35 5 Marc Goossens 3 5 6 2 7 6 4 6 7 7 273 25 6 Tom Long 13 8 4 8 4 5 5 8 4 6 258 25 Joel Miller 13 8 4 8 4 5 5 8 4 6 258 25 7 Jonathan Bomarito 10 6 5 4 3 8 8 5 8 9 257 25 Tristan Nunez 10 6 5 4 3 8 8 5 8 9 257 25 8 John Pew 11 7 7 1 3 6 4 6 1 255 35 9 Ryan Dalziel 3 5 2 7 6 4 6 7 7 247 25 10 Katherine Legge 12 9 8 5 5 7 7 7 5 8 247 24 11 Sean Rayhall 12 9 5 7 7 7 5 8 196 24 12 Pipo Derani 1 1 9 2 128 41 Johannes van Overbeek 1 1 9 2 128 41 Scott Sharp 1 1 9 2 128 41 13 Olivier Pla 11 7 3 1 113 35 14 Max Angelelli 2 12 4 3 113 34 15 Ryan Hunter-Reay 3 5 6 7 109 21 16 Spencer Pigot 10 6 8 9 95 25 17 Andy Meyrick 12 9 8 8 91 20 18 Filipe Albuquerque 4 3 1† 5 88 34 19 Ed Brown 1 1 72 26 20 Ben Devlin 13 8 5 70 18 21 Scott Pruett 4 2 62 25 22 Simon Pagenaud 6 4 55 17 23 Rubens Barrichello 2 12 53 18 24 Nicolas Minassian 9 4 52 14 25 Byron DeFoor 8 10 DNS 46 14 Jim Pace 8 10 DNS 46 14 Dorsey Schroeder 8 10 DNS 46 14 David Hinton 8 10 46 14 26 Henrik Hedman 4 29 6 Nicolas Lapierre 4 29 6 27 Brendon Hartley 5 27 9 Andy Priaulx 5 27 9 Lance Stroll 5 27 9 Alexander Wurz 5 27 9 28 Jonathan Adam 6 26 11 29 Scott Dixon 7 25 8 Tony Kanaan 7 25 8 Kyle Larson 7 25 8 Jamie McMurray 7 25 8 30 Gabby Chaves 7 25 4 31 Thomas Gruber 8 24 8 32 Keiko Ihara 8 24 6 33 Mikhail Aleshin 9 23 8 Kirill Ladygin 9 23 8 Maurizio Mediani 9 23 8 34 A. J. Allmendinger 11 21 11 35 Dominik Farnbacher 11 21 6 Cameron Lawrence 11 21 6 Daniel Morad 11 21 6 Carlos de Quesada 11 21 6 36 Andreas Wirth 12 20 8

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

Notes

• Drivers denoted by † did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

Prototype Challenge[edit]

Pos.	Driver	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	AUS	ATL	Points	NAEC
1	Alex Popow	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	6	1	6	355	30
	Renger van der Zande	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	6	1	6	355	30
2	Robert Alon	2	2	6	1	3	5	3	2	1	2	1	355	47
	Tom Kimber-Smith	2	2	6	1	3	5	3	2	1	2	1	355	47
3	Mikhail Goikhberg	1	4	1	5	7	4	5	6	7	6	3	317	38
	Stephen Simpson	1	4	1	5	7	4	5	6	7	6	3	317	38
4	James French	6†	5	3	4	4	2	4	3	3	3	2	305	27
5	Kyle Marcelli	6†	5	3	4	4	2	4	3	3		2	274	27
6	Johnny Mowlem	3	6	4	6	5	7†	6	4	8		5	246	26
7	Jon Bennett	8†	1	7	3	2	6	1	8	2			245	16
	Colin Braun	8†	1	7	3	2	6	1	8	2			245	16
8	José Gutiérrez	2	2				5		7	4	5	1	210	47
9	Mark Kvamme	7†		5	7	6	3†	7	5	9†	8	4	186	6
10	Matt McMurry				6		7†	6	4	5	4		138	0
11	Kenton Koch	1	4				2					2	131	46
12	Don Yount	5	6				7†			8	7	5	130	23
13	Chris Miller	1	4				4					3	125	38
14	Tomy Drissi	3		4		5						5	114	19
15	Richard Bradley						3	7		9†	8	4	110	12
16	Ashley Freiberg			5	7	6							78	–
17	Nicholas Boulle	2									3		64	16
18	Remo Ruscitti						3		5				58	6
19	Marc Drumwright	3	6										57	20
20	David Heinemeier Hansson		3									6	57	13
21	Gustavo Yacamán									4	5		56	–
	Bruno Junqueira									5	4		56	–
22	Ryan Lewis	5	6										53	17
23	John Falb	5									7		52	10
24	Ricardo Vera	3											31	13
25	Max Hanratty											4	29	6
26	Adam Merzon	5											27	10
27	Maro Engel	7†	7										26	7
	Sean Johnston	7†	7										26	7
28	Sean Rayhall								7				25	–
29	Mark Wilkins	8†	1†				6†						3	0
30	Josh Norman	6†	5†										2	0
31	Brendan Gaughan	3†											1	0
	Chris Cumming	4†											1	0
	Ryan Eversley	5†											1	0
	Brandon Gdovic	6†											1	0
	Jim Norman	6†											1	0
	Felix Rosenqvist	7†											1	0
	Michael Lyons		7†										1	0
	Stefano Coletti											7†	1	0
	James Dayson											7†	1	0
	Quinlan Lall											7†	1	0
	Martin Plowman	8†											1	0
–	Jack Hawksworth	4†1											0	–

Notes

• ¹ – Jack Hawksworth did not drive any laps during the race and therefore did not receive the one "starting point".
• Drivers denoted by † did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

GT Le Mans[edit]

Pos.	Driver	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	AUS	ATL	Points	NAEC
1	Oliver Gavin	1	1	2	7	4	2	1	1	9	5	3	345	38
	Tommy Milner	1	1	2	7	4	2	1	1	9	5	3	345	38
2	Ryan Briscoe	9	5	4	1	1	1	3	2	4	9	7	328	32
	Richard Westbrook	9	5	4	1	1	1	3	2	4	9	7	328	32
3	Antonio García	2	9	9	4	7	3	2	6	1	3	4	319	29
	Jan Magnussen	2	9	9	4	7	3	2	6	1	3	4	319	29
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