Motor racing championship
The 2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge season is an ongoing motor racing championship. It is the second season of the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge after being established in 2023 as a replacement for the IMSA Prototype Challenge . The season will begin on January 20 at Daytona International Speedway and will conclude on October 19 at Road Atlanta . After IMSA's removal of the LMP3 class from the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship , this series is now the highest tier of racing for LMP3s in the United States.
Calendar [ edit ] The provisional schedule was released on August 4, 2023, at IMSA's annual State of the Sport Address, featuring twelve rounds split across six race weekends. Five of the six events had confirmed dates.[1]
Round Circuit Date 1 Daytona International Speedway , Daytona Beach , Florida January 19–21 2 St. Petersburg Street Circuit , St. Petersburg , Florida March 8–10 3 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course , Lexington , Ohio June 7–9 4 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park , Bowmanville , Ontario July 12–14 5 Virginia International Raceway , Alton , Virginia August 23–25 6 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta , Braselton, Georgia , Georgia October 9–12
Entry List [ edit ] Race Results [ edit ] Bold indicates overall winner.
Round Circuit P3 Winner GSX Winner 1 1 Daytona No. 6 MLT Motorsports No. 59 KohR Motorsports Steven Aghakhani Luca Mars R2 No. 6 MLT Motorsports No. 59 KohR Motorsports Steven Aghakhani Luca Mars 2 1 St. Petersburg No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar No. 21 Motorsport in Action Jagger Jones Jesse Lazare R2 No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar No. 21 Motorsport in Action Jagger Jones Jesse Lazare 3 1 Mid-Ohio R2 4 1 Mosport R2 5 1 VIR R2 6 1 Road Atlanta R2
Championship Standings [ edit ] Points system [ edit ] Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions in the race as shown in the chart below.[7]
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 350 320 300 280 260 250 240 230 220 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
LMP3 Driver's Championship [ edit ] GSX Driver's Championship [ edit ] Drivers DAY STP MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 Luca Mars 1 1 3 4 1280 2 Jesse Lazare 13 4 1 1 1160 3 Jackson Lee 7 6 2 2 1130 4 Gregory Liefooghe 2 3 15 3 1080 5 Michael Dayton 10 9 4 6 960 6 Patrick Wilmot 5 5 17 5 920 7 Scott Blind 12 8 6 9 890 8 Sean Quinlan 9 12 5 16 820 9 Angus Rogers 15 13 9 7 800 10 Mark Brummond 8 18 7 13 780 11 Will Wachs 17 17 11 12 670 12 Michael Cooper 4 2 600 13 Eric Thompson 6 7 490 14 Thomas Collingwood 8 10 440 15 Marc Miller 3 19 420 16 Jason Bell 13 8 410 17 Todd Coleman 12 11 390 18 Brady Behrman 14 10 380 19 Eddie Killeen 10 14 380 20 Jim Jonsin 11 14 370 21 Moisey Uretsky 18 11 330 22 Frank DePew DNS DNS 14 15 330 23 Joe Dalton 16 15 310 24 Vincent Barletta 16 17 290 25 Christopher Tasca 20 16 260 26 Robbie McWilliams 19 20 230 27 Nathan Martin DNS DNS 0 28 Jonathan Woolridge DNS DNS 0
LMP3 Bronze Drivers Cup [ edit ] Drivers DAY STP MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 Brian Thienes 1 1 3 2 1320 2 Mirco Schultis 2 2 1 3 1290 3 Miguel Villagomez 2 1 670 4 Lance Willsey 3 3 600 5 George Staikos 4 4 560 6 Scott Locke 5 5 520
GSX Bronze Drivers Cup [ edit ] Drivers DAY STP MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 Michael Dayton 3 2 1 1 1320 2 Scott Blind 5 1 3 4 1190 3 Sean Quinlan 2 5 2 11 1100 4 Mark Brummond 1 11 4 8 1060 5 Angus Rogers 7 6 6 2 1060 6 Will Wachs 9 10 8 7 900 7 Brady Behrman 6 3 550 8 Jim Jonsin 4 7 520 9 Thomas Collingwood 5 5 520 10 Jason Bell 10 3 510 11 Moisey Uretsky 10 4 490 12 Todd Coleman 9 6 470 13 Eddie Killeen 7 9 460 14 Joe Dalton 8 8 460 15 Christopher Tasca 12 9 410 16 Frank DePew DNS DNS 11 10 410 17 Robbie McWilliams 11 12 390 18 Vincent Barletta 12 12 380
LMP3 Team's Championship [ edit ] Team DAY STP MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 #6 MLT Motorsports 1 1 700 2 #87 Fast MD Racing with Remstar 4 2 600 3 #77 Forte Racing 5 4 540 4 #7 Performance Tech Motorsports 2 10 530 5 #51 Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports 3 8 530 6 #23 Escuderia ABRO 10 3 510 7 #70 Mishumotors 6 5 510 8 #33 Sean Creech Motorsport 7 6 490 9 #61 Ave Motorsports 8 7 470 10 #38 Performance Tech Motorsports 9 9 440
GSX Team's Championship [ edit ] Team DAY STP MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 #59 KohR Motorsports 1 1 700 2 #43 Stephen Cameron Racing 2 3 620 3 #55 Baby Bull Racing 4 2 600 4 #88 Split Decision Motorsports 5 5 520 5 #67 BSI Racing 6 7 490 6 #66 Czabok-Simpson Motorsport 7 6 490 7 #21 Motorsports in Action 13 4 460 8 #12 Swish Motorsports 10 9 430 9 #37 Thaze Competition 3 19 420 10 #45 Ruckus Racing 12 8 420 11 #19 Stephen Cameron Racing 9 12 410 12 #82 van der Steur Racing 14 10 380 13 #808 BGB Motorsports 11 14 370 14 #25 Auto Technic Racing 8 18 360 15 #5 KMW Motorsports with TMR 15 13 340 16 #44 Baby Bull Racing 18 11 330 17 #96 Turner Motorsport 16 15 310 18 #17 BGB Motorsports 17 17 280 19 #26 Auto Technic Racing 20 16 260 20 #22 Archangel Motorsports 19 20 230 21 #9 Team ACP by Random Vandals DNS DNS 0 22 #72 Rebel Rock Racing DNS DNS 0 23 #78 Thaze Competition DNS DNS 0
GSX Manufacturer's Championship [ edit ]
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