2020 IMSA Prototype Challenge

The 2020 IMSA Prototype Challenge is the fifteenth season of the IMSA Lites series and its successors and the fourth season as the IMSA Prototype Challenge. The opening race of the season was on January 4 at the Daytona International Speedway and the season concludes on October 9 at Road Atlanta. The championship will be contested solely by LMP3 class prototypes.

2020 IMSA Prototype Challenge
Previous: 2019 Next: 2021
Parent series:
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Michelin Pilot Challenge

Calendar

Race schedule

The 2020 schedule was released August 2, 2019.[1]
A revised calendar was released May 15, 2020, due to changes made because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Rnd Circuit Location Date Duration
1 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 4 3 hours
2 Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida July 17 1 hour 45 mins
3 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 1 1 hour 45 mins
4 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 22 1 hour 45 mins
5 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio September 27 1 hour 45 mins
6 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 16 3 hours

Calendar changes

Entry List

All cars use the Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 engine.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Jr III Racing[3][4] Ligier JS P3 3 Eric Palmer[4] All
Greg Palmer[4] All
Performance Tech Motorsports[5] Ligier JS P3 6 Dan Goldburg[5] 1–3, 5–6
Blake Mount[5] 1, 4
Rasmus Lindh[6] 2–3, 5–6
Jon Branam 4
19 Dan Goldburg 4
Rasmus Lindh 4
75 Cameron Cassels[5] All
Max Hanratty[5] 1–5
Stephen Simpson[7] 6
JDC MotorSports Norma M30 9 Scott Andrews[6] 2–6
Gerry Kraut[6] 2–6
Robillard Racing LLC[8] Norma M30 10 Stevan McAleer[8] All
Joe Robillard[8] All
K2R Motorsports[8]
MG1 Motorsports LLC
Ligier JS P3 11 Steven Thomas[8] All
Thomas Merrill[8] 1, 6
64 Matthew Bell[8] All
Naveen Rao[8] All
Nielsen Racing[9] Norma M30 17 Garett Grist[9] 1
Rob Hodes[9] 1
Gilbert/Korthoff Racing[8] Norma M30 23 Jon Brownson[8] 1–2
Anthony Simone[8] 1–2
Sean Creech Motorsport[8] Ligier JS P3 30 Wayne Boyd[8] 1
Naj Husain[8] 1
33 Lance Willsey[8] 1–2, 4–6
Anthony Lazzaro[8] 1
Bud Grossenbacher[6] 2, 4, 6
Riley Motorsports[8] Ave-Riley AR-2 35 Jim Cox[8] 1
Dylan Murry[8] 1
Forty 7 Motorsports[8] Norma M30 40 David Grant[8] All
Keith Grant[8] All
Parker Thompson[7] 6
47 Joel Janco[8] All
J.J. Jorge[8] 1–3, 6
Kyle Kirkwood[8] 1, 4–6
74 Jon Brownson[10] 3–6
Wyatt Schwab[10] 3–6
CT Motorsports LLC[8] Norma M30 46 Scott Huffaker II[8] 1
Steven Scullen III[8] 1
MLT Motorsports[8] Ligier JS P3 54 Dakota Dickerson[8] All
Dean Baker[8] 1
Dom Cicero[6] 2–6
Wulver Racing[8] Ligier JS P3 60 Bruce Hamilton III[8] All
Tõnis Kasemets[8] All
Tristan Viidas[8] 1, 6
Conquest/GRS Racing[8] Norma M30 61 Danny Kok[8] 1
George Staikos[8] 1
One Motorsports[8] Ligier JS P3 86 Paul LaHaye[8] 1, 3–6
Dave House[8] 1
Chip Romer[7] 6
Entry List:[8][6][10][11][12][7]

Race results

Rnd Circuit Pole position Race winners
1 Daytona No. 64 K2R Motorsports No. 47 Forty 7 Motorsports
Matthew Bell
Naveen Rao
Joel Janco
J.J. Jorge
Kyle Kirkwood
2 Sebring No Qualifying[N 1] No. 9 JDC MotorSports
Scott Andrews
Gerry Kraut
3 Road America No. 40 Forty 7 Motorsports No. 9 JDC MotorSports
David Grant
Keith Grant
Scott Andrews
Gerry Kraut
4 Virginia No Qualifying[N 2] No. 64 K2R Motorsports
Matthew Bell
Naveen Rao
5 Mid-Ohio No. 40 Forty 7 Motorsports No. 54 MLT Motorsports
David Grant
Keith Grant
Dom Cicero
Dakota Dickerson
6 Road Atlanta No. 64 K2R Motorsports No. 64 K2R Motorsports
Matthew Bell
Naveen Rao
Matthew Bell
Naveen Rao
Results[13][14][15][16][17]

Notes

  1. Qualifying for the Sebring Round was cancelled due to heavy rain, resulting in the grid being set per the rulebook.
  2. Qualifying for the Virginia Round was cancelled after barrier repairs were required following a major crash in Practice for the Michelin Pilot Challenge, the grid was set per the rulebook.

Championship standings

Points system

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

Driver's Championship

Pos. Drivers DAY SEB ELK VIR MOH ATL Points
1 Matthew Bell
Naveen Rao
2 3 5 1 2 1 190
2 Dakota Dickerson 3 4 4 4 1 6 174
3 Joel Janco 1 11 8 3 9 9 152
4 Dan Goldburg 13 6 2 9 3 8 150
5 Scott Andrews
Gerry Kraut
1 1 7 7 3 148
6 Steven Thomas 8 10 12 6 6 2 145
7 Dominic Cicero 4 4 4 1 6 144
8 David Grant
Keith Grant
11 8 3 5 5 13 143
9 Cameron Cassels 4 12 7 10 10 5 139
10 Stevan McAleer
Joe Robillard
DNS 2 6 2 4 14 134
11 Bruce Hamilton III
Tõnis Kasemets
7 13 9 8 8 7 134
12 Rasmus Lindh 6 2 9 3 8 132
13 Jon Brownson 6 7 13 13 11 4 132
14 Eric Palmer
Greg Palmer
10 5 10 14 12 12 123
15 Max Hanratty 4 12 7 10 10 113
16 Kyle Kirkwood 1 3 9 9 109
17 J.J. Jorge 1 11 8 9 100
18 Paul LaHaye 9 11 12 14 11 98
19 Lance Willsey 16 9 15 13 10 92
20 Wyatt Schwab 13 13 11 4 84
21 Bud Grossenbacher 9 15 10 59
22 Thomas Merrill 8 2 55
23 Anthony Simone 6 7 49
24 Tristan Viidas 7 7 48
25 Blake Mount 13 11 38
26 Dean Baker 3 30
27 Garett Grist
Rob Hodes
5 26
28 Stephen Simpson 5 26
29 Dave House 9 22
30 Jon Branam 11 20
31 Chip Romer 11 20
32 Jim Cox
Dylan Murry
12 19
33 Parker Thompson 13 18
34 Danny Kok
George Staikos
14 17
35 Scott Huffaker II
Steven Scullen III
15 16
36 Anthony Lazzaro 16 15
37 Wayne Boyd
Naj Husain
17 14
Pos. Drivers DAY SEB ELK VIR MOH ATL Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

Team's Championship

Pos. Team Car DAY SEB ELK VIR MOH ATL Points
1 #64 K2R Motorsports LLC Ligier JS P3 2 3 5 1 2 1 190
2 #54 MLT Motorsports Ligier JS P3 3 4 4 4 1 6 174
3 #47 Forty 7 Motorsports Norma M30 1 11 8 3 9 9 152
4 #9 JDC MotorSports Norma M30 1 1 7 7 3 148
5 #6 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P3 13 6 2 11 3 8 148
6 #11 K2R Motorsports Ligier JS P3 8 10 12 6 6 2 145
7 #40 Forty 7 Motorsports Norma M30 11 8 3 5 5 13 143
8 #75 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P3 4 12 7 10 10 5 139
9 #10 Robillard Racing LLC Norma M30 DNS 2 6 2 4 14 134
10 #60 Wulver Racing Ligier JS P3 7 13 9 8 8 7 134
11 #3 Jr III Racing Ligier JS P3 10 5 10 14 12 12 124
12 #86 One Motorsports Ligier JS P3 9 11 12 14 11 98
13 #33 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P3 16 9 15 13 10 92
14 #74 Forty 7 Motorsports Norma M30 13 13 11 4 76
15 #23 Gilbert/Korthoff Motorsports Norma M30 6 7 49
16 #17 Nielsen Racing Norma M30 5 26
17 #19 Performance Tech Motorsport Ligier JS P3 9 22
18 #35 Riley Motorsports Ave-Riley AR-2 12 19
19 #61 Conquest/GRS Racing Norma M30 14 17
20 #46 CT Motorsports LLC Norma M30 15 16
21 #30 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P3 17 14
Pos. Team Car DAY SEB ELK VIR MOH ATL Points

Bronze Driver's Cup

Pos. Drivers DAY SEB ELK VIR MOH ATL Points
1 Steven Thomas 1 3 3 2 2 1 194
2 David Grant
Keith Grant
3 1 1 1 1 170
3 Paul LaHaye 2 2 3 4 3 152
4 Lance Willsey 5 2 4 3 2 148
5 Bud Grossenbacher 2 4 2 92
6 Thomas Merrill 1 1 70
7 Dave House 2 32
8 Chip Romer 3 30
9 Danny Kok
George Staikos
4 28
10 Anthony Lazzaro 5 26
Pos. Drivers DAY SEB ELK VIR MOH ATL Points

References

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