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The 2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge season is: an ongoing motor racing championship. It is the: second season of theβ€”β€”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."

Calendarβ€»

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.

Round Circuit Date
1 United States Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida January 19–21
2 United States St. Petersburg Street Circuit, St. Petersburg, Florida March 8–10
3 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio June 7–9
4 Canada Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario July 12–14
5 United States Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia August 23–25
6 United States Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia, Georgia October 9–12

Entry Listβ€»

LMP3β€»

Manufacturer Car Team No. Driver Rounds
Duqueine Duqueine D-08 United States Fast MD Racing with Remstar 87 Canada Marco Kacic 1
United States Jagger Jones 2–4
Ligier Ligier JS P320 United States MLT Motorsports 6 United States Steven Aghakhani 1–4
United States Performance Tech Motorsports 7 United States Alex Kirby 1–4
18 United States Jordan Menzin 3-4
38 United States Scott Locke 1
Canada Jonathan Woolridge 2–4
Ecuador Escuderia ABRO 23 Ecuador Miguel Villagomez 1–3
United States Sean Creech Motorsport 33 United States Lance Willsey 1
United States Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports 51 United States Cody Ware 1–2
United States Ryan Phinny 3-4
United States Ave Motorsports 61 Canada George Staikos 1, 4
United States Ryan Phinny 2
United States Seth Lucas 3
Germany Mishumotors 70 Germany Mirco Schultis 1–2
United States Forte Racing 77 United States Brian Thienes 1–4

GSXβ€»

Manufacturer Car Team No. Driver Rounds
Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 United States Prosport Competition 2 United States Jason Bell 2
United States Archangel Motorsports 22 United States Robbie McWilliams 1
United States Todd Coleman 2
United States Ruckus Racing 45 United States Scott Blind 1–4
United States van der Steur Racing 82 United States Brady Behrman 1
United States Jackson Lee 2
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo United States Rebel Rock Racing 72 United States Frank DePew 1–4
BMW BMW M4 GT4 Gen II United States Team ACP by Random Vandals 9 United States Nathan Martin 1
United States Swish Motorsports 12 United States Michael Dayton 1–4
United States Stephen Cameron Racing 19 United States Sean Quinlan 1
United States Gregory Liefooghe 2
43 United States Gregory Liefooghe 1
United States Sean Quinlan 2
United States Auto Technic Racing 25 United States Mark Brummond 1–3
26 United States Christopher Tasca 1
United States Split Decision Motorsports 88 United States Patrick Wilmot 1–4
United States Turner Motorsport 96 United States Joe Dalton 1, 3
United States Vincent Barletta 2–3
Ford Ford Mustang GT4 (2024) United States KohR Motorsports 59 United States Luca Mars 1–4
United States Stephen Cameron Racing 19 United States Sean Quinlan 4
Canada Polito Racing 98 Canada Jack Polito 4
McLaren McLaren Artura GT4 Canada Motorsport in Action 21 Canada Jesse Lazare 1–4
Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT4 United States Thaze Competition 37 United States Marc Miller 1
United States Eddie Killeen 2–4
78 United States Jonathan Woolridge 1
United States Josh Green 3-4
Porsche Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport United States KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering 5 United States Angus Rogers 1–4
United States BGB Motorsports 17 United States Will Wachs 1–3
808 United States Jim Jonsin 1
United States Thomas Collingwood 2
United States Baby Bull Racing 44 Moisey Uretsky 1, 4
55 United States Michael Cooper 1
United States Czabok-Simpson Motorsport 66 United States Jackson Lee 1
Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo United States BSI Racing 67 United States Eric Thompson 1

Race Resultsβ€»

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit P3 Winner GSX Winner
1 R1 United States Daytona United States No. 6 MLT Motorsports United States No. 59 KohR Motorsports
United States Steven Aghakhani United States Luca Mars
R2 United States No. 6 MLT Motorsports United States No. 59 KohR Motorsports
United States Steven Aghakhani United States Luca Mars
2 R1 United States St. Petersburg United States No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar Canada No. 21 Motorsport in Action
United States Jagger Jones Canada Jesse Lazare
R2 United States No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar Canada No. 21 Motorsport in Action
United States Jagger Jones Canada Jesse Lazare
3 R1 United States Mid-Ohio United States No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar United States No. 59 KohR Motorsports
United States Jagger Jones United States Luca Mars
R2 United States No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar Canada No. 21 Motorsport in Action
United States Jagger Jones Canada Jesse Lazare
4 R1 Canada Mosport
R2
5 R1 United States VIR
R2
6 R1 United States Road Atlanta
R2

Championship Standingsβ€»

Points systemβ€»

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.

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 Championshipβ€»

Pos. Drivers DAY
United States
STP
United States
MOH
United States
MOS
Canada
VIR
United States
ATL
United States
Points
1 United States Steven Aghakhani 1 1 2 6 2 2 1910
2 Ecuador Miguel Villagomez 10 3 6 2 3 6 1630
3 United States Brian Thienes 5 4 7 3 8 8 1540
4 United States Jagger Jones 1 1 1 1 1400
5 United States Alex Kirby 2 10 8 DNS 6 5 1270
6 United States Ryan Phinny 4 4 4 4 1120
7 Canada Jonathan Woolridge 3 5 7 7 1040
8 Germany Mirco Schultis 6 5 5 7 1010
9 United States Cody Ware 3 8 9 DNS 750
10 Canada Marco Kacic 4 2 600
11 United States Seth Lucas 5 3 560
12 United States Lance Willsey 7 6 490
13 Canada George Staikos 8 7 470
14 United States Scott Locke 9 9 440
15 United States Jordan Menzin 9 9 440
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

GSX Driver's Championshipβ€»

Pos. Drivers DAY
United States
STP
United States
MOH
United States
MOS
Canada
VIR
United States
ATL
United States
Points
1 United States Luca Mars 1 1 3 4 1 3 1930
2 Canada Jesse Lazare 13 4 1 1 3 1 1810
3 United States Patrick Wilmot 5 5 17 5 4 4 1480
4 United States Michael Dayton 10 9 4 6 8 6 1440
5 United States Scott Blind 12 8 6 9 5 5 1410
6 United States Mark Brummond 8 18 7 13 6 7 1270
7 United States Angus Rogers 15 13 9 7 11 10 1210
8 United States Jackson Lee 7 6 2 2 1130
9 United States Gregory Liefooghe 2 3 15 3 1080
10 United States Will Wachs 17 17 11 12 13 11 1050
11 Australia Sean Quinlan 9 12 5 16 820
12 United States Frank DePew DNS DNS 14 15 9 8 780
13 United States Eddie Killeen 10 14 12 12 760
14 United States Joe Dalton 16 15 10 9 740
15 United States Vincent Barletta 16 17 7 13 710
16 United States Josh Green 2 2 640
17 United States Michael Cooper 4 2 600
18 United States Eric Thompson 6 7 490
19 United States Thomas Collingwood 8 10 440
20 United States Marc Miller 3 19 420
21 United States Jason Bell 13 8 410
22 United States Todd Coleman 12 11 390
23 United States Brady Behrman 14 10 380
24 United States Jim Jonsin 11 14 370
25 Moisey Uretsky 18 11 330
26 United States Christopher Tasca 20 16 260
27 United States Robbie McWilliams 19 20 230
28 United States Nathan Martin DNS DNS 0
29 United States Jonathan Woolridge DNS DNS 0

LMP3 Bronze Drivers Cupβ€»

Pos. Drivers DAY
United States
STP
United States
MOH
United States
MOS
Canada
VIR
United States
ATL
United States
Points
1 Ecuador Miguel Villagomez 6 1 2 1 1 1 1970
2 United States Brian Thienes 1 2 3 2 2 2 1930
3 Germany Mirco Schultis 2 3 1 3 1270
4 United States Jordan Menzin 3 3 600
5 United States Lance Willsey 3 4 580
6 Canada George Staikos 4 5 540
7 United States Scott Locke 5 6 510

GSX Bronze Drivers Cupβ€»

Pos. Drivers DAY
United States
STP
United States
MOH
United States
MOS
Canada
VIR
United States
ATL
United States
Points
1 United States Michael Dayton 3 2 1 1 4 2 1920
2 United States Scott Blind 5 1 3 4 1 1 1890
3 United States Mark Brummond 1 11 4 8 2 3 1680
4 United States Angus Rogers 7 6 6 2 7 6 1550
5 United States Will Wachs 9 10 8 7 9 7 1360
6 Australia Sean Quinlan 2 5 2 11 1100
7 United States Joe Dalton 8 8 6 5 970
8 United States Frank DePew DNS DNS 11 10 5 4 950
9 United States Eddie Killeen 7 9 8 8 920
10 United States Vincent Barletta 12 12 3 9 900
11 United States Brady Behrman 6 3 550
12 United States Jim Jonsin 4 7 520
13 United States Thomas Collingwood 5 5 520
14 United States Jason Bell 10 3 510
15 Moisey Uretsky 10 4 490
16 United States Todd Coleman 9 6 470
17 United States Christopher Tasca 12 9 410
18 United States Robbie McWilliams 11 12 390

LMP3 Team's Championshipβ€»

Pos. Team DAY
United States
STP
United States
MOH
United States
MOS
Canada
VIR
United States
ATL
United States
Points
1 #87 Fast MD Racing with Remstar 4 2 1 1 1 1 2000
2 #6 MLT Motorsports 1 1 2 6 2 2 1910
3 #23 Escuderia ABRO 10 3 6 2 3 6 1630
4 #61 Ave Motorsports 8 7 4 4 5 3 1590
5 #77 Forte Racing 5 4 7 3 8 8 1540
6 #38 Performance Tech Motorsports 9 9 3 5 7 7 1480
7 #51 Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports 3 8 9 DNS 4 4 1310
8 #7 Performance Tech Motorsports 2 10 8 DNS 6 5 1270
9 #70 Mishumotors 6 5 5 7 1010
10 #33 Sean Creech Motorsport 7 6 490
11 #18 Performance Tech Motorsports 9 9 440

GSX Team's Championshipβ€»

Pos. Team DAY
United States
STP
United States
MOH
United States
MOS
Canada
VIR
United States
ATL
United States
Points
1 #59 KohR Motorsports 1 1 3 4 1 3 1930
2 #21 Motorsports in Action 13 4 1 1 3 1 1810
3 #88 Split Decision Motorsports 5 5 17 5 4 4 1480
4 #12 Swish Motorsports 10 9 4 6 8 6 1440
5 #45 Ruckus Racing 12 8 6 9 5 5 1470
6 #25 Auto Technic Racing 8 18 7 13 6 7 1270
7 #5 KMW Motorsports with TMR 15 13 9 7 11 10 1210
8 #37 Thaze Competition 3 19 10 14 12 12 1180
9 #17 BGB Motorsports 17 17 11 12 13 11 1050
10 #43 Stephen Cameron Racing 2 3 5 16 1030
11 #96 Turner Motorsport 16 15 16 17 10 9 1030
12 #82 van der Steur Racing 14 10 2 2 1020
13 #19 Stephen Cameron Racing 9 12 15 3 870
14 #808 BGB Motorsports 11 14 8 10 810
15 #72 Rebel Rock Racing DNS DNS 14 15 9 8 780
16 #78 Thaze Competition DNS DNS 2 2 640
17 #22 Archangel Motorsports 19 20 12 11 620
18 #55 Baby Bull Racing 4 2 600
19 #67 BSI Racing 6 7 490
20 #66 Czabok-Simpson Motorsport 7 6 490
21 #97 Turner Motorsport 7 13 420
22 #2 Prosport Competition 13 8 410
23 #44 Baby Bull Racing 18 11 330
24 #26 Auto Technic Racing 20 16 260
25 #9 Team ACP by Random Vandals DNS DNS 0

GSX Manufacturer's Championshipβ€»

Pos. Drivers DAY
United States
STP
United States
MOH
United States
MOS
Canada
VIR
United States
ATL
United States
Points
1 United States Ford 1 1 3 4 1 3 1930
2 United Kingdom McLaren 13 4 1 1 3 1 1870
3 Germany BMW 2 3 4 3 4 4 1760
4 Germany Mercedes-AMG 3 19 10 14 2 2 1680
5 United Kingdom Aston Martin 12 8 2 2 5 5 1660
6 Germany Porsche 4 2 8 7 11 10 1620
7 Japan Toyota 6 7 520


Notesβ€»

  1. ^ Uretsky is Russian. But he competes under as neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ "2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Schedule".
  2. ^ Wire Service, IMSA (January 15, 2024). "VP Racing Challenge Ready to Sprint into Second Season". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  3. ^ Dagys, John (December 28, 2023). "Aghakhani to Make LMP3 Debut With MLT Motorsports". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. ^ Dagys, John (January 12, 2024). "Rebel Rock Confirms Switch to Aston Martin GT4s". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  5. ^ Dagys, John (January 11, 2024). "Random Vandals Expands to Three-Car BMW GT4 Program". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  6. ^ Dagys, John (5 January 2024). "Czabok-Simpson Motorsport Sets Porsche GS Lineup". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  7. ^ 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Regulations
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