2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge

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

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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

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LMP3

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Manufacturer Car Team No. Driver Rounds
Duqueine[2] Duqueine D-08   Fast MD Racing with Remstar[2] 87   Marco Kacic[2] 1
  Jagger Jones 2–4
Ligier Ligier JS P320   MLT Motorsports[3] 6   Steven Aghakhani[3] 1–4
  Performance Tech Motorsports[2] 7   Alex Kirby[2] 1–4
18   Jordan Menzin 3–4
38   Scott Locke[2] 1
  Jonathan Woolridge 2–4
  Escuderia ABRO[2] 23   Miguel Villagomez[2] 1–3
  Sean Creech Motorsport[2] 33   Lance Willsey[2] 1
  Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports[2] 51   Cody Ware[2] 1–2
  Ryan Phinny 3–4
  Ave Motorsports[2] 61   George Staikos[2] 1, 4
  Ryan Phinny 2
  Seth Lucas 3
  Mishumotors[2] 70   Mirco Schultis[2] 1–2
  Forte Racing[2] 77   Brian Thienes[2] 1–4
Manufacturer Car Team No. Driver Rounds
Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4   Prosport Competition 2   Jason Bell 2
  Archangel Motorsports[2] 22   Robbie McWilliams[2] 1
  Todd Coleman 2
  Ruckus Racing[2] 45   Scott Blind[2] 1–4
  van der Steur Racing[2] 82   Brady Behrman[2] 1
  Jackson Lee 2
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo   Rebel Rock Racing[4] 72   Frank DePew[4] 1–4
BMW BMW M4 GT4 Gen II   Team ACP by Random Vandals[5] 9   Nathan Martin[5] 1
  Swish Motorsports[2] 12   Michael Dayton[2] 1–4
  Stephen Cameron Racing[2] 19   Sean Quinlan[2] 1
  Gregory Liefooghe 2
43   Gregory Liefooghe[2] 1
  Sean Quinlan 2
  Auto Technic Racing[2] 25   Mark Brummond[2] 1–3
26   Christopher Tasca[2] 1
  Split Decision Motorsports[2] 88   Patrick Wilmot[2] 1–4
  Turner Motorsport[2] 96   Joe Dalton[2] 1, 3
  Vincent Barletta 2–3
Ford Ford Mustang GT4 (2024)   KohR Motorsports[2] 59   Luca Mars[2] 1–4
  Stephen Cameron Racing 19   Sean Quinlan 4
  Polito Racing 98   Jack Polito 4
McLaren McLaren Artura GT4   Motorsport in Action[2] 21   Jesse Lazare[2] 1–4
Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT4   Thaze Competition[2] 37   Marc Miller[2] 1
  Eddie Killeen 2–4
78   Jonathan Woolridge[2] 1
  Josh Green 3–4
Porsche Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport   KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering[2] 5   Angus Rogers[2] 1–4
  BGB Motorsports[2] 17   Will Wachs[2] 1–3
808   Jim Jonsin[2] 1
  Thomas Collingwood 2
  Baby Bull Racing[2] 44   Moisey Uretsky[2][N 1] 1, 4
55   Michael Cooper[2] 1
  Czabok-Simpson Motorsport[6] 66   Jackson Lee[6] 1
Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo   BSI Racing 67   Eric Thompson 1

Race Results

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Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit P3 Winner GSX Winner
1 R1   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 R1   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 R1   Mid-Ohio   No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar   No. 59 KohR Motorsports
  Jagger Jones   Luca Mars
R2   No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar   No. 21 Motorsport in Action
  Jagger Jones   Jesse Lazare
4 R1   Mosport   No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar   No. 98 Polito Racing
  Jagger Jones   Jack Polito
R2   No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar   No. 78 Thaze Competition
  Jagger Jones   Josh Green
5 R1   VIR
R2
6 R1   Road Atlanta
R2

Championship Standings

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Points system

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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

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

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

LMP3 Bronze Drivers Cup

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

GSX Bronze Drivers Cup

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

LMP3 Team's Championship

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Pos. Team DAY
 
STP
 
MOH
 
MOS
 
VIR
 
ATL
 
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 Championship

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Pos. Team DAY
 
STP
 
MOH
 
MOS
 
VIR
 
ATL
 
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 Championship

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


Notes

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  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.

References

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  1. ^ "2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Schedule".
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay Wire Service, IMSA (January 15, 2024). "VP Racing Challenge Ready to Sprint into Second Season". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Dagys, John (December 28, 2023). "Aghakhani to Make LMP3 Debut With MLT Motorsports". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Dagys, John (January 12, 2024). "Rebel Rock Confirms Switch to Aston Martin GT4s". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Dagys, John (January 11, 2024). "Random Vandals Expands to Three-Car BMW GT4 Program". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  6. ^ a b 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