2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge
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The 2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge season was 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 began on January 20 at Daytona International Speedway and concluded 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 | 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 List
[edit ]LMP3
[edit ]GSX
[edit ]Race Results
[edit ]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 | United States No. 6 MLT Motorsports | Canada No. 98 Polito Racing |
United States Steven Aghakhani | Canada Jack Polito | |||
R2 | United States No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar | United States No. 78 Thaze Competition | ||
United States Jagger Jones | United States Josh Green | |||
5 | R1 | United States VIR | 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 | United States No. 59 KohR Motorsports | ||
United States Jagger Jones | United States Luca Mars | |||
6 | R1 | United States Road Atlanta | United States No. 6 MLT Motorsports | United States No. 59 KohR Motorsports |
United States Steven Aghakhani | United States Bob Michaelian | |||
R2 | United States No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar | United States No. 9 Kingpin Racing | ||
United States Jagger Jones | United States Tyler Hoffman |
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.[8]
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 ]
|
Bold - Pole position |
GSX Driver's Championship
[edit ]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 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3210 | ||
2 | United States Patrick Wilmot | 5 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2660 | ||
3 | United States Scott Blind | 12 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2440 | ||
4 | Canada Jesse Lazare | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | DNS | DNS | 2320 | ||
5 | United States Angus Rogers | 15 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2230 | ||
6 | United States Michael Dayton | 10 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 1880 | ||||
7 | Australia Sean Quinlan | 9 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1830 | ||||
8 | United States Mark Brummond | 8 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1810 | ||||
9 | United States Frank DePew | DNS | DNS | 14 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1650 | ||
10 | United States Josh Green | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1290 | ||||||||
11 | United States Vincent Barletta | 16 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1190 | ||||||
12 | United States Jackson Lee | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1130 | ||||||||
13 | United States Gregory Liefooghe | 2 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1080 | ||||||||
14 | United States Will Wachs | 17 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1050 | ||||||
15 | United States Eddie Killeen | 10 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | DNS | 960 | ||||||
16 | Moisey Uretsky | 18 | 11 | 4 | DNS | 4 | DNS | 890 | ||||||
17 | United States Brady Behrman | 14 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 840 | ||||||||
18 | United States Joe Dalton | 16 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 740 | ||||||||
19 | United States Michael Cooper | 4 | 2 | 600 | ||||||||||
20 | Canada Jack Polito | 1 | 7 | 590 | ||||||||||
21 | United States Eric Thompson | 6 | 7 | 490 | ||||||||||
22 | United States Thomas Collingwood | 8 | 10 | 440 | ||||||||||
23 | United States Marc Miller | 3 | 19 | 420 | ||||||||||
24 | United States Jason Bell | 13 | 8 | 410 | ||||||||||
25 | United States Todd Coleman | 12 | 11 | 390 | ||||||||||
26 | United States Jim Jonsin | 11 | 14 | 370 | ||||||||||
27 | United States Christopher Tasca | 20 | 16 | 260 | ||||||||||
28 | United States Robbie McWilliams | 19 | 20 | 230 | ||||||||||
29 | United States Nathan Martin | DNS | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||
30 | Canada Jonathan Woolridge | DNS | DNS | 0 |
LMP3 Bronze Drivers Cup
[edit ]Pos. | Drivers | DAY United States |
STP United States |
MOH United States |
MOS Canada |
VIR United States |
ATL United States |
Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States Brian Thienes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3300 | ||
2 | Ecuador Miguel Villagomez | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2620 | ||||
3 | United States Jordan Menzin | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1820 | ||||||
4 | Germany Mirco Schultis | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1270 | ||||||||
5 | Canada George Staikos | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1160 | ||||||||
6 | United States Lance Willsey | 3 | 4 | 580 | ||||||||||
7 | United States Jon Hirshberg | 3 | 4 | 580 | ||||||||||
8 | United States Scott Locke | 5 | 6 | 510 |
GSX Bronze Drivers Cup
[edit ]Pos. | Drivers | DAY United States |
STP United States |
MOH United States |
MOS Canada |
VIR United States |
ATL United States |
Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States Scott Blind | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3120 | ||
2 | United States Angus Rogers | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2770 | ||
3 | United States Michael Dayton | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2460 | ||||
4 | Australia Sean Quinlan | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2310 | ||||
5 | United States Mark Brummond | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2270 | ||||
6 | United States Frank DePew | DNS | DNS | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1960 | ||
7 | United States Vincent Barletta | 12 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 900 | ||||||
8 | United States Will Wachs | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1360 | ||||||
9 | Moisey Uretsky | 10 | 4 | 1 | DNS | 2 | DNS | 1160 | ||||||
10 | United States Eddie Killeen | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | DNS | 1160 | ||||||
11 | United States Brady Behrman | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1050 | ||||||||
12 | United States Joe Dalton | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 970 | ||||||||
13 | United States Jim Jonsin | 4 | 7 | 520 | ||||||||||
14 | United States Thomas Collingwood | 5 | 5 | 520 | ||||||||||
15 | United States Jason Bell | 10 | 3 | 510 | ||||||||||
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 Championship
[edit ]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 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3280 | ||
2 | #6 MLT Motorsports | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3220 | ||
3 | #77 Forte Racing | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2640 | ||
4 | #51 Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports | 3 | 8 | 9 | DNS | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2410 | ||
5 | #7 Performance Tech Motorsports | 2 | 10 | 8 | DNS | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2360 | ||
6 | #23 Escuderia ABRO | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2170 | ||||
7 | #61 Ave Motorsports | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2070 | ||||
8 | #38 Performance Tech Motorsports | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2050 | ||||
9 | #18 Performance Tech Motorsports | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 920 | ||||||
10 | #70 Mishumotors | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1010 | ||||||||
11 | #33 Sean Creech Motorsport | 7 | 6 | 490 | ||||||||||
12 | #86 Forte Racing | 6 | 8 | 480 |
GSX Team's Championship
[edit ]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 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3210 | ||
2 | #88 Split Decision Motorsports | 5 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2660 | ||
3 | #45 Ruckus Racing | 12 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2440 | ||
4 | #21 Motorsports in Action | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | DNS | DNS | 2320 | ||
5 | #5 KMW Motorsports with TMR | 15 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2230 | ||
6 | #19 Stephen Cameron Racing | 9 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1880 | ||||
7 | #12 Swish Motorsports | 10 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 1880 | ||||
8 | #25 Auto Technic Racing | 8 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1810 | ||||
9 | #72 Rebel Rock Racing | DNS | DNS | 14 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1650 | ||
10 | #96 Turner Motorsport | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1510 | ||||
11 | #82 van der Steur Racing | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1480 | ||||||
12 | #37 Thaze Competition | 3 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | DNS | 1380 | ||||
13 | #78 Thaze Competition | DNS | DNS | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1290 | ||||||
14 | #17 BGB Motorsports | 17 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1050 | ||||||
15 | #43 Stephen Cameron Racing | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 1030 | ||||||||
16 | #44 Baby Bull Racing | 18 | 11 | 4 | DNS | 4 | DNS | 890 | ||||||
17 | #808 BGB Motorsports | 11 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 810 | ||||||||
18 | #22 Archangel Motorsports | 19 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 620 | ||||||||
19 | #55 Baby Bull Racing | 4 | 2 | 600 | ||||||||||
20 | #67 BSI Racing | 6 | 7 | 490 | ||||||||||
21 | #98 Polito Racing | 1 | 7 | 590 | ||||||||||
22 | #66 Czabok-Simpson Motorsport | 7 | 6 | 490 | ||||||||||
23 | #97 Turner Motorsport | 7 | 13 | 420 | ||||||||||
24 | #2 Prosport Competition | 13 | 8 | 410 | ||||||||||
25 | #26 Auto Technic Racing | 20 | 16 | 260 | ||||||||||
26 | #9 Team ACP by Random Vandals | DNS | DNS | 0 |
GSX Manufacturer's Championship
[edit ]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 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3240 | ||
2 | Germany BMW | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2980 | ||
3 | Germany Porsche | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2770 | ||
4 | United Kingdom Aston Martin | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2760 | ||
5 | United Kingdom McLaren | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | DNS | DNS | 2440 | ||
6 | Germany Mercedes-AMG | 3 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2350 | ||||
7 | Japan Toyota | 6 | 7 | 520 |
Notes
[edit ]- ^ 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
[edit ]- ^ "2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Schedule".
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- ^ "Motul Petit LeMans - Official Entry List" (PDF). www.imsa.com. IMSA. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
- ^ a b Dagys, John (December 28, 2023). "Aghakhani to Make LMP3 Debut With MLT Motorsports". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- ^ a b Dagys, John (January 12, 2024). "Rebel Rock Confirms Switch to Aston Martin GT4s". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
- ^ a b Dagys, John (January 11, 2024). "Random Vandals Expands to Three-Car BMW GT4 Program". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ a b Dagys, John (January 5, 2024). "Czabok-Simpson Motorsport Sets Porsche GS Lineup". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
- ^ 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Regulations