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 1 hour 45 mins

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] 1–4
Greg Palmer[4] 1–4
Performance Tech Motorsports[5] Ligier JS P3 6 Dan Goldburg[5] 1–4
Blake Mount[5] 1, 4
Rasmus Lindh[6] 2–3
75 Cameron Cassels[5] 1–4
Max Hanratty[5] 1–4
JDC MotorSports Norma M30 9 Scott Andrews[6] 2–4
Gerry Kraut[6] 2–4
Robillard Racing LLC[7] Norma M30 10 Stevan McAleer[7] 1–4
Joe Robillard[7] 1–4
K2R Motorsports[7]
MG1 Motorsports LLC		 Ligier JS P3 11 Steven Thomas[7] 1–4
Thomas Merrill[7] 1
64 Matthew Bell[7] 1–4
Naveen Rao[7] 1–4
Nielsen Racing[8] Norma M30 17 Garett Grist[8] 1
Rob Hodes[8] 1
Gilbert/Korthoff Racing[7] Norma M30 23 Jon Brownson[7] 1–2
Anthony Simone[7] 1–2
Sean Creech Motorsport[7] Ligier JS P3 30 Wayne Boyd[7] 1
Naj Husain[7] 1
33 Lance Willsey[7] 1–2, 4
Anthony Lazzaro[7] 1
Bud Grossenbacher[6] 2, 4
Riley Motorsports[7] Ave-Riley AR-2 35 Jim Cox[7] 1
Dylan Murry[7] 1
Forty 7 Motorsports[7] Norma M30 40 David Grant[7] 1–4
Keith Grant[7] 1–4
47 Joel Janco[7] 1–4
J.J. Jorge[7] 1–3
Kyle Kirkwood[7] 1, 4
74 Jon Brownson[9] 3–4
Wyatt Schwab[9] 3–4
CT Motorsports LLC[7] Norma M30 46 Scott Huffaker II[7] 1
Steven Scullen III[7] 1
MLT Motorsports[7] Ligier JS P3 54 Dakota Dickerson[7] 1–4
Dean Baker[7] 1
Dom Cicero[6] 2–4
Wulver Racing[7] Ligier JS P3 60 Bruce Hamilton III[7] 1–4
Tõnis Kasemets[7] 1–4
Tristan Viidas[7] 1
Conquest/GRS Racing[7] Norma M30 61 Danny Kok[7] 1
George Staikos[7] 1
One Motorsports[7] Ligier JS P3 86 Paul LaHaye[7] 1, 3–4
Dave House[7] 1
Entry List:[7][6][9][10]

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
5 Mid-Ohio
6 Road Atlanta
Results[11][12][13]

Notes
  1. Qualifying for the Sebring Round was cancelled due to heavy rain, resulting in the grid being 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 88
2 Dakota Dickerson 3 4 4 86
3 Joel Janco
J.J. Jorge		 1 11 8 78
4 Dan Goldburg 13 6 2 75
5 David Grant
Keith Grant		 11 8 3 73
6 Cameron Cassels
Max Hanratty		 4 12 7 71
7 Scott Andrews
Gerry Kraut		 1 1 70
8 Eric Palmer
Greg Palmer		 10 5 10 68
9 Jon Brownson 6 7 13 67
10 Bruce Hamilton III
Tõnis Kasemets		 7 13 9 64
11 Steven Thomas 8 10 12 63
12 Stevan McAleer
Joe Robillard		 DNS 2 6 57
13 Rasmus Lindh 6 2 57
14 Dominic Cicero 4 4 56
15 Anthony Simone 6 7 49
16 Paul LaHaye 9 11 42
17 Lance Willsey 16 9 37
18 Kyle Kirkwood 1 55
19 Dean Baker 3 30
20 Garett Grist
Rob Hodes		 5 26
21 Tristan Viidas 7 24
22 Thomas Merrill 8 23
23 Dave House 9 22
24 Bud Grossenbacher 9 22
25 Jim Cox
Dylan Murry		 12 19
26 Blake Mount 13 18
27 Wyatt Schwab 13 18
28 Danny Kok
George Staikos		 14 17
29 Scott Huffaker II
Steven Scullen III		 15 16
30 Anthony Lazzaro 16 15
31 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)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

Team's Championship
Pos. Team Car DAY SEB ELK VIR MOH ATL Points
1 #64 MG1 Motorsports LLC Ligier JS P3 2 3 5 88
2 #54 MLT Motorsports Ligier JS P3 3 4 4 86
3 #47 Forty 7 Motorsports Norma M30 1 11 8 78
4 #6 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P3 13 6 2 75
5 #40 Forty 7 Motorsports Norma M30 11 8 3 73
6 #75 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P3 4 12 7 71
7 #9 JDC MotorSports Norma M30 1 1 70
8 #3 Jr III Racing Ligier JS P3 10 5 10 68
9 #60 Wulver Racing Ligier JS P3 7 13 9 64
10 #11 K2R Motorsports Ligier JS P3 8 10 12 63
11 #10 Robillard Racing LLC Norma M30 DNS 2 6 57
12 #23 Gilbert/Korthoff Motorsports Norma M30 6 7 49
13 #86 One Motorsports Ligier JS P3 9 11 42
14 #33 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P3 16 9 37
15 #17 Nielsen Racing Norma M30 5 26
16 #35 Riley Motorsports Ave-Riley AR-2 12 19
17 #74 Forty 7 Motorsports Norma M30 13 18
18 #61 Conquest/GRS Racing Norma M30 14 17
19 #46 CT Motorsports LLC Norma M30 15 16
20 #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 David Grant
Keith Grant		 3 1 1 100
2 Steven Thomas 1 3 3 95
3 Paul LaHaye 2 2 64
4 Lance Willsey 5 2 58
5 Thomas Merrill 1 35
6 Dave House 2 32
7 Bud Grossenbacher 2 32
8 Danny Kok
George Staikos		 4 28
9 Anthony Lazzaro 5 26
Pos. Drivers DAY SEB ELK VIR MOH ATL Points

References
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  3. "JR III Planning Expansion to Two-Car LMP3 Operation". sportscar365.com. October 29, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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  8. Lloyd, Daniel (December 23, 2019). "ELMS Squad Nielsen to Expand into IMSA Competition". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  9. "2020 IMSA Prototype Challenge Road America Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. July 30, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  10. "2020 IMSA Prototype Challenge VIR Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
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  12. IMSA Wire Service (July 18, 2020). "Andrews, Kraut Take Sebring IPC Win". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
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