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2019 IMSA Prototype Challenge

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The 2019 IMSA Prototype Challenge is the fourteenth season of the IMSA Lites series and its successors and the third season as the IMSA Prototype Challenge. It began on 5 January at Daytona International Speedway, and concluded on 11 October at Road Atlanta. The IMSA Prototype Challenge series is for future IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers and veteran drivers alike. Entering its 14th season, IMSA Prototype Challenge shifts to a single-class, endurance race format in 2019 with six races held on North America’s most premier road courses. The series will continue to feature the global-spec LMP3 prototypes. The endurance format pairs two-drivers per car in a six race season.

Series news

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  • NBC Sports Group took over from Fox Sports as the series' official broadcaster.[1]
  • Michelin became the new official tire supplier of the series, following the departure of Continental Tire at the end of 2018.
  • The Mazda Prototype Challenge (MPC) class was discontinued at the end of 2018.

Calendar

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Race schedule

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The 2019 schedule was released on 2 August 2018 and features six rounds.[2]

Rnd Circuit Location Date Duration
1 United States Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida 5 January 3 hours
2 United States Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida 14 March 1 hour 45 mins
3 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 5 May 1 hour 45 mins
4 Canada Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario 6 July 3 hours
5 United States Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia 24 August 1 hour 45 mins
6 United States Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia 11 October 1 hour 45 mins

Calendar changes

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Entry List

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All teams use the Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 engines.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Canada ANSA Motorsports Ligier JS P3 2 United States Jon Brownson All
Canada Michal Chlumecky 1, 3–6
United States Dakota Dickerson 1
United States Tim George 2
4 Brazil Leo Lamelas All
United States Neil Alberico All
13 United States Benjamin Waddell 3
France Jordan Perroy 3
United States Jr III Racing Ligier JS P3 3 United States Kris Wilson 5–6
United States Performance Tech Motorsports[3] Ligier JS P3 7 United States Blake Mount[3] All
Brazil Júlio Campos 1
United States Max Hanratty 2–6
19 Canada Dean Baker All
Canada Bradley Baker 1–2, 4
United States Kyle Masson 1, 3–6
75 Canada Cameron Cassels All
United States James French All
United States JDC Motorsports Norma M30 9 United States Scott Andrews 2–6
United States Gerry Kraut 2–6
United States Robillard Racing[4] Norma M30 10 United States Joe Robillard[4] 2–6
United States Kenton Koch 1
United Kingdom Stevan McAleer[4] 1, 4
43 United Kingdom Stevan McAleer[4] 2–3, 5–6
United States Simraceway Motorsports Ligier JS P3 11 United States Maurice Smith 1–3, 5
France Nicolas Rondet 1–3, 5
12 United States Kevin Woods 2–3
United States Tim Moser 2–3
United States Alianza/Gilbert Motorsports[5]
United States Gilbert/Korthoff MotorSports
Norma M30 23 Canada Anthony Simone[5] 1–3
United States Jason Bell[5] 1
United States Mike Skeen 3, 5–6
United States Conquest Racing[6] Ligier JS P3 25 United States Ross Chouest[6] 1–2, 5
Canada Aaron Povoledo[6] 1–2, 5
United States Forty 7 Motorsports Ligier JS P3 25 United States Ross Chouest[6] 6
Canada Aaron Povoledo[6] 6
Norma M30 47 United States Austin McCusker All
Peru Rodrigo Pflucker All
55 United States Nikko Reger All
United States Timo Reger 1–3
United States Wyatt Schwab 4–6
74 United States Wyatt Schwab 1–2
United States Benjamin Waddell 1
United States Colin Thompson 2
Canada Garett Grist 5–6
United States Rob Hodes 5–6
United States K2R Motorsports Ligier JS P3 26 United Kingdom Matthew Bell 2
United States James McGuire Jr. 2
51 United States Rob Hodes 1–4
Canada Garett Grist 1–4
64 United States Naveen Rao 1–5
United States Alex Barron 1–3
United Kingdom Matthew Bell 4–6
United States Sean Creech Motorsports Ligier JS P3 30 United States Naj Husain 6
United States Wayne Boyd 6
33 United States Lance Willsey All
United Kingdom Nigel Greensall 1, 4
United States Polestar Motor Racing Inc. Ligier JS P3 40 United States Keith Grant All
United States David Grant All
United States Kenton Koch 4
United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports[7] Ligier JS P3 52 United States Scott Huffaker[7] 2–5
United States Mike Guasch[7] 2
United States Chris Archinaco 3–5
United States MLT Motorsports Ligier JS P3 54 United States Dylan Murry 2–6
United States David Murry 2
United States Dakota Dickerson 3–4, 6
United States Skylar Robinson 5
United States Wulver Racing Ligier JS P3 60 United States Bruce Hamilton All
Estonia Tonis Kasemets All
Canada Scott Maxwell 1
United States Jade Buford 4
United States ONE Motorsports Ligier JS P3 66 Canada Will Lin 4
United States Mikel Miller 4
United States Benjamin Waddell 4
86 United States Dave House All
United States Paul LaHaye All
United States P1 Motorsports Ligier JS P3 70 United States Joel Janco All
United States Jonathan Jorge All
Entry Lists:[8][9][10][11][12][13]

Results

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Race Results

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Rnd Circuit Pole Position Race Winners
1 United States Daytona United States No. 51 K2R Motorsports Canada No. 4 ANSA Motorsports
Canada Garett Grist
United States Rob Hodes
United States Neil Alberico
Brazil Leo Lamelas
2 United States Sebring United States No. 47 Forty 7 Motorsports United States No. 43 Robillard Racing
United States Austin McCuscker
Peru Rodrigo Pflucker
United Kingdom Stevan McAleer
3 United States Mid-Ohio United States No. 23 Gilbert/Korthoff MotorSports United States No. 54 MLT Motorsports
Canada Anthony Simone
United States Mike Skeen
United States Dylan Murry
United States Dakota Dickerson
4 Canada Mosport United States No. 10 Robillard Racing United States No. 47 Forty 7 Motorsports
United Kingdom Stevan McAleer
United States Joe Robillard
United States Austin McCusker
Peru Rodrigo Pflucker
5 United States Virginia United States No. 43 Robillard Racing United States No. 43 Robillard Racing
United Kingdom Stevan McAleer United Kingdom Stevan McAleer
6 United States Road Atlanta United States No. 43 Robillard Racing United States No. 23 Gilbert/Korthoff MotorSports
United Kingdom Stevan McAleer United States Mike Skeen
Sources:[14][15][16]

Points system

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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

Drivers' Championship

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Overall

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Pos. Driver(s) DAY
United States
SEB
United States
MOH
United States
MOS
Canada
VIR
United States
ATL
United States
Points
1 United States Austin McCusker
Peru Rodrigo Pflucker
2 2 4 1 8 6 175
2 United Kingdom Stevan McAleer 17 1 15 10 1 4 149
3 United States Neil Alberico
Brazil Leo Lamelas
1 10 2 5 22 5 149
4 United States Bruce Hamilton
Estonia Tonis Kasemets
3 17 3 11 10 7 139
5 United States Dylan Murry 5 1 4 4 18 130
6 Canada Cameron Cassels
United States James French
5 6 23 6 6 10 130
7 United States Blake Mount 14 4 9 17 7 9 127
8 United States David Grant
United States Keith Grant
19 8 8 8 5 11 127
9 Canada Dean Baker 7 20 12 13 3 21 112
10 United States Max Hanratty 4 9 17 7 9 110
11 United States Joel Janco
United States Jonathan Jorge
8 11 16 16 14 15 106
12 United States Kyle Masson 7 12 13 3 21 101
13 Canada Garett Grist
United States Rob Hodes
12 19 17 7 15 20 96
14 United States Naveen Rao 6 7 7 18 23 94
15 United States Lance Willsey 11 12 21 19 16 14 93
16 United States Dakota Dickerson 18 1 4 18 89
17 United States Wyatt Schwab 13 9 12 20 12 89
18 United States Joe Robillard 13 13 10 17 13 89
19 United States Scott Andrews
United States Gerry Kraut
21 5 3 21 19 88
20 United States Jon Brownson 18 23 19 9 13 16 88
21 United States Nikko Reger 10 25 22 12 20 12 85
22 United States Dave House
United States Paul LaHaye
16 16 18 15 19 17 85
23 United States Mike Skeen 14 2 1 84
24 United Kingdom Matt Bell 3 18 23 2 83
25 United States Scott Huffaker 22 11 2 11 81
26 Canada Michal Chlumecky 18 19 9 13 16 80
27 United States Alex Barron 6 7 7 73
28 United States Chris Archinaco 11 2 11 72
29 United States Nico Rondet
United States Maurice Smith
4 24 10 18 69
30 United States Ross Chouest
Canada Aaron Povoledo
9 14 12 22 67
31 United States Benjamin Waddell 13 6 14 60
32 Canada Bradley Baker 7 20 13 53
33 Canada Anthony Simone 15 18 14 46
34 United States Kris Wilson 9 8 45
35 United States Kenton Koch 17 8 37
36 United States Timo Reger 10 25 22 36
37 United Kingdom Nigel Greensall 11 19 32
38 Canada Scott Maxwell 3 30
39 United States James McGuire 3 30
40 United States Naj Husain
United States Wayne Boyd
3 30
41 United States Skylar Robinson 4 28
42 United States Tim Moser
United States Kevin Woods
15 20 27
43 United States David Murry 5 26
44 France Jordan Perroy 6 25
45 United States Colin Thompson 9 22
46 United States Jade Buford 11 20
47 Brazil Júlio Campos 14 17
48 Canada Will Lin
United States Mikel Miller
14 17
49 United States Jason Bell 15 16
50 United States Mike Guasch 22 9
51 United States Tim George 23 8
Pos. Driver(s) DAY
United States
SEB
United States
MOH
United States
MOS
Canada
VIR
United States
ATL
United States
Points
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

Bronze Cup

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Pos. Driver(s) DAY
United States
SEB
United States
MOH
United States
MOS
Canada
VIR
United States
ATL
United States
Points
1 United States Joel Janco
United States Jonathan Jorge
1 1 2 3 3 4 190
2 United States Lance Willsey 2 2 6 4 4 3 175
3 United States Dave House
United States Paul LaHaye
3 5 3 2 6 6 168
4 United States Jon Brownson 7 4 1 2 5 145
5 United States Joe Robillard 3 1 5 2 123
6 Canada Michal Chlumecky 4 1 2 5 121
7 United States Kris Wilson 1 1 70
8 United Kingdom Nigel Greensall 2 4 32
9 United States Tim Moser
United States Kevin Woods
4 5 54
10 Canada Bradley Baker
Canada Dean Baker
6 25
11 United States Tim George 7 24
Pos. Driver(s) DAY
United States
SEB
United States
MOH
United States
MOS
Canada
VIR
United States
ATL
United States
Points

Team's Championship

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Pos. Team DAY
United States
SEB
United States
MOH
United States
MOS
Canada
VIR
United States
ATL
United States
Points
1 #47 Forty 7 Motorsports 2 2 4 1 8 6 175
2 #4 ANSA Motorsports 1 10 2 5 22 5 149
3 #60 Wulver Racing 3 17 3 11 10 7 139
4 #54 MLT Motorsports 5 1 6 4 18 130
5 #75 Performance Tech Motorsports 5 6 23 6 6 10 130
6 #7 Performance Tech Motorsports 14 4 9 17 7 9 127
7 #40 Polestar Motor Racing Inc. 19 8 8 8 5 11 127
8 #64 K2R Motorsports 6 7 7 18 23 2 126
9 #43 Robillard Racing 1 15 1 4 114
10 #23 Gilbert/Korthoff Motorsports 15 18 14 2 1 113
11 #19 Performance Tech Motorsports 7 20 12 13 3 21 112
12 #70 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 8 11 16 16 14 15 106
13 #10 Robillard Racing 17 13 13 10 17 13 103
14 #33 Sean Creech Motorsports 11 12 21 19 16 14 93
15 #9 JDC MotorSports 21 5 3 21 19 88
16 #2 ANSA Motorsports 18 23 19 9 13 16 88
17 #55 Forty 7 Motorsports 10 25 22 12 20 12 85
18 #86 ONE Motorsports 16 16 18 15 19 17 85
19 #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 22 11 2 11 81
20 #11 Simraceway Motorsports 4 24 10 18 69
21 #51 K2R Motorsports 12 19 17 7 69
22 #25 Forty 7 Motorsports 9 14 12 22 67
23 #74 Forty 7 Motorsports 13 9 15 20 67
24 #3 Jr III Racing 9 8 45
25 #26 K2R Motorsports 3 30
26 #30 Sean Creech Motorsports 3 30
27 #12 Simraceway Motorsports 15 20 27
28 #13 ANSA Motorsports 6 25
29 #66 ONE Motorsports 14 17
Pos. Team DAY
United States
SEB
United States
MOH
United States
MOS
Canada
VIR
United States
ATL
United States
Points

References

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  11. ^ "2019 IMSA Prototype Challenge Mosport Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  12. ^ "2019 IMSA Prototype Challenge VIR Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  13. ^ "2019 IMSA Prototype Challenge Road Atlanta Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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