2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge

The 2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge presented by Mazda is the thirteenth season of the IMSA Lites series and its successors and the second season as the IMSA Prototype Challenge. The season features 6 races across 6 weekends.

2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge presented by Mazda
Previous: 2017 Next: 2019
Parent series:
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge
Support series:
IMSA Michelin Encore

Series news
  • 2018 is the final season Fox Sports will televise the series, NBC Sports Group becomes the series' broadcaster, starting in 2019.
  • 2018 is also the final season that Continental Tire will be the tire supplier, Michelin will take over that role for the 2019 season.
  • 2018 will be the final season of the Mazda Prototype Challenge (MPC) class, with LMP3 to become to sole class from 2019 onwards.

Classes
  • Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3)
  • Mazda Prototype Challenge (MPC)

Calendar

Race schedule

The 2018 schedule was released on 24 August 2017 and features six rounds.[1]

Rnd Circuit Location Date Duration Supporting
1 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 6 1 hour 45 mins WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2 Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 16 1 hour 45 mins 12 Hours of Sebring
3 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama April 22 1 hour 45 mins Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
4 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 8 1 hour 45 mins WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
5 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 18 1 hour 45 mins WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
6 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 12 1 hour 45 mins Petit Le Mans
NC Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida November 9 4 hours IMSA Michelin Encore1

1 LMP3 will participate in this race with the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's GT Daytona class and the Grand Sport and TCR cars from the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge as one single four-hour race. This race will preview the 2019 IMSA rules package and new tyre supplier Michelin.[2]

Calendar Changes

Entry List

LMP3

All teams use Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 engines.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligier JS P3 3 Max Hanratty All
Michael Whelden 1
Benjamin Waddell 2–3, 5
Garett Grist 4
Harry Gottsacker 6
30 Kris Wright All
Daniel Morad 1
Michael Whelden 2
Yann Clairay 3–4
Stephen Simpson 5
Nic Jonsson 6
33 Lance Willsey (M) 1–4, 6
ANSA Motorsports Ligier JS P3 4 Roman De Angelis 1
Dean Baker (M) 2–6
Zacharie Robichon
Charles Wicht Racing Ligier JS P3 7 Charles Wicht (M) 1
Leo Lamelas 1–3, 6
Patricio O'Ward 2
Will Owen 3
Roman De Angelis 4
Andrew Evans 5–6
Mazzoni Ginetta-Juno P3-15 12 Bill Mazzoni 2
P1 Motorsports Ligier JS P3 17 Corey Lewis All
Matt Dicken
25 Kenton Koch All
Joel Janco (M)
42 Jim Garrett (M) All
Robby Foley
Baker Racing Ligier JS P3 19 Brad Baker (M) 2–4
Jan Heylen
Gilbert LMP3 Racing Ligier JS P3 23 Henry Gilbert (M) 1
Andy Pilgrim (M) 1
Mike Skeen 2
Shane Lewis 2
K2R Motorsports Ligier JS P3 26 James McGuire Jr (M) 2
Matthew Bell
51 Rob Hodes (M) All
Sean Rayhall 1–4
Scott Andrews 5
Garett Grist 6
Polestar Motor Racing Inc. Ligier JS P3 40 Keith Grant 3–6
David Grant
Ave Motorsports Riley-Ave AR-2 44 Josh Hurley 1–3
Gary Gibson (M)
Forty 7 Motorsports Norma M30 47 Austin McCusker All
David Droux 1
TJ Fischer 2–6
74 Anthony Simone 2–4, 6
Rodrigo Pflucker
JDC Motorsports Ligier JS P3 55 Gerry Kraut (M) 2, 6
Scott Andrews
Wulver Racing Ligier JS P3 60 Bruce Hamilton 5–6
Tõnis Kasemets
Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P3 75 Cameron Cassels (M) All
Trent Hindman 4
Five Miles Out Racing Norma M30 87 Nicholas Colyvas (M) 3
Jay Howard 3–4
Hanna Zellers 4–6
Daniel Swanbeck 5
Nicholas Colyvas 6
88 Charles Chi (M) 3–6
Memo Gidley
Source: [3][4][5][6][7]

Note: A driver with a (M) is participating in the Amateur Masters Category.

Mazda Prototype Challenge (MPC)

All teams use Elan DP02 chassis and Mazda MZR 2.0L 4 cylinder engines.

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Performance Tech Motorsports 11 Robert Masson All
Kyle Masson 4–6
18 Wyatt Schwab 1–3
John DeAngelis 6
22 Stephen Dawes All
77 Howard Jacobs All
James French 4–5
ODU Motorsports 21 Stuart Rettie 1
46 Jay Salmon 1
Eurosport Racing 24 Tim George 1–2
31 Michal Chlumecky 1, 3–6
34 Jon Brownson All
Wolf Motorsports 28 Bart Wolf All
Tazio Ottis
ONE Motorsports 32 Gerhard Watzinger 6
36 Paul LaHaye All
86 Dave House All
Mikel Miller 1, 6
Source: [3][4][5][6][7]

Results

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit LMP3 Winning Car MPC Winning Car
LMP3 Winning Drivers MPC Winning Drivers
1 Daytona[8] No. 4 ANSA Motorsports No. 11 Performance Tech Motorsports
Roman De Angelis Robert Masson
2 Sebring[9] No. 7 CWR No. 86 ONE Motorsports
Leo Lamelas
Patricio O'Ward		 Dave House
3 Barber[10] No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports No. 31 Eurosport Racing
Yann Clairay
Kris Wright		 Michal Chlumecky
4 Mosport[11] No. 47 Forty 7 Motorsports No. 77 Performance Tech Motorsports
TJ Fischer
Austin McCusker		 James French
Howard Jacobs
5 Virginia[12] No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports No. 77 Performance Tech Motorsports
Stephen Simpson
Kris Wright		 James French
Howard Jacobs
6 Road Atlanta No. 47 Forty 7 Motorsports No. 34 Eurosport Racing
TJ Fischer
Austin McCusker		 Jon Brownson

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

LMP3
Pos. Driver DAY SEB BAR MOS VIR ATL Points
1 Kris Wright 3 3 1 2 1 2 194
2 Austin McCusker 2 2 16 1 6 1 174
3 Max Hanratty 4 8 4 3 5 4 163
4 Leo Lamelas 7 1 3 16 4 13 150
5 TJ Fischer 2 16 1 6 1 142
6 Matt Dicken
Corey Lewis		 12 5 6 6 8 9 140
7 Cameron Cassels 8 11 13 7 9 5 133
8 Rob Hodes 11 16 7 5 3 16 130
9 Robby Foley
Jim Garrett		 9 6 9 8 13 12 129
10 Zacharie Robichon
Dean Baker		 13 8 4 2 8 124
11 Kenton Koch
Joel Janco		 6 14 11 13 7 17 118
12 Keith Grant
David Grant		 5 10 11 3 97
13 Lance Willsey 13 10 12 14 10 96
14 Sean Rayhall 11 16 7 5 85
15 Rodrigo Pflucker
Anthony Simone		 17 2 15 15 78
16 Benjamin Waddell 8 4 5 77
17 Charles Chi
Memo Gidley		 10 12 14 11 77
18 Scott Andrews 12 3 7 73
19 Yann Clairay 1 2 67
20 Gary Gibson
Josh Hurley		 5 7 17 64
21 Michael Whelden 4 3 58
22 Hanna Zellers 9 12 14 58
23 Brad Baker
Jan Heylen		 15 14 11 53
24 Roman De Angelis 1 16 50
25 Andrew Evans 4 13 46
26 Bruce Hamilton
Tõnis Kasemets		 10 6 46
27 Garett Grist 3 16 45
28 Gerry Kraut 12 7 43
29 Jay Howard 15 9 38
30 Patricio O'Ward 1 35
31 Stephen Simpson 1 35
32 Nicholas Colyvas 15 14 33
33 David Droux 2 32
35 Daniel Morad 3 30
36 Will Owen 3 30
37 Matthew Bell
James McGuire Jr		 4 28
38 Harry Gottsacker 4 28
39 Charles Wicht 7 24
40 Trent Hindman 7 24
41 Shane Lewis
Mike Skeen		 9 22
42 Henry Gilbert
Andy Pilgrim		 10 21
43 Daniel Swanbeck 12 19
Pos. Driver DAY SEB BAR MOS VIR 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)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

Mazda Prototype Challenge
Pos. Driver DAY SEB BAR MOS VIR ATL Points
1 Jon Brownson 5 9 2 2 6 1 172
2 Tazio Ottis
Bart Wolf		 3 4 4 7 4 2 170
3 Stephen Dawes 4 3 8 4 3 3 169
4 Howard Jacobs 11 5 7 1 1 5 166
5 Dave House 6 1 5 6 2 10 164
6 Paul LaHaye 9 2 6 3 5 4 163
7 Robert Masson 1 8 3 8 8 9 156
8 Michal Chlumecky 12 1 5 7 8 104
9 James French 1 1 5 96
10 Mikel Miller 6 2 10 78
11 Wyatt Schwab 7 6 9 71
12 Kyle Masson 8 8 9 68
13 Tim George 8 7 47
14 Stuart Rettie 2 32
15 Gerhard Watzinger 6 25
16 John DeAngelis 7 24
17 Jay Salmon 10 21
Pos. Driver DAY SEB BAR MOS VIR ATL Points

LMP3
Pos. Team DAY SEB BAR MOS VIR ATL Points
1 No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports 3 3 1 2 1 2 194
2 No. 47 Forty 7 Motorsports 2 2 16 1 6 1 174
3 No. 3 Extreme Speed Motorsports 4 8 4 3 5 4 163
4 No. 4 ANSA Motorsports 1 13 8 4 2 8 159
5 No. 7 CWR 7 1 3 16 4 13 150
6 No. 17 P1 Motorsports 12 5 6 6 8 9 140
7 No. 75 Performance Tech Motorsports 8 11 13 7 9 5 133
8 No. 51 K2R Motorsports 9 16 7 5 3 16 130
9 No. 42 P1 Motorsports 9 6 9 8 13 12 129
10 No. 25 P1 Motorsports 6 14 11 13 7 17 118
11 No. 40 Polestar Motor Racing Inc. 5 10 11 3 97
12 No. 33 Extreme Speed Motorsports 13 10 12 14 10 96
13 No. 74 Forty 7 Motorsports 17 2 15 15 78
14 No. 87 Five Miles Out Racing 15 9 12 14 77
15 No. 88 Five Miles Out Racing 10 12 14 11 74
16 No. 44 Ave Motorsports 5 7 17 64
17 No. 19 Baker Racing 15 14 11 53
18 No. 60 Wulver Racing 10 6 46
19 No. 55 JDC Motorsports 12 7 43
20 No. 23 Gilbert LMP3 Racing 10 9 43
21 No. 26 K2R Motorsports 4 28
Pos. Team DAY SEB BAR MOS VIR ATL Points

Mazda Prototype Challenge
Pos. Team DAY SEB BAR MOS VIR ATL Points
1 No. 34 Eurosport Racing 5 9 2 2 6 1 172
2 No. 28 Wolf Motorsports 3 4 4 7 4 2 170
3 No. 22 Performance Tech Motorsports 4 3 8 4 3 3 169
4 No. 77 Performance Tech Motorsports 11 5 7 1 1 5 166
5 No. 86 ONE Motorsports 6 1 5 6 2 10 164
6 No. 36 ONE Motorsports 9 2 6 3 5 4 163
7 No. 11 Performance Tech Motorsports 1 8 3 8 8 9 156
8 No. 31 Eurosport Racing 12 1 5 7 8 127
9 No. 18 Performance Tech Motorsports 7 6 9 7 95
10 No. 24 Eurosport Racing 8 7 47
11 No. 21 ODU Motorsports 2 32
12 No. 32 ONE Motorsports 6 25
13 No. 46 ODU Motorsports 10 21
Pos. Team DAY SEB BAR MOS VIR ATL Points

References
  1. "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Schedule Released". IMSA. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. "IMSA Confirms Sebring Encore Race for November 2018 – Sportscar365". Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  3. "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Daytona Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Sebring Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Barber Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  6. "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Mosport Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  7. "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge VIR Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  8. "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Daytona Race Results" (PDF). IMSA. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  9. "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Sebring Race Results" (PDF). IMSA. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  10. "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Barber Race Results" (PDF). IMSA. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  11. "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge CTMP Race Results" (PDF). IMSA. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  12. "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge VIR Race Results" (PDF). IMSA. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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