2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge

Motor racing championship

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

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

LMP3

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Duqueine^[2]	Duqueine D-08	Fast MD Racing with Remstar^[2]	87	Marco Kacic^[2]	1
Duqueine^[2]	Duqueine D-08	Fast MD Racing with Remstar^[2]	87	Jagger Jones	2
Ligier	Ligier JS P320	MLT Motorsports^[3]	6	Steven Aghakhani^[3]	1–2
		Performance Tech Motorsports^[2]	7	Alex Kirby^[2]	1–2
			38	Scott Locke^[2]	1
			38	Jonathan Woolridge	2
		Escuderia ABRO^[2]	23	Miguel Villagomez^[2]	1–2
		Sean Creech Motorsport^[2]	33	Lance Willsey^[2]	1
		Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports^[2]	51	Cody Ware^[2]	1–2
		Ave Motorsports^[2]	61	George Staikos^[2]	1
		Ave Motorsports^[2]	61	Ryan Phinny	2
		Mishumotors^[2]	70	Mirco Schultis^[2]	1–2
		Forte Racing^[2]	77	Brian Thienes^[2]	1–2

GSX


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
		Archangel Motorsports^[2]	22	Todd Coleman	2
		Ruckus Racing^[2]	45	Scott Blind^[2]	1–2
		van der Steur Racing^[2]	82	Brady Behrman^[2]	1
		van der Steur Racing^[2]	82	Jackson Lee	2
	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo	Rebel Rock Racing^[4]	72	Frank DePew^[4]	1–2
BMW	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	Team ACP by Random Vandals^[5]	9	Nathan Martin^[5]	1
		Swish Motorsports^[2]	12	Michael Dayton^[2]	1–2
		Stephen Cameron Racing^[2]	19	Sean Quinlan^[2]	1
			19	Gregory Liefooghe	2
			43	Gregory Liefooghe^[2]	1
			43	Sean Quinlan	2
		Auto Technic Racing^[2]	25	Mark Brummond^[2]	1–2
		Auto Technic Racing^[2]	26	Christopher Tasca^[2]	1
		Split Decision Motorsports^[2]	88	Patrick Wilmot^[2]	1–2
		Turner Motorsport^[2]	96	Joe Dalton^[2]	1
		Turner Motorsport^[2]	96	Vincent Barletta	2
Ford	Ford Mustang GT4 (2024)	KohR Motorsports^[2]	59	Luca Mars^[2]	1–2
McLaren	McLaren Artura GT4	Motorsport in Action^[2]	21	Jesse Lazare^[2]	1–2
Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Thaze Competition^[2]	37	Marc Miller^[2]	1
			37	Eddie Killeen	2
			78	Jonathan Woolridge^[2]	1
Porsche	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering^[2]	5	Angus Rogers^[2]	1–2
		BGB Motorsports^[2]	17	Will Wachs^[2]	1–2
			808	Jim Jonsin^[2]	1
			808	Thomas Collingwood	2
		Baby Bull Racing^[2]	44	Moisey Uretsky^[2]^{[N 1]}	1
		Baby Bull Racing^[2]	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

Bold indicates overall winner.


Round		Circuit	P3 Winner	GSX Winner
1	R1	Daytona	No. 6 MLT Motorsports	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
	R1		Steven Aghakhani	Luca Mars
	R2		No. 6 MLT Motorsports	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
	R2		Steven Aghakhani	Luca Mars
2	R1	St. Petersburg	No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 21 Motorsport in Action
	R1		Jagger Jones	Jesse Lazare
	R2		No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 21 Motorsport in Action
	R2		Jagger Jones	Jesse Lazare
3	R1	Mid-Ohio
	R1
	R2
	R2
4	R1	Mosport
	R1
	R2
	R2
5	R1	VIR
	R1
	R2
	R2
6	R1	Road Atlanta
	R1
	R2
	R2

Championship Standings

Points system

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

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		STP		Points
1	Steven Aghakhani	1	1	2	6	1270
2	Miguel Villagomez	10	3	6	2	1080
3	Brian Thienes	5	4	7	3	1080
4	Mirco Schultis	6	5	5	7	1010
5	Alex Kirby	2	10	8	DNS	760
6	Cody Ware	3	8	9	DNS	750
7	Jagger Jones			1	1	700
8	Marco Kacic	4	2			600
9	Jonathan Woolridge			3	5	560
10	Ryan Phinny			4	4	560
11	Lance Willsey	7	6			490
12	George Staikos	8	7			470
13	Scott Locke	9	9			440

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		STP		Points
1	Luca Mars	1	1	3	4	1280
2	Jesse Lazare	13	4	1	1	1160
3	Jackson Lee	7	6	2	2	1130
4	Gregory Liefooghe	2	3	15	3	1080
5	Michael Dayton	10	9	4	6	960
6	Patrick Wilmot	5	5	17	5	920
7	Scott Blind	12	8	6	9	890
8	Sean Quinlan	9	12	5	16	820
9	Angus Rogers	15	13	9	7	800
10	Mark Brummond	8	18	7	13	780
11	Will Wachs	17	17	11	12	670
12	Michael Cooper	4	2			600
13	Eric Thompson	6	7			490
14	Thomas Collingwood			8	10	440
15	Marc Miller	3	19			420
16	Jason Bell			13	8	410
17	Todd Coleman			12	11	390
18	Brady Behrman	14	10			380
19	Eddie Killeen			10	14	380
20	Jim Jonsin	11	14			370
21	Moisey Uretsky	18	11			330
22	Frank DePew	DNS	DNS	14	15	330
23	Joe Dalton	16	15			310
24	Vincent Barletta			16	17	290
25	Christopher Tasca	20	16			260
26	Robbie McWilliams	19	20			230
27	Nathan Martin	DNS	DNS			0
28	Jonathan Woolridge	DNS	DNS			0

LMP3 Bronze Drivers Cup

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		STP		Points
1	Brian Thienes	1	1	3	2	1320
2	Mirco Schultis	2	2	1	3	1290
3	Miguel Villagomez			2	1	670
4	Lance Willsey	3	3			600
5	George Staikos	4	4			560
6	Scott Locke	5	5			520

GSX Bronze Drivers Cup

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		STP		Points
1	Michael Dayton	3	2	1	1	1320
2	Scott Blind	5	1	3	4	1190
3	Sean Quinlan	2	5	2	11	1100
4	Mark Brummond	1	11	4	8	1060
5	Angus Rogers	7	6	6	2	1060
6	Will Wachs	9	10	8	7	900
7	Brady Behrman	6	3			550
8	Jim Jonsin	4	7			520
9	Thomas Collingwood			5	5	520
10	Jason Bell			10	3	510
11	Moisey Uretsky	10	4			490
12	Todd Coleman			9	6	470
13	Eddie Killeen			7	9	460
14	Joe Dalton	8	8			460
15	Christopher Tasca	12	9			410
16	Frank DePew	DNS	DNS	11	10	410
17	Robbie McWilliams	11	12			390
18	Vincent Barletta			12	12	380

LMP3 Team's Championship

Pos.	Team	DAY		Points
1	#6 MLT Motorsports	1	1	700
2	#87 Fast MD Racing with Remstar	4	2	600
3	#77 Forte Racing	5	4	540
4	#7 Performance Tech Motorsports	2	10	530
5	#51 Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports	3	8	530
6	#23 Escuderia ABRO	10	3	510
7	#70 Mishumotors	6	5	510
8	#33 Sean Creech Motorsport	7	6	490
9	#61 Ave Motorsports	8	7	470
10	#38 Performance Tech Motorsports	9	9	440

GSX Team's Championship

Pos.	Team	DAY		Points
1	#59 KohR Motorsports	1	1	700
2	#43 Stephen Cameron Racing	2	3	620
3	#55 Baby Bull Racing	4	2	600
4	#88 Split Decision Motorsports	5	5	520
5	#67 BSI Racing	6	7	490
6	#66 Czabok-Simpson Motorsport	7	6	490
7	#21 Motorsports in Action	13	4	460
8	#12 Swish Motorsports	10	9	430
9	#37 Thaze Competition	3	19	420
10	#45 Ruckus Racing	12	8	420
11	#19 Stephen Cameron Racing	9	12	410
12	#82 van der Steur Racing	14	10	380
13	#808 BGB Motorsports	11	14	370
14	#25 Auto Technic Racing	8	18	360
15	#5 KMW Motorsports with TMR	15	13	340
16	#44 Baby Bull Racing	18	11	330
17	#96 Turner Motorsport	16	15	310
18	#17 BGB Motorsports	17	17	280
19	#26 Auto Technic Racing	20	16	260
20	#22 Archangel Motorsports	19	20	230
21	#9 Team ACP by Random Vandals	DNS	DNS	0
22	#72 Rebel Rock Racing	DNS	DNS	0
23	#78 Thaze Competition	DNS	DNS	0

GSX Manufacturer's Championship

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		Points
1	Ford	1	1	700
2	BMW	2	3	620
3	Porsche	4	2	600
4	Mercedes-AMG	3	19	540
5	McLaren	13	4	520
6	Toyota	6	7	520
7	Aston Martin	12	8	500

Notes

^ 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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^ 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Regulations