2019 IMSA Prototype Challenge

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.

2019 IMSA Prototype Challenge
Previous: 2018 Next: 2020
Parent series:
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Michelin Pilot Challenge
Support series:
IMSA Michelin Encore

Series news
  • 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

Race schedule

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

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

Calendar changes

Entry List

All teams use the Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 engines.

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

Results

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

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

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

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

Team's Championship
Pos. Team DAY
 SEB
 MOH
 MOS
 VIR
 ATL
 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
 SEB
 MOH
 MOS
 VIR
 ATL
 Points

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