2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge

The 2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge season was 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 began on January 20 at Daytona International Speedway and concluded 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 Gebhardt Intralogistics Motorsports[3] 30 Valentino Catalano 6
31 Markus Pommer 6
Fast MD Racing with Remstar[2] 87 Marco Kacic[2] 1
Jagger Jones 2–6
Ligier Ligier JS P320 MLT Motorsports[4] 6 Steven Aghakhani[4] All
Performance Tech Motorsports[2] 7 Alex Kirby[2] 1–5
18 Jordan Menzin 3–5
38 Scott Locke[2] 1
Jonathan Woolridge 2–4
Escuderia ABRO[2] 23 Miguel Villagomez[2] 1–3, 5–6
Sean Creech Motorsport[2] 33 Lance Willsey[2] 1
Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports[2] 51 Cody Ware[2] 1–2
Ryan Phinny 3–6
Ave Motorsports[2] 61 George Staikos[2] 1, 4, 6
Ryan Phinny 2
Seth Lucas 3
Mishumotors[2] 70 Mirco Schultis[2] 1–2
Forte Racing[2] 77 Brian Thienes[2] All
86 Jon Hirshberg 5–6

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
Todd Coleman 2
Ruckus Racing[2] 45 Scott Blind[2] 1–5
van der Steur Racing[2] 82 Brady Behrman[2] 1
Jackson Lee 2
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo Rebel Rock Racing[5] 72 Frank DePew[5] 1–5
BMW BMW M4 GT4 Gen II Team ACP by Random Vandals[6] 9 Nathan Martin[6] 1
Swish Motorsports[2] 12 Michael Dayton[2] 1–4
Stephen Cameron Racing[2] 19 Sean Quinlan[2] 1
Gregory Liefooghe 2
43 Gregory Liefooghe[2] 1
Sean Quinlan 2
Auto Technic Racing[2] 25 Mark Brummond[2] 1–3, 5
26 Christopher Tasca[2] 1
Split Decision Motorsports[2] 88 Patrick Wilmot[2] 1–5
Turner Motorsport[2] 96 Joe Dalton[2] 1, 3
Vincent Barletta 2, 5
97 Vincent Barletta 3
Ford Ford Mustang GT4 (2024) KohR Motorsports[2] 59 Luca Mars[2] 1–5
Stephen Cameron Racing 19 Sean Quinlan 4–5
Polito Racing 98 Jack Polito 4
McLaren McLaren Artura GT4 Motorsport in Action[2] 21 Jesse Lazare[2] 1–5
Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT4 Thaze Competition[2] 37 Marc Miller[2] 1
Eddie Killeen 2–4
78 Jonathan Woolridge[2] 1
Josh Green 3–4
Porsche Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering[2] 5 Angus Rogers[2] 1–5
BGB Motorsports[2] 17 Will Wachs[2] 1–3
808 Jim Jonsin[2] 1
Thomas Collingwood 2
Baby Bull Racing[2] 44 Moisey Uretsky[2][N 1] 1, 4–5
55 Michael Cooper[2] 1
Czabok-Simpson Motorsport[7] 66 Jackson Lee[7] 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
Steven Aghakhani Luca Mars
R2 No. 6 MLT Motorsports No. 59 KohR Motorsports
Steven Aghakhani Luca Mars
2 R1 St. Petersburg No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar No. 21 Motorsport in Action
Jagger Jones Jesse Lazare
R2 No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar No. 21 Motorsport in Action
Jagger Jones Jesse Lazare
3 R1 Mid-Ohio No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar No. 59 KohR Motorsports
Jagger Jones Luca Mars
R2 No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar No. 21 Motorsport in Action
Jagger Jones Jesse Lazare
4 R1 Mosport No. 6 MLT Motorsports No. 98 Polito Racing
Steven Aghakhani Jack Polito
R2 No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar No. 78 Thaze Competition
Jagger Jones Josh Green
5 R1 VIR No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar No. 59 KohR Motorsports
Jagger Jones Luca Mars
R2 No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar No. 59 KohR Motorsports
Jagger Jones Luca Mars
6 R1 Road Atlanta No. 6 MLT Motorsports No. 59 KohR Motorsports
Steven Aghakhani Bob Michaelian
R2 No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar No. 9 Kingpin Racing
Jagger Jones Tyler Hoffman

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.[8]

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
 MOH
 MOS
 VIR
 ATL
 Points
1 Steven Aghakhani 1 1 2 6 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 3890
2 Jagger Jones 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 4 1 3310
3 Brian Thienes 5 4 7 3 8 8 5 4 5 3 6 5 3150
4 Miguel Villagomez 10 3 6 2 3 6 3 7 5 8 2660
5 Alex Kirby 2 10 8 DNS 6 5 3 3 8 5 2360
6 Ryan Phinny 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 9 9 2220
7 Jonathan Woolridge 3 5 7 7 2 6 1610
8 George Staikos 8 7 7 7 8 7 1420
9 Jordan Menzin 9 9 6 8 7 6 1410
10 Mirco Schultis 6 5 5 7 1010
11 Jon Hirshberg 6 8 7 6 970
12 Cody Ware 3 8 9 DNS 750
13 Marco Kacic 4 2 600
14 Markus Pommer 2 4 600
15 Valentino Catalano 3 3 600
16 Seth Lucas 5 3 560
17 Lance Willsey 7 6 490
18 Scott Locke 9 9 440
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

GSX Driver's Championship

Pos. Drivers DAY
 STP
 MOH
 MOS
 VIR
 ATL
 Points
1 Luca Mars 1 1 3 4 1 3 2 5 1 1 3210
2 Patrick Wilmot 5 5 17 5 4 4 5 3 3 2 2660
3 Scott Blind 12 8 6 9 5 5 6 4 7 5 2440
4 Jesse Lazare 13 4 1 1 3 1 12 2 DNS DNS 2320
5 Angus Rogers 15 13 9 7 11 10 7 6 6 4 2230
6 Michael Dayton 10 9 4 6 8 6 8 10 1880
7 Sean Quinlan 9 12 5 16 9 8 5 3 1830
8 Mark Brummond 8 18 7 13 6 7 2 9 1810
9 Frank DePew DNS DNS 14 15 9 8 10 9 10 8 1650
10 Josh Green 2 2 3 1 1290
11 Vincent Barletta 16 17 7 13 8 6 1190
12 Jackson Lee 7 6 2 2 1130
13 Gregory Liefooghe 2 3 15 3 1080
14 Will Wachs 17 17 11 12 13 11 1050
15 Eddie Killeen 10 14 12 12 11 DNS 960
16 Moisey Uretsky 18 11 4 DNS 4 DNS 890
17 Brady Behrman 14 10 9 7 840
18 Joe Dalton 16 15 10 9 740
19 Michael Cooper 4 2 600
20 Jack Polito 1 7 590
21 Eric Thompson 6 7 490
22 Thomas Collingwood 8 10 440
23 Marc Miller 3 19 420
24 Jason Bell 13 8 410
25 Todd Coleman 12 11 390
26 Jim Jonsin 11 14 370
27 Christopher Tasca 20 16 260
28 Robbie McWilliams 19 20 230
29 Nathan Martin DNS DNS 0
30 Jonathan Woolridge DNS DNS 0

LMP3 Bronze Drivers Cup

Pos. Drivers DAY
 STP
 MOH
 MOS
 VIR
 ATL
 Points
1 Brian Thienes 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 3300
2 Miguel Villagomez 6 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 2620
3 Jordan Menzin 3 3 2 3 4 2 1820
4 Mirco Schultis 2 3 1 3 1270
5 George Staikos 4 5 3 2 1160
6 Lance Willsey 3 4 580
7 Jon Hirshberg 3 4 580
8 Scott Locke 5 6 510

GSX Bronze Drivers Cup

Pos. Drivers DAY
 STP
 MOH
 MOS
 VIR
 ATL
 Points
1 Scott Blind 5 1 3 4 1 1 2 1 5 3 3120
2 Angus Rogers 7 6 6 2 7 6 3 2 4 2 2770
3 Michael Dayton 3 2 1 1 4 2 4 5 2460
4 Sean Quinlan 2 5 2 11 5 3 3 1 2310
5 Mark Brummond 1 11 4 8 2 3 1 7 2270
6 Frank DePew DNS DNS 11 10 5 4 6 4 8 6 1960
7 Vincent Barletta 12 12 3 9 6 4 900
8 Will Wachs 9 10 8 7 9 7 1360
9 Moisey Uretsky 10 4 1 DNS 2 DNS 1160
10 Eddie Killeen 7 9 8 8 7 DNS 1160
11 Brady Behrman 6 3 7 5 1050
12 Joe Dalton 8 8 6 5 970
13 Jim Jonsin 4 7 520
14 Thomas Collingwood 5 5 520
15 Jason Bell 10 3 510
16 Todd Coleman 9 6 470
17 Christopher Tasca 12 9 410
18 Robbie McWilliams 11 12 390

LMP3 Team's Championship

Pos. Team DAY
 STP
 MOH
 MOS
 VIR
 ATL
 Points
1 #87 Fast MD Racing with Remstar 4 2 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 3280
2 #6 MLT Motorsports 1 1 2 6 2 2 1 2 2 2 3220
3 #77 Forte Racing 5 4 7 3 8 8 5 4 5 3 2640
4 #51 Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports 3 8 9 DNS 4 4 4 5 4 4 2410
5 #7 Performance Tech Motorsports 2 10 8 DNS 6 5 3 3 8 5 2360
6 #23 Escuderia ABRO 10 3 6 2 3 6 3 7 2170
7 #61 Ave Motorsports 8 7 4 4 5 3 7 7 2070
8 #38 Performance Tech Motorsports 9 9 3 5 7 7 2 6 2050
9 #18 Performance Tech Motorsports 9 9 6 8 7 6 920
10 #70 Mishumotors 6 5 5 7 1010
11 #33 Sean Creech Motorsport 7 6 490
12 #86 Forte Racing 6 8 480

GSX Team's Championship

Pos. Team DAY
 STP
 MOH
 MOS
 VIR
 ATL
 Points
1 #59 KohR Motorsports 1 1 3 4 1 3 2 5 1 1 3210
2 #88 Split Decision Motorsports 5 5 17 5 4 4 5 3 3 2 2660
3 #45 Ruckus Racing 12 8 6 9 5 5 6 4 7 5 2440
4 #21 Motorsports in Action 13 4 1 1 3 1 12 2 DNS DNS 2320
5 #5 KMW Motorsports with TMR 15 13 9 7 11 10 7 6 6 4 2230
6 #19 Stephen Cameron Racing 9 12 15 3 9 8 5 3 1880
7 #12 Swish Motorsports 10 9 4 6 8 6 8 10 1880
8 #25 Auto Technic Racing 8 18 7 13 6 7 2 9 1810
9 #72 Rebel Rock Racing DNS DNS 14 15 9 8 10 9 10 8 1650
10 #96 Turner Motorsport 16 15 16 17 10 9 8 6 1510
11 #82 van der Steur Racing 14 10 2 2 9 7 1480
12 #37 Thaze Competition 3 19 10 14 12 12 11 DNS 1380
13 #78 Thaze Competition DNS DNS 2 2 3 1 1290
14 #17 BGB Motorsports 17 17 11 12 13 11 1050
15 #43 Stephen Cameron Racing 2 3 5 16 1030
16 #44 Baby Bull Racing 18 11 4 DNS 4 DNS 890
17 #808 BGB Motorsports 11 14 8 10 810
18 #22 Archangel Motorsports 19 20 12 11 620
19 #55 Baby Bull Racing 4 2 600
20 #67 BSI Racing 6 7 490
21 #98 Polito Racing 1 7 590
22 #66 Czabok-Simpson Motorsport 7 6 490
23 #97 Turner Motorsport 7 13 420
24 #2 Prosport Competition 13 8 410
25 #26 Auto Technic Racing 20 16 260
26 #9 Team ACP by Random Vandals DNS DNS 0

GSX Manufacturer's Championship

Pos. Drivers DAY
 STP
 MOH
 MOS
 VIR
 ATL
 Points
1 Ford 1 1 3 4 1 3 1 5 1 1 3240
2 BMW 2 3 4 3 4 4 5 3 2 2 2980
3 Porsche 4 2 8 7 11 10 4 6 4 4 2770
4 Aston Martin 12 8 2 2 5 5 6 4 7 5 2760
5 McLaren 13 4 1 1 3 1 12 2 DNS DNS 2440
6 Mercedes-AMG 3 19 10 14 2 2 3 1 2350
7 Toyota 6 7 520

Notes

  1. ^ 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

  1. ^ "2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Schedule".
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  3. ^ "Motul Petit LeMans - Official Entry List" (PDF). www.imsa.com. IMSA. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Dagys, John (December 28, 2023). "Aghakhani to Make LMP3 Debut With MLT Motorsports". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Dagys, John (January 12, 2024). "Rebel Rock Confirms Switch to Aston Martin GT4s". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Dagys, John (January 11, 2024). "Random Vandals Expands to Three-Car BMW GT4 Program". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  7. ^ a b Dagys, John (January 5, 2024). "Czabok-Simpson Motorsport Sets Porsche GS Lineup". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  8. ^ 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Regulations
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