2025 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge

The 2025 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge season is the third 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 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. On August 29, 2024, it was announced that GT3 cars (GTDX) will be added alongside the existing two classes.[1][2]

Classes

Calendar

The provisional schedule was released on August 29, 2024, at IMSA's annual State of the Sport Address, featuring twelve rounds split across six race weekends. All six events had confirmed dates.[3]

Round Circuit Date
1 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida January 17–19
2 Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas February 28 – March 1
3 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio June 6–8
4 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario July 11–13
5 Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia August 22–24
6 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia, Georgia October 8–11

Entry list

All cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine.

LMP3

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Gebhardt Motorsport[4] Duqueine M30 - D08 30 Valentino Catalano[4] 1–4
31 Markus Pommer[4] 1
Óscar Tunjo 2–4
RAFA Racing Team[5] Ligier JS P320 36 Matthew Dicken[6] 1–2, 4
Corey Lewis 3
MLT Motorsports[4] Ligier JS P320 54 Jonathan Woolridge[6] 1–2, 4
Mishumotors[4] Ligier JS P320 70 Mirco Schultis[4] 1–2
Forte Racing[4] Ligier JS P320 77 Brian Thienes[4] 1–4
86 Jon Hirshberg[4] 1
Toney Driver Development[4] Ligier JS P320 80 Brady Golan[6] 1

GTDX

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Turner Motorsport[7] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 6 Jake Walker[7] 1–4
95 Vin Barletta[7] 1–4
Lone Star Racing[8] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 11 Marc Austin[8] 2
Conquest Racing[9] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 20 Dave Musial Jr.[9] 1–2
99 Dave Musial[9] 1–2
Wright Motorsports[4] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 24 Adam Adelson[4] 1–4
GMG Racing[5] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 32 Kyle Washington[10] 1–2
ST Racing[11] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 38 Samantha Tan[11] 1–4
AF Corse[4] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 50 Matias Perez Companc[4] 1–2
Rodin Younessi 3
66 AJ Muss[4] 1–4

GSX

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Automatic Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 09 Matthew Siegal[6] 1
Czabok-Simpson Motorsport[4] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 2 Jackson Lee[4] 1
FastMD Racing with Remstar Racing[4] Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 3 Farhan Siddiqi[6] 1
Di Benedetto Racing[4] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 4 Justin Di Benedetto[4] 1–4
KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering[4] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 5 Angus Rogers[4] 1–2, 4
RAFA Racing Team[12] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 8 Kiko Porto[4] 1–4
68 Ian Porter[4] 1–4
Carrus Callas Raceteam[4] BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 10 Chris Walsh[4] 1–2
Swish Motorsports[4] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 12 Patrick Wilmot[6] 1–2
AR Motorsports Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 14 David Hampton 3–4
Auto Technic Racing[4] BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 19 Roland Krainz[4] 1–4
TWOth Autosport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 22 Chris Walsh 3–4
Stephen Cameron Racing[4] Ford Mustang GT4 Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8 43 Gregory Liefooghe[4] 1
Kingpin Racing[13] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 53 Rob Walker[13] 1, 3
Rebel Rock Racing[4] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 72 Frank DePew[6] 1–4
BSI Racing[4] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 76 Steven Clemons[4] 1–4
89x[4] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 89 Christopher Tasca[6] 1
Turner Motorsport[7] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 96 Matt Dalton[7] 1, 3

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit P3 Winner GTDX Winner GSX Winner
1 R1 Daytona #30 Gebhardt Motorsport #24 Wright Motorsports #8 RAFA Racing
Valentino Catalano Adam Adelson Kiko Porto
R2 #30 Gebhardt Motorsport #24 Wright Motorsports #8 RAFA Racing
Valentino Catalano Adam Adelson Kiko Porto
2 R1 COTA #54 MLT Motorsports #6 Turner Motorsport #8 RAFA Racing
Jonathan Woolridge Jake Walker Kiko Porto
R2 #30 Gebhardt Motorsport #6 Turner Motorsport #68 RAFA Racing
Valentino Catalano Jake Walker Ian Porter
3 R1 Mid-Ohio #36 RAFA Racing #6 Turner Motorsport #76 BSI Racing
Corey Lewis Jake Walker Steven Clemons
R2 #31 Gebhardt Motorsport #24 Wright Motorsports #8 RAFA Racing
Óscar Tunjo Adam Adelson Kiko Porto
4 R1 Mosport #30 Gebhardt Motorsport #6 Turner Motorsport #8 RAFA Racing
Valentino Catalano Jake Walker Kiko Porto
R2
5 R1 Virginia
R2
6 R1 Road Atlanta
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.[14]

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

Drivers' Championships

LMP3 Drivers' Championship

Pos. Drivers DAY
 AUS
 MOH
 MOS
 VIR
 ATL
 Points
1 Valentino Catalano 1 1 5 1 4 2 1910
2 Brian Thienes 5 4 2 4 3 4 1720
3 Óscar Tunjo 6 2 2 1 1240
4 Jonathan Woolridge 6 3 1 3 1200
5 Matthew Dicken 8 6 4 5 1020
6 Mirco Schultis 4 8 3 DNS 810
7 Corey Lewis 1 3 650
8 Markus Pommer 3 2 620
9 Brady Golan 2 7 560
10 Jon Hirshberg 7 5 500
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

GTDX Drivers' Championship

Pos. Drivers DAY
 AUS
 MOH
 MOS
 VIR
 ATL
 Points
1 Adam Adelson 1 1 3 6 3 1 1900
2 AJ Muss 2 3 2 2 2 2 1900
3 Samantha Tan 5 5 5 4 5 4 1600
4 Jake Walker DNS 9 1 1 1 3 1570
5 Vin Barletta 6 6 8 7 4 5 1510
6 Matias Perez Companc 3 2 4 3 1200
7 Kyle Washington 7 4 7 5 1020
8 Dave Musial 4 8 9 DNS 730
9 Dave Musial Jr. 8 7 10 DNS 680
10 Marc Austin 6 8 480
11 Rodin Younessi 6 DNS 250

GSX Drivers' Championship

Pos. Drivers DAY
 AUS
 MOH
 MOS
 VIR
 ATL
 Points
1 Kiko Porto 1 1 1 9 2 1 1940
2 Ian Porter 14 3 3 1 3 5 1680
3 Steven Clemons 11 15 2 3 1 3 1630
4 Justin Di Benedetto 4 4 5 6 5 4 1610
5 Chris Walsh 10 9 8 2 4 2 1580
6 Angus Rogers 7 6 6 7 7 8 1450
7 Roland Krainz 9 11 9 5 10 9 1330
8 Frank DePew 15 10 7 8 11 10 1250
9 Patrick Wilmot 3 7 4 4 1100
10 Rob Walker 5 8 9 7 950
11 Matt Dalton 16 12 6 6 840
12 Gregory Liefooghe 2 5 580
13 Jackson Lee 6 2 570
14 Matthew Siegal 8 13 410
15 Farhan Siddiqi 13 14 350
16 Christopher Tasca 12 16 340
17 David Hampton 8 DNS 230

Teams' Championships

LMP3 Teams' Championship

Pos. Team DAY
 AUS
 MOH
 MOS
 VIR
 ATL
 Points
1 #30 Gebhardt Motorsport 1 1 5 1 4 2 1910
3 #31 Gebhardt Motorsport 3 2 6 2 2 1 1860
2 #77 Forte Racing 5 4 2 4 3 4 1720
5 #36 RAFA Racing Team 8 6 4 5 1 3 1670
4 #54 MLT Motorsports 6 3 1 3 1200
6 #70 Mishumotors 4 8 3 DNS 810
9 #80 Toney Driver Development 2 7 560
10 #86 Forte Racing 7 5 500
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

GTDX Teams' Championship

Pos. Team DAY
 AUS
 MOH
 MOS
 VIR
 ATL
 Points
1 #24 Wright Motorsports 1 1 3 6 3 1 1900
2 #66 AF Corse 2 3 2 2 2 2 1900
3 #38 ST Racing 5 5 5 4 5 4 1600
4 #6 Turner Motorsport DNS 9 1 1 1 3 1570
5 #95 Turner Motorsport 6 6 8 7 4 5 1510
6 #50 AF Corse 3 2 4 3 6 DNS 1200
7 #32 GMG Racing 7 4 7 5 1020
8 #99 Conquest Racing 4 8 9 DNS 730
9 #20 Conquest Racing 8 7 10 DNS 680
10 #11 Lone Star Racing 6 8 480

GSX Teams' Championship

Pos. Team DAY
 AUS
 MOH
 MOS
 VIR
 ATL
 Points
1 #8 RAFA Racing Team 1 1 1 9 2 1 1940
2 #68 RAFA Racing Team 14 3 3 1 3 5 1680
3 #76 BSI Racing 11 15 2 3 1 3 1630
4 #4 Di Benedetto Racing 4 4 5 6 5 4 1610
5 #5 KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering 7 6 6 7 7 8 1450
6 #19 Auto Technic Racing 9 11 9 5 10 9 1330
7 #72 Rebel Rock Racing 15 10 7 8 11 10 1250
8 #12 Swish Motorsports 3 7 4 4 1100
9 #10 Carrus Callas Raceteam 10 9 8 2 980
10 #53 Kingpin Racing 5 8 9 7 950
11 #96 Turner Motorsport 16 12 6 6 840
12 #22 TWOth Autosport 4 2 600
13 #43 Stephen Cameron Racing 2 5 580
14 #2 Czabok-Simpson Motorsport 6 2 570
15 #09 Automatic Racing 8 13 410
16 #3 FastMD Racing with Remstar Racing 13 14 350
17 #89 89x 12 16 340
18 #14 AR Motorsports 8 DNS 230

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