2021 IMSA Prototype Challenge

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2021 IMSA Prototype Challenge
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Parent series:
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Michelin Pilot Challenge

The 2021 IMSA Prototype Challenge is the sixteenth season of the IMSA Lites series and its successors, and the fifth under the IMSA Prototype Challenge name. The season started on January 23 at Daytona International Speedway and concludes on November 12 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

Calendar[]

The provisional 2021 calendar was released on September 9, 2020.[1] As of April 7, 2021 the calendar remains provisional and subject to change.

Round Circuit Location Date
1 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 23
2 Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 14
3 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 16
4 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York July 2
5 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia October 8
6 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia November 12
Calendar Changes

Series News[]

  • 2020-spec LMP3 cars will be allowed to compete in the championship for 2021. 2015-spec cars are still allowed. The classes will be called LMP3–1 (2020) and LMP3–2 (2015).
  • Points will be awarded at 10x the amount awarded in 2020, points are still awarded down to 30th place.[3]

Entries[]

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
Car Driver
United States WIN Autosport[4] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 1 United Kingdom Matthew Bell[4] P3 1–2
United States Naveen Rao[4] 1–2
11 United States Steven Thomas[4] P3 B 1–2
United States Jr III Racing[5] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 3 United States Eric Palmer[5] P3 1–2
United States Greg Palmer[5] 1–2
United States Terry Olson[6] 3
United States Mike Skeen[6] 3
United States Ken D'Arcy[7] B 4
United States Marc Sharinn[7] 4
33 United States Ari Balogh[5] P3 1–2, 4
United States Natasha Balogh[5] 1–2
Canada Garett Grist[7] 4
United States Performance Tech Motorsports[8] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 6 United States Dan Goldburg[8] P3 1–4
Sweden Rasmus Lindh[8] 1–4
United States VOLT Racing with Archangel[9] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 7 United States Alan Brynjolfsson[9] P3 1–4
United States Trent Hindman[4] 1–4
United States JDC MotorSports[10] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 9 Australia Scott Andrews[10] P3 TBA
United States Gerry Kraut[10] TBA
40 United States David Grant[10] P3 B 1–4
United States Keith Grant[10] 1–4
United States O'Gara Motorsport[7] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 17 United States Jacob Eidson[7] P3 4
United States Brian Thienes[7] 4
United States Andretti Autosport[11] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 18 United States Jarett Andretti[11] P3 1–2
United States Tristan Herbert[11] 1–2
Belgium Mühlner Motorsport America[12] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 21 Germany Laurents Hörr[4] P3 1–2
Germany Moritz Kranz[4] 1–4
United States Sean Creech Motorsport[13] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 24 United Kingdom Nigel Greensall[13] P3 B 2
United States Francesco Melandri[13] 2–4
United States Lance Willsey[6] 3
United States Anthony Lazzarro[7] 4
Canada Conquest Racing/JMF Motorsports[4]

Canada Conquest Racing[14]

Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 34 Germany Peter Ludwig[4] P3 1–2
United States James French[4] 1
United States Colin Mullan[13] 2–4
Canada Antoine Comeau[6] 3–4
Norma M30 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 61 Canada Danny Kok[14] P3 B 1–4
Canada George Staikos[14] 1–4
United States Robillard Racing[4] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 43 United Kingdom Stevan McAleer[4] P3 1–4
United States Joe Robillard[4] 1–4
United States CT Motorsports LLC[4] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 46 United States Scott Huffaker[4] P3 1–4
United States Steven Scullen[4] 1–4
United States Forty7 Motorsports[4] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 47 United States Jon Brownson[4] P3 1–4
United States Dario Cangialosi[4] 1–4
74 United States Courtney Crone[4] P3 1–4
United States Jason Rabe[4] 1–4
United States One Motorsports[4] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 50 United States Indy Al Miller[13] P3 B 2
86 United States Bob Iversen[4] P3 B 1
United States Terry Olson[4] 1
Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 81 United States Indy Al Miller[4] P3 B 1
United States Mel Johnson[4] 1
2
United States Kenton Koch[13] 2
United States MLT Motorsports[4] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 54 United States Dakota Dickerson[4] P3 1–4
United States Josh Sarchet[4] 1–4
United States Wulver Racing[4] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 60 United States Bruce Hamilton[4] P3 1
Estonia Tonis Kasemets[4][13] 1
Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 P3 2–4
United States Bruce Hamilton[13] 2–4
United States Riley Motorsports[6] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 91 United States Jim Cox[6] P3 3
United States Dylan Murry[6] 3
Icon Class
Car
P3 LMP3-1
P3 LMP3-2
Driver
B Bronze Cup

Race results[]

Bold indicates to overall winner.

Rnd Circuit LMP3–1 Winners LMP3–2 Winners Ref.
1 Daytona Belgium #21 Mühlner Motorsport America United States #60 Wulver Racing [15]
Germany Laurents Hörr
Germany Moritz Kranz 		United States Bruce Hamilton
Estonia Tonis Kasemets
2 Sebring United States #7 VOLT Racing with Archangel United States #24 Sean Creech Motorsport [16]
United States Alan Brynjolfsson
United States Trent Hindman 		United Kingdom Nigel Greensall
United States Francesco Melandri
3 Mid-Ohio Belgium #21 Mühlner Motorsport America United States #24 Sean Creech Motorsport [17]
Germany Moritz Kranz United States Francesco Melandri
United States Lance Willsey
4 Watkins Glen United States #54 MLT Motorsports United States #24 Sean Creech Motorsport
United States Dakota Dickerson
United States Josh Sarchet 		United States Anthony Lazzaro
United States Francesco Melandri
5 Virginia
6 Road Atlanta

Championship standings[]

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
Points 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

Driver's Championships[]

LMP3-1[]

Pos. Drivers DAY SEB MOH WGL VIR ATL Points
1 Germany Moritz Kranz 1 5 1 2 1280
2 United States Dakota Dickerson
United States Josh Sarchet 		2 3 3 1 1270
3 United States Alan Brynjolfsson
United States Trent Hindman 		14 1 7 7 1000
4 United States David Grant
United States Keith Grant 		3 8 4 13 990
5 United States Dan Goldburg
Sweden Rasmus Lindh 		15 2 12 3 970
6 United Kingdom Stevan McAleer
United States Joe Robillard 		16 7 5 5 910
7 United States Scott Huffaker
United States Steve Scullen 		5 10 9 11 890
8 United States Jon Brownson
United States Dario Cagialosi 		11 14 11 6 820
9 United States Courtney Crone
United States Jason Rabe 		9 16 10 9 800
10 United States Colin Mullan 12 6 8 670
11 United States Ari Balogh 12 15 4 630
12 United States Bruce Hamilton
Estonia Tonis Kasemets 		11 8 12 620
13 Germany Laurents Hörr 1 5 610
14 United Kingdom Matthew Bell
United States Naveen Rao 		7 4 520
15 Canada Antoine Comeau 6 8 480
16 United States Mel Johnson 8 6 480
17 United States Steven Thomas 6 9 470
18 United States Jarett Andretti
United States Tristan Herbert 		4 17 420
19 United States Eric Palmer
United States Greg Palmer 		10 13 390
20 Germany Peter Ludwig 13 12 370
21 United States Natasha Balogh 12 15 350
22 United States Terry Olson
United States Mike Skeen 		2 320
23 Canada Garett Grist 4 280
24 United States Kenton Koch 6 250
25 United States Indy Al Miller 8 230
26 United States Jacob Eidson
United States Brian Thienes 		10 210
27 United States James French 13 180
28 United States Ken D'Arcy
United States Marc Sharinn 		14 170
29 United States Jim Cox
United States Dylan Murry 		DNS 0
Pos. Drivers DAY SEB MOH WGL VIR ATL Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

LMP3-2[]

Pos. Drivers DAY SEB MOH WGL VIR ATL Points
1 Canada Danny Kok
Canada George Staikos 		2 2 2 2 1280
2 United States Francesco Melandri 1 1 1 1050
3 United States Bruce Hamilton
Estonia Tonis Kasemets 		1 350
4 United States Anthony Lazzaro 1 350
5 United Kingdom Nigel Greensall 1 350
6 United States Lance Willsey 1 350
7 United States Bob Iversen
United States Terry Olson 		3 300
8 United States Indy Al Miller 3 300
Pos. Drivers DAY SEB MOH WGL VIR ATL Points

Team's Championships[]

LMP3-1[]

Pos. Team Car DAY SEB MOH WGL VIR ATL Points
1 #21 Mühlner Motorsport America Duqueine M30 - D08 1 5 1 2 1280
2 #54 MLT Motorsports Ligier JS P320 2 3 3 1 1270
3 #7 VOLT Racing with Archangel Ligier JS P320 14 1 7 7 1000
4 #40 JDC MotorSports Duqueine M30 - D08 3 8 4 13 990
5 #6 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P320 15 2 12 3 970
6 #43 Robillard Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 16 7 5 5 910
7 #46 CT Motorsports LLC Duqueine M30 - D08 5 10 9 11 890
8 #3 Jr III Racing Ligier JS P320 10 13 2 14 880
9 #34 Conquest Racing/JMF Motorsports Duqueine M30 - D08 13 12 6 8 850
10 #47 Forty7 Motorsports Duqueine M30 - D08 11 14 11 6 820
11 #74 Forty7 Motorsports Duqueine M30 - D08 9 16 10 9 800
12 #33 Jr III Racing Ligier JS P320 12 15 4 630
13 #60 Wulver Racing Ligier JS P320 11 8 12 620
14 #1 WIN Autosport Duqueine M30 - D08 7 4 520
15 #81 ONE Motorsports Ligier JS P320 8 6 480
16 #11 WIN Autosport Duqueine M30 - D08 6 9 470
17 #18 Andretti Autosport Ligier JS P320 4 17 420
18 #17 O'Gara Motorsport / USRT Ligier JS P320 10 210
19 #91 Riley Motorsports Ligier JS P320 DNS 0
Pos. Team Car DAY SEB MOH WGL VIR ATL Points

LMP3-2[]

Pos. Team Car DAY SEB MOH WGL VIR ATL Points
1 #61 Conquest Racing Norma M30 2 2 2 2 1280
2 #24 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P3 1 1 1 1050
3 #60 Wulver Racing Ligier JS P3 1 350
4 #86 ONE Motorsports Ligier JS P3 3 300
5 #50 ONE Motorsports Ligier JS P3 3 300
Pos. Team Car DAY SEB MOH WGL VIR ATL Points

Bronze Driver's Cup[]

LMP3-1[]

Pos. Drivers DAY SEB MOH WGL VIR ATL Points
1 United States David Grant
United States Keith Grant 		1 1 2 2 1340
2 Germany Moritz Kranz 1 1 700
3 United States Steven Thomas 2 2 640
4 United States Indy Al Miller
United States Mel Johnson 		3 300
5 United States Ken D'Arcy
United States Marc Sharinn 		3 300
Pos. Drivers DAY SEB MOH WGL VIR ATL Points

LMP3-2[]

Pos. Drivers DAY SEB MOH WGL VIR ATL Points
1 Canada Danny Kok
Canada George Staikos 		1 2 2 2 1310
2 United States Francesco Melandri 1 1 1 1050
3 United States Anthony Lazzaro 1 350
4 United Kingdom Nigel Greensall 1 350
5 United States Lance Willsey 1 350
6 United States Bob Iverson
United States Terry Olson 		2 320
7 United States Indy Al Miller 3 300
Pos. Drivers DAY SEB MOH WGL VIR ATL Points

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