2022 Porsche Carrera Cup North America

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The 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup North America will be the second season of the Porsche Carrera Cup North America. It is scheduled to begin on March 16 at Sebring International Raceway and end on October 1 at Road Atlanta.

Calendar[]

The preliminary calendar was released on August 6, 2021 at IMSA's annual State of the Sport Address, without disclosing the location of round 2.[1] On October 19, 2021, IMSA announced that an event at the Grand Prix of Long Beach would fill the vacancy in the schedule.[2]

Round Circuit Date
1 United States Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida March 16–19
2 United States Grand Prix of Long Beach, Long Beach, California April 8–10
3 United States WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California April 29–May 1
4 United States Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York June 23–26
5 Canada Grand Prix of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario July 15–17
6 United States Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 5–7
7 TBA TBA
8 United States Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia September 28–October 1

Series News[]

  • The previous generation 991-spec Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car would no longer be permitted to compete in 2022, meaning the grid would be entirely made up of 992-spec machinery.[3]

Entry list[]

Team No. Driver Rounds
Pro Class
Canada Kelly-Moss Road and Race[4] 2 United States Sean Varwig[5] 1
3 Netherlands Kay van Berlo[5] 1
7 United States Michael McCarthy[4] 1
53 United States Riley Dickinson[4] 1
United States MDK Motorsports[5] 6 United States Trenton Estep[5] 1
United States McCann Racing[5] 8 United States Michael McCann[5] 1
United States JDX Racing[6] 9 Canada Parker Thompson[6] 1
United States 311RS Motorsport[5] 11 United States Dimitri Dimakos[5] 1
12 United States Leh Keen[5] 1
United States Wright Motorsports[5] 13 United States Varun Choksey[5] 1
88 United States Hutton McKenna[5] 1
United States Premier Racing[5] 24 United States Adam Adelson[5] 1
United States Topp Racing[5] 58 United States TJ Fischer[5] 1
77 United States Travis Wiley[5] 1
United States ACI Motorsports[5] 81 United States Grant Talkie[5] 1
United States Irish Mike's Racing[5] 95 United States Conor Flynn[5] 1
Pro-Am Class
United States ACI Motorsports[5] 16 United States Pedro Torres[5] 1
17 United States Curt Swearingin[5] 1
18 United States Richard Edge[5] 1
United States Alegra Motorsports[5] 22 United States Carlos de Quesada[5] 1
United States JDX Racing[6] 26 United States Peter Atwater[6] 1
United States Goldcrest Motorsports[5] 30 France Dominique Lequeux[5] 1
55 United States Matt Halcome[5] 1
United States Accelerating Performance[5] 44 United States Moisey Uretsky[5] 1
United States NOLASPORT[5] 47 United States Justin Oakes[5] 1
United States Topp Racing[5] 56 United States Jeff Mosing[5] 1
Canada Kelly-Moss Road and Race[7] 65 Dominican Republic Efrin Castro[7] 1
99 United States Alan Metni[5] 1
United States BGB Motorsports[5] 69 United States Thomas Collingwood[5] 1
Canada Mark Motors Racing[5] 84 Canada Marco Cirone[5] 1
United States Ansa Motorsports[5] 89 United States Mike Zoi[5] 1
United States Irish Mike's Racing[5] 97 United States Craig Conway[5] 1
Am Class
United States JDX Racing[6] 4 United States Robert Hanley[6] 1
Canada Kelly-Moss Road and Race[5] 10 United States Vernon McClure[5] 1
19 United States Tom Balames[5] 1
92 United States Joseph Lombardo[5] 1
United States Goldcrest Motorsports[5] 21 United States Grady Willingham[5] 1
29 United States Jeffrey Majkrzak[5] 1
80 United States Joe Still[5] 1
United States Topp Racing[5] 42 United States Bill Smith[5] 1
United States MDK Motorsports[5] 43 United States Mark Kvamme[5] 1
United States Wright Motorsports[5] 57 United States John Goetz[5] 1

Results[]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 United States Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida March 17 Netherlands Kay van Berlo Netherlands Kay van Berlo Netherlands Kay van Berlo Canada Kelly-Moss Road and Race
2 March 17 Netherlands Kay van Berlo United States Riley Dickinson Netherlands Kay van Berlo Canada Kelly-Moss Road and Race
3 United States Grand Prix of Long Beach, Long Beach, California April 8–10
4
5 United States WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California April 29–May 1
6
7 United States Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York June 23–26
8
9 Canada Grand Prix of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario July 15–17
10
11 United States Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 5–7
12
13 TBA TBA
14
15 United States Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia September 28–October 1
16

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.

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

Driver's Championship[]

Pos. Driver SEB
United States
LBH
United States
LGA
United States
WGL
United States
TOR
Canada
ELK
United States
MOS
Canada
ATL
United States
Points
Pos. Drivers SEB
United States
LBH
United States
LGA
United States
WGL
United States
TOR
Canada
ELK
United States
MOS
Canada
ATL
United States
Points

†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

Team's Championship[]

Pos. Driver SEB
United States
LBH
United States
LGA
United States
WGL
United States
TOR
Canada
ELK
United States
MOS
Canada
ATL
United States
Points
Pos. Drivers SEB
United States
LBH
United States
LGA
United States
WGL
United States
TOR
Canada
ELK
United States
MOS
Canada
ATL
United States
Points

†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

References[]

  1. ^ Dagys, John (August 6, 2021). "IMSA Challenge, Single-Make Series Calendars Revealed". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Long Beach Added to 2022 Schedule". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. October 19, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "Road Atlanta Weekend Notebook". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. November 11, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2021. Road Atlanta marks the last race for the Pro-Am 991 class, with the previous-generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup machinery no longer eligible in 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Dagys, John (January 11, 2022). "Dickinson Switches to Kelly-Moss". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg Pettit, Vince (March 15, 2022). "Record-breaking 43 cars set for Porsche Carrera Cup North America season opener". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Pettit, Vince (March 16, 2022). "JDX Racing re-signs Parker Thompson for Porsche Carrera Cup North America season". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  7. ^ a b Dagys, John (January 18, 2022). "Pro-Am Champ Castro Signs With Kelly-Moss". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 18, 2022.

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