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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 starts on January 23 at Daytona International Speedway and concludes on October 8 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

Calendar

The 2021 calendar was released on September 9, 2020.[1]

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 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 3
5 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 21
6 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 8
Calendar Changes
  • All races are now 1 hour 45 minutes in length.
  • Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (Mosport) returned to the calendar after being cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Road America, which replaced Mosport in 2020, did not return for 2021.

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.[2]

Entries

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
Car Driver
United States WIN Autosport[3] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 1 United Kingdom Matthew Bell[3] P3 1
United States Naveen Rao[3] 1
11 United States Steven Thomas[3] P3 B 1
United States Jr III Racing[4] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 3 United States Eric Palmer[4] P3 1
United States Greg Palmer[4] 1
33 United States Ari Balogh[4] P3 1
United States Natasha Balogh[4] 1
United States Performance Tech Motorsports[5] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 6 United States Dan Goldburg[5] P3 1
Sweden Rasmus Lindh[5] 1
United States VOLT Racing with Archangel[6] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 7 United States Alan Brynjolfsson[6] P3 1
United States Trent Hindman[3] 1
United States JDC MotorSports[7] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 9 Australia Scott Andrews[7] P3 TBA
United States Gerry Kraut[7] TBA
40 United States David Grant[7] P3 B 1
United States Keith Grant[7] 1
United States Andretti Autosport[8] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 18 United States Jarett Andretti[8] P3 1
United States Tristan Herbert[8] 1
Belgium Mühlner Motorsport America[9] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 21 Germany Laurents Hörr[3] P3 1
Germany Moritz Kranz[3] 1
Canada Conquest Racing/JMF Motorsports[3]

Canada Conquest Racing[10]

Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 34 United States James French[3] P3 1
Germany Peter Ludwig[3] 1
Norma M30 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 61 Canada Danny Kok[10] P3 B 1
Canada George Staikos[10] 1
United States Robillard Racing[3] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 43 United Kingdom Stevan McAleer[3] P3 1
United States Joe Robillard[3] 1
United States CT Motorsports LLC[3] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 46 United States Scott Huffaker[3] P3 1
United States Steven Scullen[3] 1
United States Forty7 Motorsports[3] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 47 United States Jon Brownson[3] P3 1
United States Dario Cangialosi[3] 1
74 United States Courtney Crone[3] P3 1
United States Jason Rabe[3] 1
United States MLT Motorsports[3] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 54 United States Dakota Dickerson[3] P3 1
United States Josh Sarchet[3] 1
United States Wulver Racing[3] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 60 United States Bruce Hamilton[3] P3 1
Estonia Tonis Kasemets[3] 1
United States One Motorsports[3] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 81 United States Indy Al Miller[3] P3 B 1
United States Mel Johnson[3] 1
Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 86 United States Bob Iversen[3] P3 B 1
United States Terry Olson[3] 1
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 [11]
Germany Laurents Hörr
Germany Moritz Kranz 		United States Bruce Hamilton
Estonia Tonis Kasemets
2 Sebring
3 Mid-Ohio
4 Mosport
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 MOS VIR ATL Points
1 Germany Laurents Hörr
Germany Moritz Kranz 		1 350
2 United States Dakota Dickerson
United States Josh Sarchet 		2 320
3 United States David Grant
United States Keith Grant 		3 300
4 United States Jarett Andretti
United States Tristan Herbert 		4 280
5 United States Scott Huffaker
United States Steve Scullen 		5 260
6 United States Steven Thomas 6 250
7 United Kingdom Matthew Bell
United States Naveen Rao 		7 240
8 United States Indy Al Miller
United States Mel Johnson 		8 230
9 United States Courtney Crone
United States Jason Rabe 		9 220
10 United States Eric Palmer
United States Greg Palmer 		10 210
11 United States Jon Brownson
United States Dario Cagialosi 		11 200
12 United States Ari Balogh
United States Natasha Balogh 		12 190
13 United States James French
Germany Peter Ludwig 		13 180
14 United States Alan Brynjolfsson
United States Trent Hindman 		14 170
15 United States Dan Goldburg
Sweden Rasmus Lindh 		15 160
16 United Kingdom Stevan McAleer
United States Joe Robillard 		16 150
Pos. Drivers DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 MOS VIR ATL Points
1 United States Bruce Hamilton
Estonia Tonis Kasemets 		1 350
2 Canada Danny Kok
Canada George Staikos 		2 320
3 United States Bob Iversen
United States Terry Olson 		3 300
Pos. Drivers DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL Points

Team's Championships

LMP3-1

Pos. Team Car DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL Points
1 #21 Mühlner Motorsport America Duqueine M30 - D08 1 350
2 #54 MLT Motorsports Ligier JS P320 2 320
3 #40 JDC MotorSports Duqueine M30 - D08 3 300
4 #18 Andretti Autosport Ligier JS P320 4 280
5 #46 CT Motorsports LLC Duqueine M30 - D08 5 260
6 #11 WIN Autosport Duqueine M30 - D08 6 250
7 #1 WIN Autosport Duqueine M30 - D08 7 240
8 #81 ONE Motorsports Ligier JS P320 8 230
9 #74 Forty7 Motorsports Duqueine M30 - D08 9 220
10 #3 Jr III Racing Ligier JS P320 10 210
11 #47 Forty7 Motorsports Duqueine M30 - D08 11 200
12 #33 Jr III Racing Ligier JS P320 12 190
13 #34 Conquest Racing/JMF Motorsports Duqueine M30 - D08 13 180
14 #7 VOLT Racing with Archangel Ligier JS P320 14 170
15 #6 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P320 15 160
16 #43 Robillard Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 16 150
Pos. Team Car DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL Points

LMP3-2

Pos. Team Car DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL Points
1 #60 Wulver Racing Ligier JS P3 1 350
2 #61 Conquest Racing Norma M30 2 320
3 #86 ONE Motorsports Ligier JS P3 3 300
Pos. Team Car DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL Points

Bronze Driver's Cup

LMP3-1

Pos. Drivers DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL Points
1 United States David Grant
United States Keith Grant 		1 350
2 United States Steven Thomas 2 320
3 United States Indy Al Miller
United States Mel Johnson 		3 300
Pos. Drivers DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL Points

LMP3-2

Pos. Drivers DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL Points
1 Canada Danny Kok
Canada George Staikos 		1 350
2 United States Bob Iverson
United States Terry Olson 		2 320
Pos. Drivers DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL Points

References

  1. ^ Dagys, John (September 9, 2020). "2021 IMSA Challenge Series Schedules Released". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  2. ^ IMSA Wire Service (September 9, 2020). "New Points Structure, Qualifying Format for 2021". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  3. ^ 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 "IPC Roar Official Entry List" (PDF). imsa.com. IMSA. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e Staff, Sportscar365 (December 29, 2020). "Jr III Expands into Two-Car Operation". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 29, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b c Dagys, John (December 2, 2020). "Performance Tech Confirms First LMP3 Lineup". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Release, News (December 17, 2020). "Archangel Expands to IPC With Ligier LMP3 Entry". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 17, 2020. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ a b c d e Dagys, John (December 18, 2020). "JDC to Field Two Duqueine LMP3 Entries". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c {Dagys, John (January 18, 2021). "Audi Customer Racing Manager Herbert Joins Andretti Lineup". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  9. ^ Dagys, John (December 30, 2020). "Muehlner Set for Dual LMP3 Program". sportscar365.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  10. ^ a b c Dagys, John (January 7, 2021). "Conquest, GRS Team Up for Full-Season Entry". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  11. ^ Graham Goodwin (January 24, 2021). "Muehlner Pair Take Daytona Prototype Challenge Season Opener". DailySportsCar. Retrieved January 25, 2021.

External links

Official Website
IMSA Website

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