2019 IMSA Prototype Challenge
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The 2019 IMSA Prototype Challenge is the fourteenth season of the IMSA Lites series and its successors and the third season as the IMSA Prototype Challenge. It began on 5 January at Daytona International Speedway, and concluded on 11 October at Road Atlanta. The IMSA Prototype Challenge series is for future IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers and veteran drivers alike. Entering its 14th season, IMSA Prototype Challenge shifts to a single-class, endurance race format in 2019 with six races held on North America’s most premier road courses. The series will continue to feature the global-spec LMP3 prototypes. The endurance format pairs two-drivers per car in a six race season.
Series news
[edit | edit source]- NBC Sports Group took over from Fox Sports as the series' official broadcaster.[1]
- Michelin became the new official tire supplier of the series, following the departure of Continental Tire at the end of 2018.
- The Mazda Prototype Challenge (MPC) class was discontinued at the end of 2018.
Calendar
[edit | edit source]Race schedule
[edit | edit source]The 2019 schedule was released on 2 August 2018 and features six rounds.[2]
| Rnd | Circuit | Location | Date | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Daytona International Speedway | Daytona Beach, Florida | 5 January | 3 hours |
| 2 | United States Sebring International Raceway | Sebring, Florida | 14 March | 1 hour 45 mins |
| 3 | United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | 5 May | 1 hour 45 mins |
| 4 | Canada Canadian Tire Motorsport Park | Bowmanville, Ontario | 6 July | 3 hours |
| 5 | United States Virginia International Raceway | Alton, Virginia | 24 August | 1 hour 45 mins |
| 6 | United States Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | 11 October | 1 hour 45 mins |
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Calendar changes
[edit | edit source]- The round at Barber Motorsports Park was replaced with a round at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
- The rounds at Daytona International Speedway and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park had their race lengths increased from 1 hour 45 minutes to 3 hours.
Entry list
[edit | edit source]All teams use the Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 engines.
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Results
[edit | edit source]Race results
[edit | edit source]Points system
[edit | edit source]| 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 |
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| Race | 35 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' Championship
[edit | edit source]Overall
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Bold - Pole position |
Bronze Cup
[edit | edit source]| Pos. | Driver(s) | DAY United States |
SEB United States |
MOH United States |
MOS Canada |
VIR United States |
ATL United States |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Joel Janco United States Jonathan Jorge |
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 190 |
| 2 | United States Lance Willsey | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 175 |
| 3 | United States Dave House United States Paul LaHaye |
3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 168 |
| 4 | United States Jon Brownson | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 145 | |
| 5 | United States Joe Robillard | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 123 | ||
| 6 | Canada Michal Chlumecky | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 121 | ||
| 7 | United States Kris Wilson | 1 | 1 | 70 | ||||
| 8 | United Kingdom Nigel Greensall | 2 | 4 | 32 | ||||
| 9 | United States Tim Moser United States Kevin Woods |
4 | 5 | 54 | ||||
| 10 | Canada Bradley Baker Canada Dean Baker |
6 | 25 | |||||
| 11 | United States Tim George | 7 | 24 | |||||
| Pos. | Driver(s) | DAY United States |
SEB United States |
MOH United States |
MOS Canada |
VIR United States |
ATL United States |
Points |
Team's Championship
[edit | edit source]| Pos. | Team | DAY United States |
SEB United States |
MOH United States |
MOS Canada |
VIR United States |
ATL United States |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #47 Forty 7 Motorsports | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 175 |
| 2 | #4 ANSA Motorsports | 1 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 149 |
| 3 | #60 Wulver Racing | 3 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 139 |
| 4 | #54 MLT Motorsports | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 130 | |
| 5 | #75 Performance Tech Motorsports | 5 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 130 |
| 6 | #7 Performance Tech Motorsports | 14 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 127 |
| 7 | #40 Polestar Motor Racing Inc. | 19 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 127 |
| 8 | #64 K2R Motorsports | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 126 |
| 9 | #43 Robillard Racing | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 114 | ||
| 10 | #23 Gilbert/Korthoff Motorsports | 15 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 113 | |
| 11 | #19 Performance Tech Motorsports | 7 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 112 |
| 12 | #70 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | 8 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 106 |
| 13 | #10 Robillard Racing | 17 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 103 |
| 14 | #33 Sean Creech Motorsports | 11 | 12 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 93 |
| 15 | #9 JDC MotorSports | 21 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 88 | |
| 16 | #2 ANSA Motorsports | 18 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 88 |
| 17 | #55 Forty 7 Motorsports | 10 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 85 |
| 18 | #86 ONE Motorsports | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 85 |
| 19 | #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | 22 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 81 | ||
| 20 | #11 Simraceway Motorsports | 4 | 24 | 10 | 18 | 69 | ||
| 21 | #51 K2R Motorsports | 12 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 69 | ||
| 22 | #25 Forty 7 Motorsports | 9 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 67 | ||
| 23 | #74 Forty 7 Motorsports | 13 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 67 | ||
| 24 | #3 Jr III Racing | 9 | 8 | 45 | ||||
| 25 | #26 K2R Motorsports | 3 | 30 | |||||
| 26 | #30 Sean Creech Motorsports | 3 | 30 | |||||
| 27 | #12 Simraceway Motorsports | 15 | 20 | 27 | ||||
| 28 | #13 ANSA Motorsports | 6 | 25 | |||||
| 29 | #66 ONE Motorsports | 14 | 17 | |||||
| Pos. | Team | DAY United States |
SEB United States |
MOH United States |
MOS Canada |
VIR United States |
ATL United States |
Points |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Prototype Challenge Website Archived 2019-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- IMSA Website