2022 IMSA Prototype Challenge

The 2022 IMSA Prototype Challenge was the seventeenth and final season of the IMSA Lites series and its successors, and the sixth under the IMSA Prototype Challenge name. The season started on January 21 at Daytona International Speedway and concluded on October 1 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

Calendar

The provisional 2022 calendar was released on August 6, 2021, at IMSA's annual State of the Sport Address, featuring five rounds.^[1]

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Duration
1	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	January 21–23	3 Hours
2	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	May 13–15	1 Hour 30 Minutes
3	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	July 1–3	1 Hour 30 Minutes
4	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	August 26–28	1 Hour 30 Minutes
5	Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	September 28–October 1	1 Hour 30 Minutes

Calendar Changes

All races are now 1 hour 30 minutes in length, apart from the opening round at Daytona.
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (Mosport) returned to the calendar after being cancelled for 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sebring International Raceway did not return for 2022. Watkins Glen International, which served as the replacement for Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in 2021, also did not return to the schedule.

Series News

2015-spec LMP3 machinery would no longer be permitted to compete from 2022 onwards, returning the series to a single class consisting entirely of 2020-spec machinery.^[2]

Entry list

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Jr III Racing^[3]	Ligier JS P320^[3]	3	Courtney Crone^[4]		All
			Terry Olson^[4]		1–2, 4–5
			Ari Balogh^[5]		3
		30	Ari Balogh^[4]	B	1–2, 4–5
			Thomas Merrill^[6]	B	2
			Nolan Siegel^[7]		5
CrowdStrike Racing by D Motorsports^[8]	Ligier JS P320^[8]	4	Jon Bennett^[9]	B	1
CrowdStrike Racing by D Motorsports^[8]		4	George Kurtz^[8]	B	1
D Motorsports^[9]		15	Niclas Jönsson^[9]		1
D Motorsports^[9]		15	Mike Watt^[9]		1
Performance Tech Motorsports^[10]	Ligier JS P320^[10]	6	Oscar Bitar^[10]		1–2, 4–5
		6	Dan Goldburg^[10]		1–2, 4–5
		7	Christopher Allen^[11]		4
		7	Robert Mau^[11]		4
JDC MotorSports^[12]^[13]	Duqueine M30 - D08^[12]	9	Gerry Kraut^[6]		2
		9	Stephen Simpson^[6]		2
		23	Memo Gidley^[14]		All
		23	Alexander Koreiba^[12]		All
		40	Keith Grant^[9]	B	All
			David Grant^[9]	B	1–2, 4–5
			Dakota Dickerson^[15]		3
		43	Stevan McAleer^[13]		1
		43	Joe Robillard^[13]		1
Sean Creech Motorsport^[16]	Ligier JS P320^[16]	14	Lance Willsey^[16]		1–3
			Sebastian Priaulx^[16]		1
			Parker Thompson^[6]		2–3
AWA^[17]	Duqueine M30 - D08^[17]	17	Anthony Mantella^[17]	B	1–4
AWA^[17]	Duqueine M30 - D08^[17]	17	Orey Fidani^[16]	B	1
Mühlner Motorsports America^[9]	Duqueine M30 - D08^[9]	18	Efrin Castro^[16]		1
			Riley Dickinson^[16]		1
			Mark Kvamme^[6]		2
			Dillon Machavern^[6]		2
			Alex Popow^[18]		5
			Óscar Tunjo^[18]		5
		21	Bob Doyle^[9]		1
		21	Moritz Kranz^[9]		1
Ave Motorsports with GRS^[19]	Ligier JS P320^[19]	44	Tony Ave^[19]	B	1–3, 5
			Antoine Comeau^[16]		1
			Josh Sarchet		4
			Kaz Grala^[11]		4–5
		61	George Staikos^[19]		All
		61	Hanna Zellers^[19]		All
CT Motorsports LLC^[9]	Duqueine M30 - D08^[9]	46	Steve Scullen^[9]		All
			Danny Formal^[9]		1–3
			Scott Huffaker^[11]		4–5
Forty7 Motorsports^[9]	Duqueine M30 - D08^[9]	47	Jon Brownson^[9]		1, 4–5
Forty7 Motorsports^[9]	Duqueine M30 - D08^[9]	47	Dario Cangialosi^[16]		1, 4–5
MLT Motorsports^[9]	Ligier JS P320^[9]	54	Dakota Dickerson^[9]		1
			Josh Sarchet^[16]		1
			Jason Rabe^[6]		2, 4–5
			Tyler Maxson^[6]		2
			Corey Lewis^[11]		4–5
Ophanim Motorsports^[9]	Ligier JS P320^[9]	57	John Saurino^[9]		1–2, 4–5
			Josh Saurino^[9]		1–2
			Nigel Saurino^[11]		4
			Hans Saurino^[7]		5
Wulver Racing^[9]	Ligier JS P320^[9]	60	Tonis Kasemets^[9]	B	All
Wulver Racing^[9]	Ligier JS P320^[9]	60	Bruce Hamilton^[9]	B	1
CORE Autosport^[7]	Ligier JS P320^[7]	65	Jon Bennett^[7]	B	5
CORE Autosport^[7]	Ligier JS P320^[7]	65	George Kurtz^[7]	B	5
Riley Motorsports^[11]	Ligier JS P320^[11]	74	Shane Lewis^[11]		4
Riley Motorsports^[11]	Ligier JS P320^[11]	74	Gar Robinson^[11]		4
US RaceTronics^[9]	Ligier JS P320^[9]	77	Patrick Kujala^[9]		All
US RaceTronics^[9]	Ligier JS P320^[9]	77	Brian Thienes^[9]		All

Icon	Class
B	Bronze Cup

Race results

Rnd	Circuit	Pole position	Race winners
1	Daytona	No. 23 JDC MotorSports	No. 60 Wulver Racing
1	Daytona	Memo Gidley Alexander Koreiba	Bruce Hamilton Tonis Kasemets
2	Mid-Ohio	No. 23 JDC MotorSports	No. 23 JDC MotorSports
2	Mid-Ohio	Memo Gidley Alexander Koreiba	Memo Gidley Alexander Koreiba
3	Mosport	No. 60 Wulver Racing	No. 60 Wulver Racing
3	Mosport	Tonis Kasemets	Tonis Kasemets
4	Virginia	No. 60 Wulver Racing	No. 60 Wulver Racing
4	Virginia	Tonis Kasemets	Tonis Kasemets
5	Road Atlanta	No. 60 Wulver Racing	No. 60 Wulver Racing
5	Road Atlanta	Tonis Kasemets	Tonis Kasemets

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.	Drivers	DAY	MOH	MOS	VIR	ATL	Points
1	Tonis Kasemets	1	2	1	1	1	1720
2	Memo Gidley Alexander Koreiba	3	1	5	2	2	1550
3	Patrick Kujala Brian Thienes	2	4	10^†	3	4	1390
4	Ari Balogh	9	3	6	5	9	1250
5	Keith Grant	10	5	4	10	6	1210
6	Courtney Crone	5	9	6	12	12	1110
7	Steve Scullen	8	14	8	11	8	1060
8	Anthony Mantella	13	6	3	9		950
9	David Grant	10	5		10	6	930
10	George Staikos Hanna Zellers	17	11	7	16	11	930
11	Terry Olson	5	9		12	12	860
12	Tony Ave	12	15	9		5	830
13	Oscar Bitar Dan Goldburg	18	7		6	10	830
14	Lance Willsey	6	8	2			800
15	John Saurino	14	12		15	13	700
16	Jon Brownson Dario Cangialosi	4			7	14	690
17	Jason Rabe		16^†		13	3	630
18	Danny Formal	8	14	8			630
19	Parker Thompson		8	2			550
20	Corey Lewis				13	3	480
21	Dakota Dickerson	11		4			480
22	Kaz Grala				14	5	430
23	Scott Huffaker				11	8	430
24	Josh Sarchet	11			14		370
25	Josh Saurino	14	12				360
26	Bruce Hamilton	1					350
27	Thomas Merrill		3				300
28	Shane Lewis Gar Robinson				4		280
29	Sebastian Priaulx	6					250
30	Niclas Jönsson Mike Watt	7					240
31	Alex Popow Óscar Tunjo					7	240
32	Christopher Allen Robert Mau				8		230
33	Nolan Siegel					9	220
34	Mark Kvamme Dillon Machavern		10				210
35	Antoine Comeau	12					190
36	Orey Fidani	13					180
37	Gerry Kraut Stephen Simpson		13				180
38	Hans Saurino					13	180
39	Efrin Castro Riley Dickinson	15					160
40	Nigel Saurino				15		160
41	Stevan McAleer Joe Robillard	16					150
42	Tyler Maxson		16^†				150
43	Jon Bennett George Kurtz	19^†				DNS	120
44	Bob Doyle Moritz Kranz	DNS					0
Pos.	Drivers	DAY	MOH	MOS	VIR	ATL	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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

Bronze Driver's Cup

Pos.	Drivers	DAY	MOH	MOS	VIR	ATL	Points
1	Tonis Kasemets	1	1	1	1	1	1750
2	David Grant Keith Grant	3	3		4	2	1200
3	Anthony Mantella	5	4	2	3		1160
4	Ari Balogh	2	2		2		960
5	Tony Ave	4	5	3			840
6	Bruce Hamilton	1					350
7	Thomas Merrill		2				320
8	Antoine Comeau	4					280
9	Orey Fidani	5					260
10	Jon Bennett George Kurtz	6^†				DNS	250
Pos.	Drivers	DAY	MOH	MOS	VIR	ATL	Points

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

Team's Championship

Pos.	Drivers	DAY	MOH	MOS	VIR	ATL	Points
1	#60 Wulver Racing	1	2	1	1	1	1720
2	#23 JDC MotorSports	3	1	5	2	2	1550
3	#77 US RaceTronics	2	4	10^†	3	4	1390
4	#40 JDC MotorSports	10	5	4	10	6	1210
5	#3 Jr III Racing	5	9	6	12	12	1110
6	#46 CT Motorsports LLC	8	14	8	11	8	1060
7	#30 Jr III Racing	9	3		5	9	1000
8	#44 Ave Motorsports with GRS	12	15	9	14	5	1000
9	#17 AWA	13	6	3	9		950
10	#61 Ave Motorsports with GRS	17	11	7	16	11	930
11	#54 MLT Motorsports	11	16^†		13	3	830
12	#6 Performance Tech Motorsports	18	7		6	10	830
13	#14 Sean Creech Motorsport	6	8	2			800
14	#57 Ophanim Motorsports	14	12		15	13	700
15	#47 Forty7 Motorsports	4			7	14	690
16	#18 Mühlner Motorsports America	15	10			7	610
17	#74 Riley Motorsports				4		280
18	#15 D Motorsports	7					240
19	#7 Performance Tech Motorsports				8		230
20	#9 JDC MotorSports		13				180
21	#43 JDC MotorSports	16					150
22	#4 CrowdStrike Racing by D Motorsports	19^†					120
23	#65 CORE Autosport					DNS	0
24	#21 Mühlner Motorsports America	DNS					0
Pos.	Drivers	DAY	MOH	MOS	VIR	ATL	Points

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

References

^ "State of the Sport Sets Table for Momentous 2022 IMSA Season". imsa.com. August 6, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
^ Dagys, John (August 6, 2021). "IMSA Challenge, Single-Make Series Calendars Revealed". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved October 2, 2021. Unlike this year, only 2020-spec LMP3 machinery will be permitted in 2022, with previous-gen cars to be phased out at the end of this season.
^ ^a ^b Dagys, John (November 12, 2021). "JR III Confirms Full-Season LMP3 Program". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dagys, John (January 12, 2022). "New, Returning Drivers in Jr III Lineup". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^ "Canada" (PDF). imsa.com. IMSA. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "2022_IPC_MidOhio_PreEvent_EntryList.pdf" (PDF). imsa.com. May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "IPC Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. September 27, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "CrowdStrike Racing Kicks Off New Year in Daytona". crowdstrikeracing.com. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
^ ^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 "2022_IPC_Roar_PreEvent_EntryList_v3.pdf" (PDF). imsa.com. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dagys, John (January 12, 2022). "Performance Tech Set for IPC Return With Goldburg, Bitar". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "IPC Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dagys, John (November 19, 2021). "JDC to Operate Duqueine LMP3 for AL Autosport". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dagys, John (January 6, 2022). "JDC to Run Robillard Entry". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
^ Pruett, Marshall (January 10, 2022). "Gidley making Daytona return in Prototype Challenge". racer.com. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^ "03_Results_Race_Unofficial.PDF" (PDF). imsa.com. IMSA. July 3, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "01_Grid_Race_Official.PDF" (PDF). imsa.com. January 22, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lloyd, Daniel (December 14, 2021). "Pilot Challenge Outfit AWA Announces LMP3 Program". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Juan Pablo Montoya y su hijo Sebastián, entre los colombianos que verán acción en el automovilismo este fin de semana" [Juan Pablo Montoya and his son Sebastián, among the Colombians who will see action in motorsports this weekend]. infobae.com (in Spanish). October 1, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022. For his debut in the United States, Tunjo teamed up with veteran Venezuelan driver Alex Popow, driving the #18 Duqueine D08 LMP3 for the Muehlner Motorsports America team.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Ave, GRS to Field Two-Car Ligier Effort". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.

External links

Official Website

[1] "State of the Sport Sets Table for Momentous 2022 IMSA Season". imsa.com. August 6, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.

[2] Dagys, John (August 6, 2021). "IMSA Challenge, Single-Make Series Calendars Revealed". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved October 2, 2021. Unlike this year, only 2020-spec LMP3 machinery will be permitted in 2022, with previous-gen cars to be phased out at the end of this season.

[JrIII-3] Dagys, John (November 12, 2021). "JR III Confirms Full-Season LMP3 Program". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved November 12, 2021.

[JrIIIDaytona-4] Dagys, John (January 12, 2022). "New, Returning Drivers in Jr III Lineup". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[Official_Canada_Entry_List-5] "Canada" (PDF). imsa.com. IMSA. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

[18Entries-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "2022_IPC_MidOhio_PreEvent_EntryList.pdf" (PDF). imsa.com. May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2022.

[15EntriesATL-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "IPC Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. September 27, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022.

[CrowdStrike-8] "CrowdStrike Racing Kicks Off New Year in Daytona". crowdstrikeracing.com. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.

[18entries-9] ^ ^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 "2022_IPC_Roar_PreEvent_EntryList_v3.pdf" (PDF). imsa.com. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.

[PerformanceTech-10] Dagys, John (January 12, 2022). "Performance Tech Set for IPC Return With Goldburg, Bitar". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[16entriesVIR-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "IPC Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.

[AL-12] Dagys, John (November 19, 2021). "JDC to Operate Duqueine LMP3 for AL Autosport". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved November 19, 2021.

[Robillard-13] Dagys, John (January 6, 2022). "JDC to Run Robillard Entry". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

[Gidley-14] Pruett, Marshall (January 10, 2022). "Gidley making Daytona return in Prototype Challenge". racer.com. Retrieved January 10, 2022.

[CTMPresults-15] "03_Results_Race_Unofficial.PDF" (PDF). imsa.com. IMSA. July 3, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2022.

[DaytonaGrid-16] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "01_Grid_Race_Official.PDF" (PDF). imsa.com. January 22, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2022.

[AWA-17] Lloyd, Daniel (December 14, 2021). "Pilot Challenge Outfit AWA Announces LMP3 Program". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 14, 2021.

[PopowTunjo-18] "Juan Pablo Montoya y su hijo Sebastián, entre los colombianos que verán acción en el automovilismo este fin de semana" [Juan Pablo Montoya and his son Sebastián, among the Colombians who will see action in motorsports this weekend]. infobae.com (in Spanish). October 1, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022. For his debut in the United States, Tunjo teamed up with veteran Venezuelan driver Alex Popow, driving the #18 Duqueine D08 LMP3 for the Muehlner Motorsports America team.

[Ave/GRS-19] "Ave, GRS to Field Two-Car Ligier Effort". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.

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LMP3 Championships (2015–present)
European Le Mans Series	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Asian Le Mans Series	2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021 2022 2023 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26 2026–27
V de V Endurance Series	2015 2016 2017 2018
Le Mans Cup	2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Road to Le Mans	2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
British LMP3 Cup	2016 2017 2018
24H Proto Series	2017 2018
FRD LMP3 Series	2017
IMSA Prototype Challenge	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Prototype Challenge	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Ultimate Cup Series	2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Prototype Cup Germany	2022 2023 2024 2025
IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge	2023 2024 2025 2026
Prototype Winter Series	2024 2025 2026
Prototype Cup Europe	2026
Engines	Nissan VK50VE VK56DE Toyota V35A-FTS
Generation I Cars and Constructors	ADESS 03 Ave-Riley AR-2 Ginetta-Juno P3-15 Ligier JS P3 Norma M30
Generation II Cars and Constructors	ADESS 03 Evo Duqueine D08 Ginetta G61-LT-P3 Ligier JS P320
Generation III Cars and Constructors	ADESS AD25 Duqueine D09 Ginetta G61-LT-P3 Evo Ligier JS P325
Automobile Club de l'Ouest Le Mans Prototype List of Le Mans Prototypes