2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge explained

The 2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge season is an ongoing motor racing championship. It is the second season of the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge after being established in 2023 as a replacement for the IMSA Prototype Challenge. The season will begin on January 20 at Daytona International Speedway and will conclude on October 19 at Road Atlanta. After IMSA's removal of the LMP3 class from the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship, this series is now the highest tier of racing for LMP3s in the United States.

Calendar

The provisional schedule was released on August 4, 2023, at IMSA's annual State of the Sport Address, featuring twelve rounds split across six race weekends. Five of the six events had confirmed dates.^[1]

!Round!Circuit!Date

1	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	January 19–21
2	St. Petersburg Street Circuit, St. Petersburg, Florida	March 8–10
3	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio	June 7–9
4	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario	July 12–14
5	Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia	August 23–25
6	Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia, Georgia	October 9–12

Entry List

LMP3

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Duqueine	Duqueine D-08	Fast MD Racing with Remstar	87	Marco Kacic	1
				Jagger Jones	2–4
Ligier	Ligier JS P320	MLT Motorsports[2]	6	Steven Aghakhani	1–4
		Performance Tech Motorsports[3]	7	Alex Kirby	1–4
			18	Jordan Menzin	3–4
			38	Scott Locke	1
				Jonathan Woolridge	2–4
		Escuderia ABRO	23	Miguel Villagomez	1–3
		Sean Creech Motorsport	33	Lance Willsey	1
		Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports	51	Cody Ware	1–2
				Ryan Phinny	3–4
		Ave Motorsports	61	George Staikos	1, 4
				Ryan Phinny	2
				Seth Lucas	3
		Mishumotors	70	Mirco Schultis	1–2
		Forte Racing	77	Brian Thienes	1–4

GSX

! Manufacturer! Car! Team! No.! Driver! Rounds

Aston Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Prosport Competition	2	Jason Bell	2
		Archangel Motorsports	22	Robbie McWilliams	1
				Todd Coleman	2
		Ruckus Racing	45	Scott Blind	1–4
		van der Steur Racing	82	Brady Behrman	1
				Jackson Lee	2
	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo	Rebel Rock Racing[4]	72	Frank DePew	1–4
BMW	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	Team ACP by Random Vandals[5]	9	Nathan Martin	1
		Swish Motorsports	12	Michael Dayton	1–4
		Stephen Cameron Racing	19	Sean Quinlan	1
				Gregory Liefooghe	2
			43	Gregory Liefooghe	1
				Sean Quinlan	2
		Auto Technic Racing	25	Mark Brummond	1–3
			26	Christopher Tasca	1
		Split Decision Motorsports	88	Patrick Wilmot	1–4
		Turner Motorsport	96	Joe Dalton	1, 3
				Vincent Barletta	2–3
Ford	Ford Mustang GT4 (2024)	KohR Motorsports	59	Luca Mars	1–4
		Stephen Cameron Racing	19	Sean Quinlan	4
		Polito Racing	98	Jack Polito	4
McLaren	McLaren Artura GT4	Motorsport in Action	21	Jesse Lazare	1–4
Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Thaze Competition	37	Marc Miller	1
			Eddie Killeen	2–4
			78	Jonathan Woolridge	1
				Josh Green	3–4
Porsche	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering	5	Angus Rogers	1–4
		BGB Motorsports	17	Will Wachs	1–3
			808	Jim Jonsin	1
				Thomas Collingwood	2
		Baby Bull Racing	44	Moisey Uretsky	1, 4
			55	Michael Cooper	1
		Czabok-Simpson Motorsport[6]	66	Jackson Lee	1
Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo	BSI Racing	67	Eric Thompson	1

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round! Circuit! P3 Winner! GSX Winner

1	1	Daytona	No. 6 MLT Motorsports	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
			Steven Aghakhani	Luca Mars
	R2		No. 6 MLT Motorsports	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
			Steven Aghakhani	Luca Mars
2	1	St. Petersburg	No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 21 Motorsport in Action
			Jagger Jones	Jesse Lazare
	R2		No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 21 Motorsport in Action
			Jagger Jones	Jesse Lazare
3	1	Mid-Ohio	No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
			Jagger Jones	Luca Mars
	R2		No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 21 Motorsport in Action
			Jagger Jones	Jesse Lazare
4	1	Mosport	No. 6 MLT Motorsports	No. 98 Polito Racing
			Steven Aghakhani	Jack Polito
	R2		No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 78 Thaze Competition
			Jagger Jones	Josh Green
5	1	VIR
	R2
6	1	Road Atlanta
	R2

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.^[7]

LMP3 Driver's Championship

Drivers DAY STP MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 Steven Aghakhani 1 1 2 6 2 2 1 2 2580 2 Brian Thienes 5 4 7 3 8 8 5 4 2080 3 Jagger Jones 1 1 1 1 8 1 1980 4 Alex Kirby 2 10 8 DNS 6 5 3 3 1870 5 Ryan Phinny 4 4 4 4 4 5 1660 6 Miguel Villagomez 10 3 6 2 3 6 1630 7 Jonathan Woolridge 3 5 7 7 2 6 1610 8 Mirco Schultis 6 5 5 7 1010 9 George Staikos 8 7 7 7 950 10 Jordan Menzin 9 9 6 8 920 11 Cody Ware 3 8 9 DNS 750 12 Marco Kacic 4 2 600 13 Seth Lucas 5 3 560 14 Lance Willsey 7 6 490 15 Scott Locke 9 9 440

Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

GSX Driver's Championship

	Drivers	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		VIR		ATL		Points
1	Luca Mars	1	1	3	4	1	3	2	5					2510
2	Jesse Lazare	13	4	1	1	3	1	12	2					2320
3	Patrick Wilmot	5	5	17	5	4	4	5	3					2040
4	Scott Blind	12	8	6	9	5	5	6	4					1940
5	Michael Dayton	10	9	4	6	8	6	8	10					1880
6	Angus Rogers	15	13	9	7	11	10	7	6					1700
7	Josh Green					2	2	3	1					1290
8	Sean Quinlan	9	12	5	16			9	8					1270
9	Mark Brummond	8	18	7	13	6	7							1270
10	Frank DePew	DNS	DNS	14	15	9	8	10	9					1210
11	Jackson Lee	7	6	2	2									1130
12	Gregory Liefooghe	2	3	15	3									1080
13	Will Wachs	17	17	11	12	13	11							1050
14	Eddie Killeen			10	14	12	12	11	DNS					960
15	Joe Dalton	16	15			10	9							740
16	Vincent Barletta			16	17	7	13							710
17	Moisey Uretsky	18	11					4	DNS					610
18	Michael Cooper	4	2											600
19	Eric Thompson	6	7											490
20	Jack Polito							1	7					590
21	Thomas Collingwood			8	10									440
22	Marc Miller	3	19											420
23	Jason Bell			13	8									410
24	Todd Coleman			12	11									390
25	Brady Behrman	14	10											380
26	Jim Jonsin	11	14											370
27	Christopher Tasca	20	16											260
28	Robbie McWilliams	19	20											230
29	Nathan Martin	DNS	DNS											0
30	Jonathan Woolridge	DNS	DNS											0

LMP3 Bronze Drivers Cup

	Drivers	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		VIR		ATL		Points
1	Brian Thienes	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	1					2630
2	Miguel Villagomez	6	1	2	1	1	1							1970
3	Jordan Menzin					3	3	2	3					1220
4	Mirco Schultis	2	3	1	3									1270
5	George Staikos	4	5					3	2					1160
6	Lance Willsey	3	4											580
7	Scott Locke	5	6											510

GSX Bronze Drivers Cup

	Drivers	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		VIR		ATL		Points
1	Scott Blind	5	1	3	4	1	1	2	1					2560
2	Michael Dayton	3	2	1	1	4	2	4	5					2460
3	Angus Rogers	7	6	6	2	7	6	3	2					2170
4	Mark Brummond	1	11	4	8	2	3							1680
5	Sean Quinlan	2	5	2	11			5	3					1660
6	Frank DePew	DNS	DNS	11	10	5	4	6	4					1480
7	Will Wachs	9	10	8	7	9	7							1360
8	Eddie Killeen			7	9	8	8	7	DNS					1160
9	Joe Dalton	8	8			6	5							970
10	Vincent Barletta			12	12	3	9							900
11	Moisey Uretsky	10	4					1	DNS					840
12	Brady Behrman	6	3											550
13	Jim Jonsin	4	7											520
14	Thomas Collingwood			5	5									520
15	Jason Bell			10	3									510
16	Todd Coleman			9	6									470
17	Christopher Tasca	12	9											410
18	Robbie McWilliams	11	12											390

LMP3 Team's Championship

	Team	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		VIR		ATL		Points
1	87 Fast MD Racing with Remstar	4	2	1	1	1	1	8	1					2580
2	6 MLT Motorsports	1	1	2	6	2	2	1	2					2580
3	77 Forte Racing	5	4	7	3	8	8	5	4					2080
4	61 Ave Motorsports	8	7	4	4	5	3	7	7					2070
5	38 Performance Tech Motorsports	9	9	3	5	7	7	2	6					2050
6	7 Performance Tech Motorsports	2	10	8	DNS	6	5	3	3					1870
7	51 Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports	3	8	9	DNS	4	4	4	5					1850
8	23 Escuderia ABRO	10	3	6	2	3	6							1630
9	70 Mishumotors	6	5	5	7									1010
10	18 Performance Tech Motorsports					9	9	6	8					920
11	33 Sean Creech Motorsport	7	6											490

GSX Team's Championship

	Team	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		VIR		ATL		Points
1	59 KohR Motorsports	1	1	3	4	1	3	2	5					2510
2	21 Motorsports in Action	13	4	1	1	3	1	12	2					2320
3	88 Split Decision Motorsports	5	5	17	5	4	4	5	3					2040
4	45 Ruckus Racing	12	8	6	9	5	5	6	4					1940
5	12 Swish Motorsports	10	9	4	6	8	6	8	10					1880
6	5 KMW Motorsports with TMR	15	13	9	7	11	10	7	6					1700
7	37 Thaze Competition	3	19	10	14	12	12	11	DNS					1380
8	19 Stephen Cameron Racing	9	12	15	3			9	8					1320
9	78 Thaze Competition	DNS	DNS			2	2	3	1					1290
10	25 Auto Technic Racing	8	18	7	13	6	7							1270
11	72 Rebel Rock Racing	DNS	DNS	14	15	9	8	10	9					1210
12	17 BGB Motorsports	17	17	11	12	13	11							1050
13	43 Stephen Cameron Racing	2	3	5	16									1030
14	96 Turner Motorsport	16	15	16	17	10	9							1030
15	82 van der Steur Racing	14	10	2	2									1020
16	808 BGB Motorsports	11	14	8	10									810
17	22 Archangel Motorsports	19	20	12	11									620
18	55 Baby Bull Racing	4	2											600
19	67 BSI Racing	6	7											490
20	98 Polito Racing							1	7					590
21	66 Czabok-Simpson Motorsport	7	6											490
22	97 Turner Motorsport					7	13							420
23	2 Prosport Competition			13	8									410
24	44 Baby Bull Racing	18	11					4	DNS					330
25	26 Auto Technic Racing	20	16											260
26	9 Team ACP by Random Vandals	DNS	DNS											0

GSX Manufacturer's Championship

	Drivers	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		VIR		ATL		Points
1	Ford	1	1	3	4	1	3	1	5					2540
2	McLaren	13	4	1	1	3	1	12	2					2440
3	Mercedes-AMG	3	19	10	14	2	2	3	1					2350
4	BMW	2	3	4	3	4	4	5	3					2340
5	Aston Martin	12	8	2	2	5	5	6	4					2200
6	Porsche	4	2	8	7	11	10	4	6					2170
7	Toyota	6	7											520

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Schedule.
2. Web site: Aghakhani to Make LMP3 Debut With MLT Motorsports. Dagys. John. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. December 28, 2023. December 28, 2023.
3. Web site: VP Racing Challenge Ready to Sprint into Second Season. Wire Service. IMSA. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. January 15, 2024. January 15, 2024.
4. News: Rebel Rock Confirms Switch to Aston Martin GT4s. Dagys. John. January 12, 2024. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. January 12, 2024.
5. Web site: Random Vandals Expands to Three-Car BMW GT4 Program. January 11, 2024. Dagys. John. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. January 11, 2024.
6. News: Czabok-Simpson Motorsport Sets Porsche GS Lineup. Dagys. John. 5 January 2024. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 4 January 2024.
7. https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2023/01/11/2023-IMSA-SPORTING-REGULATIONS-and-SSR-VPRC-Blackline-011123.pdf 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Regulations