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The 2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge presented by Mazda is the thirteenth season of the IMSA Lites series and its successors and the second season as the IMSA Prototype Challenge. The season features 6 races across 6 weekends.
The 2018 schedule was released on 24 August 2017 and features six rounds. [1]
Rnd | Circuit | Location | Date | Duration | Supporting |
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1 | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona Beach, Florida | January 6 | 1 hour 45 mins | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship |
2 | Sebring International Raceway | Sebring, Florida | March 16 | 1 hour 45 mins | 12 Hours of Sebring |
3 | Barber Motorsports Park | Birmingham, Alabama | April 22 | 1 hour 45 mins | Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama |
4 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park | Bowmanville, Ontario | July 8 | 1 hour 45 mins | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship |
5 | Virginia International Raceway | Alton, Virginia | August 18 | 1 hour 45 mins | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship |
6 | Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | October 12 | 1 hour 45 mins | Petit Le Mans |
NC | Sebring International Raceway | Sebring, Florida | November 9 | 4 hours | IMSA Michelin Encore 1 |
1 LMP3 will participate in this race with the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's GT Daytona class and the Grand Sport and TCR cars from the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge as one single four-hour race. This race will preview the 2019 IMSA rules package and new tyre supplier Michelin. [2]
All teams use Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 engines.
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 3 | ![]() | All |
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30 | ![]() | All | ||
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![]() | 2 | |||
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![]() | 5 | |||
![]() | 6 | |||
33 | ![]() | 1–4, 6 | ||
ANSA Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 4 | ![]() | 1 |
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Charles Wicht Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 7 | ![]() | 1 |
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![]() | 2 | |||
![]() | 3 | |||
![]() | 4 | |||
![]() | 5–6 | |||
Mazzoni | Ginetta-Juno P3-15 | 12 | ![]() | 2 |
P1 Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 17 | ![]() | All |
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25 | ![]() | All | ||
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42 | ![]() | All | ||
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Baker Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 19 | ![]() | 2–4 |
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Gilbert LMP3 Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 23 | ![]() | 1 |
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![]() | 2 | |||
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K2R Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 26 | ![]() | 2 |
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51 | ![]() | All | ||
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![]() | 5 | |||
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Polestar Motor Racing Inc. | Ligier JS P3 | 40 | ![]() | 3–6 |
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Ave Motorsports | Riley-Ave AR-2 | 44 | ![]() | 1–3 |
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Forty 7 Motorsports | Norma M30 | 47 | ![]() | All |
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74 | ![]() | 2–4, 6 | ||
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JDC Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 55 | ![]() | 2, 6 |
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Wulver Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 60 | ![]() | 5–6 |
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Performance Tech Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 75 | ![]() | All |
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Five Miles Out Racing | Norma M30 | 87 | ![]() | 3 |
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88 | ![]() | 3–6 | ||
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Source: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] |
Note: A driver with a (M) is participating in the Amateur Masters Category.
All teams use Elan DP02 chassis and Mazda MZR 2.0L 4 cylinder engines.
Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Performance Tech Motorsports | 11 | ![]() | All |
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18 | ![]() | 1–3 | |
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22 | ![]() | All | |
77 | ![]() | All | |
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ODU Motorsports | 21 | ![]() | 1 |
46 | ![]() | 1 | |
Eurosport Racing | 24 | ![]() | 1–2 |
31 | ![]() | 1, 3–6 | |
34 | ![]() | All | |
Wolf Motorsports | 28 | ![]() | All |
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ONE Motorsports | 32 | ![]() | 6 |
36 | ![]() | All | |
86 | ![]() | All | |
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Source: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] |
Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | LMP3 Winning Car | MPC Winning Car |
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LMP3 Winning Drivers | MPC Winning Drivers | ||
1 | Daytona [8] | No. 4 ANSA Motorsports | No. 11 Performance Tech Motorsports |
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2 | Sebring [9] | No. 7 CWR | No. 86 ONE Motorsports |
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3 | Barber [10] | No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports | No. 31 Eurosport Racing |
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4 | Mosport [11] | No. 47 Forty 7 Motorsports | No. 77 Performance Tech Motorsports |
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5 | Virginia [12] | No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports | No. 77 Performance Tech Motorsports |
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6 | Road Atlanta | No. 47 Forty 7 Motorsports | No. 34 Eurosport Racing |
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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 |
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Bold - Pole position |
Pos. | Driver | DAY | SEB | BAR | MOS | VIR | ATL | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 172 |
2 | ![]() ![]() | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 170 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 169 |
4 | ![]() | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 166 |
5 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 164 |
6 | ![]() | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 163 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 156 |
8 | ![]() | 12 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 104 | |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 5 | 96 | |||
10 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 10 | 78 | |||
11 | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 9 | 71 | |||
12 | ![]() | 8 | 8 | 9 | 68 | |||
13 | ![]() | 8 | 7 | 47 | ||||
14 | ![]() | 2 | 32 | |||||
15 | ![]() | 6 | 25 | |||||
16 | ![]() | 7 | 24 | |||||
17 | ![]() | 10 | 21 | |||||
Pos. | Driver | DAY | SEB | BAR | MOS | VIR | ATL | Points |
Pos. | Team | DAY | SEB | BAR | MOS | VIR | ATL | Points |
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1 | No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 194 |
2 | No. 47 Forty 7 Motorsports | 2 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 174 |
3 | No. 3 Extreme Speed Motorsports | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 163 |
4 | No. 4 ANSA Motorsports | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 159 |
5 | No. 7 CWR | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 150 |
6 | No. 17 P1 Motorsports | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 140 |
7 | No. 75 Performance Tech Motorsports | 8 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 133 |
8 | No. 51 K2R Motorsports | 9 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 130 |
9 | No. 42 P1 Motorsports | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 129 |
10 | No. 25 P1 Motorsports | 6 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 118 |
11 | No. 40 Polestar Motor Racing Inc. | 5 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 97 | ||
12 | No. 33 Extreme Speed Motorsports | 13 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 96 | |
13 | No. 74 Forty 7 Motorsports | 17 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 78 | ||
14 | No. 87 Five Miles Out Racing | 15 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 77 | ||
15 | No. 88 Five Miles Out Racing | 10 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 74 | ||
16 | No. 44 Ave Motorsports | 5 | 7 | 17 | 64 | |||
17 | No. 19 Baker Racing | 15 | 14 | 11 | 53 | |||
18 | No. 60 Wulver Racing | 10 | 6 | 46 | ||||
19 | No. 55 JDC Motorsports | 12 | 7 | 43 | ||||
20 | No. 23 Gilbert LMP3 Racing | 10 | 9 | 43 | ||||
21 | No. 26 K2R Motorsports | 4 | 28 | |||||
Pos. | Team | DAY | SEB | BAR | MOS | VIR | ATL | Points |
Pos. | Team | DAY | SEB | BAR | MOS | VIR | ATL | Points |
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1 | No. 34 Eurosport Racing | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 172 |
2 | No. 28 Wolf Motorsports | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 170 |
3 | No. 22 Performance Tech Motorsports | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 169 |
4 | No. 77 Performance Tech Motorsports | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 166 |
5 | No. 86 ONE Motorsports | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 164 |
6 | No. 36 ONE Motorsports | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 163 |
7 | No. 11 Performance Tech Motorsports | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 156 |
8 | No. 31 Eurosport Racing | 12 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 127 | |
9 | No. 18 Performance Tech Motorsports | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 95 | ||
10 | No. 24 Eurosport Racing | 8 | 7 | 47 | ||||
11 | No. 21 ODU Motorsports | 2 | 32 | |||||
12 | No. 32 ONE Motorsports | 6 | 25 | |||||
13 | No. 46 ODU Motorsports | 10 | 21 | |||||
Pos. | Team | DAY | SEB | BAR | MOS | VIR | ATL | Points |