The 2020 IMSA Prototype Challenge is the fifteenth season of the IMSA Lites series and its successors and the fourth season as the IMSA Prototype Challenge. The opening race of the season was on January 4 at the Daytona International Speedway and the season concludes on October 9 at Road Atlanta. The championship will be contested solely by LMP3 class prototypes.
The 2020 schedule was released August 2, 2019. [1]
A revised calendar was released May 15, 2020, due to changes made because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]
Rnd | Circuit | Location | Date | Duration |
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1 | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona Beach, Florida | January 4 | 3 hours |
2 | Sebring International Raceway | Sebring, Florida | July 17 | 1 hour 45 mins |
3 | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | August 1 | 1 hour 45 mins |
4 | Virginia International Raceway | Alton, Virginia | August 22 | 1 hour 45 mins |
5 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | September 27 | 1 hour 45 mins |
6 | Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | October 16 | 3 hours |
All cars use the Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 engine.
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Jr III Racing [3] [4] | Ligier JS P3 | 3 | Eric Palmer [4] | All |
Greg Palmer [4] | All | |||
Performance Tech Motorsports [5] | Ligier JS P3 | 6 | Dan Goldburg [5] | 1–3, 5–6 |
Blake Mount [5] | 1, 4 | |||
Rasmus Lindh [6] | 2–3, 5–6 | |||
Jon Branam | 4 | |||
19 | Dan Goldburg | 4 | ||
Rasmus Lindh | 4 | |||
75 | Cameron Cassels [5] | All | ||
Max Hanratty [5] | 1–5 | |||
Stephen Simpson [7] | 6 | |||
JDC MotorSports | Norma M30 | 9 | Scott Andrews [6] | 2–6 |
Gerry Kraut [6] | 2–6 | |||
Robillard Racing LLC [8] | Norma M30 | 10 | Stevan McAleer [8] | All |
Joe Robillard [8] | All | |||
K2R Motorsports [8] MG1 Motorsports LLC | Ligier JS P3 | 11 | Steven Thomas [8] | All |
Thomas Merrill [8] | 1, 6 | |||
64 | Matthew Bell [8] | All | ||
Naveen Rao [8] | All | |||
Nielsen Racing [9] | Norma M30 | 17 | Garett Grist [9] | 1 |
Rob Hodes [9] | 1 | |||
Gilbert/Korthoff Racing [8] | Norma M30 | 23 | Jon Brownson [8] | 1–2 |
Anthony Simone [8] | 1–2 | |||
Sean Creech Motorsport [8] | Ligier JS P3 | 30 | Wayne Boyd [8] | 1 |
Naj Husain [8] | 1 | |||
33 | Lance Willsey [8] | 1–2, 4–6 | ||
Anthony Lazzaro [8] | 1 | |||
Bud Grossenbacher [6] | 2, 4, 6 | |||
Riley Motorsports [8] | Ave-Riley AR-2 | 35 | Jim Cox [8] | 1 |
Dylan Murry [8] | 1 | |||
Forty 7 Motorsports [8] | Norma M30 | 40 | David Grant [8] | All |
Keith Grant [8] | All | |||
Parker Thompson [7] | 6 | |||
47 | Joel Janco [8] | All | ||
J.J. Jorge [8] | 1–3, 6 | |||
Kyle Kirkwood [8] | 1, 4–6 | |||
74 | Jon Brownson [10] | 3–6 | ||
Wyatt Schwab [10] | 3–6 | |||
CT Motorsports LLC [8] | Norma M30 | 46 | Scott Huffaker II [8] | 1 |
Steven Scullen III [8] | 1 | |||
MLT Motorsports [8] | Ligier JS P3 | 54 | Dakota Dickerson [8] | All |
Dean Baker [8] | 1 | |||
Dom Cicero [6] | 2–6 | |||
Wulver Racing [8] | Ligier JS P3 | 60 | Bruce Hamilton III [8] | All |
Tõnis Kasemets [8] | All | |||
Tristan Viidas [8] | 1, 6 | |||
Conquest/GRS Racing [8] | Norma M30 | 61 | Danny Kok [8] | 1 |
George Staikos [8] | 1 | |||
One Motorsports [8] | Ligier JS P3 | 86 | Paul LaHaye [8] | 1, 3–6 |
Dave House [8] | 1 | |||
Chip Romer [7] | 6 | |||
Entry List: [8] [6] [10] [11] [12] [7] |
Rnd | Circuit | Pole position | Race winners |
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1 | Daytona | No. 64 K2R Motorsports | No. 47 Forty 7 Motorsports |
Matthew Bell Naveen Rao | Joel Janco J.J. Jorge Kyle Kirkwood | ||
2 | Sebring | No Qualifying [N 1] | No. 9 JDC MotorSports |
Scott Andrews Gerry Kraut | |||
3 | Road America | No. 40 Forty 7 Motorsports | No. 9 JDC MotorSports |
David Grant Keith Grant | Scott Andrews Gerry Kraut | ||
4 | Virginia | No Qualifying [N 2] | No. 64 K2R Motorsports |
Matthew Bell Naveen Rao | |||
5 | Mid-Ohio | No. 40 Forty 7 Motorsports | No. 54 MLT Motorsports |
David Grant Keith Grant | Dom Cicero Dakota Dickerson | ||
6 | Road Atlanta | No. 64 K2R Motorsports | No. 64 K2R Motorsports |
Matthew Bell Naveen Rao | Matthew Bell Naveen Rao | ||
Results [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] |
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. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | MOH | ATL | Points |
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1 | #64 K2R Motorsports LLC | Ligier JS P3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 190 |
2 | #54 MLT Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 174 |
3 | #47 Forty 7 Motorsports | Norma M30 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 152 |
4 | #9 JDC MotorSports | Norma M30 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 148 | |
5 | #6 Performance Tech Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 148 |
6 | #11 K2R Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 145 |
7 | #40 Forty 7 Motorsports | Norma M30 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 143 |
8 | #75 Performance Tech Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 139 |
9 | #10 Robillard Racing LLC | Norma M30 | DNS | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 134 |
10 | #60 Wulver Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 134 |
11 | #3 Jr III Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 124 |
12 | #86 One Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 98 | |
13 | #33 Sean Creech Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 92 | |
14 | #74 Forty 7 Motorsports | Norma M30 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 76 | ||
15 | #23 Gilbert/Korthoff Motorsports | Norma M30 | 6 | 7 | 49 | ||||
16 | #17 Nielsen Racing | Norma M30 | 5 | 26 | |||||
17 | #19 Performance Tech Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | 9 | 22 | |||||
18 | #35 Riley Motorsports | Ave-Riley AR-2 | 12 | 19 | |||||
19 | #61 Conquest/GRS Racing | Norma M30 | 14 | 17 | |||||
20 | #46 CT Motorsports LLC | Norma M30 | 15 | 16 | |||||
21 | #30 Sean Creech Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | 17 | 14 | |||||
Pos. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | MOH | ATL | Points |
Pos. | Drivers | DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | MOH | ATL | Points |
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1 | Steven Thomas | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 194 |
2 | David Grant Keith Grant | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 170 | |
3 | Paul LaHaye | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 152 | |
4 | Lance Willsey | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 148 | |
5 | Bud Grossenbacher | 2 | 4 | 2 | 92 | |||
6 | Thomas Merrill | 1 | 1 | 70 | ||||
7 | Dave House | 2 | 32 | |||||
8 | Chip Romer | 3 | 30 | |||||
9 | Danny Kok George Staikos | 4 | 28 | |||||
10 | Anthony Lazzaro | 5 | 26 | |||||
Pos. | Drivers | DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | MOH | ATL | Points |
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