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The 2021 IMSA Prototype Challenge is the sixteenth season of the IMSA Lites series and its successors, and the fifth under the IMSA Prototype Challenge name. The season started on January 23 at Daytona International Speedway and concludes on November 12 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.
The provisional 2021 calendar was released on September 9, 2020. [1] As of April 7, 2021 the calendar remains provisional and subject to change.
| Round | Circuit | Location | Date |
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| 1 | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona Beach, Florida | January 23 |
| 2 | Sebring International Raceway | Sebring, Florida | March 14 |
| 3 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | May 16 |
| 4 | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York | July 2 |
| 5 | Virginia International Raceway | Alton, Virginia | October 8 |
| 6 | Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | November 12 |
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Bold indicates to overall winner.
| Rnd | Circuit | LMP3–1 Winners | LMP3–2 Winners | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daytona |  #21 Mühlner Motorsport America |  #60 Wulver Racing | [15] |
 Laurents Hörr Moritz Kranz | Bruce Hamilton Tonis Kasemets | |||
| 2 | Sebring | #7 VOLT Racing with Archangel | #24 Sean Creech Motorsport | [16] |
| Alan Brynjolfsson Trent Hindman |  Nigel Greensall Francesco Melandri | |||
| 3 | Mid-Ohio | #21 Mühlner Motorsport America | #24 Sean Creech Motorsport | [17] |
| Moritz Kranz | Francesco Melandri Lance Willsey | |||
| 4 | Watkins Glen | #54 MLT Motorsports | #24 Sean Creech Motorsport | [18] |
| Dakota Dickerson Josh Sarchet | Anthony Lazzaro Francesco Melandri | |||
| 5 | Virginia | #6 Performance Tech Motorsports | #15 D Motorsports | [19] |
Dan Goldburg Rasmus Lindh | Nic Jönsson Mike Watt | |||
| 6 | Road Atlanta | #21 Mühlner Motorsport America | #15 D Motorsports | [20] |
| Ugo de Wilde Moritz Kranz | Nic Jönsson Mike Watt |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 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 |
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Bold - Pole position |
| Pos. | Drivers | DAY | SEB | MOH | WGL | VIR | ATL | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Danny Kok George Staikos | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1920 |
| 2 | Francesco Melandri | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1050 | |||
| 3 | Mike Watt Nic Jönsson | 1 | 1 | 700 | ||||
| 4 | Bruce Hamilton Tonis Kasemets | 1 | 350 | |||||
| 5 | Nigel Greensall | 1 | 350 | |||||
| 6 | Lance Willsey | 1 | 350 | |||||
| 7 | Anthony Lazzaro | 1 | 350 | |||||
| 8 | Bob Iversen Terry Olson | 3 | 300 | |||||
| 9 | Indy Al Miller | 3 | 300 | |||||
| Pos. | Drivers | DAY | SEB | MOH | WGL | VIR | ATL | Points |
| Pos. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | MOH | WGL | VIR | ATL | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #54 MLT Motorsports | Ligier JS P320 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1850 |
| 2 | #21 Mühlner Motorsport America | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1840 |
| 3 | #7 VOLT Racing with Archangel | Ligier JS P320 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1600 |
| 4 | #6 Performance Tech Motorsports | Ligier JS P320 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1540 |
| 5 | #43 Robillard Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1440 |
| 6 | #40 JDC MotorSports | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 1430 |
| 7 | #3 Jr III Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1420 |
| 8 | #47 Forty7 Motorsports | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1240 |
| 9 | #34 Conquest Racing/JMF Motorsports | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 1210 |
| 10 | #74 Forty7 Motorsports | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 1200 |
| 11 | #33 Jr III Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1180 | |
| 12 | #60 Wulver Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1070 | |
| 13 | #46 CT Motorsports LLC | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 1050 | |
| 14 | #17 O'Gara Motorsport / USRT | Ligier JS P320 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 660 | |||
| 15 | #1 WIN Autosport | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 7 | 4 | 520 | ||||
| 16 | #81 ONE Motorsports | Ligier JS P320 | 8 | 6 | 480 | ||||
| 17 | #11 WIN Autosport | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 6 | 9 | 470 | ||||
| 18 | #18 Andretti Autosport | Ligier JS P320 | 4 | 17 | 420 | ||||
| 19 | #22 Mühlner Motorsport America | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 13 | 180 | |||||
| 20 | #91 Riley Motorsports | Ligier JS P320 | DNS | 0 | |||||
| Pos. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | MOH | WGL | VIR | ATL | Points |
| Pos. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | MOH | WGL | VIR | ATL | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #61 Conquest Racing | Norma M30 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1920 |
| 2 | #24 Sean Creech Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1050 | |||
| 3 | #15 D Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 1 | 1 | 700 | ||||
| 4 | #86 ONE Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 3 | 300 | |||||
| 5 | #50 ONE Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 3 | 300 | |||||
| 4 | #60 Wulver Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 0 | ||||||
| Pos. | Team | Car | DAY | SEB | MOH | WGL | VIR | ATL | Points |
| Pos. | Drivers | DAY | SEB | MOH | WGL | VIR | ATL | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Grant Keith Grant | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2040 |
| 2 | Moritz Kranz | 1 | 1 | 700 | ||||
| 3 | Steven Thomas | 2 | 2 | 640 | ||||
| 4 | Indy Al Miller Mel Johnson | 3 | 300 | |||||
| 5 | Ken D'Arcy Marc Sharinn | 3 | 300 | |||||
| Pos. | Drivers | DAY | SEB | MOH | WGL | VIR | ATL | Points |
| Pos. | Drivers | DAY | SEB | MOH | WGL | VIR | ATL | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Kok George Staikos | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2010 |
| 2 | Francesco Melandri | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1050 | |||
| 3 | Nigel Greensall | 1 | 350 | |||||
| 4 | Lance Willsey | 1 | 350 | |||||
| 5 | Anthony Lazzaro | 1 | 350 | |||||
| 6 | Bob Iverson Terry Olson | 2 | 320 | |||||
| 7 | Indy Al Miller | 3 | 300 | |||||
| Pos. | Drivers | DAY | SEB | MOH | WGL | VIR | ATL | Points |
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