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.
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 |
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1 | ![]() | Daytona Beach, Florida | January 21–23 | 3 Hours |
2 | ![]() | Lexington, Ohio | May 13–15 | 1 Hour 30 Minutes |
3 | ![]() | Bowmanville, Ontario | July 1–3 | 1 Hour 30 Minutes |
4 | ![]() | Alton, Virginia | August 26–28 | 1 Hour 30 Minutes |
5 | ![]() | Braselton, Georgia | September 28–October 1 | 1 Hour 30 Minutes |
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Rnd | Circuit | Pole position | Race winners |
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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+ |
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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 |
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Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap |
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
Pos. | Drivers | DAY ![]() | MOH ![]() | MOS ![]() | VIR ![]() | ATL ![]() | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1750 |
2 | ![]() ![]() | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1200 | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1160 | |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 960 | ||
5 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 3 | 840 | ||
6 | ![]() | 1 | 350 | ||||
7 | ![]() | 2 | 320 | ||||
8 | ![]() | 4 | 280 | ||||
9 | ![]() | 5 | 260 | ||||
10 | ![]() ![]() | 6† | DNS | 250 | |||
Pos. | Drivers | DAY ![]() | MOH ![]() | MOS ![]() | VIR ![]() | ATL ![]() | Points |
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
Pos. | Drivers | DAY ![]() | MOH ![]() | MOS ![]() | VIR ![]() | ATL ![]() | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1720 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1550 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 10† | 3 | 4 | 1390 |
4 | ![]() | 10 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1210 |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 1110 |
6 | ![]() | 8 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1060 |
7 | ![]() | 9 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1000 | |
8 | ![]() | 12 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1000 |
9 | ![]() | 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 950 | |
10 | ![]() | 17 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 930 |
11 | ![]() | 11 | 16† | 13 | 3 | 830 | |
12 | ![]() | 18 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 830 | |
13 | ![]() | 6 | 8 | 2 | 800 | ||
14 | ![]() | 14 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 700 | |
15 | ![]() | 4 | 7 | 14 | 690 | ||
16 | ![]() | 15 | 10 | 7 | 610 | ||
17 | ![]() | 4 | 280 | ||||
18 | ![]() | 7 | 240 | ||||
19 | ![]() | 8 | 230 | ||||
20 | ![]() | 13 | 180 | ||||
21 | ![]() | 16 | 150 | ||||
22 | ![]() | 19† | 120 | ||||
23 | ![]() | DNS | 0 | ||||
24 | ![]() | DNS | 0 | ||||
Pos. | Drivers | DAY ![]() | MOH ![]() | MOS ![]() | VIR ![]() | ATL ![]() | Points |
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
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.
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.