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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.
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