The 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup North America is the second season of the Porsche Carrera Cup North America. It is scheduled to begin on March 16 at Sebring International Raceway and end on October 1 at Road Atlanta.
The preliminary calendar was released on August 6, 2021, at IMSA's annual State of the Sport Address, without disclosing the location of round 2. [1] On October 19, 2021, IMSA announced that an event at the Grand Prix of Long Beach would fill the vacancy in the schedule. [2] In April 2022, Indianapolis was announced as the replacement for round seven, which was initially scheduled to be held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. [3]
Round | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida | March 16–19 |
2 | Grand Prix of Long Beach, Long Beach, California | April 8–10 |
3 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California | April 29 – May 1 |
4 | Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York | June 23–26 |
5 | Grand Prix of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario | July 15–17 |
6 | Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | August 5–7 |
7 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana | September 2–4 |
8 | Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia | September 28 – October 1 |
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds | |
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Pro Class | ||||
Kelly-Moss Road and Race [5] | 2 | Sean Varwig [6] | 1, 4, 6 | |
3 | Kay van Berlo [6] | All | ||
7 | Michael McCarthy [5] | All | ||
53 | Riley Dickinson [5] | All | ||
MDK Motorsports [6] | 6 | Trenton Estep [6] | All | |
43 | Jeff Kingsley | 5 | ||
91 | Matthew Graham | 7 | ||
McCann Racing [6] | 8 | Michael McCann [6] | 1–4, 6–8 | |
JDX Racing [7] | 9 | Parker Thompson [7] | All | |
311RS Motorsport [6] | 11 | Dimitri Dimakos [6] | 1–4, 6–8 | |
12 | Leh Keen [6] | 1–4, 6–7 | ||
Laurin Heinrich | 8 | |||
Wright Motorsports [6] | 13 | Varun Choksey [6] | All | |
88 | Hutton McKenna [6] | 1–4, 6–8 | ||
Hendrick Performance Group [8] | 24 | Jeff Gordon [8] | 7 | |
Premier Racing [6] | 24 | Adam Adelson [6] | 1–5, 8 | |
120 | 7 | |||
Topp Racing [6] | 58 | TJ Fischer [6] | 1–4, 6–8 | |
77 | Travis Wiley [6] | All | ||
ACI Motorsports [6] | 81 | Grant Talkie [6] | 1–4, 7–8 | |
Irish Mike's Racing [6] | 95 | Conor Flynn [6] | 1–4, 6–7 | |
Pro-Am Class | ||||
ACI Motorsports [6] | 16 | Pedro Torres [6] | 1–4, 6, 8 | |
17 | Curt Swearingin [6] | 1–4, 6–8 | ||
18 | Richard Edge [6] | 1–4, 6–8 | ||
Alegra Motorsports [6] | 22 | Carlos de Quesada [6] | 1 | |
Kelly-Moss Road and Race [9] | 23 | P. J. Hyett [10] | 6–8 | |
65 | Efrin Castro [9] | All | ||
99 | Alan Metni [6] | All | ||
JDX Racing [7] | 26 | Peter Atwater [7] | 1 | |
Goldcrest Motorsports [6] | 30 | Dominique Lequeux [6] | 1–4, 6 | |
55 | Matt Halcome [6] | 1–4, 6–8 | ||
GMG Racing [11] | 32 | Kyle Washington [11] | 2–3, 5, 7 | |
Accelerating Performance [6] | 44 | Moisey Uretsky [6] | 1, 4, 6, 8 | |
NOLASPORT [6] | 47 | Justin Oakes [6] | 1–4, 6–8 | |
Topp Racing [6] | 56 | Jeff Mosing [6] | 1–2, 7–8 | |
BGB Motorsports [6] | 69 | Thomas Collingwood [6] | All | |
Mark Motors Racing [6] | 84 | Marco Cirone [6] | 1, 3–8 | |
Ansa Motorsports [6] | 89 | Mike Zoi [6] | 1 | |
Irish Mike's Racing [6] | 97 | Craig Conway [6] | 1–4, 6–7 | |
Am Class | ||||
JDX Racing [7] | 4 | Robert Hanley [7] | 1–3 | |
Kelly-Moss Road and Race [6] | 10 | Vernon McClure [6] | 1–2, 6, 8 | |
19 | Tom Balames [6] | 1, 4, 6 | ||
92 | Joseph Lombardo [6] | 1, 3–4, 7 | ||
Goldcrest Motorsports [6] | 21 | Grady Willingham [6] | 1–4, 6–8 | |
28 | Bob Mueller [10] | 6, 8 | ||
29 | Jeffrey Majkrzak [6] | 1–2, 6–8 | ||
80 | Joe Still [6] | 1 | ||
Octavio Tequila Racing | 28 | Bob Mueller | 1 | |
Topp Racing [6] | 42 | Bill Smith [6] | All | |
MDK Motorsports [6] | 43 | Mark Kvamme [6] | 1–4, 6–8 | |
Wright Motorsports [6] | 57 | John Goetz [6] | All |
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 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | Pole | FL |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
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