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Bijoy Garg won the LMP3 class championship after an impressive season taking eight wins throughout the 12 race season, 6 of which he won in a row. [1] His team Jr III Racing won the Team's Championship. Francis Selldorff won the GSX class championship with 1 win and 5 additional podiums, simultaneously granting Turner Motorsport their 8th professional championship title.
The provisional 2023 calendar was released on August 5, 2022, at IMSA's annual State of the Sport Address, featuring twelve rounds split across six race weekends. Five of the six events had confirmed dates. [2] The final calendar was confirmed on August 26, 2022, adding rounds at Daytona and Lime Rock Park while dropping the round at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. [3]
Round | Circuit | Date |
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1 | ![]() | January 20–22 |
2 | ![]() | March 11–12 |
3 | ![]() | July 7–9 |
4 | ![]() | July 21–22 |
5 | ![]() | August 25–27 |
6 | ![]() | October 11–14 |
Manufacturer | Car | Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duqueine | Duqueine D-08 | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | 1 |
![]() | 2 | ||||
![]() | 4 | ||||
![]() | 73 | ![]() | All | ||
![]() | 47 | ![]() | 2–3, 6 | ||
99 | ![]() | All | |||
![]() | 87 | ![]() | 2 | ||
![]() | 6 | ||||
Ligier | Ligier JS P320 | ![]() | 3 | ![]() | All |
![]() | 7 | ![]() | 3, 5–6 | ||
38 | ![]() | 3, 5 | |||
![]() | 28 | ![]() | 1–3 | ||
86 | ![]() | 1–3 | |||
![]() | 30 | ![]() | 1–3, 6 | ||
![]() | 54 | ![]() | All | ||
![]() | 77 | ![]() | All |
Manufacturer | Car | Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aston Martin | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | ![]() | 09 | ![]() | 2 |
![]() | 4 | ||||
![]() | 44 | ![]() | 1–3, 5–6 | ||
![]() ![]() | 45 | ![]() | 5–6 | ||
69 | ![]() | 1–3, 5 | |||
![]() | 82 | ![]() | 5–6 | ||
BMW | BMW M4 GT4 Gen II | ![]() | 19 | ![]() | 1–3, 5 |
43 | ![]() | 2–3, 6 | |||
![]() | 24 | ![]() | 4 | ||
25 | ![]() | 1–2 | |||
![]() | 4 | ||||
26 | ![]() | 4 | |||
![]() | 95 | ![]() | 3–6 | ||
96 | ![]() | 3–6 | |||
BMW M4 GT4 | ![]() | 88 | ![]() | All | |
89 | ![]() | 6 | |||
![]() | 95 | ![]() | 1–2 | ||
96 | ![]() | 1–2 | |||
Chevrolet | Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R | ![]() | 72 | ![]() | All |
Ford | Ford Mustang GT4 | ![]() | 14 | ![]() | 1–2, 6 |
![]() | 3, 5 | ||||
59 | ![]() | 2 | |||
![]() | 6 | ||||
![]() | 98 | ![]() | 1–2 | ||
Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | ![]() | 65 | ![]() | All |
Porsche | Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport | ![]() | 5 | ![]() | All |
![]() | 17 | ![]() | 1–3, 5–6 | ||
83 | ![]() | 2 | |||
![]() | 27 | ![]() | All | ||
![]() | 46 | ![]() | 3, 5–6 | ||
![]() | 48 | ![]() | 3 | ||
![]() | 93 | ![]() | 1, 3 | ||
![]() | 2 |
Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | LMP3 Winner | GSX Winner | |
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1 | R1 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
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2 | R1 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
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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. [18]
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 ![]() | SEB ![]() | MOS ![]() | LIM ![]() | VIR ![]() | ATL ![]() | Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3450 |
2 | ![]() | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3300 |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2780 |
4 | ![]() | 15† | 15 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2740 |
5 | ![]() | 9 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2650 |
6 | ![]() | 12 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | DNS | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2440 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | DNS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2310 | ||||
8 | ![]() | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | DNS | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 10 | DNS | 2160 |
9 | ![]() | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | DNS | 16 | DNS | 2010 | ||
10 | ![]() | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 1880 | ||
11 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 1770 | ||||
12 | ![]() | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 7 | DNS | 4 | 1670 | ||||
13 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1400 | ||||||
14 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 4 | DNS | 9 | DNS | 1080 | ||||||
15 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1060 | ||||||||
16 | ![]() | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 920 | ||||||||
17 | ![]() | 11 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 800 | ||||||||
18 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 700 | ||||||||||
19 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 15 | DNS | 680 | ||||||||
20 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 640 | ||||||||||
21 | ![]() | 8 | 10 | 12 | DNS | 630 | ||||||||
22 | ![]() | 1 | 13 | 530 | ||||||||||
23 | ![]() | 3 | 8 | 530 | ||||||||||
24 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 530 | ||||||||||
25 | ![]() | 1 | 18 | 480 | ||||||||||
26 | ![]() | 12 | 9 | 410 | ||||||||||
27 | ![]() | 17 | 12 | 330 | ||||||||||
28 | ![]() | 16 | 14 | 320 | ||||||||||
29 | ![]() | 18 | 17 | 270 | ||||||||||
30 | ![]() | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 11 | DNS | 410 | ||||||
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
Pos. | Drivers | DAY ![]() | SEB ![]() | MOS ![]() | LIM ![]() | VIR ![]() | ATL ![]() | Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4150 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3790 |
3 | ![]() | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3440 |
4 | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | DNS | DNS | 1790 | ||||
5 | ![]() | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | DNS | 1320 | ||||||
6 | ![]() | 9 | 7 | DNS | DNS | 8† | 6 | 1090 | ||||||
7 | ![]() | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11 | DNS | DNS | 1000 | ||||||
8 | ![]() | 4 | 7 | 560 | ||||||||||
Pos. | Drivers | DAY ![]() | SEB ![]() | MOS ![]() | LIM ![]() | VIR ![]() | ATL ![]() | Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 6 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3370 |
2 | ![]() | 9 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3240 |
3 | ![]() | 12 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | DNS | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2950 |
4 | ![]() | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | DNS | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 10 | DNS | 2600 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | DNS | 16 | DNS | 2360 | ||
6 | ![]() | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 2260 | ||
7 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 2090 | ||||
8 | ![]() | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 7 | DNS | 4 | 2030 | ||||
9 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1580 | ||||||
10 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1180 | ||||||||
11 | ![]() | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1120 | ||||||||
12 | ![]() | 11 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 920 | ||||||||
13 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 15 | DNS | 850 | ||||||||
14 | ![]() | 8 | 10 | 12 | DNS | 710 | ||||||||
15 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 670 | ||||||||||
16 | ![]() | 12 | 9 | 500 | ||||||||||
17 | ![]() | 17 | 12 | 420 | ||||||||||
18 | ![]() | 16 | 14 | 410 | ||||||||||
19 | ![]() | 18 | 17 | 360 | ||||||||||
20 | ![]() | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 11 | DNS | 250 | ||||||
Pos. | Team | DAY ![]() | SEB ![]() | MOS ![]() | LIM ![]() | VIR ![]() | ATL ![]() | Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4000 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3790 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3310 |
4 | ![]() | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3290 |
5 | ![]() | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2950 |
6 | ![]() | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1720 | ||||||
7 | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | DNS | DNS | 1570 | ||||
8 | ![]() | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | DNS | 1330 | ||||||
9 | ![]() | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | DNS | 1170 | ||||||
10 | ![]() | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1140 | ||||||||
11 | ![]() | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 940 | ||||||||
12 | ![]() | 9 | 7 | DNS | DNS | 8† | 6 | 940 | ||||||
13 | ![]() | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11 | DNS | DNS | 900 | ||||||
Pos. | Drivers | DAY ![]() | SEB ![]() | MOS ![]() | LIM ![]() | VIR ![]() | ATL ![]() | Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3450 |
2 | ![]() | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3300 |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2780 |
4 | ![]() | 15† | 15 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2740 |
5 | ![]() | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2680 | ||
6 | ![]() | 9 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2650 |
7 | ![]() | 12 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | DNS | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2440 |
8 | ![]() | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | DNS | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 10 | DNS | 2160 |
9 | ![]() | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | DNS | 16 | DNS | 2010 | ||
10 | ![]() | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 1880 | ||
11 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 1770 | ||||
12 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1590 | ||||||
13 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 13 | 11 | 1400 | ||
14 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | DNS | 1 | DNS | 4 | 1300 | ||||||
15 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 4 | DNS | 9 | DNS | 1080 | ||||||
16 | ![]() | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 920 | ||||||||
17 | ![]() | 8 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 12 | DNS | 900 | ||||||
18 | ![]() | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 850 | ||||||||
19 | ![]() | 11 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 800 | ||||||||
20 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 700 | ||||||||||
21 | ![]() | 1 | 18 | 11 | DNS | 680 | ||||||||
22 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 15 | DNS | 680 | ||||||||
23 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 640 | ||||||||||
24 | ![]() | 1 | 13 | 530 | ||||||||||
25 | ![]() | 12 | 9 | 410 | ||||||||||
26 | ![]() | 17 | 12 | 330 | ||||||||||
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
Pos. | Drivers | DAY ![]() | SEB ![]() | MOS ![]() | LIM ![]() | VIR ![]() | ATL ![]() | Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3980 |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3770 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3560 |
4 | ![]() | 12 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | DNS | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3020 |
5 | ![]() | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | DNS | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 10 | DNS | 2710 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 11 | 11 | 1810 | ||
Pos. | Drivers | DAY ![]() | SEB ![]() | MOS ![]() | LIM ![]() | VIR ![]() | ATL ![]() | Points | ||||||
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