2025 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge

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The 2025 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge season will be the third season of the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge after being established in 2023 as a replacement for the IMSA Prototype Challenge. The season will begin on January 20 at Daytona International Speedway and will conclude on October 19 at Road Atlanta. After IMSA's removal of the LMP3 class from the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship, this series is now the highest tier of racing for LMP3s in the United States. On August 29, 2024, it was announced that GT3 cars (GTDX) will be added alongside the existing two classes. [1] [2]

Classes

Calendar

The provisional schedule was released on August 29, 2024, at IMSA's annual State of the Sport Address, featuring twelve rounds split across six race weekends. All six events had confirmed dates. [3]

RoundCircuitDate
1 Flag of the United States.svg Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida January 17–19
2 Flag of the United States.svg Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas February 28 – March 1
3 Flag of the United States.svg Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio June 6–8
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario July 11–13
5 Flag of the United States.svg Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia August 22–24
6 Flag of the United States.svg Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia, Georgia October 8–11

Entry List

All cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine.

LMP3

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
Flag of Germany.svg Gebhardt Motorsport [4] Duqueine M30 - D08 30 Flag of Germany.svg Valentino Catalano [4] 1
31 Flag of Germany.svg Markus Pommer [4] 1
Flag of the United States.svg RAFA Racing Team [5] Ligier JS P320 36 Flag of the United States.svg Matthew Dicken [6] 1
Flag of the United States.svg MLT Motorsports [4] Ligier JS P320 54 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jonathan Woolridge [6] 1
Flag of Germany.svg Mishumotors [4] Ligier JS P320 70 Flag of Germany.svg Mirco Schultis [4] 1
Flag of the United States.svg Forte Racing [4] Ligier JS P320 77 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Thienes [4] 1
86 Flag of the United States.svg Jon Hirshberg [4] 1
Flag of the United States.svg Toney Driver Development [4] Ligier JS P320 80 Flag of the United States.svg Brady Golan [6] 1

GTDX

TeamCarEngineNo.DriversRounds
Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport [7] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 6 Flag of the United States.svg Jake Walker [7] 1
95 Flag of the United States.svg Vin Barletta [7] 1
Flag of the United States.svg Conquest Racing [8] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 20 Flag of the United States.svg Dave Musial Jr. [8] 1
99 Flag of the United States.svg Dave Musial [8] 1
Flag of the United States.svg Wright Motorsports [4] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 24 Flag of the United States.svg Adam Adelson [4] 1
Flag of the United States.svg GMG Racing [5] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 32 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Washington [9] 1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg ST Racing [10] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 38 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Samantha Tan [10] 1
Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse [4] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 50 Flag of Argentina.svg Matias Perez Companc [4] 1
66 Flag of the United States.svg AJ Muss [4] 1

GSX

TeamCarEngineNo.DriversRounds
Flag of the United States.svg Automatic Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 09 Flag of the United States.svg Matthew Siegal [6] 1
Flag of the United States.svg Czabok-Simpson Motorsport [4] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 2 Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Lee [4] 1
Flag of the United States.svg FastMD Racing with Remstar Racing [4] Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 3 Flag of the United States.svg Farhan Siddiqi [6] 1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Di Benedetto Racing [4] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Justin Di Benedetto [4] 1
Flag of the United States.svg KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering [4] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 5 Flag of the United States.svg Angus Rogers [4] 1
Flag of the United States.svg RAFA Racing Team [11] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 8 Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto [4] 1
68 Flag of the United States.svg Ian Porter [4] 1
Flag of the United States.svg Carrus Callas Raceteam [4] BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 10 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Walsh [4] 1
Flag of the United States.svg Swish Motorsports [4] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 12 Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Wilmot [6] 1
Flag of the United States.svg Auto Technic Racing [4] BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 19 Flag of Austria.svg Roland Krainz [4] 1
Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Cameron Racing [4] Ford Mustang GT4 (2024) Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 43 Flag of the United States.svg Gregory Liefooghe [4] 1
Flag of the United States.svg Kingpin Racing [12] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 53 Flag of the United States.svg Rob Walker [12] 1
Flag of the United States.svg Rebel Rock Racing [4] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 72 Flag of the United States.svg Frank DePew [6] 1
Flag of the United States.svg BSI Racing [4] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 76 Flag of the United States.svg Steven Clemons [4] 1
Flag of the United States.svg 89x [4] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 89 Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Tasca [6] 1
Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport [7] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 96 Flag of the United States.svg Matt Dalton [7] 1

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

RoundCircuitP3 WinnerGTDX WinnerGSX Winner
1R1 Flag of the United States.svg Daytona Flag of Germany.svg #30 Gebhardt Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg #24 Wright Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg #8 RAFA Racing
Flag of Germany.svg Valentino Catalano Flag of the United States.svg Adam Adelson Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto
R2 Flag of Germany.svg #30 Gebhardt Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg #24 Wright Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg #8 RAFA Racing
Flag of Germany.svg Valentino Catalano Flag of the United States.svg Adam Adelson Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto
2R1 Flag of the United States.svg COTA
R2
3R1 Flag of the United States.svg Mid-Ohio
R2
4R1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mosport
R2
5R1 Flag of the United States.svg Virginia
R2
6R1 Flag of the United States.svg Road Atlanta
R2

References

  1. ↑ "GT3 Cars Added to VP Racing Challenge for Next Year". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. August 29, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  2. ↑ Dagys, John (October 11, 2024). "GDoonan: GT3 Addition to VPRC Driven by Customers, OEMs". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  3. ↑ "2025 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Schedule".
  4. 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 31 32 33 34 35 Goodwin, Graham (January 9, 2025). "VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Debuts With 9 GTDX Entries, V8 LMP3s". Dailysportscar. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Poised for Expansion in 2025". imsa.com. International Motor Sports Association. December 17, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "VPRC Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). imsa.com. International Motor Sports Association. January 16, 2025. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Goodwin, Graham (January 9, 2025). "Not One, Not Two, But Six Turner BMWs At Daytona!". Dailysportscar. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 Euwema, Davey (December 19, 2024). "Conquest Joins GTDX With Two-Car Ferrari Effort". Sportscar365. John Days Media. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Les brèves du mercredi matin 18 décembre". Endurance-Info. December 18, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  10. 1 2 Dagys, John (December 17, 2024). "ST Racing Confirms BMW GTDX Entry for Tan". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  11. ↑ Dagys, John (December 10, 2024). "RAFA Racing Merges with Smooge for Expansive Program". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  12. 1 2 Dagys, John (January 7, 2025). "Kingpin Steps Up to GS With Dual Series Program". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
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