The 2017 IMSA Prototype Challenge presented by Mazda is the twelfth season of the IMSA Lites series. The season features seven double header weekends. [1]
For the 2017 season the series had a make-over. The series name was changed from IMSA Lites to the IMSA Prototype Challenge. The classes were also changed. The L2 class was dropped after eleven seasons of service. The series was divided over two classes, LMP3 and MPC. The LMP3 class open to all LMP3 specification cars. [2] Various chassis manufacturers have built LMP3 specification chassis. All chassis are equipped with a Nissan VK50VE, 5,0L, V8 engine. The MPC class is filled by Élan DP02, the former L1 class. All cars are shod with Continental tires. [3]
Team | Chassis | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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ANSA Motorsports [4] | Ligier JS P3 | 4 | Matt Dicken | All |
20 | Nico Jamin | 1 | ||
ASC Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 2 | Michael Watt | 4, 7 |
Ave Motorsports | Ave-Riley AR-2 | 44 | Paul Fix (M) | 1–5 |
Tony Ave | 7 | |||
CWR | Ligier JS P3 | 75 | James Dayson | 3 |
Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 3 | Naj Husain (M) | All |
33 | Lance Wilsey | 7 | ||
Forty 7 Motorsports | Norma M30 | 47 | Garrett Kletjian | 5-6 |
HP-Tech | Ligier JS P3 | 87 | Doug Peterson (M) | 1 |
Roberto La Rocca | 2 | |||
JDC MotorSports | Ligier JS P3 | 25 | Joel Janco (M) | 1–2 |
55 | Gerry Kraut (M) | 1 | ||
K2R Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 51 | Rob Hodes (M) | 1–2 |
Kelly-Moss Road and Race | Norma M30 | 14 | Colin Thompson | All |
Performance Tech Motorsports [5] | Ligier JS P3 | 12 | Andrés Gutiérrez | 1–3 |
Ginetta-Juno P3-15 | 23 | Alan Wilzig (M) | 1 | |
P1 Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 8 | Kenton Koch | 2-7 |
17 | Lonnie Pechnik (M) | 1–2 | ||
Robby Foley | 3, 5, 7 | |||
Stefan Rzadzinski | 6 | |||
71 | Juan Perez | 1–2, 4 |
Note: A driver with a (M) is participating in the Amateur Masters Category.
Team | Chassis | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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BAR1 Motorsports | Élan DP02 | 22 | Brian Alder | 1–2 |
Don Yount | 3 | |||
De Angelis Racing | Élan DP02 | 78 | Max DeAngelis | 7 |
Eurosport Racing | Élan DP02 | 24 | Tim George | 3, 7 |
31 | Michal Chlumecky | 2-7 | ||
34 | Jon Brownson | 1–4 | ||
42 | Jim Garrett | 2, 7 | ||
JDC MotorSports | Élan DP02 | 7 | Kris Wright | All |
25 | Joel Janco | 3-4 | ||
72 | Tazio Ottis | All | ||
ODU Engineering | Élan DP02 | 21 | Stuart Rettie | All |
46 | Jay Salmon | 2–3, 6-7 | ||
ONE Motorsports | Élan DP02 | 32 | Paul La Haye | 1, 3, 7 |
Gerhard Watzinger | 7 | |||
86 | Dave House | 1, 7 | ||
Performance Tech Motorsports | Élan DP02 | 11 | Robert Masson | All |
18 | Kyle Masson | All | ||
38 | Stephen Dawes | All | ||
77 | Howard Jacobs | All | ||
Team Perfect Pedal | Élan DP02 | 13 | Gary Gibson | All |
Wolf Motorsports | Élan DP02 | 28 | Bart Wolf | 7 |
Note: All Élan DP02s are running with the Mazda MZR 2.0 L Engine.
Bold indicates overall winner.
Color | Result |
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Gold | Winner |
Silver | 2nd place |
Bronze | 3rd place |
Green | 4th & 5th place |
Light Blue | 6th–10th place |
Dark Blue | 11th place or lower |
Purple | Did not finish |
Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
Brown | Withdrawn (Wth) |
Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
White | Did not start (DNS) |
Blank | Did not participate (DNP) |
Driver replacement (Rpl) | |
Injured (Inj) | |
No race held (NH) |
Pos. | Driver | SEB 1 | SEB 2 | BAR 1 | BAR 2 | WGL 1 | WGL 2 | MOS 1 | MOS 2 | LRP | TRO 1 | TRO 2 | ATL 1 | ATL 2 | Points |
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1 | Colin Thompson | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 217 |
2 | Kenton Koch | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 209 | ||
3 | Naj Husain | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 162 |
4 | Matt Dicken | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 126 |
5 | Andrés Gutiérrez | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 108 | |||||||
6 | Paul Fix | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 81 | ||||
7 | Robby Foley | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 70 | ||||||||
8 | Lonnie Pechnik | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 54 | |||||||||
9 | Nico Jamin | 1 | 1 | 42 | |||||||||||
10 | Michael Watt | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 42 | |||||||||
11 | JC Perez | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | DNS | 42 | |||||||
12 | Garrett Kletjian | 4 | 6 | 6 | 34 | ||||||||||
13 | Tony Ave | 4 | 2 | 32 | |||||||||||
14 | Stefan Rzadzinski | 3 | 3 | 32 | |||||||||||
15 | Rob Hodes | 6 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 31 | |||||||||
16 | James Dayson | 5 | 2 | 30 | |||||||||||
17 | Roberto La Rocca | 3 | 4 | 30 | |||||||||||
18 | Doug Peterson | 5 | 6 | 22 | |||||||||||
19 | Lance Willsey | 7 | 7 | 18 | |||||||||||
20 | Gerry Kraut | 12 | 7 | 13 | |||||||||||
21 | Joel Janco | 13 | 13 | 13 | |||||||||||
22 | Alan Wilzig | 10 | 12 | 10 |
Pos. | Driver | SEB 1 | SEB 2 | BAR 1 | BAR 2 | WGL 1 | WGL 2 | MOS 1 | MOS 2 | LRP | TRO 1 | TRO 2 | ATL 1 | ATL 2 | Points |
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1 | Kyle Masson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 259 |
2 | Kris Wright | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 177 |
3 | Tazio Ottis | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 170 |
4 | Stuart Rettie | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 154 |
5 | Robert Masson | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 139 |
6 | Gary Gibson | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 127 |
7 | Stephen Dawes | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 94 |
8 | Michal Chlumecky | 2 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 89 | |||||
9 | Jon Brownson | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 87 | |||||
10 | Howard Jacobs | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 86 |
11 | Brian Alder | 4 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 49 | |||||||||
12 | Paul Lahaye | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 45 | |||||||
13 | Joel Janco | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 34 | |||||||||
14 | Dave House | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 34 | |||||||||
15 | Jay Salmon | 9 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 4 | DNS | 15 | 15 | 30 | |||||
16 | Jim Garrett | 10 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 23 | |||||||||
17 | Don Yount | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||||||||||
18 | Max DeAngelis | 12 | 8 | 12 | |||||||||||
19 | Tim George | 11 | 12 | DNS | 13 | 12 | |||||||||
20 | Gerhard Watzinger | 6 | 17 | 10 | |||||||||||
21 | Bart Wolf | 10 | 16 | 6 |
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