The 2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge presented by Mazda is the thirteenth season of the IMSA Lites series and its successors and the second season as the IMSA Prototype Challenge. The season features 6 races across 6 weekends.
Series news
- 2018 is the final season Fox Sports will televise the series, NBC Sports Group becomes the series' broadcaster, starting in 2019.
- 2018 is also the final season that Continental Tire will be the tire supplier, Michelin will take over that role for the 2019 season.
- 2018 will be the final season of the Mazda Prototype Challenge (MPC) class, with LMP3 to become to sole class from 2019 onwards.
Classes
- Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3)
- Mazda Prototype Challenge (MPC)
Calendar
Race schedule
The 2018 schedule was released on 24 August 2017 and features six rounds.[1]
1 LMP3 will participate in this race with the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's GT Daytona class and the Grand Sport and TCR cars from the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge as one single four-hour race. This race will preview the 2019 IMSA rules package and new tyre supplier Michelin.[2]
Calendar Changes
Entry List
LMP3
All teams use Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 engines.
Note: A driver with a (M) is participating in the Amateur Masters Category.
Mazda Prototype Challenge (MPC)
All teams use Elan DP02 chassis and Mazda MZR 2.0L 4 cylinder engines.
| Team | | Drivers | Rounds |
| Performance Tech Motorsports | 11 |  Robert Masson | All |
| Kyle Masson | 4–6 |
| 18 | Wyatt Schwab | 1–3 |
| John DeAngelis | 6 |
| 22 | Stephen Dawes | All |
| 77 | Howard Jacobs | All |
| James French | 4–6 |
| ODU Motorsports | 21 |  Stuart Rettie | 1 |
| 46 | Jay Salmon | 1 |
| Eurosport Racing | 24 | Tim George | 1–2 |
| 31 | .svg.png) Michal Chlumecky | 1, 3–6 |
| 34 | Jon Brownson | All |
| Wolf Motorsports | 28 | Bart Wolf | All |
| Tazio Ottis |
| ONE Motorsports | 32 | Gerhard Watzinger | 6 |
| 36 | Paul LaHaye | All |
| 86 | Dave House | All |
| Mikel Miller | 1, 5–6 |
| Source:[3][4][5][6][7] |
Results
Race Results
Bold indicates overall winner.
Points system
| 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 |
| Race | 35 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' Championships
LMP3
| | | Colour | Result | | Gold | Winner | | Silver | Second place | | Bronze | Third place | | Green | Points classification | | Blue | Non-points classification | | Non-classified finish (NC) | | Purple | Retired, not classified (Ret) | | Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) | | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) | | Black | Disqualified (DSQ) | | White | Did not start (DNS) | | Withdrew (WD) | | Race cancelled (C) | | Blank | Did not practice (DNP) | | Did not arrive (DNA) | | Excluded (EX) | Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap |
Mazda Prototype Challenge
| | Driver | DAY | SEB | BAR | MOS | VIR | ATL | Points |
| 1 | Jon Brownson | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 172 |
| 2 | Tazio Ottis
Bart Wolf | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 170 |
| 3 | Stephen Dawes | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 169 |
| 4 | Howard Jacobs | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 166 |
| 5 | Dave House | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 164 |
| 6 | Paul LaHaye | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 163 |
| 7 | Robert Masson | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 156 |
| 8 | Michal Chlumecky | 12 | | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 104 |
| 9 | James French | | | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 96 |
| 10 | Mikel Miller | 6 | | | | 2 | 10 | 78 |
| 11 | Wyatt Schwab | 7 | 6 | 9 | | | | 71 |
| 12 | Kyle Masson | | | | 8 | 8 | 9 | 68 |
| 13 | Tim George | 8 | 7 | | | | | 47 |
| 14 | Stuart Rettie | 2 | | | | | | 32 |
| 15 | Gerhard Watzinger | | | | | | 6 | 25 |
| 16 | John DeAngelis | | | | | | 7 | 24 |
| 17 | Jay Salmon | 10 | | | | | | 21 |
| | Driver | DAY | SEB | BAR | MOS | VIR | ATL | Points |
Team's Championships
LMP3
| | Team | DAY | SEB | BAR | MOS | VIR | ATL | Points |
| 1 | No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 194 |
| 2 | No. 47 Forty 7 Motorsports | 2 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 174 |
| 3 | No. 3 Extreme Speed Motorsports | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 163 |
| 4 | No. 4 ANSA Motorsports | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 159 |
| 5 | No. 7 CWR | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 150 |
| 6 | No. 17 P1 Motorsports | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 140 |
| 7 | No. 75 Performance Tech Motorsports | 8 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 133 |
| 8 | No. 51 K2R Motorsports | 9 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 130 |
| 9 | No. 42 P1 Motorsports | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 129 |
| 10 | No. 25 P1 Motorsports | 6 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 118 |
| 11 | No. 40 Polestar Motor Racing Inc. | | | 5 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 97 |
| 12 | No. 33 Extreme Speed Motorsports | 13 | 10 | 12 | 14 | | 10 | 96 |
| 13 | No. 74 Forty 7 Motorsports | | 17 | 2 | 15 | | 15 | 78 |
| 14 | No. 87 Five Miles Out Racing | | | 15 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 77 |
| 15 | No. 88 Five Miles Out Racing | | | 10 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 74 |
| 16 | No. 44 Ave Motorsports | 5 | 7 | 17 | | | | 64 |
| 17 | No. 19 Baker Racing | | 15 | 14 | 11 | | | 53 |
| 18 | No. 60 Wulver Racing | | | | | 10 | 6 | 46 |
| 19 | No. 55 JDC Motorsports | | 12 | | | | 7 | 43 |
| 20 | No. 23 Gilbert LMP3 Racing | 10 | 9 | | | | | 43 |
| 21 | No. 26 K2R Motorsports | | 4 | | | | | 28 |
| | Team | DAY | SEB | BAR | MOS | VIR | ATL | Points |
Mazda Prototype Challenge
| | Team | DAY | SEB | BAR | MOS | VIR | ATL | Points |
| 1 | No. 34 Eurosport Racing | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 172 |
| 2 | No. 28 Wolf Motorsports | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 170 |
| 3 | No. 22 Performance Tech Motorsports | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 169 |
| 4 | No. 77 Performance Tech Motorsports | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 166 |
| 5 | No. 86 ONE Motorsports | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 164 |
| 6 | No. 36 ONE Motorsports | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 163 |
| 7 | No. 11 Performance Tech Motorsports | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 156 |
| 8 | No. 31 Eurosport Racing | 12 | | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 127 |
| 9 | No. 18 Performance Tech Motorsports | 7 | 6 | 9 | | | 7 | 95 |
| 10 | No. 24 Eurosport Racing | 8 | 7 | | | | | 47 |
| 11 | No. 21 ODU Motorsports | 2 | | | | | | 32 |
| 12 | No. 32 ONE Motorsports | | | | | | 6 | 25 |
| 13 | No. 46 ODU Motorsports | 10 | | | | | | 21 |
| | Team | DAY | SEB | BAR | MOS | VIR | ATL | Points |
References
- ^ "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Schedule Released". IMSA. August 24, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ "IMSA Confirms Sebring Encore Race for November 2018 – Sportscar365". Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- ^ a b "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Daytona Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. January 6, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ a b "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Sebring Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. March 16, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ a b "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Barber Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. April 21, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ a b "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Mosport Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. July 8, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ a b "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge VIR Entry List" (PDF). IMSA. August 18, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Daytona Race Results" (PDF). IMSA. January 9, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Sebring Race Results" (PDF). IMSA. March 20, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge Barber Race Results" (PDF). IMSA. April 24, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge CTMP Race Results" (PDF). IMSA. July 10, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ "2018 IMSA Prototype Challenge VIR Race Results" (PDF). IMSA. August 21, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
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