2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge explained

The 2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge season was the second season of the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge after being established in 2023 as a replacement for the IMSA Prototype Challenge. The season began on January 20 at Daytona International Speedway and concluded 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.

Calendar

The provisional schedule was released on August 4, 2023, 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.^[1]

!Round!Circuit!Date
1	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	January 19–21
2	St. Petersburg Street Circuit, St. Petersburg, Florida	March 8–10
3	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio	June 7–9
4	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario	July 12–14
5	Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia	August 23–25
6	Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia, Georgia	October 9–12

Entry List

LMP3

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Duqueine	Duqueine D-08	Gebhardt Intralogistics Motorsports^[2]	30	Valentino Catalano	6
		Gebhardt Intralogistics Motorsports^[2]	31	Markus Pommer	6
		Fast MD Racing with Remstar	87	Marco Kacic	1
		Fast MD Racing with Remstar	87	Jagger Jones	2–6
Ligier	Ligier JS P320	MLT Motorsports^[3]	6	Steven Aghakhani	All
		Performance Tech Motorsports^[4]	7	Alex Kirby	1–5
			18	Jordan Menzin	3–5
			38	Scott Locke	1
			38	Jonathan Woolridge	2–4
		Escuderia ABRO	23	Miguel Villagomez	1–3, 5–6
		Sean Creech Motorsport	33	Lance Willsey	1
		Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports	51	Cody Ware	1–2
		Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports	51	Ryan Phinny	3–6
		Ave Motorsports	61	George Staikos	1, 4, 6
				Ryan Phinny	2
				Seth Lucas	3
		Mishumotors	70	Mirco Schultis	1–2
		Forte Racing	77	Brian Thienes	All
		Forte Racing	86	Jon Hirshberg	5–6

GSX

! Manufacturer! Car! Team! No.! Driver! Rounds
Aston Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Prosport Competition	2	Jason Bell	2
		Archangel Motorsports	22	Robbie McWilliams	1
		Archangel Motorsports	22	Todd Coleman	2
		Ruckus Racing	45	Scott Blind	1–5
		van der Steur Racing	82	Brady Behrman	1
		van der Steur Racing	82	Jackson Lee	2
	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo	Rebel Rock Racing^[5]	72	Frank DePew	1–5
BMW	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	Team ACP by Random Vandals^[6]	9	Nathan Martin	1
		Swish Motorsports	12	Michael Dayton	1–4
		Stephen Cameron Racing	19	Sean Quinlan	1
			19	Gregory Liefooghe	2
			43	Gregory Liefooghe	1
			43	Sean Quinlan	2
		Auto Technic Racing	25	Mark Brummond	1–3, 5
		Auto Technic Racing	26	Christopher Tasca	1
		Split Decision Motorsports	88	Patrick Wilmot	1–5
		Turner Motorsport	96	Joe Dalton	1, 3
			96	Vincent Barletta	2, 5
			97	Vincent Barletta	3
Ford	Ford Mustang GT4 (2024)	KohR Motorsports	59	Luca Mars	1–5
		Stephen Cameron Racing	19	Sean Quinlan	4–5
		Polito Racing	98	Jack Polito	4
McLaren	McLaren Artura GT4	Motorsport in Action	21	Jesse Lazare	1–5
Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Thaze Competition	37	Marc Miller	1
			Eddie Killeen	2–4
			78	Jonathan Woolridge	1
			78	Josh Green	3–4
Porsche	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering	5	Angus Rogers	1–5
		BGB Motorsports	17	Will Wachs	1–3
			808	Jim Jonsin	1
			808	Thomas Collingwood	2
		Baby Bull Racing	44	Moisey Uretsky	1, 4–5
		Baby Bull Racing	55	Michael Cooper	1
		Czabok-Simpson Motorsport^[7]	66	Jackson Lee	1
Toyota	Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo	BSI Racing	67	Eric Thompson	1

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round! Circuit! P3 Winner! GSX Winner
1	1	Daytona	No. 6 MLT Motorsports	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
	1		Steven Aghakhani	Luca Mars
	R2		No. 6 MLT Motorsports	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
	R2		Steven Aghakhani	Luca Mars
2	1	St. Petersburg	No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 21 Motorsport in Action
	1		Jagger Jones	Jesse Lazare
	R2		No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 21 Motorsport in Action
	R2		Jagger Jones	Jesse Lazare
3	1	Mid-Ohio	No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
	1		Jagger Jones	Luca Mars
	R2		No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 21 Motorsport in Action
	R2		Jagger Jones	Jesse Lazare
4	1	Mosport	No. 6 MLT Motorsports	No. 98 Polito Racing
	1		Steven Aghakhani	Jack Polito
	R2		No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 78 Thaze Competition
	R2		Jagger Jones	Josh Green
5	1	VIR	No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
	1		Jagger Jones	Luca Mars
	R2		No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
	R2		Jagger Jones	Luca Mars
6	1	Road Atlanta	No. 6 MLT Motorsports	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
	1		Steven Aghakhani	Bob Michaelian
	R2		No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 9 Kingpin Racing
	R2		Jagger Jones	Tyler Hoffman

Championship Standings

Points system

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.^[8]

LMP3 Driver's Championship

	Drivers	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		VIR		ATL		Points
1	Steven Aghakhani	1	1	2	6	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	3890
2	Jagger Jones			1	1	1	1	8	1	1	1	4	1	3310
3	Brian Thienes	5	4	7	3	8	8	5	4	5	3	6	5	3150
4	Miguel Villagomez	10	3	6	2	3	6			3	7	5	8	2660
5	Alex Kirby	2	10	8	DNS	6	5	3	3	8	5			2360
6	Ryan Phinny			4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	9	9	2220
7	Jonathan Woolridge			3	5	7	7	2	6					1610
8	George Staikos	8	7					7	7			8	7	1420
9	Jordan Menzin					9	9	6	8	7	6			1410
10	Mirco Schultis	6	5	5	7									1010
11	Jon Hirshberg									6	8	7	6	970
12	Cody Ware	3	8	9	DNS									750
13	Marco Kacic	4	2											600
14	Markus Pommer											2	4	600
15	Valentino Catalano											3	3	600
16	Seth Lucas					5	3							560
17	Lance Willsey	7	6											490
18	Scott Locke	9	9											440

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

GSX Driver's Championship

	Drivers	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		VIR		Points
1	Luca Mars	1	1	3	4	1	3	2	5	1	1	3210
2	Patrick Wilmot	5	5	17	5	4	4	5	3	3	2	2660
3	Scott Blind	12	8	6	9	5	5	6	4	7	5	2440
4	Jesse Lazare	13	4	1	1	3	1	12	2	DNS	DNS	2320
5	Angus Rogers	15	13	9	7	11	10	7	6	6	4	2230
6	Michael Dayton	10	9	4	6	8	6	8	10			1880
7	Sean Quinlan	9	12	5	16			9	8	5	3	1830
8	Mark Brummond	8	18	7	13	6	7			2	9	1810
9	Frank DePew	DNS	DNS	14	15	9	8	10	9	10	8	1650
10	Josh Green					2	2	3	1			1290
11	Vincent Barletta			16	17	7	13			8	6	1190
12	Jackson Lee	7	6	2	2							1130
13	Gregory Liefooghe	2	3	15	3							1080
14	Will Wachs	17	17	11	12	13	11					1050
15	Eddie Killeen			10	14	12	12	11	DNS			960
16	Moisey Uretsky	18	11					4	DNS	4	DNS	890
17	Brady Behrman	14	10							9	7	840
18	Joe Dalton	16	15			10	9					740
19	Michael Cooper	4	2									600
20	Jack Polito							1	7			590
21	Eric Thompson	6	7									490
22	Thomas Collingwood			8	10							440
23	Marc Miller	3	19									420
24	Jason Bell			13	8							410
25	Todd Coleman			12	11							390
26	Jim Jonsin	11	14									370
27	Christopher Tasca	20	16									260
28	Robbie McWilliams	19	20									230
29	Nathan Martin	DNS	DNS									0
30	Jonathan Woolridge	DNS	DNS									0

LMP3 Bronze Drivers Cup

	Drivers	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		VIR		Points
1	Brian Thienes	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	3300
2	Miguel Villagomez	6	1	2	1	1	1			1	3	2620
3	Jordan Menzin					3	3	2	3	4	2	1820
4	Mirco Schultis	2	3	1	3							1270
5	George Staikos	4	5					3	2			1160
6	Lance Willsey	3	4									580
7	Jon Hirshberg									3	4	580
8	Scott Locke	5	6									510

GSX Bronze Drivers Cup

	Drivers	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		VIR		Points
1	Scott Blind	5	1	3	4	1	1	2	1	5	3	3120
2	Angus Rogers	7	6	6	2	7	6	3	2	4	2	2770
3	Michael Dayton	3	2	1	1	4	2	4	5			2460
4	Sean Quinlan	2	5	2	11			5	3	3	1	2310
5	Mark Brummond	1	11	4	8	2	3			1	7	2270
6	Frank DePew	DNS	DNS	11	10	5	4	6	4	8	6	1960
7	Vincent Barletta			12	12	3	9			6	4	900
8	Will Wachs	9	10	8	7	9	7					1360
9	Moisey Uretsky	10	4					1	DNS	2	DNS	1160
10	Eddie Killeen			7	9	8	8	7	DNS			1160
11	Brady Behrman	6	3							7	5	1050
12	Joe Dalton	8	8			6	5					970
13	Jim Jonsin	4	7									520
14	Thomas Collingwood			5	5							520
15	Jason Bell			10	3							510
16	Todd Coleman			9	6							470
17	Christopher Tasca	12	9									410
18	Robbie McWilliams	11	12									390

LMP3 Team's Championship

	Team	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		VIR		Points
1	87 Fast MD Racing with Remstar	4	2	1	1	1	1	8	1	1	1	3280
2	6 MLT Motorsports	1	1	2	6	2	2	1	2	2	2	3220
3	77 Forte Racing	5	4	7	3	8	8	5	4	5	3	2640
4	51 Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports	3	8	9	DNS	4	4	4	5	4	4	2410
5	7 Performance Tech Motorsports	2	10	8	DNS	6	5	3	3	8	5	2360
6	23 Escuderia ABRO	10	3	6	2	3	6			3	7	2170
7	61 Ave Motorsports	8	7	4	4	5	3	7	7			2070
8	38 Performance Tech Motorsports	9	9	3	5	7	7	2	6			2050
9	18 Performance Tech Motorsports					9	9	6	8	7	6	920
10	70 Mishumotors	6	5	5	7							1010
11	33 Sean Creech Motorsport	7	6									490
12	86 Forte Racing									6	8	480

GSX Team's Championship

	Team	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		VIR		Points
1	59 KohR Motorsports	1	1	3	4	1	3	2	5	1	1	3210
2	88 Split Decision Motorsports	5	5	17	5	4	4	5	3	3	2	2660
3	45 Ruckus Racing	12	8	6	9	5	5	6	4	7	5	2440
4	21 Motorsports in Action	13	4	1	1	3	1	12	2	DNS	DNS	2320
5	5 KMW Motorsports with TMR	15	13	9	7	11	10	7	6	6	4	2230
6	19 Stephen Cameron Racing	9	12	15	3			9	8	5	3	1880
7	12 Swish Motorsports	10	9	4	6	8	6	8	10			1880
8	25 Auto Technic Racing	8	18	7	13	6	7			2	9	1810
9	72 Rebel Rock Racing	DNS	DNS	14	15	9	8	10	9	10	8	1650
10	96 Turner Motorsport	16	15	16	17	10	9			8	6	1510
11	82 van der Steur Racing	14	10	2	2					9	7	1480
12	37 Thaze Competition	3	19	10	14	12	12	11	DNS			1380
13	78 Thaze Competition	DNS	DNS			2	2	3	1			1290
14	17 BGB Motorsports	17	17	11	12	13	11					1050
15	43 Stephen Cameron Racing	2	3	5	16							1030
16	44 Baby Bull Racing	18	11					4	DNS	4	DNS	890
17	808 BGB Motorsports	11	14	8	10							810
18	22 Archangel Motorsports	19	20	12	11							620
19	55 Baby Bull Racing	4	2									600
20	67 BSI Racing	6	7									490
21	98 Polito Racing							1	7			590
22	66 Czabok-Simpson Motorsport	7	6									490
23	97 Turner Motorsport					7	13					420
24	2 Prosport Competition			13	8							410
25	26 Auto Technic Racing	20	16									260
26	9 Team ACP by Random Vandals	DNS	DNS									0

GSX Manufacturer's Championship

	Drivers	DAY		STP		MOH		MOS		VIR		Points
1	Ford	1	1	3	4	1	3	1	5	1	1	3240
2	BMW	2	3	4	3	4	4	5	3	2	2	2980
3	Porsche	4	2	8	7	11	10	4	6	4	4	2770
4	Aston Martin	12	8	2	2	5	5	6	4	7	5	2760
5	McLaren	13	4	1	1	3	1	12	2	DNS	DNS	2440
6	Mercedes-AMG	3	19	10	14	2	2	3	1			2350
7	Toyota	6	7									520

Notes and References

Web site: 2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Schedule.
Web site: Motul Petit LeMans - Official Entry List . www.imsa.com . IMSA . 9 October 2024 . VPSCRA24 Entry List.
Web site: Aghakhani to Make LMP3 Debut With MLT Motorsports. Dagys. John. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. December 28, 2023. December 28, 2023.
Web site: VP Racing Challenge Ready to Sprint into Second Season. Wire Service. IMSA. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. January 15, 2024. January 15, 2024.
News: Rebel Rock Confirms Switch to Aston Martin GT4s. Dagys. John. January 12, 2024. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. January 12, 2024.
Web site: Random Vandals Expands to Three-Car BMW GT4 Program. January 11, 2024. Dagys. John. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. January 11, 2024.
News: Czabok-Simpson Motorsport Sets Porsche GS Lineup. Dagys. John. January 5, 2024. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. January 4, 2024.
https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2023/01/11/2023-IMSA-SPORTING-REGULATIONS-and-SSR-VPRC-Blackline-011123.pdf 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Regulations