2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge

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^[2]	Duqueine D-08	Gebhardt Intralogistics Motorsports^[3]	30	Valentino Catalano	6
		Gebhardt Intralogistics Motorsports^[3]	31	Markus Pommer	6
		Fast MD Racing with Remstar^[2]	87	Marco Kacic^[2]	1
		Fast MD Racing with Remstar^[2]	87	Jagger Jones	2–6
Ligier	Ligier JS P320	MLT Motorsports^[4]	6	Steven Aghakhani^[4]	All
		Performance Tech Motorsports^[2]	7	Alex Kirby^[2]	1–5
			18	Jordan Menzin	3–5
			38	Scott Locke^[2]	1
			38	Jonathan Woolridge	2–4
		Escuderia ABRO^[2]	23	Miguel Villagomez^[2]	1–3, 5–6
		Sean Creech Motorsport^[2]	33	Lance Willsey^[2]	1
		Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports^[2]	51	Cody Ware^[2]	1–2
		Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports^[2]	51	Ryan Phinny	3–6
		Ave Motorsports^[2]	61	George Staikos^[2]	1, 4, 6
				Ryan Phinny	2
				Seth Lucas	3
		Mishumotors^[2]	70	Mirco Schultis^[2]	1–2
		Forte Racing^[2]	77	Brian Thienes^[2]	All
		Forte Racing^[2]	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^[2]	22	Robbie McWilliams^[2]	1
		Archangel Motorsports^[2]	22	Todd Coleman	2
		Ruckus Racing^[2]	45	Scott Blind^[2]	1–5
		van der Steur Racing^[2]	82	Brady Behrman^[2]	1
		van der Steur Racing^[2]	82	Jackson Lee	2
	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo	Rebel Rock Racing^[5]	72	Frank DePew^[5]	1–5
BMW	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	Team ACP by Random Vandals^[6]	9	Nathan Martin^[6]	1
		Swish Motorsports^[2]	12	Michael Dayton^[2]	1–4
		Stephen Cameron Racing^[2]	19	Sean Quinlan^[2]	1
			19	Gregory Liefooghe	2
			43	Gregory Liefooghe^[2]	1
			43	Sean Quinlan	2
		Auto Technic Racing^[2]	25	Mark Brummond^[2]	1–3, 5
		Auto Technic Racing^[2]	26	Christopher Tasca^[2]	1
		Split Decision Motorsports^[2]	88	Patrick Wilmot^[2]	1–5
		Turner Motorsport^[2]	96	Joe Dalton^[2]	1, 3
			96	Vincent Barletta	2, 5
			97	Vincent Barletta	3
Ford	Ford Mustang GT4 (2024)	KohR Motorsports^[2]	59	Luca Mars^[2]	1–5
		Stephen Cameron Racing	19	Sean Quinlan	4–5
		Polito Racing	98	Jack Polito	4
McLaren	McLaren Artura GT4	Motorsport in Action^[2]	21	Jesse Lazare^[2]	1–5
Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Thaze Competition^[2]	37	Marc Miller^[2]	1
			37	Eddie Killeen	2–4
			78	Jonathan Woolridge^[2]	1
			78	Josh Green	3–4
Porsche	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering^[2]	5	Angus Rogers^[2]	1–5
		BGB Motorsports^[2]	17	Will Wachs^[2]	1–3
			808	Jim Jonsin^[2]	1
			808	Thomas Collingwood	2
		Baby Bull Racing^[2]	44	Moisey Uretsky^[2]^{[N 1]}	1, 4–5
		Baby Bull Racing^[2]	55	Michael Cooper^[2]	1
		Czabok-Simpson Motorsport^[7]	66	Jackson Lee^[7]	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	R1	Daytona	No. 6 MLT Motorsports	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
	R1		Steven Aghakhani	Luca Mars
	R2		No. 6 MLT Motorsports	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
	R2		Steven Aghakhani	Luca Mars
2	R1	St. Petersburg	No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 21 Motorsport in Action
	R1		Jagger Jones	Jesse Lazare
	R2		No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 21 Motorsport in Action
	R2		Jagger Jones	Jesse Lazare
3	R1	Mid-Ohio	No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
	R1		Jagger Jones	Luca Mars
	R2		No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 21 Motorsport in Action
	R2		Jagger Jones	Jesse Lazare
4	R1	Mosport	No. 6 MLT Motorsports	No. 98 Polito Racing
	R1		Steven Aghakhani	Jack Polito
	R2		No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 78 Thaze Competition
	R2		Jagger Jones	Josh Green
5	R1	Virginia	No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
	R1		Jagger Jones	Luca Mars
	R2		No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
	R2		Jagger Jones	Luca Mars
6	R1	Road Atlanta	No. 6 MLT Motorsports	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
	R1		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]

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	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

LMP3 Driver's Championship

Pos.	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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

GSX Driver's Championship

Pos.	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

Pos.	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

Pos.	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

Pos.	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

Pos.	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

Pos.	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

↑ Uretsky is Russian, but he competes under as neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

↑ "2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Schedule".
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 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 Wire Service, IMSA (January 15, 2024). "VP Racing Challenge Ready to Sprint into Second Season". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
↑ "Motul Petit LeMans - Official Entry List" (PDF). www.imsa.com. IMSA. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
1 2 Dagys, John (December 28, 2023). "Aghakhani to Make LMP3 Debut With MLT Motorsports". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
1 2 Dagys, John (January 12, 2024). "Rebel Rock Confirms Switch to Aston Martin GT4s". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
1 2 Dagys, John (January 11, 2024). "Random Vandals Expands to Three-Car BMW GT4 Program". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
1 2 Dagys, John (January 5, 2024). "Czabok-Simpson Motorsport Sets Porsche GS Lineup". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
↑ 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Regulations

[Russians-7] Uretsky is Russian, but he competes under as neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[1] "2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Schedule".

[33EntriesRoarDAY-2] 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 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 Wire Service, IMSA (January 15, 2024). "VP Racing Challenge Ready to Sprint into Second Season". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 15, 2024.

[2024_VP_SportsCar_Challenge_Petit_LeMans_Entry_List-3] "Motul Petit LeMans - Official Entry List" (PDF). www.imsa.com. IMSA. Retrieved October 9, 2024.

[MLTAghakhani-4] 1 2 Dagys, John (December 28, 2023). "Aghakhani to Make LMP3 Debut With MLT Motorsports". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 28, 2023.

[RebelRockAMR-5] 1 2 Dagys, John (January 12, 2024). "Rebel Rock Confirms Switch to Aston Martin GT4s". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 12, 2024.

[ACPRVRBMW-6] 1 2 Dagys, John (January 11, 2024). "Random Vandals Expands to Three-Car BMW GT4 Program". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 11, 2024.

[CzabokSimpsonPorsche-8] 1 2 Dagys, John (January 5, 2024). "Czabok-Simpson Motorsport Sets Porsche GS Lineup". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 4, 2024.

[9] 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Regulations

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