The 2017 IMSA Prototype Challenge presented by Mazda is the twelfth season of the IMSA Lites series. The season features seven double header weekends.

Regulations 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. 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.

Entry list

LMP3

Team Chassis Drivers Rounds ANSA Motorsports 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 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.

Mazda Prototype Challenge (MPC)

Team Chassis Drivers Rounds BAR1 Motorsports Élan DP02 22 Brian Alder 1–2 Don Yount 3 De Angelis Racing Élan DP02 78 Max DeAngelis 7Eurosport RacingÉlan 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.

Race calendar and results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap LMP3 winner MPC winner Supporting 1 R1 Sebring International Raceway 16 March Nico Jamin Nico Jamin Nico Jamin Kyle Masson12 Hours of Sebring R2 17 March Nico Jamin Nico Jamin Nico Jamin Kyle Masson 2 R1 Barber Motorsports Park 21 April Kenton Koch Kenton Koch Kenton Koch Kyle MassonHonda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama R2 22 April Colin Thompson Colin Thompson Andrés Gutiérrez Kyle Masson 3 R1 Watkins Glen International 1 July Colin Thompson Colin Thompson Colin Thompson Kris Wright6 Hours of the Glen R2 2 July Colin Thompson Colin Thompson Andrés Gutiérrez Kyle Masson 4 R1 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 8 July Kenton Koch Kenton Koch Kenton Koch Kyle MassonSportsCar Grand Prix R2 9 July Kenton Koch Kenton Koch Kenton Koch Kyle Masson 5 R1 Lime Rock Park 22 July Colin Thompson Colin Thompson Colin Thompson Kyle MassonNortheast Grand Prix 6 R1 Circuit Trois-Rivières 12 August Kyle Masson Naj Husain Kenton Koch Gary GibsonGrand Prix de Trois-Rivières R2 13 August Kyle Masson Kenton Koch Kenton Koch Kyle Masson 7 R1 Road Atlanta 6 October Kenton Koch Kenton Koch Kenton Koch Kyle MassonPetit Le Mans R2 7 October Kenton Koch Colin Thompson Kenton Koch Kyle Masson

Final standings

LMP3 Color Result 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) Driver SEB1 SEB2 BAR1 BAR2 WGL1 WGL2 MOS1 MOS2 LRP TRO1 TRO2 ATL1 ATL2 Points 1 Colin Thompson11243162213233 217 2 Kenton Koch12271121111 209 3 Naj Husain4566843374455 162 4 Matt Dicken99117655565568 126 5 Andrés Gutiérrez232131 108 6 Paul Fix810101076645 81 7 Robby Foley48324 70 8 Lonnie Pechnik3455 54 9 Nico Jamin11 42 10 Michael Watt4686 42 11 JC Perez7879 7 DNS 42 12 Garrett Kletjian466 34 13 Tony Ave42 32 14 Stefan Rzadzinski33 32 15 Rob Hodes61188 31 16 James Dayson52 30 17 Roberto La Rocca34 30 18 Doug Peterson56 22 19 Lance Willsey77 18 20 Gerry Kraut127 13 21 Joel Janco1313 13 22 Alan Wilzig1012 10

Mazda Prototype Challenge Driver SEB1 SEB2 BAR1 BAR2 WGL1 WGL2 MOS1 MOS2 LRP TRO1 TRO2 ATL1 ATL2 Points 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

References

External links Official website