The 2019 IMSA Prototype Challenge is the fourteenth season of the IMSA Lites series and its successors and the third season as the IMSA Prototype Challenge. It began on 5 January at Daytona International Speedway, and concluded on 11 October at Road Atlanta. The IMSA Prototype Challenge series is for future IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers and veteran drivers alike. Entering its 14th season, IMSA Prototype Challenge shifts to a single-class, endurance race format in 2019 with six races held on North America’s most premier road courses. The series will continue to feature the global-spec LMP3 prototypes. The endurance format pairs two-drivers per car in a six race season.

Series news NBC Sports Group took over from Fox Sports as the series' official broadcaster. Michelin became the new official tire supplier of the series, following the departure of Continental Tire at the end of 2018. The Mazda Prototype Challenge (MPC) class was discontinued at the end of 2018.

Calendar Race schedule The 2019 schedule was released on 2 August 2018 and features six rounds. Circuit Location Date Duration 1 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida 5 January 3 hours 2 Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida 14 March 1 hour 45 mins 3 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 5 May 1 hour 45 mins 4 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario 6 July 3 hours 5 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia 24 August 1 hour 45 mins 6 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia 11 October 1 hour 45 mins

Calendar changes The round at Barber Motorsports Park was replaced with a round at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The rounds at Daytona International Speedway and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park had their race lengths increased from 1 hour 45 minutes to 3 hours.

Entry list All teams use the Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 engines.

Team Car Drivers Rounds ANSA Motorsports Ligier JS P3 2 Jon Brownson All Michal Chlumecky 1, 3–6 Dakota Dickerson 1 Tim George 2 4 Leo Lamelas All Neil Alberico All 13 Benjamin Waddell 3 Jordan Perroy 3 Jr III Racing Ligier JS P3 3 Kris Wilson 5–6 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P3 7 Blake Mount All Júlio Campos 1 Max Hanratty 2–6 19 Dean Baker All Bradley Baker 1–2, 4 Kyle Masson 1, 3–6 75 Cameron Cassels All James French All JDC Motorsports Norma M30 9 Scott Andrews 2–6 Gerry Kraut 2–6 Robillard Racing Norma M30 10 Joe Robillard 2–6 Kenton Koch 1 Stevan McAleer 1, 4 43 Stevan McAleer 2–3, 5–6 Simraceway Motorsports Ligier JS P3 11 Maurice Smith 1–3, 5 Nicolas Rondet 1–3, 5 12 Kevin Woods 2–3 Tim Moser 2–3 Alianza/Gilbert Motorsports Gilbert/Korthoff MotorSports Norma M30 23 Anthony Simone 1–3 Jason Bell 1 Mike Skeen 3, 5–6 Conquest Racing Ligier JS P3 25 Ross Chouest 1–2, 5 Aaron Povoledo 1–2, 5 Forty 7 Motorsports Ligier JS P3 25 Ross Chouest 6 Aaron Povoledo 6 Norma M30 47 Austin McCusker All Rodrigo Pflucker All 55 Nikko Reger All Timo Reger 1–3 Wyatt Schwab 4–6 74 Wyatt Schwab 1–2 Benjamin Waddell 1 Colin Thompson 2 Garett Grist 5–6 Rob Hodes 5–6 K2R Motorsports Ligier JS P3 26 Matthew Bell 2 James McGuire Jr. 2 51 Rob Hodes 1–4 Garett Grist 1–4 64 Naveen Rao 1–5 Alex Barron 1–3 Matthew Bell 4–6 Sean Creech Motorsports Ligier JS P3 30 Naj Husain 6 Wayne Boyd 6 33 Lance Willsey All Nigel Greensall 1, 4 Polestar Motor Racing Inc. Ligier JS P3 40 Keith Grant All David Grant All Kenton Koch 4 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Ligier JS P3 52 Scott Huffaker 2–5 Mike Guasch 2 Chris Archinaco 3–5 MLT Motorsports Ligier JS P3 54 Dylan Murry 2–6 David Murry 2 Dakota Dickerson 3–4, 6 Skylar Robinson 5 Wulver Racing Ligier JS P3 60 Bruce Hamilton All Tonis Kasemets All Scott Maxwell 1 Jade Buford 4 ONE Motorsports Ligier JS P3 66 Will Lin 4 Mikel Miller 4 Benjamin Waddell 4 86 Dave House All Paul LaHaye All P1 Motorsports Ligier JS P3 70 Joel Janco All Jonathan Jorge All Entry Lists:

Results Race results Circuit Pole position Race winners 1 Daytona No. 51 K2R Motorsports No. 4 ANSA Motorsports Garett Grist Rob Hodes Neil Alberico Leo Lamelas 2 Sebring No. 47 Forty 7 Motorsports No. 43 Robillard Racing Austin McCuscker Rodrigo Pflucker Stevan McAleer 3 Mid-Ohio No. 23 Gilbert/Korthoff MotorSports No. 54 MLT Motorsports Anthony Simone Mike Skeen Dylan Murry Dakota Dickerson 4 Mosport No. 10 Robillard Racing No. 47 Forty 7 Motorsports Stevan McAleer Joe Robillard Austin McCusker Rodrigo Pflucker 5 Virginia No. 43 Robillard Racing No. 43 Robillard Racing Stevan McAleer Stevan McAleer 6 Road Atlanta No. 43 Robillard Racing No. 23 Gilbert/Korthoff MotorSports Stevan McAleer Mike Skeen Sources:

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' Championship Overall Driver(s) DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 Austin McCusker Rodrigo Pflucker 2 2 4 1 8 6 175 2 Stevan McAleer 17 1 15 10 1 4 149 3 Neil Alberico Leo Lamelas 1 10 2 5 22 5 149 4 Bruce Hamilton Tonis Kasemets 3 17 3 11 10 7 139 5 Dylan Murry 5 1 4 4 18 130 6 Cameron Cassels James French 5 6 23 6 6 10 130 7 Blake Mount 14 4 9 17 7 9 127 8 David Grant Keith Grant 19 8 8 8 5 11 127 9 Dean Baker 7 20 12 13 3 21 112 10 Max Hanratty 4 9 17 7 9 110 11 Joel Janco Jonathan Jorge 8 11 16 16 14 15 106 12 Kyle Masson 7 12 13 3 21 101 13 Garett Grist Rob Hodes 12 19 17 7 15 20 96 14 Naveen Rao 6 7 7 18 23 94 15 Lance Willsey 11 12 21 19 16 14 93 16 Dakota Dickerson 18 1 4 18 89 17 Wyatt Schwab 13 9 12 20 12 89 18 Joe Robillard 13 13 10 17 13 89 19 Scott Andrews Gerry Kraut 21 5 3 21 19 88 20 Jon Brownson 18 23 19 9 13 16 88 21 Nikko Reger 10 25 22 12 20 12 85 22 Dave House Paul LaHaye 16 16 18 15 19 17 85 23 Mike Skeen 14 2 1 84 24 Matt Bell 3 18 23 2 83 25 Scott Huffaker 22 11 2 11 81 26 Michal Chlumecky 18 19 9 13 16 80 27 Alex Barron 6 7 7 73 28 Chris Archinaco 11 2 11 72 29 Nico Rondet Maurice Smith 4 24 10 18 69 30 Ross Chouest Aaron Povoledo 9 14 12 22 67 31 Benjamin Waddell 13 6 14 60 32 Bradley Baker 7 20 13 53 33 Anthony Simone 15 18 14 46 34 Kris Wilson 9 8 45 35 Kenton Koch 17 8 37 36 Timo Reger 10 25 22 36 37 Nigel Greensall 11 19 32 38 Scott Maxwell 3 30 39 James McGuire 3 30 40 Naj Husain Wayne Boyd 3 30 41 Skylar Robinson 4 28 42 Tim Moser Kevin Woods 15 20 27 43 David Murry 5 26 44 Jordan Perroy 6 25 45 Colin Thompson 9 22 46 Jade Buford 11 20 47 Júlio Campos 14 17 48 Will Lin Mikel Miller 14 17 49 Jason Bell 15 16 50 Mike Guasch 22 9 51 Tim George 23 8 Driver(s) DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL PointsBold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Bronze Cup Driver(s) DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 Joel Janco Jonathan Jorge 1 1 2 3 3 4 190 2 Lance Willsey 2 2 6 4 4 3 175 3 Dave House Paul LaHaye 3 5 3 2 6 6 168 4 Jon Brownson 7 4 1 2 5 145 5 Joe Robillard 3 1 5 2 123 6 Michal Chlumecky 4 1 2 5 121 7 Kris Wilson 1 1 70 8 Nigel Greensall 2 4 32 9 Tim Moser Kevin Woods 4 5 54 10 Bradley Baker Dean Baker 6 25 11 Tim George 7 24 Driver(s) DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL Points

Team's Championship Team DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 #47 Forty 7 Motorsports 2 2 4 1 8 6 175 2 #4 ANSA Motorsports 1 10 2 5 22 5 149 3 #60 Wulver Racing 3 17 3 11 10 7 139 4 #54 MLT Motorsports 5 1 6 4 18 130 5 #75 Performance Tech Motorsports 5 6 23 6 6 10 130 6 #7 Performance Tech Motorsports 14 4 9 17 7 9 127 7 #40 Polestar Motor Racing Inc. 19 8 8 8 5 11 127 8 #64 K2R Motorsports 6 7 7 18 23 2 126 9 #43 Robillard Racing 1 15 1 4 114 10 #23 Gilbert/Korthoff Motorsports 15 18 14 2 1 113 11 #19 Performance Tech Motorsports 7 20 12 13 3 21 112 12 #70 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 8 11 16 16 14 15 106 13 #10 Robillard Racing 17 13 13 10 17 13 103 14 #33 Sean Creech Motorsports 11 12 21 19 16 14 93 15 #9 JDC MotorSports 21 5 3 21 19 88 16 #2 ANSA Motorsports 18 23 19 9 13 16 88 17 #55 Forty 7 Motorsports 10 25 22 12 20 12 85 18 #86 ONE Motorsports 16 16 18 15 19 17 85 19 #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 22 11 2 11 81 20 #11 Simraceway Motorsports 4 24 10 18 69 21 #51 K2R Motorsports 12 19 17 7 69 22 #25 Forty 7 Motorsports 9 14 12 22 67 23 #74 Forty 7 Motorsports 13 9 15 20 67 24 #3 Jr III Racing 9 8 45 25 #26 K2R Motorsports 3 30 26 #30 Sean Creech Motorsports 3 30 27 #12 Simraceway Motorsports 15 20 27 28 #13 ANSA Motorsports 6 25 29 #66 ONE Motorsports 14 17 Team DAY SEB MOH MOS VIR ATL Points

References

External links Prototype Challenge Website IMSA Website