The 2020 IMSA Prototype Challenge is the fifteenth season of the IMSA Lites series and its successors and the fourth season as the IMSA Prototype Challenge. The opening race of the season was on January 4 at the Daytona International Speedway and the season concludes on October 9 at Road Atlanta. The championship will be contested solely by LMP3 class prototypes.

Calendar Race schedule The 2020 schedule was released August 2, 2019. A revised calendar was released May 15, 2020, due to changes made because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Circuit Location Date Duration 1 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 4 3 hours 2 Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida July 17 1 hour 45 mins 3 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 1 1 hour 45 mins 4 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 22 1 hour 45 mins 5 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio September 27 1 hour 45 mins 6 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 16 3 hours

Calendar changes The round at Virginia International Raceway was replaced by a round at Road America. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the round at Mosport was replaced with a round at VIR.

Entry list All cars use the Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 engine.

Team Car Drivers Rounds Jr III Racing Ligier JS P3 3 Eric Palmer All Greg Palmer All Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P3 6 Dan Goldburg 1–3, 5–6 Blake Mount 1, 4 Rasmus Lindh 2–3, 5–6 Jon Branam 4 19 Dan Goldburg 4 Rasmus Lindh 4 75 Cameron Cassels All Max Hanratty 1–5 Stephen Simpson 6 JDC MotorSports Norma M30 9 Scott Andrews 2–6 Gerry Kraut 2–6 Robillard Racing LLC Norma M30 10 Stevan McAleer All Joe Robillard All K2R Motorsports MG1 Motorsports LLC Ligier JS P3 11 Steven Thomas All Thomas Merrill 1, 6 64 Matthew Bell All Naveen Rao All Nielsen Racing Norma M30 17 Garett Grist 1 Rob Hodes 1 Gilbert/Korthoff Racing Norma M30 23 Jon Brownson 1–2 Anthony Simone 1–2 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P3 30 Wayne Boyd 1 Naj Husain 1 33 Lance Willsey 1–2, 4–6 Anthony Lazzaro 1 Bud Grossenbacher 2, 4, 6 Riley Motorsports Ave-Riley AR-2 35 Jim Cox 1 Dylan Murry 1 Forty 7 Motorsports Norma M30 40 David Grant All Keith Grant All Parker Thompson 6 47 Joel Janco All J.J. Jorge 1–3, 6 Kyle Kirkwood 1, 4–6 74 Jon Brownson 3–6 Wyatt Schwab 3–6 CT Motorsports LLC Norma M30 46 Scott Huffaker II 1 Steven Scullen III 1 MLT Motorsports Ligier JS P3 54 Dakota Dickerson All Dean Baker 1 Dom Cicero 2–6 Wulver Racing Ligier JS P3 60 Bruce Hamilton III All Tõnis Kasemets All Tristan Viidas 1, 6 Conquest/GRS Racing Norma M30 61 Danny Kok 1 George Staikos 1 One Motorsports Ligier JS P3 86 Paul LaHaye 1, 3–6 Dave House 1 Chip Romer 6 Entry List:

Race results Rnd Circuit Pole position Race winners 1 Daytona No. 64 K2R Motorsports No. 47 Forty 7 Motorsports Matthew Bell Naveen Rao Joel Janco J.J. Jorge Kyle Kirkwood 2 Sebring No Qualifying No. 9 JDC MotorSports Scott Andrews Gerry Kraut 3 Road America No. 40 Forty 7 Motorsports No. 9 JDC MotorSports David Grant Keith Grant Scott Andrews Gerry Kraut 4 Virginia No Qualifying No. 64 K2R Motorsports Matthew Bell Naveen Rao 5 Mid-Ohio No. 40 Forty 7 Motorsports No. 54 MLT Motorsports David Grant Keith Grant Dom Cicero Dakota Dickerson 6 Road Atlanta No. 64 K2R Motorsports No. 64 K2R Motorsports Matthew Bell Naveen Rao Matthew Bell Naveen Rao Results

Notes

Championship standings 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

Driver's Championship Drivers DAY SEB ELK VIR MOH ATL Points 1 Matthew Bell Naveen Rao 2 3 5 1 2 1 190 2 Dakota Dickerson 3 4 4 4 1 6 174 3 Joel Janco 1 11 8 3 9 9 152 4 Dan Goldburg 13 6 2 9 3 8 150 5 Scott Andrews Gerry Kraut 1 1 7 7 3 148 6 Steven Thomas 8 10 12 6 6 2 145 7 Dominic Cicero 4 4 4 1 6 144 8 David Grant Keith Grant 11 8 3 5 5 13 143 9 Cameron Cassels 4 12 7 10 10 5 139 10 Stevan McAleer Joe Robillard DNS 2 6 2 4 14 134 11 Bruce Hamilton III Tõnis Kasemets 7 13 9 8 8 7 134 12 Rasmus Lindh 6 2 9 3 8 132 13 Jon Brownson 6 7 13 13 11 4 132 14 Eric Palmer Greg Palmer 10 5 10 14 12 12 123 15 Max Hanratty 4 12 7 10 10 113 16 Kyle Kirkwood 1 3 9 9 109 17 J.J. Jorge 1 11 8 9 100 18 Paul LaHaye 9 11 12 14 11 98 19 Lance Willsey 16 9 15 13 10 92 20 Wyatt Schwab 13 13 11 4 84 21 Bud Grossenbacher 9 15 10 59 22 Thomas Merrill 8 2 55 23 Anthony Simone 6 7 49 24 Tristan Viidas 7 7 48 25 Blake Mount 13 11 38 26 Dean Baker 3 30 27 Garett Grist Rob Hodes 5 26 28 Stephen Simpson 5 26 29 Dave House 9 22 30 Jon Branam 11 20 31 Chip Romer 11 20 32 Jim Cox Dylan Murry 12 19 33 Parker Thompson 13 18 34 Danny Kok George Staikos 14 17 35 Scott Huffaker II Steven Scullen III 15 16 36 Anthony Lazzaro 16 15 37 Wayne Boyd Naj Husain 17 14 Drivers DAY SEB ELK VIR MOH ATL PointsBold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Team's Championship Team Car DAY SEB ELK VIR MOH ATL Points 1 #64 K2R Motorsports LLC Ligier JS P3 2 3 5 1 2 1 190 2 #54 MLT Motorsports Ligier JS P3 3 4 4 4 1 6 174 3 #47 Forty 7 Motorsports Norma M30 1 11 8 3 9 9 152 4 #9 JDC MotorSports Norma M30 1 1 7 7 3 148 5 #6 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P3 13 6 2 11 3 8 148 6 #11 K2R Motorsports Ligier JS P3 8 10 12 6 6 2 145 7 #40 Forty 7 Motorsports Norma M30 11 8 3 5 5 13 143 8 #75 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P3 4 12 7 10 10 5 139 9 #10 Robillard Racing LLC Norma M30 DNS 2 6 2 4 14 134 10 #60 Wulver Racing Ligier JS P3 7 13 9 8 8 7 134 11 #3 Jr III Racing Ligier JS P3 10 5 10 14 12 12 124 12 #86 One Motorsports Ligier JS P3 9 11 12 14 11 98 13 #33 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P3 16 9 15 13 10 92 14 #74 Forty 7 Motorsports Norma M30 13 13 11 4 76 15 #23 Gilbert/Korthoff Motorsports Norma M30 6 7 49 16 #17 Nielsen Racing Norma M30 5 26 17 #19 Performance Tech Motorsport Ligier JS P3 9 22 18 #35 Riley Motorsports Ave-Riley AR-2 12 19 19 #61 Conquest/GRS Racing Norma M30 14 17 20 #46 CT Motorsports LLC Norma M30 15 16 21 #30 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P3 17 14 Team Car DAY SEB ELK VIR MOH ATL Points

Bronze Driver's Cup Drivers DAY SEB ELK VIR MOH ATL Points 1 Steven Thomas 1 3 3 2 2 1 194 2 David Grant Keith Grant 3 1 1 1 1 170 3 Paul LaHaye 2 2 3 4 3 152 4 Lance Willsey 5 2 4 3 2 148 5 Bud Grossenbacher 2 4 2 92 6 Thomas Merrill 1 1 70 7 Dave House 2 32 8 Chip Romer 3 30 9 Danny Kok George Staikos 4 28 10 Anthony Lazzaro 5 26 Drivers DAY SEB ELK VIR MOH ATL Points

References

External links Series website IMSA website