The 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship) was the 52nd racing season sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), which traces its lineage back to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship. This was also the ninth season of the IMSA SportsCar Championship since the merger between the American Le Mans Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series in 2014, and the seventh under the sponsorship of WeatherTech. The series began on January 27 for the 24 Hours of Daytona, and ended on October 1 with the Petit Le Mans after 12 races.
Classes Daytona Prototype international (DPi) Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) GT Daytona Pro (GTD Pro) GT Daytona (GTD)
For the 2022 season, the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class was retired, following dwindling interest in the midst of the withdrawal of the Ford GT program operated by Chip Ganassi Racing, and the Porsche 911 program run by CORE Autosport in 2019 and 2020 respectively. GT Daytona was thus split into a new all-pro class (GTD Pro) as a replacement for the GTLM class, aligning its technical regulations with that of the pre-existing regular GTD class.
After six seasons of leading the class hierarchy in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, the DPi class has entered its final season of competition, with the arrival of the converged "Grand Touring Prototype" (GTP) class confirmed for the 2023 season (LMDh and LMH). This class has brought the flagship class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship to a common ground with the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, something not seen in IMSA competition for over a decade.
Schedule The schedule was released on August 6, 2021, and featured 12 rounds.
Race Length Classes Circuit Location Date Motul Pole Award 100 1 hour, 40 minutes All Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 23 1 Rolex 24 at Daytona 24 hours All January 29–30 2 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring 12 hours All Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 19 3 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach 1 hour, 40 minutes DPi, GTD Pro, GTD Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California April 9 4 Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship 2 hours, 40 minutes DPi, LMP2, GTD Pro, GTD WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 1 5 Lexus Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio 2 hours, 40 minutes DPi, LMP2, LMP3, GTD Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 15 6 Detroit Grand Prix 1 hour, 40 minutes DPi, GTD The Raceway on Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan June 4 7 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen 6 hours All Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 26 8 Chevrolet Grand Prix 2 hours, 40 minutes DPi, LMP3, GTD Pro, GTD Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 3 9 FCP Euro Northeast Grand Prix 2 hours, 40 minutes GTD Pro, GTD Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut July 16 10 IMSA Fastlane SportsCar Weekend 2 hours, 40 minutes All Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 7 11 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR 2 hours, 40 minutes GTD Pro, GTD Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 28 12 Motul Petit Le Mans 10 hours All Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 1
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Entries Daytona Prototype International (DPi) Team Chassis Engine Drivers Rounds Cadillac Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac LT4 5.5 L V8 01 Sébastien Bourdais All Renger van der Zande All Scott Dixon 1, 12 Álex Palou 1 Ryan Hunter-Reay 2 02 Earl Bamber All Alex Lynn All Kevin Magnussen 1 Marcus Ericsson 1 Neel Jani 2 Ryan Hunter-Reay 12 JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac LT4 5.5 L V8 5 Tristan Vautier All Richard Westbrook All Loïc Duval 1–2, 7, 12 Ben Keating 1 WTR - Konica Minolta Acura Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 10 Filipe Albuquerque All Ricky Taylor All Will Stevens 1–2 Alexander Rossi 1 Brendon Hartley 12 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac LT4 5.5 L V8 31 Pipo Derani All Tristan Nunez 1–5 Olivier Pla 6–8, 10, 12 Mike Conway 1–2, 7, 12 Ally Cadillac Racing 48 Kamui Kobayashi 1–2, 7, 12 Mike Rockenfeller 1–2, 7, 12 Jimmie Johnson 1, 7, 12 José María López 1–2 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 60 Tom Blomqvist All Oliver Jarvis All Hélio Castroneves 1, 12 Simon Pagenaud 1 Stoffel Vandoorne 2
Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine. Team Chassis Drivers Rounds Tower Motorsport Oreca 07 8 John Farano All Louis Delétraz 1–2, 4, 7, 10, 12 Rui Andrade 1–2, 7, 12 Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen 1 Will Stevens 5 PR1/Mathiasen MotorsportsOreca 07 11 Steven Thomas All Jonathan Bomarito 1–2, 4–5, 7 Josh Pierson 1–2, 7, 12 Harry Tincknell 1 Tristan Nunez 10, 12 52 Scott Huffaker 1–2, 7, 12 Mikkel Jensen 1–2, 7, 12 Ben Keating 1–2, 7, 12 Nicolas Lapierre 1 Patrick Kelly 4–5, 10 Josh Pierson 4–5, 10 Era Motorsport Oreca 07 18 Ryan Dalziel All Dwight Merriman All Kyle Tilley 1–2, 7 Paul-Loup Chatin 1 Christian Rasmussen 12 High Class Racing Oreca 07 20 Dennis Andersen All Anders Fjordbach 1–2, 4–5, 7, 12 Fabio Scherer 1–2, 7, 10, 12 Nico Müller 1 United Autosports Oreca 07 22 James McGuire 1–2 Guy Smith 1–2 Phil Hanson 1 Will Owen 1 Duncan Tappy 2 Racing Team Nederland Oreca 07 29 Frits van Eerd 1–2, 7 Giedo van der Garde 1–2, 7 Dylan Murry 1–2, 7 Rinus VeeKay 1 G-Drive Racing by APR Oreca 07 68 François Hériau 1 Ed Jones 1 Oliver Rasmussen 1 René Rast 1 69 James Allen 1 John Falb 1 Luca Ghiotto 1 Tijmen van der Helm 1 DragonSpeed USA Oreca 07 81 Devlin DeFrancesco 1 Colton Herta 1 Eric Lux 1 Pato O'Ward 1 DragonSpeed - 10 Star Henrik Hedman 2, 4–5, 7, 10, 12 Juan Pablo Montoya 2, 4–5, 7, 10, 12 Sebastián Montoya 2, 7, 12
Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) In accordance with the 2020 LMP3 regulations, all cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine. Team Chassis Drivers Rounds Mühlner Motorsports America Duqueine M30 - D08 6 Efrin Castro 1 Moritz Kranz 1 Joel Miller 1 Ayrton Ori 1 Ugo de Wilde 2, 7 Alec Udell 2 Harry Gottsacker 2 Danny Formal 7 Dillon Machavern 7 26 Charles Crews 1 Cameron Shields 1 Nolan Siegel 1 Ugo de Wilde 1 Forty7 Motorsports Duqueine M30 - D08 7 Mark Kvamme 1–2 Trenton Estep 1 Antoine Doquin 1 Austin McCusker 1 Matthew Bell 2, 7 Anthony Mantella 2, 7 Wayne Boyd 7 AWA Duqueine M30 - D08 13 Orey Fidani All Kuno Wittmer 1–2, 5 Lars Kern 1–2, 7, 12 Matthew Bell 1, 10, 12 Kyle Marcelli 7–8 76 Kyle Marcelli 12 Anthony Mantella 12 Josh Sarchet 12 Jr III Motorsports Ligier JS P320 30 Ari Balogh 2, 5, 7–8, 10, 12 Garett Grist 2, 5, 7–8, 10, 12 Dakota Dickerson 2 Nolan Siegel 7, 12 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P320 33 João Barbosa All Lance Willsey 1–2, 5, 7–8 Malthe Jakobsen 1–2, 7, 10, 12 Sebastian Priaulx 1 Nico Pino 12 Andretti Autosport Ligier JS P320 36 Jarett Andretti All Gabby Chaves All Josh Burdon 1–2, 7, 12 Rasmus Lindh 1 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P320 38 Dan Goldburg 1–2, 5, 7, 12 Hikaru Abe 1 Garett Grist 1 Nico Pino 1 Rasmus Lindh 2, 5, 7 Cameron Shields 2, 7, 10, 12 James French 10 Tyler Maxson 12 FastMD RacingDuqueine M30 - D08 40 Max Hanratty 2, 7 James Vance 2, 7 Todd Archer 2 Nicolás Varrone 7 CORE Autosport Ligier JS P320 54 Jon Bennett All Colin Braun All George Kurtz 1–2, 7, 12 Niclas Jönsson 1 MLT Motorsports Ligier JS P320 58 Dakota Dickerson 5, 7, 10 Josh Sarchet 5, 7, 10 Tyler Maxson 7 Riley MotorsportsLigier JS P320 74 Gar Robinson All Felipe Fraga 1–2, 5, 7, 10, 12 Kay van Berlo 1–2, 7, 12 Michael Cooper 1 Scott Andrews 8 JDC-Miller MotorSportsDuqueine M30 - D08 90 Gerry Kraut 10 Scott Andrews 10
GT Daytona (GTD Pro / GTD)