The 2022 IMSA Prototype Challenge was the seventeenth and final season of the IMSA Lites series and its successors, and the sixth under the IMSA Prototype Challenge name. The season started on January 21 at Daytona International Speedway and concluded on October 1 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

Calendar The provisional 2022 calendar was released on August 6, 2021, at IMSA's annual State of the Sport Address, featuring five rounds. Round Circuit Location Date Duration 1 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 21–23 3 Hours 2 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 13–15 1 Hour 30 Minutes 3 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 1–3 1 Hour 30 Minutes 4 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 26–28 1 Hour 30 Minutes 5 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia September 28–October 1 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Calendar Changes All races are now 1 hour 30 minutes in length, apart from the opening round at Daytona. Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (Mosport) returned to the calendar after being cancelled for 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sebring International Raceway did not return for 2022. Watkins Glen International, which served as the replacement for Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in 2021, also did not return to the schedule.

Series News 2015-spec LMP3 machinery would no longer be permitted to compete from 2022 onwards, returning the series to a single class consisting entirely of 2020-spec machinery.

Entry list Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Jr III Racing Ligier JS P320 3 Courtney Crone All Terry Olson 1–2, 4–5 Ari Balogh 3 30 Ari Balogh B 1–2, 4–5 Thomas Merrill 2 Nolan Siegel 5 CrowdStrike Racing by D Motorsports Ligier JS P320 4 Jon Bennett B 1 George Kurtz 1 D Motorsports 15 Niclas Jönsson 1 Mike Watt 1 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier JS P320 6 Oscar Bitar 1–2, 4–5 Dan Goldburg 1–2, 4–5 7 Christopher Allen 4 Robert Mau 4 JDC MotorSports Duqueine M30 - D08 9 Gerry Kraut 2 Stephen Simpson 2 23 Memo Gidley All Alexander Koreiba All 40 Keith Grant B All David Grant 1–2, 4–5 Dakota Dickerson 3 43 Stevan McAleer 1 Joe Robillard 1 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier JS P320 14 Lance Willsey 1–3 Sebastian Priaulx 1 Parker Thompson 2–3 AWA Duqueine M30 - D08 17 Anthony Mantella B 1–4 Orey Fidani 1 Mühlner Motorsports America Duqueine M30 - D08 18 Efrin Castro 1 Riley Dickinson 1 Mark Kvamme 2 Dillon Machavern 2 Alex Popow 5 Óscar Tunjo 5 21 Bob Doyle 1 Moritz Kranz 1 Ave Motorsports with GRS Ligier JS P320 44 Tony Ave B 1–3, 5 Antoine Comeau 1 Josh Sarchet 4 Kaz Grala 4–5 61 George Staikos All Hanna Zellers All CT Motorsports LLC Duqueine M30 - D08 46 Steve Scullen All Danny Formal 1–3 Scott Huffaker 4–5 Forty7 Motorsports Duqueine M30 - D08 47 Jon Brownson 1, 4–5 Dario Cangialosi 1, 4–5 MLT Motorsports Ligier JS P320 54 Dakota Dickerson 1 Josh Sarchet 1 Jason Rabe 2, 4–5 Tyler Maxson 2 Corey Lewis 4–5 Ophanim Motorsports Ligier JS P320 57 John Saurino 1–2, 4–5 Josh Saurino 1–2 Nigel Saurino 4 Hans Saurino 5 Wulver Racing Ligier JS P320 60 Tonis Kasemets B All Bruce Hamilton 1 CORE Autosport Ligier JS P320 65 Jon Bennett B 5 George Kurtz 5 Riley Motorsports Ligier JS P320 74 Shane Lewis 4 Gar Robinson 4 US RaceTronics Ligier JS P320 77 Patrick Kujala All Brian Thienes All Icon Class B Bronze Cup

Race results Rnd Circuit Pole position Race winners 1 Daytona No. 23 JDC MotorSports No. 60 Wulver Racing Memo Gidley Alexander Koreiba Bruce Hamilton Tonis Kasemets 2 Mid-Ohio No. 23 JDC MotorSports No. 23 JDC MotorSports Memo Gidley Alexander Koreiba Memo Gidley Alexander Koreiba 3 Mosport No. 60 Wulver Racing No. 60 Wulver Racing Tonis Kasemets Tonis Kasemets 4 Virginia No. 60 Wulver Racing No. 60 Wulver Racing Tonis Kasemets Tonis Kasemets 5 Road Atlanta No. 60 Wulver Racing No. 60 Wulver Racing Tonis Kasemets Tonis Kasemets

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. 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

Driver's Championship Drivers DAY MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 Tonis Kasemets 1 2 1 1 1 1720 2 Memo Gidley Alexander Koreiba 3 1 5 2 2 1550 3 Patrick Kujala Brian Thienes 2 4 10 3 4 1390 4 Ari Balogh 9 3 6 5 9 1250 5 Keith Grant 10 5 4 10 6 1210 6 Courtney Crone 5 9 6 12 12 1110 7 Steve Scullen 8 14 8 11 8 1060 8 Anthony Mantella 13 6 3 9 950 9 David Grant 10 5 10 6 930 10 George Staikos Hanna Zellers 17 11 7 16 11 930 11 Terry Olson 5 9 12 12 860 12 Tony Ave 12 15 9 5 830 13 Oscar Bitar Dan Goldburg 18 7 6 10 830 14 Lance Willsey 6 8 2 800 15 John Saurino 14 12 15 13 700 16 Jon Brownson Dario Cangialosi 4 7 14 690 17 Jason Rabe 16 13 3 630 18 Danny Formal 8 14 8 630 19 Parker Thompson 8 2 550 20 Corey Lewis 13 3 480 21 Dakota Dickerson 11 4 480 22 Kaz Grala 14 5 430 23 Scott Huffaker 11 8 430 24 Josh Sarchet 11 14 370 25 Josh Saurino 14 12 360 26 Bruce Hamilton 1 350 27 Thomas Merrill 3 300 28 Shane Lewis Gar Robinson 4 280 29 Sebastian Priaulx 6 250 30 Niclas Jönsson Mike Watt 7 240 31 Alex Popow Óscar Tunjo 7 240 32 Christopher Allen Robert Mau 8 230 33 Nolan Siegel 9 220 34 Mark Kvamme Dillon Machavern 10 210 35 Antoine Comeau 12 190 36 Orey Fidani 13 180 37 Gerry Kraut Stephen Simpson 13 180 38 Hans Saurino 13 180 39 Efrin Castro Riley Dickinson 15 160 40 Nigel Saurino 15 160 41 Stevan McAleer Joe Robillard 16 150 42 Tyler Maxson 16 150 43 Jon Bennett George Kurtz 19 DNS 120 44 Bob Doyle Moritz Kranz DNS 0 Drivers DAY MOH MOS VIR ATL PointsBold - Pole position

Italics - Fastest lap †: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

Bronze Driver's Cup Drivers DAY MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 Tonis Kasemets 1 1 1 1 1 1750 2 David Grant Keith Grant 3 3 4 2 1200 3 Anthony Mantella 5 4 2 3 1160 4 Ari Balogh 2 2 2 960 5 Tony Ave 4 5 3 840 6 Bruce Hamilton 1 350 7 Thomas Merrill 2 320 8 Antoine Comeau 4 280 9 Orey Fidani 5 260 10 Jon Bennett George Kurtz 6 DNS 250 Drivers DAY MOH MOS VIR ATL Points †: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

Team's Championship

Drivers DAY MOH MOS VIR ATL Points 1 #60 Wulver Racing 1 2 1 1 1 1720 2 #23 JDC MotorSports 3 1 5 2 2 1550 3 #77 US RaceTronics 2 4 10 3 4 1390 4 #40 JDC MotorSports 10 5 4 10 6 1210 5 #3 Jr III Racing 5 9 6 12 12 1110 6 #46 CT Motorsports LLC 8 14 8 11 8 1060 7 #30 Jr III Racing 9 3 5 9 1000 8 #44 Ave Motorsports with GRS 12 15 9 14 5 1000 9 #17 AWA 13 6 3 9 950 10 #61 Ave Motorsports with GRS 17 11 7 16 11 930 11 #54 MLT Motorsports 11 16 13 3 830 12 #6 Performance Tech Motorsports 18 7 6 10 830 13 #14 Sean Creech Motorsport 6 8 2 800 14 #57 Ophanim Motorsports 14 12 15 13 700 15 #47 Forty7 Motorsports 4 7 14 690 16 #18 Mühlner Motorsports America 15 10 7 610 17 #74 Riley Motorsports 4 280 18 #15 D Motorsports 7 240 19 #7 Performance Tech Motorsports 8 230 20 #9 JDC MotorSports 13 180 21 #43 JDC MotorSports 16 150 22 #4 CrowdStrike Racing by D Motorsports 19 120 23 #65 CORE Autosport DNS 0 24 #21 Mühlner Motorsports America DNS 0 Drivers DAY MOH MOS VIR ATL Points †: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

References

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