Inaugural season of the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge
Drivers' Champion: ![United States](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)
Bijoy Garg
Teams' Champion: ![United States](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png)
Jr III Racing
Parent series:
IMSA SportsCar Championship
Michelin Pilot Challenge
The 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge was the inaugural season of the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge. The season began on January 20 at Daytona International Speedway and concluded on October 14 at Road Atlanta.
Bijoy Garg won the LMP3 class championship after an impressive season taking eight wins throughout the 12 race season, 6 of which he won in a row.[1] His team Jr III Racing won the Team's Championship. Francis Selldorff won the GSX class championship with 1 win and 5 additional podiums, simultaneously granting Turner Motorsport their 8th professional championship title.
Calendar
The provisional 2023 calendar was released on August 5, 2022, at IMSA's annual State of the Sport Address, featuring twelve rounds split across six race weekends. Five of the six events had confirmed dates.[2] The final calendar was confirmed on August 26, 2022, adding rounds at Daytona and Lime Rock Park while dropping the round at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.[3]
Round | Circuit | Date |
1 | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida | January 20–22 |
2 | Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida | March 11–12 |
3 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario | July 7–9 |
4 | Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Connecticut | July 21–22 |
5 | Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia | August 25–27 |
6 | Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia | October 11–14 |
Entry list
LMP3
GSX
Manufacturer | Car | Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
Aston Martin | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | Automatic Racing[5] | 09 | Ramin Abdolvahabi[5] | 2 |
Rob Ecklin[6] | 4 |
Accelerating Performance[4] | 44 | Moisey Uretsky[4][N 1] | 1–3, 5–6 |
Todd Coleman Racing 1–2[11]
Archangel Motorsports 3–6[9] | 45 | Scott Blind | 5–6 |
69 | Todd Coleman[11] | 1–3, 5 |
van der Steur Racing | 82 | Brady Behrman | 5–6 |
BMW | BMW M4 GT4 Gen II | Stephen Cameron Racing[4] | 19 | Sean Quinlan[5] | 1–3, 5 |
43 | Gregory Liefooghe[5] | 2–3, 6 |
Auto Technic Racing[4] | 24 | Jake Walker[6] | 4 |
25 | Rob Walker[4] | 1–2 |
Stephen Cugliari[6] | 4 |
26 | John Capestro-Dubets[6] | 4 |
Turner Motorsport[9] | 95 | Francis Selldorff[9] | 3–6 |
96 | Vincent Barletta[9] | 3–6 |
BMW M4 GT4 | Split Decision Motorsports[4] | 88 | Patrick Wilmot[4] | All |
89 | Adam Thomas | 6 |
Turner Motorsport[12] | 95 | Francis Selldorff[13] | 1–2 |
96 | Vincent Barletta[13] | 1–2 |
Chevrolet | Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R | Rebel Rock Racing[14] | 72 | Frank DePew[14] | All |
Ford | Ford Mustang GT4 | KohR Motorsports[4] | 14 | Billy Griffin[4] | 1–2, 6 |
Bob Michaelian | 3, 5 |
59 | Luca Mars[5] | 2 |
Bob Michaelian | 6 |
Multimatic Motorsports[4] | 98 | Jim Farley[4] | 1–2 |
Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | Murillo Racing[15] | 65 | Tim Probert[15] | All |
Porsche | Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport | KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering[4] | 5 | Angus Rogers[4] | All |
BGB Motorsports[4] | 17 | Will Wachs[5] | 1–3, 5–6 |
83 | Thomas Collingwood[5] | 2 |
Kelly-Moss with Riley[4] | 27 | Sebastián Carazo[4] | All |
NOLASPORT[9] | 46 | Adam Adelson[16] | 3, 5–6 |
Accelerating Performance[9] | 48 | Michael Cooper[9] | 3 |
CarBahn with Peregrine Racing[17] | 93 | Mark Siegel[17] | 1, 3 |
Sameer Gandhi[17] | 2 |
Race results
Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | LMP3 Winner | GSX Winner |
1 | R1 | Daytona | No. 73 JDC MotorSports | No. 14 KohR Motorsports |
Dan Goldburg | Billy Griffin |
R2 | No. 73 JDC MotorSports | No. 14 KohR Motorsports |
Dan Goldburg | Billy Griffin |
2 | R1 | Sebring | No. 3 Jr III Racing | No. 59 KohR Motorsports |
Bijoy Garg | Luca Mars |
R2 | No. 3 Jr III Racing | No. 43 Stephen Cameron Racing |
Bijoy Garg | Gregory Liefooghe |
3 | R1 | Mosport | No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports | No. 48 Accelerating Performance |
Jonathan Woolridge | Michael Cooper |
R2 | No. 73 JDC MotorSports | No. 43 Stephen Cameron Racing |
Dan Goldburg | Gregory Liefooghe |
4 | R1 | Lime Rock | No. 3 Jr III Racing | No. 26 Auto Technic Racing |
Bijoy Garg | John Capestro-Dubets |
R2 | No. 3 Jr III Racing | No. 26 Auto Technic Racing |
Bijoy Garg | John Capestro-Dubets |
5 | R1 | Virginia | No. 3 Jr III Racing | No. 95 Turner Motorsport |
Bijoy Garg | Francis Selldorff |
R2 | No. 3 Jr III Racing | No. 43 Stephen Cameron Racing |
Bijoy Garg | Gregory Liefooghe |
6 | R1 | Road Atlanta | No. 3 Jr III Racing | No. 27 Kelly-Moss with Riley |
Bijoy Garg | Sebastián Carazo |
R2 | No. 3 Jr III Racing | No. 27 Kelly-Moss with Riley |
Bijoy Garg | Sebastián Carazo |
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.[18]
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 |
LMP3 Driver's Championship
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
GSX Driver's Championship
Pos. | Drivers | DAY
| SEB
| MOS
| LIM
| VIR
| ATL
| Points |
1 | Francis Selldorff | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3450 |
2 | Sebastián Carazo | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3300 |
3 | Vincent Barletta | 6 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2780 |
4 | Patrick Wilmot | 15† | 15 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2740 |
5 | Angus Rogers | 9 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2650 |
6 | Tim Probert | 12 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | DNS | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2440 |
7 | Gregory Liefooghe | | | 2 | 1 | DNS | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2310 |
8 | Frank DePew | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | DNS | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 10 | DNS | 2160 |
9 | Moisey Uretsky | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | 9 | DNS | 16 | DNS | 2010 |
10 | Will Wachs | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | | | 10 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 1880 |
11 | Todd Coleman | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | | | 14 | 13 | | | 1770 |
12 | Sean Quinlan | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 7 | | | DNS | 4 | | | 1670 |
13 | Billy Griffin | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 | | | | | | | 13 | 11 | 1400 |
14 | Adam Adelson | | | | | 4 | 3 | | | 4 | DNS | 9 | DNS | 1080 |
15 | Rob Walker | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 1060 |
16 | Scott Blind | | | | | | | | | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 920 |
17 | Jim Farley | 11 | 7 | 13 | 13 | | | | | | | | | 800 |
18 | John Capestro-Dubets | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 700 |
19 | Brady Behrman | | | | | | | | | 5 | 5 | 15 | DNS | 680 |
20 | Jake Walker | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | | 640 |
21 | Mark Siegel | 8 | 10 | | | 12 | DNS | | | | | | | 630 |
22 | Michael Cooper | | | | | 1 | 13 | | | | | | | 530 |
23 | Stephen Cugliari | | | | | | | 3 | 8 | | | | | 530 |
24 | Rob Ecklin | | | | | | | 6 | 4 | | | | | 530 |
25 | Luca Mars | | | 1 | 18 | | | | | | | | | 480 |
26 | Adam Thomas | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 9 | 410 |
27 | Thomas Collingwood | | | 17 | 12 | | | | | | | | | 330 |
28 | Ramin Abdolvahabi | | | 16 | 14 | | | | | | | | | 320 |
29 | Sameer Gandhi | | | 18 | 17 | | | | | | | | | 270 |
30 | Bob Michaelian | | | | | DNS | DNS | | | DNS | DNS | 11 | DNS | 410 |
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
LMP3 Bronze Drivers Cup
Pos. | Drivers | DAY
| SEB
| MOS
| LIM
| VIR
| ATL
| Points |
1 | Dan Goldburg | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4150 |
2 | Brian Thienes | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3790 |
3 | Adrian Kunzle | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3440 |
4 | Lance Willsey | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | DNS | DNS | 1790 |
5 | Keith McGovern | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | DNS | | | | | | | 1320 |
6 | Jon Brownson | | | 9 | 7 | DNS | DNS | | | | | 8† | 6 | 1090 |
7 | Scott Neal | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11 | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | 1000 |
8 | Mirco Schultis | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 560 |
GSX Bronze Drivers Cup
Pos. | Drivers | DAY
| SEB
| MOS
| LIM
| VIR
| ATL
| Points |
1 | Vincent Barletta | 6 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3370 |
2 | Angus Rogers | 9 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3240 |
3 | Tim Probert | 12 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | DNS | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2950 |
4 | Frank DePew | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | DNS | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 10 | DNS | 2600 |
5 | Moisey Uretsky | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | 9 | DNS | 16 | DNS | 2360 |
6 | Will Wachs | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | | | 10 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 2260 |
7 | Todd Coleman | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | | | 14 | 13 | | | 2090 |
8 | Sean Quinlan | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 7 | | | DNS | 4 | | | 2030 |
9 | Billy Griffin | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 | | | | | | | 13 | 11 | 1580 |
10 | Rob Walker | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 1180 |
11 | Scott Blind | | | | | | | | | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1120 |
12 | Jim Farley | 11 | 7 | 13 | 13 | | | | | | | | | 920 |
13 | Brady Behrman | | | | | | | | | 5 | 5 | 15 | DNS | 850 |
14 | Mark Siegel | 8 | 10 | | | 12 | DNS | | | | | | | 710 |
15 | Rob Ecklin | | | | | | | 6 | 4 | | | | | 670 |
16 | Adam Thomas | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 9 | 500 |
17 | Thomas Collingwood | | | 17 | 12 | | | | | | | | | 420 |
18 | Ramin Abdolvahabi | | | 16 | 14 | | | | | | | | | 410 |
19 | Sameer Gandhi | | | 18 | 17 | | | | | | | | | 360 |
20 | Bob Michaelian | | | | | DNS | DNS | | | DNS | DNS | 11 | DNS | 250 |
LMP3 Team's Championship
Pos. | Team | DAY
| SEB
| MOS
| LIM
| VIR
| ATL
| Points |
1 | #3 Jr III Racing | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4000 |
2 | #73 JDC MotorSports | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3790 |
3 | #77 US RaceTronics | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3310 |
4 | #99 Forty7 Motorsports | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3290 |
5 | #54 MLT Motorsports | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2950 |
6 | #18 Mühlner Motorsports America | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | | | 3 | 4 | | | | | 1720 |
7 | #30 Sean Creech Motorsport | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | DNS | DNS | 1570 |
8 | #7 Performance Tech Motorsports | | | | | 8 | 3 | | | 7 | 2 | 7 | DNS | 1330 |
9 | #28 Kelly-Moss with Riley | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | DNS | | | | | | | 1170 |
10 | #38 Performance Tech Motorsports | | | | | 1 | 6 | | | 5 | 4 | | | 1140 |
11 | #87 Remstar Racing | | | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | 7 | 940 |
12 | #47 Forty7 Motorsports | | | 9 | 7 | DNS | DNS | | | | | 8† | 6 | 940 |
13 | #86 Kelly-Moss with Riley | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11 | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | 900 |
GSX Team's Championship
Pos. | Drivers | DAY
| SEB
| MOS
| LIM
| VIR
| ATL
| Points |
1 | #95 Turner Motorsport | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3450 |
2 | #27 Kelly-Moss with Riley | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3300 |
3 | #96 Turner Motorsport | 6 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2780 |
4 | #88 Split Decision Motorsports | 15† | 15 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2740 |
5 | #19 Stephen Cameron Racing | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 7 | | | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2680 |
6 | #5 KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering | 9 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2650 |
7 | #65 Murillo Racing | 12 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | DNS | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2440 |
8 | #72 Rebel Rock Racing | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | DNS | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 10 | DNS | 2160 |
9 | #44 Accelerating Performance | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | 9 | DNS | 16 | DNS | 2010 |
10 | #17 BGB Motorsports | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | | | 10 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 1880 |
11 | #69 Archangel Motorsports | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | | | 14 | 13 | | | 1770 |
12 | #25 Auto Technic Racing | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | | | 3 | 8 | | | | | 1590 |
13 | #14 KohR Motorsports | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 | DNS | DNS | | | DNS | DNS | 13 | 11 | 1400 |
14 | #43 Stephen Cameron Racing | | | 2 | 1 | DNS | 1 | | | DNS | 4 | | | 1300 |
15 | #46 NOLASPORT | | | | | 4 | 3 | | | 4 | DNS | 9 | DNS | 1080 |
16 | #45 Archangel Motorsports | | | | | | | | | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 920 |
17 | #93 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing | 8 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 12 | DNS | | | | | | | 900 |
18 | #09 Automatic Racing | | | 16 | 14 | | | 6 | 4 | | | | | 850 |
19 | #98 Multimatic Motorsports | 11 | 7 | 13 | 13 | | | | | | | | | 800 |
20 | #26 Auto Technic Racing | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 700 |
21 | #59 KohR Motorsports | | | 1 | 18 | | | | | | | 11 | DNS | 680 |
22 | #82 van der Steur Racing | | | | | | | | | 5 | 5 | 15 | DNS | 680 |
23 | #24 Auto Technic Racing | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | | 640 |
24 | #48 Accelerating Performance | | | | | 1 | 13 | | | | | | | 530 |
25 | #89 Split Decision Motorsports | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 9 | 410 |
26 | #83 BGB Motorsports | | | 17 | 12 | | | | | | | | | 330 |
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
GSX Manufacturer's Championship
Notes
References
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In VP Challenge, Francis Selldorff and Barletta will take the wheel of F82-type BMWs in the single-driver sprint race series.
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- ^ 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Regulations