2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge

The 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge is the inaugural season of the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge. The races will be contested with LMP3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season began on January 20 at Daytona International Speedway and will conclude on October 14 at Road Atlanta.

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.[1] 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.[2]

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

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Duqueine	Duqueine D-08	Mühlner Motorsports America[3]	18	Mirco Schultis[3]	1
		Mühlner Motorsports America[3]	18	Antonio Serravalle[4]	2
		JDC MotorSports[3]	73	Dan Goldburg[3]	1–2
		Forty7 Motorsports[5]	47	Jon Brownson[4]	2
		Forty7 Motorsports[5]	99	Courtney Crone[5]	1–2
		Remstar Racing[4]	87	Jonathan Woolridge[4]	2
Ligier	Ligier JS P320	Jr III Racing[6]	3	Bijoy Garg[6]	1–2
		Kelly-Moss with Riley[3]	28	Keith McGovern[3]	1–2
		Kelly-Moss with Riley[3]	86	Scott Neal[3]	1–2
		Sean Creech Motorsport[7]	30	Lance Willsey[7]	1–2
		MLT Motorsports[3]	54	Adrian Kunzle[3]	1–2
		US RaceTronics[3]	77	Brian Thienes[3]	1–2

GSX

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Aston Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Automatic Racing[4]	09	Ramin Abdolvahabi[4]	2
		Accelerating Performance[3]	44	Moisey Uretsky[3][N 1]	1–2
		Todd Coleman Racing[8]	69	Todd Coleman[8]	1–2
BMW	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	Stephen Cameron Racing[3]	19	Sean Quinlan[4]	1–2
		Stephen Cameron Racing[3]	43	Gregory Liefooghe[4]	2
		Auto Technic Racing[3]	25	Rob Walker[3]	1–2
	BMW M4 GT4	Split Decision Motorsports[3]	88	Patrick Wilmot[3]	1–2
		Turner Motorsport[9]	95	Francis Selldorff[10]	1–2
		Turner Motorsport[9]	96	Vincent Barletta[10]	1–2
Chevrolet	Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R	Rebel Rock Racing[11]	72	Frank DePew[11]	1–2
Ford	Ford Mustang GT4	KohR Motorsports[3]	14	Billy Griffin[3]	1–2
		KohR Motorsports[3]	59	Luca Mars[4]	2
		Multimatic Motorsports[3]	98	Jim Farley[3]	1–2
Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Murillo Racing[12]	65	Tim Probert[12]	1–2
Porsche	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering[3]	5	Angus Rogers[3]	1–2
		BGB Motorsports[3]	17	Will Wachs[4]	1–2
		BGB Motorsports[3]	83	Thomas Collingwood[4]	2
		Kelly-Moss with Riley[3]	27	Sebastián Carazo[3]	1–2
		CarBahn with Peregrine Racing[13]	93	Mark Siegel[13]	1
		CarBahn with Peregrine Racing[13]	93	Sameer Gandhi[13]	2

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	LMP3 Winner	GSX Winner
1	R1	Daytona	No. 73 JDC MotorSports	No. 14 KohR Motorsports
	R1		Dan Goldburg	Billy Griffin
	R2		No. 73 JDC MotorSports	No. 14 KohR Motorsports
	R2		Dan Goldburg	Billy Griffin
2	R1	Sebring	No. 3 Jr III Racing	No. 59 KohR Motorsports
	R1		Bijoy Garg	Luca Mars
	R2		No. 3 Jr III Racing	No. 43 Stephen Cameron Racing
	R2		Bijoy Garg	Gregory Liefooghe
3	R1	Mosport
	R1
	R2
	R2
4	R1	Lime Rock
	R1
	R2
	R2
5	R1	Virginia
	R1
	R2
	R2
6	R1	Road Atlanta
	R1
	R2
	R2

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.[14]

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

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		SEB		Points
1	Dan Goldburg	1	1	2	3	1320
2	Bijoy Garg	3	5	1	1	1260
3	Brian Thienes	2	2	5	5	1160
4	Lance Willsey	7	4	4	4	1080
5	Courtney Crone	8	3	7	10	980
6	Keith McGovern	5	6	10	8	950
7	Adrian Kunzle	9	8	6	9	920
8	Scott Neal	6	9	8	11	900
9	Antonio Serravalle			3	2	620
10	Mirco Schultis	4	7			520
11	Jon Brownson			9	7	460
12	Jonathan Woolridge			11	6	450

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position

Italics - Fastest lap

GSX Driver's Championship

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		SEB		Points
1	Sebastián Carazo	14	2	3	2	1110
2	Moisey Uretsky	2	12	4	4	1070
3	Rob Walker	3	3	10	6	1060
4	Billy Griffin	1	1	14	16	1020
5	Todd Coleman	4	5	8	8	1000
6	Francis Selldorff	5	6	5	10	980
7	Sean Quinlan	7	8	12	5	920
8	Patrick Wilmot	15†	15	6	3	870
9	Frank DePew	10	14	7	7	860
10	Vincent Barletta	6	13	9	11	850
11	Tim Probert	12	4	19	9	810
12	Jim Farley	11	7	13	13	800
13	Angus Rogers	9	9	11	19	760
14	Will Wachs	13	11	15	15	700
15	Gregory Liefooghe			2	1	670
16	Luca Mars			1	18	480
17	Mark Siegel	8	10			440
18	Thomas Collingwood			17	12	330
19	Ramin Abdolvahabi			16	14	320
20	Sameer Gandhi			18	17	270

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

LMP3 Bronze Drivers Cup

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		SEB		Points
1	Dan Goldburg	1	1	1	1	1400
2	Brian Thienes	2	2	3	3	1240
3	Lance Willsey	6	3	2	2	1190
4	Keith McGovern	4	4	7	5	1060
5	Adrian Kunzle	7	6	4	6	1020
6	Scott Neal	5	7	5	7	1000
7	Mirco Schultis	3	5			560
8	Jon Brownson			6	4	530

GSX Bronze Drivers Cup

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		SEB		Points
1	Moisey Uretsky	2	10	1	1	1230
2	Rob Walker	3	2	5	3	1180
3	Todd Coleman	4	4	3	5	1120
4	Billy Griffin	1	1	9	12	1110
5	Sean Quinlan	6	6	7	2	1060
6	Frank DePew	9	12	2	4	1010
7	Vincent Barletta	5	11	4	7	980
8	Tim Probert	11	3	14	6	920
9	Jim Farley	10	5	8	9	920
10	Angus Rogers	8	7	6	14	890
11	Will Wachs	12	9	10	11	820
12	Mark Siegel	7	8			470
13	Thomas Collingwood			12	8	420
14	Ramin Abdolvahabi			11	10	410
15	Sameer Gandhi			13	13	360

LMP3 Team's Championship

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		SEB		Points
1	#73 JDC MotorSports	1	1	2	3	1320
2	#3 Jr III Racing	3	5	1	1	1260
3	#77 US RaceTronics	2	2	5	5	1160
4	#18 Mühlner Motorsports America	4	7	3	2	1140
5	#30 Sean Creech Motorsport	7	4	4	4	1080
6	#99 Forty7 Motorsports	8	3	7	10	980
7	#28 Kelly-Moss with Riley	5	6	10	8	950
8	#54 MLT Motorsports	9	8	6	9	920
9	#86 Kelly-Moss with Riley	6	9	8	11	900
10	#47 Forty7 Motorsports			9	7	460
11	#87 Remstar Racing			11	6	450

GSX Team's Championship

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		SEB		Points
1	#27 Kelly-Moss with Riley	14	2	3	2	1110
2	#44 Accelerating Performance	2	12	4	4	1070
3	#25 Auto Technic Racing	3	3	10	6	1060
4	#14 KohR Motorsports	1	1	14	16	1020
5	#69 Archangel Motorsports	4	5	8	8	1000
6	#95 Turner Motorsport	5	6	5	10	980
7	#19 Stephen Cameron Racing	7	8	12	5	920
8	#88 Split Decision Motorsports	15†	15	6	3	870
9	#72 Rebel Rock Racing	10	14	7	7	860
10	#96 Turner Motorsport	6	13	9	11	850
11	#65 Murillo Racing	12	4	19	9	810
12	#98 Multimatic Motorsports	11	7	13	13	800
13	#5 KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering	9	9	11	19	760
14	#93 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing	8	10	18	17	710
15	#17 BGB Motorsports	13	11	15	15	700
16	#43 Stephen Cameron Racing			2	1	670
17	#59 KohR Motorsports			1	18	480
19	#83 BGB Motorsports			17	12	330
20	#09 Automatic Racing			16	14	320

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

GSX Manufacturer's Championship

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		SEB		MOS	LIM	VIR	ATL	Points
1	Ford	1	1	1	13					1300
2	BMW	3	3	2	1					1270
3	Porsche	8	2	3	2					1220
4	Aston Martin	2	5	4	4					1160
5	Chevrolet	10	14	7	7					1050
6	Mercedes-AMG	12	4	19	9					1040
Pos.	Drivers	DAY		SEB		MOS	LIM	VIR	ATL	Points

Notes

Moisey Uretsky is Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors using the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Regulations

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[SeanCreechLigier-7] Dagys, John (January 6, 2023). "Sean Creech Finalizes Rolex 24 Lineup, VP Challenge Entry". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 6, 2023.

[ColemanAMR-9] "Coleman Partners With Archangel for Aston GT4 Effort". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.

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[TurnerDrivers-11] Dagys, John (January 13, 2023). "No. 95 Turner BMW Moves to GTD Pro for Endurance Cup". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 13, 2023. 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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[15] 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Regulations

LMP3 championships (2015–present)
European Le Mans Series	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Asian Le Mans Series	2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2021 2022 2023
V de V Endurance Series	2015 2016 2017
Le Mans Cup	2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Road to Le Mans	2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
British LMP3 Cup	2016 2017 2018
24H Proto Series	2017 2018
FRD LMP3 Series	2017
IMSA Prototype Challenge	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
GT & Prototype Challenge	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Ultimate Cup Series	2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Prototype Cup Germany	2022 2023
IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge	2023
Engines	Nissan VK50VE VK56DE
Generation I Cars and Constructors	ADESS 03 Ginetta P3-15 Ligier JS P3 Norma M30 Riley-Ave AR-2
Generation II Cars and Constructors	ADESS 03 Evo Ginetta G61-LT-P3 Ligier JS P320 Duqueine D-08
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