Season of the IMSA Lites series
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 .
The provisional 2022 calendar was released on August 6, 2021 at IMSA's annual State of the Sport Address, featuring five rounds.[ 1]
Calendar Changes 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.[ 2] Team Car Drivers Class Rounds [ 3] Ligier JS P320 [ 3] 3 Courtney Crone [ 4] All [ 4] 1–2, 4–5 [ 5] 3 30 [ 4] B 1–2, 4–5 Thomas Merrill [ 6] 2 Nolan Siegel [ 7] 5 CrowdStrike Racing by D Motorsports[ 8] Ligier JS P320 [ 8] 4 Jon Bennett [ 9] B 1 George Kurtz [ 8] 1 [ 9] 15 Niclas Jönsson [ 9] 1 [ 9] 1 [ 10] Ligier JS P320 [ 10] 6 [ 10] 1–2, 4–5 [ 10] 1–2, 4–5 7 [ 11] 4 [ 11] 4 JDC MotorSports [ 12] [ 13] Duqueine M30 - D08 [ 12] 9 [ 6] 2 Stephen Simpson [ 6] 2 23 Memo Gidley [ 14] All [ 12] All 40 [ 9] B All [ 9] 1–2, 4–5 Dakota Dickerson [ 15] 3 43 Stevan McAleer [ 13] 1 [ 13] 1 [ 16] Ligier JS P320 [ 16] 14 [ 16] 1–3 Sebastian Priaulx [ 16] 1 Parker Thompson [ 6] 2–3 AWA [ 17] Duqueine M30 - D08 [ 17] 17 [ 17] B 1–4 Orey Fidani [ 16] 1 Mühlner Motorsports America [ 9] Duqueine M30 - D08 [ 9] 18 Efrin Castro [ 16] 1 Riley Dickinson [ 16] 1 Mark Kvamme [ 6] 2 [ 6] 2 Alex Popow [ 18] 5 Óscar Tunjo [ 18] 5 21 [ 9] 1 [ 9] 1 [ 19] Ligier JS P320 [ 19] 44 Tony Ave [ 19] B 1–3, 5 [ 16] 1 4 Kaz Grala [ 11] 4–5 61 [ 19] All [ 19] All [ 9] Duqueine M30 - D08 [ 9] 46 [ 9] All [ 9] 1–3 Scott Huffaker [ 11] 4–5 [ 9] Duqueine M30 - D08 [ 9] 47 [ 9] 1, 4–5 [ 16] 1, 4–5 [ 9] Ligier JS P320 [ 9] 54 Dakota Dickerson [ 9] 1 [ 16] 1 [ 6] 2, 4–5 Tyler Maxson [ 6] 2 Corey Lewis [ 11] 4–5 [ 9] Ligier JS P320 [ 9] 57 [ 9] 1–2, 4–5 [ 9] 1–2 [ 11] 4 [ 7] 5 [ 9] Ligier JS P320 [ 9] 60 Tonis Kasemets [ 9] B All [ 9] 1 CORE Autosport [ 7] Ligier JS P320 [ 7] 65 Jon Bennett [ 7] B 5 George Kurtz [ 7] 5 Riley Motorsports [ 11] Ligier JS P320 [ 11] 74 Shane Lewis [ 11] 4 Gar Robinson [ 11] 4 US RaceTronics [ 9] Ligier JS P320 [ 9] 77 Patrick Kujala [ 9] All [ 9] All
Championship standings [ edit ] 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
[ edit ] Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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
†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
[ edit ] †: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
[ edit ] †: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.
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Daytona International Speedway 
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 
Memo Gidley
Tonis Kasemets 
#18 Mühlner Motorsports America