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.

Bijoy Garg won the 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.

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

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Duqueine	Duqueine D-08	Mühlner Motorsports America[4]	18	Mirco Schultis[4]	1
				Antonio Serravalle[5]	2
				Denis Dupont[6]	4
		JDC MotorSports[4]	73	Dan Goldburg[4]	1–4
		Forty7 Motorsports[7]	47	Jon Brownson[5]	2–3
		Forty7 Motorsports[7]	99	Courtney Crone[7]	1–4
		Remstar Racing[5]	87	Jonathan Woolridge[5]	2
		Remstar Racing[5]	TBA	Jagger Jones	TBC
Ligier	Ligier JS P320	Jr III Racing[8]	3	Bijoy Garg[8]	1–4
		Performance Tech Motorsports[9]	7	Alex Kirby[9]	3
		Performance Tech Motorsports[9]	38	Jonathan Woolridge[9]	3
		Kelly-Moss with Riley[4]	28	Keith McGovern[4]	1–3
		Kelly-Moss with Riley[4]	86	Scott Neal[4]	1–3
		Sean Creech Motorsport[10]	30	Lance Willsey[10]	1–3
		MLT Motorsports[4]	54	Adrian Kunzle[4]	1–4
		US RaceTronics[4]	77	Brian Thienes[4]	1–4

GSX

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Aston Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Automatic Racing[5]	09	Ramin Abdolvahabi[5]	2
		Automatic Racing[5]	09	Rob Ecklin[6]	4
		Accelerating Performance[4]	44	Moisey Uretsky[4][N 1]	1–3
		Todd Coleman Racing 1–2[11] Archangel Motorsports 3[9]	69	Todd Coleman[11]	1–3
BMW	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	Stephen Cameron Racing[4]	19	Sean Quinlan[5]	1–3
		Stephen Cameron Racing[4]	43	Gregory Liefooghe[5]	2–3
		Auto Technic Racing[4]	24	Jake Walker[6]	4
			25	Rob Walker[4]	1–2
			25	Stephen Cugliari[6]	4
			26	JCD Dubets[6]	4
		Turner Motorsport[9]	95	Francis Selldorff[9]	3–4
		Turner Motorsport[9]	96	Vincent Barletta[9]	3–4
	BMW M4 GT4	Split Decision Motorsports[4]	88	Patrick Wilmot[4]	1–4
		Turner Motorsport[12]	95	Francis Selldorff[13]	1–2
		Turner Motorsport[12]	96	Vincent Barletta[13]	1–2
Chevrolet	Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R	Rebel Rock Racing[14]	72	Frank DePew[14]	1–4
Ford	Ford Mustang GT4	KohR Motorsports[4]	14	Billy Griffin[4]	1–2
			14	Bob Michaelian	3
			59	Luca Mars[5]	2
		Multimatic Motorsports[4]	98	Jim Farley[4]	1–2
Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Murillo Racing[15]	65	Tim Probert[15]	1–4
Porsche	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering[4]	5	Angus Rogers[4]	1–4
		BGB Motorsports[4]	17	Will Wachs[5]	1–3
		BGB Motorsports[4]	83	Thomas Collingwood[5]	2
		Kelly-Moss with Riley[4]	27	Sebastián Carazo[4]	1–4
		NOLASPORT[9]	46	Adam Adelson[16]	3
		Accelerating Performance[9]	48	Michael Cooper[9]	3
		CarBahn with Peregrine Racing[17]	93	Mark Siegel[17]	1, 3
		CarBahn with Peregrine Racing[17]	93	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
	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	No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports	No. 48 Accelerating Performance
	R1		Jonathan Woolridge	Michael Cooper
	R2		No. 73 JDC MotorSports	No. 43 Stephen Cameron Racing
	R2		Dan Goldburg	Gregory Liefooghe
4	R1	Lime Rock	No. 3 Jr III Racing	No. 26 Auto Technic Racing
	R1		Bijoy Garg	John Capestro-Dubets
	R2		No. 3 Jr III Racing	No. 26 Auto Technic Racing
	R2		Bijoy Garg	John Capestro-Dubets
5	R1	Virginia	No. 3 Jr III Racing	No. 95 Turner Motorsport
	R1		Bijoy Garg	Francis Selldorff
	R2		No. 3 Jr III Racing	No. 43 Stephen Cameron Racing
	R2		Bijoy Garg	Gregory Liefooghe
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.[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

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		SEB		MOS		LIM		VIR		Points
1	Bijoy Garg	3	5	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	3300
2	Dan Goldburg	1	1	2	3	4	1	2	2	2	3	3210
3	Brian Thienes	2	2	5	5	5	5	4	6	4	7	2730
4	Courtney Crone	8	3	7	10	3	4	5	3	3	6	2670
5	Adrian Kunzle	9	8	6	9	7	8	6	5	6	5	2410
6	Jonathan Woolridge			11	6	1	6			5	4	1590
7	Lance Willsey	7	4	4	4	6	7					1570
8	Keith McGovern	5	6	10	8	9	DNS					1170
9	Alex Kirby					8	3			7	2	1090
10	Scott Neal	6	9	8	11	DNS	DNS					900
11	Antonio Serravalle			3	2							620
12	Denis Dupont							3	4			580
13	Mirco Schultis	4	7									520
14	Jon Brownson			9	7	DNS	DNS					460

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		MOS		LIM		VIR		Points
1	Francis Selldorff	5	6	5	10	2	4	4	3	1	2	2830
2	Sebastián Carazo	14	2	3	2	3	6	11	10	8	3	2600
3	Vincent Barletta	6	13	9	11	9	8	5	6	3	11	2310
4	Patrick Wilmot	15†	15	6	3	7	5	9	9	13	12	2180
5	Angus Rogers	9	9	11	19	10	11	8	7	6	7	2130
6	Frank DePew	10	14	7	7	14	DNS	7	5	12	8	1950
7	Tim Probert	12	4	19	9	5	10	10	DNS	7	10	1940
8	Moisey Uretsky	2	12	4	4	6	2			9	DNS	1860
9	Todd Coleman	4	5	8	8	11	9			14	13	1770
10	Gregory Liefooghe			2	1	DNS	1			2	1	1690
11	Sean Quinlan	7	8	12	5	8	7			DNS	4	1670
12	Will Wachs	13	11	15	15	13	12			10	9	1500
13	Rob Walker	3	3	10	6							1060
14	Billy Griffin	1	1	14	16							1020
15	Adam Adelson					4	3			4	DNS	860
16	Jim Farley	11	7	13	13							800
17	John Capestro-Dubets							1	1			700
18	Jake Walker							2	2			640
19	Mark Siegel	8	10			12	DNS					630
20	Michael Cooper					1	13					530
21	Stephen Cugliari							3	8			530
22	Rob Ecklin							6	4			530
23	Brady Behrman									5	5	520
24	Luca Mars			1	18							480
25	Scott Blind									11	6	450
26	Thomas Collingwood			17	12							330
27	Ramin Abdolvahabi			16	14							320
28	Sameer Gandhi			18	17							270

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

LMP3 Bronze Drivers Cup

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		SEB		MOS		LIM		VIR		Points
1	Dan Goldburg	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3500
2	Brian Thienes	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3120
3	Adrian Kunzle	7	6	4	6	4	4	3	2	3	2	2820
4	Lance Willsey	6	3	2	2	3	3					1790
5	Keith McGovern	4	4	7	5	5	DNS					1320
6	Scott Neal	5	7	5	7	DNS	DNS					1000
7	Mirco Schultis	3	5									560
8	Jon Brownson			6	4	DNS	DNS					530

GSX Bronze Drivers Cup

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		SEB		MOS		LIM		VIR		Points
1	Vincent Barletta	5	11	4	7	4	3	1	3	1	8	2790
2	Angus Rogers	8	7	6	14	5	6	4	4	3	4	2540
3	Frank DePew	9	12	2	4	9	DNS	3	2	8	5	2340
4	Tim Probert	11	3	14	6	1	5	6	DNS	4	7	2310
5	Moisey Uretsky	2	10	1	1	2	1			5	DNS	2160
6	Todd Coleman	4	4	3	5	6	4			9	9	2090
7	Sean Quinlan	6	6	7	2	3	2			DNS	1	2030
8	Will Wachs	12	9	10	11	8	7			6	6	1790
9	Rob Walker	3	2	5	3							1180
10	Billy Griffin	1	1	9	12							1110
11	Jim Farley	10	5	8	9							920
12	Mark Siegel	7	8			7	DNS					710
13	Rob Ecklin							2	1			670
14	Brady Behrman									2	2	640
15	Scott Blind									7	3	540
16	Thomas Collingwood			12	8							420
17	Ramin Abdolvahabi			11	10							410
18	Sameer Gandhi			13	13							360

LMP3 Team's Championship

Pos.	Team	DAY		SEB		MOS		LIM		VIR		Points
1	#3 Jr III Racing	3	5	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	3300
2	#73 JDC MotorSports	1	1	2	3	4	1	2	2	2	3	3210
3	#77 US RaceTronics	2	2	5	5	5	5	4	6	4	7	2730
4	#99 Forty7 Motorsports	8	3	7	10	3	4	5	3	3	6	2670
5	#54 MLT Motorsports	9	8	6	9	7	8	6	5	6	5	2410
6	#18 Mühlner Motorsports America	4	7	3	2			3	4			1720
7	#30 Sean Creech Motorsport	7	4	4	4	6	7					1570
8	#28 Kelly-Moss with Riley	5	6	10	8	9	DNS					1170
9	#38 Performance Tech Motorsports					1	6			5	4	1140
10	#7 Performance Tech Motorsports					8	3			7	2	1090
11	#86 Kelly-Moss with Riley	6	9	8	11	DNS	DNS					900
12	#47 Forty7 Motorsports			9	7	DNS	DNS					460
13	#87 Remstar Racing			11	6							450

GSX Team's Championship

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		SEB		MOS		LIM		VIR		Points
1	#95 Turner Motorsport	5	6	5	10	2	4	4	3	1	2	2830
2	#27 Kelly-Moss with Riley	14	2	3	2	3	6	11	10	8	3	2600
3	#96 Turner Motorsport	6	13	9	11	9	8	5	6	3	11	2310
4	#88 Split Decision Motorsports	15†	15	6	3	7	5	9	9	13	12	2180
5	#5 KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering	9	9	11	19	10	11	8	7	6	7	2130
6	#19 Stephen Cameron Racing	7	8	12	5	8	7			2	1	2060
7	#72 Rebel Rock Racing	10	14	7	7	14	DNS	7	5	12	8	1950
8	#65 Murillo Racing	12	4	19	9	5	10	10	DNS	7	10	1940
9	#44 Accelerating Performance	2	12	4	4	6	2			9	DNS	1860
10	#69 Archangel Motorsports	4	5	8	8	11	9			14	13	1770
11	#25 Auto Technic Racing	3	3	10	6			3	8			1590
12	#17 BGB Motorsports	13	11	15	15	13	12			10	9	1500
13	#43 Stephen Cameron Racing			2	1	DNS	1			DNS	4	1300
14	#14 KohR Motorsports	1	1	14	16	DNS	DNS			DNS	DNS	1020
15	#93 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing	8	10	18	17	12	DNS					900
16	#46 NOLASPORT					4	3			4	DNS	860
17	#09 Automatic Racing			16	14			6	4			850
18	#98 Multimatic Motorsports	11	7	13	13							800
19	#26 Auto Technic Racing							1	1			700
20	#24 Auto Technic Racing							2	2			640
21	#48 Accelerating Performance					1	13					530
22	#82 van der Steur Racing									5	5	520
23	#59 KohR Motorsports			1	18							480
24	#45 Archangel Motorsports									11	6	450
25	#83 BGB Motorsports			17	12							330

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

GSX Manufacturer's Championship

Pos.	Drivers	DAY		SEB		MOS		LIM		VIR		ATL	Points
1	BMW	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1		3340
2	Porsche	8	2	3	2	1	3	8	7	4	3		3070
3	Aston Martin	2	5	4	4	6	2	6	4	5	5		3000
4	Chevrolet	10	14	7	7	14	DNS	7	5	12	8		2450
5	Mercedes-AMG	12	4	19	9	5	10	10	DNS	7	10		2420
6	Ford	1	1	1	13	DNS	DNS			DNS	DNS		1300
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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[2] "Six-Event Calendar for New LMP3, GT4 Sprint Series". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. August 5, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2022.

[3] James, Richard S. (August 26, 2022). "VP Racing SportsCar Challenge final schedule set". racer.com. Retrieved October 5, 2022.

[24EntriesRoarDAY-4] Dagys, John (January 12, 2023). "Ford CEO Farley Among Drivers Entered for Daytona Kickoff". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 12, 2023.

[30entriesSEB-5] "VPRC Pre-Race Entry List.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.

[17entriesLIM-6] "VPRC Official Entry List.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. July 21, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023.

[CroneForty7-7] Kelly, Godwin (January 10, 2023). "Crone Earns 2023 IMSA Diverse Driver Development Scholarship". IMSA. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[GargJrIII-8] "Garg Joins Jr III in LMP3 Entry". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[28entries-9] Robinson, Mark (July 5, 2023). "VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Competitors Eager to Get Back at It". IMSA. Retrieved July 6, 2023.

[SeanCreechLigier-10] Dagys, John (January 6, 2023). "Sean Creech Finalizes Rolex 24 Lineup, VP Challenge Entry". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 6, 2023.

[ColemanAMR-12] "Coleman Partners With Archangel for Aston GT4 Effort". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.

[TurnerBMW-13] Grace, Jonathan (October 4, 2022). "Second Turner BMW M4 GT3 "Very Likely" for 2023". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved October 5, 2022.

[TurnerDrivers-14] 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.

[RebelRock-15] "Rebel Rock Expands Program for Final Year of Camaro GT4.R". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.

[MurilloAMG-16] Dagys, John (January 10, 2023). "Murillo Returns With Multiple Mercedes-AMG GT4s". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[17] "Nolasport, Adelson Expand into GSX for Remainder of Season". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. July 6, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2023.

[CarbahnPorsche-18] Dagys, John (January 12, 2023). "Westphal, McAlister Team Up in Carbahn with Peregrine Porsche". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 12, 2023.

[19] 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Regulations

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