The 2019 IMSA Prototype Challenge is the fourteenth season of the

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series and its successors and the third season as the

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. It began on 5 January at Daytona International Speedway, and concluded on 11 October at Road Atlanta. The IMSA Prototype Challenge series is for future IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers and veteran drivers alike. Entering its 14th season, IMSA Prototype Challenge shifts to a single-class, endurance race format in 2019 with six races held on North America’s most premier road courses. The series will continue to feature the global-spec LMP3 prototypes. The endurance format pairs two-drivers per car in a six race season.

Series news

* NBC Sports Group took over from Fox Sports as the series' official broadcaster. *

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became the new official tire supplier of the series, following the departure of Continental Tire at the end of 2018. *The Mazda Prototype Challenge (MPC) class was discontinued at the end of 2018.

Calendar

Race schedule

The 2019 schedule was released on 2 August 2018 and features six rounds.

Calendar changes

*The round at Barber Motorsports Park was replaced with a round at the

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. *The rounds at Daytona International Speedway and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park had their race lengths increased from 1 hour 45 minutes to 3 hours.

Entry List

All teams use the Nissan VK50VE 5.0L V8 engines.

Results

Race Results

Points system

Drivers' Championship

Overall

Bronze Cup

Team's Championship

References

External links

Prototype Challenge Website

IMSA Website
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