The 2022 IMSA Prototype Challenge was the seventeenth and final season of the IMSA Lites series and its successors, and the sixth under the

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name. The season started on January 21 at

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and concluded on October 1 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

Calendar

The provisional 2022 calendar was released on August 6, 2021 at IMSA's annual State of the Sport Address, featuring five rounds. ;Calendar Changes *All races are now 1 hour 30 minutes in length, apart from the opening round at Daytona. *

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(Mosport) returned to the calendar after being cancelled for 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. *

Sebring International Raceway Sebring International Raceway is a road course auto racing facility in the southeastern United States, located near Sebring, Florida. Sebring Raceway is one of the oldest continuously operating race tracks in the U.S., its first race being run i ...

did not return for 2022.

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, which served as the replacement for Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in 2021, also did not return to the schedule.

Series News

*2015-spec

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machinery would no longer be permitted to compete from 2022 onwards, returning the series to a single class consisting entirely of 2020-spec machinery.

Entry list

Race results

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.

Driver's Championship

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

Bronze Driver's Cup

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Team's Championship

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! ATL
! Points , - †: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

References

External links

Official Website
{{LMP3 championships

2022 IMSA Prototype Challenge