The IMSA VP Racing Sportscar Challenge is a North American

auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

series for

LMP3 A Le Mans Prototype (LMP) is the type of sports prototype race car used in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA SportsCar Championship, European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series. Le Mans Prototypes were creat ...

and GT4 (run as the GSX class) vehicles. The series is sanctioned by

IMSA The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) is a North American sports car racing sanctioning body based in Daytona Beach, Florida under the jurisdiction of the ACCUS arm of the FIA. It was started by John Bishop, a former executive direc ...

and is usually run as support races for the

IMSA SportsCar Championship The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMS ...

. The series began in 2023 as a replacement for the

IMSA Prototype Challenge IMSA Prototype Challenge (formerly IMSA Prototype Lites) is a racing series featuring two classes of single-seat prototype cars racing simultaneously. The series is sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). Most races are ...

series. The IMSA VP Racing Sportscar Challenge retained LMP3 class cars from the Prototype Challenge series, but introduced GT4 cars to allow for multi-class racing. The series features two 45-minute races per event weekend with no mid-race pit stops or driver changes. The series is designed as a development series for other IMSA series, and as such drivers must have either a silver or bronze categorization from the

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to participate. The series is currently sponsored by VP Racing Fuels.

References

{{IMSA Prototype Challenge racetracks Auto racing series in the United States Auto racing series in Canada Sports car racing series International Motor Sports Association 2023 establishments in the United States Recurring sporting events established in 2023 GT4 (sports car class)