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The 2025 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge season is the third season of the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge after being established in 2023 as a replacement for the IMSA Prototype Challenge . The season began on January 20 at Daytona International Speedway and will conclude on October 19 at Road Atlanta . After IMSA's removal of the LMP3 class from the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship , this series is now the highest tier of racing for LMP3s in the United States. On August 29, 2024, it was announced that GT3 cars (GTDX) will be added alongside the existing two classes.[ 1] [ 2]
The provisional schedule was released on August 29, 2024, at IMSA's annual State of the Sport Address, featuring twelve rounds split across six race weekends. All six events had confirmed dates.[ 3]
Round
Circuit
Date
1
Daytona International Speedway , Daytona Beach , Florida
January 17–19
2
Circuit of the Americas , Austin, Texas
February 28 – March 1
3
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course , Lexington , Ohio
June 6–8
4
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park , Bowmanville , Ontario
July 11–13
5
Virginia International Raceway , Alton , Virginia
August 22–24
6
Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta , Braselton, Georgia , Georgia
October 8–11
All cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine.
Bold indicates overall winner.
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.[ 14]
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
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Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points classification
Blue
Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired, not classified (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 positionItalics - Fastest lap
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Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario
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