2011 IMSA Prototype Lites season explained

The 2011 IMSA Prototype Lites season is the sixth season of the International Motor Sports Association's Prototype Lites championship. The season consisted of fourteen rounds at seven race meetings, beginning at Sebring International Raceway on March 17, and concluding at Road Atlanta on September 30. Ricardo Vera won the championship in the L1 class, and Robert Sabato won the L2 class championship.

Schedule and results

All races supported the 2011 American Le Mans Series season. All rounds consisted of 30 minute races.

Rnd	Date	Circuit	Location	Lites 1 Winning Team	Lites 2 Winning Team
Rnd	Date	Circuit	Location	Lites 1 Winning Driver	Lites 2 Winning Driver
1	March 17	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	6 Performance Tech	75 BERG Racing
1	March 17			Daniel Goldburg	Ari Straus
2	March 18			79 Eurosport Racing	22 6th Gear Racing
2	March 18			Lucas Downs	Robert Sabato
3	July 8	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	4 Eurosport Racing	22 6th Gear Racing
3	July 8			Antonio Downs	Robert Sabato
4	July 9			4 Eurosport Racing	22 6th Gear Racing
4	July 9			Antonio Downs	Robert Sabato
5	July 23	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, Ontario	34 Eurosport Racing	22 6th Gear Racing
5	July 23			Jon Brownson	Robert Sabato
6	July 24			14 Comprent Motorsports	22 6th Gear Racing
6	July 24			Jonathan Gore	Robert Sabato
7	August 5	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	14 Comprent Motorsports	22 6th Gear Racing
7	August 5			Jonathan Gore	Robert Sabato
8	August 6			37 Intersport Racing	22 6th Gear Racing
8	August 6			Ricardo Vera	Robert Sabato
9	August 20	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	34 Eurosport Racing	22 6th Gear Racing
9	August 20			Jon Brownson	Robert Sabato
10	August 21			21 Comprent Motorsports	22 6th Gear Racing
10	August 21			Charlie Shears	Robert Sabato
11	September 17	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	79 Eurosport Racing	5 Level 5 Motorsports
11	September 17			Lucas Downs	Scott Tucker
12	September 18			37 Intersport Racing	5 Level 5 Motorsports
12	September 18			Ricardo Vera	Scott Tucker
13	September 29	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	77 Comprent Motorsports	5 Level 5 Motorsports
13	September 29			Sean Rayhall	Scott Tucker
14	September 30			77 Comprent Motorsports	5 Level 5 Motorsports
14	September 30			Sean Rayhall	Scott Tucker

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 15 finishers in each class.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Lites 1

Pos	Driver	SEB		LRP		MOS		MDO		ROA		LAG		ATL		Pts
1	Ricardo Vera	5	7	5	3	4	2	5	1	6	4	2	1	4	3	205
2	Antonio Downs	21	4	1	1	11	3	6	12	3	2	5	3	6	5	182
3	Gerry Kraut	6	8	3	2	3	13	2	8	7	3	7	4	7	6	170
4	Jonathan Gore	4	3			2	1	1	5	2	5	3	9	3	16	169
5	Jon Brownson	9	2			1	4			1	7	9	8	5	4	129
6	Patrick O'Neill	17	5	6	4			3	4			3	2			101
7	Lucas Downs	3	1	DNS	DNS			7	3	12	DNS	1	5			97
8	Daniel Mancini (M)	19	10	7	5	13	6	9	6			10	7	14	9	90
9	Darryl Shoff			8	13	5	5			13	10	13	11	9	11	76
10	Daniel Goldburg	1	13	4	7							8	16			58
11	Tristan Nunez	2	20											2	2	55
12	Richard Fant (M)	8	6							8	13	14	15	18	8	52
13	Matt Downs							4	2	5	12					50
14	Wayne Ducote	14	19			12	15			10	9			8	18	47
15	Ben Searcy	7	9	2	12											43
16	Sean Rayhall													1	1	40
17	Owen Kratz (M)	10	11							9	6	17	10	10	7	37
18	Charlie Shears (M)									4	1					34
19	Dan Weyland					6	12							12	15	31
20	David Ducote											6	6			20
21	Tim Vito (M)	11	12													9
Source:^[1]

Key
Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not arrive (DNA)
Blank	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

(M) - Masters class

Lites 2

Pos	Driver	SEB		LRP		MOS		MDO		ROA		LAG		ATL		Pts
1	Robert Sabato	18	14	9	6	7	7	8	7	11	7	12	13			222
2	Alan Wilzig (M)	15	18	12	11	15	11	12	10	15	14	18	19	16	14	188
3	Michal Chlumecky					8	8	10	DNS	12	15	15	17	13	12	152
4	Max DeAngelis	20	17			10	10	11	11			16	14	15	13	144
5	Jim Garrett (M)	13	16	11	8	9	9	14	13							122
6	Scott Tucker			DNS	DNS					15	11	11	12	11	10	112
7	Brian Fowler			13	10	14	14	13	9			19	18			100
8	Ari Straus	12	21	10	9											64
9	Lee Alexander	16	15													32
10	Alain Nadal													17	17	24
Source:^[2]

External links

Season results

Notes and References

Web site: 2011 Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Championship - L1 Class . PrototypeLites.com . . 8 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929191146/http://www.prototypelites.com/season/standings/#L1%20Class . 29 September 2011 . dead .
Web site: 2011 Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Championship - L2 Class . PrototypeLites.com . . 8 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929191146/http://www.prototypelites.com/season/standings/#L2%20Class . 29 September 2011 . dead .