2016 Mazda Prototype Lites season explained

The 2016 Mazda Prototype Lites season was the eleventh season of the IMSA Lites championship. The championship featured two classes, L1 and L2. During the season there were few L2 entrants, therefore no championship points were awarded.

Calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Supporting
1	R1^[1]	Sebring International Raceway	17 March	Clark Toppe	Clark Toppe	Clark Toppe
	R2^[2]		18 March	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg
2	R1^[3]	Watkins Glen International	3 July	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg	2016 6 Hours of the Glen
	R2^[4]		3 July	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg
	R3^[5]		3 July	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg
3	R1^[6]	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	9 July	Clark Toppe	Clark Toppe	Clark Toppe
	R2^[7]		10 July	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg
4	R1^[8]	Circuit Trois-Rivières	14 August	Austin Versteeg	Michael Whelden	Clark Toppe
	R2^[9]		14 August	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg	Clark Toppe
5	R1^[10]	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	11 September	Clark Toppe	Michael Whelden	Austin Versteeg	2016 Monterey Grand Prix
	R2^[11]		11 September	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg	Michael Whelden
	R3^[12]		13 September	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg
6	R1^[13]	Road Atlanta	29 September	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg
	R2^[14]		30 September	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg	Austin Versteeg

Final standings

Pos	Driver	SEB		WAT			MOS		TRO		LAG			ATL		Points
L1 class
1	Clark Toppe	1	2	2	2	DNS	1	2	1	1	4	2	2	2	2	238
2	Austin Versteeg	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	6	6	1	13	1	1	1	237
3	Micheal Whelden	4	3	6	5	3	4	5	8	5	2	1	3	3	11	189
4	Maxwell Hanratty	8	5	3	4	2	5	3	3	2	DNS	14	4	12	3	166
5	Kyle Masson	5	6	4	3	17	3	16	2	3	3	3	15	13	12	143
6	James Dayson	12	8	10	19	15	6	9	5	4	5	4	12	11	4	111
7	Joel Janco	21	15	14	11	11	7	6	9	8	9	8	9	5	7	90
8	Gerhard Watzinger	9	9	11	10	7	10	11			10	11	13	6	6	79
9	Gary Gibson	20	14	DNS	DNS	12	11	7	7	9	6	12	11	4	14	71
10	Brian Alder	11	17	13	14	8	9	8			7	7	8			59
11	Michal Chlumecky			7	7	5	16	18			DSQ	6	7	DNS	DNS	50
12	Naj Husain	10	12	18	9	16					12	16	6	7	13	43
13	Jon Brownson	13	10	15	16	9	8	17			15	9	10	DNS	DNS	39
14	Dave House	15	18	17	13	18	13	10	DNS	DNS	11	10	16	9	8	39
15	Andres Gutierrez			5	6	4										36
16	Patricio O'Ward	2	2													32
17	Andrew Evans										8	5	5			32
18	Stuart Rettie					13	12	12						8	5	31
19	Don Yount			9	8	6										25
20	Todd Slusher	14	7	8	12	14										25
21	Mikhail Goikhberg								4	7						23
22	Gerry Kraut	7	20	12	17	10					14	DNS	DNS			21
23	Andrew Hobbs	6	11													15
24	Nathan Blok						18	4								14
25	Jay Salmon						15	14						15	9	14
26	Chip Romer													10	10	12
27	Guy Laporte	19	13				17	15								11
28	Tim George Jr.			19	15	DNS					13	15	14	DNS	DNS	7
29	Pedro Cardoso	18	DNS													0
L2 class
	Max DeAngelis	16	19				14	13						14	DNS
	Jay Salmon			20	DNS	DNS

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Race 1 (Round 1). IMSA Lites. 27 February 2017.
2. Web site: Race 2 (Round 2). IMSA Lites. 27 February 2017.
3. Web site: Race 1 (Round 3). IMSA Lites. 27 February 2017.
4. Web site: Race 2 (Round 4). IMSA Lites. 27 February 2017.
5. Web site: Race 3 (Round 5). IMSA Lites. 27 February 2017.
6. Web site: Race 1 (Round 6). IMSA Lites. 27 February 2017.
7. Web site: Race 2 (Round 7). IMSA Lites. 27 February 2017.
8. Web site: Race 1 (Round 8). IMSA Lites. 27 February 2017.
9. Web site: Race 2 (Round 9). IMSA Lites. 27 February 2017.
10. Web site: Race 1 (Round 10). IMSA Lites. 27 February 2017.
11. Web site: Race 2 (Round 11). IMSA Lites. 27 February 2017.
12. Web site: Race 3 (Round 12). IMSA Lites. 27 February 2017.
13. Web site: Race 1 (Round 13). IMSA Lites. 27 February 2017.
14. Web site: Race 2 (Round 14). IMSA Lites. 27 February 2017.
15. Web site: LITES ONE. IMSA Lites. 27 February 2017.