2022 Porsche Carrera Cup North America Explained

The 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup North America is the second season of the Porsche Carrera Cup North America. It is scheduled to begin on March 16 at Sebring International Raceway and end on October 1 at Road Atlanta.

Calendar

The preliminary calendar was released on August 6, 2021, at IMSA's annual State of the Sport Address, without disclosing the location of round 2.^[1] On October 19, 2021, IMSA announced that an event at the Grand Prix of Long Beach would fill the vacancy in the schedule.^[2] In April 2022, Indianapolis was announced as the replacement for round seven, which was initially scheduled to be held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.^[3]

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida	March 16–19
2	Grand Prix of Long Beach, Long Beach, California	April 8–10
3	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California	April 29 – May 1
4	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York	June 23–26
5	Grand Prix of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario	July 15–17
6	Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 5–7
7	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana	September 2–4
8	Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia	September 28 – October 1

Series News

• The previous generation 991-spec Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car would no longer be permitted to compete in 2022, meaning the grid would be entirely made up of 992-spec machinery.^[4]

Entry list

Team		Driver	Rounds
Pro Class
Kelly-Moss Road and Race^[5]	2	Sean Varwig^[6]	1, 4, 6
	3	Kay van Berlo	All
	7	Michael McCarthy	All
	53	Riley Dickinson	All
MDK Motorsports	6	Trenton Estep	All
	43	Jeff Kingsley	5
	91	Matthew Graham	7
McCann Racing	8	Michael McCann	1–4, 6–8
JDX Racing^[7]	9	Parker Thompson	All
311RS Motorsport	11	Dimitri Dimakos	1–4, 6–8
	12	Leh Keen	1–4, 6–7
		Laurin Heinrich	8
Wright Motorsports	13	Varun Choksey	All
	88	Hutton McKenna	1–4, 6–8
Hendrick Performance Group^[8]	24	Jeff Gordon	7
Premier Racing	24	Adam Adelson	1–5, 8
	120		7
Topp Racing	58	TJ Fischer	1–4, 6–8
	77	Travis Wiley	All
ACI Motorsports	81	Grant Talkie	1–4, 7–8
Irish Mike's Racing	95	Conor Flynn	1–4, 6–7
Pro-Am Class
ACI Motorsports	16	Pedro Torres	1–4, 6, 8
	17	Curt Swearingin	1–4, 6–8
	18	Richard Edge	1–4, 6–8
Alegra Motorsports	22	Carlos de Quesada	1
Kelly-Moss Road and Race^[9]	23	P. J. Hyett^[10]	6–8
	65	Efrin Castro	All
	99	Alan Metni	All
JDX Racing	26	Peter Atwater	1
Goldcrest Motorsports	30	Dominique Lequeux	1–4, 6
	55	Matt Halcome	1–4, 6–8
GMG Racing^[11]	32	Kyle Washington	2–3, 5, 7
Accelerating Performance	44	Moisey Uretsky	1, 4, 6, 8
NOLASPORT	47	Justin Oakes	1–4, 6–8
Topp Racing	56	Jeff Mosing	1–2, 7–8
BGB Motorsports	69	Thomas Collingwood	All
Mark Motors Racing	84	Marco Cirone	1, 3–8
Ansa Motorsports	89	Mike Zoi	1
Irish Mike's Racing	97	Craig Conway	1–4, 6–7
Am Class
JDX Racing	4	Robert Hanley	1–3
Kelly-Moss Road and Race	10	Vernon McClure	1–2, 6, 8
	19	Tom Balames	1, 4, 6
	92	Joseph Lombardo	1, 3–4, 7
Goldcrest Motorsports	21	Grady Willingham	1–4, 6–8
	28	Bob Mueller	6, 8
	29	Jeffrey Majkrzak	1–2, 6–8
	80	Joe Still	1
Octavio Tequila Racing	28	Bob Mueller	1
Topp Racing	42	Bill Smith	All
MDK Motorsports	43	Mark Kvamme	1–4, 6–8
Wright Motorsports	57	John Goetz	All

Results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Pro-Am	Winning Am
1	Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida	March 17	Kay van Berlo	Kay van Berlo	Kay van Berlo	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Alan Metni	Mark Kvamme
2			Kay van Berlo	Riley Dickinson	Kay van Berlo	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Efrin Castro	Mark Kvamme
3	Grand Prix of Long Beach, Long Beach, California	April 8–10	Kay van Berlo	Kay van Berlo	Kay van Berlo	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Alan Metni	John Goetz
4			Kay van Berlo	Kay van Berlo	Kay van Berlo	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Justin Oakes	Mark Kvamme
5	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California	April 29 – May 1	Trenton Estep	Trenton Estep	Parker Thompson	JDX Racing	Marco Cirone	Mark Kvamme
6			Riley Dickinson	Kay van Berlo	Parker Thompson	JDX Racing	Efrin Castro	Robert Hanley
7	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York	June 23–26	Kay van Berlo	Kay van Berlo	Kay van Berlo	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Alan Metni	Mark Kvamme
8			Kay van Berlo	Kay van Berlo	Kay van Berlo	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Efrin Castro	Bill Smith
9	Grand Prix of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario	July 15–17	Trenton Estep	Kay van Berlo	Trenton Estep	MDK Motorsports	Efrin Castro	Bill Smith
10			Trenton Estep	Trenton Estep	Trenton Estep	MDK Motorsports	Efrin Castro	Bill Smith
11	Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 5–7	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	JDX Racing	Marco Cirone	Mark Kvamme
12			Parker Thompson	Sean Varwig	Trenton Estep	MDK Motorsports	Marco Cirone	Mark Kvamme
13	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana	September 2–4	Parker Thompson	Riley Dickinson	Parker Thompson	JDX Racing	Efrin Castro	Mark Kvamme
14			Kay van Berlo	Riley Dickinson	Riley Dickinson	Kelly-Moss Road and Race	Efrin Castro	Mark Kvamme
15	Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia	September 28 – October 1	Laurin Heinrich	Laurin Heinrich	Parker Thompson	JDX Racing	Efrin Castro	John Goetz
16			Laurin Heinrich	Laurin Heinrich	Laurin Heinrich	311RS Motorsport	Efrin Castro	Mark Kvamme

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.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	Pole	FL
Points	25	20	17	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	2	1

Driver's Championship

Driver SEB LBH LGA WGL TOR ELK IMS ATL Points Overall 1 Parker Thompson 2 3 2 4 1 1 3 4 6 2 1 2 1 32 1 3 306 2 Kay van Berlo 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 2 4 4 30 21 2 2 27 290 3 Riley Dickinson 3 2 6 29 3 2 2 2 3 3 7 10 2 1 5 2 264 4 Trenton Estep 4 4 31 2 2 4 4 3 1 1 2 1 4 33 3 29 247 5 TJ Fischer 43 8 3 3 6 8 10 14 6 4 10 4 12 8 125 6 Michael McCarthy 6 42 9 6 5 14 DNS DNS 3 6 5 7 4 9 111 7 Varun Choksey 9 7 8 30 29 9 8 7 5 5 19 8 8 6 7 14 110 8 Leh Keen 5 6 7 5 30† 5 5 5 8 27 6 5 109 9 Dimitri Dimakos 8 5 5 31 14 6 11 8 5 7 24 14 14 4 99 10 Travis Wiley 11 10 24 7 9 7 32 DNS 4 14 20 3 7 24 8 7 96 11 Michael McCann 7 13 4 28 28 13 6 9 11 9 9 29 9 5 86 12 Grant Talkie 10 9 30 8 7 10 13 24 14 8 6 6 71 13 Alan Metni 13 14 11 13 11 31 7 11 11 9 10 29 15 10 11 12 67 14 Efrin Castro 39† 12 32 11 31 11 12 10 9 6 30 20 11 9 10 10 66 15 Sean Varwig 12 11 9 6 12 5 43 16 Adam Adelson 17 20 12 10 16 20 14 12 8 7 13 11 15 25 42 17 Matthew Graham 3 3 34 18 Marco Cirone 27 19 10 28 23 15 10 15 9 11 16 15 27 11 33 19 Curt Swearingin 21 22 14 15 12 12 22 21 18 12 12 12 16 13 27 20 Hutton McKenna 42 17 10 25 8 DNS 16 13 31 22 DNS DNS 13 26 20 21 Jeff Kingsley 7 8 17 22 Justin Oakes 14 15 25 9 15 16 15 27 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 12 23 align=left nowrap Thomas Collingwood 24 30 21 26 23 24 27 28 12 10 27 28 23 25 23 20 10 24 Jeff Mosing 15 18 13 12 17 17 24 24 8 25 Bill Smith 30 31 19 19 20 27 21 16 14 11 32 23 20 19 7 26 Kyle Washington 26 22 22 23 13 12 28 30 7 27 P. J. Hyett 14 14 19 13 DNS DNS 7 28 Matt Halcome 16 27 17 16 17 19 17 17 13 13 30 21 26 22 6 29 Pedro Torres 18 23 20 20 13 15 19 31† 15 18 DNS DNS 5 30 John Goetz 32 28 16 23 19 22 25 20 15 13 21 19 26 20 17 17 4 31 Conor Flynn 22 25 15 14 18 18 22 17 18 18 3 32 Mark Kvamme 20 24 29 18 18 18 20 22 16 16 22 19 18 15 2 33 Moisey Uretsky 19 16 26 19 17 15 19 18 1 34 Bob Mueller 23 DNS 23 DNS 22 16 1 35 Jeff Gordon 20 16 0 36 Dominique Lequeux 31 35 18 17 24 30 29 32 32 DNS 0 37 Robert Hanley 26 38 22 21 32 17 0 38 Richard Edge 25 36 23 24 21 21 28 23 26 21 27 26 29† 28 0 39 Vernon McClure 34 26 27 DNS 24 23 21 21 0 40 Peter Atwater 28 21 0 41 Joseph Lombardo 35 34 26 25 24 30 25 22 0 42 Grady Willingham 23 37 DNS 27 25 26 30 26 29 26 31 31 25 23 0 43 Jeffrey Majkrzak 41† 29 28 25 24 33 27 DNS DNS 0 44 Craig Conway 38 41 DNS DNS 27 29 31 25 28 25 29 28 0 45 Tom Balames 40 40 DNS 29 DNS DNS 0 46 Carlos De Quesada 29 33 0 47 Mike Zoi 36 32 0 48 Joe Still 37 39 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points Laurin Heinrich 28 1 0 Pro-Am Class 1 Alan Metni 13 14 11 13 11 31 7 11 11 9 10 29 15 10 11 12 289 2 Efrin Castro 39† 12 32 11 31 11 12 10 9 6 30 20 11 9 10 10 288 3 Marco Cirone 27 19 10 28 23 15 10 15 9 11 16 15 27 11 210 4 Curt Swearingin 21 22 14 15 12 12 22 21 18 12 12 12 16 13 200 5 Matt Halcome 16 27 17 16 17 19 17 17 13 13 30 21 26 22 160 6 Thomas Collingwood 24 30 21 26 23 24 27 28 12 10 27 28 23 25 23 20 138 7 Justin Oakes 14 15 25 9 15 16 15 27 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 119 8 Jeff Mosing 15 18 13 12 17 17 24 24 106 9 Pedro Torres 18 23 20 20 13 15 19 31† 15 18 DNS DNS 106 10 Richard Edge 25 36 23 24 21 21 28 23 26 21 27 26 29† 28 101 11 Moisey Uretsky 19 16 26 19 17 15 19 18 92 12 Kyle Washington 26 22 22 23 13 12 28 30 68 13 P. J. Hyett 14 14 19 13 DNS DNS 52 14 Dominique Lequeux 31 35 18 17 24 30 29 32 32 DNS 51 15 Craig Conway 38 41 DNS DNS 27 29 31 25 28 25 29 28 49 16 Peter Atwater 28 21 14 17 Carlos De Quesada 29 33 7 18 Mike Zoi 36 32 6 Am Class 1 Mark Kvamme 20 24 29 18 18 18 20 22 16 16 22 19 18 15 317 2 John Goetz 32 28 16 23 19 22 25 20 15 13 21 19 26 20 17 17 298 3 Bill Smith 30 31 19 19 20 27 21 16 14 11 32 23 20 19 245 4 Grady Willingham 23 37 DNS 27 25 26 30 26 29 26 31 31 25 23 149 5 Joseph Lombardo 35 34 26 25 24 30 25 22 108 6 Vernon McClure 34 26 27 DNS 24 23 21 21 100 7 Robert Hanley 26 38 22 21 32 17 94 8 Jeffrey Majkrzak 41† 29 28 25 24 33 27 DNS DNS 79 9 Bob Mueller 23 DNS 23 DNS 22 16 69 10 Tom Balames 40 40 DNS 29 DNS DNS 24 11 Joe Still 37 39 14 Drivers SEB LBH LGA WGL TOR ELK IMS ATL Points

Bold - Pole positionItalics - Fastest lap

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

External links

• Official website

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Notes and References

1. News: IMSA Challenge, Single-Make Series Calendars Revealed. August 6, 2021. John. Dagys. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. November 6, 2021.
2. News: Long Beach Added to 2022 Schedule. October 19, 2021. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. November 6, 2021.
3. News: Porsche Sports Car Together Fest Completes Calendar. April 8, 2022. sportscar365.com. John. Dagys. John Dagys Media. April 8, 2022.
4. News: Road Atlanta Weekend Notebook. November 11, 2021. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. November 11, 2021. Road Atlanta marks the last race for the Pro-Am 991 class, with the previous-generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup machinery no longer eligible in 2022..
5. Web site: Dickinson Switches to Kelly-Moss. Dagys. John. January 11, 2022. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. January 11, 2022.
6. Web site: Record-breaking 43 cars set for Porsche Carrera Cup North America season opener. Pettit. Vince. March 15, 2022. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. March 17, 2022.
7. Web site: JDX Racing re-signs Parker Thompson for Porsche Carrera Cup North America season. Pettit. Vince. March 16, 2022. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. March 17, 2022.
8. Web site: Jeff Gordon Joins Indy Porsche Carrera Cup North America Grid. Goodwin. Graham. August 30, 2022. dailysportscar.com. September 10, 2022.
9. Web site: Pro-Am Champ Castro Signs With Kelly-Moss. Dagys. John. January 18, 2022. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. January 18, 2022.
10. Web site: PCCNA Official Entry List.pdf. August 3, 2022. results.imsa.com. August 4, 2022.
11. Web site: 2022_PCCNA_LongBeach_PreEvent_EntryList.pdf. March 30, 2022. imsa.com. April 3, 2022.