2022 Porsche Carrera Cup North America

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 No. Driver Rounds
Pro Class
Kelly-Moss Road and Race[5] 2 Sean Varwig[6] 1
3 Kay van Berlo[6] 1–3
7 Michael McCarthy[5] 1–3
53 Riley Dickinson[5] 1–3
MDK Motorsports[6] 6 Trenton Estep[6] 1–3
McCann Racing[6] 8 Michael McCann[6] 1–3
JDX Racing[7] 9 Parker Thompson[7] 1–3
311RS Motorsport[6] 11 Dimitri Dimakos[6] 1–3
12 Leh Keen[6] 1–3
Wright Motorsports[6] 13 Varun Choksey[6] 1–3
88 Hutton McKenna[6] 1–3
Premier Racing[6] 24 Adam Adelson[6] 1–3
Topp Racing[6] 58 TJ Fischer[6] 1–3
77 Travis Wiley[6] 1–3
ACI Motorsports[6] 81 Grant Talkie[6] 1–3
Irish Mike's Racing[6] 95 Conor Flynn[6] 1–3
Pro-Am Class
ACI Motorsports[6] 16 Pedro Torres[6] 1–3
17 Curt Swearingin[6] 1–3
18 Richard Edge[6] 1–3
Alegra Motorsports[6] 22 Carlos de Quesada[6] 1
JDX Racing[7] 26 Peter Atwater[7] 1
Goldcrest Motorsports[6] 30 Dominique Lequeux[6] 1–3
55 Matt Halcome[6] 1–3
GMG Racing[8] 32 Kyle Washington[8] 2–3
Accelerating Performance[6] 44 Moisey Uretsky[6] 1
NOLASPORT[6] 47 Justin Oakes[6] 1–3
Topp Racing[6] 56 Jeff Mosing[6] 1–3
Kelly-Moss Road and Race[9] 65 Efrin Castro[9] 1–3
99 Alan Metni[6] 1–3
BGB Motorsports[6] 69 Thomas Collingwood[6] 1–3
Mark Motors Racing[6] 84 Marco Cirone[6] 1, 3
Ansa Motorsports[6] 89 Mike Zoi[6] 1
Irish Mike's Racing[6] 97 Craig Conway[6] 1–3
Am Class
JDX Racing[7] 4 Robert Hanley[7] 1–3
Kelly-Moss Road and Race[6] 10 Vernon McClure[6] 1–2
19 Tom Balames[6] 1
92 Joseph Lombardo[6] 1, 3
Goldcrest Motorsports[6] 21 Grady Willingham[6] 1–3
29 Jeffrey Majkrzak[6] 1–2
80 Joe Still[6] 1
Topp Racing[6] 42 Bill Smith[6] 1–3
MDK Motorsports[6] 43 Mark Kvamme[6] 1–3
Wright Motorsports[6] 57 John Goetz[6] 1–3

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
6
7 Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York June 23–26
8
9 Grand Prix of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario July 15–17
10
11 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 5–7
12
13 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana September 2–4
14
15 Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia September 28–October 1
16

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

Pos. Driver SEB
 LBH
 LGA
 WGL
 TOR
 ELK
 MOS
 ATL
 Points
Overall
1 Kay van Berlo 1 1 1 1 111
2 Parker Thompson 2 3 2 4 71
3 Riley Dickinson 3 2 6 29 48
4 Trenton Estep 4 4 31 2 48
5 Leh Keen 5 6 7 5 43
6 TJ Fischer 43 8 3 3 42
7 Dimitri Dimakos 8 5 5 31 32
8 Michael McCarthy 6 42 9 6 27
9 Michael McCann 7 13 4 28 26
10 Varun Choksey 9 7 8 30 24
11 Grant Talkie 10 9 30 8 21
12 Travis Wiley 11 10 24 7 20
13 Alan Metni 13 14 11 13 13
14 Justin Oakes 14 15 25 9 10
15 Adam Adelson 17 20 12 10 10
16 Efrin Castro 39† 12 32 11 9
17 Sean Varwig 12 11 9
18 Jeff Mosing 15 18 13 12 8
19 Hutton McKenna 42 17 10 25 6
20 Curt Swearingin 21 22 14 15 3
21 Conor Flynn 22 25 15 14 3
Pro-Am Class
Am Class
Pos. Drivers SEB
 LBH
 LGA
 WGL
 TOR
 ELK
 MOS
 ATL
 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • Bold - Pole position
  • Italics - Fastest lap

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

References

  1. Dagys, John (August 6, 2021). "IMSA Challenge, Single-Make Series Calendars Revealed". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  2. "Long Beach Added to 2022 Schedule". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. October 19, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  3. Dagys, John (April 8, 2022). "Porsche Sports Car Together Fest Completes Calendar". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  4. "Road Atlanta Weekend Notebook". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. November 11, 2021. Retrieved 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. Dagys, John (January 11, 2022). "Dickinson Switches to Kelly-Moss". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  6. Pettit, Vince (March 15, 2022). "Record-breaking 43 cars set for Porsche Carrera Cup North America season opener". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  7. Pettit, Vince (March 16, 2022). "JDX Racing re-signs Parker Thompson for Porsche Carrera Cup North America season". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  8. "2022_PCCNA_LongBeach_PreEvent_EntryList.pdf" (PDF). imsa.com. March 30, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  9. Dagys, John (January 18, 2022). "Pro-Am Champ Castro Signs With Kelly-Moss". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
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