2010 IMSA Prototype Lites season

March 2010 February 2025 2010 IMSA Prototype Lites 2009 2011 The 2010 Cooper Tires Prototype Lites season was the fourth season of the series. It consisted of eight rounds which started on March 20 at Sebring International Raceway and ended on October 2 at Road Atlanta. This was one of the support series of the American Le Mans Series. CORE Autosport's Charlie Shears was champion in the Lites 1 class, clinching the title with a round to spare.http://www.prototypelites.com/news/shears-clinches-lites-1-championship/ Shears Clinches Lites 1 Championship 2010-09-21 2010-10-01 Prototype Lites International Motor Sports Association https://archive.today/20120918065753/http://www.prototypelites.com/news/shears-clinches-lites-1-championship/ 2012-09-18 dead Despite winning only three races, Shears finished every race in the points and won the championship title by 45 points from his nearest rival. Brothers Antonio and Matt Downs finished in second and third places; Antonio winning races at Miller Motorsports Park and Road America, and Matt at Millville. Three-time race winner Gary Gibson and Jon Brownson, another winner at Road America completed the top five in the championship. Shears' performances helped CORE Autosport clinch the Lites 1 teams' championship, six points clear of the Downs' Eurosport Racing outfit. In Lites 2, BERG Racing's John Weisberg and Factory 48 Motorsports' Lee Alexander dominated the class, taking 13 of the 15 wins available. Weisberg's nine wins gave him the championship title by seven points on dropped scores, from four-time winner Alexander. BERG Racing also took the teams title by six points from Factory 48. Other race wins were taken by Rick Bartuska and Eric Vassian. Schedule All races supported the 2010 American Le Mans Series season apart from round three which was a stand-alone event. All rounds consisted of two 30 minute races. Rnd Race Circuit Location Date 1 58th Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 20 2 Monterey Sports Car Championships Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 22 3 New Jersey Race New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey June 27 4 Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix Miller Motorsports Park Tooele, Utah July 10 5 American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut July 24 6 Road Race Showcase Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 22 7 Grand Prix of Mosport Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario August 29 8 13th Annual Petit Le Mans Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 2 Entry list Team No. Driver Rounds Lites 1 Ferrari of Houston 00 Owen Kratz 1–2, 4, 6, 8 33 Richard Fant 1–2, 4, 6–8 Intersport Racing 2 David Ducote 1–2, 6–8 3 Wayne Ducote 1, 3–4, 6–8 37 James Kovacic 2 Eurosport Racing 4 Antonio Downs 1–7 12 Matt Downs 1–7 34 Jon Brownson 1–4, 6–8 79 Lucas Downs 1–7 88 Dan Weyland 1, 3–4, 6–8 Uberwurx Racing 5 Juan Carlos Martinez 6 Performance Tech 6 Daniel Goldburg 8 8 Anthony Nicolosi 1–5, 8 11 Johnny Meriggi 1–2, 4, 6, 8 64 Patrick O'Neill 2–4 96 Danny Mancini 1–6, 8 Comprent Motorsports 9 Jonathan Gore 6 24 1 92 Richard Zober 3 Inspire MotorsportsCORE Autosporthttp://www.prototypelites.com/news/inspire-motorsports-is-now-core-autosport/ Inspire Motorsports is now CORE Autosport International Motor Sports Association Rising Star 2010-08-17 2010-09-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110215131530/http://www.prototypelites.com/news/inspire-motorsports-is-now-core-autosport/ 2011-02-15 dead 13 Gary Gibson All 21 Charlie Shears All 54 Jon Bennett All Barnhart RacingKelly Moss Racing 17 Paul Barnhart III 1–2 Robali Motorsports 25 Robert Garcia 6 The Motorsports Group 28 Don Yount 1 Pabst Racing 40 Jim Ferro 6 Brian Graham Racing 52 Nick Majors 7 Gunnar Racing 66 Frankie Montecalvo 1–5 Leslie Racing Services 94 Darryl Shoff 1, 3, 5–6, 8 Green Earth Team Gunnar 99 Christian Zugel 1–2 Lites 2 Clueless Racing 07 Rick Bartuska 1, 6 CGI – DeAngelis Racing 7 Max DeAngelis 7–8 22 Robert Sabato 7–8 30 Michal Chlumecky 2, 7–8 WEST Racing 10 Eric Vassian 1, 8 42 Jim Garrett All Wilzig Racing 15 Alan Wilzig 5 Factory 48 Motorsports 23 Lee Alexander 1–4, 6–8 Ansa Motorsports 44 Alain Nadal 1 68 Ray Langston 1 BERG Racing 48 Michael Hill 1 75 John Weisberg 1–3, 5–8 Season results Rnd Circuit Lites 1 Race One Winning Team Lites 2 Race One Winning Team Lites 1 Race Two Winning Team Lites 2 Race Two Winning Team Lites 1 Race One Winning Driver Lites 2 Race One Winning Driver Lites 1 Race Two Winning Driver Lites 2 Race Two Winning Driver 1 Sebring #21 Inspire Motorsports #23 Factory 48 Motorsports #13 Inspire Motorsports #75 BERG Racing Charlie Shears Lee Alexander Gary Gibson John Weisberg 2 Laguna Seca #37 Intersport Racing #75 BERG Racing #11 Performance Tech #75 BERG Racing James Kovacic John Weisberg Johnny Meriggi John Weisberg 3 New Jersey #21 Inspire Motorsports #23 Factory 48 Motorsports #12 Eurosport Racing #75 BERG Racing Charlie Shears Lee Alexander Matt Downs John Weisberg 4 Miller #66 Gunnar Racing #23 Factory 48 Motorsports #4 Eurosport Racing #23 Factory 48 Motorsports Frankie Montecalvo Lee Alexander Antonio Downs Lee Alexander 5 Lime Rock #13 Inspire Motorsports #75 BERG Racing not held not held Gary Gibson John Weisberg 6 Road America #34 Eurosport Racing #75 BERG Racing #4 Eurosport Racing #07 Clueless Racing Jon Brownson John Weisberg Antonio Downs Rick Bartuska 7 Mosport #21 CORE Autosport #75 BERG Racing #79 Eurosport Racing #75 BERG Racing Charlie Shears John Weisberg Lucas Downs John Weisberg 8 Road Atlanta #13 CORE Autosport #10 WEST Racing #8 Performance Tech #75 BERG Racing Gary Gibson Eric Vassian Anthony Nicolosi John Weisberg Championship standings Lites 1 Pos Driver SEBUSA LAGUSA NJUSA MILUSA LRPUSA ROAUSA MOSCAN ATLUSA Points 1 USA Charlie Shears 1 3 6 9 1 3 4 2 9 2 2 1 3 4 20 209 219 total score, less 10 for worst two finishes 2 USA Antonio Downs 10 2 8 11 4 5 3 1 3 17 1 5 4 164 3 USA Matt Downs 7 19 2 6 3 1 10 8 6 22 4 3 2 150 4 USA Gary Gibson 19 1 18 22 15 16 7 17 1 4 3 2 17 1 2 149 5 USA Jon Brownson 8 4 10 8 8 7 6 10 1 8 7 5 2 3 148 154 total score, less 6 for worst two finishes 6 USA Jon Bennett 4 6 13 21 2 6 2 4 13 8 20 6 8 6 18 133 7 USA Anthony Nicolosi 2 25 20 18 7 2 18 3 2 3 1 118 8 USA Lucas Downs 22 9 4 19 5 8 DNS 9 10 3 5 4 1 118 9 USA Johnny Meriggi 3 23 5 1 5 5 6 15 7 8 106 10 USA David Ducote 5 22 7 7 7 7 8 7 5 4 94 11 USA Frankie Montecalvo 6 7 9 16 6 4 1 16 4 90 12 USA Richard Fant 28 10 15 15 8 7 23 16 10 6 10 5 68 13 USA Danny Mancini DSQ 26 16 10 9 10 12 12 7 11 22 16 9 55 14 USA Wayne Ducote 9 8 12 13 15 13 14 21 9 12 14 19 53 15 USA Owen Kratz 17 13 11 2 11 18 19 17 8 12 52 16 USA Darryl Shoff 11 11 16 DNS 5 9 11 11 16 48 17 USA Dan Weyland 21 12 14 14 13 11 21 18 12 11 15 13 44 18 IRL Patrick O'Neill 3 17 10 DNS 9 6 42 19 AUS James Kovacic 1 5 36 20 USA Jonathan Gore 25 29 5 6 22 21 USA Paul Barnhart III 27 5 12 20 16 22 USA Daniel Goldburg 9 11 15 23 USA Christian Zugel 14 17 DNS 13 12 24 USA Richard Zober 18 9 8 25 USA Juan Carlos Martinez 16 12 8 26 USA Nick Majors 13 18 8 27 USA Jim Ferro 10 23 6 28 USA Robert Garcia 12 19 5 — USA Don Yount 23 28 0 Pos Driver SEBUSA LAGUSA NJUSA MILUSA LRPUSA ROAUSA MOSCAN ATLUSA Points Lites 2 Pos Driver SEBUSA LAGUSA NJUSA MILUSA LRPUSA ROAUSA MOSCAN ATLUSA Points 1 USA John Weisberg 24 14 14 3 13 11 8 13 14 11 9 13 6 239 2 USA Lee Alexander 12 21 17 4 11 12 14 14 15 10 14 10 20 10 232 242 total score, less 10 for worst two finishes 3 USA Jim Garrett 16 18 21 14 17 15 16 15 11 18 13 16 13 17 14 206 4 CAN Michal Chlumecky 19 12 15 16 19 15 82 5 USA Rick Bartuska 13 15 20 9 70 6 USA Eric Vassian 20 16 12 7 64 7 CAN Max DeAngelis 17 14 18 17 50 8 USA Alain Nadal 15 24 25 9 USA Ray Langston 18 20 24 10 CAN Robert Sabato 18 15 DNS 21 22 11 USA Alan Wilzig 12 16 12 USA Michael Hill 26 27 16 Pos Driver SEBUSA LAGUSA NJUSA MILUSA LRPUSA ROAUSA MOSCAN ATLUSA Points References External links Cooper Tires Prototype Lites International Motor Sports Association IMSA Prototype Category:IMSA Prototype Challenge