2025 IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge

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The 2025 IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge is the second season of the IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge. It began on March 12 at Sebring International Raceway and will end on October 5 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Schedule

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The Schedule was announced August 2, 2024, featuring 12 races over 6 double header events. In a change to the 2024 season, rounds at Sebring, Laguna Seca, Virginia International Raceway and the Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval) were added, while rounds at Mid-Ohio and Watkins Glen were dropped.[1]

In addition to the regular season races, the 2025 season will also include an invitational round supporting the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans.[2]

Each weekend consisted of two 30-minute practice sessions, with a 15-minute qualifying session setting the grids for a pair of 45-minute races.[3]

Round Circuit Location Dates Supporting
1 Sebring International Raceway Florida Sebring, Florida March 12–14 IMSA SportsCar Championship
2 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca California Monterey, California May 9–11
NC Circuit de la Sarthe France Le Mans, France June 12–14 24 Hours of Le Mans
Road to Le Mans
3 Road America Wisconsin Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 1–3 IMSA SportsCar Championship
4 Virginia International Raceway Virginia Alton, Virginia August 22–24
5 Circuit of the Americas Texas Austin, Texas September 5–7 FIA World Endurance Championship
6 Charlotte Motor Speedway North Carolina Concord, North Carolina October 3–5 NASCAR Cup Series
Source:[1]

Entry list

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Team No. Driver(s) Class Rounds
United States Spark Performance[4] 1 United States Tanner Foust[4] DHS 3
33 United States Alex Bachoura DHL 1, 3
United States Robert Noaker Racing 7 United States Sandy Satullo DH 1, 3
13 United States Robert Noaker DH 1, 3
63 United States Joseph Dederichs DHL 1, 3
United States Competition Motors 8 United States Tom Tait DHL 1, 3
17 United States Jim Farley[5] DHS 3
27 United States Tom McGlynn[4] DHL 3
Australia Ryan McLeod Racing Cars[4] 9 Australia Hadrian Morrall[4] DHL 3
92 Australia Cameron McLeod[4] DH 3
191 Papua New Guinea Keith Kassulke[4] DHL 3
United States NV Autosport[6] 10 United States Stephen Vajda[6] DHL 1, 3
79 United States Drew Neubauer[6] DHL 1, 3
United States MotorCity Dark Horse Racing[4] 11 United States Josh Hansen[4] DH 3
United States TechSport Racing[7] 15 Puerto Rico Alfonso Diaz DHL 1, 3
21 United States Colin Harrison DH 1, 3
22 United States Devin Anderson DH 1
133 United States Frankie Muniz[7] DHS 3
United Kingdom Academy Motorsport[4] 16 United States Steve Denton[4] DHL 3
29 United States Erik Evans[4] DH 3
62 United Kingdom Matt Nicoll-Jones[4] DH 3
77 United Kingdom Chris Harris[5] DHS 3
United Kingdom Chris Hoy[5] DHS
97 Canada Marco Signoretti[4] DH 3
United States McCumbee McAleer Racing 18 Puerto Rico Marcos Vento DH 1
48 United States Zachry Lee DHL 1
Belgium TeamFloral-Vanspringel[4] 23 United States Jenson Altzman[4] DH 3
95 Belgium Nathan Vanspringel[4] DH 3
United States Paley Motorsport[4] 26 United States Sam Paley[4] DH 3
United States LAP Motorsports 30 United States Scott Thomson DHL 1, 3
37 United States Cristian Perocarpi DHL 1, 3
United States Automatic Racing 34 United States Will Lucas[4] DH 3
98 United States Tate Pritt DHL 1
DH 3 		1, 3
Australia Miedecke Motorsport Group with Team Anzac[4] 35 Australia Andrew Miedecke[4] DHL 3
Australia Wall Racing[4] 38 Australia David Wall[4] DH 3
47 New Zealand Tim Miles[4] DHL 3
United States Nick Smither Racing 58 United States Nicholas Smither DHL 1, 3
United States Creative Auto Sport 68 United States Chip Van Vurst DHL 1, 3
88 United States Chelsea DeNofa[7] DHL 1
DHS 3 		1, 3
United Kingdom TechTrak[4] 72 United Kingdom Adam Balon[4] DHL 3
United States Torre Racing 84 United States Paolo Salvatore DHL 1
United States Peterson Racing[4] 87 United States Douglas Peterson[4] DH 3
New Zealand Keltic Racing[4] 101 United Kingdom Tony Quinn[4] DHL 3
Icon Class
DH Dark Horse
DHL Dark Horse Legends
DHS Dark Horse Stars

Race results

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Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Legends Winner Stars Winner
1 R1 Sebring United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #33 Spark Performance No Entries
United States Robert Noaker United States Robert Noaker United States Robert Noaker United States Alex Bachoura
R2 United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #33 Spark Performance
United States Robert Noaker United States Robert Noaker United States Robert Noaker United States Alex Bachoura
2 R1 Laguna Seca United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #33 Spark Performance
United States Robert Noaker United States Robert Noaker United States Robert Noaker United States Alex Bachoura
R2 United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing United States #33 Spark Performance
United States Robert Noaker United States Robert Noaker United States Robert Noaker United States Alex Bachoura
NC R1 Le Mans Australia #92 Ryan McLeod Racing Cars Australia #92 Ryan McLeod Racing Cars Australia #92 Ryan McLeod Racing Cars United States #33 Spark Performance United States #88 Creative Auto Sport
Australia Cameron McLeod Australia Cameron McLeod Australia Cameron McLeod United States Alex Bachoura United States Chelsea DeNofa
R2 Australia #92 Ryan McLeod Racing Cars United States #13 Robert Noaker Racing Australia #92 Ryan McLeod Racing Cars United States #15 TechSport Racing United States #1 Spark Performance
Australia Cameron McLeod United States Robert Noaker Australia Cameron McLeod Puerto Rico Alfonso Diaz United States Tanner Foust
3 R1 Road America No Entries
R2
4 R1 VIR
R2
5 R1 COTA
R2
6 R1 Charlotte
R2

Championship standings

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Points system

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Championship points are awarded at the finish of each event according to the chart below. Ten bonus points each are awarded for the driver who earns the pole position and runs the fastest lap in each race event.

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30+
Points 350 320 300 280 260 250 240 230 220 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10

Driver's Championship

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IMSA recognizes driver champions based on the total number of championship points earned during the season.

References

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  1. ^ a b "2025 Mustang Challenge Schedule". performance.ford.com. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  2. ^ "Mustang Challenge 2025 Le Mans Invitational". performance.ford.com. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  3. ^ "Mustang Challenge Races - Ford Performance Motorsports". performance.ford.com. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Dagys, John (June 6, 2025). "40 Drivers Set for Mustang Challenge Le Mans Invitational". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  5. ^ a b c Dagys, John (May 28, 2025). "Hoy, Harris Set for Dark Horse 'Stars' Drives in Le Mans Invite". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  6. ^ a b c Euwema, Davey (June 5, 2025). "Gradient, NV Autosport Field Joint Le Mans Invitational Effort". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
  7. ^ a b c Dagys, John (June 5, 2025). "Muniz, DeNofa Confirmed for Le Mans Invitational". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
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