2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship
The 2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship was the 50th racing season sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association . This was also the seventh United SportsCar Championship season and fifth under the name as the IMSA SportsCar Championship. The series began on January 25 with the 24 Hours of Daytona, and ended on November 14 with the 12 Hours of Sebring.
Series news
- On September 19, 2019, Scott Atherton announced he'd be retiring from his position as President of the International Motor Sports Association at the end of the 2019 season. On October 15, IMSA would confirm then-team principal of Mazda Team Joest, John Doonan, to be Atherton's replacement.
- On November 1, 2019, IMSA announced a series of changes to the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sporting Regulations, effective for the 2020 season. The changes announced included the addition of a "premium" package for GT Daytona teams participating in the full season, as well as a requirement of Bronze-rated drivers in the Le Mans Prototype class, among other changes.
Classes
Rule changes
Changes were made to the amount of practice time for amateur drivers in the LMP2 and GTD classes. Each class will have a longer dedicated free practice session for Bronze and Silver-rated drivers, set at 30 minutes long. All teams participating in such practice will also receive extra sets of tires provided by the series' tire supplier, Michelin. In addition, each LMP2 team may enter one Platinum driver at Daytona, because of the length of that round. Platinum drivers are prohibited in all other LMP2 events.Schedule
The schedule was re-released on August 1, 2020 and featured 11 rounds.'''Notes:'''
COVID-19 pandemic schedule changes
Originally announced on August 2, 2019, the IMSA schedule was revised as a result of the coronavirus pandemic with changes announced May 15, June 25, and August 1. At the time the 12 Hours of Sebring postponement was announced March 12 because of the pandemic and the travel ban, the Long Beach, Detroit, and Mosport races were officially cancelled by authorities and removed from the first revision on May 15. At that point, standard-distance races were added to Daytona and Sebring. Mid-Ohio was moved from May 3 to September 27. The 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, originally scheduled June 28, was moved to October 4 in the first revision. Lime Rock was moved from July 18 to October 31. The Virginia International Raceway date was moved from Sunday to Saturday in order to avoid a date clash with the 104th Indianapolis 500.On June 25, IMSA announced further changes. Watkins Glen and Lime Rock were moved up to consecutive weekends, September 6 and 12, while WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, which had been on September 6, was moved to October 31.
However on August 1, IMSA removed the 6 Hours of The Glen and the Lime Rock round because of government regulations related to the New York and Connecticut quarantining restrictions. As a result, the 6 Hours of The Glen was replaced with a second race at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, and the round on the road course of Charlotte Motor Speedway came into place of the Lime Rock event in October.
Entries
Daytona Prototype international (DPi)
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 Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.
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