The 2016 Mazda Prototype Lites season was the eleventh season of the IMSA Lites championship. The championship featured two classes, L1 and L2. During the season there were few L2 entrants, therefore no championship points were awarded.
Calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Supporting 1 R1 Sebring International Raceway 17 March Clark Toppe Clark Toppe Clark Toppe2016 12 Hours of Sebring R2 18 March Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg 2 R1 Watkins Glen International 3 July Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg2016 6 Hours of the Glen R2 3 July Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg R3 3 July Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg 3 R1 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 9 July Clark Toppe Clark Toppe Clark Toppe2016 SportsCar Grand Prix R2 10 July Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg 4 R1 Circuit Trois-Rivières 14 August Austin Versteeg Michael Whelden Clark Toppe2016 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières R2 14 August Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg Clark Toppe 5 R1 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 11 September Clark Toppe Michael Whelden Austin Versteeg2016 Monterey Grand Prix R2 11 September Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg Michael Whelden R3 13 September Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg 6 R1 Road Atlanta 29 September Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg2016 Petit Le Mans R2 30 September Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg Austin Versteeg
Final standings
Pos Driver SEB WAT MOS TRO LAG ATL Points L1 class 1 Clark Toppe 1 2 2 2 DNS 1 2 1 1 4 2 2 2 2 238 2 Austin Versteeg 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 6 61 13 1 1 1 237 3 Micheal Whelden 4 3 6 5 3 4 5 8 5 2 1 3 3 11 189 4 Maxwell Hanratty 8 5 3 4 2 5 3 3 2 DNS 14 4 12 3 166 5 Kyle Masson 5 6 43173162333 15 13 12 143 6 James Dayson 1281019156954541211 4 111 7 Joel Janco21 15 141111769898957 90 8 Gerhard Watzinger 9 9 11 10 7 10 11 10 11 13 6 6 79 9 Gary Gibson20 14 DNSDNS121177961211414 71 10 Brian Alder 11 17 13 14 8 9 8 7 7 8 59 11 Michal Chlumecky 7 7 5 16 18 DSQ 6 7 DNS DNS 50 12 Naj Husain 10 12 18 9 16 12 16 6 7 13 43 13 Jon Brownson 13 10 15 16 9 8 17 15 9 10 DNS DNS 39 14 Dave House 15 18 17 13 18 13 10 DNS DNS 11 10 16 9 8 39 15 Andres Gutierrez 5 6 4 36 16 Patricio O'Ward 2 2 32 17 Andrew Evans 8 5 5 32 18 Stuart Rettie 13 12 12 8 5 31 19 Don Yount 9 8 6 25 20 Todd Slusher 14 7 8 12 14 25 21 Mikhail Goikhberg 4 7 23 22 Gerry Kraut 7 20 12 17 10 14 DNS DNS 21 23 Andrew Hobbs 6 11 15 24 Nathan Blok 18 4 14 25 Jay Salmon 15 14 15 9 14 26 Chip Romer 10 10 12 27 Guy Laporte 19 13 17 15 11 28 Tim George Jr. 19 15 DNS 13 15 14 DNS DNS 7 29 Pedro Cardoso 18 DNS 0 L2 class Max DeAngelis 16 19 14 13 14 DNS Jay Salmon 20 DNS DNS
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