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

Road Atlanta

Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...

. This was one of the support series of the American Le Mans Series

American Le Mans Series

The American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consists of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Teams compete in one of five classes: LMP1, LMP2 and LMPC...

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CORE Autosport's Charlie Shears was champion in the Lites 1 class, clinching the title with a round to spare. 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

Miller Motorsports Park

Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...

 and Road America

Road America

Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...

, and Matt at Millville

New Jersey Motorsports Park

New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...

. 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

2010 American Le Mans Series season

The 2010 American Le Mans Series season was the twelfth season for the International Motor Sports Association's American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón. It was also the first season in which the ALMS used a revised structure for its four classes, as well as the first year in a three...

 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 12 Hours of Sebring The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race for sports cars held at Sebring International Raceway, a former Army Air Force base in Sebring, Florida...	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida Sebring, Florida Sebring is a city in Highlands County, Florida, United States, nicknamed "The City on the Circle", in reference to Circle Drive, the center of the Sebring Downtown Historic District...	March 20
2	Monterey Sports Car Championships Monterey Sports Car Championships The Monterey Sports Car Championships is a sports car race held annually at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The event began in 1950 as a race on the roads of Pebble Beach, California. In 1951, it was added to the new SCCA National Sports Car Championship. When Laguna Seca Raceway was built in 1957,...	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a paved road racing track used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, originally constructed in 1957 near both Salinas and Monterey, California, USA....	Monterey, California Monterey, California The City of Monterey in Monterey County is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific coast in Central California. Monterey lies at an elevation of 26 feet above sea level. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,810. Monterey is of historical importance because it was the capital of...	May 22
3	New Jersey Race	New Jersey Motorsports Park New Jersey Motorsports Park New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...	Millville, New Jersey Millville, New Jersey Millville is a city in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city population was 26,847. Millville, Bridgeton and Vineland are the three principal New Jersey cities of the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area which...	June 27
4	Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix Utah Grand Prix The Utah Grand Prix is a weekend of sports car races held since 2006 at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah. Until 2010 it climaxed in an American Le Mans Series race, while in 2011 the headliner changed to the regional NASCAR K&N Pro Series West stock-car competition...	Miller Motorsports Park Miller Motorsports Park Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...	Tooele, Utah Tooele, Utah Tooele is a city in Tooele County in the U.S. state of Utah. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 22,502 at the 2000 census, and 30,708 as of the 2009 estimates. It is the county seat of Tooele County...	July 10
5	American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix Northeast Grand Prix The Northeast Grand Prix is a sports car race held at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States as part of the American Le Mans Series. It has a duration of 2 hours 45 minutes and takes place in July, originally on the Independence Day weekend.-Winners:-External links:*****...	Lime Rock Park Lime Rock Park Lime Rock Park is a natural-terrain motorsport road racing venue located in Lime Rock, Connecticut, United States, a hamlet in the village of Lakeville, Connecticut, in the state’s northwest corner...	Lakeville, Connecticut	July 24
6	Road Race Showcase	Road America Road America Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Elkhart Lake is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, located within the northwestern part of the county within the Town of Rhine. The population was 1,021 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area...	August 22
7	Grand Prix of Mosport Grand Prix of Mosport The Grand Prix of Mosport, also known as the Mosport Festival, is an annual race held every August or September at Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. It has been part of the American Le Mans Series in every season since 1999, with a 2 hour 45 minute race format...	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, Ontario Bowmanville, Ontario Bowmanville is the largest community in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario about 75 km east of Toronto and 15 km east of Oshawa along Highway 2...	August 29
8	13th Annual Petit Le Mans Petit Le Mans The Petit Le Mans is a sports car endurance race held annually at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, USA. It uses the rules established for the 24 hours of Le Mans by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest , which are slightly modified if necessary, mainly to allow additional cars to compete.The race was...	Road Atlanta Road Atlanta Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...	Braselton, Georgia Braselton, Georgia Braselton is a town in Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, and Jackson Counties in the U.S. state of Georgia, about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 7,511....	October 2

Entry List

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Lites 1
Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947...  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 Primetime Race Group The Primetime Race Group is a privateer motorsport team from Hollywood, Florida which currently competes in the American Le Mans Series and the International Motor Sports Association Lites Series, a support series of the ALMS....	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 Motorsports CORE Autosport	13	Gary Gibson	All
	21	Charlie Shears	All
	54	Jonathan Bennett	All
Barnhart Racing Kelly 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 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a paved road racing track used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, originally constructed in 1957 near both Salinas and Monterey, California, USA....	#37 Intersport Racing	#75 BERG Racing	#11 Performance Tech Primetime Race Group The Primetime Race Group is a privateer motorsport team from Hollywood, Florida which currently competes in the American Le Mans Series and the International Motor Sports Association Lites Series, a support series of the ALMS....	#75 BERG Racing
		James Kovacic	John Weisberg	Johnny Meriggi	John Weisberg
3	New Jersey New Jersey Motorsports Park New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...	#21 Inspire Motorsports	#23 Factory 48 Motorsports	#12 Eurosport Racing	#75 BERG Racing
		Charlie Shears	Lee Alexander	Matt Downs	John Weisberg
4	Miller Miller Motorsports Park Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...	#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 Lime Rock Park Lime Rock Park is a natural-terrain motorsport road racing venue located in Lime Rock, Connecticut, United States, a hamlet in the village of Lakeville, Connecticut, in the state’s northwest corner...	#13 Inspire Motorsports	#75 BERG Racing	not held	not held
		Gary Gibson	John Weisberg
6	Road America Road America Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...	#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 Road Atlanta Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...	#13 CORE Autosport	#10 WEST Racing	#8 Performance Tech Primetime Race Group The Primetime Race Group is a privateer motorsport team from Hollywood, Florida which currently competes in the American Le Mans Series and the International Motor Sports Association Lites Series, a support series of the ALMS....	#75 BERG Racing
		Gary Gibson	Eric Vassian	Anthony Nicolosi	John Weisberg

Lites 1

Pos	Driver	SEB		LAG Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a paved road racing track used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, originally constructed in 1957 near both Salinas and Monterey, California, USA....		NJ New Jersey Motorsports Park New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...		MIL Miller Motorsports Park Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...		LRP Lime Rock Park Lime Rock Park is a natural-terrain motorsport road racing venue located in Lime Rock, Connecticut, United States, a hamlet in the village of Lakeville, Connecticut, in the state’s northwest corner...	ROA Road America Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...		MOS		ATL Road Atlanta Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...		Points
1	Charlie Shears	1	3	6	9	1	3	4	2	9	2	2	1	3	4	20
2	Antonio Downs	10	2	8	11	4	5	3	1	3	17	1	5	4			164
3	Matt Downs	7	19	2	6	3	1	10	8	6	22	4	3	2			150
4	Gary Gibson	19	1	18	22	15	16	7	17	1	4	3	2	17	1	2	149
5	Jon Brownson	8	4	10	8	8	7	6	10		1	8	7	5	2	3
6	Jonathan Bennett	4	6	13	21	2	6	2	4	13	8	20	6	8	6	18	133
7	Anthony Nicolosi	2	25	20	18	7	2	18	3	2					3	1	118
8	Lucas Downs	22	9	4	19	5	8	DNS	9	10	3	5	4	1			118
9	Johnny Meriggi	3	23	5	1			5	5		6	15			7	8	106
10	David Ducote	5	22	7	7						7	7	8	7	5	4	94
11	Frankie Montecalvo	6	7	9	16	6	4	1	16	4							90
12	Richard Fant	28	10	15	15			8	7		23	16	10	6	10	5	68
13	Danny Mancini	DSQ	26	16	10	9	10	12	12	7	11	22			16	9	55
14	Wayne Ducote	9	8			12	13	15	13		14	21	9	12	14	19	53
15	Owen Kratz	17	13	11	2			11	18		19	17			8	12	52
16	Darryl Shoff	11	11			16	DNS			5	9	11			11	16	48
17	Dan Weyland	21	12			14	14	13	11		21	18	12	11	15	13	44
18	Patrick O'Neill			3	17	10	DNS	9	6								42
19	James Kovacic			1	5												36
20	Jonathan Gore	25	29								5	6					22
21	Paul Barnhart III	27	5	12	20												16
22	Daniel Goldburg														9	11	15
23	Christian Zugel	14	17	DNS	13												12
24	Richard Zober					18	9										8
25	Juan Carlos Martinez										16	12					8
26	Nick Majors												13	18			8
27	Jim Ferro										10	23					6
28	Robert Garcia										12	19					5
—	Don Yount	23	28														0
Pos	Driver	SEB		LAG Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a paved road racing track used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, originally constructed in 1957 near both Salinas and Monterey, California, USA....		NJ New Jersey Motorsports Park New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...		MIL Miller Motorsports Park Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...		LRP Lime Rock Park Lime Rock Park is a natural-terrain motorsport road racing venue located in Lime Rock, Connecticut, United States, a hamlet in the village of Lakeville, Connecticut, in the state’s northwest corner...	ROA Road America Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...		MOS		ATL Road Atlanta Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...		Points

Lites 2

Pos	Driver	SEB		LAG Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a paved road racing track used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, originally constructed in 1957 near both Salinas and Monterey, California, USA....		NJ New Jersey Motorsports Park New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...		MIL Miller Motorsports Park Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...		LRP Lime Rock Park Lime Rock Park is a natural-terrain motorsport road racing venue located in Lime Rock, Connecticut, United States, a hamlet in the village of Lakeville, Connecticut, in the state’s northwest corner...	ROA Road America Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...		MOS		ATL Road Atlanta Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...		Points
1	John Weisberg	24	14	14	3	13	11			8	13	14	11	9	13	6	239
2	Lee Alexander	12	21	17	4	11	12	14	14		15	10	14	10	20	10
3	Jim Garrett	16	18	21	14	17	15	16	15	11	18	13	16	13	17	14	206
4	Michal Chlumecky			19	12								15	16	19	15	82
5	Rick Bartuska	13	15								20	9					70
6	Eric Vassian	20	16												12	7	64
7	Max DeAngelis												17	14	18	17	50
8	Alain Nadal	15	24														25
9	Ray Langston	18	20														24
10	Robert Sabato												18	15	DNS	21	22
11	Alan Wilzig									12							16
12	Michael Hill	26	27														16
Pos	Driver	SEB		LAG Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a paved road racing track used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, originally constructed in 1957 near both Salinas and Monterey, California, USA....		NJ New Jersey Motorsports Park New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...		MIL Miller Motorsports Park Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...		LRP Lime Rock Park Lime Rock Park is a natural-terrain motorsport road racing venue located in Lime Rock, Connecticut, United States, a hamlet in the village of Lakeville, Connecticut, in the state’s northwest corner...	ROA Road America Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...		MOS		ATL Road Atlanta Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...		Points

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