series was an invitational affair with forty one drivers are selected out of four hundred applicants to participate in the Women's Global GT Series. The grid would usually consists of experienced racers such as former Formula One drivers, Giovanna Amati and Divina Galica, NASCAR's Shawna Robinson, and Italian Audi factory team touring car driver Tamara Vidali against talented amateur drivers from varying degrees of professions, such as radio personality, police officer, law student, and racing simulations art designer for Microsoft. Ultra 94 Porsche Cup Challenge Canada by Yokohama In 2011, IMSA created the Ultra 94 Porsche Cup Challenge Canada by Yokohama, which races in support of major Canadian motorsports events including, the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix, the Honda Indy Toronto, the Grand Prix of Mosport and the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières. The series was replaced by the Porsche Carrera Cup North America in 2021. IMSA Prototype Challenge The Mazda Prototype Lites presented by Cooper Tires Championship was a series featuring two classes of single-seat prototype cars racing simultaneously. Most races awere held in support of the United SportsCar Championship; prior to 2014 it was the support series for the American Le Mans Series. The L1 class featured Élan Motorsport Technologies DP02 cars powered by a Mazda MP2 engine, and L2 consists of West Racing WX10 and WR1000 chassis with either a Kawasaki ZX-10R or Suzuki GSX-R1000 engine. Each class had an overall championship, a master's championship for drivers at least 40 years of age, and a team championship. In 2017 the series became the IMSA Prototype Challenge presented by Mazda, featuring LMP3 cars and L1 cars re-branded as MPC (Mazda Prototype Challenge). In 2023, the series was replaced by the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge, which featured LMP3 and GT4 in their respective classes with shorter race distances. References External links IMSA Racing - Official Website Auto racing organizations in the United States Companies based in Volusia County, Florida Sports organizations established in 1969 Sports car racing NASCAR