LMP All-Time Stats Updated March 2023

 

 
The Mega G chassis and bodies were released in the early 2000's. ISF brought LMP back. Most of the field were in Peugot style bodies with Ev Kamikawa being the only consistent
Audi style body runner

The ISF has ran the LMP division under three different guises. The first was a separate division using the Tyco wide pan chassis and open top sportscar bodies. Drivers decided that concentrating on the GT and GTP divisions would be better for competition and for cost control. The ISF then decided to allow the Tyco LMP bodies and chassis into the GTP division to allow some more variety in the GTP body styles. Since GTP ran the AFX Super G+ chassis and bodies, the ISF decided that anyone running the Tyco chassis and body could use silver springs and motor brushes, ski style pick up shoes, and non slip Wizzard tyres to equal the performance advantage the Super G+ chassis cars. While many drivers tried the car in this configuration, only Mike Fitzlaff and Mark Walczak made multiple starts in it. Walczak being the most successful picking up one win with that combination. LMP disappeared for several seasons while ISF concentrated on just the GTP and F1 divisions. When Mega G chassis and bodies came out they were immediately popular for their looks and speed. Several exhibition races were held with the cars over several race tracks. The car performed well in those races and the decision was made to adopt the car as the new LMP car. After the first few races it became apparent that the chassis was not holding up to the rigors of the ISF tracks and schedules with several incidents of divers leading races only to have the car fail on them became too numerous for the drivers to stand. The Mega G cars were shelved after a couple of seasons. They were going to be brought back for a race during the 20th ISF anniversary season as a special event, however driver protests and a near boycott of the event they were going to brought back for sealed the fate of the Mega G car and there hasn't been an LMP race since 2019. 
Points were originally awarded down to 8th place for the first few seasons 

(10 for the winner, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
then the points were awarded to 10th place for the last few seasons

(15 for the winner, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)

 

Tony Perkins' LMP Tyco pan LMP car painted up to look like a Porsche Spyder from the American LeMans Series

ISF LMP Division ALL TIME Stats
as of March 2023

 

Peugot and Audi were the two dominant Mega G bodies at the time the ISF ran these cars in the LMP division. While good looking they didn't always handle the scenery well around the ISF race tracks at the time. They often got stuck under guard rails. The longer bodies also called for a change of the corner aprons as the cars would start to drift and hit the wall too fast under normal racing conditions, or slide too far over the track curbing and prematurely dropping the wheels off the track and causing spins and de-slots.