Kudos All ‘Round, IMSA Clean Sweep Still Possible; Road Course Love
By David Phillips
INDIANAPOLIS – As the 2026 TireRack.com Battle On The Bricks slated to be a 2-hour and 40-minute race, Sunday was the last time the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship runs a six-hour race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the foreseeable future. It went out with a “bang.”
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (September 21, 2025) – One year after scoring victory at the Battle on the Bricks, Wright Motorsports once again stood on the podium at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, finishing second in Sunday’s six-hour endurance event. The trio of Adam Adelson, Elliott Skeer, and Tom Sargent overcame several caution periods and a mid-race penalty to secure the team’s second podium of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season in the No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R.
Jo Shimoda’s Heroic 250SMX Class Ride Earns History-making 250 SMX World Championship
Las Vegas, Nev., (September 21, 2025) Team Honda HRC Progressive’s Jett Lawrence grabbed his third consecutive SMX World Championship™ with a dramatic overall victory on the SMX track built over The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. After winning the first moto, Jett delivered a nail-biting charge late in the second moto to reach second place; his (1-2) moto scores combined to win the night’s racing, the $100,000 race win bonus, and more significantly the one million dollar championship payout.
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – It was a down to the wire photo finish to open the Freedom weekend of racing Friday night at Grandview Speedway.
Addison Meitzler of Kempton, Pa. just edged out Jesse Hirthler of Boyertown, Pa. at the finish line by about a wheel’s length, following a thrilling back and forth lead swapping battle to score the win in the 12th annual T.P. Truck Equipment Freedom 38 Sportsman championship on Friday night.
Alton, VIRGINIA – September 19, 2025 – The Burtin Racing team returns to the legendary Virginia International Raceway (VIR) this weekend, September 21, for Round 9 of the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli, with Adam Andretti spearheading the team in the prestigious TA class. The race comes at a vital stage in the championship chase, with Andretti entering the weekend second in the Drivers’ Championship with 839 points and looking to build on an already impressive season campaign.
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Barre, VT – It finally came, the final Thursday night of the Thunder Road racing season with plenty of drama in the finale for the championship chase on Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel night.
Weathering the Weather; IMSA Title Table-Setter; Checkers or Championships, By David Phillips
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – In its 117-year history, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) has witnessed countless motorsports firsts from various vehicles and interesting iterations.
Whether it’s been open-wheel cars, stock cars, motorcycles or sports cars on either the historic IMS 2.5-mile oval or its emerging 2.439-mile road course, now into its second decade in its current layout and incarnation, winning at Indy means you’ve conquered an iconic facility and you’ll engage in a long lip lock with the fabled bricks.
IMSA made a “first” for Indianapolis in 2024 with the first six-hour TireRack.com Battle On The Bricks. What it will serve up for an encore remains to be seen, but per usual, the 53 cars across four IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship classes have a keen eye on being first across that yard of bricks.
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BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The 63rd anniversary season of auto racing action at Grandview Speedway moves into the 55th annual Freedom 76 race weekend, the biggest, most prestigious, and most lucrative racing event of the year for competitors.
The Freedom 76 weekend begins on Friday, September 19 with the 12th annual T.P. Truck Equipment Freedom 38 Sportsman Championship. The race program will follow the Freedom 76 race format with qualifying heats, consolations, Roy Miller II of Keller Williams Real Estate $500 to win cash dash, the Patriot 20, all leading up to the 38-lap Championship feature event that will pay a possible $3063 to win, plus practice time for 358 Modified drivers wishing to participate in the Freedom 76.
This Week in SMX – World Championship Final at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Saturday, September 20
STAMFORD, Conn. – Sept. 17, 2025 – NBC Sports’ big weekend of live motorsports action is headlined by three major events: NASCAR Cup Series opening Round of 12 race from New Hampshire Motor Speedway at 2 p.m. ET on USA Network; the SuperMotocross World Championship Finals this Saturday from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway live on USA Network and Peacock at 10 p.m. ET; and IMSA’s TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks from Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday on Peacock at 11:30 a.m. ET before transitioning to NBC and Peacock at 3 p.m. ET.
