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IMSA Insider – BMW Doubles Down at Road America

by MikeAugust 4, 2025August 4, 2025

IMSA: Forte’s Good Karma; “Spike” Stays Hot; BMW’s Double Win

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – If the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s new six-hour endurance race at Road America delivers half the action, entertainment and plot twists of yesterday’s two-hour, 40-minute sprint race, a bevy of spectators and television viewers will have gotten their money’s worth.

The phrase “argy bargy” was on display with more car-to-car contact than you’ll see in a month of Saturday nights at your local short track. But there were some popular podium finishers, championship shakeups aplenty and some emotional victors in the Motul SportsCar Grand Prix.

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IMSA Insider: See What’s Brewing at Packed Road America IMSA Weekend

by MikeJuly 31, 2025

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s annual midsummer tour of North America’s iconic road courses continues with a trip to Road America for the Motul SportsCar Grand Prix. Opened in 1955 and celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2025, the 14-turn, 4.048-mile circuit’s basic layout has had minimal design changes albeit several surface changes.

Set an hour north of Milwaukee in Elkhart Lake, Wis., the track has rightly earned the nickname “America’s National Park of Speed.” It’s an apt moniker, one that pays homage to the bucolic nature of the facility’s park-like 640 acres along with the breathtaking character of a track where some of the world’s fastest race cars may top 175 mph three times each lap.

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IMSA Insider #609: The Road Ahead: Road America Field Revealed

by MikeJuly 24, 2025

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The lone IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship sprint race featuring all four classes kicks off the stretch run to the finish of the final four race weekends of 2025. The freshly renamed Motul SportsCar Grand Prix at Road America marks the last time, for now, this race runs at the standard length two-hour, 40-minute duration before increasing to six hours in 2026.

The combination of four championship battles all under 100 points, intense racing, fun family atmosphere and great food and beverage options highlight the annual trip to the track frequently known as “America’s National Park of Speed.”

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IMSA Insider #607 – Dragons Slay CTMP; Lamborghini Launches New GT3 Car

by MikeJuly 15, 2025July 15, 2025

Three Takeaways: IMSA Chevrolet Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

Analytics Rule; Three First-Timers; A Man For All Seasons (and Classes)

By David Phillips

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – IMSA’s lightning-fast, exotic Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) entries from Acura, Aston Martin, BMW, Cadillac, Lamborghini and Porsche bring unquestioned prestige, high-tech, speed and glamour to the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

But as Sunday’s Chevrolet Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park demonstrated, the WeatherTech Championship’s other three classes of Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) can put on one heckuva show when left to their own devices.

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Don’t Miss These 3 Endurance Karting Arrive & Drive Races: NY This Saturday, Chicago, & VIR!

by Lou ModestinoJuly 9, 2025

Three ARRIVE & DRIVE Karting RACING opportunities are HERE!

OVRP(Oakland Valley Race Park) – > TWO TEAM SPOTS just opened up and here’s your chance to take advantage. The 6 Hours of NY is always popular track. Learn more here!

CHICAGOLAND, here we come! Located just west of Chicago, this fun track makes for tight racing. Join us for our 6 Hours of Chicago and learn more here!

VIR! The 6 Hours of VIRginia offers some serious elevation change and challenging turns to get right, every. time. Bring your team for this highly anticipated race. LEARN MORE

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Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Return to Watkins Glen Leading all IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar GT Daytona (GTD) Championships

by MikeJune 20, 2025

WATKINS GLEN, New York – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge series bring the momentum of recent race wins, podium finishes, and across-the-board GT Daytona (GTD) championship leads to Watkins Glen International this weekend for the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, June 20 – 22. Three Mercedes-AMG GT3 entries from Winward Racing, Korthoff Competition Motors and Lone Star Racing compete in Sunday’s featured Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen WeatherTech Championship race while the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 carries the Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing flag in Saturday’s two-hour Pilot Challenge race.

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IMSA Insider (Issue 604): Sahlen’s Six-Hour Scene-Setter for Watkins Glen on NBC

by MikeJune 20, 2025

Be sure to watch IMSA Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen on Sunday, June 22, at 12 noon, on Peacock.

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IMSA Insider (Issue 601): Michelin Pilot Challenge Headliner in IMSA Visit to Mid-Ohio

by MikeJune 5, 2025

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – For nearly a decade, two IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge races run an additional two hours beyond the standard-length of two hours, but pack a similar punch of parity and picture-perfect finishes. Daytona International Speedway has hosted the most, with its BMW M Endurance Challenge race running to four hours every year since 2017, while Watkins Glen International, Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Road America, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course have alternated the second.

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Endurance Karting – 24 Hours of America Is Here @ Carolina Motorsports Park, October 3-5, 2025

by Lou ModestinoMay 23, 2025

Don’t miss the most competitive 24 Hour race in the United States!

If you’re looking for some exclusive practice on the same track as the 24 Hour, then this deal is perfect for your team!

3662 Kershaw Highway, Kershaw, SC, 29067
United States (map)

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IMSA Riding New Wave of Emerging GTP Talents

by MikeApril 24, 2025

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Every “era” of sports car racing has its iconic performers. In IMSA’s more than 50-year history, that’s broken down by top-class periods of who’s starred in prototypes.

With the reborn Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class now three years into the formula, there’s a pattern of stars starting to emerge. There are long-time prototype drivers who raced in the previous Daytona Prototype international (DPi) and Daytona Prototype and/or Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) iterations before GTP competing alongside those whose main top-class experience is focused on GTP.

Read more of Tony DiZinno’s article and other IMSA news after the jump…

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