imec | The MotorSportsNews.Net(work)

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.

(more…)

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.

(more…)

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.

(more…)

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.

(more…)

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…

(more…)

Lone Star Racing Leaves Sebring Motivated for Final IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup Rounds

by MikeMarch 22, 2025

Cut Tire 44 Minutes From the Finish Doesn’t Take Away From Top Team and Driver Performance in No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Dan Knox, Scott Andrews and Eric Filgueiras at the 73rd Running of The 12 Hours of Sebring

SEBRING, Florida (March 21, 2025) – “Deflated” but not down, the No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 team and co-drivers Dan Knox, Scott Andrews and Eric Filgueiras left the 12 Hours of Sebring last Saturday motivated for the final three rounds of the 2025 IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup (IMEC) at Watkins Glen, Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) and Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta (MRRA). The team and drivers turned in one of their best races since entering the IMEC GT Daytona (GTD) championship last year and missed out on a likely top-five or better finish only because the No. 80 Mercedes-AMG GT3 suffered a cut tire with just 44 minutes remaining in the 73rd running of America’s oldest major sports car race. (more…)

Lone Star Racing Confirms IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup GTD Return and IMEC and Rolex 24 Driver Lineups

by MikeJanuary 9, 2025

CRESSON, Texas (January 8, 2024) – Lone Star Racing confirmed today its driver lineup for this month’s season-opening IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 At Daytona and its trio of contenders that will contest the full 2025 IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup GT Daytona (GTD) campaign in the No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3.

(more…)