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IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge from Indianapolis Motor Speedway Begins Tomorrow, Oct. 3, at 1:10 p.m. ET Exclusively on Peacock

by MikeOctober 3, 2024

Live coverage of the IMSA Ford Mustang Challenge from famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Indianapolis, Ind., will be presented this Thursday, Oct. 3, at 1:10 p.m. ET and Friday, Oct. 4, at 1:55 p.m. ET, with both windows exclusively on Peacock.

Thursday and Friday will both include a 45-minute sprint race featuring two classes: Dark Horse and Dark Horse Legends, with the latter being an optional classification eligible to bronze-level drivers 45 years old and over. These will be the first Ford Mustang Challenge races ever held at IMS.

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AO Racing Announces 2025 IMSA WeatherTech Return of Spike and Rexy

by MikeOctober 2, 2024

ST. CHARLES, Ill., (October 2, 2024) – AO Racing is proud to announce the return of the fan-favorite characters of Spike to the LMP2 class and Rexy to the GTD PRO class in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Further details are pending and will be announced at a later date, but the team’s future looks bright as they head into the final race of the season with next year’s plans confirmed.

“It’s a little bit surreal to think that the 2024 season is almost over and that we head into Petit Le Mans leading the GTD Pro Championship,” said Team Principal Gunnar Jeannette. “The team has had a lot of growth this year, and it’s been a massive effort from everyone involved to get to where we are. We are looking forward to building on all of that work and rolling out at Daytona in 2025 with two cars that are capable of winning their class.” (more…)

Wright Motorsports Kisses the Bricks After IMSA Victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

by MikeSeptember 24, 2024

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., (September 24, 2024) – Sunday evening at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Wright Motorsports celebrated a win that was a long time coming for the No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R of Adam Adelson, Elliott Skeer, and Jan Heylen. The win in the inaugural Battle on the Bricks endurance race marked the first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship win for Adelson and Skeer. The successful result and consistent performance during the race, rocketed the team up from 13th to fourth in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup, the endurance championship within the full-season IMSA WeatherTech championship. One race remains in the season, the ten-hour Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, on October 12. (more…)

Mercedes-AMG Clinches 2024 IMSA GTD Manufacturer Championships in Indianapolis as Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Target Year-End Team and Driver Honors at Petit Le Mans

by MikeSeptember 24, 2024

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – Winning Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams Winward Racing and Korthoff Preston Motorsports clinched the 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar GT Daytona (GTD) Manufacturer Championship right at the start of the Battle on The Bricks and then spent the remainder of the wet and wild six-hour endurance race closing in on more year-end team and driver honors Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). The No. 32 Korthoff Preston Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 finished third in GTD after co-drivers Mikael Grenier, Mike Skeen and Kenton Koch battled in the lead pack the entire race from the pole starting position. WeatherTech Championship GTD points leaders Winward Racing took the checkered flag just seconds after the No. 32 team for a fifth-place finish with team drivers Russell Ward, Philip Ellis, and Indy Dontje in the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3.

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NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Elimination Race From Bristol Motor Speedway, Supermotocross World Championship Final, And IMSA From Indianapolis Motor Speedway Presented Across NBC, USA NETWORK, PEACOCK, And CNBC This Weekend

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024September 19, 2024

Live Pre-Race Coverage of NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Elimination Race from Bristol Motor Speedway Begins Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on USA Network

Winner-Take-All SuperMotocross World Championship Final Between Jett Lawrence, Hunter Lawrence, and Chase Sexton Starts Saturday at 9:30 p.m. ET Live on Peacock from Las Vegas Motor Speedway

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from Famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway Begins This Sunday with Peacock-Exclusive Live Coverage at 11:30 a.m. ET followed by NBC and Peacock Live at 3 p.m. ET

STAMFORD, Conn. – Sept. 19, 2024 – NBC Sports’ motorsports coverage this weekend is headlined by the NASCAR Cup Series’ Round of 16 playoff elimination race from Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday on USA Network, the SuperMotocross World Championship Final on Saturday on Peacock from Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and the penultimate race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway on NBC and Peacock this Sunday.

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Korthoff Preston Motorsports Breaks Through for First IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar GTD Victory Sunday at VIR

by MikeAugust 26, 2024

DANVILLE, Virginia – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing team Korthoff Preston Motorsports (KPM) broke through for its first victory in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s competitive GT Daytona (GTD) class Sunday with a convincing win by team co-drivers Mikael Grenier and Kenton Koch in the No. 32 Korthoff Preston Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the Michelin GT Challenge at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR). The No. 32’s maiden win came just over three years after the team made its IMSA GTD debut in July of 2021 at Watkins Glen International. The triumph follows KPM’s IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup GTD team and driver championships last year and several near-miss shots at a race win over the course of the team’s full-season campaigns, which began in 2022.

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Team Corvette Struggles During IMSA Race at Virginia International Raceway (Pictures)

by MikeAugust 26, 2024

The #4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R driven by Tommy Milner and Nicky Catsburg, races to an eighth place finish in the GTD PRO class Sunday, August 25, 2024, during the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia. (Photo by Richard Prince for Corvette Racing) (more…)

Mercedes-AMG and Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Winward Racing and Korthoff Preston Motorsports Bring IMSA GTD Championship Leads to Virginia

by MikeAugust 23, 2024

DANVILLE, Virginia – Championship-leading Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams and Mercedes-AMG begin the year’s final three-race stretch run of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races this weekend at VIRginia International Raceway with the annual Michelin GT Challenge at VIR, August 23 – 25. Sunday’s two-hour and 40-minute race is the final WeatherTech Championship sprint event of the season and the year’s only race spotlighting the series’ GT Daytona (GTD) and GTD Pro divisions in their own feature race. The Michelin GT Challenge at VIR is scheduled to start this Sunday at 12:10 p.m. EDT with live television coverage on the USA Network and NBC’s livestream platform Peacock beginning 10 minutes earlier at Noon EDT. International viewers can see the action live on www.IMSA.com/TVLive.

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AO Racing’s Spike the Dragon Flies to First IMSA WeatherTech Podium

by MikeAugust 6, 2024

ST CHARLES, Ill., (August 6, 2024) – Last weekend in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, AO Racing put in a strong performance in the most recent round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Winward Racing and Korthoff Preston Motorsports Combine for Pole, Race-Leading Laps and a Fourth-Place Finish in IMSA GTD Competition at Road America

by MikeAugust 6, 2024

ELKHART LAKE, Wisconsin – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams Winward Racing and Korthoff Preston Motorsports combined for a competitive IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship performance that produced a GTD pole position, a race-leading run and a fourth-place finish at Road America this weekend.

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