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IMSA Insider: Detroit GP and IMSA Award-Winning Digital Content

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IMSA Insider: Detroit GP and IMSA Award-Winning Digital Content

By David Phillips

  • Practice, Performance and Preparation Paramount for GTP, GTD PRO Competitors in Detroit

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule is nothing if not diverse. The second weekend in May found competitors tackling California’s flowing and bucolic WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca road course. Now the final weekend in the merry month of May finds competitors in Michigan taking to the confined, urban streets of the Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic.

If NASCAR and IndyCar have their oval “bull rings” in Martinsville Speedway and Iowa Speedway, respectively, then IMSA’s version of a street course bull ring is the 1.654-mile, nine-turn Motown circuit where paint is often traded during overtakes and the omni-present concrete walls await the slightest mistake from the field of 22 cars, split 11 apiece between Grand Touring Prototypes (GTP) and Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO).

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IMSA Insider: Downloading Detroit’s Dynamic Field

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IMSA Insider: Downloading Detroit’s Dynamic Field

A Detailed Dive Through IMSA’s Strong 2025 Start

IMSA President John Doonan Reflects on First Quarter, Previews What’s to Come

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Heading into one of the busiest weekends in motorsports from Monaco to Indianapolis to Charlotte, it’s in Daytona Beach on an off weekend before a busy summer stretch of action that IMSA has time to take in viewing of those three racing venues and reflect on the momentum it’s gathered on its own so far in 2025.

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IMSA Insider: IMSA Trio Doubles Up On WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Wins

by Mike
  • BMW’s Time Is Coming, the Rare Triple Repeat and a Notable Runner-up Finish

By Mark Robinson

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – After opening the 2025 season with the two longest races of the season followed by one of the short 100-minute sprints, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship settled into its first “standard-length” race this weekend.

Sunday’s TireRack.com Monterey SportsCar Championship was anything but standard for a number of reasons, though. Let’s delve into a few of those as takeaways from another stellar show at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

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IMSA Insider: WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Entry List Revealed and More

by Mike
IMSA Insider: WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Entry List Revealed and More

By Tony DiZinno

  • Lots of Streaks on the Line Ahead of Second Straight WeatherTech Championship California Race

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The TireRack.com Monterey SportsCar Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca serves as the first two-hour, 40-minute standard length sprint race of the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.

A total of 36 cars are set to compete across Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) and the two GT classes, Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD). The GTP car count stays at 11 for a second straight race, alongside 10 GTD PRO and 15 GTD cars. The race is Round 4 of the year for GTP and GTD, while GTD PRO is back for Round 3 for the first time since the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in March.

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IMSA Insider: First Look at New Genesis GTP; Another Look at Long Beach Broadcast

by Mike
IMSA Insider: First Look at New Genesis GTP; Another Look at Long Beach Broadcast

NEW YORK – Genesis Magma Racing (GMR) today unveiled its full-scale GMR-001 GTP and team identity, including livery and race suits, marking a bold step in the brand’s global motorsport ambitions. The global reveal of the GMR-001 Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) ahead of the New York International Auto Show lays the groundwork for the team’s 2026 WEC debut.

Building on Genesis’ signature “Athletic Elegance” design philosophy, the GMR-001 GTP and its striking livery embody the brands’ commitment to blending Korean heritage with motorsport innovation, setting a new standard for creativity on the global racing stage.

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IMSA Insider – Penske, AO Deliver Porsche’s Double-Double in Long Beach

by Mike
IMSA Insider – Penske, AO Deliver Porsche’s Double-Double in Long Beach

LONG BEACH, Calif. – After opening the season with the 36 Hours of Florida (aka the Rolex 24 At Daytona and the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring), the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship changed things up with the 100 minutes of Southern California (aka the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach).

Not only was the sprint race a fraction of the length of either of the first two events, the competition was pared down from four classes – Grand Touring Prototype (GTP), Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) – to two classes: GTP and GTD.

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IMSA Insider – In And Out: Will Short Stop Strategically Pay Off Again in Long Beach?

by Mike
IMSA Insider – In And Out: Will Short Stop Strategically Pay Off Again in Long Beach?

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship has a long, memorable history of racing in the streets, ranging from Miami to Del Mar, San Antonio to Detroit, Nova Scotia to Australia. Bicentennial Park’s streets played host to a two-time Formula 1 World Champion coming out of retirement to race in 1983 in IMSA’s Grand Prix of Miami, setting the stage for a glorious second act to his legendary career. You may have heard of him: Emerson Fittipaldi. And it was Scotland’s Allan McNish (driving with a strained back he injured whilst stepping out of kilt during a pre-race photo shoot) who teamed with Rinaldo “Dindo” Capello and Brad Jones to win IMSA’s first and only race Down Under on the streets of Adelaide.

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IMSA Insider: IMSA’s Good Old Days are Happening Right Now

by Mike

By John Oreovicz

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – If you were among the thousands who attended the 73rd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, or if you happened to stream the flag-to-flag coverage, you had to be impressed with what you saw.

With Sebring International Raceway’s expansive infield already packed with campers, a steady stream of race day spectators continued to pour into the historic racetrack long after the 10:10 a.m. green flag for the second round of the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. (more…)

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