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IMSA GT Showcase Heads to VIR

by Mike
IMSA at VIR
Photo: IMSA

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Since its rebirth in Y2K, VIRginia International Raceway has set the standard for amenities for spectators and competitors alike. Fans enjoy wandering the meticulously groomed lawns of the 3.27-mile, 17-turn facility, with countless A+ viewpoints, virtually unlimited access to the paddock and garage area, and some of the best track food this side of the Circuit de la Sarthe … why there’s even a tavern and restaurant on site. Competitors embrace the challenges of some of the most demanding and iconic sections of racetrack in North America with names like Horse Shoe, NASCAR Bend, Left Hook, Snake, the Climbing Esses, Oak Tree Curve, Roller Coaster and Hog Pen.

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IMSA Insider – BMW Doubles Down at Road America

by Mike

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

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

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

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

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

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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Last-Lap Pass Secures Second HSR Prototype Challenge Presented by Michelin Race Win of The Season for Matador Motorsports at The Glen

by Mike
Last-Lap Pass Secures Second HSR Prototype Challenge Presented by Michelin Race Win of The Season for Matador Motorsports at The Glen
  • Pierce Marshall and Eric Foss Score HSR Prototype Challenge Presented by Michelin Overall and P1 Class Victories Thursday in the Matador Motorsports 2017 No. 02 Cadillac DPi
  • Matt Graham and Jake Latham Third Overall and P3 Class Winners in HSR Prototype Challenge Debut in the 2020 No. 31 Ligier JS P320
  • Robert Tornello Makes a Winning Return to HSR Competition with the P2 Class Victory in the Hudson Historics 2014 No. 90 Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype

WATKINS GLEN, New York (June 14, 2025) – A rivalry renewed delivered a thriller of a finish at Watkins Glen International where Pierce Marshall and Eric Foss co-drove the Matador Motorsports 2017 No. 02 Cadillac DPi to their second-straight HSR Prototype Challenge presented by Michelin victory of the season late Thursday afternoon at the third annual HSR Watkins Glen Classic 6 Hour presented by Mission Foods.

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