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2025 Michelin Pilot Challenge

The 2025 Michelin Pilot Challenge will be the twenty-sixth season of the IMSA SportsCar Challenge and the twelfth season organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The season will begin on January 26 at Daytona International Speedway and will conclude on October 11 at Road Atlanta.

Classes

Calendar

The provisional 2024 calendar was released on March 15, 2024, featuring ten rounds.[1]

Round Race Circuit Location Date Duration
1 TBA United States Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 23–24 4 Hours
2 TBA United States Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 12–14 2 Hours
3 TBA United States WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 8–10 2 Hours
4 TBA United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio June 6–8 4 Hours
5 TBA United States Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 19–22 2 Hours
6 TBA Canada Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 10–12 2 Hours
7 TBA United States Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin July 31 – August 2 2 Hours
8 TBA United States Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 21–23 2 Hours
9 TBA United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana September 19–20 2 Hours
10 TBA United States Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 8–10 2 Hours

Entry list

Grand Sport (GS)

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
United States Czabok-Simpson Motorsport[2] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 2 Nikita Lastochkin[3][N 1] TBC
United States Robert Megennis[3]
67 United States Morgan Burkhard[4] TBC
United States Robert Megennis[3]
United States Gordon Scully[5]
United States RAFA Racing Team[6] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 12 El Salvador Rafael Martinez[6] TBC
United States Jim Scheffer[6]
United States McCumbee McAleer Racing with Aerosport[7] Ford Mustang GT4 (2024) Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 13 United States Jenson Altzman[7] TBC
United States Sam Paley[7]
United States Van der Steur Racing[8] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 15 United States Brady Behrman[8] TBC
United States Sammy Smith[8]
United States Rory van der Steur[8]
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 82 United States Brady Behrman[8] TBC
TBA
Japan TGR Team Hattori Motorsports[9] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 16 TBA TBC
TBA
United States Unitronic/JDC-Miller MotorSports[10] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 17 United States Chris Miller[10] TBC
South Africa Mikey Taylor[10]
United States Stephen Cameron Racing[9] Ford Mustang GT4 (2024) Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 19 United States Greg Liefooghe[9] TBC
United States Sean Quinlan[9]
United States Auto Technic Racing[11] BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 27 United States Austin Krainz[11] TBC
United States Roland Krainz[11]
United Kingdom Stevan McAleer[11]
United States RennSport1[12] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 28 Belgium Jan Heylen[12] TBC
United States Luca Mars[12]
United States LAP Motorsports[9] Ford Mustang GT4 (2024) Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 30 United States Scott Thomson[9] TBC
United States Clayton Williams[9]
United States BGB Motorsports[9] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 38 Canada Thomas Collingwood[9] TBC
United States Spencer Pumpelly[9]
United States CarBahn with Peregrine Racing[13] BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 39 United States Sean McAlister[13] TBC
United States Jeff Westphal[13]
United States Accelerating Performance[9] McLaren Artura GT4 McLaren M630 3.0 L Twin-Turbo V6 44 United States Michael Cooper[9] TBC
Moisey Uretsky[9][N 1]
United States Team TGM[14] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 46 United States Paul Holton[14] TBC
United States Matt Plumb[14]
64 United States Ted Giovanis[14] TBC
United States Hugh Plumb[14]
United States Kris Wilson[14]
United States Team ACP - Tangerine Associates[9] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 49 United States Steve Streimer[9] TBC
TBA
94 United States Ken Goldberg[9] TBC
United States Catesby Jones[9]
United States Kingpin Racing[15] Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 53 United States David Hodge[15] TBC
United States Rob Walker[15]
United States Winward Racing[9] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 57 Canada Daniel Morad[9] TBC
United States Bryce Ward[9]
United States KohR Motorsports[16] Ford Mustang GT4 (2024) Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 59 United States Billy Johnson[16] TBC
United States Bob Michaelian[16]
60 Germany Christian Bach[16] TBC
United States Dean Martin[16]
Canada Marco Signoretti[16]
United States CDR Valkyrie[9] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 66 United Kingdom Amir Haleem[9] TBC
United States Brian Lock[9]
United States Rebel Rock Racing[9] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 71 United States Andrew Davis[9] TBC
United Kingdom Robin Liddell[9]
United States Turner Motorsport[17] BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 95 United States Dillon Machavern[17] TBC
United States Francis Selldorff[17]
96 United States Vin Barletta[17] TBC
United States Matt Dalton[17]
United States Patrick Gallagher[17]
Sources:[18]

Touring Car (TCR)

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
United States KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering[19] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 5 United States Tim Lewis Jr.[19] TBC
United States William Tally[19]
United States Precision Racing LA[20] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 7 United States Ryan Eversley[21] TBC
Brazil Celso Neto[22]
37 Canada Megan Tomlinson[21] TBC
Canada Ron Tomlinson[21]
United States Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian[23] Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) 9 Brazil Suellio Almeida[23] TBC
United States Madison Aust[23]
33 United States Bryson Morris[23] TBC
Canada Mark Wilkins[23]
76 United States Preston Brown[23] TBC
Belgium Denis Dupont[23]
98 United States Mason Filippi[23] TBC
United States Harry Gottsacker[23]
United States Rockwell Autosport Development[24] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 10 United States Christina Lam[24] TBC
United States Alex Rockwell[24]
United States Eric Rockwell[24]
Puerto Rico Victor Gonzalez Racing Team[25] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 18 United States Lance Bergstein[25] TBC
United States Jon Miller[25]
99 United States Tyler Gonzalez[9] TBC
United States Eric Powell[9]
United States RVA Graphics Motorsports by Speed Syndicate[26] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 31 United States Luke Rumburg[26] TBC
TBA
Canada Baker Racing[9] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 52 Canada Dean Baker[9] TBC
Canada Sam Baker[9]
Canada James Vance[9]
United States Gou Racing[27][28] Cupra León VZ TCR 55 United States Eddie Gou[27] TBC
United States Eduardo Gou[27]
United States Pegram Racing[29] Hyundai Elantra N TCR 72 United States Larry Pegram[29] TBC
United States Riley Pegram[29]
United States HART[9] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 89 United States Tyler Chambers[9] TBC
United States Steve Eich[9]
United States Chad Gilsinger[9]
Canada Montreal Motorsport Group[30] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 93 Canada Louis-Philippe Montour[30] TBC
Canada Karl Wittmer[30]
Japan Daijiro Yoshihara[30]
Sources:[18]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lastochkin and Uretsky are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

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