IMSA Indy Six-Hour Weekend Opens With Street Fest as Porsche Penske Chases Titles
Porsche arrives as the championship leader targeting a sweep of titles at its Penske home race.
Overview
- The six-hour Battle on the Bricks on the 3.925 km IMS Grand Prix course is set for Sunday, September 21, with the green flag at 11:40 a.m. local time.
- Porsche Penske fields two Porsche 963s with the No. 6 crew of Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet leading teammates Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy by 75 points, while Porsche tops the manufacturers’ standings.
- The final entry list confirms late GTD changes, including AJ Muss’s return to Triarsi with Joel Miller and IMSA debutant Niccolò Schirò, Eric Filgueiras joining Forte Racing, and Lin Hodenius replacing Dan Knox at Lone Star Racing.
- IMSA’s new Resilient Racers initiative pairs every WeatherTech entry with a child from Camp Boggy Creek or the Austin Hatcher Foundation, with each child’s name displayed on the cars and fundraising running through September.
- Saturday’s Michelin Pilot Challenge IMS 120 features 41 cars, the series’ second-largest grid of the season, with 26 GS entries and 15 TCRs.