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IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | |
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Venue | Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
Corporate sponsor | Tirerack.com |
First race | 2023 |
Duration | 2 hours 40 minutes (formerly) 6 hours |
Previous names | Brickyard Grand Prix (2012–2014) |
Most wins (driver) | Mathieu Jaminet, Nick Tandy, Mikkel Jensen, Steven Thomas, Wayne Boyd, Anthony Mantella, Jules Gounon, Daniel Juncadella, Russell Ward, Philip Ellis (1) |
Most wins (team) | Porsche Penske Motorsport, TDS Racing, AWA, WeatherTech Racing, Winward Racing (1) |
Most wins (manufacturer) | Mercedes-Benz (2) |
The Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks is an IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship event held on the combined road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.
The original version of the race, held from 2012 to 2014, was a support race for the Brickyard 400, as part of "Kroger Super Weekend at the Brickyard".[1] In its first two years, it was held as part of the Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series, and moved to the United SportsCar Championship in 2014. The race went on hiatus after 2014.
The race was revived in 2023, as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. It is now held as a stand-alone event held in September. For 2023, the race was a 2 hours, 40 minute length. For 2024, the race will expand to an endurance race and be one of the major endurance races on the IMSA schedule, joining Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen, and Petit Le Mans.[2]
Race winners
[edit]Rolex Sports Car Series
[edit]Year | Date | Scheduled duration |
Class | Winning drivers | Car | Elapsed distance | |
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Miles | Laps | ||||||
2012 | July 27 | 3 hours | Daytona Prototype | ![]() ![]() |
Riley Ford | 230.6 | 91 |
Grand Touring | ![]() ![]() |
Porsche GT3 | 230.6 | 91 | |||
2013 | July 26 | 3 hours | Daytona Prototype | ![]() ![]() |
Riley BMW | 271.1 | 107 |
Grand Touring | ![]() ![]() |
Ferrari 458 | 261.0 | 103 | |||
GX | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda 6 | 243.3 | 96 |
Tudor United Sports Car Championship
[edit]Year | Date | Scheduled duration |
Class | Winning drivers | Car | Elapsed distance | |
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Miles | Laps | ||||||
2014 | July 25 | 2 hour, 40 minutes | Prototype | ![]() ![]() |
Chevrolet Corvette | 263.4 | 108 |
Prototype Challenge | ![]() ![]() |
Oreca Chevrolet | 261.0 | 107 | |||
GT Le Mans | ![]() ![]() |
Dodge Viper | 256.1 | 105 | |||
GT Daytona | ![]() ![]() |
Ferrari 458 | 248.8 | 102 |
IMSA Weathertech Sports Car Series
[edit]Season | Date | Overall Winner(s) | Entrant | Car | Distance/Duration | Race Title | Report | ref |
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IMSA SportsCar Championship | ||||||||
2023 | September 17 | ![]() ![]() |
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Porsche 963 | 2 hour, 40 minutes | IMSA Battle on the Bricks | Report | [3] |
2024 | 6 hours | Tirerack.com IMSA Battle on the Bricks |
Support races
[edit]The Brickyard Sports Car Challenge is a sports car race in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge series (formerly the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge), with two classes being run concurrently. It was held as support to the Brickyard Grand Prix,[1] which was in turn a support race to the Brickyard 400. The 2023 revival will be one of IMSA's major races, as a four-hour race.
Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
[edit]Year | Date | Scheduled duration |
Class | Winning drivers | Car | Elapsed distance | |
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Miles | Laps | ||||||
2012 | July 27 | 2.5 hours | Grand Sport | ![]() ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | 149.5 | 59 |
Street Tuner | ![]() ![]() |
BMW 328i | 147.0 | 58 | |||
2013 | July 26 | 2.5 hours | Grand Sport | ![]() ![]() |
BMW M3 | 187.5 | 74 |
Street Tuner | ![]() ![]() |
BMW 128i | 185.0 | 73 | |||
2014 | July 25 | 2.5 hours | Grand Sport | ![]() ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | 209.8 | 86 |
Street Tuner | ![]() ![]() |
Porsche Cayman | 204.9 | 84 |
Michelin Pilot Challenge
[edit]Year | Date | Scheduled duration |
Class | Winning drivers | Car | Elapsed distance | |
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Miles | Laps | ||||||
2023 | September 16 | 4 hours | Grand Sport | ![]() ![]() |
Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 268.3 | 110 |
Touring Car | ![]() ![]() |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | 236.8 | 110 |
Course layout
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "In 2012, Nationwide, 2 road-course races join Sprint Cup at IMS," The Indianapolis Star, July 7, 2011.
- ^ "IMSA Returns for the Battle on the Bricks".
- ^ "03_Results_Race_Official.PDF" (PDF). results.imsa.com. September 20, 2023. Retrieved September 24, 2023.