IMSA SportsCar Championship

IMSA SportsCar Championship
CountryUnited States United States
Canada Canada
RegionNorth America
Inaugural season2014
Prototype ClassesGrand Touring Prototype (GTP) & Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)
GT ClassesGT Daytona Pro (GTD Pro) & GT Daytona (GTD)
Tire suppliersContinental (2014–2018 Prototype and GTD)
Michelin (2014–2018 GTLM; 2019–present all classes)
Drivers' championGTP:
Brazil Pipo Derani
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
LMP2:
France Paul-Loup Chatin
United States Ben Keating
LMP3:
United States Gar Robinson
GTD Pro:
United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
GTD:
United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow
Makes' championGTP: United States Cadillac
GTD Pro: Japan Lexus
GTD: Germany BMW
Teams' championGTP: United States Whelen Engineering Racing
LMP2: United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports
LMP3: United States Riley Motorsports
GTD Pro: United States Vasser Sullivan
GTD: United States Paul Miller Racing
Official websiteimsa.com/weathertech/
Current season

The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). It is a result of a merger between two existing North American sports car racing series, the American Le Mans Series and Rolex Sports Car Series. At its inception, the name was United SportsCar Championship,[1] which subsequently changed to IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2016. Rolex SA's Tudor brand was the championship's title sponsor in 2014 and 2015,[2] and since 2016 WeatherTech has served as title sponsor.[3]

The season begins with its premier race, the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the last weekend of January and ends with the Petit Le Mans, another North American Endurance Cup race, in early October.

  1. ^ "United SportsCar Racing To Debut In 2014". American Le Mans Series. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Tudor Named Title Sponsor". Sportscar 365. John Dagys Media, LLC. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  3. ^ DiZinno, Tony (8 August 2015). "WeatherTech Named New Title Sponsor of IMSA SportsCar". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media, LLC. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

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