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The 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship) is a planned motor racing championship, set to be the 55th racing season sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association, which traces its lineage back to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship. It will also be the twelfth season of the IMSA SportsCar Championship since the merger between the American Le Mans Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series in 2014, and the tenth under the sponsorship of WeatherTech.

Classes

Schedule

The provisional schedule was released on March 15, 2024, and features an unchanged 11 rounds. [1] [2]

   Race is part of the Michelin Endurance Cup
Rnd.RaceLengthClassesCircuitLocationDate
1 Rolex 24 at Daytona 24 hoursAll Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 25–26
2 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring 12 hoursAll Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 15
3 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach 100 minutesGTP, GTD Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California April 12
4 Motul Course de Monterey 160 minutesGTP, GTD Pro, GTD WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 11
5 Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic 100 minutesGTP, GTD Pro Streets of Detroit Detroit, Michigan May 31
6 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen 6 hoursAll Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 22
7 Chevrolet Grand Prix 160 minutesLMP2, GTD Pro, GTD Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 13
8 IMSA Sportscar Weekend 160 minutesAll Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 3
9 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR 160 minutesGTD Pro, GTD Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 24
10 Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks 6 hoursAll Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana September 21
11 Motul Petit Le Mans 10 hoursAll Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 11

Entries

Grand Touring Prototype (GTP)


TeamChassisEngineNo.DriversRounds
Flag of the United States.svg Heart of Racing Team [3] Aston Martin Valkyrie-LMH Aston Martin-Cosworth 6.5 L NA V12007Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of the United States.svg Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing [4] [5] Cadillac V-Series.R Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 10Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
40Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of the United States.svg BMW M Team RLL [6] BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L twin-turbo V8 24Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
25Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of the United States.svg Cadillac Whelen [4] [5] Cadillac V-Series.R Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 31Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of the United States.svg Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian [7] Acura ARX-06 Acura AR24e 2.4 L twin-turbo V6 60Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of the United States.svg JDC–Miller MotorSports [8] Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L twin-turbo V8 85Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA

Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)


In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine. [9]

TeamChassisNo.DriversRounds
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports [10] Oreca 07 2Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
22Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of France.svg TDS Racing [11] Oreca 07 11 Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Jensen [11] TBC
Flag of the United States.svg Steven Thomas [11]
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Competition [12] Oreca 07 43Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports [13] Oreca 07 52Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of the United States.svg Riley [14] Oreca 07 74 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Burdon [14] TBC
Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Fraga [14]
Flag of the United States.svg Gar Robinson [14]
Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse [15] Oreca 07 88Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA

GT Daytona (GTD Pro / GTD)


TeamChassisEngineNo.DriversRounds
GTD Pro
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ford Multimatic Motorsports [16] Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 64Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
65Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
GTD
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg AWA [17] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matt Bell [17] TBC
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Orey Fidani [17]
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of the United States.svg Magnus Racing [18] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 44Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of the United States.svg Winward Racing [19] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 57Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of the United States.svg Gradient Racing [20] Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 66Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Inception Racing [21] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 70Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of the United States.svg Forte Racing [22] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 78Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA

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