International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in March 2024.[2] It was the twelfth consecutive time the IMSA SCC hosted a race at Road America. The 2025 SportsCar Grand Prix was the eighth of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2025 by IMSA.[3] The race was held at the fourteen-turn 4.048mi (6.515km)Road America on August 3, 2025.[3]
The entry list was published on July 23, 2025, and featured 49 entries: 11 in GTP, 14 in LMP2, 10 in GTD Pro, and 14 in GTD.[5] On July 31, 2025, Korthoff Competition Motors announced the withdrawal of their No. 32 Mercedes, which was initially entered for Daniel Morad and Mike Skeen, bringing the total amount of entries down to 48.[6]
Two practice sessions were held preceding the start of the race on Sunday, one on Friday afternoon and one on Saturday morning. Both the session on Friday afternoon and on Saturday morning lasted 90 minutes.[9]
Practice 1
The first practice session took place at 2:00 pm CDT on Friday. Tom Blomqvist topped the session in the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura, with a 1-minute, 51.255-second lap time. Ross Gunn was second-quickest in the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin, 0.073 seconds behind Blomqvist. Jack Aitken rounded out the top three in the No. 31 Cadillac Whelen.[10]Mikkel Jensen topped the LMP2 class in the No. 11 TDS Racing Oreca, with a lap time of 1:52.781. His lap was 0.365 seconds quicker than that of second-placed Paul di Resta in the No. 22 United Autosports USA Oreca.[11]Russell Ward set the quickest time amongst all GT cars in the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG, with a lap time of 2:04.991. He was 0.748 seconds quicker than Parker Thompson in the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus in second. Giacomo Altoè set the quickest time in the GTD Pro class, with a 2-minute, 5.844-second lap time. Nicky Catsburg was second-quickest in the No. 4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet.[12] The session saw two red flag stoppages. The first was caused by the No. 22 Oreca, after Dan Goldburg got trapped in the gravel. The second was caused by Phil Fayer in the sister No. 2 United Oreca, after causing a collision with the No. 021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari.[10]
The second and final practice session took place at 9:05 am CDT on Saturday, and saw Dries Vanthoor topping the session in the No. 24 Team RLL BMW with a lap time of 1:49.676. He was 0.006 seconds quicker than second-placed Nick Yelloly in the No. 93 MSR Acura, with BMW team-mate Sheldon van der Linde rounding out the top three in the No. 25 BMW, 0.167 seconds behind Vanthoor.[15]Malthe Jakobsen topped the LMP2 class in the No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca, with a 1-minute, 52.823-second lap time. His lap was 0.029 seconds quicker than that of second-placed Jensen in the No. 11 Oreca, with Dane Cameron in the No. 99 AO Racing Oreca rounding out the top three.[16] The GTD Pro class was topped by Alexander Sims in the No. 3 Chevrolet, with a lap time of 2:04.247. His lap was 0.107 seconds quicker Altoè's lap in the No. 81 Ferrari. Onofrio Triarsi topped the GTD class in the No. 021 Ferrari, with a 2-minute, 4.866-second lap time.[17] The session saw a lengthy red flag after a collision between the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini of Marco Mapelli and the No. 04 Oreca of George Kurtz.[17]
Saturday's afternoon qualifying was broken into four sessions, with one session for the GTP, LMP2, GTD Pro, and GTD classes each.[9] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am LMP2 class requiring a Bronze rated driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put GTPs ahead of the LMP2, GTD Pro, and GTD cars.[20]
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with ‡.
The final results GTP allowed Campbell and Jaminet to extend their advantage in the GTP Drivers' Championship by 63 points over teammates Nasr and Tandy.[23] As a result of winning the race, Cameron and Hyett took the lead of the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 1682 points.[23] The final results of GTD Pro kept García and Sims atop the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship.[23] The final results of GTD allowed Ellis and ward to extend their advantage in the GTD Drivers' Championship to 112 points over Hawksworth and Thompson.[23] Porsche Penske Motorsport, Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports, and Winward Racing continued to top their respective Teams' Championships while AO Racing took the lead of the LMP2 Teams' Championship. Porsche, Chevrolet and Mercedes-AMG continued to their Manufacturers' Championship with 3 rounds remaining in the season.[23]
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