For the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, the season comes to an end on Friday afternoon at Road Atlanta. 31 cars will battle for glory on the 2.54-mile road course.
In Grand Sport, there are 13 cars entered. The race will be a swansong for cars that aren’t fully GT4-spec. These grandfathered cars will be ineligible to compete in the series next year. This includes any Porsche Cayman GT4s that are not the MR-spec. That means that CJ Wilson Racing’s cars would not be allowed to race. Automatic Racing’s No. 99 Aston Martin would also be disqualified under those rules.
KohR Motorsports has expanded back to two cars for the first time since Sebring in March. Pirelli World Challenge regular Nate Stacy, who made his series debut at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, will share the car with veteran Scott Maxwell. The last time KohR Motorsports broke out the No. 60, Maxwell and Jade Buford won the Sebring 120.
In Street Tuner, there are 18 cars entered. Murillo Racing’s Eric Foss will once again share his No. 56 Porsche Cayman with Justin Piscitell for his run at the championship.
There is a quasi-new team entered at Road America. That is Goldcrest Motorsports. We use the term quasi here because they’re not really a new team. They’ve been a regular presence on the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge grid for years. However, that has usually been in association with other teams. Recently, that has been with Kris Wright Racing and Strategic Wealth Racing. This weekend, Goldcrest Motorsports is racing sans additional branding. They’ll be fielding their own No. 39 Porsche Cayman for Angus Rogers and Curt Swearingin.
Finally, at Freedom Autosport, Tom Long has returned to the No. 27 Trumpf-sponsored Mazda, replacing Marc Drennan.
The FOX Factory 120 is scheduled to go green at 1:50 p.m. on Friday afternoon. The race will be streamed live at IMSA.com and FansChoice.tv.
Entry List: FOX Factory 120
| Class | Team | Drivers | Car |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Sport | 4 - TeamTGM | Guy Cosmo Hugh Plumb | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR |
| Grand Sport | 7 - VOLT Racing | Alan Brynjolfsson Chris Hall | Ford Mustang GT4 |
| Grand Sport | 12 - Bodymotion Racing | Cameron Cassels Trent Hindman | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport |
| Street Tuner | 17 - Rennsport One | Nick Galante Spencer Pumpelly | Porsche Cayman |
| Street Tuner | 18 - Rennsport One | Connor Bloum Aurora Straus | Porsche Cayman |
| Street Tuner | 25 - Freedom Autosport | Stevan McAleer Chad McCumbee | Mazda MX-5 |
| Street Tuner | 26 - Freedom Autosport | Andrew Carbonell Liam Dwyer | Mazda MX-5 |
| Street Tuner | 27 - Freedom Autosport | Britt Casey Jr. Tom Long | Mazda MX-5 |
| Grand Sport | 28 - Rennsport One | Dillon Machavern Dylan Murcott | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR |
| Street Tuner | 31 - Bodymotion Racing | Devin Jones Drake Kemper | Porsche Cayman |
| Grand Sport | 33 - CJ Wilson Racing | Till Bechtolsheimer Marc Miller | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport |
| Street Tuner | 34 - Murillo Racing | Christopher Stone Christian Szymczak | Mazda MX-5 |
| Grand Sport | 35 - CJ Wilson Racing | Damien Faulkner Russell Ward | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport |
| Street Tuner | 37 - MINI JCW Team | Mike LaMarra James Vance | MINI JCW |
| Grand Sport | 38 - BGB Motorsports | James Cox John Tecce | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR |
| Street Tuner | 39 - Goldcrest Motorsports | Angus Rogers Curt Swearingin | Porsche Cayman |
| Street Tuner | 44 - CRG-I Do Borrow | Sarah Cattaneo Owen Trinkler | Nissan Altima Coupe |
| Street Tuner | 52 - MINI JCW Team | Mark Pombo Jared Salinsky | MINI JCW |
| Street Tuner | 54 - JDC/Miller MotorSports | Michael Johnson Stephen Simpson | BMW 228i |
| Street Tuner | 56 - Murillo Racing | Eric Foss Justin Piscitell | Porsche Cayman |
| Grand Sport | 59 - KohR Motorsports | Scott Maxwell Jack Roush Jr. | Ford Mustang GT4 |
| Grand Sport | 60 - KohR Motorsports | Dean Martin Nate Stacy | Ford Mustang GT4 |
| Street Tuner | 65 - Murillo Racing | Brent Mosing Tim Probert | Porsche Cayman |
| Grand Sport | 69 - Motorsport in Action | Chris Green Jesse Lazare | McLaren 570S GT4 |
| Street Tuner | 73 - MINI JCW Team | Derek Jones Mat Pombo | MINI JCW |
| Street Tuner | 75 - C360R | Roy Block Pierre Kleinubing | Audi S3 |
| Grand Sport | 76 - C360R | Paul Holton Matt Plumb | McLaren 570S GT4 |
| Grand Sport | 77 - C360R | Matthew Keegan Nico Rondet | McLaren 570S GT4 |
| Street Tuner | 81 - BimmerWorld Racing | Ari Balogh Greg Liefooghe | BMW 328i |
| Street Tuner | 84 - BimmerWorld Racing | James Clay Tyler Cooke | BMW 328i |
| Grand Sport | 99 - Automatic Racing | Al Carter Steven Phillips | Aston Martin Vantage GT4 |
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