This weekend, IMSA’s top series will be back in action at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Ontario, the sole race weekend in Canada. The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will serve as the headliners.
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Chevrolet Grand Prix
This weekend’s Chevrolet Grand Prix has 35 teams entered in three classes. This will be the only race of the year in which the LMP2 class will serve as the top class.
The LMP2 class has 12 entries, the same as at Watkins Glen, but there are a lot of changes. This is mostly due to the fact that the race is in direct conflict with the FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Sao Paulo.
At United Autosports, both cars have revised lineups. Tom Blomqvist, normally of Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian, will be in the No. 22 alongside Dan Goldburg in place of Paul di Resta, who is a factory Peugeot racer. Blomqvist is fresh off of his first win of the year at Watkins Glen.
Phil Fayer is in the No. 2 alongside Ben Hanley. He’s racing in place of Nick Boulle. At CrowdStrike Racing by APR, Alex Quinn will be in the car as both Malthe Jakobsen and Toby Sowery have commitments.
At Tower Motorsports, Renger van der Zande will drive the No. 8 in place of Sebastien Bourdais, who will be in Sao Paulo. TDS Racing has Hunter McAlrea, the team’s third driver in place of Mikkel Jensen.
Ryan Dalziel is back in the car at Era Motorsport alongside Travis Hill in another revised lineup. Hill, who is making his series debut, is racing in place of Tobias Lutke, who has a scheduling conflict.
AF Corse’s No. 88 is not entered this weekend. In their place is JDC-Miller Motorsports’ No. 79, a one-off entry for Gerry Kraut and Scott Andrews. This team ran last year only at CTMP.
In GTD Pro, there are 10 teams entered, the same as at Watkins Glen. The only change here is at DragonSpeed, where Giacomo Altoe is back in the car in place of Davide Rigon, who will be in Sao Paulo for Vista AF Corse.
The GTD class has 13 teams entered, down from 20 in Watkins Glen. Teams that are not entered include Van der Steur Racing, AF Corse’s No. 21, Triarsi Competizione’s No. 023, Magnus Racing, Cetilar Racing and Lone Star Racing, all of which are part-time teams.
The more surprising team that is not entered is Korthoff Competition Motors, which is a full-time operation. Kenton Koch is currently sixth in points, but would drop back by missing the race.
Not so fast. He’ll be in the No. 021 Ferrari for Triarsi Competizione this weekend alongside team owner Onofrio Triarsi.
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At The Heart of Racing, Tom Gamble is out due to his Valkyrie commitments, so Casper Stevenson will take his place. Finally, both DXDT Racing and Gradient Racing are back with their sprint lineups, meaning that Robert Wickens is back for his home race.
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Chevrolet Grand Prix Entry List
IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 120
For Michelin Pilot Challenge, they have 34 cars entered for Saturday’s two-hour sprint race. This is down five entries from Watkins Glen.
In the Grand Sport class, there are 20 teams entered, down from effectively 21 in Watkins Glen. The teams that aren’t entered as CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing’s No. 4, Panam Motorsport’s No. 54 and KohR Motorsports’ No. 60, which never actually saw the track.
AR Motorsports is back with their Porsche for Thomas Merrill and David Hampton. Merrill put the car on the overall pole last time out at Mid-Ohio.
At McCumbee McAleer Racing, Nate Cicero is in the Mustang alongside Jenson Altzman this weekend, replacing team co-owner Chad McCumbee. This will be Cicero’s debut.
At Czabok Simpson Motorsports, there’s a driver swap. Nikita Lastochkin moves back to the No. 2 Porsche this weekend in place of Fayer, who will focus on his LMP2 debut. Harrison Goodman is back in the No. 16 alongside Zach Veach.
In TCR, there are 14 teams entered, down three from Watkins Glen. Teams that are not entered are Gou Racing, HART and RVA Graphics Motorsports. Otherwise, there are no driver changes in the class.
IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 120 Entry List
IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge at CTMP
There are 19 cars entered in this weekend’s pair of VP Racing SportsCar Challenge races at CTMP, down two entries from Mid-Ohio.
There are five teams entered in the LMP3 class. The addition is Jonathan Woolridge, who is back with MLT Motorsports. Matthew Dicken is also back with RAFA Racing Team after sitting out Mid-Ohio.
In GTDX, there are five entries, down one entry from Mid-Ohio. AF Corse is not bringing the No. 50 Ferrari, which was driven by Rodin Younessi last time out.
The GSX class has nine entries, down from 11 at Mid-Ohio. Kingpin Racing’s Rob Walker and Turner Motorsport’s Matt Dalton are not entered.
IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge at CTMP Entry List
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