Intersport Racing announced their reconstitution as an IMSA team Tuesday (Sept. 9). They will compete full-time in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2026 using the No. 37 that they previously used in the 2000s.
Jon Field (pictured above while practicing at Daytona in January for Inter Europol Competition) is the primary owner of the team. He is partnering with HMD Motorsports, which primarily races in the Firestone Indy NXT Series. The team will be based in HMD’s shop.
“I am very excited to be back in IMSA and to see the Intersport Racing name return to the paddock,” Field stated in a press release. “This long-term partnership with HMD Motorsports is something I’m truly looking forward to as we head into 2026 with big plans for the future. Henry [Malukas] and Mike [Maurini] operate a top-tier program in other series, and I know they are motivated to bring that same level of drive and professionalism to IMSA. We’ve already been in discussions with several drivers and key partners, and we’ll be on track next week with our LMP2 car for its initial shakedown. From there, we have a comprehensive testing program ahead of our debut at the Rolex 24 — and I can’t wait.”
Field, 69, is a longtime competitor in sports car racing dating back to 1996. His debut came in the 1996 Rolex 24 at Daytona in a Pegasus, a car with a BMW engine that was actually a former Nissan NPT90 that had won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1991. Since this was the World Sports Car era of sports car racing, the roof was removed from the former Nissan and a roll bar added.
From the start, Intersport Racing (originally FAB Factory Motorsport) was a prototype team. The team began with a Spice chassis before acquiring a Riley & Scott Mk. III in 1998 and rebranding themselves as Intersport Racing.
The team’s most visible successes occurred in the early 2000s. These were the early split years for sports car racing in the United States when what was IMSA had evolved into the American Le Mans Series. Meanwhile, Jim France had launched Grand-Am, which began in 2000 to effectively replace the SCCA’s revival of the United States Road Racing Championship that had died the year before.
Intersport chose to focus on Grand-Am at first and found success there. Running a Lola B2K/10 with Oliver Gavin, Field won two races in 2001 (Phoenix and Mid-Ohio) and finished fourth in points.
In 2002, the team elected to focus full-time in ALMS while still dabbling in Grand-Am. That year, Field won the LMP675 championship while racing the MG Lola EX257 on the strength of three class victories (Sebring, Washington, D.C. and Petit Le Mans).
Ultimately, Field ended up with 12 class victories in ALMS competition as a driver. Intersport Racing added a second driver’s championship in 2005 with Jon’s son Clint driving (Jon had cut back to a part-time schedule by that point). The original iteration of Intersport Racing left ALMS after the 2011 season.
After being out of racing for a decade, Field returned to motorsports in the past couple of years, racing Radicals.
He was originally signed to drive for Inter Europol Competition for the full 2025 season in the LMP2 class. However, he only competed in the Rolex 24 at Daytona before medical issues off the track sidelined him.
The team did not announce any drivers for the 2026 season Tuesday. Announcements for drivers and sponsors will come at a later date.
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