IMSA Announces Return to Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2023

Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a person of the most storied venues in not just racing, but in all of American athletics. For about 80 several years, the 2.5-mile speedway entirely hosted 1 event for each calendar year, the Indianapolis 500. This tradition finished in 1994 with NASCAR browsing the keep track of for the inaugural Brickyard 400, adopted by Formulation A single in 2000 for the United States Grand Prix. IMSA has introduced these days that its flagship collection, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, will be returning to the Brickyard up coming time.

IMSA President John Doonan claimed in a assertion:

“There has been mutual desire and quite a few conversations between IMSA and IMS management for really some time to deliver our brand name of premium stamina sports vehicle racing back to the Speedway and our collective followers. As we start an remarkable new era in 2023 and introduce GTP as our leading group of prototypes together with a lot of of our other effective groups and sanctioned series, the timing is right for a whole weekend of IMSA motion in Indianapolis and on NBC next drop.”

The IMSA Battle on the Bricks will be a two-hour and forty-moment race on the speedway’s 14-change, 2.439-mile road program on September 17th, 2023, which will provide as the penultimate occasion of the 2023 IMSA season. The three-day party will also attribute the IMSA Michelin Pilot Problem support series in a four-hour race on Saturday that will close in darkness. The athletics auto racing sanctioning overall body has also confirmed that the 2024 and 2025 races at the Brickyard will be for a longer time gatherings ending at night, alongside the Rolex 24 at Daytona and other marquee races as an Endurance Cup spherical.

IMSA had last frequented the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2014 for the Brickyard Grand Prix. On the other hand, the weekend’s spectators in 2023 will also be provided the special possibility to camp in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway infield. The famed venue does not allow race attendees to camp in the infield through any other race weekend at the speedway.