Plenty of firsts expected at IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Battle of the Bricks at IMS.
Indy is familiar turf to a majority of the GTP teams looking to make their mark.There are not a lot of first-time occurrences left at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which has become the heartland’s racing crossroads by hosting just about everything except a car versus airplane race. But when IMSA returns to the Speedway after a nine-year absence for the WeatherTech Championship’s Battle of the Bricks this weekend, there will be some significant firsts.
Five of the GTP teams will chase the honor of becoming the first to win an Indy 500 and a GTP race at the fabled track, if one includes Wayne Taylor Racing’s partner Rarely has there been a stranger race than the 2005 U.S. Grand Prix, where six cars ran in tandem for the full race distance, led by the Ferraris ofand Rubins Barrichello. After numerous tire failures in practice and qualifying, the 14 cars on Michelins were driven into the pits on Sunday following the formation lap, leaving the race to the three teams on Bridgestone tires, which included Jordan and Minardi.
It’s expected to be a close race after testing in July resulted in nine GTPs lapping within six-tenths of a second on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile circuit, led by drivers of the BMW M Team RLL, followed closely by Sebastian Bourdais, driver of the Cadillac V-Series.R of Chip Ganassi Racing.Vladimir RysAs part of the green push, teams are limited to three sets of Michelins, including qualifying. That leaves them an option of changing just two tires on a pit stop.
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