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| IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | |
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| Venue | Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
| Corporate sponsor | Tirerack.com |
| First race | 2023 |
| Duration | 6 hours 2 hours 40 minutes (formerly) |
| Previous names | Brickyard Grand Prix (2012–2014) |
| Most wins (driver) | 👁 Venezuela Alex Popow (2) |
| Most wins (team) | 👁 United States Starworks Motorsport (2) |
| Most wins (manufacturer) | 👁 United States Riley (2) |
The Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks is an IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship event held on the combined road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.
The original version of the race, held from 2012 to 2014, was a support race for the Brickyard 400, as part of "Kroger Super Weekend at the Brickyard".[1] In its first two years, it was held as part of the Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series, and moved to the United SportsCar Championship in 2014. The race went on hiatus after 2014.
The race was revived in 2023, as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. It is now held as a stand-alone event held in September. For 2023, the race was a 2 hours, 40 minute length. For 2024, the race expanded to that of being an endurance race and is one of the major endurance races on the IMSA schedule, joining Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen, and Petit Le Mans.[2] The race stayed as a 6 Hour race in 2025, but is set to revert to being a 2 hours, 40 minute race in 2026 and will be replaced as a 6 hour Endurance Cup race by the IMSA SportsCar Weekend at Road America.
Race winners
[edit]Rolex Sports Car Series
[edit]| Year | Date | Scheduled duration |
Class | Winning drivers | Car | Elapsed distance | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles | Laps | |||||||
| 2012 | July 27 | 3 hours | Daytona Prototype | 👁 France Sébastien Bourdais 👁 Venezuela Alex Popow |
Riley Ford | 230.6 | 91 | Report |
| Grand Touring | 👁 United States Andy Lally 👁 United States John Potter |
Porsche GT3 | 230.6 | 91 | ||||
| 2013 | July 26 | 3 hours | Daytona Prototype | 👁 United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel 👁 Venezuela Alex Popow |
Riley BMW | 271.1 | 107 | Report |
| Grand Touring | 👁 United States Jeff Segal 👁 Italy Max Papis |
Ferrari 458 | 261.0 | 103 | ||||
| GX | 👁 United States Tom Long 👁 Canada Sylvain Tremblay |
Mazda 6 | 243.3 | 96 | ||||
IMSA Weathertech Sports Car Series
[edit]| Season | Date | Overall winner(s) | Entrant | Car | Distance/Duration | Race title | Report | ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMSA SportsCar Championship | ||||||||
| 2014 | July 25 | 👁 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 👁 Portugal Joao Barbosa |
👁 United States Action Express Racing |
Chevrolet Corvette DP | 2:46:02,720 | Brickyard Grand Prix | Report | [3] |
| 2023 | September 17 | 👁 France Mathieu Jaminet 👁 United Kingdom Nick Tandy |
👁 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport |
Porsche 963 | 2:41:00.878 | Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks | Report | [4] |
| 2024 | September 22 | 👁 Austria Philipp Eng 👁 Finland Jesse Krohn |
👁 United States BMW M Team RLL |
BMW M Hybrid V8 | 6:00:54.050 | Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks | Report | [5] |
| 2025 | September 21 | 👁 United Kingdom Jack Aitken 👁 New Zealand Earl Bamber 👁 Denmark Frederik Vesti |
👁 United States Cadillac Whelen |
Cadillac V-Series.R | 6:00:41.285 | Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks | Report | [6] |
Support races
[edit]The Brickyard Sports Car Challenge is a sports car race in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge series (formerly the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge), with two classes being run concurrently. It was held as support to the Brickyard Grand Prix,[1] which was in turn a support race to the Brickyard 400. The 2023 revival will be one of IMSA's major races, as a four-hour race.
Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
[edit]| Year | Date | Scheduled duration |
Class | Winning drivers | Car | Elapsed distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles | Laps | ||||||
| 2012 | July 27 | 2.5 hours | Grand Sport | 👁 United States Lawson Aschenbach 👁 United States Eric Curran |
Chevrolet Camaro | 149.5 | 59 |
| Street Tuner | 👁 United States Daniel Rogers 👁 United States Seth Thomas |
BMW 328i | 147.0 | 58 | |||
| 2013 | July 26 | 2.5 hours | Grand Sport | 👁 United States Mark Boden 👁 United States Bryan Sellers |
BMW M3 | 187.5 | 74 |
| Street Tuner | 👁 United States Terry Borcheller 👁 United States Mike LaMarra |
BMW 128i | 185.0 | 73 | |||
| 2014 | July 25 | 2.5 hours | Grand Sport | 👁 United Kingdom Robin Liddell 👁 United States Andrew Davis |
Chevrolet Camaro | 209.8 | 86 |
| Street Tuner | 👁 United States Cody Ellsworth 👁 United States Corey Lewis |
Porsche Cayman | 204.9 | 84 | |||
Michelin Pilot Challenge
[edit]| Year | Date | Scheduled duration |
Class | Winning drivers | Car | Elapsed distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles | Laps | ||||||
| 2023 | September 16 | 4 hours | Grand Sport | 👁 Canada Daniel Morad 👁 United States Bryce Ward |
Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 268.3 | 110 |
| Touring Car | 👁 United States Chris Miller 👁 South Africa Mikey Taylor |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | 236.8 | 110 | |||
| 2024 | September 21 | 2 hours | Grand Sport | 👁 United States Sean McAlister 👁 United States Jeff Westphal |
BMW M4 GT4 Gen II | 173.1 | 71 |
| Touring Car | 👁 United States Mason Filippi 👁 Canada Mark Wilkins |
Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 173.1 | 71 | |||
| 2025 | September 20 | 2 hours | Grand Sport | 👁 United States Michael Cooper 👁 Image Moisey Uretsky |
McLaren Artura GT4 | 173.1 | 71 |
| Touring Car | 👁 United States Tyler Gonzalez 👁 United States Eric Powell |
Cupra León VZ TCR | 173.1 | 71 | |||
Course layout
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Combined road course layout utilized 2012–2013
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Combined road course layout utilized 2014, 2023–present
References
[edit]- ^ a b "In 2012, Nationwide, 2 road-course races join Sprint Cup at IMS," The Indianapolis Star, July 7, 2011.
- ^ "IMSA Returns for the Battle on the Bricks".
- ^ "Race Report" (PDF). IMSA. 29 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Tirerack.com Battle On The Bricks – Race Official Results (2 Hours 40 Minutes)" (PDF). imsa.results.alkamelcloud.com. Alkamel Systems. September 20, 2023. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
- ^ "Tirerack.com Battle On The Bricks – Race Unofficial Results (6 Hours)" (PDF). imsa.results.alkamelcloud.com. Alkamel Systems. September 22, 2024. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
- ^ "Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks – Race Official Results (6 Hours)" (PDF). IMSA Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. September 26, 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 8, 2025. Retrieved October 7, 2025.