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IMSA Battle on the Bricks

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IMSA Battle on the Bricks

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Venue	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Corporate sponsor	Tirerack.com
First race	2023
Duration	2 hours 40 minutes (formerly) 6 hours
Previous names	Brickyard Grand Prix (2012–2014)
Most wins (driver)	Mathieu Jaminet, Nick Tandy, Mikkel Jensen, Steven Thomas, Wayne Boyd, Anthony Mantella, Jules Gounon, Daniel Juncadella, Russell Ward, Philip Ellis (1)
Most wins (team)	Porsche Penske Motorsport, TDS Racing, AWA, WeatherTech Racing, Winward Racing (1)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Mercedes-Benz (2)

The Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks is an IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship event held on the combined road courseatIndianapolis Motor SpeedwayinSpeedway, 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 will expand to an endurance race and be one of the major endurance races on the IMSA schedule, joining Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen, and Petit Le Mans.^[2]

Year	Date	Scheduled duration	Class	Winning drivers	Car	Elapsed distance
						Miles	Laps
2012	July 27	3 hours	Daytona Prototype	Sébastien Bourdais Alex Popow	Riley Ford	230.6	91
			Grand Touring	Andy Lally John Potter	Porsche GT3	230.6	91
2013	July 26	3 hours	Daytona Prototype	Ryan Dalziel Alex Popow	Riley BMW	271.1	107
			Grand Touring	Jeff Segal Max Papis	Ferrari 458	261.0	103
			GX	Tom Long Sylvain Tremblay	Mazda6	243.3	96

Year	Date	Scheduled duration	Class	Winning drivers	Car	Elapsed distance
						Miles	Laps
2014	July 25	2 hour, 40 minutes	Prototype	Christian Fittipaldi Joao Barbosa	Chevrolet Corvette	263.4	108
			Prototype Challenge	Chris Cumming Jack Hawksworth	Oreca Chevrolet	261.0	107
			GT Le Mans	Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer	Dodge Viper	256.1	105
			GT Daytona	Alessandro Balzan Jeff Westphal	Ferrari 458	248.8	102

Season	Date	Overall Winner(s)	Entrant	Car	Distance/Duration	Race Title	Report	ref
IMSA SportsCar Championship
2023	September 17	Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Porsche 963	2 hour, 40 minutes	IMSA Battle on the Bricks	Report	[3]
2024					6 hours	Tirerack.com IMSA Battle on the Bricks

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.

Year	Date	Scheduled duration	Class	Winning drivers	Car	Elapsed distance
						Miles	Laps
2012	July 27	2.5 hours	Grand Sport	Lawson Aschenbach Eric Curran	Chevrolet Camaro	149.5	59
			Street Tuner	Daniel Rogers Seth Thomas	BMW 328i	147.0	58
2013	July 26	2.5 hours	Grand Sport	Mark Boden Bryan Sellers	BMW M3	187.5	74
			Street Tuner	Terry Borcheller Mike LaMarra	BMW 128i	185.0	73
2014	July 25	2.5 hours	Grand Sport	Robin Liddell Andrew Davis	Chevrolet Camaro	209.8	86
			Street Tuner	Cody Ellsworth Corey Lewis	Porsche Cayman	204.9	84

Year	Date	Scheduled duration	Class	Winning drivers	Car	Elapsed distance
						Miles	Laps
2023	September 16	4 hours	Grand Sport	Daniel Morad Bryce Ward	Mercedes-AMG GT4	268.3	110
			Touring Car	Chris Miller Mikey Taylor	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	236.8	110

Combined road course layout utilized 2014, 2023-present