| GTP, GTD PRO Field Set for Second WeatherTech Championship 100-Minute Street Race of 2025 May 21, 2025By Tony DiZinnoIMSA Wire Service |
| Entry List (Click Here) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship caps off the first five months of the 2025 calendar on the streets of Detroit for the Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic, with a second visit to the new downtown circuit that premiered in 2023 and where WeatherTech Championship competitors raced for the first time in 2024. While Porsche has started strongly across both Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) and Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO), the rest of the field looks to stop the win streaks in their respective classes. A total of 22 cars, split evenly with 11 cars in each class, will take to Detroit for the 100-minute sprint race on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on Peacock, IMSA Radio and globally via the IMSA Official YouTube channel. The only changes among those 22 cars come at Vasser Sullivan Racing. Jack Hawksworth returns to the GTD PRO class for a one-off cameo filling in for Ben Barnicoat in the No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3 alongside Aaron Telitz, as Barnicoat continues his recovery. Parker Thompson and Frankie Montecalvo also step up from GTD in a second Vasser Sullivan Racing GTD PRO Lexus, renumbered No. 15 for the one-off appearance. Fast Facts Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic Detroit Street Course – Detroit, Michigan May 30-31, 2025 Race Day/Time: Saturday, May 31 – 3:40 p.m. ET Peacock Streaming Coverage: LIVE – Flag-to-flag beginning at 3:30 p.m. (internationally via IMSA.TV and IMSA Official YouTube channel) Live Qualifying Stream: Friday, May 30 – 4:50 p.m. (Peacock in the U.S., globally via IMSA.TV and IMSA Official YouTube channel) IMSA Radio: Selected sessions on XM 206, Web/App 996 Circuit Type: 1.654-mile, nine-turn temporary street course Classes Competing: Grand Touring Prototype (GTP), GT Daytona Pro (GTD PRO)Race Length: 100 minutes Event Social Media: X/Twitter: @detroitgp Instagram: @detroitgp Facebook: @detroitgp Event Hashtags: #IMSA, #DetroitGP WeatherTech Championship Track Records GTP: Nick Tandy, Porsche 963, 1:05.390 / 90.564 mph, May 2024 GTD PRO: Antonio Garcia, Corvette Z06 GT3.R, 1:09.092 / 85.711 mph, May 2024 2024 Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic Winners GTP: Filipe Albuquerque/Ricky Taylor, No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-06 GTD PRO: Laurin Heinrich/Seb Priaulx, No. 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 2024 Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic Motul Pole Award Winners GTP: Nick Tandy, No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 GTD PRO: Antonio Garcia, No. 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette Z06 GT3.R StorylinesHometown Manufacturer Battle: “Cadillac kind of prioritizes this race and Daytona as the two big ones on the IMSA schedule, and then obviously Le Mans. We know the pressure’s always on when we go to Detroit,” said Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing’s Jordan Taylor. Cadillac is one of three Motown-centric brands along with fellow General Motors brand Chevrolet and crosstown rivals Ford that place extra importance on racing in Detroit. However, German brands have been atop the charts this year; Porsche has four GTP and two GTD PRO wins, BMW has four GTP poles and Mercedes-AMG has two GTD wins. Final Street Sprint: After Long Beach, the Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic marks the second of two 100-minute sprint races and second street course race of the year. Repeat Championship Leaders: Entering Detroit in 2024, the No. 7 Porsche led the GTP championship by 50 points (No. 31 Cadillac Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R was second) and the No. 77 AO Racing Porsche led in GTD PRO by 56 points (No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 was second). Twelve months later, the same two cars lead GTP and GTD PRO heading into Detroit. This time the No. 7 Porsche leads teammates in the No. 6 car by 91 points, with AO’s No. 77 car atop GTD PRO by 70 ahead of the No. 3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R. CrowdStrike Endurance, Teamwork and Speed Award: The No. 81 DragonSpeed Ferrari 296 GT3 was awarded the CrowdStrike Endurance, Teamwork and Speed Award at the most recent IMSA race, the TireRack.com Monterey SportsCar Championship. This entry will be presented with the award during prerace ceremonies. Click here for a list of the 2025 winners and award criteria. Who’s Hot? Porsche in both GTP and GTD PRO: Porsche Penske Motorsport is a perfect four-for-four in GTP this season and seeks to emulate Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing in winning each of the first five top prototype class races (2017). Similarly, AO Racing is riding a three-race win streak across both GT classes, in GTD PRO at Sebring and Monterey and also in a one-off GTD outing at Long Beach. Who’s Good Here? Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing: Good at two Detroit layouts (Belle Isle and downtown Detroit) with three different cars, this team has won five races with Corvette DP, Cadillac DPi and Acura GTP cars in the past 13 years with either Taylor brother and Filipe Albuquerque. A win with its Cadillac V-Series.R GTP car would give the WTR crew a “six-pack” of wins in the Motor City. Renger van der Zande: Beyond the two Taylor brothers, the Dutchman has been a street course master throughout his IMSA career, scoring four wins on Detroit’s previous Belle Isle layout. Previous Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic Winners in 2025 Field (9) Jordan Taylor (5): GT – 2012; DP – 2013; P – 2014, 2016, 2017 Renger van der Zande (4): PC – 2015, 2016; DPi – 2021, 2022 Ricky Taylor (4): P – 2014, 2016, 2017; GTP – 2024 Filipe Albuquerque (1): GTP – 2024 Ross Gunn (1): GTD – 2021 Jack Hawksworth (1): GTD – 2019 Laurin Heinrich (1): GTD PRO – 2024 Felipe Nasr (1): P – 2018 Seb Priaulx (1): GTD PRO – 2024 Previous Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic Pole Winners in 2025 Field (4) Gianmaria Bruni (1): GT2 – 2007 Antonio Garcia (1): GTD PRO – 2024 Jordan Taylor (1): DP – 2013 Nick Tandy (1): GTP – 2024 Previous Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic Winning Teams in 2025 Field (8) Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing (5): DP –2013; P – 2014, 2016, 2017; GTP – 2024 Action Express Racing (3): DP – 2012; P – 2015, 2018 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports (2): GT1 – 2007, 2008 Team Penske (2): P2 – 2007; DPi – 2019 Acura Meyer Shank Racing (2): GTD – 2017, 2018 Vasser Sullivan Racing (2): GTD – 2019, 2022 AO Racing (1): GTD PRO – 2024 Heart of Racing Team (1): GTD – 2021 Previous Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic Winning Manufacturers in 2025 Field (7) Chevrolet – 9 Acura – 5 Cadillac – 4 Porsche – 4 Ferrari – 2 Lexus – 2 Aston Martin – 1 |
