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.
History 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"."In 2012, Nationwide, 2 road-course races join Sprint Cup at IMS," The Indianapolis Star, July 7, 2011. 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 two 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. The race stayed as a six hour race in 2025, but is set to revert to being a two hours, 40 minute race in 2026 and will be replaced as a six hour Endurance Cup race by the IMSA SportsCar Weekend at Road America.
Race winners YearDateScheduleddurationClassOverall winner(s)EntrantCarElapsed distanceReportRefTimeLaps Rolex Sports Car Series 2012 July 27 3 hours Daytona Prototype Sébastien Bourdais Alex Popow Starworks Motorsport Riley Ford 3:00:55.304 91 Report 2013 July 26 3 hours Daytona Prototype Ryan Dalziel Alex Popow Starworks Motorsport Riley BMW 3:00:28.287 107 Report IMSA Weathertech Sports Car Series 2014 July 25 2 hours 45 minutes Prototype Christian Fittipaldi João Barbosa Action Express Racing Chevrolet Corvette DP 2:46:02.720 218 Report 2015–2022 Not Held 2023 September 17 2 hours 40 minutes GTP Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 2:41:00.878 113 Report 2024 September 22 6 hours GTP Philipp Eng Jesse Krohn BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 6:00:54.050 219 Report 2025 September 21 6 hours GTP Jack Aitken Earl Bamber Frederik Vesti Cadillac Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R 6:00:41.285 243 Report 2026 September 20 2 hours 40 minutes GTP Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor BMW M Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 112 Report
Support races 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, 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.
YearDateScheduleddurationClassWinning driversCarElapsed distanceMilesLaps Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge 2012 July 27 2.5 hours Grand Sport Lawson Aschenbach Eric CurranChevrolet 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 Michelin Pilot Challenge 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 2024 September 21 2 hours Grand Sport Sean McAlister Jeff Westphal BMW M4 GT4 Gen II 173.1 71 Touring Car Mason Filippi Mark Wilkins Hyundai Elantra N TCR 173.1 71 2025 September 20 2 hours Grand Sport Michael Cooper Moisey Uretsky McLaren Artura GT4 173.1 71 Touring Car Tyler Gonzalez Eric Powell Cupra León VZ TCR 173.1 71 2026 September 20 2 hours Grand Sport Michael Cooper Moisey Uretsky McLaren Artura GT4 173.1 71 Touring Car Steven Clemons Tyler Gonzalez Cupra León VZ TCR 173.1 71
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