With long straights, fast corners and a festive atmosphere, Elkhart Lake’s Road America serves as one of the favorite stops for Michelin on the IMSA schedule.
The IMSA Road Race Showcase at “America’s National Park of Speed” is Round 9 of 12 for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and Round 7 of 10 for IMSA MICHELIN Pilot Challenge competitors.
The WeatherTech Championship race begins Sunday, August 4, at 2:30 p.m. EDT (NBC Sports App) with television coverage slated for 6 p.m. EDT on NBCSN. The Pilot Challenge race is at 5:05 p.m. EDT (IMSA.TV). IMSA Radio covers all sessions on-track flag-to-flag, commercial free.
Notes to glean from this race’s Michelin Event Card (linked above):
DPi and LMP2 competitors have 10 sets of their semi-confidential IMSA Hard compound tires.
GTLM competitors have 10 sets of their proprietary GTLM range.
GTD competitors have 8 sets of the MICHELINu00ae Pilotu00ae Sport GT S9M commercial tires.
IMSA MICHELIN Pilot Challenge GS and TCR competitors have 5 and 4 sets, respectively, of MICHELINu00ae Pilotu00ae Sport GT S9M tires for the weekend.
The DPi field has just three races remaining, and has seen Cadillac (3 in a row), Acura (2 in a row and Mazda (2 in a row) all deliver win streaks.
Quote: “Road America still works the tires pretty hard. But Road America has more straightaway length than some other circuits,” says Ken Payne, technical director, motorsport, Michelin North America.
Stream: NBC Sports App, Sunday, August 4, 2:30 p.m. EDT.
TV Broadcast: NBCSN, Sunday, August 4, 6 p.m. EDT
Radio: IMSA Radio broadcasts all sessions live from trackside via RS2, IMSA Radio.
At Road America, stations are Sirius 138, XM 202, SiriusXM Online 972.