The US’s House for Racing will add to its renowned historical previous with two nights of IMSA action for the length of the Financial institution of The US ROVAL™ 400 NASCAR playoff weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT lessons will invent their ROVAL™ debut Oct. 9 and 10 sooner than the NASCAR Cup Sequence Financial institution of The US ROVAL™ 400 returns on Oct. 11, marking the fundamental time the 2 sequence dangle scoot on the identical tournament since 2014.
“When Speedway Motorsports CEO Marcus Smith first envisioned the ROVAL™, a part of that vision integrated bringing sleek sequence to the word apart from to our traditional NASCAR Cup Sequence occasions,” stated Greg Walter, government vice president and normal supervisor of Charlotte Motor Speedway. “We ogle forward to working in partnership with IMSA to provide a different standpoint to scoot followers and a one-of-a-kind challenge to the drivers who would perchance be tasked with tackling this technically revolutionary course.”
The inaugural two-day IMSA tournament will consist of a 60-minute WeatherTech Championship session for both of the sequence’ GT lessons on Friday night and a 100-minute scoot on Saturday night. Competition will encompass all 17 turns of the technical 2.28-mile course, combining the tight corners of an world-class aspect street course with the excessive-tempo finesse of oval word racing.
“We’re grateful to Marcus Smith, Greg Walter and the crew at Charlotte Motor Speedway for providing the opportunity to carry the highly competitive IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT lessons to the ROVAL™,” stated IMSA President John Doonan. “Our groups, drivers and manufacturers will like this likelihood to acquaint themselves with the queer ROVAL™ circuit, and we inquire of this might perchance furthermore also be an spirited tournament for scoot followers.”
The GT Le Mans (GTLM) class will headline the scoot, bringing the realm’s most attention-grabbing GT groups and drivers to the ROVAL. GTLM vehicles such because the Corvette C8.R, Porsche 911 RSR and BMW M8 are eligible to compete now now not easiest in the WeatherTech Championship, however also in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The field is anticipated to consist of numerous Le Mans-kindly drivers in conjunction with Jordan Taylor, Antonio Garcia, Tommy Miltner, Oliver Gavin, Earl Bamber, Laurens Vanthoor and Nick Tandy.
The GT Daytona (GTD) class involves world-class scoot vehicles ready by honorable scoot groups, with every crew fielding a combination of honorable and amateur drivers. Autos from 10 different manufacturers – Acura, Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lexus, McLaren, Mercedes-AMG and Porsche – are eligible to compete, with drivers on the reduction of the wheels equivalent to 2011 NASCAR Cup Sequence rookie-of-the-yr Andy Lally and Invoice Auberlen who’s currently tied with Scott Pruett atop the all-time IMSA wins record.
The Charlotte ROVAL™ IMSA scoot would perchance be telecast by NBC Sports with command time and network exiguous print to be announced.
Charlotte Motor Speedway and IMSA continue to work with remark/local health officers surrounding alternatives for salvage admission to to the tournament for followers for the length of the continued COVID-19 pandemic, however no determinations were made at the present.
— Charlotte Motor Speedway —
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