Scott Dollahite will return to the wheel of the #6 Ford Mustang GT3 EVO for the 2026 Desder Indianapolis 8 Hour as Dollahite Racing switches from Pro to Pro-Am for the GT World Challenge America powered by AWS and Intercontinental GT Challenge season finale.
The FIA Bronze-rated American will partner full-season driver Alex Sedgwick and a yet-to-be-announced Ford Racing factory driver at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Dollahite has not competed in GTWC America since last year’s Indianapolis finale, having stepped away from driving duties for 2026 as the Texas-based team moved into the Pro category with Sedgwick and Cameron Lawrence.
The revised line-up comes as Dollahite Racing opts to skip this weekend’s penultimate round at Barber Motorsports Park. With its Pro championship challenge effectively over, the team has instead shifted its attention towards assembling what it believes can be an outright-contending combination for the eight-hour finale.
Dollahite Racing abandons Pro title pursuit
Dollahite Racing entered 2026 with significantly different ambitions from its previous GTWC America campaign. After competing in Am and winning multiple races during 2025, Scott Dollahite stepped aside from the race seat to concentrate on managing the operation as Sedgwick and Lawrence moved the Mustang into the Pro category.
The transition immediately showed promise. Sedgwick and Lawrence finished third in class at the Sonoma opener before remaining part of a closely matched Pro field through the opening rounds. Their strongest result arrived at Sebring, where the team produced one of the season’s most remarkable recoveries after a brake-line failure heavily damaged the car in opening practice.
The crew worked through the night to rebuild the Mustang before Sedgwick and Lawrence qualified fourth overall and ultimately finished second. The overnight rebuild and subsequent Sebring podium underlined both the car’s speed and the team’s ability to respond under considerable pressure.
However, repeated setbacks have prevented Dollahite Racing from converting that pace into a victory or sustained championship challenge.
“Due to a couple of unforeseen events, we are no longer in contention for the Pro championship, even if we were to win every remaining race,” said team owner Bill Dollahite.
“Despite these setbacks, the team has demonstrated remarkable speed, with the Mustang GT3 leading the last three events prior to early retirements.”
Strong pace repeatedly goes unrewarded
Dollahite Racing’s results tell only part of the story of its 2026 campaign.
At Road Atlanta, an early switch to slick tyres helped the Mustang move into the overall lead as changing weather conditions disrupted much of the field. The strategy had placed Sedgwick and Lawrence in a strong position before the #6 suddenly lost power shortly after its first driver change, forcing another retirement while running at the front. The result left the pair fourth in the Pro standings after Round 4, still firmly involved in the championship despite the lost opportunity.
Road America again demonstrated the Mustang’s potential. Dollahite Racing returned to the podium with Sedgwick and Lawrence after surviving another unpredictable three-hour race, finishing third in Pro behind Turner Motorsport and JMF Motorsports. The Road America podium increased their total to 68 points, but JMF Motorsports left Wisconsin on 96 and Turner Motorsport on 92.
With Dollahite Racing now missing Barber, the 28-point deficit to JMF cannot realistically be recovered before the domestic campaign concludes at Indianapolis. Instead of continuing with its existing Pro line-up for a championship position, the team has chosen to restructure the programme around the eight-hour race.
Pro-Am switch brings Scott Dollahite back
Moving to Pro-Am creates a route for Scott Dollahite to return without abandoning the team’s intention of fighting near the front overall.
The Bronze-rated driver formed part of Dollahite Racing’s full 2025 campaign and helped establish the Mustang programme during its first complete season in GTWC America. He collected multiple Am victories before contesting the Indianapolis 8 Hour with Eric Powell and Stefano Gattuso.
Indianapolis marked the conclusion of that campaign and was Dollahite’s most recent GTWC America start. His shift towards a management role during 2026 allowed the team to build its Pro effort around Sedgwick and Lawrence, but the changed championship situation has now created an opportunity for him to return.
The #6 will remain eligible for Pro-Am because Dollahite satisfies the category’s Bronze-driver requirement, while Sedgwick and the additional Ford factory driver provide the professional component of the crew.
Bill Dollahite believes that combination gives the team a stronger opportunity to pursue the outright result that has repeatedly escaped it during the regular season.
“I talked to Ford and SRO about putting together a dream team lineup for Indy, and this trio gives us a serious bid for the overall win,” he said.
Sedgwick remains at centre of 2026 programme
While the team changes class and two-thirds of its regular line-up, Sedgwick remains the central link between Dollahite Racing’s Pro campaign and its Indianapolis ambitions.
The British driver has been one of the team’s principal performance references throughout 2026. He and Lawrence regularly qualified the Mustang among the leading Pro cars, including second overall in the opening qualifying segment at Sebring, and repeatedly put themselves into contention during the races.
Sedgwick’s relationship with the team also predates its move into Pro. He competed in the 2025 Indianapolis 8 Hour with RS1 before joining Dollahite Racing as part of its expanded ambitions for the following season.
His experience with the Mustang across Sonoma, COTA, Sebring, Road Atlanta and Road America means the returning Dollahite and incoming factory driver will join a programme with an established reference already inside the car.
Scott Dollahite believes the combination should allow the team to exploit the Mustang’s performance more consistently over eight hours.
“I’m excited to get back behind the wheel. Teamed with Alex and a Platinum driver, we should be able to maximize the full potential of the powerful Mustang GT3.”
The identity of that Platinum-rated Ford factory driver remains unannounced.
Pro-Am entry can still target outright Indianapolis victory
Although the class switch removes Dollahite Racing from the six-car Pro field, Pro-Am status does not prevent it from challenging for the overall win.
GTWC America’s 2026 sporting regulations structure the driver categories differently from a conventional all-professional endurance class, and Bronze-led Pro-Am crews have regularly challenged much higher in the overall classification during the championship.
The eight-hour Indianapolis format creates even more opportunities for those entries. Longer race duration, additional pit stops, Safety Cars, traffic and driver rotation can allow a balanced Pro-Am combination to remain in contention against the outright Pro crews deep into the race.
Several of the 20 provisional Pro-Am entries have accordingly strengthened their line-ups with factory drivers. Laurin Heinrich and Kévin Estre will join Wright Motorsports’ two Porsches, Indy Dontje completes TR3 Racing’s Mercedes-AMG crew, while Lamborghini factory driver Loris Spinelli has joined Chicago Performance’s #64 Huracán GT3 EVO2.
Dollahite Racing is taking a similar approach, pairing its Bronze-rated team owner with Sedgwick and an as-yet unnamed Ford factory driver rather than treating the class change as a step away from outright ambitions.
Mustang becomes Ford’s sole Indianapolis representative
The #6 will carry additional responsibility because it is currently the only Ford Mustang GT3 EVO on the provisional Indianapolis entry list.
Ford had previously committed to placing at least one Pro entry in every round of the 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge, but a separate factory-supported Pro Mustang has not materialised for the season finale. Dollahite Racing’s switch to Pro-Am therefore leaves the Texas operation as the manufacturer’s sole representative at Indianapolis.
That also means it will be Ford’s only opportunity to score IGTC Manufacturers’ Championship points during the final round.
The Mustang has enjoyed a growing international presence since its GT3 introduction, including programmes in IMSA, the FIA World Endurance Championship and several SRO series. Dollahite Racing has provided the platform’s primary GTWC America representation and has spent the season attempting to establish the car as a regular front-runner against Mercedes-AMG, Porsche, Ferrari and BMW machinery.
Indianapolis now gives the team a chance to measure that progress against both the domestic field and visiting international entries.
Ford’s international ambitions remain important
For Bill Dollahite, Indianapolis represents more than an opportunity to end a frustrating domestic season with a strong result.
The Intercontinental GT Challenge element exposes the team to a broader field of international GT3 operations, with European entrants including Tsunami RT, High Class Racing, Herberth Motorsport and GetSpeed Team PCX Racing joining the regular GTWC America grid.
That makes the race an important test as Dollahite Racing considers its longer-term ambitions.
“Our ultimate goal has always been a world championship,” said Bill Dollahite. “This race is an important step on that roadmap as we introduce ourselves to the highly competitive international arena.”
The team has already undergone a considerable progression in a short period. It moved from an Am-focused 2025 campaign to Pro competition this year, challenged at the front at multiple circuits and now enters an international endurance finale with factory support.
Indianapolis offers an opportunity to translate that development into the result that has so far remained elusive.
Dollahite Racing skips Barber to focus on Indianapolis
The decision to miss Barber gives the team additional time to prepare for the eight-hour finale rather than contesting a penultimate round that can no longer realistically revive its Pro championship challenge.
Sedgwick and Lawrence currently sit fifth in the Pro Drivers’ standings on 68 points following their Road America podium. JMF Motorsports’ Michai Stephens and Mikael Grenier lead on 96, while Turner Motorsport’s Justin Rothberg and Robby Foley follow on 92. With Dollahite Racing absent from Barber, the gap will only increase before Indianapolis.
The revised programme therefore marks an early end to Lawrence’s 2026 GTWC America campaign with the team, unless further plans are announced. Sedgwick continues into Indianapolis, where the focus shifts away from defending a Pro championship position and towards a single endurance result.
That change gives the team several weeks to prepare the Mustang, integrate Scott Dollahite back into the driving line-up and work with the incoming Ford factory driver.
Indianapolis provides one final chance to convert pace
Dollahite Racing’s 2026 season has repeatedly demonstrated what the Mustang can do without yet producing the victory the team believes its performance deserves.
The rebuilt car finished second at Sebring. It led at Road Atlanta before losing power. It returned to the podium at Road America after another race in which its pace placed it among the leading Pro entries. Those performances have created a stronger picture than its fourth-place position in the Teams’ Championship alone suggests.
Indianapolis now presents a different challenge. The class has changed, Scott Dollahite returns to the cockpit and Lawrence makes way for a factory driver, but the target remains the same: fight at the front.
For Dollahite Racing, abandoning its fading Pro championship pursuit is not intended as a retreat. The team sees the Pro-Am switch as its best opportunity to end 2026 by finally converting the Mustang’s demonstrated speed into an overall victory — while simultaneously taking its first significant step onto the IGTC stage.
