Five-time IndyCar champion Álex Palou will return to the Indianapolis 8 Hour with Mercedes-AMG Team Lone Star Racing as the manufacturer prepares to fight for titles across two championships at the 2026 season finale. The Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) and GT World Challenge (GTWC) America powered by AWS will conclude their seasons at the DESDER…
Tom Sargent will miss the season-ending Indianapolis 8 Hour despite leading the GT World Challenge (GTWC) America powered by AWS Pro-Am standings as he prioritises his 2026 European Le Mans Series (ELMS) LMGT3 title challenge. The Porsche Motorsport North America Selected Driver and GMG Racing teammate Kyle Washington returned to the top of the Pro-Am…
Wright Motorsports has withdrawn its No. 242 Porsche 911 GT3 R from this weekend’s GT World Challenge (GTWC) America round at Barber Motorsports Park as Therese Lahlouh continues to recover from an acute illness and allergic reaction. Lahlouh had been due to share the Pro-Am entry with Thomas Merrill at the penultimate round of the…
BMW factory driver Connor De Phillippi will join Turner Motorsport for the 2026 Indianapolis 8 Hour, completing the team’s line-up for the GT World Challenge (GTWC) America powered by AWS season finale. De Phillippi will join Robby Foley and Justin Rothberg aboard the #29 BMW M4 GT3 EVO for the October event at Indianapolis Motor…
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…
Lamborghini factory driver Loris Spinelli will complete Chicago Performance and Tuning Co.’s line-up for the 2026 Desder Indianapolis 8 Hour, joining Mads Siljehaug and Nicolai Elghanayan in the team’s #64 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2. Spinelli’s race seat represents a natural progression from the role he has already played within Chicago Performance’s partial-season GT World Challenge…
A record 29-car provisional entry has been confirmed for the 2026 Desder Indianapolis 8 Hour, which will conclude both the GT World Challenge America powered by AWS and Intercontinental GT Challenge seasons at Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 8-10 October. The initial list features nine manufacturers across six Pro, 20 Pro-Am and three Am entries, surpassing…
Porsche factory drivers Laurin Heinrich and Kévin Estre will complete Wright Motorsports’ two-car Pro-Am line-up for the 2026 Indianapolis 8 Hour, strengthening the team for both the GT World Challenge America powered by AWS and Intercontinental GT Challenge season finale. Heinrich will join Pro-Am championship leaders Dave Musial Jr. and Ryan Yardley in the #31…
Indy Dontje will join Brayton Williams and Daniel Morad at TR3 Racing for October’s Indianapolis 8 Hour, completing the team’s Pro-Am line-up for the 2026 GT World Challenge America powered by AWS season finale. The three-time Rolex 24 at Daytona GTD class winner brings considerable Mercedes-AMG endurance experience to the #9 entry as TR3 prepares…
As reported by Sportscar365, BMW plans to forgo factory-supported entries at the 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) Suzuka 1000km and will likely adopt the same approach for the Indianapolis 8 Hour. The defending Intercontinental GT Challenge manufacturers’ champion will instead rely on customer and local teams running the BMW M4 GT3 EVO. However, the manufacturer…
