The entry record for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s annual trek out to the West Coast with this yr’s Acura Grand Prix of Lengthy Seashore has been revealed.
The primary dash race on the calendar can also be one of many shortest, with a area of 28 vehicles between Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) lessons taking to the 1.968-mile, 11-turn non permanent road circuit for 100 minutes.
There are two adjustments among the many 11 GTP entries as every automobile goes all the way down to its two full-season drivers for the primary non-endurance occasion of the yr. Frederik Vesti fills in for Earl Bamber alongside Jack Aitken aboard the #31 Cadillac Whelen Cadillac V-Collection.R. The opposite notable change is Laurin Heinrich, who has contested – and received – the opening two rounds of the yr within the #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 shifting over to the #5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 alongside Tijmen van der Helm. Heinrich can be making his first look on the streets of Lengthy Seashore.
There are a number of adjustments among the many 17 GTD entries, together with the return of Robert Wickens to the #36 DXDT Racing Corvette Z06 GT3.R for his second season in this system. The Canadian will co-drive alongside Mason Filippi. Corey Lewis is about to make his first dash race and second season begin in Gradient Racing’s #66 Ford Mustang GT3 alongside Jake Walker. And Spencer Pumpelly fills in for Tom Gamble alongside Eduardo “Dudu” Barrichello within the #27 Coronary heart of Racing Group Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo.
AO Racing and Vasser Sullivan Racing proceed their respective continuations of working an additional GTD entry. AO Racing will area Harry King and Mikkel Pedersen in its #177 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992). The crew is looking for a repeat win after Jonny Edgar and Laurens Vanthoor received in 2025. Vasser Sullivan, the 2024 GTD race winners, carry again the #89 Lexus RC F GT3 for Jack Hawksworth and Frankie Montecalvo. Moreover, Pfaff Motorsports will run a GTD automobile for Andrea Caldarelli and Zachary Vanier, the #46 Lamborghini Temerario GT3 following the Temerario GT3’s worldwide competitors debut final month at Sebring.
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