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| IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | |
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| Venue | Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
| Corporatesponsor | Tirerack.com |
| First race | 2023 |
| Duration | 6 hours 2 hours 40 minutes (formerly) |
| Previous names | Brickyard Grand Prix (2012–2014) |
| Most wins (driver) |  Alex Popow (2) |
| Most wins (team) |  Starworks Motorsport (2) |
| Most wins (manufacturer) | Riley (2) |
TheTirerack.com Battle on the Bricks is anIMSAWeatherTech SportsCar Championship event held on thecombined road course atIndianapolis Motor Speedway inSpeedway, Indiana.
The original version of the race, held from 2012 to 2014, was asupport race for theBrickyard 400, as part of "KrogerSuper Weekend at the Brickyard".[1] In its first two years, it was held as part of theGrand AmRolex Sports Car Series, and moved to theUnited SportsCar Championship in 2014. The race went on hiatus after 2014.
The race was revived in2023, as part of theWeatherTech SportsCar Championship. It is now held as a stand-alone event held in September. For 2023, the race was a 2 hours, 40 minute length. For 2024, the race expanded to that of being an endurance race and is one of the major endurance races on the IMSA schedule, joiningDaytona,Sebring,Watkins Glen, andPetit Le Mans.[2] The race stayed as a 6 Hour race in2025, but is set to revert to being a 2 hours, 40 minute race in2026 and will be replaced as a 6 hour Endurance Cup race by theIMSA SportsCar Weekend atRoad America.
| Year | Date | Scheduled duration | Class | Winning drivers | Car | Elapsed distance | Report | |
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| Miles | Laps | |||||||
| 2012 | July 27 | 3 hours | Daytona Prototype |  Sébastien BourdaisAlex Popow | RileyFord | 230.6 | 91 | Report |
| Grand Touring | Andy LallyJohn Potter | Porsche GT3 | 230.6 | 91 | ||||
| 2013 | July 26 | 3 hours | Daytona Prototype |  Ryan DalzielAlex Popow | RileyBMW | 271.1 | 107 | Report |
| Grand Touring | Jeff Segal Max Papis | Ferrari 458 | 261.0 | 103 | ||||
| GX | Tom Long Sylvain Tremblay | Mazda 6 | 243.3 | 96 | ||||
| Season | Date | Overall winner(s) | Entrant | Car | Distance/Duration | Race title | Report | ref |
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| IMSA SportsCar Championship | ||||||||
| 2014 | July 25 |  Christian Fittipaldi Joao Barbosa | Action Express Racing | Chevrolet Corvette DP | 2:46:02,720 | Brickyard Grand Prix | Report | [3] |
| 2023 | September 17 | Mathieu JaminetNick Tandy |  Porsche Penske Motorsport | Porsche 963 | 2:41:00.878 | Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks | Report | [4] |
| 2024 | September 22 |  Philipp Eng Jesse Krohn | BMW M Team RLL | BMW M Hybrid V8 | 6:00:54.050 | Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks | Report | [5] |
| 2025 | September 21 | Jack Aitken Earl Bamber Frederik Vesti | Cadillac Whelen | Cadillac V-Series.R | 6:00:41.285 | Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks | Report | [6] |
TheBrickyard Sports Car Challenge is a sports car race in the IMSAMichelin Pilot Challenge series (formerly theContinental Tire Sports Car Challenge), with two classes being run concurrently. It was held as support to the Brickyard Grand Prix,[1] which was in turn a support race to the Brickyard 400. The 2023 revival will be one of IMSA's major races, as a four-hour race.
| Year | Date | Scheduled duration | Class | Winning drivers | Car | Elapsed distance | |
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| Miles | Laps | ||||||
| 2012 | July 27 | 2.5 hours | Grand Sport | Lawson AschenbachEric Curran | Chevrolet Camaro | 149.5 | 59 |
| Street Tuner | Daniel Rogers Seth Thomas | BMW 328i | 147.0 | 58 | |||
| 2013 | July 26 | 2.5 hours | Grand Sport | Mark BodenBryan Sellers | BMW M3 | 187.5 | 74 |
| Street Tuner | Terry Borcheller Mike LaMarra | BMW 128i | 185.0 | 73 | |||
| 2014 | July 25 | 2.5 hours | Grand Sport | Robin Liddell Andrew Davis | Chevrolet Camaro | 209.8 | 86 |
| Street Tuner | Cody EllsworthCorey Lewis | Porsche Cayman | 204.9 | 84 | |||
| Year | Date | Scheduled duration | Class | Winning drivers | Car | Elapsed distance | |
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| Miles | Laps | ||||||
| 2023 | September 16 | 4 hours | Grand Sport | Daniel Morad Bryce Ward | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 268.3 | 110 |
| Touring Car | Chris Miller Mikey Taylor | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | 236.8 | 110 | |||
| 2024 | September 21 | 2 hours | Grand Sport | Sean McAlister Jeff Westphal | BMW M4 GT4 Gen II | 173.1 | 71 |
| Touring Car | Mason FilippiMark Wilkins | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 173.1 | 71 | |||
| 2025 | September 20 | 2 hours | Grand Sport | Michael Cooper Moisey Uretsky | McLaren Artura GT4 | 173.1 | 71 |
| Touring Car | Tyler Gonzalez Eric Powell | Cupra León VZ TCR | 173.1 | 71 | |||
