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IMSA Battle on the Bricks

{{Short description|Sports car endurance race held in Speedway, Indiana}}

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{{Infobox motor race

|Race title = IMSA Battle on the Bricks

|Logo = IMSA Battle on the Bricks logo.png

|Track map = 250px

|Series long = IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

|Series short = USCC

|Venue = Indianapolis Motor Speedway

|Sponsor = Tirerack.com

|First race = 2023

|Last race =

|Distance =

|Laps =

|Duration = 6 hours
2 hours 40 minutes (formerly)

|Previous names = Brickyard Grand Prix (2012–2014)

|Most wins driver = {{flagicon|VEN}} Alex Popow (2)

|Most wins team = {{flagicon|USA}} Starworks Motorsport (2)

|Most wins manufacturer = {{flagicon|USA}} Riley (2)

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The Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks is an IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship event held on the combined road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.

The original version of the race, held from 2012 to 2014, was a support race for the Brickyard 400, as part of "Kroger Super Weekend at the Brickyard"."In 2012, Nationwide, 2 road-course races join Sprint Cup at IMS," The Indianapolis Star, July 7, 2011. In its first two years, it was held as part of the Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series, and moved to the United SportsCar Championship in 2014. The race went on hiatus after 2014.

The race was revived in 2023, as part of the WeatherTech 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, joining Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen, and Petit Le Mans.{{cite web|url=https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/imsa | title=IMSA Returns for the Battle on the Bricks }}

Race winners

=Rolex Sports Car Series=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Year

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Date

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Scheduled
duration

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Class

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Winning drivers

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Car

! colspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Elapsed distance

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Report

style="text-align:center" | Miles

! style="text-align:center" | Laps

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |2012

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |July 27

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |3 hours

| Daytona Prototype || {{flagicon|France}} Sébastien Bourdais
{{flagicon|Venezuela}} Alex Popow|| Riley Ford||style="text-align:center"| 230.6||style="text-align:center"| 91 || rowspan="2" |Report

Grand Touring{{flagicon|USA}} Andy Lally
{{flagicon|USA}} John Potter		Porsche GT3style="text-align:center"| 230.6style="text-align:center"| 91
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | 2013

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" |July 26

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" |3 hours

| Daytona Prototype || {{flagicon|GBR}} Ryan Dalziel
{{flagicon|VEN}} Alex Popow

|| Riley BMW||style="text-align:center"| 271.1|| style="text-align:center"| 107 || rowspan="3" |Report

Grand Touring{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Segal
{{flagicon|ITA}} Max Papis		Ferrari 458style="text-align:center"| 261.0style="text-align:center"| 103
GX{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Long
{{flagicon|CAN}} Sylvain Tremblay		Mazda 6style="text-align:center"| 243.3style="text-align:center"| 96

=IMSA Weathertech Sports Car Series=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"

! Season !! Date !! Overall Winner(s) !! Entrant !! Car !! Distance/Duration !! Race Title !! Report

ref
colspan=9| IMSA SportsCar Championship
2014

|July 25

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Christian Fittipaldi
{{flagicon|POR}} Joao Barbosa

|{{flagicon|USA}} Action Express Racing

|Chevrolet Corvette DP

|2:46:02,720

|Brickyard Grand Prix

|Report

|{{Cite web |date=29 July 2014 |title=Race Report |url=https://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/TUDOR%20Championship%20Indy%20Race%20Official.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824220756/https://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/TUDOR%20Championship%20Indy%20Race%20Official.pdf |archive-date=24 August 2014 |access-date=18 November 2024 |place=IMSA}}

2023

|September 17

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Mathieu Jaminet
{{flagicon|GBR}} Nick Tandy

|{{flagicon|GER}} Porsche Penske Motorsport

|Porsche 963

|2:41:00.878

|Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks

|Report

|{{cite web|url=https://imsa.results.alkamelcloud.com/Results/23_2023/19_Indianapolis%20Motor%20Speedway%20RC/01_IMSA%20WeatherTech%20SportsCar%20Championship/202309171310_Race/03_Results_Race_Official.PDF|title=Tirerack.com Battle On The Bricks – Race Official Results (2 Hours 40 Minutes)|date=September 20, 2023|access-date=September 24, 2024|website=imsa.results.alkamelcloud.com|publisher=Alkamel Systems}}

2024

|September 22

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Philipp Eng
{{flagicon|FIN}} Jesse Krohn

|{{flagicon|USA}} BMW M Team RLL

|BMW M Hybrid V8

|6:00:54.050

|Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks

|Report

|{{cite web|url=https://imsa.results.alkamelcloud.com/Results/24_2024/17_Indianapolis%20Motor%20Speedway%20RC/01_IMSA%20WeatherTech%20SportsCar%20Championship/202409221230_Race/06_Hour%206/03_Results_Race_Unofficial.PDF|title=Tirerack.com Battle On The Bricks – Race Unofficial Results (6 Hours)|date=September 22, 2024|access-date=September 24, 2024|website=imsa.results.alkamelcloud.com|publisher=Alkamel Systems}}

Support races

The Brickyard Sports Car Challenge is a sports car race in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge series (formerly the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge), with two classes being run concurrently. It was held as support to the Brickyard Grand Prix, 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.

=Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Year

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Date

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Scheduled
duration

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Class

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Winning drivers

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Car

! colspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Elapsed distance

style="text-align:center" | Miles

! style="text-align:center" | Laps

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |2012

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |July 27

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |2.5 hours

||Grand Sport||{{flagicon|USA}} Lawson Aschenbach
{{flagicon|USA}} Eric Curran||Chevrolet Camaro||style="text-align:center"| 149.5||style="text-align:center"| 59

Street Tuner{{flagicon|USA}} Daniel Rogers
{{flagicon|USA}} Seth Thomas		BMW 328istyle="text-align:center"| 147.0style="text-align:center"| 58
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |2013

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |July 26

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |2.5 hours

||Grand Sport||{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Boden
{{flagicon|USA}} Bryan Sellers||BMW M3||style="text-align:center"| 187.5||style="text-align:center"| 74

Street Tuner{{flagicon|USA}} Terry Borcheller
{{flagicon|USA}} Mike LaMarra		BMW 128istyle="text-align:center"| 185.0style="text-align:center"| 73
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |2014

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |July 25

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |2.5 hours

||Grand Sport||{{flagicon|GBR}} Robin Liddell
{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Davis||Chevrolet Camaro||style="text-align:center"| 209.8||style="text-align:center"| 86

Street Tuner{{flagicon|USA}} Cody Ellsworth
{{flagicon|USA}} Corey Lewis		Porsche Caymanstyle="text-align:center"| 204.9style="text-align:center"| 84

=Michelin Pilot Challenge=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Year

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Date

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Scheduled
duration

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Class

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Winning drivers

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Car

! colspan="2" style="text-align:center" |Elapsed distance

style="text-align:center" | Miles

! style="text-align:center" | Laps

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |2023

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |September 16

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |4 hours

||Grand Sport|| {{flagicon|CAN}} Daniel Morad
{{flagicon|USA}} Bryce Ward || Mercedes-AMG GT4 ||style="text-align:center"| 268.3 ||style="text-align:center"|110

Touring Car{{Flagicon|USA}} Chris Miller
{{Flagicon|ZAF}} Mikey Taylor		Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)style="text-align:center"| 236.8style="text-align:center"|110

Course layout

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| File:Indianapolis Road Course 2012.svg|Combined road course layout utilized 2012–2013

| File:Indianapolis IndycarGP.svg|Combined road course layout utilized 2014, 2023–present

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References

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