Brickyard Grand Prix

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Route variant 2012–2013

The Brickyard Grand Prix was a sports car race that was held from 2012 to 2014. The race took place on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's infield course and was last on the United SportsCar Championship calendar .

The Brickyard Grand Prix was launched for the 2012 Grand Am season and was part of the Super Weekend at the Brickyard . After only the NASCAR Sprint Cup was allowed to drive the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis from 1994 to 2011 , this event was expanded to include the races of the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the Grand-Am . The sports car race was held over 3 hours in the first two years and was part of the North American Endurance Championship (NAEC) , a long-distance championship as part of the Grand-Am. For the 2014 season , the race became part of the new United SportsCar Series and was shortened to 2:45 hours. The race is no longer included in the 2015 calendar.

Race winner

year Race length Daytona Prototype Class Grand touring class GX class
driver vehicle driver vehicle driver vehicle
2012 3 hours FranceFrance Sébastien Bourdais Alex Popow
VenezuelaVenezuela
Riley Ford United StatesUnited StatesAndy Lally John Potter
United StatesUnited States
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup not at the start
2013 3 hours United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ryan Dalziel Alex Popov
VenezuelaVenezuela
Riley Ford United StatesUnited States Jeff Segal Massimiliano Papis
ItalyItaly
Ferrari 458 Italia Grand-Am United StatesUnited StatesTom Long Sylvain Tremblay
CanadaCanada
Mazda 6 GX
year Race length Prototype class Prototype Challenge Class GT Le Mans class GT Daytona class
driver vehicle driver vehicle driver vehicle driver vehicle
2014 2:45 hours PortugalPortugal João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi
BrazilBrazil 
Corvette DP CanadaCanadaChris Cumming Jack Hawksworth
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Oreca FLM09 CanadaCanadaKuno Wittmer Jonathan Bomarito
United StatesUnited States
Dodge Viper GTS-R ItalyItalyAllessandro Balzan Jeff Westphal
United StatesUnited States
Ferrari 458 Italia

Individual evidence

  1. USCC revises 2014 schedule, announces car count limits - Racer.com
  2. sportscar365.com