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About the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA)

International Motor Sports Association, LLC (IMSA) was originally founded in 1969 and owns a long and rich history in sports car racing. Today, IMSA is the sanctioning body of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the premier sports car racing series in North America. IMSA also sanctions the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge and IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge, as well as four one-make series: Ferrari Challenge North America, Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires, Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America and Porsche Carrera Cup North America. IMSA – a company within the NASCAR family – is the exclusive strategic partner in North America with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) which operates the 24 Hours of Le Mans as a part of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The partnership enables selected IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competitors to earn automatic entries into the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans.

IMSA’s Upward Trajectory Continues in 2026 with Record Sebring Crowd and Continued Audience Growth

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 2, 2026) – On the heels of record attendance and strong viewership performance from January’s Rolex 24 At Daytona, the numbers are in from the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring and they are similarly impressive.

Officials from Sebring International Raceway confirmed an all-time attendance record for the 74th running of the once-around-the clock classic, with more than 115,000 attendees passing through the gates over the four-day period from March 18-21. At-track attendance was reinforced by substantial increases in merchandise sales, with IMSA seeing a 32 percent increase year over year and Sebring International Raceway experiencing a 19 percent increase. IMSA and Sebring saw a combined 25 percent increase over 2025.

At-track performance is only part of the story, however, as IMSA’s domestic and global broadcast offerings continue to build momentum. The total live global audience reached well over one million viewers, bolstered by a 37 percent year-over-year increase in reach for Peacock’s domestic streaming audience and a 23 percent increase for international streaming on the official IMSA YouTube channel and IMSA.tv along with international linear television distribution through Greenlight International.

IMSA’s official social media channels also continued to grow substantially, with 73,000 total new followers gained. The channels achieved 52 million video views, which was responsible for a 13 percent increase year over year.

“The momentum behind IMSA has never been stronger,” said IMSA President John Doonan. “From a record-setting crowd at Sebring to continued growth across broadcast, streaming and digital platforms, these results reflect the passion of our fans, the strength of our partners and teams, and the global appeal of sports car racing. As we head into the heart of the 2026 season, we’re encouraged by the trajectory of the championship and excited about what’s ahead.”

Next up for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is the annual visit to the iconic Southern California street race, the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, on April 17-18. Live NBC network television coverage of the 100-minute race airs at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 18.

Wickens is Ready for IMSA Racing Return

Time Out of Car Since VIR 2025 Set to End at Long Beach

April 2, 2026

By John Oreovicz

IMSA Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Robert Wickens was always planning a return to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2026 with Chevrolet, DXDT Racing and his specially equipped Corvette Z06 GT3.R. The question was only whether it would expand to a full-time effort or continue with the five sprint races. Then there’s the matter of newborn twins making him a father of three, and his continued responsibilities as driver coach and engineering advisor to Andretti Global’s IndyCar team.

Wickens still has plenty on his plate after he was officially confirmed earlier this week for a reprise of his 2025 IMSA sprint program. He’ll team with fellow former IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Touring Car (TCR) class veteran and Bryan Herta Autosport Hyundai driver Mason Filippi to drive DXDT Racing’s No. 36 Corvette Z06 GT3.R in the Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) class at Long Beach, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, VIRginia International Raceway, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In 2025, Wickens teamed with Alec Udell in four of his five races, achieving a best finish of fourth place at CTMP – Robbie’s home track. He drove alongside Corvette Racing’s Tommy Milner at Long Beach.

Fact is, Wickens would be running the full WeatherTech Championship schedule including five IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup rounds if he could find the budget. But the paraplegic racer, who uses hand controls and an electronic braking system developed by Bosch, continues to inspire no matter how many races he runs.

He’s especially stoked to team up with his good friend Filippi, who is dovetailing another season with the Hyundai Elantra N TCR in Michelin Pilot Challenge with a full season in the DXDT Corvette. Filippi’s Michelin Endurance Cup teammates are Charlie Eastwood and Salih Yoluc.

“Mason and I talk every day, and we were scheming and plotting throughout the whole winter on how we could be teammates for the full season together,” related Wickens, who worked alongside Filippi at BHA/Hyundai in 2022-24, but never shared a car in the Michelin Pilot Challenge. They did join forces though, along with Michael Lewis and Bryson Morris, to take second in class at the 2025 Nürburgring 24 Hours.

“We’re really looking forward to working more hand-in-hand like at the Nürburgring 24 and starting this journey together,” he continued. “We shared a car together and his feedback is amazing. He’s an A-class teammate. He’s fresh in DXDT Racing and moving up into the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship himself. He’s been very fast in the first two races, so we’re going to keep building momentum, keep moving forward. The goals are podium finishes for me in the sprint races, for sure.”

Wickens was disappointed that he couldn’t round up backing to contest the full WeatherTech Championship season, calling it “heartbreaking.” He sees the need to prove himself all over again every time he’s in a racing car but also recognizes the statement he’s made so far with his performances at the top levels of sports car racing since the 2018 IndyCar accident that left him without the use of his legs.

Since 2022, he has claimed three race wins and the 2023 TCR championship (with Harry Gottsacker) in BHA Hyundais and showed impressive pace in the DXDT Corvette in the WeatherTech Championship. Filippi only missed sharing the 2025 TCR title with Gottsacker due to, ironically, missing the Watkins Glen IMSA round to race the Nürburgring with Wickens. The adaptability of the Bosch electronic braking system to almost any racing car has been a key factor in Wickens successfully resuming his driving career.

“I felt like I showed some results, that I am not a liability, and that I can do all facets of the sport,” Wickens said. “Doing the 24 Hours of Nürburgring last year, I think, put the stamp on that, finishing second in class. In IMSA, we showed success in ’25, but kind of all at the wrong times. We would have a strong practice, and in three or four of the five sprint races, we were in the top three in the closing 30 minutes of the race and somehow came away empty-handed in all of them.

“The team does a great job,” he added of DXDT, which is managed by longtime IMSA racer Bryan Sellers. “You can see it week in, week out - whether it’s endurance or sprint, they put themselves in position for success. Eventually tides will turn, and I am a strong believer that you create your own luck. As long as we keep pushing with the same work ethic, stuff will start going our way. Once we get the first one, everything will kind of fall into place.”

Wickens has not driven a racing car since the final 2025 WeatherTech Championship sprint race in August at VIR, but he’s not worried about being sharp when he straps back in for the April 17-18 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. He’s constantly thinking about driving, strategy, and racecraft as part of the Andretti Global effort that propelled Kyle Kirkwood (who also drives in IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup races for Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus in the GTD PRO class) to victory at the recent Grand Prix of Arlington and into the lead of the IndyCar standings.

He noted his improvement from session one to session two last year as a case-in-point at Long Beach, when he topped the charts before qualifying.

For Long Beach, Wickens said he will study data and in-car video from last year’s race and will try to get in a little iRacing – a tough task in a household that expanded from three to five when twins Daisy and Dash arrived early to join Robbie, wife Karli, and son Wesley.

“To be honest with the twins growing up fast, it’s a bit of a hectic household over here!” he laughed. “Finding time to go onto the sim in my basement is hard to come by, but I am going to try ironing out some time to do some race prep for sure.

“With Andretti, I feel like I’m still at a racetrack every weekend but doing a slightly different role. So, it’s going to be exciting to get the helmet on again, suit up and put my theories to the test.”

Wickens will be part of an enhanced GTD field for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, which is live on network NBC at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 18. Streaming is available via Peacock and IMSA’s Official YouTube channel.

BMW Regroups to Tackle IMSA GTP Challenge

Team Shift to BMW M Team WRT Featuring Early Promise

April 1, 2026

By John Oreovicz

IMSA Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Through two races in 2026, the new-look BMW Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) program is banking on its offseason changes and aggressive moves to close the gap to Porsche up front in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Acura, BMW and Cadillac have all made degrees of changes to their GTP efforts over the last two years, often through driver lineup tweaks or homologated “Evo” upgrades to their hybrid-powered prototypes.

BMW also made the step of switching its partner team alliance after 2025, moving on from the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing outfit after 17 years to consolidate its top-level effort with BMW M Team WRT. The Belgian WRT organization has taken over as BMW M Motorsport’s GTP partner team in IMSA, including establishing a North Carolina U.S. base. This change creates greater consistency throughout BMW’s IMSA and FIA World Endurance Championship programs.

The changes were more than just the team itself. The BMW M Hybrid V8 received an “Evo” upgrade, with aerodynamic and brake system modifications intended to create more stable and predictable handling across all conditions. A new-look, smaller kidney grille also stands out.

All parties involved have expressed confidence in the new arrangement. While the upgraded BMW M Hybrid V8 has not showed the one-lap pace it demonstrated early in the 2025 season, the Evo updates seemed to work as hoped for at the Rolex 24 At Daytona and the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

Roos Pleased with Promising Start Thus Far

Andreas Roos (photo left courtesy of BMW M Motorsport) had a long history with Audi before he took over as head of BMW M Motorsport in mid-2022, when the BMW M Hybrid V8 was in the final stages of development. He has presided over the changes to the IMSA program this year and believes the early signs are promising.

“So far, so good…we can’t complain,” Roos said prior to Sebring. “Running a car to a podium at Daytona was quite promising, for sure. We still had some work to do, but for the race, we got the car in a good window, and the car was there to fight for a top position. Ending on the podium was for sure a nice start to the season together with WRT as our new team. So quite happy there. Daytona was definitely positive, for us a good step. Were we quick enough to fight for the win? I would say no, the Porsche was ahead a bit and had an edge on us, but ending up on the podium at the 24 Hours of Daytona is always good.

“Since then, we’ve done some tests and will continue testing to find some more steps,” he added. “Let’s see where we are here.”

Roos said BMW is already seeing the fruits of consolidating its two worldwide sports car programs, with a common partner team and parallel driver lineups.

“After the first years we did, we clearly said a big point is creating the most synergies we can create between teams and drivers,” he remarked. “Our first step was to have drivers doing both championships. You also have a lot of engineers on the BMW side and on the team side that do both championships, but when you have a driver, he brings his input directly from one championship to the other, which helped us. This is also why we made the move we did this year for 2026 to move everything to WRT.

“For sure, they are two different teams, let’s say – there is an IMSA team and a WEC team – but we have some core people who do both championships, and this helps us to accelerate the whole program. This helps us integrate with WRT and with the Evo, we hope we’ve made some good steps there.”

Van der Linde, Eng ‘Realistic’ with WRT’s IMSA Integration

The lineups remain the same in IMSA for 2026 as they were in 2025, just flipped between the two cars. Sheldon van der Linde shifted from the No. 25 BMW entry to the No. 24 car alongside Dries Vanthoor, who opened 2025 on a hot streak with four consecutive Motul Pole Awards. Philipp Eng went the other way, moving from the No. 24 car to the No. 25 car alongside Marco Wittmann. Although both are settling into slightly revised IMSA programs, they’re both positive about their 2026 start.

“I think it’s going very well so far,” said van der Linde. “Obviously, we have a brand-new team with WRT, and I think their expectations have been realistic. I don’t think we can expect to come in here and dominate with so many strong competitors that have been here for three years already, like Porsche for example. We are realistic, for sure.”

Eng echoed, “Overall it’s very positive. There’s no doubt WRT are one of the best teams in the world, so I am very happy to be racing for them. One of the big assets of WRT is they always have a big talent of bringing the right people to the right positions. I think that is exactly what has happened now. I think we have a very good team together. The preparation time is quite short, but if one team can manage to do it, it’s them.”

Van der Linde and Vanthoor raced parallel IMSA and WEC programs in 2025 and are set to do so again in 2026 but will prioritize IMSA on any weekend conflicts.

To start the year, Vanthoor and van der Linde, now teamed together in the No. 24, claimed third place at Daytona and fifth at Sebring with IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup driver Robin Frijns, to rank an early fourth in the standings. The No. 25 car piloted this year by Eng and Wittmann with Kevin Magnussen for Michelin Endurance Cup races, had a tougher run so far this year but has shown flashes of speed.

While the drivers and engineers were puzzled by their inability to extract qualifying speed from the BMW M Hybrid V8 in Evo trim at Daytona and Sebring, there’s no question that the goals of improved drivability and consistency have been met.

“It’s obviously better at following and raceability,” van der Linde said. “That’s what it’s aimed at. In the high speed, you can definitely follow a bit closer, so that’s definitely a positive. We’re still working on getting in the right window for the car. I think it’s no secret we haven’t found the sweet spot yet, but I think it’s getting there. We need a few more test days and races to really find out what works and what doesn’t. But we were surprised how well the race started at Daytona can feel the effects of the new aero kit already.”

To date, the BMW M Hybrid V8 was most effective on fast, flowing circuits like Road America and Watkins Glen International, and it also scored a 1-2 finish on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course in 2024. Which track are Roos and BMW looking forward to the most as they attempt to overcome Porsche’s recent run in GTP?

“All of them!” he exclaimed. “I think when you look back over the last season, there were several tracks where we always had a good and competitive car and were able to fight for good results. It was always quite positive. This I hope can continue, and we can also get some more victories this year.

“But we also did some mistakes, not finishing a race through an accident or whatever,” Roos added. “This for sure we have to get sorted. But on pure performance, there are not tracks which are not suiting us.”

The next race for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTP class is the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, set for April 17-18 on the iconic Long Beach street course.

Through ‘36 Hours of Florida,’ Three-Peat Title Pursuits Are Emerging

Porsche Penske, Paul Miller BMW Starting Strong

March 31, 2026

By Tony DiZinno

IMSA Wire Service

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Five teams opened the 2026 IMSA season pursuing their third straight championships of either the full season IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship title or specialized excellence in the five IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup races.

Two of them, Porsche Penske Motorsport and Paul Miller Racing, are off to banner starts. Winward Racing and AO Racing have shown title-winning potential, while TDS Racing has some ground to make up.

Porsche Penske Triple Play, Again?

For Team Penske, winning championships since 2012 has been an annual feature. Across its sports car, IndyCar, NASCAR or Supercars programs, Team Penske has won at least one title for 14 straight years.

In IMSA, they now have a chance to add a three-peat in the top class, to do with the same manufacturer, Porsche, what they did nearly 20 years ago in the American Le Mans Series.

In 2006, 2007 and 2008 in the ALMS’ Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) class, a Penske Porsche RS Spyder won the title three straight years. Lucas Luhr and Sascha Maassen delivered the first title in 2006 in the No. 6 car, with Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas going back-to-back in 2007 and 2008 in the No. 7 car.

Porsche Penske Motorsport won the 2024 and 2025 Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) titles with Felipe Nasr and Dane Cameron in the No. 7 Porsche 963 in 2024, then Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet in the No. 6 Porsche 963 last year.

Nasr and new full-season co-driver Julien Andlauer are off to a near-perfect start in 2026 with endurance driver Laurin Heinrich, as the No. 7 car has won both the Rolex 24 At Daytona and Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring for a second straight year. Nasr, Andlauer and Heinrich leave Sebring with an 80-point lead over the No. 31 Cadillac Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R of Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber and Frederik Vesti.

Penske also went back-to-back in Daytona Prototype international (DPi) with Cameron and Juan Pablo Montoya (No. 6 Acura ARX-05 in 2019) and Helio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor (No. 7 Acura ARX-05 in 2020). Since that program ended after 2020, there was no three-peat attempt.

Paul Miller Racing’s Michelin Endurance Cup Roll Continues

Paul Miller Racing’s first two years in GTD PRO have brought Michelin Endurance Cup crowns – albeit with two different lineups, BMW car specifications and car numbers. The Bryan Sellers/Madison Snow/Neil Verhagen trio won in the No. 1 BMW M4 GT3 in 2024 with Max Hesse and Dan Harper breaking through in the sister No. 48 BMW M4 GT3 EVO in 2025.

The single No. 1 entry of Verhagen, Hesse and Connor De Phillippi – joined by Harper in Daytona – won the season-opening Rolex 24 and added a fifth place at Sebring.

This entry is leading both the Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) full season (tied with Michelin Endurance Cup-only competitors Manthey, but up 30 points over the next full-season entry from Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports) and Michelin Endurance Cup standings by six.

Winward’s GTD Run Dented at Sebring

In just five seasons, Winward Racing has risen to become the benchmark program in Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) with its No. 57 Mercedes-AMG GT3 and the full-season pairing of Russell Ward and Philip Ellis, joined in Michelin Endurance Cup rounds by Indy Dontje.

Their pursuit of their third straight GTD full-season crown started perfectly at the Rolex 24 with a win there, but Ward got caught up in an incident not of his making at Sebring.

That leaves the No. 57 car 146 points back of championship leaders Heart of Racing Team and its No. 27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo, driven by Eduardo “Dudu” Barrichello, Tom Gamble and Zacharie Robichon. Gamble lost 30 points as a result of losing the lead on the final lap at Sebring, so it’ll be interesting to see if that single position change matters later this year.

AO Could Add Michelin Endurance Cup Crown to Its Full Season Titles

AO Racing’s race results for its No. 99 ORECA LMP2 07 in Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) and No. 77 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) in GTD PRO through two rounds leave them sixth and fourth in their respective class standings. Those results are something of a misnomer, because the No. 99 car has led most of the first two races in LMP2, but been sidetracked by adverse luck late in races.

The No. 99 car led a race-high 298 of 686 laps at the Rolex 24, and a race-high 192 of 338 laps at Sebring, for a total of 490 of 1,024 laps out front. Those laps out front mean the No. 99 car ranks best in LMP2 Michelin Endurance Cup points – up by four over the No. 8 Tower Motorsports and No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR entries.

AO entered the year with a rare chance to win a full season title in three straight years across two different classes, or potentially, win both class titles in the same season.

In just its second season on the grid and first in GTD PRO, AO Racing captured the 2024 crown with Heinrich in the No. 77 Porsche, either green “Rexy” or pink “Roxy” the dinosaur depending on the race. AO then won LMP2 title in 2025 with Cameron and PJ Hyett sharing “Spike,” the purple dragon liveried No. 99 ORECA which was gold at the Rolex 24.

TDS Racing Adjusting to New-Look LMP2 Lineup

TDS Racing rallied to win the LMP2 championship in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup with Steven Thomas, Mikkel Jensen and Hunter McElrea in their No. 11 ORECA LMP2 07 in 2024 and 2025 with wins at both of the last two races, both years. They’ll need a similar rally in 2026 with its new-look lineup, as they’re 11 points back of the leaders through two races.

TDS features the lineup of Tobi Lutke, Charles Milesi, David Heinemeier Hansson and Mathias Beche aboard its No. 11 ORECA. They’ve finished 12th and seventh thus far, without any top three segment finish in the Michelin Endurance Cup.

In the Michelin Endurance Cup, Riley achieved two different three-peats in seven years, with three straight GTD titles from 2017 to 2019 and three in Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) from 2021 to 2023. Action Express Racing set the standard for Michelin Endurance Cup crowns with six straight across either of its Nos. 5 or 31 cars from 2014 to 2019.

Stability, Longevity Have Defined Corvette’s Garcia, Milner at Sebring

Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Leaves Sebring with P3, P4 Results

March 30, 2026

By John Oreovicz

IMSA Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – With the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring now complete, it’s worth looking at the list of drivers boasting the race’s most consecutive starts. One common denominator clearly emerges: Corvette Racing.

Jan Magnussen sits at the top with 21 consecutive starts at the most historic track in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, 16 of them with the Corvette program. Next up with 20 are Johnny O’Connell and Oliver Gavin, two more drivers with strong Corvette association. Gavin was in the commentary booth for NBC Sports’ broadcast of this year’s race after spending time on-site early in race week.

This year, Antonio Garcia joined Sebring’s “20 Consecutive Starts” club (18 in a Corvette), with his Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports colleague Tommy Milner right in his wheel tracks. Milner’s first Sebring appearance came in 2006, five years before he joined forces with Corvette, and he would have matched Magnussen’s mark had he not missed the 2022 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours - instead notching a second-place finish for Corvette Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s 1,000-mile race during the same Sebring “SuperSebring Weekend.” This year, therefore, merely marked Milner’s 20th Sebring 12 Hours overall, with 16 consecutive – still an impressive record.

Garcia earned four class wins Sebring (2009 in his Corvette Racing debut, ’15, ’17, and ’22), while Milner added triumphs in 2013 and ’16. Sebring is one of only three tracks on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule where Corvette Racing has competed in every one of its 27 years, with 14 class wins the most it has achieved at any venue.

How has Corvette Racing amassed such a record of longevity and excellence?

“It starts with making the right choices for drivers,” said Doug Fehan, the longtime program manager for General Motors and Corvette from 1999-2020.

Fehan was on hand at Sebring this year as an ambassador for Mobil 1, which presented a patriotic red, white, and blue livery on the Nos. 3 and 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvettes competing in the Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) class. Mobil 1 (via an ExxonMobil brand) has served as the title sponsor of the Sebring 12 Hours since 1995, and Sebring recently announced a contract extension.

“If you pick the right drivers the first time, there’s no need for change,” Fehan added.

Garcia and Milner are ample proof of that. Garcia boasts no fewer than six class championships and 31 race wins in American sports car competition, the most recent coming in GTD PRO just last year with his current co-driver Alexander Sims. Milner’s record includes 21 victories and a pair of championships, including the 2016 IMSA Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) title.

And while both are in their 40s, neither shows any sign of slowing down. Milner, Nicky Catsburg, and Nico Varrone in the No. 4 headed Garcia, Sims, and Marvin Kirchhoefer in the No. 3 in a 3-4 finish for Corvette at Sebring, with Milner and the No. 4 holding down third place in the GTD PRO standings early in the 2026 campaign.

Garcia, 45, was teamed full time with Magnussen from 2012-19 before being paired more recently with Jordan Taylor (2020-23) and Sims (2024-present). He’s won championships with all three, and expressed surprise when told he was on pace to tie Magnussen’s consecutive Sebring start record next year.

“I did probably 12 or 13 Sebring races with him, and I think I won three with Jan,” Garcia reflected. “I learned a lot from him. Next year we’ll be tied, and hopefully I can make it one more than him!

“Twenty is just a number, but it’s definitely a good number,” he continued. “I’m glad that out of those 20 I was able to win a few – and lose quite a few others! But overall, I always have fun at Sebring. Every time coming to this race is special. It’s been a while since my first one, but I still learn something every year.”

With attention focused on Garcia’s consecutive Sebring start streak, Milner’s 20-start milestone received comparatively little fanfare.

“It’s crazy, I’d never really considered that I’ve spent half my life here racing cars at Sebring,” said Milner, who only hit the 40-year-old mark in January. “But obviously, that makes me happy. I’ve always said I drive race cars to avoid a real job, so I’m very fortunate to be in this position still racing at the top level of sports car racing here in IMSA with Corvette.

“Not that I’m at the end of my career - certainly at the latter little bit of it - I have a greater appreciation for these milestone moments to reflect on my career a little bit,” he added. “I hope to make some more good memories, obviously, but just cool to be a part of IMSA and sports car racing for as long as I have, and to see it grow like it has recently, is good to see. The car counts are up and the enthusiasm from the fans is incredible.”

With rare exception like at Sebring, Corvette Racing’s entries were always associated with a yellow livery. The car underneath the paint or wrap has advanced through four generations of production Corvette (from C5 to C8), but the driver lineup has undergone little turnover.

Garcia is in his 18th year with Corvette Racing, Milner’s 16 years match Magnussen’s tally, while Oliver Gavin tops them all with 19 (2002-20). Ron Fellows (1999-2007) and Johnny O’Connell (2001-10) were also key program anchors for Corvette.

“That tells you about the continuity of this team,” observed Garcia. “I think about loyalty and how much we grew up together – not only as drivers, but by whatever we could put in to make the team stronger – it definitely made a difference. It wasn’t only me; Tommy has been with us almost the same amount of time.

“I’m sure we brought to the team a lot of experience. With new guys that came in or with others before us, I just think we kept going and made Corvette Racing bigger and bigger and better and better.”

Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports has a bit of a break before its next race, with GTD PRO off until WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, May 1-3. That said, Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs are expected to be in action from customer teams 13 Autosport, DXDT Racing and DragonSpeed in GTD at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 17-18.

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