Category Archives: In the News

A Winning Culture

https://sportscar365.com/imsa/impc/imsa-insider-michelin-celebrates-super-sebring-culture-fest/ Culture Wins Asked about the importance of culture in developing a winning team, IMSA Michelin Pilot TCR champion team owner Bryan Herta says, “It’s not the most important thing, unless you don’t have it. “I’ve been lucky to be around some really successful teams in different categories throughout the years and the one thing […]

Back to Battle on the Runways, BHA Returns to Sebring

The Alan Jay Automotive Network 120 Round 2 of the 2023 IMSA MICHELIN Pilot Challenge March 15-16, 2023 Racetrack: Sebring International Raceway 3.74-mile road course, features 17 turns Race: Thursday, March 16, 2023, at 1:15 pm EST TV: Live on NBC’s PEACOCK: www.peacock.tv Listen: Live radio commentary for every session at www.IMSA.com and RadioLeMans.com Live timing and scoring from each […]

Hyundai Motor America to Compete in Nürburgring 24 Hours Endurance Racing Event in Germany

● Hyundai Motor America Will Enter One Elantra N TCR in the ADAC TotalEnergies 24 Hour Race ● Hyundai Driver Lineup Includes Taylor Hagler, Michael Lewis, Mason Filippi and Harry Gottsacker ● Team USA Will Engage in a Head-to-head Battle Against Its European Counterparts ● Jeff Ricca Set as Sole American Driver to Participate in […]

Podium Performance for Filippi and Wilkins at Daytona

Following a busy week leading up to the race event including the “Roar Before the Rolex 24” test days, and the Hyundai Drivers’ Camp, the official start of the 2023 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge kicked off with the BMW M Endurance Challenge on Friday. The four-hour season opener at Daytona International Raceway is traditionally one of the […]

Hyundai Drivers Wrap Up Fitness Camp, Turn Focus Toward Season Opener

BMW Endurance Challenge Round 1 of the 2023 IMSA MICHELIN Pilot Challenge January 25 – 27, 2023 Racetrack: Daytona International Speedway 3.56-mile road course, features 12 turns Race: Friday, January 27, 2023, at 1:00pm EST TV: Live on NBC’s PEACOCK: www.peacock.tv Listen: Live radio commentary for every session at www.IMSA.com and RadioLeMans.com Live timing and scoring from each session […]

Mixing it up – BHA announces new driver combinations for 2023

For Immediate Release January 12, 2023 – Four-time IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge (IMPC) Champions, Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian (BHA) will debut two new driver pairings and a new technical director when the 2023 IMPC season kicks off with the Roar Before the Rolex 24 next week at Daytona International Raceway. Continuing their winning […]

Stories that made 2022: Win, baby, win

Racer Magazine: By Richard S. James | December 28, 2022 8:06 AM ET Sports Car racing had quite a year in 2022. Great battles, hard racing, championships going down to the final race – if not the final minutes of the final race. And much excitement is building for next year with the introduction of the LMDh cars […]

Next Level: Whatever it takes

From Racer Magazine: In episode 8 of Hyundai’s Next Level titled “Whatever It Takes” we get a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse of the 2022 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season and the daunting mission Hyundai and Bryan Herta Autosport had set for itself. That mission was to deliver a “three-peat” — as in, win the Manufacturers’ championship […]

2022 Championship Season Review

Hagler, Lewis Win Back-to-Back IMSA Drivers Titles and Bryan Herta Autosport Wins 4th Consecutive Team Title October 3, 2022 – Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian (BHA) drivers Taylor Hagler Michael Lewis are the 2022 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Champions. Hagler and Lewis clinched the title with an exciting third place in the final race […]

Hagler, Lewis Nail Down IMSA Title

IMSA.com By Jeff Olson After some anxious moments at the start of the race, Taylor Hagler and Michael Lewis recovered to create some historic moments Friday at Michelin Raceway. Hagler and Lewis secured another championship in the Touring Car (TCR) class of the Michelin Pilot Challenge by finishing third in the Fox Factory 120. The […]

It’s Championship Week in Georgia, BHA in Contention for Fourth IMSA Series Title

Fox Factory 120 Round 10 of 10 in the 2022 IMSA MICHELIN Pilot Challenge September 28-30, 2022 Racetrack: Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta – Braselton, GA 2.54-mile road course, features 12 turns Race: Friday, September 30, 2022, at 1:10pm EST TV: Live on NBC’s PEACOCK: www.peacock.tv Listen: Live radio commentary for every session at www.IMSA.com and RadioLeMans.com Live timing and scoring […]

Lewis, Hagler making consistency count – again – in Pilot Challenge

Racer Magazine: By Ryan Kish | September 20, 2022 4:00 PM ET Over the last two years, one driver pairing has emerged from a crowded Bryan Herta Autosport stable and an even more crowded IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Series TCR field to stand above the rest. While many drivers and teams talk of the importance of consistency, Taylor […]

Robert Wickens On Returning To Racing And the Importance of Mental Health

From: Autoguide I dare you to try not to smile around Robert Wickens. The Canadian driver practically beams positivity around the pit lane at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Wickens and many of his Bryan Herta Autosport (BHA) teammates are here at the famous high-speed circuit to provide support and guidance as the amateurs (this writer […]

How Robert Wickens and Michael Johnson Get Around the Racetrack

From IMSA.com The Hand Control System Is Ever Evolving for the Michelin Pilot Challenge Racers By Jeff Olson DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It started as a simple concept, but its implementation wasn’t simple. It was complicated, is constantly evolving, and – credit where it’s due – simply ingenious. When it became clear that Michael Johnson and […]

BHA Rewarded with a Pair of Podiums After 4 Hour Scorcher at Road America

Johnson and Simpson Second, Hagler and Lewis Third Michael Johnson and Stephen Simpson, drivers of the #54 Universal Coating Hyundai Elantra N TCR scored back-to-back podiums with their second place finish at Road America. It looked like they may be headed for the win as Simpson led the final 15 laps in the fou- hour […]