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INDY 500 Winners Racing at IMS Next Week
Oct 3 - Two IndyCar drivers will be competing in the Indianapolis 8 Hour race next
weekend. The GT3 endurance race will be ran on the IMS road course.
2025 Indy 500 Winner Alex Palou will be joining Luca Stolz and Lin Hodenius driving
the No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG in the GT World Challenge series PRO
class.
Oct 3 - Two IndyCar drivers will be competing in the Indianapolis 8 Hour race next
weekend. The GT3 endurance race will be ran on the IMS road course.
2025 Indy 500 Winner Alex Palou will be joining Luca Stolz and Lin Hodenius driving
the No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG in the GT World Challenge series PRO
class.
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| Marcus Ericsson, Hampas Ericsson & Derek DeBoer will be racing the No. 99 BMW M4 GT3 EVO |
2022 Indy 500 Winner Marcus Ericsson will join his younger brother Hampus
Ericsson and Derek DeBoer in the No. 99 Random Vandals Racing BMW M4 GT3
EVO in the Pro-Am class.
Marcus has previous GT3 experience, including driving in this year’s Rolex 24 At
Daytona in a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2. The Ericsson brothers teamed up for
the first time in a Leiper Motorsport Lamborghini in the Michelin 12 Hour Malaysia race
last December at Sepang International Circuit.
Hampus also competed last month in the Battle on the Bricks event at IMS, racing in
the Lamborghini Super Trofeo series on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course.
Indianapolis 8 Hour Race Information
Ericsson and Derek DeBoer in the No. 99 Random Vandals Racing BMW M4 GT3
EVO in the Pro-Am class.
Marcus has previous GT3 experience, including driving in this year’s Rolex 24 At
Daytona in a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2. The Ericsson brothers teamed up for
the first time in a Leiper Motorsport Lamborghini in the Michelin 12 Hour Malaysia race
last December at Sepang International Circuit.
Hampus also competed last month in the Battle on the Bricks event at IMS, racing in
the Lamborghini Super Trofeo series on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course.
Indianapolis 8 Hour Race Information
Alex Palou will be sharing driving duties of this Mercedes-AMG
Alex Palou is also competing this weekend in IMSA's Petit LeMans - a 10-hour
endurance race at Road Atlanta. He will be piloting the No.93 Meyer Shank Racing
Acura along side Nick Yelloly and Renger van der Zande in the GTP class.
Other Indy drivers competing include Scott Dixon, piloting the #60 Meyer Shank
Racing Acura alongside Colin Braun and Tom Blomqvist, also in the GTP class.
Kyle Kirkwood is racing in the GTD PRO class with teammates Jack Hawksworth
and Ben Barnicoat in the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus.
Indy NXT champion Nikta Johnson is also competing in the GTD PRO class, while
2025 IndyCar driver Jacob Abel is running the LMP2 class.
endurance race at Road Atlanta. He will be piloting the No.93 Meyer Shank Racing
Acura along side Nick Yelloly and Renger van der Zande in the GTP class.
Other Indy drivers competing include Scott Dixon, piloting the #60 Meyer Shank
Racing Acura alongside Colin Braun and Tom Blomqvist, also in the GTP class.
Kyle Kirkwood is racing in the GTD PRO class with teammates Jack Hawksworth
and Ben Barnicoat in the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus.
Indy NXT champion Nikta Johnson is also competing in the GTD PRO class, while
2025 IndyCar driver Jacob Abel is running the LMP2 class.
