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The 2023 Motul Course de Monterey was the fourth of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2023 by IMSA, and the second of seven races of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup. [3] The race was held at the eleven-turn 2.238 mi (3.602 km) WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on May 14, 2023.
On September 28, 2023, Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced that the Cup Series would return to the oval layout in 2024, in time to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Brickyard 400. The track hosted NASCAR since 1994 and used the oval layout until 2020. From 2021 to 2023, the Cup Series used the grand prix circuit layout. [166]
The event was replaced with a sprint race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, marking IMS' return to the championship for the first time since the series' inaugural season in 2014. [4] It was also originally supposed to have Chicago Street Course in the 2023 schedule, but it got canceled. [7] So Road America went back to the schedule.
The 2023 IMSA Battle on the Bricks was a sports car race that was sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on September 17, 2023. The event was the tenth round of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the seventh round of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.
For all ovals, teams are split into groups based on the previous race performance. Except for selected races (the first and last races of the season, and when new rule are being used, and restrictor plate races), teams are given a 20-minute practice session in each group. For those races, there is one 50-minute free practice session.
The 24 Hours of Daytona was the first of eleven scheduled sports car endurance races of 2023 by IMSA, and the first of four races of the Michelin Endurance Cup (MEC). [5] It took place at the 12-turn, 3.56-mile (5.73 km) Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida from January 28 to 29.
The remaining eligible teams were seeded by in order of Sprint Cup owner point standings as positions 9 through 24 and competed in a head-to-head format in the opening round of the challenge. [ 3 ] Each pit crew group (fueler and an assistant, the front tire changer and carrier as another group, the rear tire changer and carrier as another ...
This was the final season for 2014 champion and Stewart–Haas Racing driver Kevin Harvick, who announced his plans to retire at the end of the season on January 12, 2023. [5] This was also the first season since 1999 without 2004 champion Kurt Busch , who announced on October 15, 2022, that he would retire from full-time Cup Series competition ...