# IMSA Battle on the Bricks

The Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks is an IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship event held on the combined road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.
The original version of the race, held from 2012 to 2014, was a support race for the Brickyard 400, as part of "Kroger Super Weekend at the Brickyard". In its first two years, it was held as part of the Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series, and moved to the United SportsCar Championship in 2014. The race went on hiatus after 2014.
The race was revived in 2023, as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. It is now held as a stand-alone event held in September. For 2023, the race was a 2 hours, 40 minute length. For 2024, the race expanded to that of being an endurance race and is one of the major endurance races on the IMSA schedule, joining Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen, and Petit Le Mans.

## Race winners
### Rolex Sports Car Series

| Year | Date | Scheduled duration | Class | Winning drivers | Car | Elapsed distance | Elapsed distance | Report |
| Year | Date | Scheduled duration | Class | Winning drivers | Car | Miles | Laps | Report |
| 2012 | July 27 | 3 hours | Daytona Prototype | Sébastien Bourdais Alex Popow | Riley Ford | 230.6 | 91 | Report |
| 2012 | July 27 | 3 hours | Grand Touring | Andy Lally John Potter | Porsche GT3 | 230.6 | 91 | Report |
| 2013 | July 26 | 3 hours | Daytona Prototype | Ryan Dalziel Alex Popow | Riley BMW | 271.1 | 107 | Report |
| 2013 | July 26 | 3 hours | Grand Touring | Jeff Segal Max Papis | Ferrari 458 | 261.0 | 103 | Report |
| 2013 | July 26 | 3 hours | GX | Tom Long Sylvain Tremblay | Mazda 6 | 243.3 | 96 | Report |

### IMSA Weathertech Sports Car Series

| Season | Date | Overall Winner(s) | Entrant | Car | Distance/Duration | Race Title | Report |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship |||||||||
| 2014 | July 25 | Christian Fittipaldi Joao Barbosa | Action Express Racing | Chevrolet Corvette DP | 2:46:02,720 | Brickyard Grand Prix | Report |
| 2023 | September 17 | Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Porsche 963 | 2:41:00.878 | Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks | Report |
| 2024 | September 22 | Philipp Eng Jesse Krohn | BMW M Team RLL | BMW M Hybrid V8 | 6:00:54.050 | Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks | Report |

## Support races

The Brickyard Sports Car Challenge is a sports car race in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge series (formerly the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge), with two classes being run concurrently. It was held as support to the Brickyard Grand Prix, which was in turn a support race to the Brickyard 400. The 2023 revival will be one of IMSA's major races, as a four-hour race.

### Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge

| Year | Date | Scheduled duration | Class | Winning drivers | Car | Elapsed distance | Elapsed distance |
| Year | Date | Scheduled duration | Class | Winning drivers | Car | Miles | Laps |
| 2012 | July 27 | 2.5 hours | Grand Sport | Lawson Aschenbach Eric Curran | Chevrolet Camaro | 149.5 | 59 |
| 2012 | July 27 | 2.5 hours | Street Tuner | Daniel Rogers Seth Thomas | BMW 328i | 147.0 | 58 |
| 2013 | July 26 | 2.5 hours | Grand Sport | Mark Boden Bryan Sellers | BMW M3 | 187.5 | 74 |
| 2013 | July 26 | 2.5 hours | Street Tuner | Terry Borcheller Mike LaMarra | BMW 128i | 185.0 | 73 |
| 2014 | July 25 | 2.5 hours | Grand Sport | Robin Liddell Andrew Davis | Chevrolet Camaro | 209.8 | 86 |
| 2014 | July 25 | 2.5 hours | Street Tuner | Cody Ellsworth Corey Lewis | Porsche Cayman | 204.9 | 84 |

### Michelin Pilot Challenge

| Year | Date | Scheduled duration | Class | Winning drivers | Car | Elapsed distance | Elapsed distance |
| Year | Date | Scheduled duration | Class | Winning drivers | Car | Miles | Laps |
| 2023 | September 16 | 4 hours | Grand Sport | Daniel Morad Bryce Ward | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 268.3 | 110 |
| 2023 | September 16 | 4 hours | Touring Car | Chris Miller Mikey Taylor | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | 236.8 | 110 |

## Course layout

* Combined road course layout utilized 2012–2013
* Combined road course layout utilized 2014, 2023–present