With our last episode of 2025, we're giving our annual end-of-season thoughts from the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. From our favorite races to surprising stories and standout drives.
The offseason mill is still churning for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship, with confirmations of entry lists for both the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the full WEC season! We discuss the surprise additions and notable omissions from both. Also, taking some of your questions for the penultimate time in 2025.
The annual end-of-year IMSA test at Daytona has brought out new looks for some of the GTP contenders. We discuss some of these upgrades and stories from the other classes on track. We're also giving our thoughts on last weekend's WEC finale in Bahrain, the rookie test that followed, and answering your questions.
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After a whirlwind year for the FIA World Endurance Championship, we arrive at the season finale in Bahrain. There are plenty of storylines to unpack. From the likely final race in the WEC for a Porsche 963, to Toyota's last chance to grasp a podium in 2025. Also discussing recent driver and team confirmations for IMSA and the WEC going into 2026.
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This year's Motul Petit Le Mans was a proper send-off for an up-and-down season of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. We give our thoughts on the ten-hour endurance racing classic. Also discussing Porsche's confirmed exit from the Hypercar class in the FIA WEC, the 2026 IMSA entry list, and more!
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The 100th FIA WEC race at Fuji is a strong argument for one of the best races in championship history! We give our thoughts on the unpredictable and action-packed penultimate race of the season. Also discussing the latest confirmed entries for the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the 2026 upgrades to the Toyota GR010 Hypercar. At the end of the show, Bryan Herta Autosport's Aaron Phifer joins as we preview IMSA's Motul Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.
After almost two full seasons with no victory, the Action Express Whelen Cadillac finally broke through to win the Battle on the Bricks! We give our thoughts on IMSA's final six-hour race at Indianapolis and preview the 100th FIA WEC race at Fuji!
While driver moves in IndyCar and new teams in F1 may seem all the buzz for 2026, let's remind you that endurance racing cannot be forgotten! With new drivers, teams, and manufacturers of our own all on the horizon, we give our first proper rundown of what's confirmed and who to expect in the next season of the FIA WEC and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Also giving a preview of IMSA's penultimate round of the 2025 season, the Battle on the Bricks at Indianapolis.
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We'll be seeing a new look for the BMW M Hybrid V8 in the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2026! In this episode, we give our thoughts on the small changes from BMW and Bryan Herta Autosport's jump up to LMP2 in 2026. We also recap the GT-only IMSA race from VIR and answer some of your questions.
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We've been no strangers to commenting on driving standards in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in recent years. With the topic being at the forefront of discussions from Road America, we decided it's time to break down whether these moments have started to become an actual problem for the series, and what they can do to address it. We're also giving our thoughts on the confirmation from Lamborghini that their SC63 LMDh program will be put on hold and answering your questions.
In what some would consider not a total bombshell, it was recently reported that BMW will be moving on from its long-term partnership with Rahal Letterman Lanigan. We discuss who is likely to pick up the M Hybrid V8 GTP program from them in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship next year. Also recapping the second double-header weekend of the season for IMSA and the WEC, with their respective races at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park and Interlagos.
Meyer Shank Racing made it two in a row in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTP class, with a win for the #60 Acura ARX-06. Only a few weeks after a surprise late-race victory for the #93 at Detroit. Are they on form to close in the championship lead to Porsche, or are their recent successes too late?
This year's 24 Hours of Le Mans had few similarities to the race from last year. Nevertheless, Ferrari managed to maintain their win streak with the 499P to make it a third victory in a row at Le Mans! We give our standout thoughts from the race and answer your questions from this year's Grand Prix d'Endurance. Also giving a preview of the IMSA Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen.
This is the one that counts, the 24 Hours of Le Mans! We'll be giving a rundown of the Le Mans test day on-track action, previewing this weekend's race, along with Wednesday and Thursday's practice and qualifying sessions, and giving our predictions for the three class winners of the greatest endurance race.
In what'll no doubt be a contender for their best race of the season, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship hit the streets of Detroit for the second 100-minute sprint race of the year. We unpack the hectic race for both the GTP and GTD Pro classes.
Ferrari and Porsche both remain undefeated in the top classes of the FIA WEC and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship after their recent races at Spa Francorchamps and Laguna Seca. We give our thoughts from both races leading to those results and talk about the special Le Mans liveries for Toyota and Iron Lynx at the end of the episode.
This weekend, we have our first of two doubleheader weekends with both the World Endurance Championship and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on track! We preview the 6 Hours of Spa and Monterey SportsCar Championship, including some of our predictions, and take your questions.
Ferrari has continued their winning ways in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship, with a defining victory at their home race, the 6 Hours of Imola. This came after a huge loss for the team in the 2024 race, losing a 1-2-3 finish on a strategy blunder. We discuss our takeaways from the race weekend and go over some of the latest rumors from the WEC and IMSA.
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After years of anticipation, McLaren has finally confirmed their entry into the prototype ranks of the WEC starting in 2027 with an LMDh-based car. We discuss the few details we know right now and the current state of global endurance racing with now thirteen OEMs either currently racing or confirmed for the future between the WEC and IMSA. Also giving our thoughts from IMSA's sprint weekend at Long Beach, previewing this weekend's WEC 6 Hours of Imola, and recapping some of the news pieces from both championships.
This weekend, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship lines up for its first of two street circuit races in the 2025 season. We give our predictions on the one-hundred-minute showdown for the GTP and GTD classes. We're also discussing the latest news for the next generation of LMP2 regulations, from the new chassis and engine suppliers to the challenge that's risen for replacing the ever-popular current ruleset.
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