Mid-Ohio hosts the third event of the season
The Kumho FIA TCR World Tour lands in North America for the first time, as the third event of the season takes place between Friday and Saturday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course within the frame of the IMSA race meeting.
After the rounds in Vallelunga and Marrakech, the standings are led by Norbert Michelisz in his BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse-run Elantra; the Hungarian who was victorious in the first race of the season at Vallelunga has built a gap of 11 points over Lynk & Co Cyan Racing's Santiago Urrutia, while Urrutia's teammate Yann Ehrlacher and Michelisz's teammate Néstor Girolami follow, both four further points adrift.
Fifth in the standings, twenty points behind the leader, lies Esteban Guerrieri, the best-placed driver of the GOAT Racing Honda team. In the Teams' standings, BRC Hyundai leads Lynk & Co Cyan Racing by just one point.
The Mid-Ohio event will be run on two days only, with Practices and Qualifying on Friday and both races on Saturday.
Timetable
Friday – Practice 1: 08:15 (14:15 CEST)
Friday – Practice 2: 11:25 (17:25 CEST)
Friday – Qualifying: 16:25 (22:25 CEST)
Saturday – Race 1: 08:30 (14:30 CEST) live streaming
Saturday – Race 2: 17:45 (23:45 CEST) live streaming
Kumho FIA TCR World Tour Gottsacker and Wilkins join for Mid-Ohio
IMSA race winners Harry Gottsacker and Mark Wilkins will join the Kumho FIA TCR World Tour field at Mid-Ohio, on top of their commitment in Sunday's four-hour race valid for the Michelin Pilot Challenge. They will be at the wheel of a pair of Hyundai Elantra N cars run by Bryan Herta Autosport.
Gottsacker is the TCR class reigning champion of the North American series, having won the 2023 title together with his co-driver Robert Wickens. In the current season they are placed fourth in the standings. Wilkins was runner-up in 2023 sharing his car with Mason Filippi; the pair is currently placed second in the series' classification.
Last weekend they have been part of Hyunday Motorsport's Team Americas that won the TCR class in the Nürburgring ADAC 24-hour race.
Kumho FIA TCR World Tour Riley Pegram is the first female driver to enter
Riley Pegram is set to become the first female driver to join the Kumho FIA TCR World Tour. The 19-year-old American will take part in the event at Mid-Ohio, the home racetrack for her who leaves in Ohio capital city Columbus. She will drive an Audi RS 3 LMS run by her family team Pegram Racing.
Riley is the daughter of former Pro America Superbike Championship race winner Larry Pegram. After a few years in karting, she has recently switched to car racing in the American Endurance Racing series and the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America. Last year she finished 4th overall in the Superkarts USA Pro Shifter.
