Hey, I had to do it. As Pun intended…
Forgive Mwah if my No Fenders content takes a
slight dive here, Y’all. But I’m still patiently Cough-Cough! Waiting for
Racer.com’s 2.0 website revision to comply with WCAG 2.2 Accessibility standards.
And Nah, I haven’t
been holding my breath since this was promised Wayback’ on August 1st. So never
fear Yuhs Blue Smurfs!
Thus perusing Daily Sports Car, I ran across
the article about BHA joining forces with PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports, Huh?
For those of Yuhs who still don’t know what I’m
talking about? Which Tacoma Bureau Chief Mary Ellen says is a common
occurrence, Youch! Bryan Herta Autosport (BHA) will make the leap to the IMSA
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s LMP2 category next year.
As Bryan Herta, Colton’s father, has run a very
successful motorsports team for several years now, Uhm decades. Most notably
winning the Indianapolis 500 twice as a Car owner. First in 2011 with the late
Dan Wheldon. And then in conjunction with Mikey A’, and Andretti Autosport as
co-owner of Alexander Rossi’s Centenary edition 2016 Indy 500 winner.
BHA has been most successful in IMSA’s Michelin
Pilot Challenge with Hyundai. Winning six manufacturers Championships. Along
with five straight Touring Car (TCR) titles between 2019-2023. Most notably
when Robert Wickens and co-driver Harry Gottsacker won the title in 2023.
Aboard their Hyundai Elantra N TCR, specially adapted with Hand Controls, which
BHA pioneered in the TCR class with Michael Johnson.
PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports has been a perennial
winner in the LMP2 category, having claimed five of six LMP2 titles, last in
2024. Making this partnership a force to be reckoned with!
As the No. 52 Oreca/Gibson V-8 LMP2 entry will be run out of BHA’s new
premises in Brownsburg, Indiana. Debuting at the forthcoming November IMSA test
at Daytona, with drivers to be named later.
Purely speculating, could this be a tune-up for BHA running Hyundai’s Genesis Magma Racing GMR001 Prototype in IMSA GTP in 2027? You Make the Call…
