The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship LMP2 field looks set to get a most welcome boost for 2020 with a pair of programmes now confirmed exclusively to DSC and Racer.com
The lead programme is the first participation in the championship by Era Motorsport with a brand new ORECA 07 Gibson. The team, well established in historic racing circles is run by team principal ex-Grand-Am and IMSA racer Kyle Tilley.
Indianapolis based Era Motorsport will have full technical support for their 2020 campaign provided by DragonSpeed, the US-flagged WEC, ELMS and IMSA race-winning LMP2 team.
And there’s a double bonus for IMSA. From that arrangement, DragonSpeed’s Elton Julian has also confirmed to DSC that he intends to field a car for an IMSA programme beyond their already confirmed plan to defend the team’s 2019 Rolex 24 Hours’ LMP2 class win.
Whilst no firm plans are yet available, it is understood that a full range of IMSA LMP2 options are under consideration for both teams, up to and including the full IMSA LMP2 season, plus additional Michelin Endurance Cup outings.
DragonSpeed, who raced throughout the 2019 season on Michelins, were testing on Goodyear rubber at Portimao this morning, and are also set to field a single ORECA Gibson in the ELMS in 2020.
The two additional ORECAs look set to join similar cars from Performance Tech (one car) and PR 1 Mathiesen (1-2 cars) plus the Multimatic Mk30 Gibson from Rick Ware Racing on the IMSA entry either for the endurance races and/ or the newly truncated 6 round LMP2 class Championship
