Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IMSA will kick off the TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks event weekend with the return of the IMSA Street Festival Thursday, Sept. 18 on Speedway's Main Street.
The family-friendly Street Festival will take place with free admission from 6-8 p.m. ET on Main Street in Speedway, just across the street from the Racing Capital of the World. IMSA returns to IMS Sept. 19-21 with a six-hour endurance race on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course.
“The IMSA Street Festival celebrates the IMSA Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks and allows fans an opportunity to get an up-close look at the cars, drivers and teams who will be competing during the six-hour endurance race to capture a win and kiss the bricks at IMS,” IMS President J. Douglas Boles said. “Speedway’s Main Street is the perfect place to kick off a full weekend of on-track sports car action at IMS.”
Activities at the event include more than 20 IMSA race cars on display for photos from a variety of classes and three pit stop demonstrations featuring one of the Penske Porsche Motorsport GTP cars that will race at IMS.
More than 70 IMSA drivers, including drivers from the Porsche Carrera Cup North America, are expected to attend and participate in two autograph sessions. IMSA stars Matt Campbell, Tom Gamble, Mathieu Jaminet, Casper Stevenson, Dries Vanthoor and Philipp Eng also will interact with fans during a Q&A session, hosted by Chris Wilner, on the IMS Stage on Main Street.
The family-friendly fan zone also will be available for attendees of all ages with various activities, including music, caricatures, face painting, partner activations and more.
All four classes of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will race Sept. 19-21 in the TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks at IMS, with prototype and GT machinery competing at the same time. Other series competing include the Michelin Pilot Challenge, Lamborghini Super Trofeo and Porsche Carrera Cup North America.
Visit IMS.com for more information or to buy tickets.
