The engines will be revving and the fans cheering at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course when IMSA takes the track for the O'Reilly Auto Parts Four Hours of Mid-Ohio. This action-packed season opening weekend of premier sports car racing features the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge. It’s a family friendly weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Kids 12 and under are always admitted free! Get your tickets today!

Schedule

TIME	SERIES	SESSION
8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.	FIA TCR World Tour	Practice 1
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	VP Racing SportsCar Challenge	Practice 1
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	Mustang Challenge	Practice 1
10:30 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.	Mazda MX-5 Cup	Practice 1
11:25 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.	FIA TCR World Tour	Practice 2
12:55 p.m. - 1:25 p.m.	VP Racing SportsCar Challenge	Practice 2
1:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.	Mustang Challenge	Practice 2
2:25 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.	Mazda MX-5 Cup	Practice 2
3:10 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.	Michelin Pilot Challenge	Practice 1
4:25 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	FIA TCR World Tour	Qualifying

TIME	SERIES	SESSION
8:30 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.	FIA TCR World Tour	Race 1
9:15 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.	VP Racing SportsCar Challenge	Qualifying
10:05 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.	Mustang Challenge	Qualifying
10:35 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.	Mazda MX-5 Cup	Qualifying
11:55 a.m. - 12:55 p.m.	Michelin Pilot Challenge	Practice 2
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	VP Racing SportsCar Challenge	Race 1
2:20 p.m. - 3:05 p.m.	Mustang Challenge	Race 1
3:25 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.	Mazda MX-5 Cup	Race 1
4:30 p.m. - 5:05 p.m.	Michelin Pilot Challenge	Qualifying
5:45 p.m. - 6:10 p.m.	FIA TCR World Tour	Race 2

TIME	SERIES	SESSION
8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	VP Racing SportsCar Challenge	Race 2
9:20 a.m. - 10:05 a.m.	Mustang Challenge	Race 2
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Michelin Pilot Challenge	Autograph Session**
10:25 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.	Mazda MX-5 Cup	Race 2
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Michelin Pilot Challenge	Pre-Race & Fan Walk
12:25 p.m.	O’Reilly Auto Parts 4 Hours of Mid-Ohio

** Autograph Session will be held in the Michelin Pilot Challenge Paddock.

Schedule subject to change without notice. All times ET.

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Racing Series

Weathertech SportsCar Championship races through the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

From the showroom to the speedway, the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge is IMSA’s showcase for the latest in American-made and imported high performance sports cars, coupes and sedans straight from the dealer showroom floor. With modifications permitted only in the area of safety and competition, the Michelin Pilot Challenge is home to the same cars seen on streets and highways around the world every day. Racing takes place in two classes - Grand Sport (GS) and Touring Car (TCR) - culminating in the weekend's headline four-hour race.

Michelin Pilot Challenge races through the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

The Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin is the signature spec series for Mazda Motorsports. MX-5 Cup offers more than $1 million in prize money and scholarships a year.

Prototype cars race through the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

The Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich® Tires is the signature spec series for Mazda Motorsports. Mazda-powered grassroots champions can earn a Mazda scholarship to compete in the series. The Mazda MX-5 Cup champion earns a $250,000 scholarship.

The IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge is a multi-class sprint racing series that debuted in 2023. The lead LMP3 class features entry-level, closed-cockpit prototype race cars, while the production-based GSX class will utilize race cars built to international GT4 technical regulations. Each of the six event weekends on the 2024 VP Racing SportsCar Challenge schedule will include a pair of 45-minute sprint races, and drivers must be rated either Bronze or Silver on the FIA Driver Categorization List.

The Mustang Challenge, a new single-make racing series sanctioned by IMSA, will feature a five-round, 10-race calendar for its inaugural season in 2024. Mustang Challenge will host a full field of Mustang Dark Horse R racecars running on bespoke race tires from official series partner Michelin.