Marco Polo to Skip Indy Finale to Focus on 2026 Prep

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Marco Polo Motorsports has withdrawn from next month’s Pirelli GT4 America season-ending races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in order to focus on its 2026 program.

The team, which missed the rounds at Sebring International Raceway amid a switch of service providers from  switch from Muellerized to Chicago Performance and Tuning Co., will also sit out the Oct. 16-19 weekend with its Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 that’s been driven by Nicolai Elghanayan and Mads Siljehaug.

“We’ve found ourselves outside of the championship fight this year,” said team owner Jeff Elghanayan. “The competition is so fierce that there’s not a lot of opportunity for misfortune, and we’ve had our fair share of bad luck.

“Part of the reason to skip Indy is to avoid unnecessary risk to the car, but also because we believe our resources are better invested in building for our 2026 effort.”

The team indicated plans to continue working with Chicago Performance and Tuning Co. for next year.

“We’ve had some good results and great battles on track since we’ve been involved in the program,” said Chicago Performance’s team principal Al Uscinski.

“We’ve had a couple of podiums, and a top-five, so it’s been great momentum for the team.

“The flip side of the coin is that we’ve also had contact and spent time getting the car back out on track in between events.

“So as much as we’d love to be racing at Indy and going for more positive results, we’ve elected to minimize some of the risk to the car and fully focus on 2026 through testing.

“We’re working very hard on finalizing our plans for the rest of 2025 and will announce more on 2026 soon.”

John Dagys

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