IMSA Honors Season’s Best at Night of Champions

Champions from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship were recognized Sunday night at the WeatherTech Night of Champions held at Chateau Elan Winery & Resort in Braselton, Ga.

As in 2025, the season champions across all four WeatherTech Championship classes received specially engraved Rolex timepieces at the end of the night’s proceedings.

This year’s full-season driver champions are Jack Aitken in GTP, George Kurtz and Alex Quinn in LMP2, Connor De Phillippi and Neil Verhagen in GTD Pro and Philip Ellis and Russell Ward in GTD.

IMSA also honored the full-season team and manufacturer champions across all four classes, plus the driver, team and manufacturer champions in the five-race IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup. Kurtz secured the Jim Trueman Award (LMP2) and Orey Fidani secured the Bob Akin Bronze Cup Award (GTD).

IMSA officially welcomed the newest members of its fourth Hall of Fame class, including driver inductees Bill Auberlen, Butch Leitzinger, Roger Mandeville, Brian Redman, Lyn St. James, Hans-Joachim Stuck and car inductees the Audi 90 Quattro GTO, Riley Daytona Prototype, Greenwood Corvettes and Mazda RX-3.

Those inductees received an IMSA Hall of Fame medallion in addition to special artwork created by longtime motorsports artist Jim Swintal.

In addition, several special awards were handed out to start the night, including the VP Racing Front Runner Award, Motul Pole Award, CrowdStrike Endurance, Teamwork & Speed Award, BDO Knows Strategy Award, the IMSA Michelin Sustainability in Racing Award, Michelin All-Hands for the Win Award, the IMSA Team Marketing Award and IMSA Marketing Achievement Award.

A full rundown of champions honored is below:

WeatherTech Championship Class Champions
GTP: Jack Aitken (Driver), No. 31 Cadillac Whelen (Team), Cadillac (Manufacturer)
LMP2: George Kurtz and Alex Quinn (Driver), No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR (Team)
GTD Pro: Connor De Phillippi and Neil Verhagen (Driver), No. 1 Paul Miller Racing (Team), Chevrolet (Manufacturer)
GTD: Russell Ward and Philip Ellis (Driver), No. 57 Winward Racing (Team), Mercedes-AMG (Manufacturer)

IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup Champions
GTP: Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich (Driver), No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport (Team), Porsche (Manufacturer)
LMP2: George Kurtz, Alex Quinn and Toby Sowery (Driver), No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR (Team)
GTD Pro: Connor De Phillippi and Neil Verhagen (Driver), No. 1 Paul Miller Racing (Team), BMW (Manufacturer)
GTD: Russell Ward and Philip Ellis (Driver), No. 57 Winward Racing (Team), Ferrari (Manufacturer)

Jim Trueman Award/Bob Akin Award Champions
Jim Trueman Award: George Kurtz, No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing by APR Oreca 07 Gibson, LMP2
Bob Akin Bronze Cup Award: Orey Fidani, 13 Autosport Corvette Z06 GT3.R, GTD

Special Awards

VP Racing Front Runner Award:
GTP: No. 31 Cadillac Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R
LMP2: No. 43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07 Gibson
GTD Pro: No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3
GTD: No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo

Motul Pole Award:
GTP: Jack Aitken, No. 31 Cadillac Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R
LMP2: Jeremy Clarke, No. 43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07 Gibson
GTD PRO: Jack Hawksworth, No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3
GTD: Eduardo Barrichello, No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo

CrowdStrike Endurance, Teamwork & Speed Award:
Season: No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini Temerario GT3

BDO Knows Strategy Award:
Season: No. 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette Z06 GT3.R

IMSA Michelin Sustainability in Racing Award:
Season: No. 31 Cadillac Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R

Michelin All-Hands for the Win Award:
GTP: No. 31 Cadillac Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R
LMP2: No. 22 United Autosports USA Oreca 07 Gibson
GTD PRO: No. 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette Z06 GT3.R
GTD: No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3

IMSA Team Marketing Award:
Presented to Heart of Racing Team / Aston Martin THOR Team

IMSA Marketing Achievement Award:
Presented to Ford Racing