Kurtz Sets Full Racing Focus on LMP2 After Strong Start to Year

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George Kurtz says he’s fully focused on LMP2 racing this year, which he hopes will pay dividends as a driver after previously double dipping in prototype and GT3 competition.

The CrowdStrike co-founder and CEO, who has been a fixture in SRO America competition, as well being a multi-time class winner of the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, revealed he currently has no GT3 races scheduled.

It comes after a partial season GT World Challenge America powered by AWS campaign last year in a Riley-run Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, along with an outing at the 24H Spa, where he, Colin Braun, Nicky Catsburg and Ian James finished third in the Pro-Am class.

However, with Spa set to clash with the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, Kurtz will be unable to contest the Belgian endurance classic this year.

“I’m fully focused on LMP2,” he told Sportscar365. “I think the clash [with Watkins Glen and Spa] certainly didn’t help but I think the over-arching piece was focusing on P2.

“I do think it’s a good skill to be able to go back and forth between the cars. But to get that last bit out of a P2 car, you really have to focus on it.

“That’s really why I wanted to stick with IMSA, and of course we did Asian Le Mans.”

After winning the 2025-26 Asian LMS title alongside co-driver Malthe Jakobsen and Louis Deletraz, CrowdStrike by APR has secured an auto-invite to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

“That was a big part of going to Asia,” said Kurtz. “I think it’s a great series. It’s a lot of seat time. We wanted to go there to get the win for Le Mans.

The Asian title came on the heels of a long-awaited LMP2 class victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, which has put Kurtz and new full season co-driver Alex Quinn in prime position to for a title run in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The duo currently sit just three points from the class lead following last weekend’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

Kurtz said he continues to be impressed by the level of competition in the FIA Bronze driver-enforced prototype class.

“Just up and down the lineup, I think the IMSA Bronze field is one of the top fields of all the world,” he said.

“You look and there’s also strong Silvers and with Golds, it’s just incredible, with ex-F1 drivers and people up and down who have won championships.

“When you look at that class, I think it’s pretty special because you get a great car, it’s all the same, you’re not dealing with the BoP, and it’s really about the teams, the drivers, the execution.

“And it’s a super fun car to drive.”

Kurtz Leaving IMSA, SRO to ‘Try to Iron Out’ Watkins Glen, Spa Clash for 2027

While this year’s conflict will not be resolved, Kurtz is hopeful that IMSA and SRO Motorsports Group could come to a resolution to not have the 24 Hours of Spa, an event his cybersecurity company serves as the title sponsor, again clash with Six Hours of The Glen for what would be a second consecutive time.

IMSA released the 2027 WeatherTech Championship schedule last week, confirming Watkins Glen on the same weekend as this year.

“I wish it was on separate dates like it had been in the past,” said Kurtz. “We’ll let the two series try to iron that out.

“I think part of it is the F1 date has moved around a bit from prior years, which makes it a little bit harder.

“I would love to go back to Spa and do it again. It’s one of my favorites. I think it’s one of the hardest 24-hour races period.

“If I have the opportunity to go back, I will.”

John Dagys

John Dagys is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Sportscar365. Dagys spent eight years as a motorsports correspondent for FOXSports.com and SPEED Channel and has contributed to numerous other motorsports publications worldwide. Contact John