BRASELTON, Ga. — The 2026 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is in the books following another entertaining finale at Motul Petit Le Mans.
The champions were crowned Saturday night at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta and officially recognized Sunday night at this year’s WeatherTech Night of Champions held at Chateau Elan Winery & Resort, just a few miles away.
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 Grand Touring Prototype (GTP), George Kurtz and Alex Quinn in Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Connor De Phillippi and Neil Verhagen in Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) and Philip Ellis and Russell Ward in Grand Touring Daytona (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.
