INDIANAPOLIS — In addition to returning Michelin Endurance Cup-only entries in GTD, two other cars are making “first” GTD starts of this season. Kellymoss with Riley makes its first start since the Rolex 24 At Daytona, albeit with a new car number and entirely new driver lineup, while longtime Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) class entrant DragonSpeed enters a Ferrari.
Last year’s Porsche Carrera Cup North America champion Riley Dickinson joins fellow WeatherTech Championship debutant Jake Pedersen and 2023 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca GTD winner Kay van Berlo in the No. 90 Kellymoss with Riley Porsche 911 GT3 R (992). For Dickinson, stepping into this series after his Carrera Cup success and Michelin Pilot Challenge Grand Sport (GS) class win at Daytona this year is a dream come true.
“It’s pretty incredible,” Dickinson said. “We tested a couple weeks ago and it went well. Indianapolis is a fantastic place for me – there have been a lot of firsts for me here in my career – so walking up to the pit lane was a really cool feeling.”
DragonSpeed, which was just confirmed by IMSA to run a full 2025 campaign in GTD with its No. 81 Ferrari 296 GT3, gets some running in at Indianapolis with Henrik Hedman, Toni Vilander and Rasmus Lindh in the car that wears No. 56 this weekend.
“It’s good to be back in a Ferrari,” said Hedman, who has extensive Ferrari experience in other models and championships. “It’s not as physical (as the LMP2 car) and it puts us into a deep field.”