– A sports car bliss weekend with NLS, GTWC and IMSA concludes on Sunday evening with the first edition of a 6-hour race of the IMSA SportsCar Championship in Elkhart Lake. (Click here for the livestream!)
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The race at the spectacular Road America has finally received the long-awaited endurance status for the 2026 season after years of existing as an ordinary 2:40-hour race. There could hardly be a better track to add a fifth true classic to the Endurance Cup.
All four classes are entered, the entry list is packed. The sprawling Road America with its long straights, varied corners, and the world-famous “Kink” curve 11, which is a real courage corner with sports cars, challenges the field this time for six hours straight. Since 2000, the US sports car scene has been continuously hosted in Elkhart Lake, but the tradition of the race dates back to the 1950s.
Both Porsche and BMW compete with special designs. Porsche recalls the Porsche 917/30 on its two factory-entered Penske cars, which delivered up to 1,200 hp in the excessive Can-Am years, with some sources even speaking of 1,500 hp in qualifying.
The other Porsche recalls the RS Spyder, which in the IMSA predecessor American Le Mans Series from 2006 to 2008 delivered spectacular battles as an LMP2 car with the LMP1 diesels from Audi. With its lightweight, it defeated the Audi R10 TDI several times. The BMW #24 competes in a special design promoting the film Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
The race can be followed in full length in the free livestream on Motorsport-Total.com. In total, are entered for the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix.
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The race is commented on by the official commentator team of Radio Le Mans around John Hindhaugh and Ryan Myrehn in English. No registration is required for the livestream.
Due to TV rights in North America, the livestream is not or only limitedly available in the USA and Canada. Here, the offers from NBC on linear TV and Peacock, NBC’s own streaming platform, apply.
Those who want to follow the race in German will find it on Motorvision TV. The coverage is broadcast via Motorvision+ and is available not only in Germany but also in Austria and Switzerland. This offer also shows the race in full length. The commentators at Motorvision+ are Stefan Ehlen, Pete Fink, Fabio Gospodarek, Lenz Leberkern, and Andre Wiegold.
Live timing is available for free on the IMSA SportsCar Championship website.
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Live broadcast IMSA 2026 (in CET)
Seven hours must be subtracted for local time.
Saturday, August 1
From 10:20 PM: Qualifying in livestream
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Sunday, August 2
From 5:35 PM: Race in livestream
