“Spike” and “Rexy” will proceed to prowl IMSA circuits in 2025.
AO Racing has secured its entries for the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in LMP2 and GTD PRO. This season, its second within the WeatherTech Championship, the workforce has competed in each courses to good impact. PJ Hyett and Paul-Loup Chatin have scored 4 poles and one podium end in LMP2 with the No. 99 ORECA, aka “Spike the dragon,” and “Rexy,” the No. 77 Porsche 911 GT3 R, has three victories and Laurin Heinrich leads the GTD PRO standings heading into the finale.
“It’s slightly bit surreal to assume that the 2024 season is sort of over and that we head into Petit Le Mans main the GTD PRO Championship,” stated workforce principal Gunnar Jeannette. “The workforce has had loads of development this 12 months, and it’s been an enormous effort from everybody concerned to get to the place we’re. We’re wanting ahead to constructing on all of that work and rolling out at Daytona in 2025 with two vehicles which might be able to profitable their class.”
AO Racing’s amiable monsters meet the followers at an autograph session through the Watkins Glen weekend. Richard Dole/Motorsport Photos
Along with the on-track success, the workforce has constructed a powerful fan following of all ages, bringing a brand new model of enjoyable and fan engagement to the paddock. It begins with the Spike and Rexy the T-Rex (and generally Roxy the pink dinosaur) liveries on the vehicles, however the workforce carries the theme into the paddock and gridwalks.
“The followers have actually embraced Spike, Rexy and Roxy this 12 months, for which we’re extraordinarily grateful,” Jeannette famous. “It’s a lot enjoyable to see households and younger kids get so smitten by each the vehicles and characters. We will’t wait to construct extra on that assist nationwide throughout the IMSA calendar.”
The workforce will affirm driver lineups at a later date.
