AO Racing’s “Spike the Dragon” will unfold its wings for its sophomore IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season with a revised driver line-up. The workforce’s seven-race marketing campaign will likely be led by returning driver PJ Hyett within the distinctive purple-and-orange LMP2 machine. 4-time IMSA champion Dane Cameron will be a part of Hyett for the full-season effort.
Hyett secured 4 pole positions in seven races this season, greater than every other driver within the sequence, though Spike remains to be chasing its first win. The addition of Cameron’s expertise figures to bolster these prospects.
“I’m excited to hitch AO Racing and Spike in 2025,” mentioned Cameron, who spent the previous two seasons with Porsche Penske Motorsport. “I believe that PJ and Gunnar are creating one thing actually particular with Spike and Rexy [in GTD], making new sports activities automobile followers each race. LMP2 appears to be like to be extraordinarily aggressive however we’ve an important line-up and all the things we have to succeed this season. The objective is to carry PJ and Spike their first IMSA wins and championship.”
Jonny Edgar and Christian Rasmussen spherical out Spike’s roster for endurance occasions, together with the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona. Edgar, recent off a title-winning season with AO by TF within the European Le Mans Collection, will bolster the workforce’s efforts within the Michelin Endurance Cup, which contains 5 prolonged occasions. In the meantime, reigning Rolex 24 winner Rasmussen will be a part of the workforce for Daytona.
“We’ve been placing a number of effort into elevating the extent of competitiveness of our LMP2 program these previous couple of months,” mentioned workforce principal Gunnar Jeannette. “To have the reigning IMSA and ELMS champions becoming a member of us together with one other Daytona winner from final yr could be very particular. I can’t wait to see what PJ, Dane, Jonny, and Christian can accomplish in Spike at Daytona and for the 2025 season.”
The 2025 LMP2 championship calendar mirrors that of 2024, kicking off with the Rolex 24 At Daytona on Jan. 25-26.
