JACKSON LEE ACCELERATES CAREER: EXPANDS 2024 IMSA DEBUT SEASON TO INCLUDE MICHELIN PILOT CHALLENGE RACES

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Indianapolis, IN (February 27th, 2024) - Jackson Lee, a Speed Group Career Advancement Program driver, has expanded his 2024 IMSA debut season to include select Michelin Pilot Challenge races, the top support series for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The 21-year-old Lee will make his Michelin Pilot Challenge debut in round two at Sebring International Raceway as part of the Mobil One 12 Hours of Sebring event, March 13th-15th, in the #2 Race for RP Czabok-Simpson Motorsport Porsche. Lee will be teamed with another “Road to Indy” veteran and IMSA rookie, Gordon Scully. CSM is expanding to a two-car Michelin Pilot Challenge program. Additional 2024 MPC events for Lee include Mid Ohio, Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Road Atlanta.  

In addition, Lee will compete again in the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge during the INDYCAR Grand Prix of St. Petersburg event, March 8th and 9th, in the #82 California Closets Aston Martin for Van Der Steur Racing. In his IMSA debut weekend in January at Daytona for CSM, Lee was the top rookie of the weekend finishing 7th and 6th in the 23-car GSX class of VP Challenge.  

Lee’s partners and sponsors include the Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Browning Chapman: Specialty Contractor Company, Race for RP, Hays + Sons, California Closets, Cusick Motorsports, On-Track-Performance, and Subway of Hobart/Valparaiso, IN.  

For more information on Czabok-Simpson Motorsport, visit the team’s website at: www.CzabokSimpsonMotorsport.com

For more information on Van Der Steur Racing, visit the team’s website at: https://www.vandersteurracing.com/

Michelin Pilot Challenge is the top support series in IMSA with multiple manufacturers offering two classes – Grand Sport (GS) with GT4 cars and Touring Car Racing (TCR) – running an 11-race schedule in tandem with most of the WeatherTech Championship events. Each weekend event includes a single race of either two or four hours with two drivers and the option of adding a third driver for the four-hour races.

The VP Racing SportsCar Challenge is a North American series for LMP3 and GT4 (run as the GSX class) cars from a variety of manufacturers. Sanctioned by IMSA and usually run as support races for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the series features two 45-minute races per event weekend with no pit stops or driver changes. Races air live via NBC Sports on Peacock with tape delay airing on CNBC.

For more information, visit IMSA’s website at: https://www.imsa.com/