MICHELIN’S BIBENDUM AWARDS: 2019 IMSA MICHELIN PILOT CHALLENGE

Several IMSA MICHELIN Pilot Challenge race finishes went down to the wire this season. You can relive these finishes from IMSA’s Official YouTube channel this year, with commentary from the IMSA Radio team. 

Four finishes stood out, and the candidates are:

• Michael Lewis, Remo Ruscitti and Jon Morley’s TCR battle at Mid-Ohio
• Dylan Murry’s overtake on slicks on a drying track at Watkins Glen
• Robin Liddell’s fourth-to-first final lap dash at Road America
• Corey Fergus, Trent Hindman and Kyle Marcelli’s GS battle, and Jon Morley, Stephen Simpson and Mason Filippi’s TCR battle at VIR

This was a great looking field for the inaugural IMSA MICHELIN Pilot Challenge season. Some liveries stood out even more than normal throughout the year. 

The liveries up for this award include:

• No. 4 Team TGM Mercedes-AMG GT4, Ted Giovanis, Guy Cosmo, GS
• No. 5 KMW Motorsports Alfa Romeo Giulietta, Roy Block Jr., Tim Lewis, TCR
• No. 23 FAST MD Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR, Nick Galante, James Vance, TCR
• No. 97 Automatic Racing Aston Martin Vantage, primarily Rob Ecklin Jr., Ramin Abdolvahabi (with multiple others), GS

Teams worked to engage fans throughout the IMSA MICHELIN Pilot Challenge season. Some of those who stood out are below:

• No. 33 Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport, Mercedes-AMG GT4, Russell Ward, Indy Dontje (Dominik Baumann at Monterey), GS
• No. 37 L.A. Honda World Racing, Honda Civic Type R, Shelby Blackstock, Tom O’Gorman, TCR
• No. 69 Motorsports In Action (MIA) Racing, McLaren 570S GT4, Jesse Lazare, Corey Fergus, GS
• No. 89 HART Racing Team, Honda Civic Type R, Ryan Eversley, Chad Gilsinger, TCR