Bubba Wallace, John Hunter Nemechek, Corey Heim will race in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Series
SMOOGE Racing will field two Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO’s in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Series opener. The season begins at Daytona International Speedway.
Bubba Wallace, John Hunter Nemechek, Corey Heim will all race for the team. For Wallace and Nemechek, it will be their IMSA debut.
Here’s the full driver lineup for SMOOGE Racing:
No. 23 Mobil 1 GR Supra
Bubba Wallace, John Hunter Nemechek and Corey Heim
No. 68 PRAX Leadership GR Supra
John Geesbreght, Kevin Conway and Corey Lewis
Team Principal: Kevin Conway
“We are very excited to run two GR Supra GT4 EVOs at Daytona this year. Having Bubba, John Hunter and Corey in the 23 car is a major honor and testament to Smooge Racing, “said Kevin Conway in the team release.
“I’m also looking forward to racing with John Geesbreght and Corey Lewis in the PRAX Leadership GR Supra. John and I have had a lot of success together and we are looking forward to building on that at Daytona.”
“We had a great season last year as we expanded into GR Cup and conLnued success with our current entries across other motorsport forms,” said Conway.
“We are building on that foundation as we are fielding multiple GR Supra GT4 EVOs along with GR86s in the GR Cup Series, and look forward on what’s to come in 2024.”
The BMW M Endurance Challenge will air live at 1:45 p.m. ET Friday, Jan. 26 via Peacock.
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Anti-Bubba Wallace fans tend to be vocal. From time to time, Wallace will give them some attention.
@whatsundersteer stated: “Notice how nascar reposts this, but doesn’t repost anything about the chili bowl, which features 4 current cup drivers. Chase Briscoe, Ricky Stenhouse, JJ Yeley, and Kyle Larson. (As well as Jesse Love and probably even more nascar drivers).”
He added, “It’s bc bubba Wallace”
Little did that fan know, Wallace is currently into a bottle of bourbon. And with time on his hands, Wallace elected to respond.
Wallace responded quickly, “Who owns IMSA? I’ll wait…”
For those that haven’t connected the dots, IMSA is owned by NASCAR. And for what it’s worth, the Chili Bowl Nationals were on the NASCAR homepage for most of the day today.
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