As a part of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix weekend with IndyCar, the revived IROC Collection (Worldwide Race of Champions) shall be on observe as properly, taking up the 1.7-mile avenue course with the U.S. Capitol Constructing serving as a backdrop.
There are two 20-minute races deliberate for Saturday, with Race #1 at 3pm EST and Race #2 instantly following 4pm EST.
The sphere of eight drivers is star-studded, that includes legendary names from the motorsports world. This is a take a look at the total discipline:
Jeff Gordon — 4x NASCAR Cup Collection champion and 3x Daytona 500 winner
At present working because the right-hand to Rick Hendrick because the vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, Gordon’s NASCAR profession spanned 25 years with 805 Cup begins and 93 wins (third on all-time wins record), together with three within the Daytona 500 and not less than three victories in every of the 4 crown jewel occasions on the schedule. Gordon received the Cup Collection title in 1995, 1997, 1998, and 2001. Past NASCAR, Gordon earned an total win within the 2017 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, and was a USAC Silver Crown and USAC Nationwide Midget Collection champion earlier in his profession.
Helio Castroneves — 4x Indianapolis 500 winner and 3x Rolex 24 winner
Castroneves began almost 400 races between IndyCar and CART, profitable 31 races. He’s tied for probably the most Indy 500 wins all-time, profitable the distinguished race in 2001, 2002, 2009, and 2021. He additionally secured the general win within the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona in three consecutive years, and even grew to become an IMSA champion in 2020. His sports activities automobile racing triumphs do not finish there, with back-to-back wins in Peit Le Mans and a number of other different IMSA victories as properly. Simply earlier than his fiftieth birthday, he made his Daytona 500 debut in 2025.
Kurt Busch — NASCAR Cup Collection champion and Daytona 500 winner
The elder brother of Kyle, Kurt Busch began 776 NASCAR Cup races, profitable 34 races in his profession. He grew to become a NASCAR Cup Collection champion in 2004, and received the Daytona 500 in 2017. Busch additionally tried the Indy-Charlotte Double in 2014, incomes a sixth-place end in his Indy 500 debut. Moreover, Busch is a real IROC champion, incomes the crown in 2003.
Tony Kanaan — IndyCar champion and Indy 500 winner
Now serving the staff principal for the Arrow McLaren IndyCar staff, TK ran almost 400 races between IndyCar and CART in a profession spanning over 20 years. He received 17 races between the 2 sequence, together with the 2013 Indianapolis 500. He additionally received the 2004 IndyCar title, and past the open-wheel world, snagged an total win the 2015 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona.
Invoice Elliott — NASCAR Cup Collection champion and 2x Daytona 500 winner
Elliott holds the file for the quickest qualifying lap in NASCAR historical past, lapping Talladega Superspeedway at 212.809mph in 1987. He began 828 Cup races in his profession, incomes 44 wins that included victories within the 1985 and 1987 Daytona 500. He received the Southern 500 thrice in his profession, in addition to the Brickyard 400 in 2002. Elliott’s time on the high stage of the game spanned 38 years.
Bobby Labonte — NASCAR Cup Collection champion
Labonte began 729 Cup races in his profession, incomes 21 profession wins and the 2000 Cup title over Dale Earnhardt. He earned victories within the Southern 500, Coca-Cola 600, and Brickyard 400. Notably, he’s the oldest driver to ever win a Celebrity Racing Expertise occasion on the age of 58. Labonte additionally received a NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Elements Collection title (then generally known as the Busch Collection) in 1991. Like Kurt Busch, he’s even a former IROC champion, incomes the crown in 2001.
Tommy Kendall — IMSA champion and 4x Trans-Am champion
Stepping in for IndyCar legend Dario Franchitti after he needed to pull out of the occasion, Kendall had fairly an attention-grabbing profession as properly. He was an IMSA GTS champion in 1993, however most of his success got here within the Trans-Am Collection, the place he earned the title in 1990, 1995, 1996, and 1997.
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