ST Racing is pleased to announce that team co-owner Samantha Tan will make her IMSA debut, competing in the full season of the new GTDX class of the VP Racing Sportscar Challenge.

 

BMW North America brand ambassador Samantha Tan will take part in her first full solo campaign with ST Racing’s BMW M4 GT3 in the Sportscar Challenge, the official support series of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.

 

Since 2022, ST Racing has raced with the BMW M4 GT3, securing the brand’s very first overall victory with the M4 GT3. In the GT World Challenge America series, the team took three class wins and seven further podiums in 2024 en-route to an incredibly close runners-up spot in the GTWC PRO/AM Driver and Team standings. Prior to this, ST Racing secured the GT4 America West Pro-Am Cup in 2019 and the GT4 SprintX Silver Teams’ title in 2020. In 2021, ST Racing was also crowned the Overall GT Teams’ champion in the European endurance 24H SERIES in the team’s first season competing in Europe.

 

This championship-winning experience, as well as expansive knowledge of the BMW M4 and full confidence in the team around her, has inspired Samantha to take on one of her toughest challenges to-date – her first solo GT3 campaign – in 2025.

 

Samantha Tan, driver / team co-owner: “I’m thrilled to announce my step into IMSA for 2025, one of the most competitive and prestigious racing series in North America. My first full GT3 season this year was incredibly rewarding, pushing me to maximize every moment on and off the track. I’m eager to take on the challenge of a new multi-class format with LMP3, GT3, and GT4 cars, continuing to sharpen my skills against some of the best in the sport. I’m entering this season with a fire in my heart and my sights set firmly on the VP Challenge championship title.”

 

Kenneth Tan, team co-owner: “Our team has been interested to compete in IMSA since 2022 but circumstances were not ideal for an entry. We are finally taking that step and IMSA’s VP Racing Sportscar Challenge is a great way for us to get our feet wet into a new world called IMSA. We had a small taste when Samantha ran in the IMSA-officiated Ferrari Challenge a couple of years ago but that is not the same. This definitely will be a new challenge for our team and we are very much looking forward to it as that is what makes racing so exciting for us. Can’t wait to be at Daytona next month!”

 

For its first season including GT3 competitors, the six-round, 12-race VP Racing Sportscar Challenge season starts with the ‘Roar before the Rolex 24’ at the Daytona International Speedway on 17-19 January. This will mark Samantha Tan Racing’s first official participation in the program leading up to the famous Rolex 24 at Daytona.

 

Round two of the season takes place at the Circuit of the Americas in Texas on 28 February to 1 March. One of its more lucrative circuits, ST Racing has previously taken half a dozen class wins across three different series at COTA. The weekend will similarly mark ST Racing’s first program during an official NASCAR Cup Series weekend.

 

Following round three at Mid-Ohio on 6-8 June, ST Racing is set to make its return to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on 11-13 July. This will be the team’s first race in Canada since 2017, when they competed in the Pirelli World Challenge series with a BMW M235iR.

 

The 2025 season wraps up with two further rounds at the Virginia International Raceway and Road Atlanta on 22-24 August and 8-11 October respectively.

 

Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR) announced today their driver lineup for the team’s Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) entry for the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season will mark WTR’s second season competing full time in the GTD class after earning a pole position and four top 10 finishes, including a fifth-place result at Petit Le Mans, in 2024. Since 2015, WTR and Lamborghini Squadra Corse’s partnership spans nearly a decade as WTR has won 14 championships titles in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America (LSTNA) championship and the team plans to continue fielding a stable of cars for the 2025 season.

 

Danny Formal will return to the No. 45 DEX Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 full season lineup and will be joined by Trent Hindman who returns to WTR after previously competing with the team in the 2017 Lamborghini Super Trofeo series. Graham Doyle will once again compete with Formal and Hindman as the team’s IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup (IMEC) co-driver and for the five endurance events throughout 2025. Rounding out the driver lineup is veteran WTR driver and stalwart, Kyle Marcelli, who will join the No. 45 team for the ‘round the clock endurance classic, the Rolex 24 at DAYTONA.

 

“I’m excited to be back in GTD with DEX and Lamborghini,” said Team Owner Wayne Taylor. “We have a great line up this year. Danny is back and stronger than ever. Trent has rejoined our WTR family which is great as we had such success together back in 2017 in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo series. Graham will be running with us in the five IMEC endurance events again and keeps stepping things up as he gains more and more experience. And we are delighted to have Kyle back, who is part of our WTR family. It is going to be a great season with DEX and Lamborghini.”

 

“Automobili Lamborghini is very excited to enter the sophomore year of our partnership with Wayne Taylor Racing in GTD,” said Eriks Skirmants, Senior Manager Motorsport for Automobili Lamborghini America. “The No. 45 car had a strong debut season and with the highly professional and motivated WTR team, it has all of the elements to be a championship contender.  Always a great partner in developing talent through their Super Trofeo program, WTR has again drafted exemplary graduates for the GTD program.  Welcoming Trent Hindman back into a Lamborghini seat was a high priority we all shared.  The 2025 WTR No. 45 GTD program is a great step forward in the long-term mutual vision of program growth and connection to Automobili Lamborghini driver programs.”

 

In 2024, Danny Formal awarded the team their first sprint race GTD pole position at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and the only IMSA pole position for Lamborghini Squadra Corse’s GTD entries on the season. Throughout 2024, Formal drew “double duty” competing with both the GTD class as well as in Lamborghini Super Trofeo PRO class championship. Formal will look to bring his familiarity to the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 and his impressive pace as the team enters their second full season of GTD competition.

 

As the co-driver in the No. 45 Lamborghini, American-racer Trent Hindman is welcomed back to the WTR family for the first time in seven years. Hindman and WTR’s success together includes an overall Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Finals Champion title at Imola, Italy, and the 2017 LSTNA PRO|AM Drivers’ Championship title. Since his days racing in Super Trofeo, Hindman has made a name for himself competing in IMSA and the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge series. Notable achievements to Hindman’s racing portfolio include the IMSA GTD Championship title in 2019 and the IMSA GTD Endurance Cup Championship in 2021. In 2022, Hindman was named the GS Champion in Michelin Pilot Challenge and Vice-Champion honors in 2023. Hindman’s expertise in GTD racing will be a key factor as he pairs up Formal for the 2025 season.

 

Graham Doyle now enters his sophomore season of competing on IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD grid as the team’s IMEC co-driver. Like his teammate, Formal, Doyle completed “double duty” throughout 2024 in the LSTNA AM class highlighted by a podium-finish at Watkins Glen International. As the 2024 season progressed on, Doyle consistently improved in experience, pace and confidence behind the wheel and will look to capitalize on that success entering 2025.

 

Kyle Marcelli completes the driver lineup for the No. 45 DEX Lamborghini team as the fourth co-driver to contest in the 24- hour endurance kickstart to the season at the Rolex 24 at DAYTONA. Marcelli returns to WTR and the No. 45 Lamborghini with multiple years of sportscar racing experience, most recently competing full season in the GTD class in 2024 alongside Formal and Doyle. The 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season and the Rolex 24 at DAYTONA will mark the fifth- consecutive year competing with WTR including capturing back-to-back Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America PRO Class Championships in 2021 and 2022 with teammate Formal.

 

The No. 45 DEX Lamborghini GTD team will kick off the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with the annual three days of testing sessions at the Roar Before the Rolex 24 on January 17th-19th, 2025. The team will then shift to full focus on the Rolex 24 at DAYTONA with qualifying returning to race weekend on Thursday, January 23rd. The green flag for the 63rd Running of the Rolex 24 at DAYTONA will fly on Saturday, January 25th.

 

“2025 is starting already and fast approaching. It’s going to be our second season with the GTD program. I’ll have a new teammate in Trent Hindman and have heard great things about him from the WTR family as well as sharing the car with Graham Doyle and Kyle Marcelli again. I’m super excited to get going. We had a fantastic first season with an amazing top five to end the season at Road Atlanta. We got our first pole position as a team in GTD, we were the only Lamborghini to get a pole position all season long. We led some laps at a lot of the tracks we went to. In the second season, our sophomore season, it’s going to be a great one - I can already tell. The WTR team is preparing, the team knows the car better and as a driver I know the car better. I’m super excited to get started and super grateful for this opportunity. Excited to get to Daytona with a new schedule, moving the qualifying to race weekend is really awesome, I like the change! Super excited and ready to get going on 2025 with WTR.”

 

“For me, this a long-awaited reunion with a team I’ve shared success with in the past. Although a different Lamborghini Huracán platform, championship series, and group of teammates, I look forward to finding success again with the same core group that has developed so much over the past seven years since we last worked together. The long-standing partnership between Wayne Taylor Racing and Lamborghini has now become a staple of the IMSA paddock, and I am excited to now play a role towards their growth into GTD championship contenders. Already, I’m very grateful to Danny, Graham, and the WTR engineering staff for welcoming me with open arms. Much of the core group on the GTD program are the same personnel that won the 2017 Super Trofeo NA Pro and World Final titles, which makes the transition back to the team very exciting for me. Danny and I crossed paths a bit while racing karts, where he was and still is a dominant driver, and tracking Graham’s progress throughout 2024 has been confidence inspiring to say the least. I’m very much looking forward to working with these guys and pushing each other towards becoming consistent GTD race winners.”

 

“Coming back for my second season in the No. 45 DEX Lamborghini GT3 EVO2, I’m excited for the challenges ahead. Working with Wayne Taylor Racing’s strong legacy and continuing to push the limits with myself and my teammates, I look forward to an exciting 2025 building on the solid foundation we created in 2024 in our first year of GT3 racing. Not only am I excited to continue this passion and move forward, I’m excited to work closely with Lamborghini and Wayne Taylor Racing to continue to grow as a driver and as a person completely. I look forward to enhancing my own confidence and enhancing performance in the car and in the team. Working with my two teammates in Danny and Trent, who share this vision, is one of the highlights of being part of this team. The collaboration between all three of us fosters a real growth opportunity and to strive to find excellence. We’re very excited to get the Rolex started and get the 2025 season moving ahead.”

 

“I’m taking on a different role within the team for the 2025 season. At the moment, just doing the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Nonetheless, the focus and the task remains the same. I look forward to the addition of the torque sensor to the GTD category, I’m hopeful this data point will improve the quality and competition across the many manufacturs involved in GT3 racing in IMSA. The program has all the tools and resources needed; it’s just a matter of checking all the boxes. We were missing some speed throughout the first three quarters of the 2024 season, but we improved in the last two rounds. I think that learning and momentum will carry immediately into the 2025 season, and I’m confident the No. 45 should challenge for podium at each event. Consistency is one of the many keys to success. The brand loyalty between WTR and Lamborghini is rich and collectively both sides are equally as motivated to win races in 2025.Danny and I have done this a lot over the past four years and it’s made us both better drivers. Graham has been a sponge consuming so much information and experience in his rookie season, I think you will see a lot of confidence and speed out of him in 2025. Trent is a proven quantity and I’m sure will be a plug-and-play to the program. We’ve been teammates and competitors over the years and there’s a strong mutual respect. Overall, I think we are bringing a strong line-up to Daytona 24 hour and the rest of the season.”

 

Wayne Taylor Racing’s global motorsports enterprise boasts two IMSA driver championships (2013 and 2017), and back-to-back IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup Championships (2020, 2021) which contributed to nine IMSA manufacturer championships for Acura, Pontiac, Corvette and Cadillac. In its brief 18-year history, WTR has accumulated multiple victories in sportscar racing’s most iconic events: Rolex 24 At Daytona, Twelve Hours of Sebring, Petit Le Mans, Mid-Ohio, Road America and the Six Hours of The Glen. With its back-to-back PRO Class Championship wins (2022, 2023), WTR currently has 14 North America Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship titles and a Lamborghini World Finals title.