Philipp Eng and Jesse Krohn secured BMW's and Team RLL first win in IMSA's SportsCar Championship since the 2023 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen after holding off late charges from the No.
Phil Hanson, Tijmen van der Helm, and Richard Westbrook inherited third place.
[2] The race was held at the fourteen-turn 2.439 mi (3.925 km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course on September 22, 2024.
The Acura received 1 kilogram of additional ballast, whilst remaining at the highest possible power level of 520 kilowatts.
Finally, the Lamborghini, which returned for the first time since Watkins Glen, had the minimum weight of 1030 kilograms, with an power output of 518 kilowatts.
Finally, the Mercedes saw a power boost of 6.7 horsepower, whilst the air restrictor will be opened up by 0.5 millimeters.
[3] Preceding the event, Dane Cameron and Felipe Nasr led the GTP Drivers' Championship with 2386 points, 100 ahead of Porsche teammates Mathieu Jaminet and Nick Tandy.
Sebastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande sat in third, 185 points behind Cameron and Nasr.
[4] The GTD Pro Drivers' Championship saw Laurin Heinrich leading with 2519 points, only 17 ahead of second-placed Ross Gunn.
[4] The Teams' Championships were led by Porsche Penske Motorsport, Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, AO Racing, and Winward Racing, respectively, whilst the Manufacturers' Championships were led by Porsche in GTP and GTD Pro, and Mercedes-AMG in GTD.
[11][12] Kirchhöfer's 1:24.030 lap led the GTD Pro class in Pfaff's car, 0.075 seconds faster than Sellers' Paul Miller BMW; Roman De Angelis's No.
The final results of GTP meant Cameron and Nasr extended their advantage the Drivers' Championship to 124 points over Jaminet and Tandy.
[19] Boulle and Dillmann's second-place finish allowed them to extend their advantage over Fraga and Robinson in the LMP2 Drivers' Championship.
[19] Ellis and Ward's fifth-place finish allowed them to keep their advantage over Foley and Gallagher in the GTD Drivers' Championship.
[19] Porsche and Mercedes-AMG continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Porsche Penske Motorsport, Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, AO Racing, and Winward Racing kept their respective advantages in their of Teams' Championships with one round remaining.