What an exciting battle at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, especially the last 45 minutes–IMSA really delivered at the iconic racetrack on our home ground. The Z06 GT3.R Corvettes from Pratt Miller Motorsports, AWA, and DXDT Racing bumped and grinded till the end, with the No. 3 from Pratt Miller narrowly missing a podium finish at the infamous Battle on the Bricks. That fourth-place finish put Pratt Miller in the GTD PRO points lead with just one race left in the series. This racing coverage, along with the majority of our digital content, is FREE and not behind a paywall. When any pop-ups appear, please click to dismiss them and continue enjoying the coverage.
What’s Inside Today’s Racing Coverage
- The Official Full IMSA Battle on the Bricks Press Release From Corvette Racing
- CORVETTE RACING BY PRATT MILLER MOTORSPORTS POST-RACE DRIVER QUOTES
- Join Pratt Miller Motorsports For Some Post-Race Encouragement
- Battle on the Bricks Photo Gallery
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1) The Official Full IMSA Battle on the Bricks Press Release From Corvette Racing: Authored by Ryan Smith and Judy Kouba Dominick
CORVETTE RACING AT INDY: On To Title Fight in Atlanta
Garcia, Sims, Chevrolet lead in GTD PRO points after fourth-place finish
INDIANAPOLIS (September 21, 2025) – Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports and Chevrolet will go into the final race of the year with the GTD PRO championship lead following Sunday’s six-hour Battle on the Bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Antonio Garcia and Alexander Sims placed fourth in class in the No. 3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R in a race that came down to fuel strategy in the second half.
Unofficially, the duo holds an 18-point advantage in the GTD PRO Drivers and Teams championships, and Chevrolet is out front by 46 points in the Manufacturers standings. The title will come down to the 10-hour Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta with 385 points available.
The two Pratt Miller-run Corvettes were mid-pack for most of the day. Sims qualified third but stalled going into the first corner and lost track position and ended up just ahead of teammate Tommy Milner in the No. 4 Corvette. The pair of yellow Z06 GT3.Rs were mired in the midfield until a full-course yellow with just under an hour boosted the two Corvettes up the order – the No. 3 to fifth and the No. 4 sixth.
Sims moved up to fourth after a hard fight with the No. 77 Porsche with Nicky Catsburg, Milner’s teammate, in the scrap, too. Unfortunately, the No. 4 received an incident responsibility penalty as part of that battle and eventually finished sixth in class.
In GTD, AWA’s No. 13 Corvette of Matt Bell, Lars Kern and Orey Fidani also finished sixth in class after steadily working their way through the field. After solid stints from Kern and Fidani, the AWA Corvette ran as high as second in class before a late-race penalty knocked it down to 10th before Bell drove back to sixth at the end.
Fidani will go into Road Atlanta tied for the lead in IMSA’s Bob Akin Award standings. It goes to the highest-finishing Bronze driver in GTD with the full-season winner earning an invitation to next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.
DXDT Racing’s day came to an early end after the No. 36 Corvette hit the Turn 14 wall barely 90 minutes into the race. That came not too long after it was hit and spun by a prototype, then jumped a curb.
The final IMSA round of the season for the Corvette Z06 GT3.R teams is the 10-hour Petit Le Mans from Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta on Saturday, October 11.
2) CORVETTE RACING BY PRATT MILLER MOTORSPORTS POST-RACE DRIVER QUOTES, provided by Corvette Racing
ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“I don’t think we could have done much better today than what we did. There were times where we were fighting and giving everything we had. So that was our day. It felt like we were lacking some overall pace to have a chance to win. But we handled our work, carried on and went for the best result we could get instead of giving up. We’ll go into the last race now with the points lead, so we’ll see.”
ALEXANDER SIMS, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“After the first lap, it changed the complexion of the race. I had hoped we could get ourselves back up a bit further than we did. There were a couple of key moments where we did some decent fuel saving but one of the Fords backed us up on a yellow so we were nowhere near the front of the group coming into the pits. That really eradicated any fuel advantage we had; we probably entered the pits 10 seconds behind. In the fight at the end where the 77 and Ferrari got alongside each other and I was able to draft past each other going into one of the braking zones. I kick myself because I didn’t realize that the Ferrari was on my outside. At the end of the day we gave each other plenty of racing room, but I’m sure from the outside it looked like I was being way too fair because I didn’t know he was there. I think we maximized all we had with our Corvette today. It seemed like the outright pace was lacking a bit, but we held on there for the whole of the last stint or two. Other than that one moment with the Ferrari, nothing else really presented itself to capitalize on. It’s OK. I’d much rather go into the last round with the lead than not in the lead. But it feels like there was a slim opportunity that we could have gone into Road Atlanta with a really nice lead.”
TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“This class is certainly competitive no matter what. We didn’t have a terrible day; we just didn’t have a great day. At the end there was a little bit of rough racing and we got a penalty, so P6 in the end. Obviously we wanted more. We just didn’t have the pace we needed to run up front. We got the best result we could with the car we had. Ultimately, I’m proud of the guys. We were a little bit short in practice and qualifying and got the Corvette working well for the race. Nicky was happy and I was pretty happy. We can take the positives and continue to make progress on having good race cars for Petit Le Mans.”
NICKY CATSBURG, NO. 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“This was a bit of a frustrating day. We had some pace in the car but didn’t really get to utilize it. Toward the end there was a lot of fighting going on and unfortunately I brushed the 77 and got a drive-through, which I think was probably the right thing but it put us on the back foot. We got a little lucky with the last yellow and gained another two positions. Other than that, it seemed like it was a bit of a decent day for us. We were behind the sister car and couldn’t really do anything. We were expecting not to be super-fast today and I think it showed. Let’s hope it goes a little bit better at Petit Le Mans.”
3) Join Pratt Miller Motorsports For Some Post-Race Encouragement
The folks over at Pratt Miller Motorsports have remained positive as they prepare for the last race of the season! If you’d like to join other racing enthusiasts, simply click anywhere on their Facebook post–all that is required to engage is a free personal Facebook profile.
From Pratt Miller:
“We came. We saw. We fought. And now… it’s time to head home!
Indy, you truly put the Battle in the Battle on the Bricks this weekend. The No. 3 delivered a hard-fought P4 finish, while the No. 4 kept the fight alive all the way to P6!
Every lap, every pass, every moment we’re building toward what’s next. Let’s keep pushing forward! The end is near on the 2025 season!”
4) Battle on the Bricks Photo Gallery
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