Detroit, Mich. (28 May 2025) – The trucks drive north to Detroit as Acura Meyer Shank Racing (“Acura MSR”) prepares for Round 5 of the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. In only the second year of the new 1.654-mile, nine-turn downtown Detroit street circuit, Acura MSR will take on the new layout for the first time in IMSA competition for the Detroit Grand Prix (Saturday, 3:30pm ET, Peacock, SiriusXM Ch. 206).
In the No. 93 Acura ARX-06, drivers Renger van der Zande and Nick Yelloly both raced on the new circuit last year, with van der Zande getting a podium finish. In fact, the Dutch racer has an impressive four wins in the Motor City, albeit on the previous Belle Isle layout.
But drivers of the No. 60, Tom Blomqvist and Colin Braun, will tackle the track for the first time. Both wheelmen are eager to erase the bad luck from unfortunate pit incidents in Sebring and Laguna.
In the Belle Isle iteration of the Detroit event, MSR has seen success with two wins in the GTD class, one of which (2017) was the first victory for the then all-new Acura NSX GT3. The team also scored it’s first-ever IMSA 1-2 finish in 2018. Last year, Acura took the maiden GTP win on the downtown track.
After Long Beach, the Detroit Grand Prix marks the second of two 100-minute sprint races and second street course race of the year. Saturday’s race is part of a doubleheader weekend with the NTT INDYCAR Series. Fresh off the Indianapolis 500 weekend, MSR will compete with their two full-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES entries, Felix Rosenqvist and Marcus Armstrong.
Saturday’s IMSA featured has a green flag scheduled for 3:40 PM ET. Fans can watch flag-to-flag coverage on Peacock beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET, as well as IMSA TV Live and IMSA YouTube outside the U.S. The live Qualifying Stream will air on Peacock Friday at 4:50 p.m. ET.
Live IMSA radio coverage can also be accessed on SiriusXM channel 206.
Meyer Shank Racing Team Quotes:
Renger van der Zande: “I’ve got great Detroit memories and had quite a lot of victories on the Belle Isle circuit. Last year was the first time going through the city on this street track, which is really fun. I got a decent P3 result, but I remember the Acura seemed quite fast as I was driving behind it. Of course, I am happy to be in the Acura this year and see what we can do. We’ve had lot of preparation again from the team and I think we will be more competitive than we’ve been the last couple of races. Bring it on!”
Tom Blomqvist: “Been a tough few events for us recently. So, it’s been nice to re-set, look ahead to this weekend and be fairly confident we can get a good result. It’s a new track for me and Colin, but the car won in Detroit last year, so we have a good base to work from. Definitely focusing hard on getting a really solid result here to kickstart our season properly.”