Speedway, Indiana– Four-time IMSA Sports Car Champions, Bryan Herta Autosport will participate in the Sports Car Championship Canada presented by Michelin at the legendary Honda Indy Toronto. The team will enter the #98 Hyundai Elantra N TCR with Canadian TCR Champion Mark Wilkins driving.

The annual marquee event at Exhibition Place takes place July 14-16, 2023, and features three rounds of the Sports Car Championship. Canadian Mark Wilkins races fulltime for Bryan Herta Autosport in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge, where he is the current IMPC points leader at the season’s mid-point. Wilkins is a resident of nearby Mulmur and thrilled to participate in the Toronto Indy race weekend for the first time since he won there racing in the Pirelli World Challenge in 2014.

“I am so elated to have the opportunity to race on the streets of Toronto with BHA and Hyundai! I love street circuits; they demand precision, and they have no margin for error; just hard racing! I am grateful to BHA and FEL Motorsports, specifically Bryan Herta, Sean Jones, and Chris Bye for the chance to take part in this Championship and race against so many fine Canadian drivers at this legendary event,” said Wilkins. He continued, “The three races will undoubtedly be a great show for the Canadian fans!”

Bryan Herta Autosport is the official sales agent and parts representative of Hyundai race cars in North America. BHA President, Bryan Herta looks forward to supporting the Canadian racing series, and promotor FEL Motorsports, “We are really looking forward to competing at the Toronto Indy alongside Connor and Quinn Attrell for Hyundai Racing Canada in their Elantra N TCR and Veloster N TCR cars and Bob Attrell and James Vance in the Hyundai Veloster N-Line TCA cars," said Herta.

The Sports Car Championship Canada presented by Michelin event at the Honda Indy Toronto kicks off Friday, July 14th with more than 120 minutes of track time through the weekend Qualifying on Friday, two races on Saturday (8:30 am and 4:35 pm) and the final race just before the Grand Prix at noon on Sunday.

Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian
Founded in 2009, Bryan Herta Autosport has grown from a single car Indy-Lights team into a multi-championship winning auto racing franchise. Led by IndyCar and Sports Car star Bryan Herta, Bryan Herta Autosport has won races in every discipline they have entered, including Indy Lights, Indy Car, Global Rallycross, and championship titles in Pirelli World Challenge and IMSA. BHA rose to prominence after winning the 2011 Indianapolis 500 in what was the final race of the Centennial Era, a celebration of 100 years of racing at The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with driver Dan Wheldon.

Five years later, BHA partnered with Andretti Autosport, and defied the odds again, winning their second Indianapolis 500 with rookie driver Alexander Rossi. In 2018, BHA entered the American Sports Car scene beginning its immensely successful partnership with Hyundai. Together, BHA and Hyundai have won five championships in as many seasons, including four consecutive team and driver championships, and three consecutive (2020, 2021, 2022) manufacturer's titles in IMSA's Michelin Pilot Challenge. For more information, visit: www.BryanHertaAutosport.com.

BHA/Hyundai Customer Support: Bryan Herta Autosport is the U.S. sales agent and part support representative of Hyundai TCR and TCA race cars for customer teams. The BHA/Hyundai Customer Support Team offers trackside engineering support, setup and tuning advice, and part and order fulfillments for the Hyundai Veloster N TCR and TCA teams and drivers from the BHA’s headquarters in Speedway, IN. Since its North American debut in 2019, the Hyundai Veloster N TCR has scored 27 race wins, and three TCR championship titles.

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