Cadillac Finally Wins in 2025, Holding Off WTR in Indy’s Battle on the Bricks
Indianapolis is a place that amplifies everything: speed, pressure, mistakes, and hero moments that stick. The 2025 TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks took that reputation and cranked it up another notch, delivering six hours of shifting strategy, penalty drama, and a final restart that turned a long-form endurance chess match into a sprint for the yard of bricks.
When the dust settled, Cadillac finally got its moment in the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech season. The No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R of Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber, and Frederik Vesti held off a relentless late charge to win overall, closing out the Indianapolis weekend with a statement that felt overdue.
GTP: Cadillac’s first 2025 win arrives with a two-lap fight to the flag
The headline is simple: Cadillac won. But the way it happened is what made it feel like Indy. A late caution bunched the field and erased the gap that endurance racing usually builds across six hours. Instead of a comfortable cruise to the finish, the leaders got a two-lap dash with everything on the line. Aitken lined up the No. 31 Cadillac perfectly on the restart and never cracked, bringing the car home less than a second ahead of the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac.
The No. 10’s day was its own roller coaster, including a left-front puncture after a lock-up that forced the team into recovery mode. Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque did what WTR does best: survive the weird stuff, claw back into contention, and put themselves in position to steal it late. They came up just short, but their fight made the ending electric.
Behind them, the No. 60 Acura ARX-06 quietly authored one of the cleanest “story of the day” drives. After being sent to the rear of the GTP field following a technical infraction, and later absorbing a drive-through penalty, Tom Blomqvist and Colin Braun still rallied to the podium. That’s the kind of result you remember in October.
LMP2: TDS keeps owning Indy, and the final minutes went full prototype chaos
In LMP2, the No. 11 TDS Racing ORECA 07 of Steven Thomas, Mikkel Jensen, and Hunter McElrea delivered a performance that felt both dominant and resilient. They’ve made Indianapolis their house, and this win continued a streak of control at a track that tends to punish teams who blink.
The late-race caution that created the GTP shootout was triggered by LMP2 contact with less than 10 minutes remaining, which tells you everything you need to know about how tense the closing run became. LMP2 was aggressive all day, and it ended the same way, with pressure stacking until something finally snapped. TDS kept their noses clean when it mattered and cashed in another win at the Brickyard.
GTD Pro: Ford turns “Rexy” into a footnote and grabs a big one
If you want a pure “racing moment” from the weekend, it might be the pass that won GTD Pro.
The No. 64 Ford Multimatic Mustang GT3 of Mike Rockenfeller and Sebastian Priaulx started seventh in class and fought its way into the mix, using early strategy to gain track position. The team still had to overcome a drive-through penalty, but the car stayed in the hunt long enough to make the decisive move when it counted.
In the final hour, Priaulx went elbow-out and took the lead from AO Racing’s fan-favorite No. 77 Porsche, “Rexy,” in a move that instantly shifted the class narrative. Ford then did the hard part: it survived the late restart and held on at the finish, winning by just over half a second. At a venue like IMS, that kind of GTD Pro win hits different. It’s loud, it’s physical, and it makes the whole paddock take notice.
GTD: Inception Racing breaks through with a Ferrari win at the Brickyard
GTD delivered a feel-good breakthrough with the No. 70 Inception Racing Ferrari 296 GT3. Brendan Iribe, Frederik Schandorff, and Ollie Millroy grabbed their first WeatherTech Championship class win, and they earned it with a clean, composed run that didn’t crumble under the late-race pressure.
They beat the No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche in a straight fight to the flag, and that’s what makes the result satisfying: no weird asterisks, no “right place at the right time” luck. Just execution when the class was at its most chaotic.
Porsche points day, tightening GT battles, and a finale loaded with meaning
Even on a weekend where Cadillac stole the headlines, the championship math still leaned Porsche.
The No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 of Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet didn’t have a flawless day, finishing seventh, but it was enough to extend their points advantage to 131 heading into the season finale at Road Atlanta. The sister No. 7 Porsche ended up 12th after penalties and trouble, turning Indy into a damage-limitation weekend for one side of the garage.
In GTD Pro, the season story tightened as well. Corvette’s lead took pressure, and the fight is now close enough that Petit Le Mans becomes a true final-round brawl rather than a formality. GTD remains its usual brand of unpredictable, but Winward Racing still left Indy with a commanding position in the standings despite setbacks.
indy didn’t care who you were, only what you executed
Battle on the Bricks always feels like it has two races inside it: the long one where you manage the clock, and the short one at the end where Indy demands perfection. In 2025, Cadillac finally landed the season-defining win, Ford punched through in GTD Pro, Inception grabbed its first big trophy, and Porsche quietly did what champions do, scoring points on a day that could have gone sideways.
Six hours on the IMS road course, reduced to two laps of truth, with the yard of bricks waiting at the end. That’s endurance racing at Indianapolis: strategy, survival, and a finish that leaves tire marks on the memory.