The International Motor Sports Association has been a part of racing for over 50 years; but just three years ago IMSA established the IMSA Hall of Fame.

What sets the IMSAHOF apart from NASCAR or other similar Halls of Fame is that IMSA doesn’t just celebrate the drivers; but also the cars themselves.  A great driver can only be as great as their equipment.

Over the weekend, IMSA revealed the inductees for 2025 to the Hall of Fame.  The new inductees will be enshrined as a part of the annual WeatherTech Night of Champions in October.

The 2025 IMSA Hall of Fame Inductees?
Mentor, team owner, two time Twelve Hours of Sebring winner, and gentleman driver Bob Akin.  The Bronze-rated driver in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) bears his name.

Team owner and racer Rob Dyson is a two time Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona winner as a team owner.

Eighteen time IMSA race winner, including the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona twice, Elliott Forbes-Robinson spent some 40 years behind the steering wheel in a variety of racing series and formants.

All American Racers team owner Dan Gurney. Known as the “Big Eagle” his Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) team dominated the class in 1991-93 with 21 races including a 24 Hours of Daytona races and two 12 Hours of Sebring races.  In 1959, the Great Eagle himself won the 12 Hours of Sebring, the inaugural three-hour Daytona Continental (the race would go on to become the 24 Hours of Daytona), and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In a posthumous induction, co-founder of Panoz Cars Don Panoz helped to develop the Panoz GT-LM.  The car went on to win both the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring in 2006.  After buying the Professional Sports Car Racing; he went on to launch the American Le Mans Series in 1999.  In 2013 ALMS merged with the GRAND-AM to form the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.  He held the positon of vice chairman until his death in 2018.

Bob Tullius is a 10 time IMSA race winner including the 24 Hours of Le Mans.  Thanks to his affiliation with British Leyland, the Jaguar XJR-5 and XJR-7 became a part of IMSA.  His prowess as a marketing expert helped to bring the green and white of Quaker State Motor Oil cars, haulers, and uniforms.

IMSA is also inducting three cars into the Hall of Fame…
the “Batmobile” BMW CSL
the Group 44 Jaguar GTP XJR-5 and XJR-7
and the LOLA T600