Champions. Again.
Mason Filippi wins the No. 33 Bryan Herta Autosport Hyundai Elantra N TCR home at Petit Le Mans — a race win that clinches back-to-back IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge TCR championships.
There's a moment at the end of a season like this where all the work stops being separate weekends and becomes one story. That moment happened at Road Atlanta.
We needed a strong finish at Petit Le Mans to close this out, and the No. 33 Hyundai Elantra N TCR gave me everything I needed. We won the race. We won the championship. Watkins Glen, Mosport, Road America — every one of those results this fall was building toward this exact weekend, and the Bryan Herta Autosport crew gave me a car capable of finishing the job all year.
This one means something different. Going back-to-back is harder than winning the first time — everyone is gunning for the defending champion, every weekend is a target on your back, and we still found a way to be the best car on track when it mattered most.
Hyundai Hope on Wheels has been on this car all season, and there's no better way to represent that partnership than with a trophy at the finale. Thank you to everyone at Bryan Herta Autosport who put in the work to make this happen twice.