Sport | Motorsport |
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Jurisdiction | North America; United States and Canada |
Abbreviation | IMSA |
Founded | 1969 |
Affiliation | ACCUS-FIA |
Headquarters | Daytona Beach, Florida |
President | John Doonan |
Chairman | Jim France |
CEO | Ed Bennett |
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Official website | |
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The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) is a North American sports car racing sanctioning body based in Daytona Beach, Florida, under the jurisdiction of the ACCUS arm of the FIA. It was started by John Bishop, a former executive director of SCCA (Sports Car Club of America), and his wife Peggy in 1969 with help from Bill France Sr. of NASCAR. Beginning in 2014,[1] IMSA is the sanctioning body of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the premier series resulting from the merger of Grand-Am Road Racing and the American Le Mans Series. IMSA is owned by NASCAR, as a division of the company.[2]