{"id":365567,"date":"2025-12-23T00:09:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T00:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/365567\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T00:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T00:09:15","slug":"three-year-deal-puts-former-bjr-driver-on-path-to-imsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/365567\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-year deal puts former BJR driver on path to IMSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MADELINE Stewart is targeting an IMSA SportsCar Championship seat by 2028 after signing a three-year deal with American team Czabok-Simpson Motorsport.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart had raced in Super3 (with Brad Jones Racing) and Porsche single-make racing in Australia before taking her career to the United States in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Now she will progress from Porsche Carrera Cup North America to the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Championship, driving a Porsche Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport in the GS class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis partnership with CSM represents a major step forward in my career,\u201d said the Kiwi.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Indy-54-Madeline-Stewart-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244375\"  \/>Pic: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis multi-year deal allows us to build momentum with clear intent and work towards long-term goals together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPorsche has been fundamental to my racing journey and continuing with the brand while joining a team entering its third season in the Michelin Pilot Challenge aligns perfectly with where I\u2019m headed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to grow with CSM on and off the track and to continue progressing within IMSA at the highest level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CSM co-owner Stephen Simpson said: \u201cMadeline brings proven Porsche experience, professionalism, and strong potential.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DM_MadelineStewart-StPete25-5-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244374\"  \/>Pic: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral of our current drivers are on long-term agreements, Madeline fits perfectly within our current driver raster and shares our long-term vision were we want to progress in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis three-year commitment allows us to focus on development \u2013 both competitively and commercially \u2013 and to work toward a shared objective of stepping into the WeatherTech Championship together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CSM is based in Brownsburg, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>The Undercut \u2013 Unpacking the Grand Final drama!<\/p>\n<p>The team return to break down all of the big talking points from Adelaide and season 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MADELINE Stewart is targeting an IMSA SportsCar Championship seat by 2028 after signing a three-year deal with American&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-365567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}