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- Action Express Racing announced Thursday morning that Tom Blomqvist will serve as the team's third driver for the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup races in 2024. Blomqvist is moving full-time to the NTT IndyCar Series in 2024 with Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian, but will keep his foot in IMSA going forward. Blomqvist will technically replace Jack Aitken in the role. Aitken is now full-time with Action Express while Pipo Derani's teammate in 2023, Alexander Sims, is moving to the factory-supported Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports in the GTD Pro class.

- IMSA announced Thursday that an agreement has been reached with the WSC Group to keep TCR cars in IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge through the end of 2026. 

"I honestly don’t have any expectations. I’m kind of going into this open-minded. […] So it’s just going to be up to me trying to figure out a racetrack and kind of try to adapt to these these trucks. It’ll be a lot of information to take in, for sure, but I think we can have a really good day today and just trying to stay out of trouble." - Carson Kvapil's thoughts entering his first career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start at Bristol.