A trio of additional entries will boost the grid of this weekend’s FIA TCR World Tour to 15 cars, as two Americans and a Canadian join the grid at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Thew TCR World Tour is supporting the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge this weekend, and will hold two standalone races on Saturday, nine hours apart.
Alongside the 12 regular full-season entries will be three local drivers, including two from the current IMSA field.
Bryan Herta Autosport is entering two Hyundai Elantra N TCR cars for Harry Gottsacker and Mark Wilkins, who had been car-sharing team-mates in the 2020 and 2021 Michelin Pilot Challenge seasons.
Gottsacker, along with Robert Wickens, is the reigning Michelin Pilot Challenge TCR champion, whilst Wilkins, along with Michael Lewis, won the 2019 title, and has twice finished runner-up.
Alongside them, the series will also see its first-ever female competitor, as Riley Pegram enters a self-run Audi RS3 LMS TCR. The 19-year-old will take part in her home race, as she hails from Columbus, the capital city of Ohio.
She is the daughter of Pro America Superbike Championship race winner Larry Pegram, and has recently been competing in the American Endurance Racing series and the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America.
Practice and qualifying take place on Friday, followed by the two races on Saturday.