AXR Cadillac is skipping Le Mans this year to focus on winning IMSA

Between Porsche leaving WEC and Lamborghini leaving everything, people are getting itchy to declare the end of the Platinum Era of Sports Car Racing™, but honestly I think 18 Hypercars at Le Mans is still a pretty stout grid, given that Genesis is new to the grid this year and, you know, McLaren and Ford are coming next year.

As for Cadillac, not spreading the 31 too thin is obviously a great call. Wayne Taylor is obviously behind AXR in IMSA, Wayne wants to win Le Mans with his boys, that’s fine, but more importantly, JOTA is clearly ready to do it. Concentrating all the 31’s firepower on IMSA gives them the best possible chance of toppling Penske and Porsche.