From track day junkie to IMSA rookie: Christina Lam

Christina Lam got into motorsports like a lot of us: autocross, track days and eventually club racing. For 2025, her career takes an exciting turn: Her IMSA debut.

Christina will join Rockwell Autosport Development in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge, where she will be behind the wheel of the team’s No. 10 Audi RS3 LMS TCR Gen 2.

Not familiar with Christina? Read more about her in this article from our December 2016 issue here.

Christina starts driving the Audi this weekend during the Roar Before the Rolex. The IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge will hold five practice sessions from Friday, January 17, to Saturday, January 20.

Then, during the Rolex 24 at Daytona weekend, she'll make race at 1:40 p.m. Eastern on Friday, January 24.

Comments

Colin Wood Associate Editor
1/16/25 11:41 a.m.

That's so cool! Good for her.

She's pretty much achieved the dream.

Tom1200 PowerDork
1/16/25 1:02 p.m.

Good for her; I seem to recall she commented on the forum a few times.

alfadriver MegaDork
1/16/25 2:34 p.m.

Another grassroots to pro Motorsports story! Very cool.

APEowner GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
1/16/25 4:26 p.m.

Excellent! She's good people and deserves success.

DavyZ Reader
1/16/25 7:07 p.m.

Best wishes for an awesome season!!

christinaylam (Forum Supporter) New Reader
1/16/25 9:45 p.m.

Thank you for all the kind words guys!! I'm very excited about the next two weekends! Will hop on here to answer questions too!

APEowner GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
1/16/25 11:11 p.m.

christinaylam (Forum Supporter) said:
Thank you for all the kind words guys!! I'm very excited about the next two weekends! Will hop on here to answer questions too!

Well, since you offered. I'd like to know more about the car and how it compares the what you've driven before.

I'd also like to know what the IMSA experience is like compared to other series you've raced in.

Is it OK that I didn't phrase my response as a question?

Tom1200 PowerDork
1/16/25 11:58 p.m.

christinaylam (Forum Supporter) said:
Thank you for all the kind words guys!! I'm very excited about the next two weekends! Will hop on here to answer questions too!

I would love to here how your debrief session go.

I've twice been lucky enough to have an actual race engineer give me feedback and having that was amazing.

Colin Wood Associate Editor
1/17/25 9:46 a.m.

We love to see it.

bmw88rider GRM+ Memberand UberDork
1/17/25 10:57 a.m.

Enjoy the experience. It's something completely new on that level.

Can't wait to hear the feedback on the whole thing. What surprised you, what you would change, and what you'll never forget from the weekend. Sounds like a great article for the mag.