Dallas-based Lone Star Racing announce on Tuesday they will be joining the IMSA paddock full-time for the 2027 season. The Mercedes customer team first raced in the WeatherTech Championship in 2016 doing select sprint rounds. For the past three seasons, the team has embarked on Michelin Endurance Cup campaigns. Now the team will be making the step up to a full season program.
Moreover, the team will a pair of young and familiar faces at the controls. Young Dutchman Lin Hodenius and Ireland’s James Roe are confirmed for the ten-race GTD schedule. Both Hodenius and Roe did the Endurance Cup with Lone Star in 2026. Hodenius, an AMG-Mercedes Junior driver, has been racing with Iron Lynx in the World Endurance Championship the last two seasons. Roe has been racing in the American open-wheel development ladder since 2018. 2027 will be Roe’s first full-season in sportscar racing after previous part-time programs in Europe and America.
Lone Star joins Winward as full-season GTD teams representing the AMG-Mercedes brand in the WeatherTech Sportscar Championship. Additional drivers for the endurance races will be announced at a later date.
