Racing to End Alzheimer’s joins Forbush Performance’s HSR effort

The team’s familiar purple and yellow colors will be carried by the No. 33 Ligier LMP3 prototype

LOS ANGELES (March 3, 2025) – In addition to its core program, Racing to End Alzheimer’s has been invited to team with Forbush Performance to contest the 2025 Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Prototype Challenge Presented by IMSA series. The season gets underway this weekend at Sebring International Raceway.

The iconic purple and yellow paint scheme will adorn the No. 33 Ligier LMP3 prototype race car driven by tech entrepreneur and veteran sports car racer Matt Forbush. The LMP3 will carry the names of loved ones who have suffered from dementia or Alzheimer’s, as the Memphis, Tenn.-based team will raise money for the program’s Alzheimer’s efforts at each race event.

Fans can donate to the cause and place their loved one’s name on the No. 33 LMP3 prototype, riding along as the team races at some of the most famous tracks in North America. All donations are matched by Frengs’s company Legistics, with 100% going to the team’s two beneficiaries.

Racing to End Alzheimer’s founder Phil Frengs looks forward to joining a new paddock – and meeting a new set of fans. Frengs will spend the race weekends at the familiar R2EndAlz tent outside the team’s paddock garage, inevitably talking to people who have experienced the impact Alzheimer’s has on family and friends.

“Just about everyone I meet has had Alzheimer’s affect their family,” said Frengs. “It can be a grandparent, an aunt or uncle, a parent. It’s so prevalent in the world today – and that’s part of our job, to listen to the stories and share the memories. The main reason we’re here today is to give people a way to honor their loved one, to feel as though they’re doing something to help the fight to eradicate the disease.”

Forbush first worked with the Racing to End Alzheimer’s team at Daytona in 2022 and kept in touch. He joined former team champions Nick Galante and Mark Kvamme to contest the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge event at Daytona last season and now partners with sports car veteran Tom Long in the HSR Prototype Challenge series.

“I’m excited for the opportunity to work with Phil this year,” said Forbush. “The HSR series brings a different demographic to the table, and we know we’ll meet an entire new group of fans and participants who have all been touched by dementia or Alzheimer’s in some way. We’ve dealt with it in my family so I’m glad for the chance to make a difference.”

HSR was formed in the mid-’70s with the goal of celebrating race cars from the past, allowing fans to enjoy the history and excitement created by the cars that won great events such as the 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours of Daytona. In addition to the Prototype Challenge, HSR weekends feature several other racing series, ranging from the powerful GTP/Group C Series featuring the original GTP prototypes to the Hawk Performance Endurance Series presented by B.R.M., which includes historic production and prototype sports cars.

“You see some of the coolest race cars from all eras at these events,” said Forbush. “It’s under the IMSA umbrella now and they do a great job. And many of the vintage races are run the weekend before the main IMSA series runs, and that’s the case this weekend at Sebring. We look forward to meeting all the fans!”

Last year marked the inaugural season of the HSR Prototype Challenge Presented by IMSA, a seven-race series for current and previous generation LMP3 race cars. Sanctioned by IMSA, the series contests events at some of America’s legendary racing venues, including Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen, VIR, and Road Atlanta, racing on the same weekends as the main HSR series.

Each Prototype Challenge race weekend will hold two races: a 30-minute sprint race and an endurance race ranging in length from 90 minutes to three hours. Two classes of Ligier LMP3s will compete: LMP3-1 will include current iteration cars, with the LMP3-2 class using previous-generation LMP3 cars. Racing to End Alzheimer’s with Forbush Performance will compete in the LMP3-2 class.

“It’s going to be an exciting weekend at Sebring,” said Frengs. “Sebring brings out the serious sports car fan, and they’ll have a range of cars and racing series to watch. We’re looking forward to getting started!”

The HSR effort will run in addition to the team’s main sports car program, which will be announced shortly.

The 2025 HSR Prototype Challenge Presented by IMSA will contest two races at Sebring. The sprint race takes the green flag Friday at 5:30 p.m. ET, with the 90-minute endurance race taking place Sunday at 9:00 a.m. ET. The races will be broadcast live on the Historic Sportscar Racing YouTube channel.