Driving for a cause: Racing to End Alzheimer’s ready for Road Atlanta finale

LOS ANGELES (October 6, 2025) – The Racing to End Alzheimer’s with Stephen Cameron Racing team heads to the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge finale at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta with one goal: score that elusive first season victory.

With their new No. 19 Ford Mustang GT4 sustaining significant damage at last month’s Indianapolis round, the team opted to return to the chassis that finished fifth at VIRginia International Raceway in August. Drivers Sean Quinlan and Greg Liefooghe will look to finish the season strong – and break the recent string of bad luck that has seen the team taken out of two of the last three races while running in very competitive positions.

Racing to End Alzheimer’s will also be on board the No. 31 RVA Graphics with Speed Syndicate Audi RS3 LMS TCR car driven by Luke Rumberg and Jaden Conwright. The team returns to the track for the first time since breaking through for its first season win at VIR.

The 2025 event will be Racing to End Alzheimer’s eighth Michelin Pilot race at Road Atlanta, with the program having earned three podium finishes, including a victory, from 2015 to 2022. The win came in 2016, when Nick Galante and Spencer Pumpelly took the Racing to End Alzheimer’s/RS1 Porsche Cayman to victory lane on their way to the ST championship title.

Racing to End Alzheimer’s founder Phil Frengs would love to return to the podium’s top step with a team that has become like family.

“Obviously we have so many good memories from Road Atlanta – the win in 2016 led to one of our two championships,” said Frengs. “Because it’s the end of the season, it’s a chance to take a look at the No. 19, with all the names representing all these families that are honoring and remembering somebody, as well as the No. 31, with our brand on the side of the car. That’s what our mission is, so it’s a bit of a grand finale for us, and it always feels so rewarding.

“We’ve had such a great year with the Cameron team and we’d love to see them break through with a win this season,” continued Frengs. “I know we say it every week, but we can’t thank every single team member enough for all their hard work – on the car, on setup, with the drivers, but also with us. They work hard to make sure the names of our ‘champions’ are on the car every week, which hasn’t been easy, given two big incidents this season that meant a good deal of extra work to replace names and add names. But they do it tirelessly – and we’d love to see that work rewarded this weekend.”

The Cameron team and drivers feel the same way about Racing to End Alzheimer’s – the energy the organization brings filters through the entire team.

“Racing to End Alzheimer’s brings so much positive energy to the team every weekend,” said Liefooghe. “Having Phil with us on race weekends has been great. Despite everything he’s been through, he just always looks at the positives. We can all be a little hard on ourselves sometimes, and having that perspective helps a lot, as does having such a great cause on the car. It adds an element of satisfaction to the racing, above and beyond what happens on the racetrack.”

Liefooghe believes Road Atlanta has a bit of a Sonoma vibe – the home track for both Liefooghe and the Cameron team. Solid passing zones and a field close in times on the 12-turn, 2.54-mile circuit should make for an exciting race on Friday.

“Road Atlanta is a good track for racing,” said Liefooghe. “There are a couple of long straights and good braking zones. The tough part about Road Atlanta is it’s a pretty short lap, so the field tends to be extremely tight – with only a couple of tenths separating the top 10. That makes set up and mistake-free driving absolutely key. But the Mustang performs well here, so we should be very competitive.”

The No. 19 Racing to End Alzheimer’s Mustang gives families the chance to honor their own “champions” – loved ones who have suffered from Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. For a $250 donation, the family member’s name and hometown is placed on the car, and their photo can be posted on the Racing to End Alzheimer’s website’s tribute page. All donations are matched by Frengs’ company Legistics, with 100% going to the program’s two beneficiaries – the Nantz National Alzheimer Center at Houston Methodist and the UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program.

Names added throughout the Road Atlanta weekend will remain on the car throughout the entire 2026 racing season.

To date, Racing to End Alzheimer’s has donated over $1 million to those two programs.