Hyundai’s Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian TCR program arrives at Mid-Ohio for Sunday’s four-hour race carrying momentum that borders on dominance. The team has won the first four rounds of the 2025 Touring Car season and swept the podium at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the most recent stop on the calendar. Brown and Dupont enter the weekend with a 40-point championship lead over teammates Harry Gottsacker and Mason Filippi.
The win streak is longer than it looks on the 2025 results sheet. Counting the final two races of 2024, Bryan Herta Autosport has now put a Hyundai on the top step in six consecutive TCR events. Brown and Dupont took the win at Laguna Seca as part of the historic triple-podium finish, the first time Hyundai has locked out all three positions in a TCR race. The result extended a championship lead that is now substantial enough to shift the pressure dynamic heading into the second quarter of the season.
The 40-point gap between Brown and Dupont and their teammates Gottsacker and Filippi is a function of consistency as much as outright pace. Hyundai has put four cars across the finish in competitive positions through the opening rounds, but the lead car has been on the podium every time. The intra-team battle is the story within the story, with two pairings running identical machinery and both capable of winning on any given weekend. Whether that internal competition stays productive or becomes a problem depends on how the next several races unfold.
Mid-Ohio is the test. The 2.258-mile road course in Lexington, Ohio is a technical layout that rewards precision over power, and the four-hour race format introduces strategy variables that do not apply in shorter TCR sprints. Tire management, fuel windows, and pit timing become factors that can scramble a result even when one team has the fastest car. Hyundai’s four-race winning run has been built on execution as much as speed, and Mid-Ohio will measure both.
The broader context for Hyundai’s racing program is a sales year that has started strong. The brand reported total U.S. sales of 84,521 units in May, an 8 percent increase compared with May 2024. Racing results do not directly translate to showroom traffic, but they anchor the performance narrative Hyundai has been building around its N sub-brand and electrified lineup. A fifth straight win on Sunday keeps that narrative rolling.
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