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===Endurance racing=== Michelin is involved in endurance races such as the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] and the [[American Le Mans Series]]. Involvement in Le Mans began with supplying tyres for the winner of the inaugural [[1923 24 Hours of Le Mans]] as well as nine others of the 33 entrants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Le_Mans-1923-05-27.html|title=Le Mans 24 Hours 1923 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars|website=www.racingsportscars.com|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212201526/http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Le_Mans-1923-05-27.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Le Mans, 1923β29: The Official History of the World's Greatest Motor Race|last=Spurring|first=Quentin|isbn=9781910505083|location=Sherborne, Dorset, UK|publisher=Evro Publishing|pages=42, 86|oclc=951812820|date = 15 April 2016}}</ref> In 2009 Michelin supplied tyres for 41 of the 55 cars that entered in Le Mans.<ref>{{Cite journal| last = Considine | first = Tim | title = Lessons Learned! | journal = [[Road & Track]] | volume = 61 | issue = 7 | page = 86 | date = March 2010}}</ref> In 2016 they provided tyres to the Audi, Porsche and Toyota LMP1 teams, as well as the AF Corse, BMW, Corvette, Ford Ganassi, Porsche and Risi teams in GTE-Pro / GTLM. Beginning in 2019, Michelin will replace Continental as the official tyre of the [[WeatherTech SportsCar Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imsa.com/news/092017/imsa-names-michelin-official-tire-beginning-2019|title=IMSA Names Michelin Official Tire Beginning In 2019|first=Jennifer|last=Klein|date=20 September 2017|website=IMSA|access-date=7 November 2017|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107221635/https://www.imsa.com/news/092017/imsa-names-michelin-official-tire-beginning-2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Along with supplying tyres for IMSA's top three series, the partnership includes naming rights for the Sports Car Challenge series and the North American Endurance Cup. Michelin has also supplied tyres in the [[European Le Mans Series]]. They have been the exclusive supplier of the LMP3 class since 2015.
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