This Motorsports Team Reps an Awesome Star Wars Helmet Stormtrooper Design
Motorsports offers some awesome liveries week in and week out. From paint schemes to fire suits, pit road signs, and so much more, it is fun to see what marketing has up its sleeves. Corvette Racing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship outdid itself, sporting a Star Wars-themed helmet for driver Nicky Catsburg.
The helmet features Corvette Racing's yellow-and-black theme, with a Star Wars Scout Trooper outline. Motorsports Content Creator, Adam Cosgrove, first posted the awesome aesthetic, which has taken social media by storm.
IMSA Racing Embraces Star Wars
IMSA is a sports car racing series owned by NASCAR. The series is best known for the Rolex 24 at Daytona, which takes place annually in early February. It is sports car racing on various track types, mostly road course setups.
The series knows what it takes to grow its sport. That is reaching a broader audience. Corvette Racing has done just that with its helmet design. Cosgrove photographed the design and posted it on his Instagram, which has 30,000 followers. @CultureCrave, they posted the helmet on their X account, which has 500,000 followers. Call that a marketing success.
IMSA driver Nicky Catsburg's Star Wars Scout Trooper racing helmet
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While the helmet design is awesome, Catsburg will not wear the design in the race. The Star Wars-themed outline will be removed as it is all for show. The series' next race is on May 30 at the ChevrMay 30etroit Sports Car Classic. Corvette Racing currently leads the IMSA GTD Division with 971 points, besting Paul Miller Racing by 51 points.
The next race event will be viewable on Peacock and NBC. Stay tuned to IMSA social media for further details. Perhaps you may catch the awesome Star Wars design of Catsburg weeks after May the Fourth. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu will debut on Disney+ on May 22.
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This story was originally published May 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM.