Nick Boulle earns the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship victory at the TireRack.Com Battle on the Bricks in Indianapolis last weekend with Era Motorsport and co-driver Christian Rasmussen. The team delivered a fantastic performance and took home the LMP2 class win in car No.18 ORECA 07 on Sunday, September 20. After a weekend packed with challenging practices and qualifiers, the win was well deserved and special for the entire group. For Boulle, this was his first-time competing with Era Motorsport and debut in the 2026 LMP2 season. After spending time this season focused on business and family, he made a grand return in winning style. He has previously earned several pole positions at the Indianapolis track, a Rolex 24 at Daytona class win, and other impressive titles across his prototype and endurance racing history. This weekend will mark another de Boulle Motorsport success story. “Couldn’t be happier, honestly,” said Boulle. “I knew we’d have a shot, but the whole team did a great job, especially on the pit stops. We knew from the start of the race it was going to be about fuel saving, and Hugo [Franch] called it from the beginning. Even when I started, we knew to focus on hitting the fuel numbers, and Christian delivered. So did the guys on pit lane. I’ve never seen fuel saving like that. The traces were pretty wild to watch on the telemetry.” For Era Motorsport, this was a first-time IMSA victory at its home event. The No.18 car has faced a challenging yet strong season with no overall victory up until this point. The 2026 Battle on the Bricks weekend delivered a satisfying win for the program. In a competition uniquely measured by time rather than laps to test participants in endurance and determination, the drivers of Era brought innovative strategy to pull out a show-stopping win. On Sunday, Boulle began behind the driver’s seat in the two-hour, forty-minute race and immediately avoided a multi-car incident at Turn 1. The driver continued with determination to maintain fuel conservation while balancing pace, knowing this would a crucial factor in the outcome of the championship. He raced as class lead before passing the car in third to co-driver Rasmussen. While being driven by Rasmussen, No.18 set some of the fastest laps in the LMP2 class and committed to finishing strong. A combination of managing the car’s fuel supply, timing the perfect pit-stop with a Full-Course Yellow, and consistent high pace speeds led the Era team across the Yard of Bricks first. “Man, what a special thing,” said Rasmussen. “Winning here at IMS obviously means a lot to me as an IndyCar driver. This is the Racing Capital of the World, and they don’t call it that by mistake. Winning here is always special, and doing it with a great group like this makes it even more special. “Hugo Franch, our lead engineer, called the strategy perfectly, and that was definitely the most I’ve ever fuel-saved in a race car, period. Fuel-save races aren’t necessarily the most fun when you’re in the middle of them, but when you end up on the top step of the podium, it definitely makes up for it. Nick did a great job all weekend, the whole team executed, and my job was really just to save as much fuel as I could and bring it home.” The weekend win was the ultimate reward for a season long of high competition for Era, shared determination on the track between Boulle and Rasmussen, and collaborative teamwork with everyone behind the success of No.18.

Nick Boulle returns to race the TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship event from Friday, September 18 to Sunday, September 20.  Boulle will be joining Era Motorsport for the first time alongside co-driver Christian Rasmussen. They will race the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in their No. 18 ORECA 07 LMP2.   Team members will rotate in and out of the car in selected pit-sops during this two-hour, forty-minute race, uniquely measured by time rather than laps to test participants in endurance and determination. The official Battle on the Bricks race takes place from 2:10 - 4:50 p.m. CT Sunday, September 20.  “I have been out of an LMP2 car and competition for a year, so it may take me a bit to warm up, but I'm super excited by the challenge we have coming up this weekend,” Boulle says.  “I'm particularly looking forward to getting to work with Era Motorsport. I know Kyle Tilley puts together a great car, and the team has clearly executed well in the past, so this was an opportunity we couldn't pass up.”  Boulle’s passion for racing began in early childhood and has played a defining role in shaping the character and work ethic he now uses to lead deBoulle’s Houston location. This year has been especially meaningful for the driver and businessman, as he recently became a father of two.   While much of his time lately has been spent in the backyard rather than on the racetrack, Boulle is eager to make a return to competition. The Indianapolis weekend is more than another race on the calendar, but it is a newfound opportunity to share with his growing family the perseverance, discipline, and values motorsports has brought in his own upbringing.   “This coming together for Indianapolis Motor Speedway could not have worked out better.”  Boulle says. “It's an iconic circuit that also happens to be one of my favorite tracks.”   Four separate classes of cars will race simultaneously on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course, where drivers from all over the world compete for an overall victory as well as first place within their respective class. The Battle on the Bricks atmosphere is highly competitive, fitting for the Motorsport capital of the World. The varying speeds of vehicles within the four classes make for intense racing and plenty of traffic to navigate throughout the course.  The four divisions of cars in the series are comprised of two styles including prototype, which showcases the latest automotive technology and are designed intentionally for the racetrack, and GT, which is based on road-going production models.  Boulle’s class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship falls under the first category. He will be driving the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), a closed-cockpit car developed by four approved constructors. In addition to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, LMP2 cars are eligible to compete in other global series such as the FIA World Endurance Championship, which includes the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans.  The weekend-long championship unites racers and fans from across the world to celebrate a shared love of the track and fierce competition. Festivities begin on Friday, September 18.  Weekend Schedule (CST) Friday, September 18 2:25 - 3:55 p.m. – Practice 1  Saturday, September 19 9:45 - 11:15 a.m. – Practice 2 4:45 - 5:00 p.m. – LMP2 Qualifying  Sunday, September 20 2:10 - 4:50 p.m. – TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks Tune in to support the team from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. CT Sunday, September 20 on NBC and Peacock and follow our social media for updates as the racing weekend commences!   Find more streaming schedule information on www.imsa.com.   

A Study in Simplicity: The Daisy Collection Picture a field in the first real week of summer, the kind of morning where the light has not yet turned hard and gold, and the grass still holds the coolness of the night before. Scattered across it, catching the first light one petal at a time, are daisies, perhaps the simplest flower there is, yet somehow the one every field seems to gather itself around. They do not announce themselves. They simply open with the morning, appearing as though they have always belonged exactly where the light found them. Throughout history, the daisy has carried meanings far greater than its modest appearance suggests. Medieval Europe associated it with loyal love and fidelity, while the Victorians embraced it through the language of flowers as a symbol of innocence, constancy, and quiet devotion. Unlike roses or orchids, the daisy was never admired because it was rare. It was admired because it returned faithfully, season after season, reminding us that beauty often belongs to what endures rather than what astonishes. This is where deBoulle's summer begins, not with the loudest gemstone in the collection, but with the flower almost everyone learns to draw before they can write their own name. Where the Light Lands Crafted in 18K yellow gold, the deBoulle Collection Daisy Necklace gathers more than five carats of round brilliant diamonds into a bloom that seems to hold the warmth of early morning light. Rather than overwhelming the eye, the diamonds work together with remarkable softness, allowing the piece to feel luminous instead of ostentatious. Like the flower itself, its beauty comes not from excess, but from balance. The deBoulle Collection Daisy Earrings in Yellow Gold continue that same conversation. Set in yellow gold with 4.25 carats of pavé diamonds, they catch light the way petals catch the morning sun: quietly, consistently, and without effort. Worn together, the necklace and earrings feel less like a matching set than a continuation of the same landscape, carrying a little of that summer field long after the morning itself has passed. What the Rain Leaves Behind But no summer belongs entirely to sunlight. The most memorable seasons are interrupted by passing rain, the kind that beads across every petal without weighing the flower down, somehow making the entire landscape more luminous for having passed through it. The white gold line in the Daisy Collection captures that quieter moment, where brilliance shifts from warm to cool, and diamonds flash like droplets resting on fresh petals. Fittingly, the French word for daisy, marguerite, traces its origins to the Greek word for pearl—a gemstone born from water rather than fire. It is an unexpected lineage for such an unassuming flower, yet an entirely fitting one. The deBoulle Collection Daisy Necklace in White Gold carries the same floral composition as its yellow gold counterpart, but with a cooler, more ethereal presence. Its 5.30 carats of diamonds seem to shimmer rather than glow, while the deBoulle Collection Daisy Earring in White Gold, with their fuller 6.75-carat silhouette, recall the brilliance of a flower still holding the last traces of a summer shower. The Beauty of Everyday Not every summer morning asks to be remembered through spectacle. Most unfold quietly: over coffee on a porch, afternoon walks that last longer than expected, dinners that begin before sunset, and ordinary days that later become the ones we remember most. These are the moments the Petite Daisy pieces seem made for. Available in both yellow and white gold, the Petite Daisy Necklace distills the same floral silhouette into something effortlessly wearable, while the deBoulle Collection Petite Daisy Earrings in White Gold bring a subtle brilliance that feels less like occasion dressing and more like part of the wearer herself. They are the pieces reached for instinctively, worn often enough to become familiar, and eventually difficult to imagine leaving behind. Like the flower that inspired them, they ask for very little attention, yet somehow become the pieces noticed most. The Flower That Never Grew Ordinary Centuries before modern jewelry collections, the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer rose before dawn simply to watch a daisy open, calling it, without irony, the "empress of flowers." Hundreds of years later, G.K. Chesterton offered perhaps its most enduring praise: "It may not be automatic monotony that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never gotten tired of making them." A field may appear to be filled with identical flowers, yet no two are exactly the same. Their beauty has never depended on rarity or extravagance, but on quiet consistency: the simple certainty that they will return each summer just as they always have. The Daisy Collection reflects that same understanding.  Whether expressed in the warmth of yellow gold or the quiet luminosity of white gold, each piece celebrates a flower that has never needed to be extraordinary to become unforgettable. It opens because morning arrives. It endures because it remains true to itself. Perhaps that is why, after centuries of changing fashions and countless more exotic blooms, the daisy still captures our attention. It has never needed to be rare to be worth looking at twice.