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Pierson To Remain With United Autosports

LE MANS, France — Josh Pierson, the youngest driver to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship and at Le Mans, will return to United Autosports for the 2023 season. After a successful debut with the team in the ...

Toyotas Sweep Front Row At Le Mans

LE MANS, France — It was a thrilling battle for the front row during Thursday’s Hyperpole Shootout to set the top of the lineup for this weekend’s 90th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the famed ...

Cadillac Unveils GTP Concept Design

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Thursday saw the unveiling by Cadillac of the new Hypercar class that will compete next year in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Cadillac’s Project GTP Hypercar is the manufacturer’s third-generation prototype race car. What went ...

Kobayashi’s Toyota Leads Le Mans Drills

LE MANS, France — A 60-minute qualifying session at La Sarthe on Wednesday set the field of cars that will compete in Thursday’s Hyperpole session to set the final grid for the 90th running of the 24 Hours of ...

Le Mans Will Pack Plenty Of IMSA Punch

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – There’s lots of anticipation for the increased convergence coming in 2023 between the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the FIA World Endurance Championship. But there are already plenty of IMSA-affiliated drivers and other storylines for ...

U.S. TA2 To Compete In Australian Trans Am Series At Bathurst

MIAMI – The United States-based Trans Am Series TA2 class has been invited to participate in the Turtle Wax Trans Am Series season finale at the Bathurst International Mount Panorama circuit on November 11-13.   This is the first ...

BMW Reveals New LMDh Prototype

With testing set to begin on its new LMDh prototype, BMW M Motorsport officials have announced the name, design and livery for the car that will compete in the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The BMW M Hybrid V8 ...

No. 17 Lexus Wins GTD Class In Detroit

DETROIT – With 14 turns packed into 2.3 miles, the Belle Isle street circuit presented a host of challenges to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GT Daytona (GTD) competitors in the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic. However, the key to victory ...

No. 01 Cadillac Takes DPi Detroit Victory

DETROIT – Knowing that winning the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic was vital to sparking their comeback into IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship points contention, Sebastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande essentially led Saturday’s 100-minute sprint race from start to finish. ...

Bourdais Speeds In Detroit

DETROIT — There’s rarely been a dull moment in the first half of the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Sebastien Bourdais, Renger van der Zande and the No. 01 Cadillac Racing team. The latest dose of excitement came Friday when ...

Evans Is Electric In Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Mitch Evans (Jaguar TCS Racing) fended off the close attention of Jean-Éric Vergne (DS TECHEETAH) and Edoardo Mortara (ROKiT Venturi Racing) to take his third victory of the Formula E season in Saturday’s inaugural Jakarta E-Prix. ...

Toyota GR Cup Set To Debut Under SRO Banner In 2023

PLANO, Texas – Beginning in 2023, the newly formed GR Cup will be sanctioned by SRO America, the established leader in GT racing for the past 30 years. The GR Cup will offer affordable competition in 14 events over seven ...

Pla To Drive Whelen Cadillac For Remainder Of Season

DENVER, N.C. – Whelen Engineering/Action Express Racing (AXR) has signed Olivier Pla to co-drive with Pipo Derani for the remainder of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.   Tristan Nunez will remain with the team in a stand-by role.    ...

Kirkwood To Compete With Vasser Sullivan In Detroit

CONCORD, N.C.  – Kyle Kirkwood will compete for Vasser Sullivan Racing at the Detroit Grand Prix on June 4. The GTD PRO class will not be campaigning at Detroit, however, Vasser Sullivan has entered a second GTD car. Kirkwood ...

Dyson Delivers At Lime Rock

LAKEVILLE, Conn. — With a huge crowd fanning across Spectator Hill, Rob Dyson delivering the call to start engines ahead of the race start as the grand marshal, a flyover from the Connecticut Air National Guard 103rd Airlift Wing ...

Merrill Takes A Victory At Lime Rock Despite Slick Conditions

LAKEVILLE, Conn. — The rain did not spoil the fun at Lime Rock Park on Saturday as the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli hosted its first race of the weekend with its highly competitive TA2 class. The second ...

Skeen Sets Lime Rock Track Record

LAKEVILLE, Conn. — Warm temperatures and overcast skies set the stage for a record-breaking afternoon at Lime Rock Park for the Trans-Am Memorial Day Classic. Lime Rock Park officially kicked off the track’s 65th season on Friday with on-track sessions from ...

Lamborghini Super Trofeo Sees Four Different Winners At NOLA

AVONDALE, La. – The highly competitive nature of Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America was on open display in Race 2 of the NOLA Motorsports Park weekend. For the second straight event to start the 2022 season, the four class ...

Piquet’s ‘Slick’ Move Leads To First Lamborghini Super Trofeo Win

AVONDALE La. – Nelson Piquet Jr. was the first to take the gamble Saturday at NOLA Motorsports Park. It paid off with his first Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America victory. The former Formula One driver and 2015 Formula E ...

Le Mans 24 Hours To Be Final LMP2 Race For Team Penske

MOORESVILLE, N.C. –Team Penske will no longer race in the LMP2 class for the remainder of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season, following the 24 Hours of Le Mans next month. The team will instead turn its attention ...

Lamborghini Super Trofeo Primed For Record Grid At Nola

AVONDALE, La. – Unlike most of his fellow drivers in Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America, Danny Formal has experience racing at NOLA Motorsports Park, the track the series visits this weekend. Admittedly, that experience is minimal. Formal competed in a ...

Porsche Announces Rennsport Reunion Dates

ATLANTA — The next Porsche Rennsport Reunion will be held at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca near Monterey, California, September 28-October 1 in 2023. This will be the seventh running of the Rennsport Reunion, and marks the fourth time that ...

Lamborghini Joining IMSA GTP Class In 2024

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Lamborghini will join the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s new Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class in 2024 with an LMDh prototype. Lamborghini Squadra Corse, the automaker’s motorsports division, announced Tuesday that it will field cars in both ...

Taylor Acura Tops Mid-Ohio Door-Banger

STEAM CORNERS, Ohio — The intensity of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship was clearly evident on a warm spring Sunday afternoon at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Ricky Taylor (No. 10 Konica Minolta Acura DPi) came out best in a ...

Auberlen Inherits 65th IMSA Victory

STEAM CORNERS, Ohio — Bill Auberlen thought it was too good to be true for the car that crossed the finish line first Sunday to win the GT Daytona portion of the Lexus Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio. It turns ...

Thomas Romps In Mazda Cup Run

STEAM CORNERS, Ohio — Jared Thomas won his third race of the Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires season in dominant fashion Sunday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Thomas’ performance aboard the No. 96 JTR Motorsports Engineering ...

Gidley & Koreiba Win By 41.75 Seconds

STEAM CORNERS, Ohio — Memo Gidley and Alexander Koreiba were determined not to let another victory slip away in the IMSA Prototype Challenge. They made sure with a dominant performance Sunday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Starting from the ...

De Vries Bounces Back In Berlin

BERLIN — Mercedes-EQ’s Nyck de Vries delivered a supremely controlled drive to win the second race in the Shell Recharge Berlin E-Prix doubleheader on Sunday afternoon. de Vries claimed victory ahead of ROKiT Venturi Racing’s Edoardo Mortara and Mercedes-EQ ...

Koch & Foss Claim Michelin Challenge Trophy

STEAM CORNERS, Ohio — Just past the halfway point of the Mid-Ohio 120, Eric Foss and the No. 56 Murillo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT GT4 appeared to have the two-hour IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ...

Rain Aids Wagner To Mazda Score

STEAM CORNERS, Ohio — Reigning Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup Champion Gresham Wagner (No. 5 Spark Performance) won the race through Mid-Ohio’s Thunder Valley before actual thunder forced IMSA to end the race just shy of the halfway point on Saturday. ...

BMWs Rule The Roost In GT Drills

STEAM CORNERS, Ohio — The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GT Daytona qualifying session for Sunday’s Lexus Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio may have been delayed by half an hour, thanks to a lightning storm accompanied by a rain shower, but it ...

Unpredictable Mid-Ohio Favors Bourdais

STEAM CORNERS, Ohio — Sebastien Bourdais has little use for predictable storylines. Bourdais lapped Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in the No. 01 Cadillac Racing Cadillac DPi in 1 minute, 10.439 seconds (115.401 mph) in Saturday’s 15-minute qualifying session to earn ...

Mortara Sizzles In Berlin E-Prix

BERLIN — Edoardo Mortara (ROKiT Venturi Racing) produced a complete drive to seal victory in the Shell Recharge Berlin E-Prix, round seven of the Formula E world championship. Jean-Éric Vergne (DS TECHEETAH) and Stoffel Vandoorne (Mercedes-EQ) filled the podium. ...

McLaren To Enter Formula E Fray

McLaren Racing has long committed to competing with the best teams, at the leading edge of technology on the world’s biggest stages. This latest addition to the iconic teams’ racing portfolio is also squarely aimed at accelerating McLaren Racing’s ...

Wayne Taylor Racing Acura Sets Mid-Ohio Pace

STEAM CORNERS, Ohio — Recent history suggests there are two manufacturer favorites heading into the Lexus Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio, the fifth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Acura is undefeated at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course during the ...

Koch Speeds To Michelin Pilot Pole

Acura Versus Cadillac Races On To Mid-Ohio

Battles between automotive manufacturers go back to the inception of automotive vehicles. Whether it’s a Chevrolet versus Ford pickup truck argument in the backyard, or a Ford versus Ferrari battle on the biggest stage of Le Mans, competition can ...

Gabby Chaves To Substitute For Mark Wilkins At Mid-Ohio

LEXINGTON, Ohio — Mark Wilkins, co-driver of the No. 33 Elantra N TCR will not compete at this weekend’s Mid-Ohio 120 in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge, due to a family emergency.    Gabby Chaves, the 2020 IMPC TCR co-champion ...

It’s A Ford For Walkinshaw Andretti United

DETROIT — Walkinshaw Andretti United will run the Ford Performance Mustang GT in the Supercars Championship beginning in 2023. Ford’s support of Walkinshaw Andretti United will coincide with the debut of the next generation Supercar, Gen3, from round one ...

ABT Sportsline Confirms Return To Formula E

ABT Sportsline will return to the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship for the beginning of the Gen3 era, starting in 2023.   The German outfit will enter as a customer team and make its way back to Formula E ...