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Longtime racing official Marty Kaufman died March 31 following a battle with numerous health problems. He was 82 years old. Kauffman was a drag racer in his youth and later volunteered as a race steward for sports car racing ...

Manufacturers Confirmed For Gen3 Era Of Formula E

LONDON — Seven of the world’s leading automotive manufacturers have registered with the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile to race the new Gen3 car which debuts next season in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The Gen3 race car will officially ...

BHA Announces TC America Entries

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian will compete in the SRO TC America Series fielding two Hyundai Elantra N Line TCA entries. Branyon “Biggs” Tiner and Tyler Delgado will join the four-time sports car championship winning ...

WeatherTech Racing Switching To Mercedes-AMG

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — WeatherTech Racing is making a shift to the Mercedes-AMG GT3 for the remainder of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. Coming off a podium finish at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring (Fla.), the ...

Dyson Conquers Road Atlanta Trans-Am

BRASELTON, Ga. — When the Trans-Am Series presented by Pirelli hit the track at Road Atlanta, 2021 champion Chris Dyson had the car to beat. His weekend was not without challenges, but after starting the race from pole position, ...

Montoyas Enjoy Sebring Experience

SEBRING, Fla. – Renowned racer Juan Pablo Montoya and his 16-year-old son Sebastian sat at a table outside their DragonSpeed USA transporter last Friday afternoon in the steamy Central Florida sun – a day before making their first major race start ...

Bamber Remains Calm During Final Sebring Charge

When Earl Bamber took to the track in the late hours of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, he was calm. The gap between his Chip Ganassi Racing No. 2 Cadillac DPi-V.R and the next competitor was 25 ...

Paul Menard Claims Trans Am Win At Charlotte

CONCORD, N.C. – Brickyard 400 winner Paul Menard came to Charlotte Motor Speedway with dozens of NASCAR starts on the track’s oval and ROVAL configurations, but none at the track in the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli. The ...

Kicera Conquers The ROVAL

CONCORD, N.C. — Tyler Kicera battled until the last lap for a victory in the Trans-Am Series presented by Pirelli TA2 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL on Saturday afternoon. While the start of the race seemed to ...

Ganassi Cadillac Conquers Sebring

SEBRING, Fla. — Twice in the final 75 minutes of the race, Earl Bamber lost the lead. Twice he regained it. Bamber overcame two incidents and a penalty in the final minutes Saturday and twice worked his way back into ...

Corvette Gets No. 12 At Sebring

SEBRING, Fla. — Corvette Racing claimed its 12th victory in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts since 2002, earning the triumph with drivers Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor and Nicky Catsburg in the No. 3 ...

Alpine Tops 1,000 Miles Of Sebring

SEBRING, Fla. — Weather was the story during Friday’s opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship at Sebring Int’l Raceway. Alpine Team Elf scored a dominant victory in the 1000 Miles of Sebring with drivers Andre Negrao, Nicolas ...

Serra Puts Risi Ferrari On GTD PRO Sebring Pole

SEBRING, Fla. – As time expired in Friday’s 15-minute GT qualifying session for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, TR3 Racing was confident Mirko Bortolotti’s lap in the No. 63 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 would secure the Motul Pole ...

Bourdais Bumps Way To Track Record In Sebring DPi Qualifying

SEBRING, Fla. – It was a rattling ride, to be certain, but it also was smooth enough to set a track record and win a landmark pole position. Sebastien Bourdais managed the notorious bumps of Sebring International Raceway’s 17-turn, ...

Jackie Chan DC Racing Launches IMSA Campaign

Sebring, Fla. — Building on eight years of success in prototype class racing internationally, Jackie Chan DC Racing will write the next chapter of the organization’s competition history by launching an IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship program starting with the ...

McCumbee & Pesek Score At Sebring

SEBRING, Fla. — Chad McCumbee had two laps left to turn his lead into victory. He made the most of every turn. Leading the Grand Sport class and the overall race when it restarted with 3 minutes, 25 seconds ...

Derani Sets The Pace In Sebring Drills

SEBRING, Fla. — The temperature shot up Thursday afternoon at Sebring Int’l Raceway and so did practice lap times as IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers and teams prepared for the 70th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance ...

Hendrick & NASCAR Eye Garage 56 Entry For Le Mans

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Nearly half a century after Bill France Sr. first took stock cars to the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans, NASCAR and Hendrick Motorsports have announced their intention to compete in the 2023 twice-around-the-clock endurance ...

Fast Horses & Faster Cars

Consider Savage, Minn., a quaint, second-tier suburb of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Nestled along the Minnesota River, its claim to fame is a race horse named Dan Patch, a record-setting turn of the 20th Century harness racing legend. Not many know ...

Masters Endurance Legends USA Joins Detroit Grand Prix Lineup

DETROIT, Mich. — Some of the most iconic and accomplished sports cars in recent history will be featured during the final race weekend hosted on Belle Isle as the Masters Endurance Legends USA series will join the on-track lineup ...

Formula E’s American

American fans may not have a full-time American driver in Formula 1 to cheer for, but they do in the FIA ABB Formula E world championship. Oliver Askew has moved from the NTT IndyCar Series to the international series, ...

Paul Miller Racing Switches To BMW For IMSA

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — After six years under the Lamborghini banner, Paul Miller Racing will make its IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut with the No. 1 BMW M4 GT3 at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on March ...

Jani Joins CGR For Sebring Enduro

DETROIT — Chip Ganassi Racing officials announced that former Porsche factory driver and 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Neel Jani will co-drive the No. 02 Cadillac Accessories Cadillac DPi-V.R during this weekend’s Twelve Hours of Sebring. Jani, 38, ...

Liefooghe & Surzyshyn Join Fast Track Racing BMW LineUp

PLANO, Texas — Former SRO GT4 series champion Greg Liefooghe of San Francisco, Calif., will team with Canadian driver Damon Surzyshun in the No. 11 Fast Track Racing BMW M4 GT4 sports car in the Pirelli GT4 America SprintX ...

43 Porsche Cup North America Entries At Sebring

SEBRING, Fla. — Porsche Carrera Cup North America Presented by the Cayman Islands will bring 43 identical Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars to its season-opening rounds this week at Sebring Int’l Raceway. In only its second season, the premier ...

Porsche 911 Turbo S Continues As WEC Safety Cars

Porsche will continue to supply the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC with safety cars. When the season kicks off next weekend at Sebring Int’l Raceway, the new safety cars based on the Porsche 911 Turbo S will be deployed ...

Bob Tullius — The General

There was without a doubt a time when a lot of people figured road racing in this country was all about amateur racers politely slicing at each other in foreign-built sports cars, enjoying the camaraderie and basically having a ...

Sports Car Legend Vic Elford, 86

Considered one of the greatest sports car racers of all time, Vic Elford died March 13 after a long battle with cancer. He was 86 years old. Elford raced in Formula One, Can-Am, NASCAR and in rally competition and ...

Le Mans Releases 62-Car Entry List

LE MANS, France — The 90th 24 Hours of Le Mans — the third round of the FIA World Endurance Championship will take place June 11-12 at the famed Sarthe Circuit. Sixty-two cars and driver lineups have been invited ...

Hattori Motorsports To Enter GT4 America

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Team owner Shige Hattori is expanding his Hattori Motorsports operation into the realm of sports car racing with the addition of a Toyota GR Supra entry in the SRO GT4 America Series. While Hattori recently expanded ...

Penske Logistics Backing Team Penske LMP2 For WEC

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (March 9, 2022) – Team Penske announced today that Penske Logistics will be the primary partner on the team’s new LMP2 car for the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season, which begins March 18 with the ...

Hardpoint Expands To Michelin Pilot Challenge

DANVILLE, Virginia – Fresh off a top-10 finish in the Rolex 24 At Daytona in a Porsche 911 GT3 R and one year removed from a Pro-Am Championship in Porsche Carrera Cup North America, Hardpoint is adding an IMSA ...

Borchetta: Doing Great Stuff

Nashville’s music scene and the world of racing have been connected for decades. From performer Marty Robbins’ driving career to record mogul Mike Curb’s longtime involvement in all aspects of the sport — including fielding the car for Richard ...

New Porsche Gets Great Start In IMSA

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – No manufacturer offers a greater breadth of customer racing options than Porsche. From the latest generation of the 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport that made a victorious debut in January at Daytona International Speedway to ...

Jr III Racing Adds Dickerson For Sebring

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Jr III Racing has set their Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts lineup with the addition of IMSA champion Dakota Dickerson in the No. 30 Airbnb Ligier JS P320. Dickerson joins ...

Rafa Matos Controls Trans-Am TA2 Opener

SEBRING, Fla. – Two-time Trans-Am Series TA2 champion Rafa Matos ran a dominant race at Sebring International Raceway Sunday, leading 25 of 27 laps in the opening event of the TA2 season. Matos faced a late-race challenge from teammate ...

New Car Equals Strong Start For Magnus Racing

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – To celebrate switching marques to Aston Martin for this season’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Magnus Racing adopted a jocular Olde English theme for its promotional effort, taking inspiration from the classic motion picture “Monty Python ...

Chris Dryson Leads Flag-To-Flag in Trans-Am Opener

SEBRING, Fla. — Chris Dyson returned to Sebring International Raceway hoping to capture back-to-back victories in the Trans-Am Series presented by Pirelli season opener. Dyson did so in style, running an immaculate race in his No. 20 Gym Weed/Altwell ...

Kurtz Controls Florida GT America Fight

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – George Kurtz started from the pole and dominated Saturday’s GT America powered by AWS event during the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Kurtz earned the pole thanks to his fast lap during Friday’s race ...

Selin Rollan Wins A Mazda MX-5 Cup Thriller

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Starting from seventh on the grid at his favorite track, Selin Rollan kept his nose clean and his brakes cool to win his first Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires race of the ...

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