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Meyer Shank Racing Wins Wreck-Filled Motul Petit Le Mans

Helio Castroneves, Tom Blomqvist and Colin Braun celebrate winning the Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Laguna Seca, 10/14/2023 (Photo: Phil Allaway)

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

Meyer Shank Racing took victory in a crash-strewn Motul Petit Le Mans.

Entry List: ROAR Before The 24/Rolex 24 At Daytona

Tom Blomqvist leads Kuno Wittmer at sunrise during the Rolex 24 at Daytona, 1/30/2022 (Photo: Courtesy of IMSA)

(Photo: Courtesy of IMSA)

The entry list is out for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. 61 teams will do battle on the 3.56-mile road course

K-PAX Racing Reveals 2022 SRO America Driver Lineup, Spa Plans

K-PAX Racing shows off their Lamborghinis for the 2022 season (Photo: K-PAX Racing)

(Photo: K-PAX Racing)

K-PAX Racing announced Thursday (Feb. 10) that they will return to Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS competition in 2022 with two Lamborghinis. They will also field a car in the Intercontinental GT Challenge.

Entry List: ROAR Before the 24/Rolex 24 at Daytona

Felipe Nasr leads the field at the start of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, 1/31/2021 (Photo: Courtesy of IMSA)

(Photo: Courtesy of IMSA)

IMSA released the official entry list for the ROAR Before the 24 Wednesday (Jan. 12).  61 teams will be testing at Daytona International Speedway the weekend of Jan. 21-23, an increase of 12 entries over 2021.  As per IMSA rules, any team that plans to compete in the Rolex 24 at Daytona must participate in …

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Entry List: Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

2019 Long Beach Iwsc Filipe Albuquerque Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams travel to Long Beach, Calif. this weekend for the second and final street race of 2021.  26 teams contest the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on the 1.968-mile street course in the DPi, GT Le Mans and GT Daytona classes. In the DPi class, the six full-time operations will …

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Entry List: Chevrolet Sports Car Classic

2019 Long Beach Iwsc Filipe Albuquerque Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship returns to action this weekend at Belle Isle Park for the first time in nearly a month.  However, only 20 teams are entered in the 100-minute sprint race. Why such a short field?  A number of factors.  One, this race was originally a week earlier.  Moving it back to the …

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Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen Join Team Hardpoint/EBM; ROAR/Rolex 24 Entry Lists Updated

2018 Detroit Iwsc Katherine Legge Msr

(Photo: Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian)

Tuesday (Jan. 19) and Wednesday (Jan. 20) saw a series of updates to the entry lists for this weekend’s ROAR Before the 24 at Daytona International Speedway.  By extension, these updates in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will carry over to the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Team Hardpoint/EBM announced that Katherine Legge and Christina Nielsen …

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Jordan Taylor Wins Motul 100% Synthetic Grand Prix Pole

Imsa Weathertech Sportscar Championship

(Photo: Courtesy of IMSA)

In a rather rough qualifying session Saturday (Oct. 10) at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s ROVAL, Corvette Racing’s Jordan Taylor won the pole for the Motul 100% Synthetic Grand Prix with a lap at 112.442 mph.  It is Taylor’s third pole of 2020. Since the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is running the exact same configuration that the …

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Heinricher Racing Continues Shank Partnership, Fields Alvaro Parente, Misha Goikhberg for 2020

2019 Daytona Iwsc Ana Beatriz Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

Heinricher Racing announced Monday (Dec. 9) that they will continue their relationship with Meyer Shank Racing for a second straight year.  The team will not continue with their all-female driver lineup, though.  Replacing Katherine Legge and Christina Nielsen will be Alvaro Parente and Misha Goikhberg for the full season in the No. 57 Acura NSX …

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Felipe Nasr Fastest in Long Beach WeatherTech Practice

2019 Long Beach Iwsc Pipo Derani Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams had to be ready to go nice and early Friday morning (April 13) for practice at 7:50 a.m. local time.  Action Express Racing’s Felipe Nasr set the fastest lap with a few minutes to go at an average speed of 97.864 mph. Nasr’s lap was one-seventh of a second faster …

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