Race Weekend Central

Juan Pablo Montoya Wins BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix Pole

2018 Daytona Iwsc Juan Pablo Montoya Car Phil Allaway

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Acura Team Penske’s Juan Pablo Montoya came out to play on Friday afternoon in Long Beach.  After topping the charts in Practice No. 2, Montoya turned in a lap of 72.922 seconds (97.156 mph) to win the pole for Saturday’s BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach. To Montoya, snagging the pole and …

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Felipe Nasr, Juan Pablo Montoya Top Long Beach WeatherTech Practices

2018 Daytona Iwsc Eric Curran Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

On Friday, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams had two practice sessions on the 1.968-mile street course in Long Beach, Calif.  Acura Team Penske’s Juan Pablo Montoya was fastest overall with a lap of 73.160 seconds (96.840 mph).  The lap is nearly four-tenths of a second faster than last year’s pole time. Practice No. 1 Over the …

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Nicolas Lapierre Fastest in Friday ELMS Paul Ricard Practice

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On Friday, European Le Mans Series teams got only one chance to take their equipment onto the 3.598-mile Circuit Paul Ricard for practice.  The conditions were treacherous as teams dealt with a wet track.  However, as the track was drying late in the session, DragonSpeed’s Nicolas Lapierre blew the field away with a lap of …

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Monster Energy Renews Entitlement Sponsorship for 2019

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NASCAR announced Tuesday afternoon (April 10) that Monster Energy has agreed to a one-year contract extension that will see the energy drink company continue as title sponsor of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. In addition, Monster Energy will remain as the official energy drink of NASCAR. Financial terms of the agreement were not released. …

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Couch Potato Tuesday: FOX Deals with Weather, Tires and NASCAR Past in Texas

2018 Jamie Mcmurray Monster Energy Nascar Cup Series

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This has been a very weird year, weather-wise.  Nowhere has that been more evident than last weekend at Texas.  Friday saw temperatures in the mid-80s with humidity and thunderstorms.  Saturday saw a green-flag temperature of 34 degrees for the XFINITY race, then it was barely 50 when the Cup race started on Sunday.  And before …

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Entry List: Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Long Beach

2017 Long Beach Pwc Ryan Dalziel Car Phil Allaway

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The lower grid sizes seen at St. Petersburg in March continue for the third Sprint round for Pirelli World Challenge’s GT classes.  With such a small field, an additional GTS contingent has been added to the field to create a 21-car grid for the annual Pirelli World Challenge feature at Long Beach. In the GT …

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MSR Rebrands as Meyer Shank Racing

2018 Daytona Iwsc Lawson Aschenbach Car Phil Allaway

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Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian announced Friday (April 6) that they are re-branding themselves as Meyer Shank Racing, effective immediately.  The re-brand comes as a result of Jim Meyer buying into the team and becoming a co-owner along with Michael Shank. Meyer is the CEO of SiriusXM, the satellite radio operator.  He has held the …

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WEC Announces 2019 Sebring Schedule Changes

2017 Shanghai Wec Mike Conway Car Marcel Langer Adrenalmedia.com

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On Thursday, IMSA and the FIA World Endurance Championship jointly announced a couple of key schedule changes for the WEC’s visit to Sebring in 2019 as part of their “super series.”  The race has been cut in length from 1500 miles to either 1000 miles or eight hours, whatever comes first.  That also results in …

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Couch Potato Tuesday: Martinsville Double Provides Different Broadcasts

2018 Cup Martinsville Zach Catanzareti Brad Keselowski

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As you’re surely aware by now, Easter weekend is literally the quietest race weekend of the year for race fans.  In some areas, the local racing season got underway.  One example of that was Southern Virginia, where Larry King Law’s Langley Speedway held their season opener on Saturday night (streamed live on FansChoice). Here in …

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Juan Pablo Montoya to Make Le Mans Debut for United Autosports

2017 Road Atlanta Iwsc Juan Pablo Montoya Phil Allaway

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British-American race team United Autosports announced Wednesday (March 28) that current IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship racer Juan Pablo Montoya will compete for the team in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.  Montoya will share the LMP2 class No. 32 Ligier JS P217-Gibson with youngsters Hugo de Sadeleer and William Owen. “I’m very …

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Miguel Molina, Toni Vilander Sweep GT SprintX Weekend at COTA

2018 Cota Pwc Toni Vilander Miguel Molina Podium Wc Vision

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Last weekend, R. Ferri Motorsport’s duo of Miguel Molina and Toni Vilander swept the GT SprintX races at Circuit of the Americas, taking home the trophies.  The No. 61 Ferrari led approximately 75 percent of the laps and was never seriously challenged. Race No. 1 On Saturday, Lone Star Racing’s Mike Skeen started from the …

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