Mazda Team Joest definitely showed the vast majority of what they had during the Roar Before the 24 and Sunday was no exception. Harry Tincknell topped the regular sessions Sunday (Jan. 6) with a lap at 136.016 mph. Session No. 6 Tincknell’s quick time was set very early in the …
Read More »Trent Hindman Tops Michelin Pilot Challenge Day No. 2 at Daytona
Trent Hindman got to sit in his Porsche Cayman GT4 MR for the first time on Thursday morning. It did not take him long to get up to speed. Saturday afternoon (Jan. 5), Hindman turned in the fastest lap of the day with a lap at 112.664 mph. Session No. …
Read More »Jonathan Bomarito Treads Where Few Have Gone to Top Day No. 2 at Daytona
Mazda Team Joest continued Saturday (Jan. 5) to show that they have a lot of speed in their Mazda RT24-P. Jonathan Bomarito turned in the fastest lap of the day during the night session with a lap at 135.571 mph. The lap is less than seven-tenths of a second off …
Read More »Charlie Luck Returns to Daytona, Tops Michelin Pilot Challenge Roar Day No. 1
To NASCAR fans, Charlie Luck is best known as a driver in the early days of what is now the Xfinity Series, competing as an owner-driver in a No. 45 sponsored by Luck Stone, a family business. Then, he stopped competing after 1986. After decades away, he returned to racing …
Read More »Oliver Jarvis Tops WeatherTech Roar Before the 24 Day No. 1
At the beginning of 2018’s Rolex 24 at Daytona weekend, Mazda Team Joest was fastest with their RT24-P in practice. The Roar Before the 24 on Friday (Jan. 4) started out the same way. Oliver Jarvis was fastest overall Friday with a lap at 133.515 mph. Practice No. 1 Jarvis …
Read More »NBC Sports Announces IMSA Broadcast Booth for 2019 Season
NBC Sports revealed their broadcast booth lineup for the 2019 IMSA season Thursday night (Jan. 3). Leigh Diffey will serve as the play-by-play commentator for IMSA races in addition to his work on INDYCAR broadcasts. He will be joined by Calvin Fish, the sole booth holdover from last year’s coverage …
Read More »Entry List: Michelin Pilot Challenge Roar Before the 24
This weekend’s Roar Before the 24 will be the first official weekend for the newly-renamed Michelin Pilot Challenge (formerly known as the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge). There are a lot of changes for the 2019 season, the most obvious being the series name and the fact that everyone will race …
Read More »Entry List: WeatherTech Championship Roar Before the 24
The calendar has turned to 2019 and it’s already time for IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams to travel to Daytona Beach for three days of testing ahead of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. After rumors of an oversubscribed field earlier in the offseason, an entry list of 47 teams has …
Read More »2018 NASCAR Driver Reviews: Daniel Suárez
For young NASCAR racers, one label you desperately want to avoid is the “Sophomore Slump.” A decline in performance after a decent rookie year is never good for a youngster, especially today. Any slip-up can spell curtains to a career. 2018 seemed to be every bit of that for Daniel …
Read More »Matt McMurry, Gabriel Aubry Join PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports for 2019
PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports announced Wednesday (Dec. 19) that the team will field their ORECA 07-Gibson for Matt McMurry and Gabriel Aubry full-time in the LMP2 class in 2019. The two youngsters will replace Sebastian Saavedra and Gustavo Yacaman as the team’s full-time drivers. The announcement creates the youngest full-time Prototype …
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