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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is a full weekend of speed headlined by the Verizon IndyCar Series. The primary support series this weekend will be the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, which will take to the streets on Saturday. 22 cars will do battle on the 1.968-mile street course. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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