Unlike IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams, attendance for Michelin Pilot Challenge teams was not mandatory at the Roar Before the 24. As a result, the entry list has increased from 40 teams to 49 for the race. The Grand Sport class has 35 entries, one of the largest for the class in recent memory. A …
BimmerWorld Racing and FURY Race Cars jointly announced Monday (Jan. 14) that Xfinity Series campaigner Kaz Grala will compete in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season opener on Jan. 25 at Daytona International Speedway. He’ll be driving a second BMW M4 GT4 (No. 80) in the Grand Sport class for BimmerWorld Racing alongside fellow 20-year …
Read moreKaz Grala, Aurora Straus to Drive 2nd BimmerWorld Racing M4 GT4 at Daytona
For Park Place Motorsports, they will have a big decision to make once they get back to their shop. Which car should they race in the BMW Endurance Challenge? The No. 7 was fastest overall on Saturday (Jan. 5) in the hands of Trent Hindman. In the No. 77 on Sunday, Hindman went even faster. …
Read moreTrent Hindman, Jon Morley Top Sunday Michelin Pilot Challenge Sessions
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. 3 In the morning session, …
Read moreTrent Hindman Tops Michelin Pilot Challenge Day No. 2 at Daytona
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 in 2017. This weekend, he’s …
Read moreCharlie Luck Returns to Daytona, Tops Michelin Pilot Challenge Roar Day No. 1
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 on Michelin tires. 40 teams …
Read moreEntry List: Michelin Pilot Challenge Roar Before the 24
Turner Motorsport announced Thursday (Dec. 13) that they will be entering cars in both the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the BMW Endurance Challenge at Daytona. It will be the team’s first race in the now-Michelin Pilot Challenge since 2014. In the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Turner Motorsport will be back full-time in the GT …
Read moreTurner Motorsport Announces Double-Duty for Rolex 24 Weekend
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: The Big Three’s Big Moment For most of the NASCAR playoffs, the sport’s Big Three of Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. had underachieved. Despite a dominant regular season where the trio won 17 of 26 races, entering Phoenix they’d combined to win two of the last eight. …
Read morePace Laps: Setting Up a NASCAR Championship Weekend & Ending the NHRA Season
Park Place Motorsports announced Thursday (Nov. 8) that the Texas-based organization will expand to the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge in 2019. The team has also joined forces with VOLT Racing. VOLT Racing’s regular drivers, Alan Brynjolfsson and Trent Hindman will drive the new Park Place-run entry. Unlike the Ford Mustang seen above, Hindman and Brynjolfsson …
Read morePark Place Motorsports Expands, Joins Forces with VOLT Racing for 2019
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Kevin Harvick Finally Gets Over The Hump On paper, Kevin Harvick has been the man to beat this year in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. He’s been first or second in the standings for the last five weeks and his 44 playoff points entering Sunday’s (Nov. 4) AAA Texas …
Read morePace Laps: 1 More Race to Set the NASCAR Championship Fields
