On Sunday at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, it seemed like Mazda Motorsports had the right stuff early on to take a victory. However, an air jack issue and a mechanical failure dropped the race directly into the lap of Action Express Racing for the second week in a row. After Wayne Taylor Racing‘s Ricky Taylor …
If you look solely at the results sheet, it would tell you that Tequila Patron ESM has dominated the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup. Two endurance races, two overall victories. Round No. 3 is off to a great start so far. On Saturday afternoon, Tequila Patron ESM’s Johannes van Overbeek qualified his No. 2 …
After some early afternoon rain showers took some of the rubber off the track, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship ventured out onto the 3.4-mile long course at Watkins Glen for one more hour of practice. Unlike the first session, this one was not clean. Just past the halfway point of the session, Dream Racing‘s Larry DeGeorge appeared …
For the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams, the brand-new pavement on the 3.4-mile road course was not that much of a mystery. Many of the teams participated in an open test just a couple of weeks ago, but that was under somewhat more controlled conditions. However, even with the new pavement, not a whole lot …
Late Friday afternoon, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams took to the 1.968-mile Long Beach Street Course to qualify for Saturday evening’s BUBBA Burger Sportscar Grand Prix at Long Beach. As usual, the session for the prototypes came down to a Daytona Prototype vs. P2 battle. For the first time in 2016, the DPs won. …
On Thursday morning, Alex Job Racing (AJR), a team that races full-time in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, announced that they will compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans later this year. The team, which races Porsche 911 GT3-R’s in the GT-Daytona class, will compete in the GTE-Am class in a year old Porsche 911 …
Saturday’s Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring at Sebring International Raceway seemingly had everything. It had close racing, some incidents, and bad weather. A severe thunderstorm ripped through Sebring in the third hour, resulting in a red flag that lasted for over two hours. Once the race resumed, the mad dash did as well. Into the …
Through the four practice sessions prior to qualifying, there was only one team on top of the time sheets. That team was Action Express Racing. The No. 31 Whelen-sponsored Chevrolet Corvette DP Evo with Dane Cameron at the wheel was fastest in three of the four sessions, while Christian Fittipaldi turned in the fastest time during Practice …
On Thursday, fairly hot weather greeted the 49 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams entered in Saturday’s Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring as practice got underway. Temperatures nearly 90 degrees curbed lap times to a certain extent. In the morning and at night, it was possible to put down some good times, though. In the …
Recently, O’Gara Motorsport closed their doors after the Rolex 24. The team explained at the time that external business issues for team owner Tom O’Gara, who owns high end car dealerships in Southern California, led to the decision. That put full-season drivers Townsend Bell and Bill Sweedler out on their butts, searching for a new team to …
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