Sebastien Bourdais Leads Ganassi Front-Row Sweep at Long Beach
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais won the pole for Saturday’s IMSA Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach with a lap at 101.981 mph.
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BMW M Team RLL Reveals Rolex 24 at Daytona Lineup
BMW Motorsport Tuesday (Jan. 12) revealed the two-car driver lineup for BMW M Team RLL’s assault on the Rolex 24 at Daytona Tuesday (Jan. 12). The lineup will be mostly BMW factory drivers with a mix of new and returning drivers to the fold in the GTD Pro class. The No. 24 BMW M4 GT3 …
JDC-Miller MotorSports Wins Rough and Tumble 12 Hours of Sebring Despite Loose Rear Wing
JDC-Miller MotorSports’ Sebastien Bourdais, Loic Duval and Tristan Vautier charged back after getting involved in two separate on-track incidents to win the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts Saturday (March 20). It is the team’s first overall victory since the 2018 Sahlen Six Hours at the Glen when they were …
Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen Join Team Hardpoint/EBM; ROAR/Rolex 24 Entry Lists Updated
Tuesday (Jan. 19) and Wednesday (Jan. 20) saw a series of updates to the entry lists for this weekend’s ROAR Before the 24 at Daytona International Speedway. By extension, these updates in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will carry over to the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Team Hardpoint/EBM announced that Katherine Legge and Christina Nielsen …
Acura Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves, Ricky Taylor Win TireRack.com Grand Prix
Acura Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor recovered from multiple early penalties to win the TireRack.com Grand Prix Saturday (Sept. 5) at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. It is the second win of the season for the duo as they continued their strong 2020 IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car championship season. “Great team effort today, I …
Action Express Racing Dominates Road Atlanta Practice
The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is back at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta a month early this year for the TireRack.com Grand Prix. Through two practice sessions, things don’t look all that different from last year’s Motul Petit Le Mans. Action Express Racing’s Felipe Nasr was fastest overall with a lap at 132.478 mph. Practice No. …
Oliver Jarvis Continues Mazda’s Daytona Speed Stranglehold
Saturday brought changeable conditions to Daytona International Speedway. Rains made the second session dicey at times, but Oliver Jarvis kept Mazda Team Joest’s No. 77 Mazda RT24-P on top of the pylon with a lap at 135.257 mph. Session No. 3 In the morning session, Mazda picked up where they left off on Friday. Harry …
Wayne Taylor Racing Wins Rain-Shortened Rolex 24 at Daytona
During the 15th hour of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the rain began to fall at Daytona International Speedway. Instantaneously, the race changed. What was a relatively attrition-free affair turned into a punishing wreckfest. Wayne Taylor Racing’s Fernando Alonso slipped past Action Express Racing’s Felipe Nasr with just over two hours to go when Nasr …
Tequila Patron ESM Snatches Laguna Seca Win After Harry Tincknell’s Spin
Sunday’s America’s Tire 250 at WeatherTech Raceway was a rather rough affair with lots of contact. Mazda Team Joest’s Harry Tincknell made too aggressive of a move in lapped traffic and spun himself out. That allowed Tequila Patron ESM’s Pipo Derani to slip past. From there, Derani pulled away to give himself and teammate Johannes …
Richard Westbrook Wins Michelin GT Challenge Pole in Wet Conditions
Qualifying for Sunday’s Michelin GT Challenge at VIR was held in changeable conditions. Ford Chip Ganassi Racing IMSA’s Richard Westbrook was fastest during the GT Le Mans session in the wet with a lap at 101.852 mph. Despite being 11 seconds slower than the GT Daytona pole time, he will start on the pole for …