Wayne Taylor Racing’s Renger van der Zande was fastest overall in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice Thursday (Nov. 12) at Sebring International Raceway with a lap at 125.272 mph. Practice No. 1 In the morning practice, Acura Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves was fastest overall with a lap at 123.116 mph in his Acura ARX-05. Castroneves’ …
Read moreRenger van der Zande Quickest in 12 Hours of Sebring Practice
The 10-hour Motul Petit Le Mans Saturday night (Oct. 17) was set to come down to a duel between Action Express Racing’s Pipo Derani and Acura Team Penske’s Ricky Taylor. The two traded the overall lead multiple times in the final hour, whilst dodging lapped traffic. With 11 minutes to go, Taylor made the move …
Read moreWayne Taylor Racing Wins Motul Petit Le Mans After Leaders Collide
Corvette Racing’s Antonio Garcia was able to take the overall lead away from BMW Team RLL’s John Edwards exiting the infield with 25 minutes to go Saturday night (Oct. 10) at a very wet Charlotte Motor Speedway. From there, Garcia was able to hold on through a late restart to claim victory in the Motul …
Read moreJordan Taylor, Antonio Garcia Claim Motul 100% Synthetic Grand Prix Victory
Saturday night will see the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GT classes tackle Charlotte Motor Speedway’s ROVAL for 100 minutes of racing. It will be the first major sports car race at Charlotte Motor Speedway since the American Le Mans Series raced there in 2000. A season-low 18 cars are entered to take the green flag. …
For this weekend’s Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio, there were originally 27 teams entered. However, recent moves have dropped this number to 24. Monday night, Porsche announced that all of their crewmembers and drivers that competed in last weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans would not be making the trip to Germany for this …
Porsche GT Team showed superior pace in the dry Friday morning and that pace continued in qualifying. Frederic Makowiecki won the pole for Saturday’s Michelin GT Challenge at VIR with a lap at 117.264 mph, a new track record for the GT Le Mans class. For Makowiecki, he’s actually not the most knowledgeable driver about …
Read moreFrederic Makowiecki Wins Michelin GT Challenge at VIR Pole
Action Express Racing’s Pipo Derani was fastest overall in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice ahead of Saturday evening’s Cadillac Grand Prix of Sebring. Derani’s lap in the final session at 125.902 mph is roughly a full mph slower than the best laps turned in last year. Practice No. 1 The start of the first practice …
Read morePipo Derani Fastest in Sebring WeatherTech Practice
Action Express Racing’s No. 31 Cadillac shared by Eric Curran, Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr proved to be the dominant team at Sebring on Saturday (March 16). The trio combined to lead 249 of the 348 laps to win the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts. “It’s unbelievable. I’m out …
Read moreAction Express Racing Claims 12 Hours of Sebring Victory
Action Express Racing’s Filipe Albuquerque was fastest overall in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Happy Hour Friday morning (Jan. 25) at Daytona International Speedway. The cool weather conditions allowed speeds in the four classes to come close to, or even drop below the track record laps set in qualifying on Thursday. Albuquerque’s quickest lap was not …
Read moreFilipe Albuquerque Fastest in Rolex 24 at Daytona Happy Hour
Mazda Team Joest continued to show Thursday (Jan. 24) that they have very good single-lap speed at Daytona International Speedway. During the second practice session, Jonathan Bomarito turned in a lap at an average of 135.373 mph to top the sessions for the day. Practice No. 1 Early morning rains swept through Daytona Beach, leaving …
Read moreJonathan Bomarito Fastest in Thursday Rolex 24 at Daytona Practice
