Conway/Lopez and Alonso/Nakajima Toyota front row
Pole winning #7 Toyota Toyota Gazoo Racing continued its strong start to the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season by taking pole position for round three, the 6 Hours … Read More
Category: SportsCars
Conway Quickest in Silverstone opening practice
#7 Toyota of Conway Mike Conway set the pace in an incident-filled Free Practice 1 ahead of the Six Hours of Silverstone which saw two red flag periods. He posted … Read More
DragonSpeed Eyeing Rolex 24 LMP2 Effort, but Rebellion staying away
#81 DragonSpeed Oreca 07 DragonSpeed is planning a return to the Rolex 24 at Daytona under the new split LMP2 class format, according to team boss Elton Julian. The U.S. … Read More
WEC cuts some races to four hours on 2019-2020 calendar
Toyota will win every race The World Endurance Championship has revealed the provisional calendar for its 2019-2020 season. It will begin with a four-hour race at Silverstone, shortened from the … Read More
Alonso Hopeful of Long-Term Sports Car Future
Alonso may decide he prefers sportscar racing unbeatable Toyota over racing with Andretti's IndyCar 'B' team Fernando Alonso says he’s expecting to remain in sports car racing for the long-term … Read More
Juncos Announces Expansion into IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Ricardo Juncos Ricardo Juncos, Team Owner of Juncos Racing IndyCar team, announced today the team would expand into the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with one Cadillac DPi-V.R entry for the … Read More
2018 IMSA State of the Series Address
The 2019 season will be an exciting one for IMSA as we celebrate our 50th Anniversary! Watch the 2018 State of the Series broadcast from the Tufte Center at Road … Read More
United Autosport deep-sixes Rolex 24 plans
No Fernando Alonso in next year's Rolex 24 United Autosport Team boss Richard Dean explained that the decision of the organisers of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship to split LMP2 … Read More
ACO Makes Changes To IMSA Auto Entries For Le Mans
LeMans In addition to the slew of changes to the IMSA WeatherTech Championship for 2019 announced by IMSA, the ACO has announced further changes affecting the American championship’s automatic invitations … Read More
JDC-Miller Motorsports Switching To Cadillac
The current JDC-Miller Oreca LMP2 JDC-Miller Motorsports will field a two-car Cadillac DPi-V.R program in the IMSA WeatherTech Championship, starting with the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2019. The team, … Read More
Panoz/Green4U GT-EV Le Mans Project Shelved
Panoz/Green4U GT-EV The Don Panoz-led Green4U GT-EV project, which was announced at Le Mans last year, has officially been shelved. Originally, Panoz’s plan, was to race the all-electric car as … Read More
GT & GTS SprintX Championships Up for Grabs
2017 start in Utah This weekend's Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Utah marks the conclusion of the 2018 GT SprintX and GTS SprintX road racing championships with the Aug. … Read More
3 manufacturers backing away from hypercar talks
Toyota hypercar concept Ford and Ferrari are among the manufacturers no longer attending the meetings to shape the FIA and ACO’s proposed ‘Hypercar’ regulations, which are due to come into … Read More
Video – IMSA Road America Last Lap
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: The No. 54 Prototype wins the 2018 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase at Road America as Andy Lally in the No. 44 wrecks hard on the final … Read More
CORE Makes It Two Wins In A Row at Road America
#54 wins on fuel economy run CORE autosport came out on top in a battle of fuel saving at the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase at Road America. It is … Read More
Lamborghini GTE Program gets the axe
Lamborghini Huracan GTE Lamborghini has elected not to move forward with its proposed GTE effort, with a focus instead set to be placed on its customer-based programs in the short … Read More
Christian Fittipaldi to retire (Update)
Christian Fittipaldi to hang up his gloves after Rolex 24 UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. Christian Fittipaldi announced on Saturday that the 2019 running of the Rolex … Read More
JDC-Miller ORECA Takes Pole At Road America
Pole sitter Robert Alon in front of the #99 Gainsco entry LAT for IMSA Robert Alon with JDC-Miller Motorsports made it seven different pole sitters in eight races in the … Read More
Behind-The-Scenes With Corvette At The Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix
Corvette at Mosport Corvette Racing is once again challenging for title glory in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship this season, with several podium finishes and a victory at Long Beach … Read More
Return To Two Prototype Classes for IMSA
Scott Atherton As part of the annual State of the Series presentation at Road America this evening, IMSA unveiled several competition changes that will take effect in the 2019 IMSA … Read More
IMSA Weathertech Sprint Cup Launching In 2019 For GTD Competitors
IMSA action The 2019 IMSA season will see the debut of a new, seven-race competition called the “IMSA WeatherTech Sprint Cup" for GT Daytona (GTD) class competitors within most IMSA … Read More
IMSA announces 12-race 2019 schedule
Rolex 24 again kicks off the season The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship has long been admired for the world-class road racing facilities and events on its schedule each year, and … Read More
IMSA to separate LMP2 and DPi into separate classes
The France family can't have those foreign cars beating their DPIs Friday evening at Road America IMSA President Scott Atherton is likely to announce the DPi and LMP2 classes will … Read More
IMSA Road America Thursday Notebook
Barbosa back to the #5 Caddy Barbosa Back Behind the Wheel of No. 5 Cadillac DPi-V.RTwo-time IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Prototype champion Joao Barbosa is back in business this weekend … Read More