Corvette Confirms Fassler, Rockenfeller for 24H Le Mans
Marcel Fassler Corvette Racing has confirmed Marcel Fassler and Mike Rockenfeller as the two remaining drivers for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, retaining its lineup seen in the … Read More
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Long Beach GP to draw record crowds (2nd Update)
Kevin Kalkhoven UPDATE The final number was 185,000 over 3-days, up from 183,000 in 2017. Not quite the 200,000 Kevin Kalkhoven was hoping for, but a nice increase nonetheless, and … Read More
Long Beach IMSA TV Rating
The WeatherTech Sports Car Championship race from Long Beach Saturday from 4-6pm live on FOX drew a 0.4 overnight TV rating, down 31% from last year's 0.58 rating also on … Read More
#5 Cadillac wins Long Beach IMSA race
Filipe Albuquerque takes the checkered flag Filipe Albuquerque in the #5 Cadillac DPi held off the #2 Nissan of Ryan Dalziel to win the Bubba Burger Sports Car race on … Read More
Montoya, Acura Claim Pole at Long Beach
Juan Montoya on pole Juan Pablo Montoya took his Acura ARX-05 prototypes to a lap record run Friday around the 1.968-mile Long Beach temporary street circuit, with the Acura Team … Read More
Friday morning update from Long Beach
Juan Montoya Helio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya are two of the more iconic personalities in American open-wheel racing, and now the two stars will be etched in history forever. … Read More
Mothers Exotic Car Paddock to Feature $40 Million Worth of Cars at LB
Outside of Turn 9 is the Mothers paddock Visitors to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on Sunday, April 15 will have the chance to see 170 cars worth … Read More
Acura Named Title Sponsor of IMSA race at Mid-Ohio
Penske Acuras Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is proud to announce that Acura will be the title sponsor of Round Four of the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) WeatherTech Sports Car … Read More
Video: Time to say Goodbye: A world tour with the 919 Hybrid in 2018
20 Pole-Positions, 17 race victories, 6 World Championship titles and a Le Mans Hattrick: the Porsche 919 Hybrid will one last time say its final goodbye and leave the motorsport … Read More
Video – How Porsche GT Team Prepare For The Mobil 1 12 Hours Of Sebring
#911 Porsche Mobil 1 The Grid joined Porsche GT Team during the recent Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring for a behind-the-scenes look at how the team goes racing. Hear … Read More
Porsche hybrid race car is faster than Formula One (Update)
Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo UPDATE Added video of Porsche hybrid run below. 04/09/18 Today, on April 9th, an evo version of the Le Mans winning Porsche 919 Hybrid established a … Read More
Next-Gen IMSA DPIs to be hybrid
It makes perfect sense to at least have KERS Current and prospective IMSA DPi manufacturers have voiced support for hybrid technology in the next-wave of prototype regulations, although stressing that … Read More
Toyota team happy with Paul Ricard test
Toyota TS050 Hybrid TOYOTA GAZOO Racing made a productive start to the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season during a busy Prologue test at Paul Ricard in southern France. … Read More
Michael Shank Racing IMSA team To Become Meyer Shank Racing
Mike Shank Michael Shank Racing has been re-named Meyer Shank Racing, the team announcing today that it’s ownership structure is changing, with the addition of SiriusXM’s President of Sales and … Read More
Porsche provides WEC safety cars and support cars until 2020
A light bar on the roof was added The all-wheel-drive 911 produces 540 hp (397 kW; Fuel consumption combined 9.1 l/100 km; CO2 emissions 212 g/km) and sprints from zero … Read More
2018 IMSA Long Beach Entry List
#22 Tequila Patron Nissan The first sprint race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is set for next weekend in the Grand Prix at Long Beach, and 22 cars have … Read More
TVR joins the REBELLION
TVR livery The FIA WEC Super Season is poised to start and REBELLION Racing has announced its partnership with the iconic British sports car manufacturer TVR. In September 2017, the … Read More
Changes to 2019 Sebring Doubleheader
Sebring Following an extremely productive and positive meeting held on March 18 between IMSA, the FIA World Endurance Championship and Sebring International Raceway organizations, some key changes have been jointly … Read More
IMSA and WEC going spec-hybrid
No more cost prohibitive custom hybrid systems Current and prospective IMSA DPi manufacturers have voiced support for hybrid technology in the next-wave of prototype regulations, although stressing that it must … Read More
2019 Le Mans 24 Hours to utilize Bugatti Circuit only
LeMans In a statement released by the ACO today, the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours will be limited to just the Bugatti layout after a deal was struck with circuit … Read More
Career first Trans Am victory for Chris Dyson
Chris Dyson Road racing veteran Chris Dyson secured his first career Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli victory in the TA class today at Road Atlanta. Dyson was joined in … Read More
Montoya confirmed for Le Mans with United Autosports
Juan Montoya United Autosports have confirmed that Juan Pablo Montoya will join the team for the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours. The former F1 racer will join Will Owen and … Read More
A Team Of Champions – Doug Fehan, Tommy Milner & Oliver Gavin On 20 Years Of Corvette Racing
Since its inception in 1999, no manufacturer has secured more in-class sportscar racing titles than GM-powered Corvette Racing. Speaking to Mobil 1 The Grid, drivers Tommy Milner, Oliver Gavin and … Read More
WEC Announces Return To Interlagos
Audi at Interlagos in 2014 The FIA World Endurance Championship has announced that it will be racing again at Interlagos from the 2019-2020 season. Announced today at a press conference … Read More
Pastor Maldonado gets WEC ride
Pastor Maldonado Former Formula 1 driver Pastor Maldonado will drive for the Dragonspeed LMP2 team in the WEC 2018/19 campaign. The 2012 Spanish Grand Prix winner will be driving the … Read More