Rebellion Tops Final Free Practice At Spa
#1 Rebellion 2016 FIA World Endurance Driver’s Champion Neel Jani set the fastest time for Rebellion Racing with a 1m57.120s lap in No.1 Oreca-Gibson. The Swiss driver’s time was just … Read More
Category: SportsCars
Toyota advantage bigger than expected
Bart Hayden Equivalency formulas never work in racing. Rebellion Racing team manager Bart Hayden believes Toyota may now be "further down the road" than initially expected following several Equivalence of … Read More
Conway buries Alonso’s time at Spa
#7 Toyota Mike Conway set a 1m56.172 lap, over two seconds faster than the best time set in the morning session and 0.643s ahead of the n°8 Toyota in the … Read More
Alonso Tops opening WEC practice at Spa
#8 Toyota Fernando Alonso set the fastest lap in his maiden FIA World Endurance Championship session at Spa-Francorchamps, in preparation for Saturday’s Total Six Hours of Spa. The two-time Formula … Read More
IMSA, NBC Sports Group announce 6-year partnership to begin in 2019
The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) will have a new U.S. broadcast home for its flagship IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, what is currently known as the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge … Read More
Toyota team and Alonso gear up for WEC opener
The Toyota TS050 HYBRID TOYOTA GAZOO Racing gets the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season started this week with the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. Fernando Alonso … Read More
Button to make Le Mans debut with SMP Racing
Jenson Button Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button will drive for the SMP Racing LMP1 team in the 2018/19 World Endurance Championship season, starting with this year's Le Mans 24 … Read More
Acura Facing Stiff Competition In IMSA Prototype Class
Penske Acuras The first three races of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship have reinforced one thing about racing in the Prototype class: competition is really tough. Heading into its … Read More
Final Weekend TV Ratings (2nd Update)
Long Beach UPDATE Last Monday's rescheduled NASCAR Cup Series Bristol 500 earned 2.0 million viewers on FOX, down 12% from last year's race, which was also postponed to Monday (2.2M). … Read More
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
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