Andrew Wotjeczko Autosport (AWA) announced Tuesday (Dec. 14) that they will move up to full-time competition in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2022. The team will race the No. 13 Duqueine-M30-Do8-Nissan in the LMP3 class. Orey Fidani and Kuno Wittmer, who drove the team’s McLaren 570S GT4 in IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge in 2021, …
CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing officially announced Thursday (Dec. 9) after writing their release on Tuesday that they will expand to a full-time schedule in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2022. With that move brings changes. The most notable change is that the team is switching from the Audi R8 LMS GT3 to the …
Wright Motorsports announced Tuesday (Dec. 7) that they will continue full-time in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTD class full-time in 2022. Ryan Hardwick and Jan Heylen, who drove most of the 2021 season together in IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge, will share the team’s Porsche 911 GT3 R. In addition, 2021 GT Daytona co-champion Zacharie …
Magnus Racing announced Tuesday (Dec. 7) that they have severed their relationship with Archangel Motorsports, effective immediately. The team will revert to being simply Magnus Racing for the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. In addition, the team has switched chassis as well. The team has acquired a new Aston Martin Vantage GT3 and will …
Racing Team Nederland announced Thursday (Dec. 2) that they will compete in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s LMP2 class in the four Michelin Endurance Cup races in 2022. Team owner Frits van Eerd will be joined by Giedo van der Garde and Dylan Murry in the four endurance events. In addition, INDYCAR driver Rinus VeeKay …
Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian announced Thursday (Nov. 18) that Helio Castroneves will be expanding his duties with the Pataskala, Oh.-based organization. In addition to running full-time in the NTT IndyCar Series for the team, he will serve as the team’s endurance driver in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Castroneves will officially replace his 2022 …
Meyer Shank Racing has wasted no time in filling their remaining full-time spot for 2022. After announcing that Oliver Jarvis will drive for the team full-time in 2022 on Tuesday, the team announced Wednesday that the other full-time seat will be filled by Tom Blomqvist. Together, Blomqvist and Jarvis replace 2021 full-time drivers Dane Cameron …
Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian announced Tuesday (Nov. 16) that Oliver Jarvis will drive the team’s No. 60 Acura ARX-05 full-time in 2022. While the team technically didn’t announce who he will be replacing, he is only the first driver that the team has announced for their upcoming final campaign with the ARX-05. “I am …
BRASELTON, Ga. – Mazda Motorsports’ Harry Tincknell recovered from a spark plug issue. From there, the team used cautions to gain back three laps and ran down Action Express Racing’s Felipe Nasr late. Tincknell passed Nasr entering turn 7 with 22 minutes to go to take the lead. From there, Tincknell was able to deftly …
BMW announced Saturday morning (Nov. 13) that it has named Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing as its team of choice to field two of the manufacturer’s new LMDh prototypes in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship starting in the 2023 season. There is currently no physical version of the car, now known as the BMW M LMDh, …
BRASELTON, Ga. – Action Express Racing’s Felipe Nasr won the pole Friday (Nov. 12) for the 24th Annual Motul Petit Le Mans with a lap at 133.143 mph. It is the No. 31 team’s fifth pole of 2021. “It took me a while [for the pole] to sink in just because there is so much …
BRASELTON, Ga. – Wright Motorsports’ Jan Heylen took the lead Friday afternoon (Nov. 12) with 21 minutes to go when Murillo Racing’s Eric Foss and Turner Motorsport’s Bill Auberlen collided in the chicane while racing for the lead. From there, Heylen held off a charging Scott Andrews to win the FOX Factory 120 at Michelin …
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