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 …
Turner Motorsport’s Robby Foley and Vin Barletta were the beneficiaries of a very ill-timed caution in Friday’s (Oct. 16) FOX Factory 120 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. That caution took CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing right out of the hunt. Once out front, Foley was able to hold off the pack to take victory. “With …
Three out of the four classes broke official records in qualifying Friday afternoon (Oct. 16) at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta for Saturday’s Motul Petit Le Mans. Acura Team Penske’s Dane Cameron won the pole for Saturday’s race with a lap at 133.661 mph. “We’re very pleased,” Cameron said after the session. “It was a big …
So far, the Motul Petit Le Mans race weekend is looking a little like last year’s edition. Action Express Racing dominated that weekend and they dominated the speed charts on Thursday (Oct. 15). Filipe Albuquerque was fastest overall in practice with a lap at 132.081 mph. Practice No. 1 In the morning practice session Thursday, …
CarBahn Motorsports by Peregrine Racing needed to qualify well Thursday afternoon (Oct. 15) in order to properly take the battle to KohR Motorsports in Friday’s FOX Factory 120. Mission accomplished. With a lap at 106.423 mph, Tyler McQuarrie took a dominant pole position for the FOX Factory 120 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. McQuarrie’s lap …
Rebel Rock Racing’s Robin Liddell was fastest in IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge practice Thursday (Oct. 15) at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta with a lap at 106.347 mph. The quickest lap of the day came less than 15 minutes into the first session of the day,. Practice No. 1 Liddell’s No. 71 Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R was …
For IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge, there are 35 cars entered in Friday’s FOX Factory 120 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. This is an increase of five cars over the previous round at Mid-Ohio. The Grand Sport class has 22 cars entered with a number of changes. Winward Racing’s No. 4 has Nico Bastian in the …
Normally, Saturday’s Motul Petit Le Mans would be the season finale for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. With everything going on in 2020, it’s the third-to-last of the season and the penultimate race in the Michelin Endurance Cup. 31 teams will take to the 2.54-mile road course Saturday for 10 hours of racing. The DPi …
Charlotte was … drier than expected. I was convinced that it was going to rain all day Saturday and all day Sunday. We ended up with two races in the rain Saturday and the Cup race starting on a drying track. It made for some interesting television, to say the least. Bank of America ROVAL …
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 …
In a rather rough qualifying session Saturday (Oct. 10) at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s ROVAL, Corvette Racing’s Jordan Taylor won the pole for the Motul 100% Synthetic Grand Prix with a lap at 112.442 mph. It is Taylor’s third pole of 2020. Since the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is running the exact same configuration that the …
Corvette Racing’s Tommy Milner was fastest overall in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice Saturday (Oct. 10) ahead of the Motul 100% Synthetic Grand Prix. Milner turned in a lap at 111.457 mph around Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 2.32-mile ROVAL. Note that IMSA is using a different track length as opposed to what NASCAR and Charlotte Motor …
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