Park Place Motorsports announced Thursday (Nov. 8) that the Texas-based organization will expand to the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge in 2019. The team has also joined forces with VOLT Racing. VOLT Racing’s regular drivers, Alan Brynjolfsson and Trent Hindman will drive the new Park Place-run entry. Unlike the Ford Mustang seen above, Hindman and Brynjolfsson …
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Kevin Harvick Finally Gets Over The Hump On paper, Kevin Harvick has been the man to beat this year in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. He’s been first or second in the standings for the last five weeks and his 44 playoff points entering Sunday’s (Nov. 4) AAA Texas …
BimmerWorld Racing’s Tyler Cooke and James Clay took advantage of pit strategy and good pace to take their first overall victory in Friday’s FOX Factory 120 at Road Atlanta. The win comes in the final race in which the series will be known as the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. For 2019, the series will become …
Compass Racing’s Paul Holton was able to more than back up his pace from earlier in the day on Thursday (Oct. 11). Holton set a new IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge track record with a lap at 103.526 mph to win the pole for Friday’s FOX Factory 120. “It’s been really good today,” Holton told …
C0mpass Racing’s Paul Holton was fastest overall in the first two practice sessions of the day on Thursday (Oct. 11) at Road Atlanta. Holton topped the charts early on in Practice No. 2 with a lap at 102.834 mph. Practice No. 1 In the early morning practice session, Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport’s Damien Faulkner was fastest …
On Friday (Oct. 12), an era comes to a close as the final race for the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge will be held at Road Atlanta. The series will continue on next season as the Michelin Pilot Challenge. 39 teams are entered to give Continental Tire a proper send-off after eight years as title …
Most of the leaders in Saturday’s WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 120 were on a fuel-saving pit strategy that forced to them to run the second half of the race without a stop. Until the final lap, all was good. With just two corners to go, Rennsport One’s Dillon Machavern ran out of fuel. That allowed …
On Saturday, the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge has their second to last race of the season at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Currently, 37 cars are entered. In the Grand Sport class, 25 teams are entered. There are quite a few changes of note here. Bodymotion Racing’s No. 5 Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR is …
For the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge’s two-hour race at VIRginia International Raceway, there are 37 cars entered. All three classes will be in action. The headlining Grand Sport class has 23 cars entered. Likely the biggest news of the week is the return of Rebel Rock Racing to the series after a couple of …
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: A History-Making Moment For Chase Elliott Finally. It’s not a surprise to me that the second Chase Elliott hit Victory Lane, his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win in the books, the first answer to how he felt was “relief.” After two-plus years of criticism, when turned into now as Elliott held off …
Compass Racing’s Paul Holton won the overall pole for the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge’s Road America 120 on Saturday morning (Aug. 4). Holton turned a lap at 105.153 mph in his McLaren 570S GT4, a track record for the CTSC. Holton’s lap was a full second faster than CarBahn Motorsports’ Tyler McQuarrie in the …
At Road America Friday (Aug. 3), IMSA held their annual State of the Series press conference. As usual, there were a flurry of announcements made. The biggest of those moves is the decision to split the Prototype class starting in 2019. Starting with January’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, the DPis and Global LMP2 cars will …
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