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 …
Saturday night will see the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GT classes tackle Charlotte Motor Speedway’s ROVAL for 100 minutes of racing. It will be the first major sports car race at Charlotte Motor Speedway since the American Le Mans Series raced there in 2000. A season-low 18 cars are entered to take the green flag. …
Acura Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor claimed victory in the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sunday (Sept. 27). It is the third straight win for the duo and their fourth victory of the season. Dane Cameron started from the pole and led early over Action Express Racing’s Pipo Derani. The Acuras had …
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams gathered bright and early at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Sunday morning (Sept. 27) in order to qualify for the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio. The Penske boys did their manufacturer/race title sponsor proud as Dane Cameron won the pole with a lap at 114.750 mph. Given the early …
Even though Acura Team Penske is officially now a lame duck team, that doesn’t mean that they still aren’t giving it their absolute best on the track. In IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice at Mid-Ohio, Helio Castroneves was fastest overall with at 113.857 mph. Afterwards, he was quite satisfied with the performance. “[Practice] went really …
Meyer Shank Racing and Wayne Taylor Racing will run an Acura ARX-05 in the Daytona Prototype International class, Honda Performance Division (HPD) announced Sept. 23. The news comes two months after Acura and Team Penske revealed they would part ways at the end of the season. WTR will run a blue and black Konica Minolta …
For this weekend’s Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio, there were originally 27 teams entered. However, recent moves have dropped this number to 24. Monday night, Porsche announced that all of their crewmembers and drivers that competed in last weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans would not be making the trip to Germany for this …
IMSA held their annual State of the Series presentation remotely Wednesday (Sept. 9). In it, a number of announcements were made pertaining to IMSA’s immediate future. The point structure is getting an overhaul for all three of IMSA’s primary series. Points in the races will be decatupled for 2021. A race win, currently worth 35 …
Acura Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor recovered from multiple early penalties to win the TireRack.com Grand Prix Saturday (Sept. 5) at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. It is the second win of the season for the duo as they continued their strong 2020 IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car championship season. “Great team effort today, I …
Qualifying for the TireRack.com Grand Prix was incredibly competitive Friday evening (Sep. 4). Once the dust cleared and sun set, Acura Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves claimed the pole for the six-hour race with a lap at 133.151 mph. He was overjoyed with his effort given the competition “I tell you what, it’s on the line, …
Multimatic Motorsports’ Sebastian Priaulx was fastest overall in IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge practice Friday (Sep. 4) at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. During the afternoon practice session, Priaulx turned in a lap at 104.898 mph. Practice No. 1 Early on, the man to beat on track was Motorsports In Action’s Corey Lewis. Lewis was fastest early …
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