On Monday, Cadillac Racing announced their 2017 Pirelli World Challenge driver lineup. Their full-time drivers will be unchanged. Four-time GT class champion Johnny O’Connell will return to the No. 3 Cadillac ATS-VR for his seventh year with the team. Meanwhile, Michael Cooper will return for his second year in the No. 8. Cooper’s No. 8 will carry …
On Thursday morning, Wayne Taylor Racing announced that Alex Lynn will join the team as the third driver for the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup races at Sebring and Road Atlanta. Lynn will replace Max Angelelli, who retired from driving after winning the Rolex 24 at Daytona in January. Regular drivers Jordan and Ricky …
In recent years, 24 hour endurance races have turned into sprint races. Much of the 55th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona was not a sprint, but a test of endurance and traction. Over half of the race was run in the rain. However, once the track finally dried out, the action came to …
On Saturday, the rains arrived at Daytona International Speedway during the sixth hour of the race. It has not stopped raining ever since. At first, it was a light rain that gave teams the choice as to what to do. Then, the precipitation kicked it up a notch. During the overnight hours, the rain came …
Through one-quarter of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, it has been all Cadillac, all the time. The three Cadillac DPi-V.R.’s have been fast all weekend, but they appear to have kicked it up a notch for the race. All three of the Cadillacs have turned laps faster than Joao Barbosa‘s overall pole-winning time from Thursday …
Friday afternoon saw the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge begin their season with the first of two four-hour races on the schedule. Dean Martin was the surprise pole sitter for KohR Motorsports, but it was one of the strongest teams from 2016 that took home the spoils. Despite qualifying 15th in class and dropping to …
Coming into the Rolex 24 weekend, all eyes were on the new Ford Mustang GT4, unveiled late last year and making its race debut. In the hands of Multimatic Motorsports’ Jade Buford and Scott Maxwell, the combination was likely to dominate in qualifying. However, a second horse in the battle appeared just a week before load …
After qualifying on Thursday in Daytona, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams took to the 3.56-mile road course for 90 minutes of practice in the dark. It is the only time that drivers get on the course in the dark prior to the race. Wayne Taylor Racing ended up with an up-and-down session. Max Angelelli, …
On Thursday afternoon, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship held qualifying for this weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. With teams not necessarily showing their full hand during the Roar Before the 24, it was unclear what everyone truly had. However, when it was time for brass tacks, Action Express Racing came to play. Joao Barbosa won …
Normally, we would have a nice, blushing introduction to pieces where we interview racers. It would usually talk about current accomplishments, stats and so on. But this is a rather unusual circumstance. At Lime Rock Park in July, we had the pleasure of sitting down with James Vance, driver of the No. 37 MINI John …
On Wednesday, IMSA released the official entry list for next Friday’s IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge season opener, the BMW Endurance Challenge at Daytona. Unlike the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, attendance at the Roar Before the 24 was not required. Rule changes in the offseason that moved the Grand Sport class to full GT4-spec has …
On Wednesday, IMSA released the preliminary entry list for next week’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. As per IMSA rules, all teams that planned on competing in the Rolex 24 at Daytona had to enter the Roar Before the 24. As a result, the same 55 teams that participated in the Roar Before the 24 two …
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