BMW Motorsport officially announced Friday morning (June 11) that they will build a new prototype for the LMDh class. The manufacturer intends to debut their new car in the 2023 Rolex 24 at Daytona. “BMW is back on the big motorsport stage,” said Markus Flasch, CEO of BMW’s M. “In entering the LMDh class, BMW …
The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship returns to action this weekend at Belle Isle Park for the first time in nearly a month. However, only 20 teams are entered in the 100-minute sprint race. Why such a short field? A number of factors. One, this race was originally a week earlier. Moving it back to the …
Zach Veach will not run in the IMSA Detroit Grand Prix this weekend after testing positive for COVID-19, Vasser Sullivan announced Wednesday, June 9. Townsend Bell will fill in for Veach in the GTD class No. 12 car with co-driver Frankie Montecalvo. Veach competes full time for Vasser Sullivan after racing in the NTT IndyCar …
HTP Winward Motorsport’s Mikael Grenier and Russell Ward claimed victory Sunday (June 6) in Race No. 2 for Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS at Virginia International Raceway. It is the first time this year that K-PAX Racing has failed to win. “Just a flawless race from all of us. I’m super proud …
K-PAX Racing’s Andrea Caldarelli and Jordan Pepper led all but five laps to win the first race of the weekend at VIRginia International Raceway Saturday (June 5). It is their fourth win of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS season in five races. “We knew we’d struggle a little bit in the …
Wayne Taylor Racing’s Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor held off a late charge from Action Express Racing Sunday (May 16) to win the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Presented by the Acura TLX Type S. It is the team’s second win of the 2021 season. “First of all, I’m extremely happy for Acura and …
Andrew Wojteczko Autosport’s Kuno Wittmer took the lead away from TeamTGM’s Matt Plumb with 15 minutes to go. From there, he held off a charging Jan Heylen to earn his second win of the year in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Mid-Ohio 120 Saturday (May 15). Wittmer was teamed with Chris Green for Saturday’s race …
Mazda Motorsports’ Harry Tincknell set an IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship track record at Mid-Ohio Saturday (May 15) en route to winning the pole for Sunday’s Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Presented by the Acura TLX Type S. Tincknell’s lap at 116.081 mph was nearly seven-tenths of a second faster than the previous track record, …
For the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the two pre-qualifying practice sessions were split into separate days. Session No. 1 was held Friday afternoon (May 14), while Session No. 2 was early Saturday morning (May 15). Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian’s Dane Cameron ultimately was fastest with a lap at 114.869 mph. Practice No. 1 In …
The quick form that Wright Motorsports showed in practice continued Friday afternoon (May 14) in qualifying. Ryan Hardwick won the pole for Saturday’s IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Mid-Ohio 120 with a lap at 93.412 mph. It is not a track record for the series as Nate Stacy‘s pole lap from last September was one-tenth of …
Wright Motorsports was originally scheduled to debut their Porsche Cayman GT4 MR in Daytona back in January. However, Ryan Hardwick‘s practice crash prevented that from happening. With a repaired chassis and the team’s planned driving duo in the car for the first time this year, Jan Heylen was quickest in both IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge …
IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge teams will return to action Saturday (May 15) for the first time in nearly two months at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. There are currently 36 teams entered for the Mid-Ohio 120. The Grand Sport class has 21 entries, an increase of one from Sebring. Despite the increase, there are three teams …
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