IMSA released the official entry list for the ROAR Before the 24 Wednesday (Jan. 12). 61 teams will be testing at Daytona International Speedway the weekend of Jan. 21-23, an increase of 12 entries over 2021. As per IMSA rules, any team that plans to compete in the Rolex 24 at Daytona must participate in …
BMW Motorsport Tuesday (Jan. 12) revealed the two-car driver lineup for BMW M Team RLL’s assault on the Rolex 24 at Daytona Tuesday (Jan. 12). The lineup will be mostly BMW factory drivers with a mix of new and returning drivers to the fold in the GTD Pro class. The No. 24 BMW M4 GT3 …
WeatherTech Racing announced Monday (Jan. 10) that the team will enter a third car in this month’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. This entry, a second Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, will be shared by Team Penske NASCAR Cup Series regular Austin Cindric, along with Dirk Mueller and Patrick Assenheimer and race in the GTD Pro class. The …
Inception Racing (via Optimum Motorsport) announced Friday (Jan. 7) that the team has committed to the full 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule. Brendan Iribe and Ollie Millroy will drive the team’s McLaren 720S GT3 full-time and challenge for the championship. Frederick Schandorff will drive in the four Michelin Endurance Cup events for the team, …
Tower Motorsport by Starworks announced the team’s return Friday (Jan. 7) to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s LMP2 class for the full 2022 season. Louis Deletraz, son of former Formula 1 and sports car racer Jean-Denis Deletraz, will join the team for the full season alongside the returning John Farano. Rui Andrade will join in …
NTe Sport announced Friday (Jan. 7) that it will expand to a full-time schedule in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTD class in 2022 after running only a couple of races in 2021. The team will also change from an Audi R8 LMS GT3 to a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO for the 2022 season. Sponsorship …
Chip Ganassi Racing revealed its full driver lineups Friday (Jan. 7) for this month’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. As previously announced back in October, the No. 01 Cadillac DPi-V.R. will be shared for the full season by the returning Renger van der Zande and Sebastien Bourdais. The new No. 02 Cadillac will be shared by …
Sean Creech Motorsports announced Thursday (Jan. 6) that they will return to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for the full 2022 season. Joao Barbosa and Dr. Lance Willsey will be the full-time drivers in the No. 33 Ligier JS P320-Nissan. They will be joined by Malthe Jakobsen and Sebastian Priaulx at Daytona. Barbosa is excited …
Bryan Herta Autosport announced Thursday (Jan. 6) that they will expand from four cars to six for the 2022 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season. Unlike 2021, all six of these teams will be running the Hyundai Elantra N TCR. Last season, the team fielded two Elantras and two Veloster N TCRs. There will be driver …
Paul Miller Racing announced Tuesday (Jan. 4) that they will be switching from their Lamborghini Huracan GT3 to the new BMW M4 GT3. Unfortunately, that change comes with a caveat. Due to a lack of inventory of new cars, Paul Miller Racing will not have their new car in time to race in the Rolex …
Gradient Racing announced Tuesday (Jan. 4) that they will switch their emphasis in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship away from the WeatherTech Sprint Cup to the Michelin Endurance Cup for the 2022 season. The team has upgraded their Acura to the new Evo22 specification and will compete in the Rolex 24 at Daytona for the …
Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian announced Monday (Jan. 3) that Simon Pagenaud, who will drive for the team in the NTT IndyCar Series in 2022, will round out their driver lineup in this month’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. For now, it will be his only sports car race of 2022. “I love starting the year …
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