Techbench Tuesday: IndyCar at St. Petersburg in 2022
After driving through turn 14 of the St. Petersburg street circuit, Kyle Kirkwood speeds down the runway of the Albert Whitted Airport as he starts another lap of the 14-turn, 1.8-mile circuit.
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Kyle Kirkwood Joins AJ Foyt Racing for 2022 IndyCar Season
Kyle Kirkwood is joining AJ Foyt Racing next season in the NTT IndyCar Series, the team announced Nov. 10. Kirkwood will pilot the No. 14 Chevrolet vacated by Sebastian Bourdais. Bourdais is switching to IMSA full time next year for Chip Ganassi Racing. The Florida native won the 2021 Indy Lights championship with Andretti Autosport …
Ricky Taylor Wins Sahlen’s Six Hours at the Glen Pole
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Wayne Taylor Racing’s Ricky Taylor won the pole Saturday afternoon for the Sahlen’s Six Hours at the Glen with a lap at 135.967 mph. It is Taylor’s first pole of 2021. Despite the fact that Sunday’s race is six hours in length, qualifying is still very important. “Even though it’s six …
Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen Join Team Hardpoint/EBM; ROAR/Rolex 24 Entry Lists Updated
Tuesday (Jan. 19) and Wednesday (Jan. 20) saw a series of updates to the entry lists for this weekend’s ROAR Before the 24 at Daytona International Speedway. By extension, these updates in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will carry over to the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Team Hardpoint/EBM announced that Katherine Legge and Christina Nielsen …
Mazda Motorsports Claims Victory in Wild Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring
The Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts Saturday (Nov. 14) was a rough-and-tumble affair. Being in the right position to take advantage of others’ misfortune was key. Mazda Motorsports was in position to score a one-two finish, but Oliver Jarvis cut his left rear tire with 28 minutes to go. …
Entry List: Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring
This Saturday, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship wraps up their season with the 68th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring at Sebring International Raceway. This race was originally planned to be in the traditional mid-March slot, but the shutdown put the kibosh on that. Instead, the race is running during what was originally planned …
Entry List: Motul Petit Le Mans
Normally, Saturday’s Motul Petit Le Mans would be the season finale for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. With everything going on in 2020, it’s the third-to-last of the season and the penultimate race in the Michelin Endurance Cup. 31 teams will take to the 2.54-mile road course Saturday for 10 hours of racing. The DPi …
ANSA Motorsports, KohR Motorsports Claim Encore Class Victories
ANSA Motorsports’ Roman DeAngelis and Kyle Kirkwood claimed overall victory in the IMSA Michelin SportsCar Encore Sunday (Nov. 11) at Sebring International Raceway. For DeAngelis, it is his second win of the year in LMP3 equipment after winning the IMSA Prototype Challenge presented by Mazda season opener at Daytona in January. For Kirkwood, it is …