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Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Repeat As Rolex 24 At Daytona Champions

Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian's Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud celebrate their Rolex 24 at Daytona victory, 1/29/2023 (Photo: Phil Allaway)

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian’s Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud claimed victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

HTP Winward Motorsport Moves Up to GT Daytona; Turner Motorsport, The Heart of Racing Confirm 2021 Plans

2020 Daytona Impc Russell Ward Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

HTP Winward Motorsport announced Friday (Jan. 8) that they will move up to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GT Daytona class in 2021.  The team will campaign the No. 57 Mercedes-AMG GT3 with primary sponsorship from Techemet. Drivers for the team are generally known quantities to the team either here in the United States, or …

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Aston Martin Racing Unveils 2018 WEC Challenger

2018 Wec Aston Martin Vantage Aston Martin Racing

(Photo: Aston Martin Racing)

On Tuesday, Aston Martin launched their new Vantage model, the first revamp for the car since 2005.  Later in the day, Aston Martin Racing unveiled the new Aston Martin Vantage GTE racer. This new car will compete full-time in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s GTE-Pro class starting at Spa in May. In addition, AMR announced …

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Porsche LMP Team Takes Very Unexpected Le Mans Victory

2017 Le Mans Wec Timo Bernhard Checkered Flag Dirk Bogaerts Adrenalmedia

(Photo: © Dirk Boagerts - AdrenalMedia.com)

On Sunday morning, Porsche LMP Team’s No. 2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Earl Bamber, Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley claimed overall victory in the 85th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.  The victory was somewhat improbable due to the amount of time that the team lost in the first quarter of the race. …

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Records Fall as Kamui Kobayashi Takes Le Mans Pole for Toyota

2017 Le Mans Wec Kamui Kobayashi Car Joao Filipe Alves Beato Adrenalmedia

(Photo: © Joao Filipe Alves Beato - AdrenalMedia.com)

The general expectation was that times were going to be quick this year at Le Mans, especially in the LMP2 class where teams have roughly 100 extra horsepower to play with.  All-time records were not necessarily expected, but that is what happened. Toyota GAZOO Racing’s Kamui Kobayashi entered Thursday as the provisional pole-sitter after being fastest …

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