Race Weekend Central

Ricky Taylor Leads Acura Front Row Sweep at Laguna Seca

2019 Daytona IWSC Helio Castroneves Car Phil Allaway

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Acura Team Penske’s Ricky Taylor won the overall pole Saturday (Sep. 14) for Sunday’s Monterey SportsCar Championship Powered by McLaren with a lap at 107.374 mph.  The Laguna Seca pole is Taylor’s first since joining Acura Team Penske at the beginning of 2018. It’s also the No. 7 Acura’s second pole of the season. Taylor’s …

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Park Place Motorsports Returns to IMSA Full-Time, Re-Hires Patrick Long

2017 Road Atlanta IWSC Jörg Bergmeister Car Phil Allaway

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Park Place Motorsports announced Monday (Dec. 10) that they will return to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on a full-time basis in 2019.  Team owner Patrick Lindsey will once again drive the No. 73 Porsche 911 GT3 R with the returning Patrick Long alongside. “I’m extremely excited for our team this year,” Lindsey stated in …

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Park Place Motorsports Announces Revised Lineup for Road Atlanta

2017 Road Atlanta IWSC Jörg Bergmeister Car Phil Allaway

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Park Place Motorsports announced Wednesday (Aug. 22) that they intend to compete in the final two races of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.  The team was originally planning on only running the endurance events, but added Road America earlier this month to the schedule.  Now, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca has been added to the …

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Entry List: Continental Tire Road Race Showcase

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This weekend, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is back in action with all three of their classes for the first time in nearly a month.  35 teams are entered in Sunday’s sprint race at Road America in Wisconsin. In the Prototype class, there are a couple of changes.  Most notably, Jõao Barbosa is back in …

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FIA WEC Unveils 2018-19 Full Season/Le Mans Entries, Moves Fuji Race

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On Friday afternoon (European time), the FIA World Endurance Championship officially launched the 2018-19 season with an announcement in Paris.  The full-season entry list was revealed, containing 36 teams.  However, the biggest news was the shift of the 6 Hours of Fuji up by one week to Oct. 14. The Fuji move has been met …

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Tommy Milner Tops Opening VIR WeatherTech Practice

2017 Lime Rock IWSC Tommy Milner Car Phil Allaway

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Corvette Racing’s Tommy Milner was fastest overall in opening practice for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at VIRginia International Raceway on Friday.  Milner’s lap of 102.341 seconds (115.027 mph) was a tenth of a second faster than Ford Chip Ganassi Racing’s Richard Westbrook. Milner was quite satisfied with his early pace. “It’s certainly a good …

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Marc Goossens Quickest in Road America Practice No. 1

2017 Watkins Glen IWSC Renger van der Zande Car Phil Allaway

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IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams had to deal with changeable conditions Friday afternoon during the first practice session at Road America.  The session started off in full wet conditions, but times dropped by more than 20 seconds. In the closing minutes, Visit Florida Racing’s Marc Goossens turned in a lap of 119.977 seconds (121.463 mph) that …

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Patrick Pilet, Dirk Werner Claim First Win for New Porsche 911 RSR

2017 Lime Rock IWSC Patrick Pilet Car Phil Allaway

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On Saturday afternoon, pit strategy was the name of the game in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park.  Porsche GT Team’s two 911 RSRs stopped with 62 minutes to go for their final stops of the race.  That is approximately 12 minutes more than what a usual stint is …

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Gianmaria Bruni Fastest Overall in WeatherTech Lime Rock Happy Hour

2017 Lime Rock IWSC Gianmaria Bruni Car Phil Allaway

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In final practice for IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams at Lime Rock Park Friday afternoon, Porsche GT Team’s Gianmaria Bruni was fastest overall.  Bruni’s lap of 50.601 seconds (104.867 mph) was two-tenths of a second faster than the GT Le Mans pole last year.  It was also more than four-tenths of a second faster than …

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Park Place Motorsports Loses 2nd in GTD Due to Drive-Time Violation

2016 Lime Rock IWSC Jörg Bergmeister Car Credit Phil Allaway

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On Monday, IMSA held the WeatherTech Night of Champions at the Georgia Aquarium, where the champions were crowned.  However, before trophies could be award, champions feted and even before Vanessa Carlton could perform, IMSA released revised results for Saturday’s Petit Le Mans presented by Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort.  Normally, this is just a formality, but …

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Park Place Motorsports Withdraws from VIR

2016 Lime Rock IWSC Jörg Bergmeister Car Credit Phil Allaway

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On Wednesday, Alex Job Racing announced the complete withdrawal of the No. 22 WeatherTech Porsche team from the remainder of the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.  Thursday saw another Porsche team voluntarily withdraw, but only from one race. Park Place Motorsports, which fields the No. 73 Porsche 911 GT3-R in the GT Daytona class, has …

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