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Robby Foley, Vin Barletta Win Alan Jay 120 In Turner Motorsport 1-2

Vin Barletta during qualifying for the Alan Jay Automotive Network 120 at Sebring International Raceway, 3/15/2023 (Photo: Courtesy of IMSA)

(Photo: Courtesy of IMSA)

Turner Motorsport’s Robby Foley and Vin Barletta claimed the overall victory in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Alan Jay Automotive Network 120 at Sebring.

Stevan McAleer, Toby Grahovec Avenge DQ, Win Watkins Glen SprintX Race No. 2

Stevan McAleer and Toby Grahovec celebrate their victory in Pirelli GT4 America SprintX Race No. 2 at Watkins Glen International, 9/19/2021 (Photo: Phil Allaway)

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Classic BMW’s Stevan McAleer and Toby Grahovec woke up Sunday morning (Sept. 19) and discovered that they’d lost their class victory and second-place finish from Saturday in technical inspection. The goal quickly became to get it back. McAleer was able to get past BSport Racing’s Bryan Putt for the lead with …

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John Capestro-Dubets, Tom Capizzi Win Watkins Glen GT4 America Race No. 1 With Last-Lap Pass

2021 Watkins Glen GT4A John Capestro-Dubets Tom Capizzi Post-Race Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – AutoTechnic Racing’s John Capestro-Dubets ran down Classic BMW’s Toby Grahovec Saturday (Sept. 18) and passed him for the lead with half a lap to go.  From there, Capestro-Dubets pulled away to give himself and teammate Tom Capizzi their first Pirelli GT4 America SprintX victory of 2021 at Watkins Glen International. “That’s …

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Entry List: Mid-Ohio 120 Doubleheader

2019 Mid-Ohio Russell Ward Robby Foley Nate Stacy Racing Courtesy of IMSA

(Photo: Courtesy of IMSA)

Due to the cancellation of the Lime Rock Park 120, IMSA has scheduled a doubleheader for the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge this weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course since space and time constraints will not allow the series to join the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GT glasses at Charlotte Motor Speedway in October.  That …

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Pace Laps: Penske’s Power & The Kyle Busch Show In Las Vegas

#51: Kyle Busch, Kyle Busch Motorsports, Toyota Tundra Cessna celebrates his win

(Photo: Nigel Kinrade Photography)

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Penske Powerhouse Las Vegas Motor Speedway showed us NASCAR still has kinks to work out with its new handling package. Cars struggled to pass each other on long runs, the field spread out considerably and slower speeds resulted in a caution free race aside from stage breaks. The racing up …

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Entry List: 2018 Biscuitville Grand Prix

2018 Lime Rock CTSC Spencer Pumpelly Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

For the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge’s two-hour race at VIRginia International Raceway, there are 37 cars entered.  All three classes will be in action. The headlining Grand Sport class has 23 cars entered.  Likely the biggest news of the week is the return of Rebel Rock Racing to the series after a couple of …

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Alan Brynjolfsson, Trent Hindman Claim Maiden PWC GTS Victory

Pitelli World Challenge @ VIR

(Photo: Brian Cleary/BCPix.com)

VOLT Racing’s Alan Brynjolfsson and Trent Hindman took advantage of superior pit strategy to take their first career victories in GTS SprintX competition Saturday (April 28) at VIR.  For Brynjolfsson, it is his first career victory in any type of motorsport. “All of this is new to me,” Brynjolfsson said after the race.  “I didn’t …

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74 Ranch Racing’s Shane Lewis Wins VIR GTS SprintX Race No. 1 Pole

2018 VIR PWC Shane Lewis Car WC Vision

(Photo: WC Vision)

74 Ranch Racing’s Shane Lewis claimed pole Saturday morning (April 28) for Race No. 1 of Pirelli World Challenge’s GTS SprintX weekend at VIR in his Mercedes-AMG GT4.  Lewis’ lap of 113.396 seconds (103.813 mph) is 1.75 seconds faster than the pole time last year. Lewis’ lap was nearly four-tenths of a second faster than …

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Entry Lists: Pirelli World Challenge at VIR

2017 Long Beach PWC Bryan Sellers Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

This weekend, Pirelli World Challenge starts the Sprint-X portion of the season at VIRginia International Raceway.  It will be the first weekend of 2017 where all seven classes will be in action.  As a result, the entry list is…rather staggering. There are 109 entries in total among the various classes.  As such a setup is …

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Pirelli World Challenge Championship Scenarios

2016 Lime Rock PWC Alvaro Parente Car Credit Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

This weekend, Pirelli World Challenge holds their final races of the season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.  More than half a dozen championships are on the line in California.  This piece will show you what to look for.  All races this weekend can be watched live on Pirelli World Challenge’s live stream at world-challenge.com. Grand …

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