BATAVIA, Ohio, (December 12, 2024) – Celebrating 25 years of excellence, Wright Motorsports is proud to announce its entry into the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. The team will field the No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R with the dynamic duo of Adam Adelson and Elliott Skeer returning as full-season drivers, joined by endurance specialists Tom Sargent and Ayhancan Güven. (more…)
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Hoosier Tire Announces Hoosier Hero Class of 2025
Indianapolis, Ind. – December 12, 2024. Hoosier Racing Tire proudly announced its class of 2025 Hoosier Heroes at a formal press conference during the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show in Indianapolis, Indiana on Thursday, December 12. (more…)
Trackhouse Racing Partners with TF Sport To Enter Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona
Shane van Gisbergen, Connor Zilisch, Scott McLaughlin and Ben Keating Will Pilot the No. 91 “Trackhouse by TF Sport” Corvette
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA – With NASCAR and MotoGP teams in its portfolio, Trackhouse Racing announced today it will expand to a new racing series in January when it partners with TF Sport to field a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R in the GT Daytona (GTD) PRO class for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s 63rd annual Rolex 24 at Daytona on January 25-26. (more…)
Discover How Dakar Rally Athletes Prepare Their Mind And Body For Gruelling Saudi Arabian Race
Find out how Sanders, Benavides and Moraes get set for 14 January days in the desert taking on motorsports’ toughest test…
The 2025 Dakar Rally is nearly upon us with the world’s best off-road racers getting ready for 14 days of gruelling action over the sand dunes of Saudi Arabia in January, so how exactly do they prepare their minds and bodies for motorsport’s fiercest test? Here is all you need to know: (more…)
NASCAR Great Ken Schrader at 69: ‘Having as Much Fun as I’ve Ever Had’
At age 69, Ken Schrader has raced in 48 of the 50 United States and he shows no signs of slowing—he spent more than 100 days in a race car in 2024 (more…)
‘Somebody out here knows something’: NASCAR Driver Echos Plea For Help Finding Stolen Super Truck
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FLORENCE, S.C. (WMBF) – A North Carolina-based NASCAR driver continues to ask for help finding his stolen super truck. It’s a story we first reported on last month. (more…)
New Book: Speed, Stunts, and Scandal—The Wild Rise and Fall of Racing Legend Joan LaCosta
On Fourth of July weekend in 1924, Marion Martins flies past some of the best race car drivers of her time and takes home two trophies from the famous North Shore racetrack in Chicago. In 1926, on the beaches of Daytona, Florida, Joan LaCosta breaks a world speed record at 145 miles per hour. But Martins and LaCosta never face one another on the close-knit circuit of early American auto racing.
AO Racing’s Spike the Dragon Ready to Soar with LMP2 Lineup
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (December 11, 2024) – AO Racing’s beloved dragon, Spike, is ready to spread his wings for his sophomore season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The team has unveiled an impressive driver lineup for its seven-race campaign, led by returning driver PJ Hyett in the distinctive purple-and-orange LMP2 machine. Four-time IMSA Champion Dane Cameron will join Hyett for the full-season effort, while Jonny Edgar and Christian Rasmussen round out the roster for endurance events, including the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona. (more…)
Cadillac F1 Team Will Run Ferrari Engines Until GM Power Unit Is Ready
Jerry Perez of TheDrive reports that (a) Ferrari power unit and gearbox will propel Formula 1 newcomer Cadillac F1 Team for its first two seasons in the sport. Maranello confirmed the multi-year agreement Tuesday morning, putting to rest rumors that Honda was also looking to supply the General Motors works team through the end of the 2027 season. (more…)
Jonathan Toney, Jason Trinchere to Crew Chief Haas Xfinity Program in 2025
Joseph Srigley of TobyChristie reports that (e)ven though Stewart-Haas Racing shuttered its operations at the end of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series campaign, and paved the way for the formation of Haas Factory Team, there isn’t much change within the organization’s program in 2025.
Aside from the hiring of two completely new full-time Xfinity Series drivers, with Sheldon Creed driving the No. 00 and Sam Mayer piloting the newly-renumbered No. 41 Ford Mustang Dark Horse, a lot of things are staying the same. (more…)
