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GMG Racing and Kyle Washington Double Podium in IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge in Texas

by MikeMarch 4, 2025

Kyle Washington Three for Four in VP Racing Challenge Podiums in First Two Race Weekends of 2025 at Daytona and Circuit of The Americas in the No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R

AUSTIN, Texas (March 3, 2025) – Sports car racing champions GMG Racing and longtime team driver Kyle Washington have built a three-for-four record of Bronze class podium finishes in the team’s and Washington’s debut races in the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge series after second and third place finishes on Saturday in Rounds 3 and 4 of the 2025 championship at Circuit of The Americas (COTA). (more…)

New England Racers’ Results From Weekend’s Competition

by Lou ModestinoMarch 3, 2025

Christopher Bell won the Cup race at COTA in Austin, TX with Joe Logano of Middletown, CT finishing 24^th.Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT came in 33rd.

Conor Zillich won the Xfinity race while Chris Wright finished 33rd behind the wheel of Cape Cod’s Chris and Mary Our’s entry. Both reside in Chatham, MA.

Down at St. Pete, Fl. Alex Palou won the Indy Car season opener while Santino Ferrucci of Woodbury, CT finished 14th.

IMSA Insider: Shank’s Happy IMSA Return Plus COTA, St. Pete Previews

by MikeFebruary 27, 2025February 27, 2025

Team’s IMSA, Acura Return Off To Strong Start With Rolex 24 Runner-Up

By John Oreovicz

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – You don’t often see a smile as big as Mike Shank’s following a second-place finish – the result the No. 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06 and drivers Colin Braun, Tom Blomqvist, Scott Dixon, and Felix Rosenqvist achieved in January’s 2025 Rolex 24 At Daytona.

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2025 NTT INDYCAR Series Pit Reporters Announced

by MikeFebruary 27, 2025February 27, 2025

The 2025 NTT INDYCAR Series Pit Reporters are Kevin Lee, Jack Harvey, and Georgia Henneberry.

Donovan Strauss Joins Hettinger Racing’s Late Model Program

by MikeFebruary 25, 2025February 25, 2025

From Sim to Reality, 19-Year-Old is Climbing the Racing Ladder

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 25, 2025) – Donovan Strauss has accomplished a lot in a short period of time, yet the 19-year-old Philadelphia native is just getting started. In only four years, Strauss has advanced from sim racing and winning in the virtual world to driving pavement-pounding Late Model stock cars and chasing checkered flags in the real world.

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Lone Star Racing and Marc Austin Set for IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Debut This Weekend at Circuit of The Americas

by MikeFebruary 24, 2025

– Austin-Based Marc Austin Runs First IMSA Races in This Weekend’s IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Doubleheader at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) in the No. 11 Lone Star Racing/Mad Joker Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3

AUSTIN, Texas (February 24, 2025) – Texas based Lone Star Racing and Austin-based team driver Marc Austin make their IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge debut this weekend at Circuit of The Americas. Austin drives his No. 11 Lone Star Racing/Mad Joker Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 in Saturday’s same-day doubleheader schedule of races as the IMSA VP Racing series makes its COTA debut in support of the headlining NASCAR Cup series race. All weekend races will be run on COTA’s 2.3-mile, 20-turn National course that will be used for the first time for a major race weekend in over a decade. (more…)

PREMA Partners With Halo By Orthene For 2025 Racing Season

by MikeFebruary 24, 2025

Halo By Orthene and PREMA Racing are proud to announce the commencement of an Official Global Partner agreement starting from the upcoming 2025 season.

The culmination of nearly 50 years of chemical engineering expertise and a litany of pioneering innovations, Halo is the pinnacle of racing brake fluid, designed specifically for top-tier professional motorsport. The company aims to shift the concept of brake fluid from a mere commodity to a performance-enhancing superfluid. (more…)

Kulwicki Driver Development Program Announces Semifinalists (Including New Englanders)

by Lou ModestinoFebruary 21, 2025February 21, 2025

CONCORD, North Carolina (February 20, 2025) – Thirteen semifinalists from 11 states from coast-to-coast have been selected from the 46 young short-track drivers who applied to this year’s Kulwicki Driver Development Program. (more…)

Cars and Coffee, Darien, Connecticut – Season Opener – April 13th

by Lou ModestinoFebruary 18, 2025

More than just a “cars and coffee” event, Cars and Coffee Darien blends the casual atmosphere of a Sunday morning cars and coffee with a car show – except that there is no cutoff year, and there are no rules about what you can bring: cars, trucks, Jeeps, and motorcycles of any year are all welcome.

Cars and Coffee Darien is the only event of its type anywhere in the world with a direct connection to the Cannonball races of the 1970s. Known for being a family-friendly event, it is quite common to see multi-generational families, and young parents with strollers walking about. We’re also pet-friendly, and we encourage you to bring your [leashed] 4-legged children. (more…)

NELCAR Legends Make Thunder Road Debut on Vermont Milk Bowl Weekend

by Lou ModestinoFebruary 17, 2025

Thunder Road officials announced today an exciting addition to the 63rd Vermont Milk Bowl weekend presented by Northfield Savings Bank. Along with the most intense qualifying action of the season, the Maine-based NELCAR Legends will make their Thunder Road debut on Saturday, October 4 during the Booth Bros./Hood Milk Bowl Qualifying Day! (more…)