The Alpine A424s Return to Action in Austin

The Alpine A424s Return to Action in Austin

After the summer break, Alpine Endurance Team returns to the Americas for the resumption of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Austin, back on the calendar for the first time since 2020.

Inaugurated in 2012, the Circuit of the Americas has established itself as a favourite destination among competitors, with its gradients, including a steep climb to the first corner and its fast and technical sections spread over 5,513 metres. This layout offers plenty of challenges, and the drivers’ fitness will be severely tested by the high temperatures and counter-clockwise direction, which always punishes the neck muscles. (more…)

PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Ready To Roar And Defend The Michelin Endurance Cup Championship

PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Ready To Roar And Defend The Michelin Endurance Cup Championship

PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports is excited to kick off the 2023 Season with the annual Roar Before the Rolex 24 test this weekend in preparation for the Rolex 24 At Daytona. The team will begin activities this weekend at Daytona, with the No. 52 Wynns/Max Connect/RainX/Client Command/Apex Protect Oreca 07 LMP2 entry featuring returning Champion Ben Keating, two-time ELMS LMP2 Champion Paul-Loup Chatin, British open-wheel rising star Alex Quinn, and world-class four-time Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Nicolas Lapierre. (more…)

Circuit Of The Americas’ Turn 20 To Be Dedicated To U.S. Racing Legend Mario Andretti

Circuit Of The Americas’ Turn 20 To Be Dedicated To U.S. Racing Legend Mario Andretti
AUSTIN, TX (October 17th, 2022) – Circuit of The Americas (COTA) announced today that it will dedicate Turn 20 to Italian-born, American racing legend and former COTA ambassador, Mario Andretti. Renowned as perhaps the most versatile racer of all time, Andretti is one of only two drivers to have won races in Formula 1, IndyCar, the World Sportscar Championship, and NASCAR.

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Lary Gets First Win And Fornwalt Crowned The Champ In The Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds

Lary Gets First Win And Fornwalt Crowned The Champ In The Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds

Lots of racing and double points proved the saying true, “it’s not over till it’s over” in the Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds and the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes in the points battle for these two divisions. The way it started is the way it ended in the points battle for the C.A. Miller Limited Late Models and the Peanuts Auto Four Cylinders.

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Stream Exclusive, Live Coverage Of The 24 Hours Of Le Mans On Motortrend+ In The U.S. And Canada

Stream Exclusive, Live Coverage Of The 24 Hours Of Le Mans On Motortrend+ In The U.S. And Canada
MotorTrend, in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery owned Eurosport, is bringing sports fans in the U.S. and Canada every angle and hour of the world’s preeminent, legendary automotive racing event, the 24 HOURS OF LE MANS. Fans can catch all the heart stopping action of the 90th running of the 24 HOURS OF LE MANS live starting Saturday, June 11 at 9:30 AM EDT / 6:30 AM PDT, on MotorTrend+ and MotorTrend TV.
 
A subscription to MotorTrend+ provides live coverage of all practice and qualifying sessions which begin today, and offers a unique, in-depth viewing experience that encompasses multiple feeds for on-board race car cameras, as well as timing, scoring, and aerial cameras.

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Defending Champ Tim Laduc Has $3,000 Reasons To Celebrate 2022 Opener At ‘The Bowl’

Defending Champ Tim Laduc Has $3,000 Reasons To Celebrate 2022 Opener At ‘The Bowl’

West Haven, VT – Devil’s Bowl Speedway kicked off the 2022 racing season featuring a $3,000 to win 30-lap main event where defending Sportsman Modified track champion Tim Laduc parked it on the front stretch claiming the big win. Over 125 competitors packed the pits for the 56th season opener, which saw Bubba McPhee, Daryl Gebo, Roger Laduc, Chris Summer, and Chris Murray also victorious. (more…)

Blewett Is Tour Modified Turkey Derby Champ At Wall Stadium (Last) Saturday

WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. ~ Jimmy Blewett raced from a seventh starting spot and contended every lap of the 150-lap distance before winning the Tour Type Modified main event during the 48th annual Turkey Derby at Wall Stadium Speedway Saturday. It was the Howell resident’s 13th Modified win in in the annual event that returned to the traditional Thanksgiving weekend dates after being postponed by COVID restrictions last fall. (more…)

Seekonk Sportsman Champ Chad Baxter Wins Nascar Division III National Title Honors

Seekonk Sportsman Champ Chad Baxter Wins Nascar Division III National Title Honors
SEEKONK, Mass. — For the first time in known Seekonk Speedway history, the track is celebrating one of their drivers becoming a NASCAR National Champion. Chad Baxter, the Helger’s South Coast Power Equipment Sportsman champion for this season as part of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Racing Series, has been crowned the Division III National Champion.

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