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AO Racing’s Spike the Dragon Ready to Soar with LMP2 Lineup

by MikeDecember 11, 2024

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…)

Alpine Endurance Team Announces Its Line-Up For The 8 Hours Of Bahrain And Victor Martins To The Rookie Test

by MikeOctober 18, 2024

Recently appointed Alpine Endurance Team Sporting Director, Nicolas Lapierre will begin to familiarise himself with his new role at the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship season finale, the 8 Hours of Bahrain (2 November).
As a result, reserve driver Jules Gounon joins Paul-Loup Chatin and Ferdinand Habsburg in the #35 Alpine A424.
Charles Milesi completes the trio in the #36 Alpine A424, alongside Matthieu Vaxiviere and Mick Schumacher.
This adaptation is linked to practical criteria to balance the crews regarding driver size.
Alpine Endurance Team also announces Formula 2 and Alpine Academy driver Victor Martins for the Rookie Test session on 3 November.
As a member of the Alpine family, Victor will get behind the wheel of the A424 and provide the team with a fresh perspective for its maiden Hypercar run.

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Rexy the “GT3 Rawr” Ready to Take on Laguna Seca with Priaulx and Jeannette

by MikeMay 10, 2023

SALINAS, Calif., (May 10, 2023) – Rexy, the beloved dinosaur-wrapped AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R heads to the Monterey Peninsula this weekend for MOTUL Course de Monterey Powered By Hyundai N. Following an on-track incident in the FIA World Endurance Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps, full-season IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship driver PJ Hyett suffered a lumbar sprain and has decided to opt out of this weekend’s festivities at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

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Stock Car Brazil Goes Live and Global on Motorsport.tv

by MikeApril 24, 2021

Miami, 23 April, 2021: In a first for Motorsport Network’s proprietary OTT platform Motorsport.tv, the hugely popular Stock Cars Brazil series, featuring legendary F1 drivers, will be livestreamed globally this season, exclusively in most territories. (more…)

Motorsport Games to create 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual

by MikeMay 16, 2020

With the postponement of the real world 24 Hours of Le Mans until 19/20th September the ACO, FIA WEC and Motorsport Games have announced the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual will take up the original scheduled date of 13/14th June, heralding a new era in sim racing. (more…)

MOTORTREND TO BROADCAST LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 1000 MILES OF SEBRING

by WebmasterMarch 12, 2019

— The 1000 MILES OF SEBRING is Available Live on the MotorTrend App in the U.S. and Canada, and on MotorTrend TV in the U.S. Starting at 3:30 PM ET on Friday, March 15, 2019–

(Silver Spring, Md.) — Today, MotorTrend announced live coverage of the 1000 MILES OF SEBRING – the sixth round of the 2018-2019 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season. The race marks WEC’s highly anticipated return to Sebring Raceway, one of America’s greatest and oldest continuously-operating race tracks. 1000 MILES OF SEBRING will air live in the U.S. and Canada on the MotorTrend App, and in the U.S. on MotorTrend TV starting at 3:30 PM ET on Friday, March 15, 2019. (more…)