12th Running of the HSR Daytona Classic 24 Hour Presented by Mission Foods Next Weekend at Daytona International Speedway

by Mike2 days ago0

– Record Eight Run Groups of Historic and Vintage Race Cars from the Last 70 Years Compete in Succession for a Full 24 Hours in the 12th Running of the HSR Daytona Classic 24 Hour Presented by Mission Foods Next Saturday and Sunday

– Full Five-Day Event November 11 – 15 Includes the HSR Daytona Classic 24 Hour Presented by Mission Foods and the HSR Daytona Historics Full-Season Championship Races

– North America’s Premier Vintage and Historic 24-Hour Race Featured in Saturday and Sunday Livestream Coverage by Greenlight Television on HSR’s Facebook and YouTube Pages

– Packed Event Schedule Includes Ford as the Featured Marque, Peter Auto Sixties’ Endurance HSR Classic 24 Hour Run Group and a Solid Field of Competitors for the Full-Season HSR Daytona Historics

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (November 6, 2026) – The Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Daytona Classic 24 Hour presented by Mission Foods returns to Daytona International Speedway (DIS) next week for the 12th running of America’s premier vintage and historic sports car race November 11 – 15 at the “World Center of Racing.” The full weekend of competition also features the HSR Daytona Historics, a points-paying round of HSR’s season-long racing championships from Thursday through late Saturday morning, wrapping up before that afternoon’s start of the HSR Classic Daytona 24.

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Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Team Winward Racing Bounces Back with IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Victory at Watkins Glen International

by MikeJuly 1, 2026

WATKINS GLEN, New York – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing team Winward Racing successfully renewed its 2026 championship campaign in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge series at Watkins Glen International with a victory in Saturday’s two-hour race on the 3.4-mile circuit with co-drivers Bryce Ward and Philip Ellis in the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4. A fast-closing Ellis inherited the top spot with less than 20 minutes to go when the team that led the majority of the race slowed with a cut tire.

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Cadillac Wins Sahlen’s Six Hours on Busy Watkins Glen Weekend

by MikeJune 29, 2026

Three Takeaways: Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen

By John Oreovicz

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Throughout the week leading into the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers were keeping a wary eye on the weather.

“It’s a lot like Le Mans or Spa in that the weather pops up out of nowhere,” said Ricky Taylor, driver of the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R.

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All You Need To Know For This Weekend’s IMSA Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen

by MikeJune 25, 2026

By John Oreovicz, IMSA

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International is the first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race since the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in March to feature all four classes – Grand Touring Prototype (GTP), Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO), and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD). It’s also the third of five rounds in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup, producing a bumper field of 54 cars.

For GTP, Watkins Glen is already the sixth of nine races, signaling the start of the final stretch of the title fight. LMP2 has run only two of seven events so far this year, so its championship is just getting underway. For GTD PRO and GTD, the Sahlen’s Six Hours marks the halfway point of the season.

Here’s what to watch for this weekend from the scenic upstate New York circuit: (more…)