Michelin Pilot Challenge Roar Notebook: Fast Fords; Neto’s Quick Learning

Michelin Pilot Challenge Roar Notebook: Fast Fords; Neto’s Quick Learning

Fords, Hondas, Audis Make Waves in Daytona Test while Several Veterans Return

By Tony DiZinno

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge series completed a three-day Roar Before the Rolex 24 test on Sunday. The test is not mandatory for competitors, although most made the trip to Daytona International Speedway in advance of Friday’s season-opening BMW M Endurance Challenge four-hour race. (more…)

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SC School Creates Drive For Career In Motorsports. It’s The Only One Of Its Kind In US

SC School Creates Drive For Career In Motorsports. It’s The Only One Of Its Kind In US

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Destiny Nash stands in a swirl of white smoke as a pile of dust gathers at her feet. The 18-year-old is sanding a car bumper, part of her auto-collision class at Palmetto Academy of Learning Motorsports. The class is part of a unique curriculum being offered at the Horry County charter school, making it the only motorsports high school in the country. While there are other high schools in the U.S. that offer a racing program, the Conway school, located at 826 W. Cox Ferry Road, Conway, SC, is the only one that provides a hybrid learning curriculum.

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Alpine Endurance Team Ready to Conclude Its Learning Season With the Alpine A424 in Bahrain

Alpine Endurance Team Ready to Conclude Its Learning Season With the Alpine A424 in Bahrain
  • The 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship season ends this week with the 8 Hours of Bahrain (30 October-2 November).
  • Alpine Endurance Team will conclude the learning campaign for its A424 Hypercar with reshuffled crews: Paul-Loup Chatin, Jules Gounon and Ferdinand Habsburg in the #35; Charles Milesi, Matthieu Vaxiviere and Mick Schumacher in the #36.
  • The A-arrow brand enters the final round in fourth place in the Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers’ Championship.

Launched in February in Qatar, the 2024 FIA WEC season returns to the Middle East for the final round in the Kingdom of Bahrain. (more…)

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Here’s the Real Reason Tony Stewart Is Learning Drag Racing

Tony Stewart sat in Gary Scelzi’s Funny Car about 15 years ago—and wanted out immediately when the crew placed the body on it.

“I swore it turned 100 degrees in that shop. I said, ‘You’ve got to get me out of this.’ I can’t imagine sitting there and doing what they have to do,” the three-time NASCAR Cup champion said. (more…)

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