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Lone Star Racing and Marc Austin Score Bronze-Class Second-Place Finish Saturday in IMSA VP SportsCar Challenge in Texas

Austin-Based Marc Austin Hits the Podium in His Debut IMSA Race Saturday with a Second-Place Bronze Class Finish in VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Competition at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) in the No. 11 Lone Star Racing/Mad Joker Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3

AUSTIN, Texas (March 3, 2025) – Texas based Lone Star Racing and Austin-based team driver Marc Austin made their IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge debut this weekend at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) a strong one with a second-place Bronze Class finish Saturday morning in the first of the day’s twin 45 minute sprints. (more…)

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

February 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…)

Lone Star Racing Looks Ahead to Final Four IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup Rounds After Competitive Rolex 24 and Productive Sebring Test

February 17, 2025

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (February 14, 2025) – A competitive Rolex 24 At Daytona and productive two-day Official IMSA Test this week at Sebring International Raceway have bolstered the positive outlook the No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 team and co-drivers Dan Knox, Scott Andrews and Eric Filgueiras have heading into the final four rounds of this year’s IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup (IMEC) GT Daytona (GTD) Championship. (more…)

Lone Star Racing Confirms IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup GTD Return and IMEC and Rolex 24 Driver Lineups

January 9, 2025

CRESSON, Texas (January 8, 2024) – Lone Star Racing confirmed today its driver lineup for this month’s season-opening IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 At Daytona and its trio of contenders that will contest the full 2025 IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup GT Daytona (GTD) campaign in the No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3.

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Team Mercedes-AMG Lone Star Racing Returns to the Indianapolis 8 Hour with a Powerhouse Mercedes-AMG GT3 Driver Lineup

September 27, 2024

INDIANAPOLIS (September 26, 2024) – Team Mercedes-AMG Lone Star Racing returns to Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) next weekend with a powerhouse driver lineup that includes three-time and reigning NTT IndyCar Series Champion Alex Palou. The 27-year-old Spaniard makes his Mercedes-AMG competition debut on the IMS road course in next Saturday’s Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) Indianapolis 8 Hour co-driving the No. 4 Team Mercedes-AMG Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 with German Mercedes-AMG Performance Drivers Fabian Schiller and Luca Stolz. (more…)

NASCAR Xfinity Series Is Back in a Lone Star State of Mind

April 11, 2024

The NASCAR Xfinity Series will be heading to the state of Texas for the Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday, April 13 at 1:30 p.m. ET on FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, the eighth race of the season.

In total, Texas Motor Speedway has hosted 45 NASCAR Xfinity Series races, producing 24 different race winners and 27 different pole winners. Six races have been won from the pole or first starting position, most recently by Ryan Blaney in 2018.

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NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Returns to the Lone Star State

April 11, 2024

With another thrilling weekend in the books, the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series will return to competition with the SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday, April 12 at 8:30 p.m. ET (FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

There have been 49 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races at Texas, producing 27 different winners and 31 different pole winners. Seven races have been won from the pole or first starting position, most recently by John Hunter Nemechek in 2021.

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Up Next For the NASCAR Xfinity Series: Road Course Action in the Lone Star State

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Joe Gibbs Racing’s Chandler Smith took advantage of JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier’s late-race crash to come out victorious in last weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Phoenix Raceway. The win was his first of the 2024 season and the second of his Xfinity Series career. The victory propelled Smith into the NASCAR Xfinity Series point standings lead for the first time in his series career.

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