The #3 Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R driven by Antonio Garcia, Alexander Sims and Daniel Juncadella, races to a fifth place finish in the GTD PRO class Saturday, October 12, 2024 during the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship finale, the10-hour Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. (Photo by Eric Klauser for Corvette Racing) (more…)
It seems like it was just a few weeks ago that we were kicking off the 2024 race season at the Rolex 24 At Daytona, but here we are, coming into Petit Le Mans, ready to wrap up the year with the 10-hour endurance racing extravaganza. With two of our three drivers in the No. 44 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 and our shop being Atlanta-based, Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta is a home track for us. We’re going to be putting in a not-so-petite effort in this weekend to finish the season on a high note for John Potter, Andy Lally, Spencer Pumpelly, and our entire team. (more…)
BRASELTON, Ga., (October 10, 2024) – The season finale for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is Saturday, October 12 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, and Wright Motorsports sweeps into the weekend riding high with two recent back-to-back wins. The team comes into Petit Le Mans as the most recent GTD class race winners in the WeatherTech Championship, and also just secured a class victory and championship title in the Fanatec GT World Challenge series. This success has the team in high spirits as they prepare to conclude the season with the No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R, driven by Adam Adelson, Elliott Skeer, and Jan Heylen. (more…)
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – Winning Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams Winward Racing and Korthoff Preston Motorsports clinched the 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar GT Daytona (GTD) Manufacturer Championship right at the start of the Battle on The Bricks and then spent the remainder of the wet and wild six-hour endurance race closing in on more year-end team and driver honors Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). The No. 32 Korthoff Preston Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 finished third in GTD after co-drivers Mikael Grenier, Mike Skeen and Kenton Koch battled in the lead pack the entire race from the pole starting position. WeatherTech Championship GTD points leaders Winward Racing took the checkered flag just seconds after the No. 32 team for a fifth-place finish with team drivers Russell Ward, Philip Ellis, and Indy Dontje in the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3.
PARIS (19 September 2024): Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) has renewed its long-standing partnership with IMG, extending its role as the exclusive global licensing representative for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a multiyear deal running through 2029.
Under the new agreement, IMG will continue to expand the global reach and resonance of the iconic race through innovative licensing opportunities and strategic brand collaborations across all categories.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., February 22, 2024 – The Amelia, known by its longtime attendees and fans as “the racers’ concours,” will display hundreds of the greatest-ever road and racing machines as it welcomes guests to its 29th annual event. The four-day gathering takes place from Thursday, February 29 to Sunday, March 3, 2024. Among cars on display are race winning examples, movie heroes, supercars and vehicles replete with history. Significantly, Sunday’s Amelia Concours d’Elegance will feature 275 cars representing the best-of-the-best from automotive history. (more…)
Porsche Penske Motorsport will once again field three Porsche 963 race cars at the Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans in the 2024 season. The organiser, ACO, confirmed today (Monday 19 February) that the Porsche works team will campaign a third car at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. French works driver Mathieu Jaminet will helm the No. 4 car, with the other drivers announced at a later date.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 11, 2023) – For more than two years, a collection of executives and engineers from NASCAR, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet, Goodyear and IMSA worked to execute NASCAR Chairman and CEO Jim France’s vision to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
(Los Angeles, Calif.) – MotorTrend Group, a Warner Bros. Discovery company, today announced it will exclusively broadcast the 24 HOURS OF LE MANS endurance race’s 100th anniversary in the U.S. and Canada. Fans will be able to watch the heart-pounding action of the world’s most prestigious automotive racing event on MotorTrend TV and MotorTrend+ beginning Saturday, June 10 at 9:00 AM EDT / 6:00 AM PDT. MotorTrend, in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery-owned Eurosport, will show every hour and angle of this milestone race.
