BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 teams Regulator Racing and CRP Racing combined for victories in three of the four Fanatec GT World Challenge America and GT America races contested this weekend at Barber Motorsports Park. Jeff Burton and Philip Ellis co-drove the No. 91 Regulator Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 to their second Fanatec GT World Challenge America Pro-Am class race win Sunday to tighten the championship race between the top three contenders heading into next month’s season-ending race weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In GT America, Jason Daskalos reclaimed the overall championship lead with a weekend sweep of both 40-minute sprint races in the No. 27 CRP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3. (more…)
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Coleman and Telitz Take On 24H Barcelona with Optimum Motorsport
DENVER, Colo., (September 9, 2024) – After several years competing together in GT4 sports car racing, longtime co-drivers Todd Coleman and Aaron Telitz will step up into GT3 racing with their entry into the 24H of Barcelona, September 13-15. Entering the prestigious event with Optimum Motorsport, they will be joined by Rob Megennis and Frederik Schandorff.
Based in the United Kingdom, Optimum Motorsport is a championship-winning McLaren customer racing team, with a number of successes in their 13 years of racing. With titles in the Asian Le Mans series, IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup, and GT World Challenge Europe, this group is already expected to make a strong showing in the endurance racing event. (more…)
Workmanlike Day for TeamSLR at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
Barry Boes scored his sixth Pro-Am Challenge-class victory in 10 races this season and fourth in the last five races. He entered the weekend with a 102-point lead in the championship within a championship.
The 16-year-old Julian DaCosta’s eighth-place finish was his second top-10 in as many TA2 Series starts this season. He made his series debut with a 10th-place finish April 14 at NOLA Motorsports Park in Avondale, Louisiana. (more…)
Mixed Results for Silver Hare Racing at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
Solid Sixth-Place Finish for Jake Drew; Rear-End Issue Ends Boris Said Jr.’s Day (more…)
TeamSLR: Barry Boes, Julian DaCosta Set for Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Aug. 28, 2024) – Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, which began its life as an iconic road-racing circuit known as Mosport Park, plays host to its first Trans Am Series Presented by Pirelli headline event since 2014 this weekend, and TeamSLR and its M1 Racecars equipment are ready for the challenge with drivers Barry Boes, the TA2 Pro-Am Challenge-class frontrunner, and 16-year-old Julian DaCosta, who will be making his second career TA2 start.
Mercedes-AMG and Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Winward Racing and Korthoff Preston Motorsports Bring IMSA GTD Championship Leads to Virginia
DANVILLE, Virginia – Championship-leading Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams and Mercedes-AMG begin the year’s final three-race stretch run of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races this weekend at VIRginia International Raceway with the annual Michelin GT Challenge at VIR, August 23 – 25. Sunday’s two-hour and 40-minute race is the final WeatherTech Championship sprint event of the season and the year’s only race spotlighting the series’ GT Daytona (GTD) and GTD Pro divisions in their own feature race. The Michelin GT Challenge at VIR is scheduled to start this Sunday at 12:10 p.m. EDT with live television coverage on the USA Network and NBC’s livestream platform Peacock beginning 10 minutes earlier at Noon EDT. International viewers can see the action live on www.IMSA.com/TVLive.
Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Regulator Racing, CRP Racing and Esses Racing Secure a Trio of Mercedes-AMG GT3 Podium Finishes in SRO America at Road America
ELKHART LAKE, Wisconsin – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams Regulator Racing, CRP Racing and Esses Racing combined for a trio of Mercedes-AMG GT3 podium finishes across a pair of SRO America racing series in a productive weekend of Fanatec GT World Challenge America and GT America competition at Road America.
Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Winward Racing and Korthoff Preston Motorsports Combine for Pole, Race-Leading Laps and a Fourth-Place Finish in IMSA GTD Competition at Road America
ELKHART LAKE, Wisconsin – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams Winward Racing and Korthoff Preston Motorsports combined for a competitive IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship performance that produced a GTD pole position, a race-leading run and a fourth-place finish at Road America this weekend.
Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Bring Across-the-Board IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Daytona Points Leads to Road America
ELKHART LAKE, Wisconsin – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 teams Winward Racing and Korthoff Preston Motorsports bring across-the-board GT Daytona (GTD) class championship points leads and a podium-perfect 2024 race record to Round 7 of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD season this weekend on the four-mile Road America circuit.
Corvette 1-2, Sweeps Podium at IMSA Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
The #3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R driven by Alexander Sims and Antonio Garcia, races to victory in the GTD PRO class Sunday, July 14, 2024 winning the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Chevrolet Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. This is the first win of the season for Sims and Garcia who also started from pole position.
German Formula 1 Champion Test Drives for Porsche Penske Motorsport: Sebastian Vettel Tests the Porsche 963
Stuttgart. Sebastian Vettel enters new terrain with this test drive: for the first time, the four-time Formula 1 world champion will gain experience in the cockpit of a hypercar prototype. Since 2023, the Porsche Penske Motorsport works team and private teams have campaigned the Porsche 963 in the North American IMSA sports car series and the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC.
“In motorsport we definitely need more female role models… the more the merrier!”
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (26th February 2024) – Saudi Arabia’s first female racing driver and founder of Theeba Motorsport, Reema Juffali, has established herself as an inspiration and role model to female athletes in Saudi Arabia and across the world. (more…)
Porsche Penske Motorsport Again Fields Three Porsche 963 at Le Mans
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.
Latest Edition of Inside Track Motorsport News Released
The current issue of ‘the official publication of Canadian motorsports’ features late-season action from across Canada, and beyond.
Up front, young stock car sensation Treyten Lapcevich wrapped up Canada’s NASCAR national championship in style, earning his seventh victory of the season in the Delaware Speedway finale.
In Motorsport and in Life, Are Electric Cars Worth the Hype?
In a field such as NASCAR, there is definitely something very masculine about the entire approach. Thinking back to movies like “Days of Thunder,” it certainly has put forth the notion of high-speed races and high-performance engines at the center. But that was 30-odd years ago. Now, the power of the vehicle is slowly being eroded by an environmental mindset. (more…)
2023 NASA Championships Pole Position Awards Sponsored by Competition Motorsport
Las Vegas, Sept. 1, 2023 — Competition Motorsport, the official motorsports equipment supplier of NASA, is awarding drivers in all classes who earn pole position at the 2023 NASA Championships a complimentary set of Alpinestars racing gloves. (more…)
Porsche Penske Motorsport Sends Three 963 With A Special Livery To Le Mans
The three Porsche 963 fielded by Porsche Penske Motorsport at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans will be decked out in a distinctive design. However, the fundamental look of the 963 will stay the same. The colorful designs were unveiled today (Friday, April 28) as part of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) race weekend in Belgium. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Porsche brand, the No. 75 vehicle will tackle the Hypercar class at the 100th anniversary of the 24-hour race as an additional entry from the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer. (more…)
Pirelli Revs Up For 2023 Motorsport Season In The U.S.
New York, NY, January 25, 2023 – Pirelli is reinforcing its commitment to North American racing in 2023 with large-scale involvement and tire distribution to both global and domestic competitions taking place across the continent. Pirelli is set to participate in 10 major North American motorsport championships, with almost 40 Pirelli and partner personnel committed to over 100 races, supplying more than 30,000 tires throughout the course of the season.
Nasr Puts Porsche Penske Motorsport on Front Row for 24 Hours of Daytona
Stuttgart/Mooresville. Wrapping up what has been a productive week for Porsche Penske Motorsport, Brazilian Felipe Nasr drove the No. 7 Porsche 963 to a second-place result in qualifying on Sunday afternoon for next week’s 24 Hours of Daytona at Daytona International Speedway.
McLaren Applied Announces Richard Saxby As New Motorsport Director
Woking, 4 January 2022 – McLaren Applied has announced current Head of Motorsport Accounts, Richard Saxby, as its new Motorsport Director. A motorsport veteran with over 20 years’ experience in Formula One, the move will see Saxby expand on the significant contribution he has made to the company since his arrival in 2021.