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Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Return to Watkins Glen Leading all IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar GT Daytona (GTD) Championships

by MikeJune 20, 2025

WATKINS GLEN, New York – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge series bring the momentum of recent race wins, podium finishes, and across-the-board GT Daytona (GTD) championship leads to Watkins Glen International this weekend for the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, June 20 – 22. Three Mercedes-AMG GT3 entries from Winward Racing, Korthoff Competition Motors and Lone Star Racing compete in Sunday’s featured Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen WeatherTech Championship race while the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 carries the Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing flag in Saturday’s two-hour Pilot Challenge race.

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Ram is Back … Back in America’s Motorsport … Ram is back in NASCAR

by MikeJune 9, 2025

Ram returns to the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series in 2026, after a 13-year break, as part of a powerful product launch cadence — 25 announcements in 18 months
Drive to NASCAR begins with a high-octane reveal of a new Ram 1500 concept race truck at Michigan International Speedway that includes a wild donut trailer
Ram brand celebrates the HEMI® V-8’s historic comeback and return to NASCAR in “Ram-Demption” marketing campaign
Performance pickups are embedded in Ram’s DNA: Ram 1500 RHO and TRX, Power Wagon and SRT10 Viper Truck

Ram will join the field for the 2026 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series, ending a 13-year break, and today unveiled a new Ram 1500 concept race truck that previews the design for next year. Returning to the racetrack marks a major milestone, part of a pedal-to-the-metal drive for Ram that covers 25 product announcements over 18 months.

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Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Regulator Racing and JMF Motorsports Combine for a Trio of Podium Finishes in GT World Challenge America at Sebring

by MikeMay 20, 2025

Regulator Racing and Team Drivers Jeff Burton and Philip Ellis Stay in GT World Challenge America Pro-Am Championship Contention with Second-Place Finishes at Sebring

SEBRING, Florida – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams Regulator Racing and JMF Motorsports combined for a trio of podium finishes in a hot and hard-fought weekend of SRO GT World Challenge America powered by AWS competition Saturday and Sunday at Sebring International Raceway. Jeff Burton and Philip Ellis co-drove the No. 91 Regulator Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 to second-place Pro-Am class finishes each day while Mikael Grenier and Michai Stephens finished third on Sunday in the Pro division in the No. 34 JMF Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3. Regulator’s results keep the No. 91 team and drivers in close contention for the GT World Challenge Pro-Am season championship, provisionally trailing the class leaders by just 10 points after Sebring.

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“Repeat-Repeat” Race Win for Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Team Winward Racing at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

by MikeMay 12, 2025

MONTEREY, California – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing team Winward Racing – the reigning IMSA GT Daytona (GTD) class champions – turned in a “perfect” performance for a “repeat-repeat” GTD class race win Sunday in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (WRLS). The win from fourth on the grid was a GTD class-leading second victory of the season for the Winward No. 57 drivers and second consecutive at WRLS after winning on the 3.238-mile road course for the first time last year. Winward’s first 2025 victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring in March was also a repeat performance after winning the classic endurance at Sebring International Raceway for the second-straight time in March.

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Podium For New Corvette and Steller Motorsport on Debut at Paul Ricard

by MikeApril 14, 2025

After much anticipation and a rigorous preseason testing programme, it was finally time for Steller Motorsport to make its racing debut with its new Corvette Z06 GT3.R, a debut marked with a podium finish in the opening round of the GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS at Circuit Paul Ricard, after finishing second in the Silver Cup class after a hard-fought six-hour endurance battle. (more…)

Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Step Into the IMSA and SRO America Sprint Race Spotlight at the 50th Grand Prix of Long Beach

by MikeApril 11, 2025

LONG BEACH, California – Five Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams step into the sprint race spotlight in a dual weekend of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and SRO GT America powered by AWS competition at the 50th Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 11 – 13. Championship leaders Winward Racing join Korthoff Competition Motors in Saturday’s 100-minute WeatherTech Championship race while CrowdStrike by Riley, CRP Racing and Regulator Racing compete in twin 40-minute GT America sprints Saturday and Sunday.

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Steller Motorsport Ready To Unleash New Corvette Z06 GT3.R at Season-Opener

by MikeApril 11, 2025

Steller Motorsport is set to embark on a bold new chapter this weekend, as it prepares to debut its brand-new Corvette Z06 GT3.R in the opening round of the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Endurance Cup at Circuit Paul Ricard, France.

The six-hour endurance race, taking place on Saturday 12 April, marks the team’s first competitive outing with the highly anticipated GT3 machine, following an intensive preseason testing program across Europe, including circuits in Spain, France, Germany, and the UK.

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Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Teams Secure Three GT3 Race Wins in Season-Opening SRO America Race Weekend in Sonoma

by MikeApril 1, 2025

SONOMA, California – Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams JMF Motorsports, Regulator Racing and CrowdStrike by Riley combined for a trio of Mercedes-AMG GT3 race wins Saturday and Sunday in the season-opening SRO America event weekend at Sonoma Raceway. The victories accounted for half of the weekend’s six podium appearances by Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams in a competitive weekend that moved this year’s championship campaigns in both GT World Challenge America and GT America powered by AWS off to solid starts.

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Broad Arrow Presents Motorsport Stars At Concorso D’eleganza Villa D’este Auction

by Lou ModestinoMarch 26, 2025

Legendary Paris-Dakar 1990 Citroën ZX Rallye Raid campaigned by Ari Vatanen heads to Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este Auction
Sale also features 1936 Fiat 570 Bertone Barchetta, the first car created by famous designer, Nuccio Bertone
Targa Florio “giant-killer,” 1966 Fiat Abarth OT 1300 and Elva BMW Mk 8 which competed in Road America 500 also on offer
Broad Arrow Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este Auction takes place 24-25 May at Villa Erba

London, England: 25 March 2025 – Broad Arrow Auctions, a Hagerty (NYSE: HGTY) company, will present a number of historically significant motorsport models at its inaugural Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este Auction on 24-25 May 2025. (more…)

New Book – Formula 1 75 Years: At Speed with the World’s Greatest Motorsport, by Stuart Codling & James Roberts

by MikeMarch 18, 2025

Formula 1 isn’t just another motorsport—it’s the dream every driver chases. The teams, the drivers, the machines, the tracks: F1 is the crown jewel of racing. In 2025, as F1 celebrates its 75th anniversary, this stunning, hardcover is an invitation to relive every twist, turn, and triumph of the sport’s remarkable history.

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