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Registration For 2025 NASA 25 Hours at Ozarks Opens July 4!

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Registration For 2025 NASA 25 Hours at Ozarks Opens July 4!

June 27, 2025, Las Vegas — Registration for the longest closed-course endurance race in North America is opening at noon Central Time July 4, 2025. The NASA 25 Hours at Ozarks International Raceway has undergone a series of changes as result of input from teams and drivers.

The race is as challenging as ever, but everything else about it will be easier. Along with the venue change from Thunderhill Raceway in northern California, the NASA 25 Hours at Ozarks also will benefit from a raft of other exciting changes this year we think racers will love.

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Collaboration Driven by Dreams: Iron Dames, NASA Women Unite in Daytona

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Collaboration Driven by Dreams: Iron Dames, NASA Women Unite in Daytona

By Holly Cain, IMSA

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Not only did the large driver meeting room at the Daytona International Speedway fill up quickly on Friday afternoon during the Rolex 24 At Daytona race weekend, but also, the good vibes and enthusiastic mood was unmistakable. High schoolers, college students, race team members, media and fans made their way to hear some of NASA’s most talented and accomplished women join some of auto racing’s most talented and accomplished women talk about their lives and their careers. (more…)

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NASA Announces Spec Classes to Race on New Toyo Proxes R in 2025

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NASA Announces Spec Classes to Race on New Toyo Proxes R in 2025

After the debut of the Toyo Tires® Proxes®  R DOT competition tire at the Performance Racing Industry show in Indianapolis in December 2023, NASA embarked on a series of extensive tire tests during the 2024 season to determine which classes would be best served by switching to the new Proxes R competition tire. (more…)

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2024 NASA Champions Rise to the Top at Utah Motorsports Complex

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2024 NASA Champions Rise to the Top at Utah Motorsports Complex

Sept. 9, 2024, Salt Lake City — Earning a National Championship takes perseverance, some luck and waking up before dawn to make sure the racecar is ready. The racers have run practice sessions, a qualifier and qualifying race culminating Sunday in the Championships. Along the way they had to overcome heat and altitude to finish on the podium and enjoy a champagne shower.

Eighteen racing drivers were crowned as 2024 NASA National Championships. In reality, every team that competed at the Utah Motorsports Complex should take a victory lap.

For most of the teams, this isn’t it. They’ll be back at the 2025 NASA National Championships at Ozarks International Raceway in Gravois Mills, Mo., to try again. But we are probably getting ahead of ourselves again. Let’s talk about the 2024 NASA Championships first. (more…)

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Friday Qualifying Shapes the Field at 2024 NASA Championships

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Friday Qualifying Shapes the Field at 2024 NASA Championships

Sept. 6, 2024, Salt Lake City — Friday qualifying at the 2024 NASA Championships is an interesting proposition. Race drivers have two qualifying sessions to lay down their fastest lap time in an attempt to start from as far forward on grid as possible for the first qualifying race on Saturday.

The morning session is usually the best opportunity to set a fast time. Afternoon sessions give drivers the opportunity to put all their added seat time to good use, but temperatures in the high 80s this afternoon in the Tooele Valley can diminish engine power and decrease the amount of grip on the racing surface. Drivers who lay down a scorcher of a lap in the morning usually set themselves up to be in the best grid position possible. (more…)

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National Auto Sport Association Announces Location of 2025 NASA Championships

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National Auto Sport Association Announces Location of 2025 NASA Championships

Sept. 5, 2024, Salt Lake City — One of the newest and most challenging courses in the United States, Ozarks International Raceway will host the NASA Championships Sept. 4-7, 2025.

The track features 19 turns and 150 feet of elevation change, and 1,200 feet of elevation change during a single lap. Track owner and president JR Pesek and his crew took nearly three years to build the facility, consulting with everyone from the Army Corps of Engineers to global engineering, manufacturing and motorsports powerhouse Multimatic. Pesek’s in-house team moved about 3 million cubic yards of dirt, but left as many trees in place to create a park-like setting. The result is a track with corners that might seem familiar, but overall is like nothing else in the world. (more…)

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NASA Drivers Make The Most of Thursday Test-And-Tune at 2024 NASA Championships

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NASA Drivers Make The Most of Thursday Test-And-Tune at 2024 NASA Championships

Sept. 5, 2024, Salt Lake City — For the drivers at the 2024 NASA National Championships, making sure every minute of practice on the Utah Motorsports Campus track counts. Whether it’s learning the track or chasing the right setup, practice is a critical component to winning a NASA Championship on Sunday.

Speed News walked around the paddock and spoke to drivers in between practice sessions to find out how they use the shakedown day. With the Championship pressure building, drivers know the adjustments they make on Thursday could be the difference of standing at the top of podium or wondering what went wrong. (more…)

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