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Redemption Podium in Rain-Shorted ACT Pine Tree State Excursion at Oxford

by Lou ModestinoApril 30, 2024

Oxford, ME — The persistent spring rains once again aggravated officials, teams and fans of the American-Canadian Tour during the start to the 2024 season on their return to Oxford Plains Speedway. While early morning rains dried off, grey clouds returned just after the halfway point of the American-Canadian Tour special and added area-wide lightning threats pushed both ACT and Oxford Plains officials to end the program early with the ACT Pine Tree State event official after completing 65 of the originally scheduled 125 laps. (more…)

Eli Tomac Makes Historic Return to Top Step of the Podium in St. Louis

by Lou ModestinoApril 2, 2024

St. Louis Mo., (March 31, 2024) Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Eli Tomac took his first win of the season, and his first since returning from his 2023 Achilles injury, with 1-1-1 Race scores at the St. Louis Triple Crown Supercross. With the win at Round 12, Tomac became the sixth different rider to win in this highly competitive season. (more…)

Scott Dragon Takes Father’s Throwback to Podium Before Winning Late Model Feature on Casella Night

by Lou ModestinoJune 17, 2023

Barre, VT — The annual Thursday Night opener at Thunder Road presented by Casella Waste Management brought fans to the edge of their seats with hard-nosed racing already becoming the definition of the 2023 season. Side-by-side battles were commonplace across the board as the season-long points chase came to the forefront of every driver’s mind with fans getting to experience old and new all together in year 64 high atop Quarry Hill. One particular driver got to step in both worlds with success in each outing. (more…)

Lanza and Benedetti Start the 2023 EuroNASCAR Season on Podium

by MikeMay 10, 2023

Valencia, Spain – The 2023 season of the Chevrolet Camaro #88 run by Max Lanza and Roberto Benedetti started with two class podiums in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series trophies. From the very first practice session, the two Italian drivers were protagonist of the EuroNASCAR Pro Challenger Trophy and EuroNASCAR 2 Legend Trophy, grabbing one class podium each in the races held by Valencia circuit. (more…)

Flying Lizard Motorsports Celebrates Podium Success at Home Track

by MikeApril 4, 2023

SONOMA, Calif., (April 3, 2023) – Flying Lizard Motorsports enjoyed success at their home track of Sonoma Raceway last weekend as the GT America Powered by AWS and the Pirelli GT4 America championships took over the hills of Sonoma, California. The four-race and four-car effort brought the team three podium finishes, giving the team strong momentum heading into the next rounds at NOLA Motorsport Park, April 28-30. (more…)

Recaro Automotive Celebrates Six Decades Of Seating Focus At Essen Motor Show With Two World Premieres – Sport C And Podium Gf

by MikeDecember 2, 2022

Essen, Germany – December 02, 2022 – What would the automotive world look like without Recaro? One thing’s for sure: less exciting, less fascinating, and less comfortable. Thankfully, this remains a thought experiment, because in 1963 the Stuttgart-based company Reutter Carosserie began focusing on its current core segment. Since then, seats from Recaro have always set new standards in dynamics, safety, quality and comfort. (more…)

Connor Zilisch Caps 2022 with Season’s First Podium

by MikeNovember 7, 2022

16-Year-Old’s Second-Place Run Includes Fastest Overall Race Lap; Maurice Hull Comes Home 32nd in Eventful Trans Am TA2 Finale (more…)

Another Challenger Trophy Podium for Lanza in Croatia

by MikeNovember 4, 2022

Grobnik, Croatia – Max Lanza grabbed another Challenger Trophy podium in the last round of the 2022 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season, hosted by the spectacular Grobnik Circuit, Croatia.

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Step One Automotive Group Ambassador Lands Podium Finish in Sports Car Debut at Spa

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 27, 2022

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla., Sept. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Step One Automotive Group ambassador and athlete, Juan Manual “JM” Correa took home a podium at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in his European Le Mans Series debut. The Prema Racing driver finished third in the four-hour race in his car shared with Ferdinand Habsburg and Louis Delétraz. (more…)

Scott Borchetta Drives M1 Racecars-Built TA2 Machine to Podium Finish in Nashville

by MikeAugust 12, 2022

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Aug. 12, 2022) – In his 28th race since joining the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli in 2020, Scott Borchetta earned his first podium finish. His third-place run couldn’t have come at a better time or place – last Saturday’s TA2-class race that was part of the second annual Big Machine Music City Grand Prix weekend on the streets of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, headlined by the NTT IndyCar Series main event on Sunday.

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