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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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Flying Lizard Motorsports Celebrates Triple Podium Weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

by MikeMay 12, 2025

MONTEREY, Calif. (May 12, 2025) – It was a victorious weekend in California for Flying Lizard Motorsports, as the iconic team secured three podium finishes across two action-packed rounds of Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Highlighted by a win in Race One for the No. 14 Sparklefarts Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2, the team continued its momentum in Race Two with a double podium, finishing second and third.

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IMSA Insider: WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Entry List Revealed and More

by MikeMay 2, 2025

By Tony DiZinno

Lots of Streaks on the Line Ahead of Second Straight WeatherTech Championship California Race

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The TireRack.com Monterey SportsCar Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca serves as the first two-hour, 40-minute standard length sprint race of the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.

A total of 36 cars are set to compete across Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) and the two GT classes, Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD). The GTP car count stays at 11 for a second straight race, alongside 10 GTD PRO and 15 GTD cars. The race is Round 4 of the year for GTP and GTD, while GTD PRO is back for Round 3 for the first time since the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in March.

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Allan Pedersen Set For Checkerwon Motorsports Triple Duty At Riverhead Raceway In 2025

by Bob FinanMay 1, 2025

Another ambitious schedule of racing awaits 25-year-old CheckerWon Motorsports driver Allan Pedersen at Riverhead Raceway in 2025. The Center Moriches based talent will race for both the Late Model and Figure Eight championships of the Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series while running a part-time NASCAR Modified schedule centered around the Crown Jewel Series for the Ted Christopher Cup. The busy slate starts for Pedersen & CheckerWon Motorsports with the NASCAR Pack the Track Night program Saturday evening at 6:00 pm.

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Trans Am Series Race Preview: WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

by MikeMay 1, 2025

WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Mission Foods Laguna Seca SpeedTour
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Track Facts:
Opened: 1957
Length: 2.238 Miles
Layout: 11-Turn Road Course
Entry List: View

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TeamSLR Rides Momentum to Laguna Seca

by MikeMay 1, 2025

14-Year-Old Tristan McKee Coming Off First TA2 Podium
Barry Boes Off Landmark Double-Win at Sonoma
Mike Skeen Looks To Return to Victory Lane Alongside Fellow M1 Racecars Competitors Jared Odrick, Brody Goble and Tim Carroll

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (April 30, 2025) – Fresh off Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series rookie Tristan McKee’s runner-up finish overall and Barry Boes’ landmark victories in both the national Pro-Am Challenge class and Western Championship race-within-a race last weekend at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway, the TeamSLR and M1 Racecars contingent of drivers heads to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on a roll for Saturday’s 40-lap, 75-minute Mission Foods Laguna Seca SpeedTour.

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47th HSR The Mitty presented by Hagerty Comes to a Competitive Conclusion Sunday at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta

by MikeApril 30, 2025

BRASELTON, Georgia (April 29, 2025) – The 47th Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) The Mitty Presented by Hagerty came to a competitive conclusion Sunday after four full days of on-track action and off-track camaraderie at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Thursday’s test day paved the way for three-straight days of official HSR competition that included a full slate of HSR Feature Races, WeatherTech Sprints and a pair of B.R.M Endurance Challenge rounds and much more.

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May Meltdown Program To Complete 75th Anniversary Opening Weekend At Riverhead Raceway Sunday

by Bob FinanApril 29, 2025

Sunday afternoon May 4th Riverhead Raceway will close out a busy opening weekend that kick starts the season long 75th Anniversary celebration with the annual May Meltdown program. The NASCAR Street Stocks will take center stage of the matinee that gets underway with qualifying at 12:30 pm.

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Paul Menard Kicks Off West Coast Swing with Sonoma Trans Am Win

by MikeApril 28, 2025

Guthrie Takes TA Cup, Wang Wins in XGT, Carlson and Revak Win SGT National and Western, Coffey Victorious in GT

SONOMA, Calif. (April 27, 2025) ― 2024 TA Champion Paul Menard earned his second win of the season in the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli, leading every lap of a close and competitive race at Sonoma Raceway. Menard was challenged fervently by three-time TA Champion Chris Dyson, who was anxious for redemption after a crash in Sebring kept him out of the seat for Round 2 at Road Atlanta. However, despite Dyson’s valiant efforts, Menard took the checkered flag with a narrow 0.291-second margin of victory.

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Rain Washes Out Second Riverhead Raceway Practice Day, Attention Turns To Pack The Track NASCAR Opener Saturday, May 3

by Bob FinanApril 28, 2025

Mother nature scored her first triumph of 2025 as rain washed out the second pre-season practice day at Riverhead Raceway Saturday. Focus now turns to this coming Saturday May 3rd when the 75th Anniversary season of racing kicks off with the NASCAR Pack the Track Night for the Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. With the washout Saturday, resulting in the loss of safety tech inspections, as well tire and fuel sales, track GM John Ellwood has adjusted the itinerary for Saturday’s opener.

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