IMSA Insider: Shank’s Happy IMSA Return Plus COTA, St. Pete Previews

IMSA Insider:  Shank’s Happy IMSA Return Plus COTA, St. Pete Previews

Team’s IMSA, Acura Return Off To Strong Start With Rolex 24 Runner-Up

By John Oreovicz

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – You don’t often see a smile as big as Mike Shank’s following a second-place finish – the result the No. 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06 and drivers Colin Braun, Tom Blomqvist, Scott Dixon, and Felix Rosenqvist achieved in January’s 2025 Rolex 24 At Daytona.

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Changes Shine Through in Refreshed 2025 IMSA Lineups at Daytona

Changes Shine Through in Refreshed 2025 IMSA Lineups at Daytona

By Tony DiZinno, IMSA

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – One of the fascinating storylines going into the 63rd Rolex 24 At Daytona examined just how different the 61-car grid looked to start the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship versus the end of the 2024 campaign. Some got their new lineups, cars or team programs off to great starts while others will seek a rebound at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in March.

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Michelin Pilot Challenge Roar Notebook: Fast Fords; Neto’s Quick Learning

Michelin Pilot Challenge Roar Notebook: Fast Fords; Neto’s Quick Learning

Fords, Hondas, Audis Make Waves in Daytona Test while Several Veterans Return

By Tony DiZinno

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge series completed a three-day Roar Before the Rolex 24 test on Sunday. The test is not mandatory for competitors, although most made the trip to Daytona International Speedway in advance of Friday’s season-opening BMW M Endurance Challenge four-hour race. (more…)

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Be on the Lookout: These Rolex 24 Drivers Bear Watching

Be on the Lookout: These Rolex 24 Drivers Bear Watching

Keep an Eye on These Guys: NASCAR Stars, Ex-F1 Drivers and Young Phenoms

By Mark Robinson

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Now that the field of drivers for the Rolex 24 At Daytona later this month is nearly complete, it’s a good time to sift through the more than 230 names to look at a baker’s dozen who may have an impact on the 63rd twice-around-the-clock marathon at Daytona International Speedway, largely beyond those that immediately come to mind competing in the leading Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class.

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Touring Car Racing Series, Stock Car Pro Series, Warns of the Amazon’s “Point of No Return”

Touring Car Racing Series, Stock Car Pro Series, Warns of the Amazon’s “Point of No Return”
The racing category and track heroes promote an initiative to demonstrate the devastating effect of the crisis that, in 2023 alone, caused Amazonian rivers to lose 130 million liters of water.
 
The Stock Car Pro Series reinforces its commitment to ESG by launching the “Amazon Desert Rally.” With the slogan “Don’t sponsor this race,” which will be featured on all project promotional materials, the initiative will draw attention to the environmental crisis faced by the rivers of the Amazon Rainforest, which lost 130 million liters of water in 2023 alone.

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Stafford Speedway 6th Annual Casella Waste Open 80 Driver Preview

Stafford Speedway 6th Annual Casella Waste Open 80 Driver Preview

(Stafford Springs, CT)—This Friday, June 16th, will see Stafford Speedway host the 6th Annual Casella Waste Open 80, the third of five Open Modified events scheduled during the 2023 racing season.  Here we take a look at each of the 26 drivers currently entered into the Casella Waste Open 80 and offer their driving stats at Stafford along with car number, sponsor and chassis.

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Duel at the Dog Set For This Weekend at Monadnock Speedway

Duel at the Dog Set For This Weekend at Monadnock Speedway

New England race fans have endured back-to-back weekends of wet weather. This weekend’s promise of thunder in the hills of western New Hampshire, however, is far more welcome.

Monadnock Speedway opens its gates and grandstands on Saturday for the second Duel at the Dog Weekend, with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour anchoring an action-packed lidlifter at the Winchester, N.H. oval on Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7.

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