Start of race, the GAINSCO Corvette leads the Spirit of Daytona Corvette exiting turn 3. [Joe Jennings Photo] Wayne Taylor Corvette leads after 8 hours Fireworks filled the skies at 9 p.m. [Joe Jennings Photo] Race action in turn five showing the two SRT Vipers battling for position. [Joe Jennings Photo] In the colorful […]
The Level 5 Motorsports Ferrari races through the infield at the Daytona International Speedway. [Jack Webster Photo] The Level 5 Motorsports Ferrari crosses the finish line in the Rolex24 at Daytona. [Jack Webster Photo] Nighttime racing at Daytona with the Level 5 Ferarri. [Jack Webster Photo] In the hours after the checkered flag flew in […]
Winning No. 9 Action Express Racing DP passes runner-up No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing DP on a Sunday morning restart. [Joe Jennings Photo] SRT Viper and BMW tussle on frontstretch. [Joe Jennings Photo] Overall winners Joao Barbosa, Sebastian Bourdais and Christian Fittipaldi. [Joe Jennings Photo] GTLM class winners Nick Tandy, Richard Lietz and Patrick Pilet. […]
Dario Franchitti?s win in the Indy 500 is the first for a Scotsman since World Champion, Jimmy Clark won in 1965. Clark was the first driver to win in a rear-engine car when he won the 1963 Bettenhausen 200 at Milwaukee. Franchitti won the A.J. Foyt ABC Supply 225 at Milwaukee in 2004. This is […]
Mazda is joining IMSA Dpi in 2017. [Photo by Jack Webster] by Jack Webster & Eddie LePine Today Volkswagen Group announced the end of Audi’s participation in the FIA-WEC series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This is a major blow to motorsports, and the FIA and ACO in particular. For next year, the […]
Will Behrends & Will Power. [Paul Gohde Photo] by Paul Gohde Indianapolis, IN – It takes about three hours of racing for a driver to win the Indianapolis 500 and cradle the Borg Warner trophy, but many months of work are required afterward to produce the winner’s likeness on that iconic symbol; just ask driver […]
Over the next seven weeks, the NASCAR public relations department and various media outlets will be beating… HAMMOND, IN: Combining two victories and amazing consistency, former USAC Champ Dave Darland captured the 20th annual… Charlotte, NC – The perfect storm. That?s what NASCAR fans got this weekend when a cookie-cutter 1.5-mile… HAMMOND, IN: Sporting a […]
Audi will return to the American Le Mans Series in 2008 in pursuit of its ninth LMP1… JOINS DRIVERS JON FOGARTY, ALEX GURNEY AND JIMMY VASSER IN CHAMPION GAINSCO/BOB STALLINGS CAR SPONSORED BY LOWE?S… Christian Fittipaldi will join Bryan Herta in Andretti Green Racing’s Acura LMP2 entry in 2008. Eager to… Riley-Matthews Pontiac Wins DP […]
WOKING, England- Following a quick surge at the end of the previous season with six victories in tow, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes launched their MP4 -27 car Wednesday morning at the McLaren Technology Center. The team managed to take the runner up spot in the constructor’s championship, but was far away from the champion Red Bull […]
Scott Pruett beat Alex Gurney in a wild sprint to the finish to win Thursday’s Brumos Porsche… Marco Andretti will return to the American Le Mans Series prototype ranks at Lime Rock Park in… WATKINS GLEN, June 7 – Veteran racer Scott Pruett and teammate Memo Rojas overcame the intense heat… Watkins Glen, NY – […]
HAMPTON, Ga. (September 2, 2013) – Atlanta Motor Speedway officials announced today that all grandstand and suite seating areas at the facility will be smoke free for events beginning in 2014, including the annual NASCAR Labor Day race weekend. Smoking will still be permitted in designated areas on the concourse levels in each grandstand and […]
It’s back under the lights for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as the Kentucky Speedway hosts the Quaker State 400 Saturday night. The Kentucky Speedway is the newest circuit on the Sprint Cup tour, having hosted just two events prior to this weekend. The facility is located in Florence, Kentucky, within shouting distance of the […]
A relaxed Tony Stewart addresses the media. [Joe Jennings Photo] By Joe Jennings Homestead, Fla. – NASCAR star Tony Stewart concludes his Sprint Cup Series career on Sunday with the running of Ford EcoBoost 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. The race marks his 618th start over a span of 17 years. During that period of […]
Sebring, Fla. – Thirty-three teams participated in the American LeMans Series winter test this week at Sebring International Raceway. The teams came to the historic track to begin preparations for the 59th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida, taking place the weekend of March 19. Leading the […]
