Force India creates GP2 team with Hilmer Motorsport
Facu Regalia to drive Force India GP2 car Force India has created a GP2 team after forming a partnership with Hilmer Motorsport. The move is designed to expand Force India's … Read More
Category: Other Series/News
Foust and Speed to drive for Andretti’s VW Rallycross team
Andretti VW Rallycross Beetle Volkswagen of America, Inc. and Andretti Sports Marketing today announced the details of its 2014 rallycross program at the Chicago Auto Show. Volkswagen will partner with … Read More
Gidley released from hospital
Memo Gidley, driver of the No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Corvette Prototype, begins the next chapter in his recovery effort, having been discharged from Halifax Health in Daytona Beach, Fla. … Read More
JR Motorsports Announces Additional Sponsorship for Kevin Harvick
JR Motorsports announced today an update to Kevin Harvick’s 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series race schedule, as the addition of five sponsorship partners brings his schedule to 13 races. Headlining the … Read More
RUSSIAN TIME GP2 team boss dies
Sam Bird (L) with Igor Mazepa It is with deep sadness that GP2 Series organizers confirm the untimely passing of RUSSIAN TIME’s Team Principal Igor Mazepa earlier this week. Mazepa … Read More
Miami Formula E race still not approved
In Miami, Douglas Hanks reported Formula E is "pursuing Miami for an updated version of the Grand Prix races that used to roar through downtown." FEH is "rolling out a … Read More
Formula E Commits To FIA Payments
Formula E "has committed to paying" at least $24.3M to motorsports governing body FIA over the next 10 years, according to Christian Sylt of AUTOWEEK. The series' launch this September … Read More
Krisiloff Named Indiana Business Journal Under 40 Honoree
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Senior Director of Marketing Jarrod Krisiloff has been named one of the 2014 Indianapolis Business Journal's Forty Under 40 business and professional leaders for central Indiana. The … Read More
Dunlop Motorsport Manufacturing Plant to Close
Dunlop announced Monday that its motorsport tire factory in Birmingham will close in September after serving the motorsports industry for nearly a century. Production of race tires will be moved … Read More
Sparse media coverage for the Rolex 24
There wasn’t a single word from Daytona in the New York Times, Boston Globe or other northeastern newspapers on the Rolex 24 and the only coverage of the race in … Read More
Tommy Aquino killed in accident
Tommy Aquino National Superstock race winner Tommy Aquino has been killed in an accident in his native United States, it has been announced. The 21-year-old was riding Motocross in California … Read More
Carroll Shelby’s Stolen Engine Caper
Shelby 289-cubic Inch V8 A good Shelby-built 289 engine was a coveted item in the mid 1960’s. Many were stolen out of the legendary Hertz Shelby “Rent-a-racers." They left the … Read More
Acceleration 14, a new, and very different, motorsports / entertainment concept
David Hasselhoff of 'Charlie's Angels' fame, knows that 'sex' sells This past week was the presentation of Acceleration 14, a new, and very different, motorsports / entertainment concept, which will … Read More
Honda DP engine to make Sebring debut
After having been quietly developed for months behind the scenes, Honda’s new DP engine is soon set to be unleashed to the public as the latest offering for the Prototype … Read More
Memo Gidley Condition (7th Update)
UPDATE #7 Memo Gidley underwent successful surgery to repair a fracture in his left heel this morning. To send well wishes to Memo, go to www.gainscoracing.com/All4Memo or use #All4Memo on … Read More
Michela Cerruti signs with Super Nova
Michela Cerruti and Super Nova International have completed a deal for the 2014 Auto GP Season. For the reigning champion team, enrolling the 26-year-old female racer is the first step … Read More
Elkins Explains IMSA’s New Officiating Rules, Procedures
Finally a different thinking out of Daytona. Previously you could cheat and win every race and the record books would forever show you as the winner, hence why we deemed … Read More
Team Penske Announces Expanded Schedule for Ryan Blaney
Ryan Blaney Team Penske announced today that 20-year-old Ryan Blaney will expand his driving duties for its championship-winning program beginning in 2014. The third-generation driver will compete in 15 NASCAR … Read More
EnerSys Becomes Official Partner of Team Penske
Team Penske and EnerSys announced today a multi-year agreement that will call for EnerSys to become an Official Partner of Team Penske beginning in 2014. EnerSys will become an integral … Read More
Formula E reveals next 8 drivers
The next eight drivers to join Formula E’s new Drivers’ Club have today been revealed with Bruno Senna, Sebastien Bourdais, Oriol Servia, Daniel Abt, Narain Karthikeyan, Christijan Albers, Franck Montagny … Read More
Racing News and Notes
The low-tech, boxy prototypes have been around for more than a decade now. Yes, for better or worse, the NASCAR philosophy permeates the American racing scene. In the aftermath of … Read More
Rolex 24 At Daytona Draws Record Crowd
The grandstands were so empty you could shoot a canon into them and not hit a single soul. But they said it broke all records. Attendance and participation at the … Read More
The NASCARization of American road racing is a bitter, unwanted pill
Oh, how we all wanted it to be so different. Major league sports car racing in this country, which had become a mere blip on the radar screen in terms … Read More
Gardner Denver Named Title Sponsor for NASCAR Nationwide Race at Road America
Gardner Denver, a leading worldwide manufacturer of highly engineered compressors and pumps for various industrial, medical, environmental, transportation and food industries, will serve as title sponsor for the June 21 … Read More