Ford EcoBoost V6 Engine Powers to New Speed Records at Daytona (Update)
UPDATE Video of the record run. They failed months ago, then it was back to the drawing boards. Now they finally broke the record. Still much slower than a CART … Read More
Category: Grand Am
Voodoo economics were employed to kill off ALMS (Update)
UPDATE As much as we talk about the "sport" of racing and try to convince non-racing people that it is, in fact, about competition, the challenge, the enduring quest, the … Read More
Does divorce case prove Grand-Am was only there to kill off ALMS?
It was voodoo economics in Grand-Am from Day 1, to kill off ALMS, just as the IRL was formed and run with voodoo economics to kill off CART and Champ … Read More
Angelelli and Taylor win Grand-Am finale to take title
Max Angelelli (left) and Jordan Taylor, drivers of the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Velocity Worldwide Corvette Daytona Prototype (DP), celebrate their victory Brian Cleary for Chevy Chevrolet was a double … Read More
Grand-Am team eyes Indy 500 go
Enzo Potolicchio Grand-Am Rolex Series driver/owner Enzo Potolicchio and former Champion Racing owner Dave Maraj are working on a joint venture that would see the 8Star team race at the … Read More
TOTAL Joins Action Express Racing
Action Express Racing is pleased to announce a new partnership with TOTAL Lubricants USA that will see the No. 9 Action Express Racing Corvette DP carry branding from TOTAL in … Read More
Ganassi team to field 2nd DP at Laguna Seca
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) and Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron, Inc. company, announced today an addition to their sponsorship by fielding a second Daytona Prototype (DP) in … Read More
Roger Lawrence Miller Funeral Services
Roger Miller Roger Lawrence Miller passed away unexpectedly from unknown causes on August 18, 2013, at the age of 44. Born August 21, 1968 in Salt Lake City, Roger was … Read More
Roger Miller dies
Dempsey Racing team owner Patrick Dempsey, motorsports business partner Joe Foster and Dempsey Racing No. 158 Miller Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302R co-driver Ian James join their teammates in extending … Read More
Alex Tagliani Gives Ferrari 458 Italia Kansas Speedway Pole
Alex Tagliani Debuting team driver Alex Tagliani wasted no time getting up to speed Friday in his debut race in the No. 61 R.Ferri/AIM Motorsport Racing with Ferrari 458 Italia … Read More
Sports Car Race Will Not Return To Kansas Speedway In ’14
Kansas Speedway on Saturday night hosts its first Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race, the SFP Grand Prix, but it is "uncertain whether the event will return in 2014." NASCAR's … Read More
ALMS/Grand Am double header attracts big crowds at Road America
The Acura powered Muscle Milk Lola takes the win One of the biggest crowds in nearly 20 years at Road America was treated to a little history Sunday, strange-looking as … Read More
Glimpse of The Future for USCR
Amid a historic sports car racing weekend at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., cars and drivers from the GRAND-AM Rolex Series and the American Le Mans Series presented by … Read More
Dane Cameron, Team Sahlen Score First Career DP Poles At Road America
Team Sahlen called an audible at the end of Friday morning’s final practice at Road America, only 40 minutes before the start of qualifying for the VISITFLORIDA.com Sports Car 250. … Read More
Tagliani to run Ferrari at Kansas
Alex Tagliani may be out of his IndyCar seat for the remainder of the season, but that will not slow down the French-Canadian driver. "Tag" as his is known in … Read More
SFP Supporting Kansas Grand-Am Race
Kansas Speedway and Leawood, Kan.-based SFP announced today a partnership for Kansas Speedway’s inaugural GRAND-AM Road Racing weekend, the newly titled SFP Grand Prix. The SFP Grand Prix is scheduled … Read More
The New BMW 4.5L Daytona Prototype Engine
BMW went to Indianapolis for last weekend's Brickyard Grand Prix thinking small. Engine-wise, that is. They came with an all-new 4.5-liter Dinan-built M3-based powerplant. Half of the six BMW-powered DPs … Read More
Allmendinger Tops Rolex Series Final Practice At Indy
A trio of household open-wheel names fittingly topped the charts in opening Rolex Series practice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Alex Gurney – son of racing legend and former Indianapolis 500 … Read More
2014 Corvette Stingray to Lead GRAND-AM Field at Indy
The 2014 Corvette also paced the Indy 500 Road racing fans will get a chance to see the 2014 Corvette Stingray pace a GRAND-AM race for the very first time … Read More
Bourdais seeks second Brickyard Grand Prix win
Sebastien Bourdais already has a winner's trophy from the Brickyard Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He's hoping to bring that same success to 8Star Motorsports. The 34-year-old Frenchman, who … Read More
Barrichello to race at Indy again (Update)
UPDATE Rubens Barrichello, the most experienced driver in Formula One history, will compete in the Brickyard Grand Prix on Friday, July 26 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in a GRAND-AM … Read More
Scuderia Corsa Adds Second Car For Indy Grand-Am race
Scuderia Corsa has announced that it will enter a second Ferrari 458 in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Brickyard Grand Prix, to be held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on … Read More
Starworks Motorsport Returns to BMW Power
Beginning with the Brickyard Grand Prix this weekend, Starworks Motorsport will move to BMW Power in their two Daytona Prototype racing cars to increase the brace of BMW Rileys in … Read More
8Star Tests at Palm Beach Int’l Raceway
The 8Star Motorsports Rolex GRAND-AM Series Daytona Prototype teams wrapped up two days of testing today at Palm Beach International Raceway in Jupiter, Fla., in preparation for the July 26 … Read More
8Star Signs Valiante for Balance of DP Season
Michael Valiante has signed with 8Star Motorsports to drive the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette DP with Stephane Sarrazin and team owner Enzo Potolicchio for the balance of the 2013 Rolex … Read More