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
Category: United Sports Car Racing
IMS working hard to hasten IndyCar’s demise (Update)
UPDATE A reader writes, Dear AR1.com, I'm glad to hear Brian France is wanting to work with IndyCar by bringing his series to the once hallowed grounds of IndyCar in … Read More
IMS officials haven’t a clue
[Editor's Note: Indy fans do not like sports car racing and they especially do not like it on the IMS road course. So this idea to run a standalone USCR … 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
IMSA and FOX Sports Announce Five-Year Multi-Media Rights Deal
FOX Sports and IMSA (International Motor Sports Association) announced today a five-year multi-media rights deal that solidifies United SportsCar Racing’s home on television through the 2018 season. Today’s announcement, which … Read More
Andretti team eyeing sports car return
Andretti is looking at the new USCR series Andretti Autosport owner Michael Andretti revealed to RACER, the early stages of a search for a new works program to campaign in … Read More
IMSA Tire Strategy Finalized For 2014 United SportsCar Racing
The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) and Continental Tire have reached a multi-year partnership agreement that will make Continental Tire the exclusive tire supplier in three classes during next year’s … Read More
Indy Grand-Am race to become standalone event
Despite the grandstands being empty, IMS thinks this event can stand on its own. Indy fans could care less about sports car racing. Indianapolis Motor Speedway likely will host a … Read More
Panther Racing eyes move into Sports Cars
Panther Racing co-owner John Barnes told RACER the former championship-winning IndyCar Series team is working on plan to expand into the United SportsCar Racing series for 2014. “It's something we've … Read More
Continental close to deal to become USCR’s sole Prototype tire supplier
RACER Magazine rumors that the new United SportsCar Racing organization is closing in on a deal that would make Continental Tire the sole provider for all of its prototypes starting … Read More
Driver Ratings, Pit/Paddock Regulations And Procedures Announced For 2014 United SportsCar Racing Season
(NOTE: This is the first in a series of announcements providing details about the rules and regulations for the inaugural United SportsCar Racing season in 2014.) Indicative of the emergence … Read More
Bennett To Lead USCR Management Team
The senior leadership team and overall organizational structure for International Motor Sports Association, LLC and the new United SportsCar Racing series has been announced, continuing the spirit of cooperation that … Read More
Audi confirms it wants to build a Daytona Prototype
Audi Sport wants to build a Daytona Prototype to race in the 2014 United Sportscar Racing series according to Wolfgang Ullrich. However the program is far from confirmed as the … Read More
Long Beach to be part of Lemans series
The future of sports car racing in North America "became apparent earlier this year when its two premiere series — the American Le Mans Series and the Grand-Am Series — … Read More
IndyCar or sports cars could be on Audi’s expanded U.S. racing agenda
UPDATE "We would definitely welcome Audi to our sport," Indianapolis Motor Speedway CEO Jeff Belskus told SPEED.com on Sunday. "We are going to reach out to them, and it would … Read More
GM hints at future sportscar direction
Corvette According to GM Racing boss Mark Kent, it appears the USCR series could have an abundance of Corvettes during its inaugural season. "Well, we're looking at where we go … Read More
Developing ‘United SportsCar Racing’ Name
We’ve all heard the expression, coined by the late great “Bill" Shakespeare: “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as … Read More
United SportsCar Racing Partners With ACO
UPDATE SEBRING, Fla. – The link between Le Mans and professional sports car racing in North America lives on into the future. Officials from United SportsCar Racing – a result … Read More