IMSA VIR Friday Notebook
ALTON, Va. – Coming off a win at the Road America 120 just three weeks ago alongside co-driver Dean Martin, Jack Roush Jr. will lead the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge … Read More
Category: IMSA
Acura ARX-05 Completes Successful First North American Test
Acura ARX05 testing at Road Atlanta BRASELTON, Ga. (August 25, 2017) – The Acura ARX-05 completed two days of successful testing this week at Road Atlanta, as Acura Motorsports and … Read More
Magnussen, Garcia Looking for Repeat Victory in Michelin GT Challenge at VIR
Garcia and Magnussen winning in 2016 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – For current IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Le Mans (GTLM) points leaders Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen, the Michelin GT … Read More
Miller, Bechtolsheimer Pacing Themselves Towards Championship Run
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It doesn’t always take winning races to be in the hunt for a championship at the end of a season. For the No. 33 CJ Wilson … Read More
Corvette Gets Power Increase for VIR
God [IMSA] has given Corvette a new lease on life The pair of Corvette C7.Rs will head into next weekend’s Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway with additional power, … Read More
Montoya and Cameron to Race Acura ARX-05 for Team Penske
Cameron and Montoya Team Penske announced today two of the four drivers that will compete full time for the team in the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, racing the cars … Read More
Tequila Patron ESM Signs Derani for 2018
Luis Felipe "Pipo" Derani As he completes his first full season with Tequila Patron ESM in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Luis Felipe "Pipo" Derani has officially signed the contract … Read More
No more proof needed that NBCSN is killing IndyCar
Scott Atherton In his State of the Series address at Road America last weekend, IMSA boss Scott Atherton stated the series had experienced a 37-per-cent increase in TV viewership over … Read More
Ford and Michelin to the fore at Road America
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Ford Chip Ganassi Racing needed a win to reignite its 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship bid and they got it today at Road America with a … Read More
IMSA, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Extend Agreement Through 2020
Laguna Seca In conjunction with the unveiling of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season schedule, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is proud to announce a three-year extension of its agreement … Read More
IMSA 2018 Schedule announced
Twelve world-class road racing facilities and events highlight the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule unveiled today as part of the now annual “State of the Sport" presentation at Road … Read More
Simpson Throws Down Late Flyer to Lead Prototype Practice at Road America
No. 85 JDC-Miller Oreca ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – While the team heads into Sunday’s Continental Tire Road Race Showcase still looking for its first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race victory, … Read More
IMSA Long Beach race to drop GTD cars
Long Beach The Long Beach IMSA race next April reverts to a two-class race, with the elimination of the GT Daytona category cars after debuting this year. It’s understood the … Read More
Andretti team trying to win BMW IMSA contract from Team Rahal
A decision on BMW's factory team for the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season is expected to be made within the next month, according to BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt. … Read More
Briscoe Visits Screening of ’24 Hour War,’ Team Preps for Road America
Ryan Briscoe ELKHART LAKE, Wisc., Aug. 3, 2017 – After traveling most of the month of July for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the drivers of Ford Chip Ganassi Racing … Read More
Penske explains why he’s returning to sports cars
Roger Penske Legendary race car owner Roger Penske plans to field two cars in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2018. Helio Castroneves, who currently drives for Penske in the … Read More
Ganassi wants to join Penske in IMSA DPi, but not now
Chip Ganassi Chip Ganassi and Roger Penske race against each other in NASCAR and IndyCar and soon they may be racing against each other in IMSA's top DPi category. Chip … Read More
WeatherTech Racing to Run Porsche 911 GT3 R at Road America
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Gunnar Jeannette (Salt Lake City, Utah) will be driving the team's Porsche 911 GT3 R at next weekend's IMSA WeatherTech Championship Continental … Read More
IMSA gives Fords more power
NASCAR owns IMSA. God decides who wins or who does not win with their Balance of Power shenanigans The pair of Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GTs will head into next … Read More
Team Joest Partners With Mazda Motorsports
One of the most successful teams in endurance sports car racing is returning to IMSA competition in a big way next season. In a surprise announcement this morning, Mazda Motorsports … Read More
Marco Andretti to drive sportscars (Update)
Marco Andretti denies the rumor UPDATE This rumor is downgraded to 'false' today. Andretti flatly denies he is leaving IndyCar. "That’s just the journalists doing as bad of a job … Read More
Hawksworth OK After Heavy Crash in Practice 3
Jack Hawksworth Jack Hawksworth has escaped injury after a heavy accident for the No. 15 3GT Racing Lexus RC F GT3 in Saturday’s third practice session for the Mobil 1 … Read More
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Friday Notebook
BOWMANVILLE, Ontario, Canada – If Friday's practice times from both IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice sessions at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park are any indication, we're in for a treat in … Read More
Penske eyes Petit LeMans go
Team Penske could get a jump start on its planned re-entry into prototype competition later this year, with the team investigating a possible end-of-season run at the Motul Petit Le … Read More
Ferrari Assumes GTD Championship Leads in Watkins Glen
63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 For the fifth straight time this season, a Ferrari 488 GT3 has finished on the podium in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. But in the … Read More