Busy Weekend for Chip Ganassi Racing
Chip Ganassi AUSTIN, Texas — There are professional trucking companies that have fewer rigs on the road than Chip Ganassi does this weekend. For the first time, every race car … Read More
Category: SportsCars
IMSA announces BoP changes
Ligier gets a 22 pound rate reduction Several cars across the Prototype, GT Le Mans and GT Daytona classes of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship have been issued Balance of … Read More
Team WRT to enter a Ligier JS P2 In ELMS
Team WRT to enter a Ligier JS P2 for the Vanthoor brothers and Will Stevens at the Spa-Francorchamps round of the ELMS. The news will certainly delight the 25,000 fans … Read More
Next stop Texas for the Porsche 919 Hybrid
Porsche #17 in the pits last year Only two weeks after the Porsche 919 Hybrid's winning debut race in Mexico City, the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) heads to Austin … Read More
Rebellion to change engines
Rebellion at LeMans Rebellion Racing could make the switch to a different powerplant for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship season, as part of its planned two-car LMP1 Privateer effort … Read More
Montoya to race for Porsche in WEC (4th Update)
UPDATE Above Montoya (C) with regular Porsche drivers Bernhard and Dumas and below with Porsche engineers. With the rumors that Montoya may be out at Penske after this year, rumors … Read More
Video: Porsche wins in Mexico City
The reigning world champions Timo Bernhard (DE), Brendon Hartley (NZ) and Mark Webber (AU) won the thrilling six-hour race in Mexico City. By winning the fifth of nine rounds of … Read More
Porsche takes victory in Mexico City over Audi
The winners celebrate Mark Webber, Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley swept to their second consecutive win of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season at the 6 Hours of Mexico … Read More
Video: Porsche Friday report from Mexico City
From the AR1.com Youtube page, a video from qualifying for round 5 of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC: The two Porsche 919 Hybrids will start from first and second … Read More
Audi captures third pole position in Mexico
Fassler in the 2nd Audi will start 3rd Having set the fastest time in qualifying for the third time this year, Audi is the best brand in the qualifying sessions … Read More
Davidson sidelined due to Rib Injury from accident
Anthony Davidson Anthony Davidson has been ruled out of this weekend’s Six Hours of Mexico presented by AT&T, after sustaining bruised ribs from a recent testing accident in Magny-Cours. Davidson … Read More
Practice: Porsche sets the fastest lap of the day in Mexico City
Porsche #2 lapped ahead of Porsche #1 Porsche enjoyed a busy and trouble free beginning to the Mexico race weekend with the two 919 Hybrids. The first day of the … Read More
Mexico City Beckons for the Ford GTs
Mexico City, Aug. 29, 2016 – The 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship goes global this weekend as the teams head outside of Europe for the first of the ‘flyaway’ races. … Read More
Magnussen, Garcia Take First Win of Season at VIR
Garcia takes the checkered flag Danville, Va. — As strong as the two-car Chevrolet Corvette Racing C7.Rs have been in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Le Mans class, it's … Read More
Larbre signs Taylor to three-race deal
Ricky Taylor France's Larbre Competition has inked IMSA star Ricky Taylor to replace Paulo Ruberti for the next three rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The former Grand-Am Rolex … Read More
Ferrari Looking for Strong Results
The No. 63 sister Ferrari Virginia International Raceway has been kind to Ferrari in recent years. Will that hold true for this weekend’s Michelin GT Challenge at VIR? Those who … Read More
Porsche in Mexico – inspiring for more than 60 years
In the rain Pedro Rodriguez was the best ever A debut in Central America: In 2016 the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) will be held for the first time in … Read More
Keating Acquires LMP2 Entry, Targets Le Mans
Team will run the new Gibson engine ViperExchange.com principal and driver Ben Keating has announced the purchase of a new Riley Mk. 30 LMP2 race car and that he has … Read More
Ford GT production extended for 2 years
Ford GT Ford Performance is adding two more years of production for the all-new carbon fibre Ford GT supercar. The announcement comes on the heels of letters sent to potential … Read More
Porsche to Retain Existing Monocoque for 2017 LMP1 Car
Porsche 919 Porsche will retain the same monocoque design for its 2017 LMP1 challenger, in what team principal Andreas Seidl is calling a “reasonable step" in development from this year’s … Read More
Heitkotter Doubles Up in Utah
Bryan Heitkotter GRANTSVILLE, Utah – Bryan Heitkotter of Fresno, Calif., drove to a dominating second Pirelli World Challenge GT Class win Sunday at Utah Motorsports Campus with a 1.375-second victory … Read More
IMSA Road America postscript
Corvette won by a narrow margin over Ford at Road America Corvette Racing Kicked off Journey To 200 Wins With Surprise Victory DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Fans of the IMSA … Read More
LMP3 Engines to be Unbadged
Mazda's John Doonan believes the addition of LMP3 cars to the newly renamed IMSA Prototype Challenge powered by Mazda series will help raise the profile of the prototype development series, … Read More
Cameron, Curran Lead Third-Straight Action Express 1-2
The winning No. 31 Whelen Corvette DP Richard Dole/LAT for IMSA ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Sometimes the fastest car doesn't win the race, but apparently the fastest team can be … Read More
Positive Reactions to LMP3 in New-Look IMSA Prototype Series
LMP3 Ginetta Nissan IMSA's decision to restructure the newly re-named Prototype Challenge presented by Mazda series with LMP3 machinery came after direct competitor and stakeholder input, according to series boss … Read More