Cadillac commits to entering six-hour WEC races with two drivers
Ganassi has revealed that only for the longer races — the Qatar 1812km or 10-hour season-opener next month, the Le Mans 24 Hours and then the Bahrain 8 Hours season finale — does it intend to run a third driver alongside Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn. The news follows comments from the General Motors brand […]
Toyota and Mobil 1 extend partnership across all classes
Mobil 1’s primary assets will now be involved across all three of Toyota’s NASCAR Cup Series teams – Joe Gibbs Racing, 23XI Racing, and Legacy Motor Club – along with continued primary placements within Toyota’s NHRA Drag Racing Series, IMSA SportsCar Championship, ARCA Series, Late Models and more. “Mobil 1 is proud to be synonymous […]
Winward Racing relishes second Daytona 24 victory in four years
The trio of Indy Dontje, Philip Ellis and Russell Ward were part both winning squads, but this latest one featured Daniel Morad, who closed out the contest in the No. 57 Mercedes AMG GT3. It was a commanding performance by the foursome, which were steadily in command, especially throughout the backend of IMSA’s season opening […]
Pin in LMGT3 switch with Iron Dames Lamborghini for 2024 WEC
Pin will join Iron Dames regulars Michelle Gatting and Sarah Bovy aboard the #85 entry after contesting the full WEC in 2023 with the Iron Lynx-affiliated Prema LMP2 squad now running Lamborghini’s single SC63 LMDh in the Hypercar class. She took a best finish of third, alongside Lambo factory drivers Mirko Bortolotti and Daniil Kvyat, […]
IMSA admits to “officiating error” in premature Daytona 24 Hours checker
The race featured a thrilling dice for victory between the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 of Felipe Nasr and the No. 31 Cadillac V-Series.R of Tom Blomqvist for Action Express Racing. Confusion reigned when the white flag, signaling the final lap, was shown in error with three minutes of the 24 hours still remaining. […]
Winning both Le Mans, Daytona with Ferrari ‘difficult to even dream’
Pier Guidi and James Calado followed up their historical overall triumph in the centenary edition of Le Mans with a GTD Pro class win at Daytona last weekend, as they took the top spot with Davide Rigon and Daniel Serra in a Ferrari 296 GT3 entered by Risi Competizione. It was the Italian manufacturer’s first […]
Rasmussen pace key to “sitting duck” Era’s LMP2 Daytona 24 Hours win
Scotsman Dalziel, who won the Rolex 24 overall in 2010 and the LMP2 class in 2021, made it a hat-trick despite a straightline speed deficit to its class rivals, which were led by Malthe Jakobsen’s Crowdstrike by APR entry in the final stint. Rasmussen – who shared the car with Dalziel, Connor Zilisch and Dwight Merriman […]
Penske targets Le Mans after Porsche Daytona 24 Hours win
Penske’s No. 7 963, crewed by Dane Cameron, Matt Campbell, Josef Newgarden and Felipe Nasr, scored a narrow victory over Cadillac – recording Porsche’s 19th overall win here. Team Penske has two prior sportscar victories at Daytona: a 1966 GT/GTO class win and the overall prize in 1969, when Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons enjoyed a […]
Lexus suffers early crash, late fire in ill-fated Daytona 24 Hours
Having started from the front row in both GTD classes, the reigning IMSA SportsCar champion No. 14 Vasser Sullivan RC F took the lead of the Pro class with Ben Barnicoat at the wheel. Barnicoat handed over to Toyota’s WEC star Mike Conway, only for an LMP2 car to spin across the track in front […]