IMSA Road America: Penske Porsche takes victory
The drama began even before the 160-minute race got underway, with the pole-sitting No. 31 Action Express Cadillac forced to start from the back after an incident in morning warmup. On the pace lap, another GTP found trouble when the No. 25 Team RLL BMW of Connor De Phillippi spun off track. The resulting cleanup […]
Honda GT500 teams hit by Fuji post-race penalties
Both the #16 ARTA Honda of Nirei Fukuzumi and Hiroki Otsu and #100 Team Kunimitsu car of Naoki Yamamoto and Tadasuke Makino had 40 seconds added to their race times for illegally refuelling and changing tyres at the same time. Fukuzumi and Otsu drop from second to third as a result, while Yamamoto and Makino […]
NDDP Nissan dominates in mixed conditions
Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi took full advantage of the mixed conditions in Sunday’s 100-lap race in their Michelin-shod #3 Nissan Z, taking their first victory of the season by a commanding 43.9 seconds. Two Honda NSX-GTs completed the podium, as ARTA duo Hiroki Otsu and Nirei Fukuzumi were best of the Bridgestone runners in […]
Derani puts Cadillac on pole
Derani lapped the newly repaved Road America course in 1:47.730s, earning pole position for the first time since Sebring. It looked like it could be a front row lockout for Cadillac with Sebastien Bourdais trailing Derani for some time, but Matt Campbell would make a late push for pole that very nearly succeeded. The No. […]
Bertrand Baguette fuming after Fuji qualifying
Baguette ended up second-to-last in Q1 on Saturday afternoon at the wheel of the #1 Nissan Z, only managing to outpace the TOM’S Toyota that is carrying the highest success handicap in the GT500 field. The Impul machine Baguette shares with Kazuki Hiramine was carrying 36kg of ballast, half of the nominal handicap of the […]
Kondo Nissan beats the Hondas to pole
The #24 Kondo Nissan Z of Sasaki and Kohei Hirate entered qualifying firmly among the favourites for pole, carrying only 6kg of success ballast and having taken the top spot last time out at Suzuka, only to be stripped of pole due to a fuel tank infraction. Hirate was second-fastest in Q1 behind the #16 […]
NISMO Nissan gets penalty for chassis change
The #23 car shared by Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli will have to serve the penalty during the early stages of the 100-lap race on Sunday, with the exact timing of the announcement at the discretion of race control. It follows Matsuda’s crash at 130R in the previous race at Suzuka in June, which left […]
IMSA Road America: Cadillacs dominate practice
On the freshly repaved circuit, Derani put down the fastest time of all drivers at 1:47.986s. Bourdais, who led the first session at 1:49.538s, trailed Derani by over two tenths in the second practice. After practice, Derani said: “It was a positive day for all of us at Cadillac Racing. A better order in the second […]
IMSA reveals 2024 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship calendar
IMSA brings its flagship SportsCar Championship back to the Motor City – at its new downtown Detroit street course – after a one-year absence. It returns with a 100-minute sprint race featuring the GTP and GTD PRO classes, which will compete in a 100-minute battle on Saturday, June 1. The GT-only event at Lime Rock Park […]