Ripped up curbing leads to track alterations ahead of Six Hours of The Glen
A dramatic and prolonged Saturday at Watkins Glen International culminated in historic lap times and a significantly reshaped racing line through the famous «Bus Stop» chicane ahead of the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. During the late stages of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge support race on the 3.4-mile, 11-turn natural terrain road course, a […]
Jack Aitken storms to Watkins Glen IMSA pole for Cadillac
Jack Aitken sent a message to the rest of the paddock after storming to pole for the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. With less than 10 minutes left in qualifying, Aitken pushed Whelen Cadillac’s #31 Cadillac V-Series.R put down a massive flyer of 1m31.284s lap that was untouchable around the 3.4-mile, 11-turn natural terrain […]
Super Formula championship leader Kakunoshin Ohta still has “big dream” of racing in IndyCar
With the 2026 IndyCar Series silly season in full swing, Kakunoshin ‘Kaku’ Ohta is making a push to remind everyone he wants in the conversation. The 27-year-old Japanese driver is a Honda factory standout and current championship leader in Super Formula, the same series that aided the development of reigning and four-time IndyCar titlist Alex Palou, […]
Kaylen Frederick returns to a very different JDC-Miller team
There is a different feel to JDC-Miller MotorSports since the last time Kaylen Frederick was in the car. Frederick is back co-driving the #5 Porsche 963 for the Sahlen’s 6 Hours of The Glen, a little over three months since his previous appearance at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. Over that stretch, the John […]
How the Spa 24 Hours became a GT race in 2001
Today, the Spa 24 Hours stands as the ultimate GT3 spectacle on the sports car calendar. Yet, this remains a relatively modern phenomenon. Following the race’s revival in 1964, it spent nearly half a century as a permanent, iconic fixture of the touring car world. Naturally, the lines between touring cars and GT sports cars […]
GetSpeed Mercedes fastest as Spa 24 Hours Superpole field is set
The #17 GetSpeed Mercedes shared by Maxime Martin, Maximilian Götz and Fabian Schiller secured the fastest overall average in Thursday evening’s qualifying session for the 2026 Spa 24 Hours. However, it will not start on pole, as the team completed work on the car during qualifying that was not permitted under the regulations. The qualifying format for […]
2026 Spa 24 Hours: Full entry list
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Fastest qualifier thrown out of Superpole
Midnight bombshell at the 2026 24 Hours of Spa: Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed made a mistake after regular qualifying that has far-reaching consequences. The reason is illegal work on the brake during the Q3 session, which is not permitted by the regulations. The GetSpeed Mercedes #17, which had secured the provisional fastest time on track, retroactively […]
IMSA confirms next-gen LMP2 regulations and debut for 2029 season
IMSA has officially locked in the timeline for its next-generation Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) regulations, confirming that the new machinery will debut in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for the 2029 season. The rollout follows a staggered introduction strategy, with the new cars set to debut a year earlier—in 2028—across all Automobile Club de l’Ouest […]