Wayne Taylor Racing’s 2025 switch to Cadillac down to chance of Le Mans glory
Wayne Taylor has revealed that the chance to take his team to the Le Mans 24 Hours played a major role in his switch back to Cadillac for the IMSA SportsCar Championship. He described the prospect of Wayne Taylor Racing entering the centrepiece round of the World Endurance Championship for the first time as “one […]
Hyundai announces factory LMDh programme under Genesis brand
Hyundai is developing an LMDh prototype for an entry into endurance racing arena under its premium Genesis brand. The move predicted by Motorsport.com in July was finally confirmed in a short statement on social media on Thursday that gave no further details or a timeline for its first entry into top-line sportscar racing. It was […]
Wayne Taylor Racing announces Cadillac return for 2025 IMSA season
Wayne Taylor Racing will return to the Cadillac fold after a four-year absence to run a pair of entries in the IMSA SportsCar Championship next year. Cadillac finally went public with what had become an open secret on Thursday when it also confirmed that reigning IMSA champion team Action Express Racing will continue to run a […]
Aston Martin completes 6000km of testing with new Valkyrie LMH
Aston Martin’s new Valkyrie World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship contender has already notched up more than 6000km in testing since hitting the track last month. The Le Mans Hypercar developed by the British manufacturer out of the Adrian Newey-inspired Valkyrie road car has racked up that distance, equivalent to 3700 miles, over the […]
The origin of the Porsche 911 GT3 Rawr, IMSA’s wildest livery
According to recent paleontological studies, the Tyrannosaurus Rex was not a fast creature, with a maximum running speed potentially as slow as 10 m.p.h. Rexy, the current points leader in IMSA’s GTD Pro field, is much much quicker. Rexy, bright green, with a toothy grill for a mouth and teensy arms on the door panels, […]
Why Stellantis won’t run its Peugeot 9X8 as a Dodge in IMSA
Ever since Peugeot revealed its wild and wingless 9X8 hypercar for the World Endurance Championship in 2022, Stellantis has been linked with running it under a different brand in America. The multinational car manufacturing conglomerate – which owns the brands Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroen, Dodge, DS, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram Trucks […]
Teenaged sensation Connor Zilisch signs with JR Motorsports in NASCAR Xfinity
Connor Zilisch will race full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving the No. 88 Chevrolet for the JR Motorsports organization in 2025. The 18-year-old Trackhouse Racing development driver stormed onto the racing scene in 2024 compiling an impressive resume that includes LMP2 victories at the Rolex 24 in Daytona, the Twelve Hours of Sebring. #18 […]
Gradient Racing switching to Ford for 2025 IMSA season
Gradient Racing has announced the acquisition of the new Ford Mustang GT3 for next year as part of a «long-term commitment» to compete in the GTD class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. The move to «expand their relationship with Ford Performance» also puts an end to a six-year run with the Acura NSX GT3 for […]
Jaminet admits last-lap clash fear with sister Porsche in Penske 1-2
Road America IMSA SportsCar Championship winner Matthieu Jaminet admits he feared a last-lap crash with Porsche colleague Felipe Nasr in the frantic finale to Sunday’s race. Jaminet crossed the finish line just 0.39s clear of Nasr in the sister Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 in the 2h40m race at the fabled four-mile Elkhart Lake track, having […]