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Current Prototype Challenge entrant JDC-Miller MotorSports announced it will add a Prototype class program in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2017 with an ORECA 07 LMP2 car, as part of its current IMSA programs. Team co-owner John Church confirmed today that the Minneapolis-based squad will be on the grid with a 2017-spec ORECA 07 Gibson-powered LMP2 car in 2017. JDC-Miller MotorSports currently fields the # 85 PC entry in the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Ch

The 2017 successor to the 911 RSR has been spotted testing in Sebring. The most successful GT race car of the 2015 season will be replaced by a completely new race car in 2017. The successor to the 911 RSR has already completed a successful rollout on the test track in Weissach. Now begins the test phase on selected racetracks around the world. At its first test runs at Weissach, the majority of the Porsche works drivers were able to get a first impression of the new 20

Michael Shank Racing have been spotted testing the new Acura NSX at Sebring yesterday. Acura Motorsports announced on the 16th September that Michael Shank Racing will lead the company’s effort in the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, while RealTime Racing will continue to head the manufacturer’s attack in the SCCA Pirelli World Challenge. Each team will field a pair of new Acura NSX GT3 race cars, now being prepared for FIA homologation. Long-time Acura Moto

After a good clean start to the 19th running of the Petit Le Mans from Road Atlanta GA the first 30 minutes saw Oliver Pla leading the field from pole in the #60 Michael Shank Racing. Robert Alon led the PC’s in the #52 PR1 racing, with GTLM being led by Richard Westbrook in the #67 Ford GT40 and Jerome Bleekamolen heading up the GTDs in the #33 Viper. The PC #7 Starworks car suffered several off track excursions eventually retired with too much damage to the car to make

An action packed hour and a half of qualifying is over and what can only be described as close in GTLM - but more of that later. Overall pole goes to the #60 Micheal Shank Racing, Honda HDP Ligier with Oliver Pla behind the wheel in a time of 1:13.200 with Tristen Nunez in the #55 Mazda Prototype in 2nd and in 3rd Dane Cameron in the #31 Chevrolet Corvette DP, the top 3 covered by 0.842 of a second. A slight off track excursion for Tom Long in the #70 Mazda saw him into 4t

With practice 4 at Petit Le Mans out of the way, interest now turns to qualifying later on today at 15:25 ET or 20:25 UK time. Leading in P4 was the Honda HPD of Michael Shank racing with John Pew, Oswaldo Negri Jr. and Olivier Pla, closely followed by the Mazda Prototype of Tristan Nunez,Spencer Pigot and Jonathan Bomarito. In GTLM it was the Ferrari 488 of Scuderia Corse driven by Andrea Bertolini, Daniel Serra and Alessandro Pier Guidi followed by another 488 this time

The 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule unveiled today in Road America’s new Victory Lane in front of an audience of stakeholders, media and race fans features venue stability – all 12 racetracks that have hosted WeatherTech Championship events since the 2015 season are on next year’s schedule. However, the schedule does include a few notable alterations and date shifts for two events. The event at Circuit of The Americas – which has been run in September

For the first time in two years, the Flying Lizard Motorsports livery will return to a Porsche at a pro- racing event this weekend at Rounds 12 and 13 of the Pirelli World Challenge at Road America. As previously announced in February, Flying Lizard customer Andy Wilzoch would not only compete in the Porsche Club of America (PCA) race season, but also enter his Porsche 991 GT3 R in select Pirelli World Challenge events, competing in the GTA class. After 15 years of racing

The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) today announced a 49-car entry for the 64th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida, Round Two of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup on Saturday, March 19. The Prototype (P) class features 12 entries, including the debut of the ORECA 05 chassis. DragonSpeed of Delray Beach, Fla., entered the No. 81 Nissan ORECA 05, driven by 2011 Sebring winner Ni

PETALUMA, CA: The TRG-Aston Martin Racing team is set to launch the Pirelli World Challenge season with one of its strongest lineups to date. With three powerful Aston Martin Vantage cars competing in two classes, the team is prepared to surpass their nine podiums and six wins from the 2015 PWC season. TRG-AMR welcomes the return of drivers Derek DeBoer, Jason Alexandridis, Duncan Ende, and Max Riddle to the 2016 season opener in Austin, Texas on March 4-6th. A full season

Dion von Moltke, who over the past four seasons has become the most experienced American driver behind the wheel of an Audi R8 LMS, now officially joins Audi of America as Sportscar Brand Ambassador. von Moltke’s new role will see him extend his professional abilities on and off the racetrack. As the winner of several races, most notably the 2013 Rolex 24 at Daytona, von Moltke will be able to apply his unique experience behind the wheel of the R8 LMS at major US automotiv

At the end of 24hrs of racing the finish saw the closest winning margin in the races history between the #3 and #4 Corvette racing cars of Oliver Gavin and Antonio Garcia at a mere 0.034 seconds! “ What you saw today was simply the two best road racers in the world with the two best cars in the world ,” said Doug Fehan, Corvette Racing program manager. “ You’d be hard pressed to find a better race than this. You don’t spend 23.5 hours working this hard and not let those

Johnny Mowlem captured his second-consecutive Prototype Challenge (PC) TOTAL Pole Award at Daytona for the Rolex 24, running a lap of 2:06.312 (101.951 mph) in the No. 20 BAR1 Motorsports Zoolander/Southwest Realty Advisors/Top 1 Oil ORECA FLM09. He will share the car with NASCAR veteran Brendan Gaughan, as well as Marc Drumwright, Tomy Drissi and Ricardo Vera. “I had a really great qualifying last year and it came down to the final lap,” Mowlem said. “The conditions

Nick Tandy captured the GT Le Mans pole for the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway. Driving the No. 911 Porsche North America with teammate and last year’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTLM champion, Patrick Pilet, Tandy – a two-time GTLM pole winner in 2015 and the reigning 24 Hours of Le Mans overall champion – posted a best time of 2:01.408 (105.561 mph). Frédéric Makowiecki qualified second in GTLM with a time of 2:02.364 (104.737 mph) in the

Studio G24 have been hard at work on the most comprensive renders to date of what the new Ford GT might look like with the iconic Gulf Oils Livery, and I would like to thank Luis Lara at Studio G24 for sending me these and I have the privilage of letting you see these images, and to see my previous article on the livery please take a look here . If you like to look of these creations please check out G24 Studio's website