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Aston Martin Racing is set to kick off the 2017 racing season early, with the marque set to contest the Rolex 24 at Daytona this weekend with its V12 Vantage GT3. The IQ Option liveried V12 Vantage GT3 will take on the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship’s opening round with four of the team’s regular FIA World Endurance Championship drivers at the wheel. Aston Martin Racing’s regular trio of Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy and Mathias Lauda will be joined by 2016 FIA WEC

With one BMW M6 GT3 and four of the best BMW drivers from around the world, Turner Motorsport is geared up for the 55th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona to kick off the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in just over one week. The 2017 Rolex 24 of Daytona will mark the team’s 354th professional race with BMW. Image by James Stricklin Less than two weeks ago, the team tested their BMW M6 GT3 at the Roar Before the 24 on the 3.56 mile, 12-turn Daytona International Sp

The Racers Group is hard at work making final preparations to their entries for the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona and the BMW Endurance Challenge races at the end of the month. Dual tests of teamwork, engineering, and driver grit take place at the palatial Daytona International Speedway, January 26-29. TRG’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship entry is the No. 991 TRG LaSalle Solutions/Cavall 7/Adobe Road Wines Porsche 911 GT3 R in the GTD class, paired with the Continental T

The first weekend in January 2017 was a milestone for many. Not that long ago at Daytona International Speedway (DIS), this weekend was considered a “test” running for race teams returning later in the month for the Rolex 24 race event. Years later, the weekend has developed into the “ROAR before the 24” with the attendance steadily growing. I applaud DIS for allowing fans to attend ROAR for free if a Rolex 24 weekend event ticket was purchased. The ROAR is a great way to

Saturday between the afternoon and night practice sessions of The Roar, IMSA held a “Women in Motorsports” panel hosted by Shea Adam, pit reporter for IMSA radio and Radio Le Mans, and attended by Jessica Mace, sports car mechanic with Chip Ganassi Racing, Katherine Legge, driver of the #93 Honda Acura NSX car with Michael Shank Racing, and Christina Nielsen, driver of the #63 Ferrari 488 GTE car with Scuderia Corsa. Katherine and Christina are both competing in the GTD class

Neel Jani once again tops the timing sheets in the night session 5 at The Roar, wonder if there is a prize on offer for topping all sessions?? Full results can be found here .

Once again Neel Jani in the number 13 Rebellion Racing Oreca topped the timing sheets, closely followed by Tristen Nunez in the number 55 Mazda only 0.140 seconds behind. Full results can be found here.

Neel Jani in the Rebellion Racing number 13 Oreca topped the timing sheets in the P class, in PC Johnny Mowlem topped the class in the number 26 BAR1 Motorsports. While in GT Le Mans Dirk Müller was placed in 1st in the 66 Ford, and in GT Daytona Andrew Davis in the Stevenson Motorsport Audi number 57. Full results can be found here .

Vickie caught you with Max, in rather a noisy garage!! The Sunoco 200 Challenge is run by Anglo American Oil Company Ltd. and provides the winner with a race seat in the Sunoco liveried Mustang Boss 305R. Also included is travel, accommodation and a Sunoco 200 Challenge race suit. The winner will race in the 200 mile long BMW Performance 200 race on the Friday before the iconic 2017 Rolex 24 At Daytona. As well as that, the driver who wins the challenge gains the full Americ

For your information, please find below the schedule and entry lists for the upcoming Roar Before The 24 which is this coming weekend 6th to the 8th January at Daytona, Florida. For the first time we will have a reporter at the track, Vickie Miller is covering the Roar and the 24 Hour Race itself for Prescott Motorsport.

Our first report from Vickie Miller has been received!! Vickie is covering the Daytona Test for us and she was able to spend a few moments with British Driver, Set Morris who is getting his first experience of the new Daytona Prototypes and the high banks of Daytona. Seb will be driving the #31 Whelen Engineering sponsored Cadillac with Action Express along with Mike Conway, Dane Cameron and Eric Curran. #Daytona #TestDay

2016 draws a close on a 14 year reign of the Daytona Prototype, making way for a new breed of American Sportscar. Mobil 1 The Grid spoke to current drivers in the IMSA Championship to get their thoughts on the switch to P2 Sportscars, along with the legacy and memories the Daytona Prototype will leave behind. Eric Curran, Scott Pruett, Christian Fittipaldi, Scott Sharp and Ricky Taylor all feature.

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