Author: Josh Tons

PR – Compass360 Racing Driver Lineup Announced

Josh Tons

Compass360 Racing (C360R) released details of the drivers of their second full-season Honda Civic Si in IMSA’s Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner (ST) class. Patrick Seguin and Jon Miller will share the #74 Nutrimind-Racing.com / ViSalus Project 10 / Titan Honda Civic Si for the full 12-round CTSCC championship. The signings are a source of pride for Team Principal Karl Thomson. “I’ve had the pleasure of racing against both of these drivers,” he remarked. “Pat and I competed in Canadian Touring Car for a couple of years, while Jon was…

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Rally America – Team O’neil 2014 Driver Announcment

Josh Tons

Team O’Neil Motorsports and Ford Racing are proud to announce the return of their 2013 2wd Championship winning team for the 2014 Rally America season, with a new driver, Andrew Comerie-Picard. Andrew is the clear choice for the 2014 season, as his history in the sport clearly reflects.   Andrew Comrie-Picard has won the Canadian Open Class championship, the North American Rally Championship, is a class winner on the Baja1000, and holds the fastest front-wheel-drive time on Pikes Peak. He is also a five-time X Games competitor and medalist in 2010.…

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Rally – MINI Dominates Stage 9 at the 2014 Dakar Rally

Josh Tons

MINI dominates stage 9 at the 2014 Dakar Rally // Stéphane Peterhansel leads a pack of four MINI ALL4 Racing. Munich (DE). Stéphane Peterhansel (FR) in his black MINI ALL4 Racing topped the timesheets on stage 9 at the 2014 Dakar Rally. The Monster Energy X-raid Team driver dominated today’s 422km-long stage from Calama to Iquique (both CL) and finished 2:17 minutes in front of his MINI teammate Nasser Al-Attiyah (QT) in the predominantly white MINI ALL4 Racing car. Today’s route led to the most northerly point of the Dakar,…

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PR- Doran Racing Is Going for 2014 with Two Top Nissans

Josh Tons

LEBANON, Ohio, Jan. 13 — Doran Racing will field not one but two Nissan 370Z NISMO RCs in the 12-event IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge (CTSCC) in 2014, starting with the season opener Friday afternoon, Jan. 24 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Both cars just returned to the team’s headquarters in Lebanon, Ohio after participating in the series’ official pre-season test Jan. 3-5 at Daytona. The Tower Events No. 41 piloted by Canadians David Empringham and John Farano posted the fifth-fastest time for the Grand Sport (GS) class during the test.  The…

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TUSCC – Roar Before the 24 Highlights

Josh Tons

TUDOR United SportsCar Championship’s three-day Roar Before The 24 test at Daytona International Speedway took place this past weekend with teams getting in final testing sessions prior to the 24 race January 25th & 26th. As the Roar Before The Rolex 24 testing concluded, IMSA officials delivered the 2014 sporting rules package to teams participating in the inaugural TUDOR United SportsCar Championship (TUSCC). Teams have been patiently waiting for these rules to be delivered for some time now as they begin to prepare for the 2014 season. Following the announcement,…

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Lally rejoins Magnus Racing for 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship

Josh Tons

  Magnus Racing announced last Monday that Andy Lally will remain with the team for the 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. After facing a few tough decisions on his 2014 plans, the three-time Rolex Sports Car Series champion announced he will rejoin John Potter in the team’s new Porsche 911 GT America. The duo finished runner-up in the 2013 Rolex Series season after an unlucky early incident on track took their No. 44 Porsche out of contention in the season-ending race at Lime Rock Park. Magnus Racing became the first…

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Rally – 2013 Perryville Farm & Forest Rally

Josh Tons

The Rally America Regional, the Perryville Farm & Forest Rally held in Perryville, MO, began early Saturday morning with sun and light winds greeting the 22 teams, ready to tackle the very fast and smoothly flowing farming and forest roads of Southeastern Missouri. Prior to the event, many teams and rally enthusiast had deemed the event to be an Open Light and Group2 showdown, with nearly 20 out of the 23 entries split evenly between the two classes. St. Louis based rally enthusiast Matt and Lauren Conte began their first…

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Rally – 2013 Ojibwe Forest Rally

Josh Tons

The sixth round of the Rally America National Championship, the Ojibwe Forests Rally held in Detroit Lakes, MN, sun and strong winds greeted 46 teams ready to tackle the narrow, sandy and extremely technical forest roads. Hoonigan Racing’s Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino dominated from start to finish at the Ojibwe Forests Rally in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota on August 23-24th, finishing first overall. This is the first career Ojibwe Forests Rally victory for Block and his third straight overall win in the Rally America National Championship. Block drove a relatively…

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SCCA US Double Majors Tour – Gateway Motorsports Park

Josh Tons

Editor’s Note: We’d like to extend a warm welcome to the newest member of the OpenPaddock band of misfits, Josh Tons. Josh is the manager of Poor Boys Racing, a rally team out of St. Louis running in select Rally America and regional rallies in the Midwest. Josh is also an accomplished motorsports photographer, owner of Josh Tons Photography, covering many of the events held at Gateway Motorsports Park. Moving forward, Josh will be photographing many of the SCCA, Grand-Am, and rally events around the MidWest. During rally events, he…

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