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Goikhberg stretches championship lead in the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Powered by Mazda

Josh Tons

Mikhail Goikhberg stretched his championship lead in the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Powered by Mazda series winning Round 4 and finishing second in Round 3 on Saturday, June 7 at Kansas Speedway. Goikhberg has won three of the four races this season in the No. 10 JDC Motorsports car and now leads the series with 78 points. “Overall, I’m happy with how the weekend went,” Goikhberg said. “We were a corner away from winning the first race, won the second race. I’m very happy with the car, very proud of JDC, and…

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Davison, Wilson Give TRG-AMR GS Win while Valiante, Gilsinger take ST Kansas Victory

Josh Tons

James Davidson battled throughout the final hour of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge race at Kansas Speedway this past Saturday, to take home the win with co-driver Kris Wilson in the No. 07 TRG-AMR Aston Martin Vantage. Wilson started from the pole and led the opening 70 minutes of the two-hour, 30-minute race. As the No. 07 pitted, Matt Plumb inherited the lead after taking over for starting driver Nick Longhi in the No. 13 Rum Bum Racing Porsche 911. “It was certainly a competitive race, and I was trying…

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8Star and Core Autosport Score Prototype Challenge Victories At Grand Prix of Kansas

Josh Tons

8Star Motorsports and their orange FLM-009 Oreca PC, driven by Sean Rayhall, finished on the podium in race one of two during the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship at Kansas Speedway. From the drop of the green flag, Sean Rayhall power 8Star Motorsports #25 PC off the line to take the lead entering the first corner. Rayhall was able to maintain his lead throughout the entire race, despite two yellow flags, building a nearly five second gap to second place, in addition to setting the fastest lap of the 31-lap race…

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Episode 234 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Doug Patterson

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe ever awesome and entertaining Chris Duplessis joins us to discuss Rally America’s Susquehannock Trail Perfomance Rally, Mike Shaw breaks down the rest of the news from the world of Rally and gets us ready for the X-Games GRC event, Jeremy and Doug recap the Kansas City Region SCCA’s Solo Event #4, look at the season championship standings, and Jeremy recaps the Spring Nationals from Lincoln Air Park, and lastly John and Doug take a look at the surprisingly entertaining IndyCar Detroit GP and…

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Episode 233 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Doug Patterson

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBetter late than never? :\ It’s been a chaotic month, but here’s our ramblings and robust debate from the Month of May. OpenPaddock.net Podcast – Episode #233 for Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 On Tap Tonight on the show, we talk about the greatest weekend in motorsport Ryan Hunter Reay dominated the Indy 500 Gabby Chavez intimidated the Freedom 100 Jimmie Johnson humiliated the Flavored Corn Syrup 600 Nico Rossburg urinated on the Monaco GP (and got a little on Lewis as well) Memorial Day…

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PR – Subaru Rally Team USA Dominates STPR

Mike Shaw

www.rally-america.com Wellsboro, Pennsylvania (June 1, 2014) — Subaru Rally Team USA’s David Higgins and Craig Drew dominated the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally (STPR), the fourth round of the Rally America National Championship, on May 30-31 in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. It is the third overall victory for the team this season to widen their Rally America points standings lead.Higgins and Drew won all twelve stages while being first on the road and drove flawlessly while their closest rivals, FY Racing’s Adam Yeoman and Jordan Schulze, gave chase until Yeoman crashed into a tree…

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Rally – Oregon Trail on NBC Sports This Weekend!

Mike Shaw

PORTLAND, OREGON (May 28, 2014) – The spectacular scenery of The Columbia River George, Mt.Hood and surrounding areas will be on display this weekend as The Oregon Trail Rally, held May 2-4, airs on NBC Sports Network this Sunday, June 1 at 3 pm PT.   Round 3 of the Rally America National Championship will feature rally racing from Portland International Raceway (PIR) and on the challenging gravel roads of Dufur and Hood River.   The one-hour show is jointly produced by Rally America and Rage Productions (Bend, OR) and will…

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The Missed Shift – Running a Marathon

John Olsakovsky

I know I’m not the one that reveres the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend as a holy day. It is the single greatest day of racing, encompassing the Monaco Grand Prix, Indianapolis 500 Mile Race and Coke Zero 600. I love all three races for what they are, and each is a challenge that is unique with their genre. Monaco is antiquated and woefully ill-suited for the style of racing that is modern Formula 1.  But it’s history, it’s glamor and the money keep the circus coming back. Indianapolis is… …

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Indy Lights – Triumph and Tragedy for Belardi at the Freedom 100

Doug Patterson

The 12th running of the Indy Lights Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway took place yesterday on Carburetion Day, and the 100-mile, 40-lap sprint was the magnificent race that I’ve been raving about for years. As we came into the Month of May and started with the Indianapolis Grand Prix, Andretti Autosport’s Zach Veach and Belardi Auto Racing’s Gabby Chaves were leading the championship having split the victories in the first four events. The grand prix weekend didn’t go as planned for either of the two drivers, as they…

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Rally – Red Bull GRC Barbados, What Did We Learn?

Mike Shaw

By now most everyone already knows the results from last weekend’s GRC season opener in Barbados, and I won’t be getting into the results too much.  What I really wanted to focus on are the changes with the newly re-branded Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship as well as some of the more significant moments.  Here’s a run-down of what I observed (at least virtually since I wasn’t physically there and they didn’t have any live video streaming).   1.  Improved Track Design As many of you know, I’ve been very…

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