Category: United SportsCar Championship

Articles, updates, and commentary on the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.

TUSCC – Livery Changes abound for Sebring

Josh Tons

With the 62nd Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring just days away, teams have flooded the historic Sebring International Raceway. As the 2nd event in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship in addition to the 2nd event of the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup, we see a number of team displaying new liveries for the event. Rum Bum Racing is set to debut their psychedelic-liveried No 13  No. 13 Rum Bum Racing Porsche GT America. With drivers Matt Plumb, Madison Snow, Hugh Plumb and Jan Heylen, the team looks to build on their season-opening…

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TUSCC- Final BoP changes announced prior to Saturday’s 62nd Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring

Josh Tons

As drivers and teams begin to descend upon the historic Sebring International Raceway for the 62nd Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, which takes place on Saturday, March 15th, final “Balance of Performance” changes have been released in order to decrease the competitive gap between the classes. Unlike previous “Balance of Performance” changes, this final round only sees three classes, Prototype, GT Le Mans and GT Daytona being affected. In the Prototype class, the Corvette DPs, which posted the fastest lap time in recent testing at the 3.7-mile Sebring…

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TUSCC – Level 5 Motorsports Announces Departure from Series as Preparations begin for Sebring

Josh Tons

As teams prepared to descend on Sebring International Raceway in two weeks for the 62nd running of the 12 hours of Sebring, Level 5 motorsports has surprised the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship with the announcement of their departure from the series, effective immediately. The announcement made on Wednesday by team manager David Stone, marks the first occasion in which a team has publicly acknowledge that IMSA policy changes were the primary reason for their departure. Despite having won the GTD class in this year’s running of the Rolex 24 at…

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TUSCC – Winter Test at Sebring International Raceway Preview

Josh Tons

Forty-two cars are set to take part in this week’s TUDOR United SportsCar Championship Winter Test at Sebring International Raceway. IMSA released the complete entry list for the Feb. 20-21 test on Monday, confirming the competitors that will take to the 3.7-mile Florida circuit in preparation for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring to be held March 13 – 15th. 12 Prototype class entries will be present, with this marking the first race in which the Daytona Prototypes will race on the historic circuit. Action Express will be a…

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IMSA – Old Tech Versus New, Who Has the Edge at Sebring?

Doug Patterson

As with the elimination of the split in North American open wheel racing, the joining of Grand-Am and ALMS is anything but a smooth merger. The open-wheel racing scene didn’t have the equivalency issues that the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship is facing as the Panoz DP-01 that the Champ Car World Series was using never saw use in the Indy Racing League, now known as the IndyCar Series. Both CCWS and IRL teams were mandated to use the same Dallara chassis, and still are. By contrast TUSCC teams may use…

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TUSCC – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship presents the Rolex 24 at Daytona

Josh Tons

The 2014 Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway kicks off at 2pm Saturday January 25th as part of the inaugural Tudor United SportsCar Championship season. The 52nd anniversary Rolex 24 At Daytona will be the first race for TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, the newly unified organization between the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón. Celebrate the start of a new era, as America’s two major sports car racing leagues unify for their history-making first race. The gird has officially been set…

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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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IMSA – Rolex 24 Promo

Doug Patterson

Off-season? Bah! Off-season is for chumps! It’s a new year, time to go racing! We have the Dakar at the beginning of the month, Rallye Monte Carlo in the middle, and the Rolex 24 at the end. If you’ve been missing the beautiful sounds of motorsports over the holidays, we offer to you this promo for the 2014 Rolex 24 at Daytona. Enjoy and Happy New Year! [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/RQDKeLFNgNw]

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Episode 213 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Doug Patterson

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadMike, Mike, and Doug make one last appearance in 2013 and talk about the few bits of motorsport news that’s around. Formula E seems to have a lot more traction that we expected, Ganassi and Briscoe are reunited, as is Paul Page and IMS radio. Fan Force United returns to Indy Lights, Sutil safe at Sauber, and Kubica confirmed at M-Sport. In each category, we also look back at the best and worst from each segment we cover. It’s been another great year, and…

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Episode 212 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Doug Patterson

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn our penultimate show of 2013, Mike, Doug, and Mike continue to be stunned at the enthusiasm shown for the new Formula E all-electric racing series, Panoz sues Nissan (who didn’t see that coming?), and TUSCAR has aero and tire issues with the prototypes. Whitesell leads us through the news in IndyCar and Formula 1, Patterson brings us up to speed on Indy Light’s new chassis and engine for 2015, and Shaw shakes his head at the T&S errors in the WRC and takes…

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