Category: Sports Cars

Updates on sports car racing in European Le Mans Series, World Endurance Championship, American Le Mans Series, and United SportsCar Championship

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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SCCA – NBCSN Adds the Pirelli World Challenge to its Line-Up

Doug Patterson

NBC Sports Network is now the home of nearly every motor racing series we love! The newly arrived network which was the evolution of the old Versus network after NBC acquired ComCast has quickly established itself as the new home for motorsport. When Fox’s SPEED channel became Fox Sports 1 (or 2 or the Foxy Ocho…whatever) it ceased being a racing-centric channel, although many would argue that it already had when the old Speedvision died. NBCSN which already had the IndyCar Series acquired the rights to Formula 1, they aired…

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TUSC – GT Classes Shine Brightly at Daytona

Shaun

As the Tudor United Sports Car Championship kicked off on Saturday, a lot of attention was centered on the GT classes. Both GT Le Mans (GTLM) and GT Daytona (GTD) had been the brightest stars in their troubled series before the merger, and on Saturday the classes again showed the world that GT racing is becoming the big-ticket item in North America. With a number of new cars making their debut, and new teams racing with new cars for the first time, the GTLM and GTD classes saw some of…

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TUSCC – Poll: GTD Finish Marred with Penalty

Shaun

The 52nd Annual Rolex 24 race was the start of a new era in North American sports car racing. It is often said that first impressions set the tone for new relationships. The final seconds of the GT Daytona race between two of the businesses very best teams ended in what will leave a sour taste in many people’s mouths for the next few weeks. The 555 Ferrari 458 run by Level 5 Motorsport led the way on the final lap as the Flying Lizard Audi R8 gave chase and…

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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 – The Stunning Corvette C7R

Shaun

While the media release has already been plastered all over the internet, I thought I would at least mention and briefly talk about the Chevrolet Corvette C7R. Released yesterday in Detroit, the C7R is based off of the Corvette Stingray and the 2015 Z06. This car is beyond beautiful and I truly don’t think there are words that can describe it completely. Chevrolet announced the car had been stiffened up a bit to provide more responsive handling. The suspension is also rugged and durable in order to meet the demands…

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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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USCC – Thoughts on the Roar

Shaun

Well it is finally here! The 2014 Tudor United Sports Car Championship has completed the merger process and also completed their first major test in preparation for the Rolex 24 Hour race. I have said since last season that I was excited at the prospect of having both championships merged together and the exciting racing we could expect! Like a lot of folks who tuned into the great coverage of various media outlets worldwide of the Roar Before the 24 test session, I was interested in speeds and lap times…

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SCCA – World Challenge Participation Booms

Doug Patterson

Whitesell and I have been saying for a number of years now that the SCCA Pro Racing’s Pirelli World Challenge series is some of the best racing you’re ever going to see. It’s one of the things we look forward to the most when we go to Mid-Ohio. For a time, the World Challenge series suffered from small grid sizes and perinnial teams like Bimmerworld Racing moving from the SCCA’s World Challenge to Grand-Am’s Continental Tire SportsCar Championship. As the series retooled, redefined their classes, and took a close look…

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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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