Episode 222 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Doug Patterson

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAnd, minutes on the heels of last week’s podcast, here is this week’s! Open Paddock Episode #222 for Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 IndyCar New Indy 500 Qaul procedures Servia gets at least 4 races at RLL Hawksworth gets BHA seat (instead of Luca Filipi) Verizon…. almost a done deal Long Beach puts off vote on F1 bid request to do due dilligence Panther still trying to get a car on the grid, despite taking their name out of the running for Leader’s Circle money…

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IndyCar – Series Lands Mega Sponsor Verizon

Shaun

One of the worst kept secrets in the paddock over the off season has finally been announced this morning. The folks at Verizon have signed a multi-year deal to bring fans the Verizon IndyCar Series in 2014 and beyond. This is a fantastic signing for the series and adds some off track good news that the series just has not had as of late. There is no doubt that IndyCar has presented some of the best North American racing over the last couple of seasons, but lacked a lot of…

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IMSA: 62ND ANNUAL MOBIL 1 TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING TWITTER GUIDE

Shaun

62ND ANNUAL MOBIL 1 TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING TWITTER GUIDE Presented By:@IMSAChicks Table of Contents Race Information–Broadcast Schedule–The Classes–Leader Light System PROTOTYPE Prototype Class Info–P Entry List & Twitter Links PROTOTYPE CHALLENGE Prototype Challenge Info–PC Entry List & Twitter Links GT LE MANS GT Le Mans Class Info–GTLM Entry List & Twitter Links GT DAYTONA GT Daytona Class Info–GTD Entry List & Twitter Links RACE INFORMATION Race Start: Saturday, March 15, 2014 10:15 AM ET Race Duration: 12 hours Track Length: 3.74 miles Hashtags: #Sebring12, #IMSA Official Accounts: @UnitedSportsCar, @IMSA,…

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PR – Koch tallies first Mazda MX-5 Cup win in Round One at Sebring

Mike Shaw

SEBRING, Fla. (March 13, 2014) – Rookie Kenton Koch, of Glendora, Calif., started his bid for the 2014 SCCA Pro Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich Tires Championship on the right foot, winning Round One at Sebring International Raceway as part of the 62nd Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida. John Dean, of Sebring, Fla., finished second, followed by Sebastian Landy, of Great Falls, Va., in third. Driving the No. 12 ALARA Racing/Mazda Motorsports Development MX-5, Koch was scored as the leader only…

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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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PR – Freedom Autosport’s Pobst, Carbonell Have Long Histories at Sebring

Josh Tons

SEBRING, Fla. – Freedom Autosport will be racing at Sebring International Raceway for the first time when the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series heads there next weekend, but the team’s drivers have plenty of history there already. For Randy Pobst and Andrew Carbonell, who co-drive the No. 26 Freedom Autosport Mazda MX-5, going to Sebring is something of a homecoming. Pobst ran his first professional race at Sebring in 1985, driving in the Firestone Firehawk Series, the predecessor of the Continental Tire Series. The start of the race was…

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PR – Wright Motorsports Aims for Third Straight IMSA GT3 Championship

Josh Tons

BATAVIA, Ohio, March 7 — Wright Motorsports will go for its third straight driver and team championship in the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama in 2014. The Batavia, Ohio-based team won the series’ top class, called the Platinum Cup, in 2012 and 2013 with Sean Johnston and Madison Snow, respectively. Kasey Kuhlman of Cincinnati, who finished seventh overall in the Platinum point standings last year and second in that division’s Masters class, returns to the team with a brand-new Kuhlsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, #15. The Masters…

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