PR – Greenhouse Sets Sights on Canadian Championship

Mike Shaw

  Lebanon, OH, USA – Chris Greenhouse and the All Speed Innovations rally team have committed to the CARSRally Canadian Rally Championship for 2014. The Lebanon, Ohio, USA based team will be fighting for the 2WD Championship in their Dodge Neon SRT4. Last year, Chris had a solid third place finish in the RallyAmerica 2WD National Championship, and will be looking to build on the successes of 2013 in the upcoming Canadian series. “We had a good year in 2013,” said Chris. “We gained a lot of valuable experience, we…

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PR – Snow Racing’s UIS Porsche Fielded by Wright Motorsports Finishes Third in Class in Rolex 24

Josh Tons

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 29 — They not only survived North America’s greatest test of endurance sports cars, they excelled in it. Snow Racing’s Universal Industrial Sales (UIS) Porsche 911 GT America #58 prepared and serviced by Wright Motorsports finished third in the GT Daytona class in the 52nd annual Rolex 24 Sunday at Daytona International Speedway. The inaugural event in the IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship featured 29 entries in the GTD class among 67 total entries. Portions of the event were broadcast live on Fox, Fox Sports 1 and Fox…

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PR – BimmerWorld Takes Second, Two Top-10s In Continental Tire Series Daytona Season Opener

Josh Tons

1/29/2014 Dublin, VA BMW aftermarket and tuning specialists earn a podium finish and plenty of knowledge at Round 1 Virginia-based BimmerWorld launched its ambitious four-car Continental Tire Series Street Tuner program last weekend at Daytona International Speedway, coming close to earning a victory in the ST class during the season opener. A late caution period would lock the No. 81 BimmerWorld BMW 328i of Greg Liefooghe and Tyler Cooke into a second-place finish after Liefooghe led in the final stages and was working on moving back into the lead. With…

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Episode 216 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Doug Patterson

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadYour regular quartet of misfits meet once again to discuss the week’s news in motorsport. We even talk about NASCAR! I know, right? We discuss the wee bit of IndyCar news that’s out there and highlight a couple of USF2000 driver announcements. Pechin and Shaw discuss the biggest event of the past week, IMSA’s TUDOR United Sports Car Championship Rolex 24 at the Daytona International Speedway. We look at the exciting race that it was, but also discuss the indecision and waffling by the…

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PR – Doran Racing Looks Forward to Sebring After Rough Trips in the CTSCC Season Opener at Daytona

Josh Tons

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 28 — Most of all, the four drivers representing Doran Racing wanted to finish Friday’s IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge season opener at Daytona International Speedway.  Unfortunately they didn’t get their wish, as the Tower Events Nissan 370Z No. 41 was knocked out early by contact and the team’s similar No. 14 retired with clutch problems near the midway point while running tenth in the 68-car field. Brad Jaeger of Charlottesville, Va., clawed his way up from 15th starting position with the No. 14 after a bizarre…

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PR – Marsal Doubles in Daytona

Josh Tons

Daytona Beach, Fla. (28 January 2014) -Michael Marsal got his 2014 racing season off to a remarkable start as the young racer took podium finishes in both his races at Daytona International Speedway this weekend. After opening the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge season with a run to third place for Turner Motorsport on Friday, Marsal returned to the track bright and early on Saturday ready to go for his next challenge as he made his debut in the LMPC class with 8Star Motosports in the Rolex 24 At Daytona.…

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PR – Gleason and Fergus Post Top-10 Finish at Daytona

Josh Tons

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 28 — Kevin Gleason of Johnstown, Pa., and his co-driver, Corey Fergus of Powell, Ohio, finished eighth out of 39 entries in the Sport Touring (ST) class Friday in the season opener for IMSA’s Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge series at Daytona International Speedway. The pair drove a BMW 328, No. 80, prepared by Bimmerworld and sponsored by Johnstone Supply, Powerflex and Red Line Oil. Gleason, 26, qualified ninth with a time of 2:05.839 for an average speed of 101.844 miles per hour around the 3.56-mile road course.…

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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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PR – Freedom Autosport Starts Season with Highest-Finishing Mazda at Daytona

Josh Tons

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Freedom Autosport started the 2014 IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season on Fridayat Daytona International Speedway, and the No. 26 Mazda MX-5 of Randy Pobst and Andrew Carbonell was the highest-finishing Mazda in the ST class. Pobst and Carbonell finished 12th at a track that historically favors horsepower over handling. The long stretches of Daytona’s banking can be a challenge in the MX-5, but the car shows its prowess in the infield. The No. 26 ran as high as second after the driver change, a testament…

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