Le Mans, France – Ferrari has claimed back-to-back 24 Hours of Le Mans wins in the 92nd running of the classic. The shortest race since 2001 saw the winner complete just 311 laps and a quarter of the race behind the safety car. The Prancing Horse marque’s #50 Ferrari 499P, driven by Nicklas Nielsen, finished 14.221 seconds ahead of the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid of … Continue reading Ferrari records back-to-back Le Mans wins
Helio Castroneves’ “Month of May” was extended by two races. Myer Shank Racing announced that the four-time Indianapolis 500 winner will drive the #66 AutoNation-SiriusXM Honda in this weekend’s Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix and the Grand Prix at Road America on June 9. Tom Blomqvist, a back-to-back Rolex 24 winner and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for MSR, have mutually agreed for Blomqvist to take a … Continue reading Castroneves extends season
Indianapolis – After a four-hour delay, the 108th Indy 500 started under sunny skies. Josef Newgarden outdueled Pato Oward by .3417 seconds to become the first back-to-back Indy 500 winner in twenty-two years. Newgarden, in the #2 Shell Powering Progress Team Penske Chevrolet, made an emphatic pass on O’Ward behind the wheel of the #5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet on the last lap to claim the … Continue reading Newgarden wins Indy 500
NTT IndyCar rookie Linus Lundquist heads to Indy for the month of May with momentum and the lead in the Rookie of the Year standings. The young Swede earned his first career IndyCar podium at Barber last month. “Getting your first IndyCar podium is a big deal,” he said, “And you only get to do it once.” Lundqvist recognizes that IndyCar is one of the … Continue reading Linus Lundqvist
DAYTONA BEACH – Porsche Penske Motorsport has won the 62nd Rolex 24 at Daytona. The German manufacturer’s last Daytona win came in 2010 and last overall win came in 2003. Felipe Nasr, in the #7 Porsche Penske 963, held off the #31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac V-Series.R of Tom Blomqvist, a two-time and defending race winner. The two drivers fiercely battled with one another the … Continue reading Historic Porsche win
DAYTONA BEACH – Mathieu Jaminet in the #6 Porsche Penske 963 led Jack Aitken’s #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R. after 18 hours in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The #6 still must serve a penalty for a controlled powertrain parameters violation, the team’s third of the race. The GTP top- five was rounded out by the #7 Porsche 963, the #5 Proton Competition Porsche … Continue reading Porsche leads with six hours to go
DAYTONA BEACH – The #31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac V-Series.R of Jack Aitken led at the halfway mark of the Rolex 24 Hours. Disaster struck for the two Acuras. In the ninth hour, Filipe Albuquerque’s #10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 experienced an electrical issue. The #10 Acura later returned to the race 98 laps down. Almost three hours later, Louis Deletraz’s #40 … Continue reading Cadillac leads after 12 hours
DAYTONA BEACH – Australian Matt Campbell led the Rolex 24 at Daytona after six hours. Following the sixth full course caution, Campbell’s # 7 Porsche Penske 963 got past the #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R on the restart. The #7 Porsche Penske was awarded maximum points in the first in-race segment of the Michelin Endurance Cup for leading at the quarter mark of the … Continue reading Porsche Penske leads after six hours
The sun will set on the LMGTE era when the chequered flag falls on the WEC’s 8 Hours of Bahrain this weekend. The LMGTE class first appeared at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2011 after GT2 was renamed. Corvette Racing took the first LMGTE victory that year on the Circuit de la Sarthe. WEC and the European Le Mans Series have seen LMGTE … Continue reading End of an era
Ryan Blaney has won the 2023 Cup Series championship at Phoenix Raceway. Ross Chastain, the race winner, picked up his fourth career win. Team owner Roger Penske has now won back to back Cup championships. The Championship 4 of Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, and William Byron entered the final race on the 1-mile oval as the only drivers in contention for the Cup … Continue reading Blaney wins 2023 NASCAR Cup
Brendon Hartley has won his second consecutive FIA World Endurance Championship Hypercar world drivers’ title. Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa, and Sebastien Buemi put in a dominant performance in the 8 Hours of Bahrain. Hartley’s #8 Toyota GR010 H won from the pole and beat the sister #7 Toyota of Mike Conway, Jose Maria Lopez, and Kamui Kobayashi by 47.516 seconds. Conway, Lopez, and Kobayashi went into … Continue reading Toyota secures Hypercar championship
https://www.trussvilletribune.com/2023/06/07/a-birminghamians-guide-to-the-indy-500/ “To win this race is indescribable. I think being at this event is almost indescribable,” said 2023 Indy 500 champion and Nashville native Josef Newgarden shortly after his exciting win at the fabled Brickyard. “Someone has to come and see it and be a part of it to understand what it is all about.” Two days earlier I pulled out of Birmingham at 5 … Continue reading A Birminghamian’s Guide To The Indy 500
The AF Corse Ferrari hypercars flexed their muscle on a busy Wednesday ahead of this weekend’s 100th anniversary 24 Hours of Le Mans. Antonio Fuoco posted a 3:25.213 lap in the #50 AF Corse Ferrari 499P hypercar to set the provisional pole in the qualifying session, while the sister #51 Ferrari, driven by Alessandro Pier Guid, trailed by only 0:00.199 Sixty-two cars were back on … Continue reading Ferrari Dominates
Sixty-two cars took to Circuit De la Sarthe Sunday for the first of two three-hour practice sessions ahead of next week’s 24 Hours of Le Mans Centenary. The #50 Ferrari 499P entry of Ferrari AF Corse, driven by Nicklas Nielsen, Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina, led the way with a lap of 3:30.686 Fast lap times were not team’s the priority, as race simulations were … Continue reading Ferrari Leads Opening 24 Hours Of LeMans Practice
This article appeared in pit debrief.com https://www.pitdebrief.com/post/newgarden-wins-thrilling-indy-500-as-he-passes-ericsson-on-the-last-lap Indianapolis-The 107th Running of the Indy 500 took place under sunny Indiana skies and in front of one of the largest crowds in the history of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Nearly 350,000 race fans witnessed the fastest field in history take the green at 12:48 local time. They were also treated to one of the wildest races … Continue reading Newgarden Wins Indy 500 With Last Lap Pass
Co-author: John Goolsby This article appeared on pitdebrief.com https://www.pitdebrief.com/post/larson-on-indy-500-attempt-i-want-to-do-it-take-it-serious-feel-like-i-m-prepared-enough-to-win The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion unveils his plans for the next Indy 500. Photo credit: Arrow McLaren NASCAR champion Kyle Larson unveiled his plans to run the 2024 Indy 500 yesterday morning in a press conference that included Pit Debrief and other media outlets. Larson was on hand with Jeff Gordon, Vice Chairman of Hendrick … Continue reading Larson To Attempt Indy 500
John Goolsby When team captains Glenn Weiglein and Brett Long walked off the football field in the fall of 1982, they never would have dreamed they would still be teaming up forty one years later to host an annual tailgating party at the Indy 500. Long and his father, who attended the 500 for decades, had three extra tickets for the race in 1980. Weiglein … Continue reading A Spartan Tradition: Tailgating At The Indy 500
At 48, Helio Castroneves is still going strong. Castroneves will go down in history as one of the Indy 500’s greatest drivers. He is one of four drivers to have won the Indy 500 four times. The energetic Brazilian also has four pole positions at the Brickyard to accompany his four victories and has finished second three times. He holds the record for the longest … Continue reading Castroneves’ Drive For Five
https://www.speedcafe.com/2023/05/18/sato-ganassi-on-top-in-indy-practice/ After a rainy opening day, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway began day two of practice for the 107th Running of the Indy 500 with plenty of sunshine and excellent track conditions. At 10 a.m. (local), RC Enerson took to the track and breezed through almost all of his rookie orientation. The Floridian turned ten laps in the 205-210 MPH range and fifteen laps in the … Continue reading Sato Tops Opening Practice
Indianapolis-34 drivers were fixed on the weather radar as the sun came up over the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this morning. To their disappointment, the forecast was The first practice session for the 107th Indy 500 was scrubbed due to rain across the Indianapolis area. The 9:00 a.m. ET to 11:15 a.m. morning session was canceled after the track was lost due to downpours. After a … Continue reading First Day Of Practice Washed Out
This article appeared in the Trussville Tribune on May 2, 2023 https://www.trussvilletribune.com/2023/05/02/team-penskes-scott-mclaughlin-wins-at-barber-with-late-race-pass/ BIRMINGHAM – It was a big day for Barber Motorsports Park. The NTT IndyCar event drew the largest race day crowd in ten years and had over 80,000 spectators on site for the three days event. An exciting race, beautiful weather, and a huge crowd weren’t the only reason for the excitement. Zoom … Continue reading Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin Wins At Barber With Late Race Pass
NTT IndyCar rookie Sting Ray Robb is a breath of fresh air. In a world where censorship of one’s beliefs is increasing almost daily, Robb is not afraid to share his faith in Christ. “James 1:2-4 has been one of the most impactful verses in my life,” he said. “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know … Continue reading IndyCar Rookie Races With Faith
IRONDALE-Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal, currently 13th in the NTT IndyCar standings, is looking forward to his return to the Magic City next weekend. “I have really fallen in love with Birmingham and the area,” he said. “I don’t know that I’ve been to many more beautiful places than Birmingham.” “All the driver’s wives have Barber circled,” Rahal said. “It is just a beautiful, … Continue reading Rahal Excited For Return To Barber
Helio Castroneves, winner of the inaugural Barber IndyCar race in 2010, returns to Barber Motorsports Park for the Children’s of Alabama Grand Prix later this month. “Leeds and Barber have become a place I enjoy very much,” said the four-time Indy 500 Champion. “My wife’s family is from Atlanta, so I always have many people go to Barber to support me.” “Barber is only 50 … Continue reading Helio Castroneves Enjoying Return To IndyCar
Birmingham – Pato O’Ward, the NTT IndyCar points leader, was in Birmingham Monday. The 2021 Barber winner, coming off a second-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway, spent the day visiting with patients at Children’s Hospital. Children’s of Alabama replaces Honda as the title sponsor of the IndyCar race this year. O’Ward spent the day inside the hospital listening to patient stories, answering questions about racing, … Continue reading IndyCar Points Leader Visits Children’s Hospital
Irondale- Later this month, the NTT IndyCar Series will once again bring the world’s fastest race cars and most diverse drivers to Barber Motorsports Park. The Indianapolis-based series showcases drivers from eleven different countries who race on superspeedways, short ovals, road courses, and street courses. Their 1,600-pound open-wheel cars produce almost 700 horsepower and are capable of reaching speeds of 240 MPH. George Barber’s creation … Continue reading Barber Keeps On Giving
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