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Watkins Glen: Rain, Red Flag, Busted Rules Cloud Results
As a result, racing against the clock took on new meaning as the minimum one-hour, 30-minute drive time applied for each driver in every class except DPi. When the stewards sorted it all out, the clock was adjusted to one hour, 17 minutes over what became five-plus hours. This nullified the pit stop strategy for several teams and meant some drivers were short of the 90-minute drive time. Continue reading
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Penske Motorsport Heads List of Porsche 963 WEC and IMSA Contenders During 2023. A New Golden Age of Racing?
This is an intercontinental program as sports car racing enters what could be a new golden age with ever increasing participants and global audiences. For the first time in some 30 years, it will be possible to compete for overall victories in the endurance classics at Le Mans, Sebring and Daytona with cars of identical construction. Continue reading
IMSA – 194 Cars Entered at Watkins Glen Races This Weekend
The five classes are DPi, LMP2, LMP3, GTD PRO and GTD fighting against and among each other with the largest car count at Watkins Glen in eight years. Continue reading
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Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, DPi, GTD, GTD PRO, imsa, Ken Zino, LMP2, LMP3, Michelin Endurance Cup, Porsche Carrera Cup, sports car racing, Watkins Glen
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Le Mans 2022 – Toyota, Porsche, Jota, Aston Martin Win
Toyota Gazoo Racing brought its winning record at LeMans to an extraordinary total of five this year in the top Hypercar class. The number of kilometers traversed by the winning #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid was 5,177.17 at an average of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpine Elf, auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, le mans, Toyota gazoo, wec
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Le Mans – Corvette 1-2 on Grid, Porsche 3-4
It’s great to see so many Corvette flags around the track. This is for everyone who is here to support us and here to watch us. Hopefully we can keep these two yellow Corvettes up front for 24 hours,” said Nick Tandy. Continue reading
Cadillac to Return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans After 22 Years
The prototype has a new Cadillac 5.5-liter DOHC engine package working in conjunction with the LMDh common hybrid system.T he engineering challenge remaining – of course – is to bring the old success of Cadillac’s DPi V.R, which won two titles and four consecutive Rolex 24s in its six years in the IMSA WeatherTech Championship, to the new car. Continue reading
Le Mans Qualifying Practice – Rain, Red Flag and Racing
The No.7 Toyota Gazoo Racing driver set his fastest lap in the dry first 30-minutes of the session before a red flag and then pouring rain nullified affected any improvements in Hypercar or any other class. Continue reading
IndyCar – Chevy Beats Honda in Final Belle Isle Race
Belle Isle was as much a contest of strategies: three stints, one with Red tires that are soft and sticky and faster, but quickly degrading tires; or using the Black more durable racing rubber for two or three pitstops. Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Rossi, auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, indycar, Ken Zino, Road America, Scott Dixon, Will Power
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Caution-Free IMSA Belle Isle – Cadillac Wins DPi, Lexus GT3
“It seems like it’s been feast or famine for the (No.) 01,” said team owner Chip Ganassi, whose organization prepares the Nos. 01 and 02 Cadillacs and collected the team’s 63rd IMSA win. “They either win or something stupid happens.” Ganassi started the week as a team owner by winning the Indy 500. (AutoInformed: Honda Beats Chevrolet at the Brickyard. Record Purse Claimed) Continue reading
Honda Beats Chevrolet at the Brickyard. Record Purse Claimed
The Indianapolis 500 purse record was shattered after a chaotic and red-flagged 106th Indianapolis 500 with race-winner Marcus Ericsson taking home $3.1 million from a total purse of $16,000,200. Continue reading
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Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, indianapolis 500, irl, Ken Zino, roger penske
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The Brickyard – Honda vs Chevy at Indy 500 Sunday
Perhaps even more so after today’s “Carb Day,” which used to be a practice session to allow teams to adjust, ahem, carburetors. Chip Ganassi Racing continued its May dominance as Tony Kanaan was the fastest overall and led three of the team’s drivers in the top four of the 2.5-mile lap chart Friday. The 2013 Indy 500 winner Kanaan’s top lap in the 90-minute session – shortened and started two hours late due to morning rain – was 227.114 mph in the No. 1 The American Legion Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. Continue reading
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SVRA to Sanction Chattanooga Motorcar Festival Pace GP
This will be its third annual event on 14-16 October 2022. The course, along the banks of the Tennessee River, will now include an infield loop and other track improvements. Practice laps begin on Thursday. Racing will take place on Friday and Saturday of the Festival. Continue reading
Lamborghini Joining IMSA GTP LMDh in 2024
Since 2016, Lamborghini has posted 15 victories in the WeatherTech Championship GTD class, including consecutive wins at the Rolex 24 in 2018, ‘19 and ’20. Continue reading
Honda Title Sponsor of the 2022 F1 Japanese Grand Prix
In this year’s Japanese Grand Prix, 10 teams – including Oracle Red Bull Racing and Scuderia AlphaTauri, which Honda supports as a team partner – will compete with 20 drivers who will demonstrate their driving skills and judgment or lack thereof in a racing series that changed its rules this year to allow a novel concept in Formula One – passing. Continue reading
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IMSA Prototype Challenge Nixed for VP Racing SportsCar Challenge
All 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge races will be streamed live in the United States on Peacock, with television coverage airing post-event on USA Network. Live race streaming for international audiences will be available on IMSA.com. This in AutoInformed’s view is the core IMSA problem – the lack of consistent access to all the races for all fans. Continue reading →