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How an IMSA homecoming has been years in the making

Much has changed since Seb Priaulx last raced a Ford Mustang, the model he will contest as a member of the works GTD Pro squad in next year’s IMSA SportsCar Championship. Rewind back to 2020, and a 19-year-old Priaulx was embarking on his first year of racing in the US…

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IMSA Road America: Acura fastest from BMW in first practice

Acura’s Filipe Albuquerque topped the opening practice session for this weekend’s IMSA SportsCar Championship round at Road America.

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Friday favourite: The giant-killing Porsche that conquered Spa

It takes something truly special for long-time Porsche factory ace Marc Lieb to overlook the 911 GT3 RSR as his favourite car. Such is his passion for the machine in which he took a remarkable against-the-odds GT2 class win in the 2005 Le Mans 24 Hours with Mike Rockenfeller and…

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Le Mans 24 Hours: What's changed for WEC's main event in 2024?

The world’s most prestigious endurance race is back as this weekend drivers will tackle Circuit de la Sarthe for the Le Mans 24 Hours. Ferrari are the defending champions having won the race’s centenary edition in 2023, which was its first overall victory at Le Mans since 1965. But the…

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IMSA Long Beach: Cadillac scores 1-2 in action-packed sprint race

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Bourdais and van der Zande took a ‘no tyres’ pit strategy to get ahead of the sister Action Express-run Cadillac V-Series.R of Pipo Derani and Jack Aitken to score a 1-2 finish for the marque around the 1.968-mile temporary circuit.

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Long Beach IMSA: Cadillac scores 1-2 in action-packed sprint race

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Bourdais and van der Zande took a ‘no tires’ pit strategy to get ahead of the sister Action Express-run Cadillac V-Series.R of Pipo Derani and Jack Aitken to score a 1-2 finish for the marque around the 1.968-mile temporary circuit.

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Long Beach IMSA: Derani takes pole for Cadillac by 0.009s, then wrecks

Derani lapped his #31 Action Express-run Cadillac V-Series.R in 1m11.388s around the 1.9-mile temporary circuit.

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IMSA Long Beach: Derani takes pole for Cadillac by 0.009s, then wrecks

Derani lapped his #31 Action Express-run Cadillac V-Series.R in 1m11.388s around the 1.9-mile temporary circuit.

Motorsport

Ford hopes hit by BoP change for Daytona 24 Hours debut, claims Rockenfeller

Mike Rockenfeller, who is racing the #64 GTD Pro entry with Harry Tincknell and Christopher Mies run by the factory Multimatic squad, told Autosport that “for sure the car is not at the sharp end of the field” ahead of the opening round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.

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Ford Mustang hopes hit by BoP change for Daytona debut, claims Rockenfeller

Mike Rockenfeller, who is racing the #64 GTD Pro entry with Harry Tincknell and Christopher Mies run by the factory Multimatic squad, told Motorsport.com that “for sure the car is not at the sharp end of the field” ahead of the opening round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.

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Top stories from the 2023 NASCAR Cup season

The 2023 NASCAR Cup season had plenty of firsts and perhaps none was bigger than the series’ inaugural street course race, held around historic Grant Park in downtown Chicago. While the weekend faced numerous weather challenges, the racing proved superb and with a surprise winner. Making his first ever start,…

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Ford signs former Audi drivers to expanded Mustang GT3 works roster

Following the end of its successful factory-supported GT programme, Audi stalwarts Mies and Vervisch will join previously-announced quartet Mike Rockenfeller, Harry Tincknell, Joey Hand and Dirk Muller on the Blue Oval's Multimatic-run assault on the IMSA Sportcar Championship's GTD Pro class.

Autosport

The many surprise driver cameos of the 2023 NASCAR Cup season

As for why that may be, the new car itself has to be part of it. The addition of several more road courses, the NASCAR Garage 56 entry at Le Mans, as well as innovative programmes such as Project91 and others like it have all helped to lure several international…

Autosport

The many surprise driver cameos of the 2023 NASCAR Cup season

As for why that may be, the new car itself has to be part of it. The addition of several more road courses, the NASCAR Garage 56 entry at Le Mans, as well as innovative programs such as Project91 and others like it have all helped to lure several international…

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Westbrook swaps Cadillac for Porsche in JDC-Miller MotorSports IMSA return

Westbrook, 48, who partnered Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn in Chip Ganassi Racing’s sole Cadillac entry in this year’s WEC – and scored a podium finish in the Le Mans 24 Hours – will pilot JDC’s Porsche 963 in the second season of GTP competition in America’s premier sportscar series.

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Button happy with “stressful, chaotic, hectic” IMSA GTP debut

Button made his series debut in a Porsche 963 as the extra driver in JDC-Miller MotorSports’ line up at Road Atlanta, and finished fifth alongside Mike Rockenfeller – his Garage 56 Le Mans team-mate – and youngster Tijmen van der Helm.

Autosport

Hanson to race Porsche 963 in IMSA enduros for JDC-Miller squad

The 24-year-old Briton will contest all five 2024 IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup events, starting with the Daytona 24 Hours in January.

Autosport

IMSA Petit Le Mans: Porsche leads at one-quarter distance

Acura’s Louis Deletraz led the 54-car field to the green around the undulating 2.54-mile road course in Georgia but Sebastien Bourdais took little time in taking the lead, sweeping his Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac around the Wayne Taylor Racing ARX-06 outside at Turn 1 and quickly pulling clear.

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Petit Le Mans IMSA: Porsche leads at one-quarter distance

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Button’s options for WEC could include joining Vettel next year

One of his choices is understood to be racing a second Jota Porsche 963 in WEC competition in 2024, with Sebastian Vettel and Robert Kubica also in the frame for drives at the Hertz-backed team.

Motorsport

Ford reveals driver line-up for factory IMSA GTD Pro effort

The announcement comes almost a year after Ford announced grand plans to return to IMSA with Multimatic with two examples of the new-for-2024 Mustang GT3.

Motorsport

NASCAR 2023 Charlotte Roval schedule, entry list, and how to watch

Originally at 16, the playoffs saw the elimination of Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Michael McDowell in the first round.

Motorsport

Rockenfeller hopes for more after career-best NASCAR Cup finish

The two-time Le Mans class winner and former DTM champion was a last-minute fill-in to drive Legacy Motor Club’s No. 42 Chevrolet two weeks ago at the Indy Road Course and again this past Sunday at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International.

Autosport

Button to make prototype return with IMSA GTP Porsche at Petit Le Mans

The 2009 Formula 1 world champion will join regular drivers Tijmen van der Helm and Mike Rockenfeller for the 10-hour Road Atlanta endurance event.

Motorsport

Jenson Button to race IMSA GTP Porsche 963 at Petit Le Mans

It means the 2009 Formula 1 world champion will team up once more, this time at IMSA's season-closing Road Atlanta endurance event, with his Garage 56 NASCAR Le Mans project team-mate Mike Rockenfeller, against whom he raced in NASCAR Cup at Indianapolis last weekend.

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