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‘It’s still a race car:’ No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac racing team talks hybrid technology in sports car racing
Read full article: ‘It’s still a race car:’ No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac racing team talks hybrid technology in sports car racingTrooper Steve learns about track safety at Daytona International Speedway
‘Pit officials are responsible for everything that happens on pit lane:’ What an IMSA pit lane official really does
Read full article: ‘Pit officials are responsible for everything that happens on pit lane:’ What an IMSA pit lane official really doesTrooper Steve learns about track safety at Daytona International Speedway
‘When it does happen, we’re ready:’ IMSA track services lead explains response when incidents occur on the track
Read full article: ‘When it does happen, we’re ready:’ IMSA track services lead explains response when incidents occur on the trackTrooper Steve learns about track safety at Daytona International Speedway
Vasser Sullivan set to claim 1st major motorsports title. Team still eyeing return to IndyCar
Read full article: Vasser Sullivan set to claim 1st major motorsports title. Team still eyeing return to IndyCarTwo years after leaving IndyCar to give their full focus on their growing sports car team, Vasser Sullivan Racing will win its first major championship Saturday.
Ferrari topples Toyota in return to 24 Hours of Le Mans after 50-year absence
Read full article: Ferrari topples Toyota in return to 24 Hours of Le Mans after 50-year absenceFerrari ended a 50-year absence from the 24 Hours of Le Mans by toppling mighty Toyota in the centenary running of the most iconic sports car race in the world.
Antonio Garcia tests positive for COVID-19 during Rolex 24
Read full article: Antonio Garcia tests positive for COVID-19 during Rolex 24General Motors waited until the race concluded at Daytona International Speedway to announce the Spaniard had tested positive. He had a brief media availability Sunday morning, presumably before he learned he'd tested positive. Garcia was the second driver to test positive for COVID-19 during the Rolex weekend. Mathieu Jaminet was replaced by RWR Eurasia last week when he tested positive, and Black Swan Racing withdrew when owner/driver Tim Pappas tested positive. AdThe Rolex 24 is the opening event of the North American motorsports season and NASCAR and IMSA held it with limited spectators at Daytona.
Magnussen to race American sports cars for Ganassi in 2021
Read full article: Magnussen to race American sports cars for Ganassi in 2021CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Formula One driver Kevin Magnussen will move to the IMSA sports car series in 2021 driving for Chip Ganassi Racing. “If you are in professional racing anywhere in the world, you know the name Chip Ganassi and what it represents in motorsports,” Magnussen said. Van der Zande is a two-time Rolex 24 at Daytona winner, most recently in January when teamed with Ganassi driver Scott Dixon. Lineups for the 2021 IMSA season are rapidly coming together with a flurry of announcements over the last week. “We have not been shy about our attack on the IMSA GTD championship for 2021,” team co-owner Jimmy Vasser said.
Driver Felipe Nasr tests positive for virus before Daytona sports car race
Read full article: Driver Felipe Nasr tests positive for virus before Daytona sports car raceDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Felipe Nasr has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss the IMSA sports car race Saturday at Daytona International Speedway. Action Express Racing said Friday that Gabby Chaves will replace Nasr and the Brazilian would quarantine in Miami. Nasr said he began to feel ill while driving Thursday to Daytona Beach. Hopefully, I will recover quickly, and my doctors can clear me to return to racing soon.Nasr, the 2018 IMSA prototype championship, was scheduled to drive the No. Chaves drove for the team in 2018 at Petit Le Mans, finishing eighth.