Auto Racing News
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Column: Roger Penske moves closer to shot at winning Le Mans
DAYTONA Seaside, Fla. (AP) — Roger Penske thinks in targets, even when his to-do record is quite perfectly lined. The one hole in the Workforce Penske trophy case can only be stuffed by the 24 Several hours of Le Mans. Winning the most prestigious sports activities vehicle race in the entire world is on Penske’s bucket record as his 86th birthday draws close to. Very last 12 months was quite massive yr for “The Captain” as it opened with Austin Cindric’s victory in the Daytona 500 on Penske’s 85th birthday. Will Electric power received the IndyCar title and Joey Logano the NASCAR Cup Series title to mark the very first…
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Convergence, relevance key to sports car racing’s growth, says Ganassi’s Hull
The introduction of the Grand Touring Prototype class at Daytona Worldwide Speedway this weekend at the Roar In advance of the 24 is just a taste of what is to arrive, says Mike Hull, Chip Ganassi Racing’s managing director. The LMDh vehicles such as the Cadillac V-LMDh his group is racing in each the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the World Stamina Championship are a world-wide system that arrived about with collaboration in between IMSA and the ACO, designed to have parity with the FIA’s Hypercar formulation. That usually means that for the very first time considering that the heyday of the American Le Mans Collection, the top prototypes in…
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Column: Hendrick checking off his own personal bucket list
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hendrick Motorsports started out as All-Star Racing in a outdated shop with wooden-paneled partitions and just more than enough space for its 8 staff members. Rick Hendrick experienced cobbled together just ample dollars to start that unsponsored NASCAR team for the 1984 season. He experienced owned Town Chevrolet in Charlotte for just over 5 years, but racing was his initial appreciate, so he gave it a go as NASCAR’s growth began sprawling earlier its Southern borders. All-Star Racing almost went broke two months into its inaugural year ahead of a victory by Geoff Bodine — the third option driver! — saved the season and stored the…
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Mid-week recap of Chili Bowl to date
TULSA, Okla. — Midway by the 37th annual Chili Bowl Nationals, 6 drivers are locked into Saturday’s Main celebration with four additional established to be a part of them on Thursday and Friday evenings. Qualifying Evening 1 belonged to “Mr. Monday,” Cannon McIntosh. He led flag-to-flag, but it was not as quick a evening as that indicates. All through the 30-lap affair, he had to fend off a problem by Chris Windom on two early restarts. With a handful of laps remaining, (six or seven, McIntosh states he dropped monitor), his ideal rear tire commenced to deflate. He could hear the change in harmonics and feel the tire softening, but…
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Johnson to drive No. 84 for rebranded Legacy Motor Club
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson on Wednesday exposed his rebranded NASCAR team and reported he will travel the No. 84 — the reverse of his longtime No. 48 — when the seven-time winner competes for Legacy Motor Club. Legacy Motor Club replaces Petty GMS, the name the two-auto Cup crew experienced final yr when Maury Gallagher became the main proprietor of Richard Petty’s business. Johnson bought into the ownership team in November, and with two of NASCAR’s 7-time champions aspect of the crew, the identify transform was fitting. “With the addition of Jimmie in an possession function, we realized modify was inevitable with his expertise and knowledge,” stated Gallagher,…
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Auto heavyweights Andretti, GM join to race on Formula 1’s global stage
Two icons of the U.S. auto planet, Andretti World wide and Basic Motors Co.’s Cadillac, are teaming up to race in the world’s most prestigious, open-wheel, motor-racing sequence, Method 1. The bombshell information Thursday came as Formulation 1 and Cadillac are building significant pushes in new markets, and dovetails with retired race-car or truck driver Michael Andretti’s ambitions to abide by in the footsteps of his renowned father, Mario Andretti, to conquer F1 with an American staff. The shift also comes as GM is accelerating its determination to global motorsport: Cadillac is pursuing victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this yr with a new, prototype athletics car, and…
