Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Tag

By IMSA Wire Service If Helio Castroneves is comfortable heading into this weekend’s Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio – and the Brazilian driver says he is – that could make many of his IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competitors somewhat uncomfortable. Last year, Castroneves and his No. 7 Acura Team Penske ARX-05 Daytona Prototype international (DPi) co-driver, Ricky Taylor, partnered to lead a 1-2 sweep for the team in the first IMSA race on the 2.238-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course since 2013. Castroneves also took the Motul Pole Award inRead More

By IMSA Wire Service After two endurance races totaling 36 hours of competition, followed by a 100-minute sprint race, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship heads into its “regular season” with the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio. The race on Sunday, May 5, is the first of six two-hour and 40-minute races on the 12-race WeatherTech Championship calendar. The race features a 36-car entry list across four WeatherTech Championship classes, DPi with 11 entries, GTLM with eight, GTD with 15 and LMP2 with two. The GTD and LMP2 classes returnRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer CONCORD, N.C. – In NASCAR’s first race weekend at the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course, everything is coming full circle for road course ringer Justin Marks. Prior to the start of the race weekend, the Rocklin, CA native tweeted that he will be stepping away from NASCAR competition following the completion of the Bank of America ROVAL 400 on Sunday, Sept. 30. “It’s just run its course,” Marks said. “Honestly, I have pretty lofty ambitions on the business side, have some projects that I’m workingRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Like many road course ringers, when Alon Day made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in 2016, he was out of his element. Although the NASCAR Next alum was competing at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the racing required a radically different approach than he has had in Europe. Day drove the No. 40 FLWaterFront.com Dodge Challenger to an impressive 13th-place finish in his debut. The 26-year-old turned heads in the woefully underfunded MBM Motorsports car, running inside the Top-10 for much of the race. DayRead More

By Matt Tifft, Driver Columnist Editor’s note: Matt Tifft, driver of the No. 2 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, shares his 2018 campaign with Motorsports Tribune as he aims for a shot at the championship.  Growing up just outside of Cleveland in Hinckley, Ohio, I have always been a diehard Cleveland sports fan. Browns, Cavs, Indians – I’m a fan of them all. However, I had never been to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course until I ran it for the first time in 2017 and finished third.Read More

By Pato O’Ward, Driver Columnist Editor’s note: Pato O’Ward will be contributing to Motorsports Tribune selectively throughout the 2018 Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires season. The 18-year-old Texas-based Mexican racer pilots the No. 27 Mazda/Dallara IL-15 for Andretti Autosport. A Rolex 24 at Daytona winner and series champion in the Prototype Challenge class a season ago in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, O’Ward will be looking for similar success during his rookie campaign in the top rung of the Mazda Road to Indy. Drive, Determination and Hunger. Those three things are whatRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender Alex Labbe earned a career-first at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The DGM Racing driver earned his first top-10 finish in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Rock N Roll Tequila 170. Labbe had to claw the way through the field in his No. 36 Larue Chevrolet Camaro SS throughout the waning laps. After sliding off course with about 20 laps to go, timely cautions benefitted the St. Albert, Quebec, Canada native. Labbe battled drivers in equipment that is better funded, includingRead More

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service LEXINGTON, OHIO – Justin Allgaier pulled off the NASCAR version of a “spin and win” to take the Xfinity Series victory in Saturday’s Rock N Roll Tequila 170 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The JR Motorsports driver of the No. 7 Brandt Chevrolet rallied from late-race contact and a spin to pass Austin Cindric with eight laps remaining, claiming his third win of the season and first at the famed 2.4-mile road course. Cindric’s No. 22 Penske Racing Ford won the pole position andRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer A top-five finish has been a long time coming for NASCAR Xfinity Series regular Ryan Truex. He finally broke through to finish inside the top-five for the first time since 2012 in the Rock N Roll Tequila 170 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. In the chaotic run to the finish, Truex had to hold off the bulk of the field while on older tires. While Justin Allgaier, Daniel Hemric, and Matt Tifft slipped by his No. 11 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet Camaro SS, heRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer WeatherTech Sports Car Championship driver Katherine Legge will make her NASCAR Xfinity Series debut this weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Legge’s diverse racing background includes A1GP, Champ Car, DTM, Formula 3, Formula E, Formula Renault, IndyCar, and currently IMSA competition in the No. 86 Acura NSX GT3 for Meyer-Shank Racing. Legge will drive the No. 15 Chevrolet Camaro SS for JD Motorsports in the Rock N Roll Tequila 170. The Johnny Davis-owned team is on the verge of making the Xfinity Series PlayoffsRead More