WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Tag

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Driving a brand new Prototype developed and built in his native Russia, IndyCar driver Mikhail Aleshin won the top starting spot for the Rolex 24 at Daytona — with the ninth fastest time of Friday’s qualifying sessions at the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway road course. Englishman Nick Tandy had the afternoon’s fastest lap, leading a Porsche sweep of the top two starting spots in the highly competitive GTLM Class, touring the course in 2:01.408 (105.561 mph) and edging fellow PorscheRead More

DALLAS (January 21, 2016) – Viper Exchange and Gas Monkey Garage announced today a partnership that will see the No. 33 ViperExchange.com Riley Motorsports Dodge Viper GT3-R carry an eye-catching Gas Monkey Garage logo and livery at next weekend’s season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona. The highly-popular Gas Monkey Garage, featuring performance car builds in the global television show ‘Fast N’ Loud’ on Discovery, is a successful car restoring business in Dallas with a unique style. Led by principal Richard Rawlings, the Gas Monkey Garage staff travels around Texas and surroundingRead More

DENVER, N.C. (November 24, 2015) – Action Express Racing has announced the complete driver lineup for the team’s two entries in the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The team had announced the return of the four full-time drivers at Road America in August, and recently added Scott Pruett to the team for the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. Filipe Albuquerque will co-drive the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Chevrolet Corvette Daytona Prototype at with two-time and defending series champions Christian Fittipaldi and João BarbosaRead More

By IMSA Wire Service HOMESTEAD, Florida – Continuing its trend of making major announcements on the biggest stages, officials from Ford Motor Company and Ford Chip Ganassi Racing unveiled the driver lineup for the highly anticipated Ford GT program to debut in the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in a packed media center at Homestead-Miami Speedway as part of Ford Championship Weekend. The two-car team will compete in the GT Le Mans class beginning with the Rolex 24 At Daytona on Jan. 30-31, 2016. The full-time WeatherTech Championship lineup willRead More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief Christina Nielsen will pilot the No. 63 Ferrari 488 GT3 for Scuderia Corsa in the GT Daytona class for the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, confirming her switch from TGR-AMR North America. Nielsen finished second in this season’s GT-Daytona championship and also grabbed Rookie of the Year honors in Pirelli World Challenge. The young Dane signed a multi-year deal with Scuderia Corsa and is the latest in what has been a busy offseason in GT that has seen several drivers change teams and classes. “I’m very honoredRead More