Action Express Racing (AXR) today announced that Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Tristan Nunez (Boca Raton, Florida) will be the full-time drivers in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R for the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship season. Mike Conway (Britain) will join the team for the four endurance events. Nunez joins AXR and the Whelen … Continue reading
Action Express Racing (AXR) together with Jimmie Johnson (El Cajon, Calif.), Simon Pagenaud (France), and Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) will return in the No. 48 Ally Cadillac DPi-V.R to compete for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin Endurance Cup. Coming off of a second-place finish at the Rolex 24 At Daytona four weeks ago, Johnson, seven-time … Continue reading
Ahead of the final race of the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship this weekend at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Action Express Racing has announced that the team will most likely be returning in 2020 with only one car. The No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi.V.R will be co-driven by 2018 IMSA Prototype Champion Felipe … Continue reading
CORVETTE RACING AT LAGUNA SECA: POLE POSITION FOR GAVIN, NO. 4 CORVETTE Oliver Gavin captured pole position Saturday for the GT Le Mans (GTLM) category ahead of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s America’s Tire 250 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. It was the first pole position at the circuit for Gavin, who will start just … Continue reading
Action Express Racing announced the team’s driver line up for the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship ahead of Sunday’s Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix featuring the America’s Tire 250 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The IMSA championship-winning squad will once again stage a two-car campaign in the Prototype class in 2019. Having scored five wins … Continue reading
Action Express Racing Sporting Director Christian Fittipaldi announced on Saturday that the 2019 running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona will mark his final IMSA Prototype outing as he targets a fourth overall victory in the fabled event. “Everything in life has a beginning, middle, and end— and I am at the beginning of the … Continue reading
Action Express Racing delivered another great team effort on Friday. The team will start Saturday’s Chevrolet Grand Prix presented by Lear on the second row with the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing DPi-V.R of Filipe Albuquerque and Joao Barbosa, and the third row with the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing DPi-V.R of Felipe Nasr and … Continue reading
BMW Team RLL Uses Home Field Advantage to Score First and Third Starting Positions at Mid-Ohio BMW Team RLL made full use of its home field advantage to qualify first and third for tomorrow’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio. John Edwards, driving the No. 24 BMW M8 GTE, scored his … Continue reading
After capturing the opening round of the 2018 IMSA Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup during January’s Rolex 24 At Daytona, Whelen Engineering Racing will target a third consecutive podium finish in the challenging 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Advanced Auto Parts this weekend. The race is the second round of the 2018 IMSA … Continue reading
After making a record-breaking and winning start to the 2018 ISA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Mustang Sampling Racing will continue that positive momentum as the team looks to return to victory lane in the 2018 edition of the Sebring 12 Hours this Saturday.. Joao Barbosa (PRT) will team with Filipe Albuquerque (PRT) in the No. 5 … Continue reading