Sportscar Racing News
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ALLY RACING RETURNS TO ACTION AT WATKINS GLEN
Drivers Jimmie Johnson (Mooresville, N.C.), Simon Pagenaud (France) and Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) return to action in the No. 48 Ally Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R for this weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International. Johnson, Pagenaud and Kobayashi are only competing in the WeatherTech Championship’s four Endurance Cup races in … Continue reading
TOYOTA HITS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CENTURY AT PORTIMAO
Next week’s event in Portugal marks Toyota’s 100th race at the top level of World Championship endurance racing. Since the debut of the 83C car in the Fuji 1000km in October 1983, Toyota prototypes have participated in 99 World Championship races. Following a historic first Hypercar victory in Spa-Francorchamps, the World Champions face new competition from … Continue reading
HARD-FOUGHT HYPERCAR WIN FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing began the Hypercar era in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with a landmark victory in the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps following an exciting start to the 2021 season in Belgium. Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley earned a place in the record books by winning in the #8 GR010 … Continue reading
HISTORIC FIA WEC HYPERCAR POLE FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing earned a historic first-ever Hypercar pole position as the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) began its new era with the new GR010 HYBRID locking out the front row in qualifying for the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. The #7 Hypercar of World Champions Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López will … Continue reading
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING HYPED FOR HYPERCAR DEBUT
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will begin a new era with its GR010 HYBRID Hypercar when the road to the Le Mans 24 Hours opens at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, the opening round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) on 1 May. A direct successor to the legendary Group C period of … Continue reading
ALLY CADILLAC CLASSIFIED SEVENTH IN THE TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING
Ally Cadillac drivers Jimmie Johnson (El Cajon, Calif.), Simon Pagenaud (France) and Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) crossed the finish line third at the end of the 69th IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, but the team was classified as finishing seventh due to a drive time infraction for Pagenaud. “We cut it … Continue reading
JOHNSON, PAGENAUD, AND KOBAYASHI TO COMPETE FOR IMSA ENDURANCE CUP IN ALLY CADILLAC WITH ACTION EXPRESS RACING
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
ALLY CADILLAC FINISHES SECOND AT ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA
Ally Cadillac drivers Jimmie Johnson, Simon Pagenaud, Mike Rockenfeller, and Kamui Kobayashi finished second in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 At Daytona. As is typical at Daytona, the race came down to the final three hours. The No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R with Kevin Magnusson, Renger van der … Continue reading
ALLY CADILLAC IS FIFTH AT THE 16-HOUR MARK IN ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA
Ally drivers Jimmie Johnson (Mooresville, N.C.), Simon Pagenaud (France), Mike Rockenfeller (Germany), and Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) are currently running fifth in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Daytona International Speedway. Kobayashi was running second and was set to pass the No. 01 Cadillac heading into Turn One for the lead just as the sun was … Continue reading
ALLY CADILLAC DPI-V.R LEADS ROLEX 24 AT EIGHT HOURS
Ally Cadillac and drivers Jimmie Johnson, Kamui Kobayashi, Simon Pagenaud, and Mike Rockenfeller are leading the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 At Daytona eight hours into the race. At the drop of the green, Felipe Nasr showed the speed of the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R by leading throughout his first stint. As … Continue reading
