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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
ACURA DPi PROGRAM BATTLING TOUGH COMPETITION IN WEATHERTECH CHAMPIONSHIP
The first three races of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship have reinforced one thing about racing in the Prototype class: competition is really tough. Heading into its debut season in the WeatherTech Championship at the beginning of this year, expectations for the two-car Acura Team Penske program and the new ARX-05 Daytona Prototype international … Continue reading
9th PLACE FINISH FOR ACURA TEAM PENSKE IN THE DAYTONA 24 HOURS
No. 6 Acura ARX-05 DPi – Dane Cameron/Juan Pablo Montoya/Simon Pagenaud Start: 10th Overall Finish: 10th Class Finish: 10th Status: Running Laps Completed: 793/808 Recap: The famed No. 6 made its return to sports car racing at Team Penske as Dane Cameron, Juan Pablo Montoya and Simon Pagenaud teamed to compete in the No. 6 Acura ARX-05 in this weekend’s … Continue reading
RICKY TAYLOR, GRAHAM RAHAL & SIMON PAGENAUD COMPLETE ACURA TEAM PENSKE IMSA LINEUP
Acura Team Penske completed its full-time sports car driver lineup today, as the organization announced that recently-crowned IMSA Prototype Champion Ricky Taylor will race in the Acura ARX-05 Daytona Prototype International (DPi) program beginning in 2018. Taylor will team up with Helio Castroneves in one of the team’s two full-time entries in the IMSA WeatherTech … Continue reading
TEAM PENSKE TO ENTER PRESTIGIOUS PETIT LE MANS AT ROAD ATLANTA
Team Penske will enter an ORECA 07-Gibson in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar season finale – the 20th Anniversary Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on Saturday, October 7th the team announced today. Veteran Team Penske drivers Juan Pablo Montoya, Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud will share driving duties in the 10-hour endurance event. The Petit … Continue reading
ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP FOR ACTION EXPRESS RACING
In the final race of the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season, the Action Express Racing team collected another Prototype class driver’s championship following Saturday’s (Oct. 1) Petit Le Mans. Co-drivers Dane Cameron and Eric Curran, along with recently crowned IndyCar Series champion Simon Pagenaud, guided the No. 31 Whelen Engineering/Team Fox Corvette DP to … Continue reading
ACTION EXPRESS RACING CONFIRMS COMPLETE 2016 DRIVER LINEUP
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 … Continue reading
FRANCE’S PAGENAUD READIES FOR FIRST ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA WITH TEAM SAHLEN’S DAYTONA PROTOTYPE DEBUT
World-class endurance driver Simon Pagenaud will join Wayne Nonnamaker and Dane Cameron in Team Sahlen’s No. 42 BMW Riley for January’s 51st running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. The “Wayne and Dane” Show is adding a marquee name to its first-ever Daytona Prototype lineup. World-class endurance driver Simon Pagenaud will join Wayne Nonnamaker and … Continue reading
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