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DragonSpeed set to contest Endurance Cup as Simpson joins for Daytona

Simpson, a 19-year-old Caymanian who will contest the 2024 IndyCar season with Chip Ganassi Racing, joins a squad in DragonSpeed that have won three previous times in the LMP2 class at Daytona (2019, 2020, 2022). He will drive the team’s #81 Oreca 07-Gibson, 2023 Rolex 24 LMP2 victor James Allen,…

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A Christmas wish list for NASCAR 2024

I think we all want this. NASCAR recently held a test at Phoenix in yet another attempt to find ways to produce better racing at oval tracks of one-mile in length or shorter. While the Next Gen car was an obvious success in improving the racing at intermediate tracks, the…

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Upsized WTR Andretti squad quickly “gelling” in Daytona test

The organization grew from a one-car outfit to three, adding an additional machine in the topflight GTP category while also branching out with a new entry in the GTD class.

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Porsche ‘ironing out flaws’ for endurance races, says Tandy

Tandy and team-mate Mathieu Jaminet won two races in the new GTP category this year and had a third taken away following a technical infraction found in post-race scrutineering at Watkins Glen.

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Lamborghini “satisfied” to log over 1,000km in first US test at Daytona

Not only did the new Iron Lynx-run prototype top the GTP timesheets, it covered a total of 1,150km across the two days.

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Blomqvist's "brain capacity" pivotal for IndyCar's new hybrid – Shank

Blomqvist joined MSR’s IMSA program in 2022, vaulting out of the gate to win the Rolex 24 Hours At Daytona en route to the DPi title.

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IMSA releases preliminary entry list for Daytona 24 Hours

Although there are more than two months remaining until the race, the lineup already features 56 drivers that have captured victories in the season-opening endurance classic of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.

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Button, Ericsson complete WTR Andretti's Acura GTP roster for Daytona 24

Button will partner Jordan Taylor, Louis Deletraz and Colton Herta aboard the team's #40 Acura ARX-06 GTP, as the four-time Daytona 24 Hours winning squad expands to two cars for the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship season.

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Jenson Button, Marcus Ericsson complete WTR Andretti roster for Daytona

Button, the 2009 Formula 1 champion, will drive the #40 Acura ARX-06 GTP alongside Jordan Taylor, Louis Delétraz and Colton Herta. Meanwhile, Ericsson, the 2022 Indianapolis 500 winner, completes the roster for the team’s #10 entry that features Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque, and Brendon Hartley.

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Iron Lynx Lamborghini reveals GTD Pro line-up for Daytona before Hypercar debut

The Italian squad will contest the five long-distance races on the IMSA SportsCar Championship calendar that comprise the Endurance Cup.

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Iron Lynx Lamborghini reveals GTD Pro lineup for Daytona before Hypercar debut

The Italian squad will contest the five long-distance races on the IMSA SportsCar Championship calendar that comprise the Endurance Cup.

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Hanson to race Porsche 963 in IMSA enduros for JDC-Miller squad

The 24-year-old Briton will contest all five 2024 IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup events, starting with the Daytona 24 Hours in January.

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Deletraz: Full-season IMSA drive with Acura "something big" for my career

Deletraz will leave the World Endurance Championship after next month's Bahrain finale to race in IMSA’s top GTP class in 2024, joining two-time Daytona 24 Hours winner Jordan Taylor in Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti’s second Acura ARX-06.

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Elliott laments missing NASCAR playoffs, Wallace "relieved" to seal final spot

The Hendrick Motorsport Chevrolet driver missed out on the playoffs for the first time since joining the Cup Series in 2016 after failing to secure the win he needed to progress.

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NASCAR Cup Daytona: Buescher wins, Wallace takes final playoff spot

The race was sent into a two-lap overtime following a horrific crash involving Ryan Preece that resulted in the Stewart-Haas driver being sent to hospital, with Kevin Harvick in the lead on his final outing at the superspeedway.

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Daytona playoff fight preview: Bubba Wallace vs. the field

Wallace, who has never before made the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, sits 32pts ahead of his nearest competition. The pressure is high for the 23XI Racing driver, who admitted that Daytona will be "stressful as hell." A strong run on Saturday would solidify his points cushion, but none of that…

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Shank: IMSA win was for those who said “nasty things” after Daytona 24 Hours

Shank’s Acura ARX-06 scored its second GTP victory of the season at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, following the deduction of 200 points due to tyre data manipulation after its Daytona success – a victory it was allowed to keep in the record books as the rules transgression was only found…

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Shank: IMSA win for those who said “nasty things” after Daytona

Shank’s Acura ARX-06 scored its second GTP victory of the season at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, following the deduction of 200 points due to tire data manipulation after its Daytona success – a victory it was allowed to keep in the record books as the rules transgression was only found…

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Acura ARX-06 “quite ready” to race at Le Mans, but no plans yet

The ORECA-chassised Acura has been the standout car in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, although crashes have blunted its race results since scoring a 1-2 finish in the Daytona 24 Hours.

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Pfaff “gambled” to win after “rollercoaster” Sebring 12 Hours

After the latest Porsche 992-based iteration of the 911 GT3 R was left way off the pace following the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, IMSA corrected its Balance of Performance for Sebring, and the Weissach machines were back in the hunt for GTD Pro and GTD victory.

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Why the WEC's eagerly-anticipated new era is unmissable

This is it! The start! It wasn’t the Daytona 24 Hours in January any more than it was the Spa 6 Hours nearly two years ago. The much-heralded golden era of sportscar racing finally begins with this week’s opening round of the World Endurance Championship at Sebring.

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AO Racing reveals T-Rex livery for Sebring 12 Hours

In January, at the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona the team’s livery paid tribute to the 1983 Daytona 24 Hours-winning Porsche 935 driven by AJ Foyt, Bob Wollek, Preston Henn and Claude Ballot-Lena.

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“Flawed” IMSA BoP sparks WEC switch for Porsche GTD racer Hardwick

The IMSA SportsCar Championship’s reluctance to tweak its GTD Balance of Performance and aid the latest Porsche has prompted 2022 series runner-up Ryan Hardwick's switch to the World Endurance Championship.

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Daytona 500 win "almost overwhelming" for Brad Daugherty

There was a time when Brad Daugherty was fine keeping his name off the owner’s list in NASCAR so as not to “cause any issues.” But there’s no hiding his presence now.

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Suarez: New Chevrolet nose gave better pushes in Daytona 500

Daniel Suarez believes that changes to the nose design of Chevrolet’s NASCAR Cup car has allowed the marque’s Camaro to push more aggressively than before in Sunday’s Daytona 500.

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