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WEC Bahrain: #8 Toyota claims title with victory, Iron Dames win last GTE race

Hartley, Buemi and Hirakawa were never threatened in the eight-hour bonus points title decider, the crew of the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid leading every race outside of the pitstop cycles to successfully defend their 2022 crown.

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WEC Bahrain: Toyota holds 1-2 at halfway mark in finale

Brendon Hartley was over 30s clear of the field after four hours of racing at the Bahrain International Circuit on Saturday, aided by early drama for Mike Conway in the sister #7 car at the start.

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The tricky questions that could impact the Spa 24’s modern king

The Spa 24 Hours has seen plenty of change since its first iteration in 1924, one year after the inaugural around-the-clock event at Le Mans, and not just to its famous undulating ribbon of tarmac. The event formed part of the SportsCar World Championship in 1953 and 1981, but for…

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Castroneves on adapting to coaching role: "I still feel I should be driving"

The 48-year-old Brazilian spent the past two seasons in the IndyCar Series running full-time with MSR following his record-tying fourth Indianapolis 500 victory with the team in 2021.

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Shank relishes Petit Le Mans comeback victory in last IMSA race with Acura

Penalties were handed out like candy on Halloween and MSR were not excluded from race control’s justice. Additionally, at one point, the #60 Acura ARX-06 was two laps down following contact with another competitor that required an extended pit stop to replace a toe link.

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Shank relishes Petit Le Mans comeback victory in last IMSA race… for now

Penalties were handed out like candy on Halloween and MSR were not excluded from Race Control’s justice. Additionally, at one point, the #60 Acura ARX-06 was two laps down following contact with another competitor that required an extended pit stop to replace a toe link.

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IMSA Petit Le Mans: MSR wins, Cadillac scoops title after Acura clash

Meyer Shank Racing’s Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun and Helio Castroneves won the race at Road Atlanta, in the team’s final GTP event with Acura, as Action Express Racing’s Cadillac V-Series.R of Derani and Alexander Sims scooped the GTP championship, aided by Jack Aitken.

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Petit Le Mans IMSA: MSR wins, Cadillac scoops title after Acura clash

Meyer Shank Racing’s Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun and Helio Castroneves won the race at Road Atlanta, in the team’s final event with Acura, as Action Express Racing’s Cadillac V-Series.R of Derani and Alexander Sims scooped the GTP championship, aided by Jack Aitken.

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IMSA Petit Le Mans: Porsche leads at one-quarter distance

Acura’s Louis Deletraz led the 54-car field to the green around the undulating 2.54-mile road course in Georgia but Sebastien Bourdais took little time in taking the lead, sweeping his Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac around the Wayne Taylor Racing ARX-06 outside at Turn 1 and quickly pulling clear.

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Petit Le Mans IMSA: Porsche leads at one-quarter distance

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Petit Le Mans IMSA: Albuquerque heads Acura 1-2 in night practice

Albuquerque set the fastest tour on his very last lap of the session in Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport’s Acura ARX-06, to beat the Meyer Shank Racing example of Tom Blomqvist by 0.003s.

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Armstrong, Blomqvist, Lundqvist complete Indy Rookie Orientation Program

Each driver was given three sets of tires and were required to complete three phases of controlled speed in order to be cleared to participate in next year’s Indianapolis 500.

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Shank eager for “swift but sure progress” out of Blomqvist at Indy test

The 29-year-old Briton will be one of three participants on Wednesday, alongside Chip Ganassi Racing’s Marcus Armstrong and Linus Lundqvist, with 2021 NASCAR Cup champion, Kyle Larson, getting his first taste of IndyCar machinery with Arrow McLaren on Thursday.

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Meyer Shank Racing to pause IMSA programme in 2024 but plans comeback

In a statement issued on Tuesday morning, Meyer Shank said it will put its full-focus its IndyCar next year, where it will field two cars for Tom Blomqvist and Felix Rosenqvist, and an additional third entry at Indy 500 for Helio Castroneves.

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Meyer Shank to pause IMSA program in 2024 but plans comeback

In a statement issued on Tuesday morning, Meyer Shank said it will put its full-focus on IndyCar next year, where it will field two cars for Tom Blomqvist and Felix Rosenqvist, and an additional third entry at Indy 500 for Helio Castroneves.

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IMSA Indianapolis: Tandy pounces on Nasr error to lead Porsche 1-2

The #7 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963 of Matt Campbell started on pole and led the field to the green flag.

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IndyCar Laguna Seca: Rosenqvist takes pole by 0.01s in final McLaren race

The speedy Swede, who is joining Meyer Shank Racing in 2024, drove “a gorilla lap” flyer of 1m06.6416s lap on the 11-turn, 2.238-mile natural terrain road course.

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Rosenqvist joins Meyer Shank Racing for 2024 IndyCar season, Pagenaud departs

Pagenaud has been forced onto the sidelines ever since a heavy crash in practice for the Mid-Ohio round in July, triggered by an apparent brake failure, left him with post-concussion symptoms and curtailed his campaign.

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IndyCar Portland: Newgarden overcomes qualifying crash to lead final practice

The two-time series champion and reigning Indy 500 winner simply summarized the rebound after by quipping: “The car looks better than when I wrecked it.”

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Pagenaud ruled out for rest of IndyCar season, Blomqvist in at MSR

Pagenaud has suffered ongoing concussion-like symptoms following his huge crash in practice at Mid-Ohio in July, which was caused by a brake failure.

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Shank admits IMSA future plans “coming down to the last minute”

The factory Acura team’s current deal ends after this season’s Petit Le Mans in October and its future with the brand was put in question following the manipulation of tire data in the season-opening Daytona 24 Hours, which it won.

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IMSA Road America: Campbell, Nasr Penske Porsche takes victory

Drama began even before the 160-minute race got underway, with the pole-sitting #31 Action Express Cadillac forced to start from the back after an incident for Alexander Sims in warmup.

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Linus Lundqvist to make IndyCar debut in Nashville for MSR

Lundqvist is the latest driver to step in for Simon Pagenaud, who continues to recover from a horrendous practice accident at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course earlier this month.

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IndyCar Toronto: Dixon fastest from Kirkwood in warm-up

Dixon topped the 30-minute session around the 11-turn, 1.786-mile Exhibition Place street course with a best lap of 1m01.3208s.

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IndyCar Toronto: Herta tops FP2 as Rosenqvist crashes

Herta topped the 45-minute session around the 11-turn, 1.786-mile Exhibition Place street course with a best lap of 1m00.5657s.

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