Tag: endurance racing
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Aston Martin Announces Road Going Version of their Valkyrie LMH Race Car
After getting spat on by a French bus driver, we finally made it to Le Mans! Following the announcements of road going versions of their Le Mans Hypercars (LMH) from Glickenhaus and Porsche, Aston Martin follows suit with their own version. Dubbed simply “the Aston Martin Valkyrie”, this road legal LMH car is more than…
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Our First Serious Article – lmao XD rofl (rawr) (I felt emotions)
(This might be a bit pretentious lmao) You’re a little shit in middle school, and congrats you’re now into cars. McLaren this and Porsche that, and suddenly you’ve been persuaded that those 4 wheeled hunks of metal are the coolest things on the planet. And lucky for you, your dad is nuts, takes you on…
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IMSA asks Peacock to Adjust Ad to Racing Footage Ratio
After being overwhelmed with complaints through the 2023 season, the lads over at IMSA have finally reached out to streaming partner Peacock to renegotiate their contract. Specifically, the clause that dictates the percentage of the stream dedicated to advertisement space. “After being bombarded with complaints, we decided to have a look ourselves.” Head of IMSA…
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HSR Introduces New Category for the Classic 24 Hours of Daytona : Pre-Pre-Season Testing
After several confused reports over the years about why Turner Motorsports was running their active GT3 car or “why is there an LMP3 in my historic race”, organizers at Historic Sportscar Racing have decided to act. For the 2023 Classic 24 hour race at Daytona, they are opening up a new class specifically for teams…
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IMSA takes Inspiration from iRacing Week 13 for 2024 Season
After a night of drunkenly watching iRacing’s “Week 13” shenanigans, directors at IMSA have decided to take inspiration for the 2024 season. “We throughly enjoyed watching a figure 8 race comprised of Skip Barber Formula Dodges vs current F4 cars, and figured we could generate the same type of enthusiasm”, says IMSA head John Doonan.…
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IMSA asks manufactures to please change the shirts they give to people each year
In a move to attract more fans to track side displays, IMSA asks manufacturers to change the shirts they give out during races. “The manufacturers who set up displays at our races, namely Ford, Chevy, Cadillac, BMW, Honda/Acura, Lexus, Lamborghini, Toyota, and Hyundai, have all been reporting a decrease in viewership numbers”, says IMSA head…
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A Melkus RS1000 Is The Best Kind Of Terrible
From the desk of Daniel “Pinecone” Verona. In the past I have written of cars so underwhelming that they end up being great fun to drive. Some others follow this path with no positive impressions at all, and a certain, rare group have so many kinds of negative qualities that they are immensely hard to…
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Spec Altima vs Spec Land Yacht – Which is the Series for You?
There are a surprising amount of options out there if you want to dive into competitive racing. SCCA and NASA, the two largest motorsports organizations in the US of A, offer us two unique classes to look at, and help you decide which is right for the aspiring racing driver inside all of us. Spec…
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Toyota Developed GT3 Car Looking for Parents
Toyota stunned the world last year revealing the GR GT3, a brand new platform designed specifically for GT3 regulations. However, Toyota is still figuring out it’s hardest detail: “Developing a race car was the easy part,” a Toyota representative told us, “however figuring out what exactly we’ve created has been fairly difficult”. A team of…
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FSAE Team Ignored for 24 hours
During the biggest IMSA race in history, one formula SAE team found itself relegated to a forgotten corner of Daytona International Speedway. Hoping to secure valuable technical and financial support from the more affluent RaceFan®️ or race team, a local formula SAE team (a university student run automotive engineering competition) secured prime real estate at…