Overview The Lamborghini SC63 once again demonstrated its strong reliability by reaching the finish of the 12 Hours of Sebring,...
I couldn’t quite pinpoint why, during the research and writing of this profile, that I kept hearing the Lennon/McCartney hit...
Background The weekend’s highlight of the 2023 “Motul Course de Monterey” was round four of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship. Following the recent “street fight” at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, it was anybody’s guess what this season’s first natural road course race would yield. WeatherTech Laguna Seca...
This past weekend I made the annual pilgrimage to the Long Beach Grand Prix. This year was the event’s 48th...
For twelve hours each March, the IMSA field soaks up the punishment of the rough Sebring surface. The 2023 edition...
Mark Raffauf, the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) Senior Director of Competition, was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club with the 2022 Phil Hill Award. The 2019 recipient, RRDC President Bobby Rahal, made the presentation at the annual RRDC members’ dinner on January 25 before the running of the...
Edited and Reviewed by Rex McAfee Mercedes Benz to Victory Circle The No. 79 WeatherTech Racing/Proton Competition Mercedes-AMG GT3 team...
Feature Image via Ignite Media For our latest episode of automotive personality interviews, we caught up with Parker Thompson, who...
Edited by Rex McAfee Behind the Scenes: Winning is the goal of every team, driver, and manufacturer for every IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Never more so than in 2023 for those about to compete in the new Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class. IMSA offers fans the rare, special opportunity to...
All Content © 2022 Rex McAfee, [email protected] Under clear blue skies with a coastal breeze from nearby Monterey Bay, the...
Back to its traditional Spring running, the 2022 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach brought West Coast race fans all...
If you’re searching for an American racetrack with a unique history, look no further than WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on California’s Monterey Peninsula. Built on property that was once part of the Army’s Fort Ord, racing began here in 1957 and has continued ever since. After decades of the track...
With this weekend’s 60th Rolex 24 At Daytona serving as an appropriate backdrop, the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) and...
The pioneer eras of showroom stock and street stock endurance road racing and IMSA Racing Stocks and International Sedan (RS/IS)...
When you troll the paddock at a vintage race meet as often as I have, it takes a special car to catch your eye. While my heart still goes pitta-pat for Alfas, Moggies, 356s, and just about every Lotus and Jaguar, when a bright orange sports racer I have never...
From hot sunny days to misty mornings, the weather was as varied and interesting as the incredible field of historic...
Photo Gallery of HMSA’s Historic IMSA GTO race at the April 12–14, Long Beach Grand Prix. [button link=”https://sportscardigest.com//historic-imsa-gto-at-the-long-beach-grand-prix/” color=”blue”]Subscribers click...
Subscriber only Photo Gallery of HMSA’s Historic IMSA GTO race at the April 12–14, Long Beach Grand Prix. # 4 – 1985 Mercury Capri – Cal Meeker # 33 – 1991 Chevrolet Camaro – Bill Ockerlund # 30 – 1983 Chevrolet Camaro – Cary Eisenlohr # 95 – 1989 Nissan...
When the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach takes over the streets for racing this coming Friday through Sunday (April...
While the illustrious history of IMSA is littered with great cars and great drivers, it’s easy to forget that the...
Hurley Haywood has been named Grand Marshal of the 2019 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on August 15-18. Considered among the greatest drivers in endurance racing history, Haywood is a major part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), which is...
While the illustrious history of IMSA is littered with great cars and great drivers, it’s easy to forget that the...
The Long Beach Grand Prix has announced that in addition to the Indycar and IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship races,...
In an unusually early announcement, officials from WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) today announced that IMSA will be the featured marque for the 2019 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion to be held at the world-renowned facility in Monterey, California on the weekend of Aug. 15-18,...
The Grand Prix Association of Long Beach has announced that Juan Pablo Montoya and Helio Castroneves will be honored with...
With its current naming rights contract with Mazda set to expire at the end of this month, the still-named Mazda...
So we have lost Dan Gurney, a few months shy of his 87th birthday. Dan was one of the sport’s internationally famous and successful icons: he was a motor racing driver, car constructor and team owner, whose outstanding good looks could just as easily have qualified him for an acting...
Fresh from winning the FIA Founding Members’ Heritage Cup for last year’s event, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will try...
Championship-winning team owner Alex Job (above) is ceasing his team’s professional racing operations and will instead focus upon its historic restoration and competition business. Alex Job Racing has been one of the most successful teams in sports car racing, scoring more than 70 wins since 1995 — including Rolex 24...
