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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR will crown its 2017 championship for stock car racing in Canada at the track that helped launch the series. NASCAR and Jukasa Motor Speedway announced today that the season finale for the NASCAR Pinty’s Series will be moved to the Hagersville, Ontario, track.

NASCAR

Former Driver “Lil Bud” Moore, 75

August 2, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Former NASCAR driver, promoter and racing enthusiast Paul “Bud” Moore died Aug. 1. He was 75 years old

SPORTSCAR

Nigel Olsson To Drive Laguna Pace Car

August 2, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Legendary musician Nigel Olsson, a driving force behind the music of superstar entertainer Elton John since the 1970s, will drive a pace car during the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion featuring the 60th anniversary celebration of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

News

24-HOUR RACE WINNERS WILL SEE ACTION AGAIN IN ADAC GT MASTERS AT THE NURBURGRING

August 2, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

ADAC GT Masters drivers also do well in endurance races. Following the win in the ADAC Zurich 24-hour race at the Nürburgring by Connor De Phillippi (24, USA), Christopher Mies (28, DEU), Kelvin van der Linde (21, ZA) and Markus Winkelhock (37, DEU), ex-F1 driver Winkelhock, championship leader Jules Gounon (22, F) and Christopher Haase

GT World Challenge Europe

PASIN LATHOURAS READY TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER DRAMATIC SPA 24

August 2, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Pasin Lathouras saw his third participation in the legendary 24 Hours of Spa coming to a very abrupt end after he suffered a major incident through Eau Rouge, that coming towards the end of the race’s second hour.

NASCAR

Papis To Wheel Martin-McClure K&N Entry

August 2, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Veteran road racer Max Papis will drive the Martin-McClure Racing entry in Friday’s Finger Lakes Wine Country 100 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) Int’l

OPEN WHEEL

CAPE MOTORSPORTS AND ASKEW WIN AT MID-OHIO TO EXTEND USF2000 POINT LEAD

August 2, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

With the title fight being as close as it is this year in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires, Cape Motorsports and Oliver Askew needed to hit all their marks this past weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course during the penultimate event on the 2017 schedule.

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TAN SHOWCASES RAW PACE AGAIN AS HE CLOSES IN ON CHINA GT PODIUM

August 2, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Weiron Tan proved that the podium is within reach in the latest outing of the fiercely-disputed China GT Championship at Zhuhai International Circuit last weekend, with an impressive performance around a track that was far from ideally suited to his Bentley Continental GT3.

FORMULA 1

GUSTAV MALJA COMPLETES MAIDEN FORMULA 1 TEST

August 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Gustav Malja completed a successful first Formula 1 test on Tuesday, enjoying a positive introduction to Grand Prix racing with the Sauber F1 Team at Budapest's Hungaroring circuit.

Indycar

New IndyCar Aero Kit Continues Testing Program

August 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The new Verizon IndyCar Series universal aero kit was put through the paces in the road course/street course/short oval configuration for the first time Tuesday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

PWC

Aggressive Pirelli World Challenge Brings in New Car Models, Great Sports Car Racing in 2017 GT, GTS and TC Action

August 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The Pirelli World Challenge Championships has utilized aggressive thinking by its Competition officials to help produce some of the best sports car racing during the 2017 road racing campaign.

NASCAR

Justin Marks Returns To Ganassi XFINITY Program

August 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Justin Marks will return to Chip Ganassi Racing's NASCAR XFINITY Series program to compete in two upcoming road course events.

FORMULA 1

Mercedes 2017 Hungary In-Season Test, Day 1

August 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

George kicks off the second in-season test of 2017 ...

NASCAR

K&N Pro East News & Notes: Watkins Glen

August 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Watkins Glen, N.Y., on Friday, August 4. The road course event will cap off a furious midseason for teams that will have raced five times in a six-week span beginning on July 1.

FORMULA 1

The Lauda Years

August 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

There are few stories quite like Niki Lauda’s time at Ferrari during the mid-1970s. From title wins to fireballs to disagreements over driver selection, the four-season relationship had an array of highs and lows. Lauda had paid for his previous drives at March and then BRM before joining Ferrari on the recommendation of new Ferrari

imsa

CADILLAC DPi-V.R TEAM’S HEADED TO ROLLING ROAD AMERICA

August 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Cadillac V-Performance racing teams Konica Minolta Cadillac, Mustang Sampling Cadillac and Whelen Engineering Cadillac are headed to the challenging Road America race track in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for the IMSA WeatherTech Championship Continental Tire Road Race Showcase to run August 3-6.

imsa

BMW TEAM RLL LOOK TO CONTINUE PODIUM FINISH STREAK AT ROAD AMERICA

August 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

With four races remaining in the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IWSC), this weekend’s race at Road America (USA) begins BMW Team RLL’s final push for the GTLM class championship.

News

LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO NORTH AMERICA ENTERS THIRD ROUND OF COMPETITION AT ROAD AMERICA

August 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America makes its way to yet another classic American road course this weekend for the third stop of the 2017 season at Road America. The historic venue will play host to Rounds 5 and 6 of the championship, marking the midpoint of the season

imsa

MICHAEL SHANK RACING REVEALS NEW ACURA LIVERY

August 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

As the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship enters its final stretch of the 2017 season at Road America this weekend, Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian has once again ramped up the look of its two Acura NSX GT3 machines with a brand new scheme.

GT World Challenge Europe

FACTS ON THE FOURTH AUDI VICTORY AT SPA

August 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

On July 30, Audi won the Spa 24 Hours for the fourth time. The background information and the facts about the victory in the Ardennes. After three victories in 2011, 2012 and 2014, the Audi R8 LMS celebrated its fourth overall win in the Spa 24 Hours.

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