Charles Côté

New Era Cap, in its fourth year as the official headwear of IndyCar, has teamed up with top U.S. single-seater team Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in a new collaboration.

A dozen Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams are set to compete in two different IMSA sports car racing series this weekend at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) during the 56th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, January 24 – 28, which features the opening rounds of both the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge.

Saturday at Daytona International Speedway, 50 sports cars will roar to the green flag for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opening race, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Drivers and teams will race twice around the clock, challenging man and machine in the longest endurance racing event of the IMSA season. Last year, the No. 48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 placed as the top Lamborghini, finishing seventh in class.

JAG Metals LLC, has signed a multi-year renewal as the entitlement sponsor of the annual fall NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Fernando Alonso was on hand during Tuesday’s portion of the NASCAR Media Tour to help promote this weekend’s Rolex 24 At Daytona at Daytona Int’l Speedway.

Shane van Gisbergen is set to put his sideways skills to the test when he rejoins the D1NZ National Drifting Championship next month.The 2016 Supercars Championship title winner will make his long awaited return to the series.

ThorSport Racing has confirmed Ben Rhodes and Grant Enfinger will return to the team for the upcoming NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.

Kyle Busch Motorsports has added Brandon Jones, Spencer Davis and Riley Herbst to the team's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series roster.

Alex Bowman left the 32nd running of the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals feeling disappointed and frustrated.

Endurance racing, well, has endured. It’s been woven into motorsports’ fabric from the very beginning. Epic events such as the Rolex 24 At Daytona, the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans are bucket-list events for teams, drivers and fans.

RHC Lawrence-Strom (RHC) partners with Audi of America, Kettler Motor Werks and GMG Racing to field the first female-only driver lineup in IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge history. Gosia Rdest and Ashley Freiberg will drive the No. 50 Audi R8 LMS GT4 supported by RHC, GMG and Audi Sport customer racing.

Roush Fenway Racing has announced the driver schedule for the No. 60 Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Xfinity Series that will be shared by Austin Cindric, Chase Briscoe and Ty Majeski.

IMSA Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Yokohama Gold Cup class champion Roman De Angelis has signed on to drive with Kelly-Moss Road and Race in the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama series.

This will be Clint Bowyer’s second season as part of Stewart-Haas Racing and the 38-year-old Kansas native is ready to hit the ground running.

Juncos Racing will continue its partnership with Chevrolet for the Verizon IndyCar Series.

And for racing team owner John Visconti III, an opportunity of a lifetime flashed before him last fall. And it's paid dividends for driver Brandon McReynolds. Visconti was at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series weekend, which also included a NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race. It was that trip to Charlotte that brought the opportunity to his attention.

Drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, ILL.), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), Gunnar Jeannette (Salt Lake City, Ut.) and Jeff Segal (Miami, Fla.) came away from the Roar test three weeks ago with a lot of laps under their belts and optimism for the race this weekend. The team, on the strength of the Scuderia Corsa prepared No. 63 WeatherTech Racing Ferrari 488 GT3, had a fault-free run at the test allowing the drivers to focus on getting laps and the team to get a set-up on the white and black Ferrari that satisfied all four drivers.

Cadillac V-Performance Racing teams Konica Minolta Cadillac, Mustang Sampling Cadillac, Whelen Engineering Cadillac, and Spirit of Daytona Cadillac are taking the momentum from the Roar Before the 24 test three weeks ago into the IMSA WeatherTech Championship Rolex 24 Hours At Daytona race weekend, January 27-28. Cadillac DPi-V.R race cars posted the four fastest times.

Two 24-hour races within a fortnight are a special challenge for any race team. With a podium finish in the Dubai 24 Hours, the 2018 season started off in a promising way. The GRT Grasser outfit with Mark Ineichen (CHE), Rolf Ineichen (CHE), Christian Engelhart (DEU) and Mirko Bortolotti (ITA) rounded out their successful weekend.

This week, Tequila Patrón ESM will return to Daytona International Speedway in hopes of again clinching the overall victory at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The 2016 Rolex race winners bring with them strong momentum, as they ready to officially begin the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship.