The GT2 version of the Corvette C6.R will face its first endurance race test in Saturday’s Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Although the new-generation Corvette race car has finished on the podium in the last three sprint races – including its first win three weeks ago at Mosport International Raceway – the 1,000-mile/10-hour American Le Mans Series event on the Georgia road course will be the longest race yet for the Corvette ZR1-based machines.
Corvette Racing has seven wins in the GT1 category at Petit Le Mans …Â Details
Ferrari has drawn inspiration from its Enzo to create a power-packed replacement for the F430 with a new look influenced by the Mille Chili concept car.
Ferrari has revealed that the car, officially launched this week at the Frankfurt motor show, will be called the 458 Italia rather than the F450, as rumored. The name derives from the powerplant: a 4.5-liter V8 which Ferrari claims has the highest specific output of any normally aspirated car engine…Â Details
It’s been quite a week for TRG Motorsports owner Kevin Buckler, literally a wheeler and a dealer. On the same day he drove his Porsche around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Buckler signed up a series champion for his Sprint Cup team.
The former Rolex 24 at Daytona winner drove his Porsche 911 GT3 at the Indy in a test held by the Grand-Am Series on the road courses used for Formula 1 and the MotoGP on Thursday.
That same day, the rookie Sprint Cup team owner reached agreement with the 2000 series champion Bobby Labonte to drive in seven of the remaining 12 races.
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A thundering hoard of powerful automobiles is swooping down on Georgia, planning to do battle at Road Atlanta in the 12th annual Petit Le Mans endurance race.
The four-day Petit Le Mans event, September 23-26, features twelve races in eight different series, culminating in the Petit Le Mans Powered by Mazda6 endurance classic. Sports cars, sports racing cars, and open-wheel Formula Atlantic cars will be practicing and racing from 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday the 23rd almost non-stop until 11:15 pm Saturday the 26th (please see schedule … Details