Archive for the ‘Sports Car’ Category
In the absence of a NASCAR Sprint Cup race this weekend, and with neither the Indy Racing League or Formula 1 seasons under way yet, a little more attention than usual may be focused on the nation’s best sports car race, the 12 Hours of Sebring.
While the Rolex 24 at Daytona (in a different sports car series than Sebring, the Grand Am Daytona Prototypes instead of the American Le Mans Series) is run on the relatively smooth Daytona tri-oval and infield circuit, Sebring is a bumpy, suspension- and gearbox-busting airport layout that is the best preparation automakers have for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France three months later.
Sebring has always been more about cars and manufacturers than drivers: Ford vs. Ferrari, Ferrari vs. Porsche, Porsche vs. Jaguar and so on. …Â Details
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Following a winter of preparation, Drayson Racing made its Le Mans Series debut, and in fact its motorsports debut, today at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. The Official Partner Team of Aston Martin Racing brought its No. 87 Aston Martin Vantage GT2 and drivers Paul Drayson (London/Gloucestershire, UK) and Jonny Cocker (Guisborough, Yorks, UK) to the 5.791 Km (3.6 miles) race course with an eye towards sizing-up the competition in the European-based Le Mans Series. Day one of the two day official Series-wide test gave Drayson Racing its first occasion to benchmark…Â Details