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Skip Barber Racing School: A clear path to road racing
Thursday, 19 April 2018The path to competitive road racing can be confusing. Depending on the sanctioning body, the requirements can differ, and the process can vary. The Skip Barber Three Day Racing School and Two Day Advanced Racing School are both SCCA accredited, and are the perfect path for drivers ready to get their Full Competition License and step up tot club racing. Skip Barber graduates are among the most suc...
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RaceQuip VESTA15 carbon fiber helmet
Thursday, 19 April 2018RaceQuip has now introduced a carbon fiber version of its VESTA15 full face helmet. The VESTA15 design is a bold departure from traditional auto racing helmet styling and now it's lighter than ever. The VESTA15 Carbon helmet is dual certified to both Snell SA2015 and FIA 8859 specifications. The contemporary design paired with modern production techniques creates a balance between light weight an...
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Podcast: The Week in Sports Cars, April 11
Wednesday, 11 April 2018Sports car reporters Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin parse though a ton of FIA WEC and ELMS developments coming out of the 30-hour Prologue test and associated on-track activity, look into Porsche's lap-record run at Spa with an unhinged 919 Hybrid ( pictured ), explore the upcoming visit by IMSA to Long Beach and how BoP changes have been made to satisfy one ownership group with a valid conce...
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IndyCar’s performance electronics: Cosworth's motorsport solutions are road-ready
Wednesday, 11 April 2018There is no doubt about it: IndyCar's new-look challenger is a hit. But behind the widespread fanfare, a quieter evolution has occurred â IndyCar's performance electronics solutions have received a substantial upgrade. Automotive and motorsport electronics specialist Cosworth â technical partner to the series for over 20 years â has invested heavily in its performance electronics solutions over t...
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Podcast: The week in sports cars, April 3
Tuesday, 03 April 2018Sports car reporters Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin dive into the SCCA Trans-Am weekend at Road Atlanta that saw former IndyCar driver Rafa Matos and former ALMS champion Chris Dyson win as 2003 Champ Car title winner Paul Tracy made his return to racing on the same weekend. The upcoming 30-hour FIA WEC Prologue test is also covered, and then MP+GG move onto listener questions, including thei...
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WEC mandates Halo from 2019
Sunday, 01 April 2018The FIA World Endurance Championship will adopt Formula 1's Halo driver protection device at the onset of the 2019 season. RACER has learned the WEC's LMP1 and LMP2 prototype teams, and its factory-supported GTE-Pro entries will be required to submit Halo designs to the FIA safety commission for approval by the end of the calendar year. GTE-Am teams, for reasons that remain unclear, have been exe...
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WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca to reverse course
Sunday, 01 April 2018With a new naming rights sponsor comes significant changes to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. At the top of the list will be a change in direction of the famous racing circuit. Racers will now run the 2.322-mile, 11-turn track counter-clockwise. This change in direction makes Turn 1 the slowest corner on the track. As competitors accelerate out of the exit of Turn 1 and head up to the Camber Cur...
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Podcast: The week in sports cars, March 29
Thursday, 29 March 2018Sports car reporters Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin dive into the Pirelli World Challenge weekend at COTA, Juan Pablo Montoya's pending Le Mans debut with United Autosports, Spirit of Daytona's big financial hit after Sebring, VLN racing in Germany, World Endurance Championship notes of interest, and then move on to answer some great listener questions. Everything from creating fake sports ca...
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RACER.com scores two consecutive weekends of explosive growth
Wednesday, 21 March 2018Buoyed by the highly anticipated debut of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series aero kits at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, and the prospect of a thrilling second round of the IMSA WeatherTech Championship at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, RACER.com earned a dramatic year-on-year increase in audience for both events. The trend began with a record setting January 2018, riding a surge ...
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Podcast: The Week in Sports Cars, March 20
Tuesday, 20 March 2018Sports car reporters Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin walk through a manic Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring where crashing and excellence converged in Florida, and then move on to answer awesome listener questions.
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Podcast: A conversation with Porsche legend Vic Elford
Saturday, 17 March 2018Porsche racing legend Vic Elford visits regales us with tales of winning the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona, the skills he gained in rallying that opened doors to Formula 1, Can-Am, Trans-Am, and more, plus testing and drifting the Porsche 917, the friendship he built with NASCAR founder Bill France, and the Briton closes by offering his thoughts on today's drivers and their cars. F1 sophomore Lance St...
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Podcast: The Week in Sports Cars, March 14
Wednesday, 14 March 2018Sports car reporters Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin dive in the upcoming Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the Pirelli World Challenge season opener at St. Petersburg and some of the GT3 production numbers and GT4 driver ratings changes in the works, and then move onto more than an hour of listener Q&A.
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Classic Racing Stories podcast: John Andretti and the 1989 Miami IMSA GTP race
Tuesday, 13 March 2018Paired with sports car racing legend Bob Wollek in the Busby Racing Porsche 962, John Andretti recounts the bizarre exchange at the 1989 IMSA GTP race in Miami where the Frenchman refused to let the American in the car during a planned driver change. The embarrassing, passive/aggressive encounter with the late Wollek continues to stand as one of the crazier moments from Andretti's long career.
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Sebring plays host to auctions for Austin Hatcher Foundation
Monday, 12 March 2018One of the world's iconic auto races, the 66th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts, will enable the Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer to showcase its efforts this weekend via auctions designed to raise both funds and awareness. The 12-hour endurance sports car classic, set for Saturday, is the second event on the International Motor Sports Associati...
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You can still win a Global MX-5 Cup car while helping Lemons of Love
Thursday, 15 March 2018There's still time to take a shot at winning your own Mazda Global MX-5 Cup racecar while doing your part to help Lemons of Love in a fundraiser that will help brighten the lives of those going through chemotherapy. From now until March 17 â the Mobil1 Twelve Hours of Sebring â entrants can purchase tickets for $100 per entry, helping Lemons of Love as it looks to reach and surpass its $250,000 g...
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