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Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA As part of the celebration of the 75th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring to be run March 20, a panel of ten sports car racing experts have selected the ‘Class of 75’ – the 75 greatest drivers ever to participate in the world-renowned race. Beginning on Sept. 15, and again on the second Tuesday of each month through January, 15 drivers from the list will be announced. Predictably, the ‘Class of 75’ is a who’s who of drivers who have competed in the grueling once-around-the-clock battle at Sebring. A driver’s success away from Sebring International Raceway was not factored into the selection. In total, drivers on the list made 878 career starts at Sebring, accounting for 109 overall victories and 93 class wins. “As we celebrate 75 magical years of racing at Sebring International Raceway, it’s only fitting we kick off the next seven months of festivities by recognizing the best drivers who found success in one of the most challeng...

Photo: Nissan Katsumasa Chiyo says Nissan must find a way to extract more performance from its Z NISMO GT500 car heading into the latter half of the SUPER GT season after the major leap forward taken by Honda in the most recent races at Fuji and Suzuka. Chiyo and his co-driver in the works No. 23 Nissan, Mitsunori Takaboshi, were best of the rest in last month’s Suzuka 300km behind the three Honda HRC Prelude-GTs that locked out the podium, rising from eighth on the grid to finish fourth. Honda made a marked improvement starting from the third round of the season at Fuji, taking advantage of the long break after the Golden Week round at the same circuit to completely revamp the new-for-2026 car’s setup concept . With Toyota having started the season in a dominant position with its GR Supra, Chiyo believes Nissan now needs to make a similar leap to Honda to stay in the running. “We were able to get on the podium in Round 2 [at Fuji], which was something we knew we...

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Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca will officially rename its iconic Corkscrew the “Zanardi Corkscrew” on Friday, honoring the late Alex Zanardi and commemorating the 30th anniversary of his extraordinary pass that became one of the defining moments of his remarkable career. The ceremony will bring together guests from throughout Zanardi’s career including Chip Ganassi, Max Papis, Doug Boles, and other IndyCar legends. Plans for a commemorative marker recognizing the Zanardi Corkscrew will be unveiled during the ceremony, permanently linking his name with the most famous landmark in motorsports. The circuit placed a “Grazie Alex” message at the Corkscrew during the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship round in May, the same weekend where the Italian passed away at the age of 59. On Sept. 8, 1996, during the final lap of the CART season finale at Laguna Seca, Zanardi, driving the No. 4 Target Chip Ganassi Honda Reynard made a dar...

Photo: RacingPixels/Creventic Forty cars are expected to compete in the season finale of the Michelin 24H European Series at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya later this month. The Michelin 24H Barcelona is the only continuous 24-hour race on the European calendar. Championship leaders GetSpeed Team JR286 headline the initial entry list with its Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. The GT3-Am squad took victory last time out at the Nürburgring and hold a narrow ten-point advantage over the rest of the field. Just behind in the overall standings is Sainteloc Junior Team’s No. 18 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II. The French team is one of three Audi R8s set to race in Barcelona, with Juta Racing and Continental Racing by Simpson Motorsport also part of the 16-car GT3 field. With a total of 60 points on offer over the course of the race, Hofor Racing’s third-placed Mercedes-AMG is also in with a shot at the overall title. So too is the sister GetSpeed Team PCX No. 28 Mercedes-AMG, which holds the lead in the ...

Photo: Lamborghini By Colin Queen Back in March, I wrote that if last season was about opening a door, this year was about walking through it. Past the midpoint now, that door has led somewhere I didn’t fully expect: I’m competing in two championships, in two very different cars, on two continents. Sebring started Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America the hard way. A Race 1 DNF put us behind before the first weekend was over. We responded the next day, with Tommi Gore and I bringing the No. 4 ANSA Huracán home P3 in Race 2. What I wasn’t talking about publicly back in March was a second program. This year I’ve moved into LMP3 with 23Events Racing, the AF Corse-run team, in the Michelin Le Mans Cup, sharing the No. 50 Ligier JS P325 Toyota with Giovanni Maschio, my first season in prototypes. Barcelona was our first race together and we finished on the podium. Photo: Supplied Paul Ricard turned that momentum into a win, a proper closing-stint fight for...

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