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Photo: SRO Motorsports Australia SRO Motorsports Australia has announced that former Formula 1 race director Michael Masi has joined the organization as its new head of sporting. Masi takes on the role ahead of this weekend’s penultimate round of the GT World Challenge Australia by AWS season at Sydney Motorsports Park. His duties will entail “ensuring processes and procedures are followed under the standard of SRO Global, managing the Stewards, Race Director and other race officials, as well as implementing international best practices as per other SRO series”. Masi is best known for his three-season tenure as F1’s race director, as he succeeded the late Charlie Whiting in 2019, and notably presided over the controversial 2021 title-decider in Abu Dhabi where Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton to the crown. The fallout from Masi’s decision-making, widely regarded to have influenced the outcome, led to his removal from the role in early 2022. He subse...

Photo: Christian Rasmussen Facebook Christian Rasmussen will make his return to Era Motorsport in this weekend’s TireRack Battle on the Bricks, teaming up with the previously confirmed Nick Boulle in the No. 18 Oreca 07 Gibson. The 26-year-old, who drives for Ed Carpenter Racing in NTT IndyCar Series competition, was part of Era’s LMP2 class-winning lineup in the 2024 Rolex 24 at Daytona. Prior to that, the Dane had been a regular with the team for two seasons, although his last LMP2 start came in January’s Rolex 24 with AO Racing. “I’m excited to be back with my friends at Era for Battle on the Bricks,” Rasmussen said. “I have a lot of great memories with this team, especially winning the Rolex 24 together in 2024. “I’m also really looking forward to working with Nick. I think we have a strong lineup, and I’m confident we’ll be able to fight right at the front.” Boulle added: “I have been out of an LMP2 car and competition f...

Photo: Sam Cobb/BMW The IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge GS rollercoaster season continued at Virginia International Raceway’s flowing, technical 3.27-mile layout. The GS championship lead changed hands for the fourth time this year, while the run of poor results for the GS race winner in their next race continued. Heading into this week’s penultimate round of the season at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Turner Motorsport regained the lead for the first time since Watkins Glen courtesy of a third-place finish for Dillon Machavern and Luca Mars in their No. 95 BMW M4 GT4 EVO. The No. 95 car has sat fourth, second or first through all eight races this year. It has led the standings by as much as 200 points (leaving Round 4 at Mid-Ohio) and trailed by as many as 140 points (in fourth, leaving Round 6 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park). They’re now at the head of a BMW 1-2, with the ever-consistent Austin Krainz and Stevan McAleer 80 points behind in the No. 27 AutoTechnic Racing BMW with ...

Photo: Julien Delfosse/DPPI Ford’s future FIA World World Endurance Championship Hypercar driver Logan Sargeant and recent Pirelli GT4 America race winner Frankie Muniz are among the first six confirmed drivers for Ford’s Veterans Day Classic, which will be staged at Daytona International Speedway. The first wave of drivers for the all-star event was revealed on Monday, featuring six two-car teams of Ford Mustang Dark Horse Rs, each representing a branch of the U.S. military (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard and Space Force). Sargeant and Muniz will be joined by NASCAR stars Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski and Noah Gragson as well as Formula DRIFT ace Ben Hobson, with six other Ford Racing drivers from various racing disciplines to be announced at a later date. They will all race in identically-prepared Dark Horse Rs, typically used in Ford Racing’s single-make road racing series, for the special event on Nov. 11, as part of the HSR Classic 24 Hour at...

Photos: Porsche Porsche factory stars Laurin Heinrich and Kevin Estre will complete Wright Motorsports’ driver lineups for next month’s Indianapolis 8 Hour. Announced on Monday, Heinrich, fresh off overall victory in last weekend’s Suzuka 1000km, will team up with GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Pro-Am points leaders Dave Musial Jr. and Porsche Motorsport North America Selected Driver Ryan Yardley in the No. 31 Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo for the Intercontinental GT Challenge season finale. Estre, meanwhile, will partner Thomas Merrill and Therese Lahlouh in the No. 242 entry. Both cars will compete in the Pro-Am class, although are likely to be in the mix for overall honors. It will mark Heinrich’s third Indy 8H appearance with the Ohio-based team, with the 24-year-old German the only Porsche driver still mathematically in with a shot of the IGTC drivers’ championship. “It’s my third time with the team at this race and I’m very excited t...

Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA Indy Dontje will join TR3 Racing for next month’s Indianapolis 8 Hour presented by AWS, completing the team’s Pro-Am class lineup for the GT World Challenge America powered by AWS season finale. Dontje, a three-time Rolex 24 at Daytona GTD class winner, will team up with Brayton Williams and Daniel Morad, who are fresh off a breakthrough class win in the most recent GTWC America round at Road America. “I’m really happy to join TR3 Racing for the Indy 8 Hour,” said Dontje. “I want to say thank you to Daniel for connecting me with Brayton and TR3. Daniel and I have won Daytona together, and our goal is, of course, to win at Indy “I’m really looking forward to working together with the boys and TR3 Racing. Hopefully we can put everything together and fight for the win.” Team owner Gregory Romanelli added: “We’re excited to have Indy join us for the 8 Hour. He has been an essential part of Mercedes’ enduran...