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Photo: Brett Farmer/IMSA A total of 21 cars are set for next weekend’s Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic, in the second and final IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship street race of the season. Next Saturday’s 100-minute sprint race on the downtown Detroit course will feature 11 GTP and ten GTD Pro entries. There are no changes in the GTP class, which sees the same driver lineups from last time out at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, which was the site of JDC-Miller Motorsports’ breakthrough first victory with its Porsche 963. Laurin Heinrich leads the standings as a result, 21 points ahead of Action Express Racing driver Jack Aitken. Porsche Penske Motorsport’s Felipe Nasr and Julien Andlauer sit third on 1323 points each, 73 points behind Heinrich, who is due to miss next month’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen due to a clash with the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa. The GTD Pro class sees the addition of a second Vasser Sullivan entry , ...

Photo: SRO/JEP The Eastalent Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II of Christopher Haase set the pace during a rain-affected two-day CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa Prologue. A total of 16 hours of track time was available to crews over the course of the Prologue, but it was Haase’s lap from the opening morning that ended up being the benchmark. The German clocked a 2:16.535 in the No. 3 Audi to fractionally outpace Dorian Boccolacci at the wheel of the No. 16 Boutsen VDS Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo by just 0.042 seconds. Haase’s lap was three tenths slower than the best from last year’s Prologue, ironically also headed by an Audi. Boccolacci’s time, meanwhile, led the way in the five-hour Tuesday afternoon session, which produced the majority of the fastest laps. Third quickest overall was the No. 80 Lionspeed GP Porsche of Thomas Preining with a 2:16.628, while another of the German machines occupied fourth on the combined times thanks to Laurin Heinrich’s 2:16.852 a...

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Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO I came into Sebring riding the emotional high of our podium at COTA feeling optimistic, motivated, and dangerously close to developing self-esteem. Sebring saw that and kicked my door down. For anyone unfamiliar, Sebring is what happens when someone turns an old airfield into a motorsport-themed chiropractic experiment. The surface is held together by history, vibes, and probably unresolved legal disputes. Driving it is like being trapped in a steam oven inside a concrete mixer strapped to a rocket. The bumps are punishing, the heat feels medically concerning, and by the end of a stint you’re basically a sentient electrolyte packet. And I love it. Three years ago, I came here as a fan carrying a backpack, sunscreen, and zero understanding of what GT3 racing entailed. This year I was wrestling a Porsche 911 GT3 R around Sunset Bend with 21 other high-functioning sociopaths. Life comes at you fast. Photo: Colin McCarty From “We Have Pace” to “Oh No, Ex...

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Photo: AO by TF AO by TF will not only head into next month’s 24 Hours of Le Mans with a new driver but also a new livery for its Oreca 07 Gibson LMP2 Pro-Am entry as it looks to defend its class victory in the French endurance classic. Revealed on Monday, its LMP2 car, which has so far only featured the character ‘Spike the Dragon’ will change to ‘Rockie the Pegasus’ for Le Mans, as part of a sponsorship deal with Mobil 1. The character, has been born from a “collaborative effort” between AO and Mobil 1. “Her towering wings and small hooves appear poised for takeoff, ready to take flight,” a statement from the team read. “Flared nostrils and a focused expression give her an aggressive edge, accompanied by a flowing red mane and a sharp white blaze running down the bridge of her nose.” The team also noted that ‘Rockie’ has already been registered as a trademark of ExxonMobil Corporation and its subsidia...

Photo: Julien Delfosse/DPPI Louis Deletraz will tackle this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac V-Series.R after Alex Lynn’s neck surgery was postponed. Lynn had already missed the opening two events of the FIA World Endurance Championship season amid what was described as an “ongoing neck injury” with Deletraz taking the Briton’s place in the No. 12 Cadillac at Spa earlier this month. But the team had previously stated that Lynn would be back in the car for Le Mans, however this is now no longer the case. Deletraz, who also races a Cadillac in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Wayne Taylor Racing, will now again team up with Will Stevens and Norman Nato at Le Mans. He had been due to tackle the LMP2 class in the French endurance classic at the wheel of the AO by TF Oreca 07 Gibson — which will feature a new Mobil 1 livery and will be referred to as ‘Rockie’ — after winning the Pro-Am LMP2 division last...