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Photo: Ford Ford Racing’s FIA World Endurance Championship Hypercar program reached a “significant milestone” last week when its 5.4-liter naturally-aspirated Coyote V8 engine was fired up for the first time installed within the ORECA LMDh chassis. It marked the first time the V8 engine, designed, developed and built in-house, came to life outside of the dyno cells of Dearborn, Mich. headquarters. The historic moment came at ORECA’s base in the south of France, where the final assembly of the yet-to-be-named LMDh car is occurring prior to its planned rollout early next month. “This moment was the culmination of months of painstaking work,” said Ford Racing WEC Hypercar program manager Dan Sayers. “I am proud of the groundwork that was laid long before the engine ever turned over in France. “The engine’s development phase is already showing great promise on the dynos in Dearborn, where we’ve been pushing the limits of its...

Photo: Mustang Cup Australia Brock Stinson has been handed an opportunity to contest next weekend’s Motorcraft Mustang Cup Australia at Hidden Valley Raceway with HMO Customer Racing. The 22-year-old from Sydney, who combines racing with data engineering duties for Tigani Motorsport’s GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS program, will pilot the newly-acquired No. 31 Mustang Dark Horse R at the Darwin circuit. HMO will run a car under its own banner for the first time at Hidden Valley alongside the cars it runs on behalf of Triple Eight Race Engineering for Jack Perkins and Oli Wickham, who won on his debut last time out at Queensland. The No. 31 machine was previously piloted by James Golding at the Phillip Island opener, where it picked up a second-finish. Stinson’s main race program this year is in the one-make GR Cup series, and sits second in the standings with four wins from six so far. “It’s great to get the opportunity to jump behind the wheel...

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Photo: Jessica Johnk/Porsche Porsche Motorsport North America has confirmed that it will make up the canceled second Porsche Carrera Cup North America race from Miami in the upcoming event at Road America, in what will become a triple-header weekend for the IMSA-sanctioned single-make series. Race 2 from the Miami International Autodrome, originally scheduled for May 3, was canceled due to a schedule change for Formula 1 because of forecasted weather, which resulted in F1’s race being moved up earlier in the day. The rescheduled race will now run on Sat. Aug. 1 at 8:50 a.m. CST, following the two regular Road America rounds on Friday. Only the drivers that were entered for the Miami weekend will be eligible to take part in the 40-minute make-up race. All three races will be streamed live on Peacock as well as Porsche Motorsport North America and IMSA’s YouTube channels. Source: Sports Car 365

Photo: IMSA Toney Driver Development announced on Wednesday that it will return to the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge for the 2027 season, expanding its efforts and committing to a multi-car LMP3 program utilizing the Ligier JS P325 Toyota. The move marks its commitment to IMSA-sanctioned competition and comes as the series returns to an all-endurance race format for the first time in years. “We’re excited for Toney Driver Development to return to the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge with a multi-car effort right as the series returns to its endurance roots,” said team owner Nathan Toney. “This step shows commitment for our organization, and the timing couldn’t be better with the format change to longer, more strategic races. “We’ve put a lot of work into building a program that can compete for wins right out of the gate, and we can’t wait to introduce our driver lineups in the coming weeks.” IMSA officials confirmed last week that the LMP3 cla...

Photo: Rick Dole/IMSA Roman De Angelis believes it would be “so special” if the GTP class returned to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, suggesting the Canadian fans would be “pretty pumped” to see the top-class prototype machinery back at Mosport. The Heart of Racing Team driver, who took part in last weekend’s Chevrolet Grand Prix in the GTD class subbing for team regular Tom Gamble, who was on FIA World Endurance Championship duty, revealed the Aston Martin Valkyrie, which he normally drives in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, is the only car platform he hasn’t driven at his home track. The GTP class made a one-and-only appearance at CTMP in 2023 (pictured above) and dropped off the calendar the following year when Indianapolis Motor Speedway was added to the WeatherTech Championship schedule in place of the GT-only round at Lime Rock Park. Tom Blomqvist and Colin Braun won that event in Meyer Shank Racing’s Acura ARX-06. ...

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