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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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Image: Absolute Racing Absolute Racing has revealed a special livery for next weekend’s Suzuka 1000km, as part of a tie-up with Bosch Motorsport. The team’s No. 7 Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo, to be driven by Dorian Boccolacci, Alessandro Ghiretti and Ayhancan Guven, will sport a multi-color design on its Pro class entry. “This joint livery makes the close collaboration visually apparent and underscores the shared ambition to race at the forefront of GT racing together,” read a statement from the Chinese squad. Absolute will have two visually-appealing Porsches on the grid for the fourth round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge season, with the sister No. 8 AO by Absolute entry featuring a brand new AO Racing ‘Character’ in ‘Bushi Rex’. That car will be piloted by Julien Andlauer, Laurin Heinrich and Alessio Picariello. Image: Absolute Racing Image: Absolute Racing Source: Sports Car 365

Photo: Bella Galloway/TGRNA Jeremy Fletcher claimed a sweep of the Toyota GR Cup North America weekend at Road America, gaining ground on points leader Spike Kohlbecker, who retired from the race with suspected mechanical issues. The Copeland Motorsports driver drove his No. 22 Toyota GR 86 Cup car to the win over second-placed Parker Delong in Sunday’s 45-minute contest, which ended under caution due to an incident by Rutledge Wood. Max Schweid led the opening laps in his No. 98 RVA Graphics Motorsports by Speed Syndicate entry but immediately came under heavy attack by Fletcher. Fletcher got around Schweid, who received a warning for blocking, on Lap 8 with 24 minutes to go. A full-course yellow for Kohlbecker’s stricken car in the grass at pit-out with 15 minutes to go set up a ten-minute run to the finish. With Legends drivers Wood and Tom Rudnai’s late-race accident, the race ended behind the safety car. It marked Fletcher’s first-ever weekend sweep,...

Photo: SRO/JEP Comtoyou Aston Martin drivers Marco Sorensen, Mattia Drudi and Nicki Thiim have taken a second GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup win of the season at the Nürburgring while Winward Mercedes-AMG trio Maro Engel, Luca Stolz and Lucas Auer secured the title. The No. 007 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo led for almost the entire three-hour race from pole but never enjoyed an advantage of much more than a second as first the No. 17 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo and then the No. 59 Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo piled on the pressure. But the Aston trio resisted the attacks and Thiim crossed the line 0.490 seconds ahead of the McLaren that was shared by Joseph Loake, Dean Macdonald and Marvin Kirchhoefer. However, a late ten-second penalty for the McLaren for a full-course yellow infringement dropped it to 11th in the final order and that promoted the No. 48 Winward Mercedes-AMG to the fourth place it needed to unexpectedly secure the Endurance Cup title w...