Jake Finch and Venturini top ARCA testing at Daytona; SVG 13th
The more than 50 entries that showed up never got on track until almost 5 p.m. ET and were limited to about four hours due to persistent rain earlier in the day.Former IndyCar driver Marco Amdretti led the way on the speed chart as teams focused on single car runsContinue Reading
Daytona ARCA winner Greg Van Alst “nervous” in return to track
Van Alst, 42, suffered a fractured vertebra in his back in a vicious wreck last October in the NASCAR Truck race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.It was a harrowing end to what had been a breakout season for the longtime short track veteran.Van Alst had kicked off 2023 in style withContinue Reading
Evans: Formula E championship favourite tag “more relief” than pressure
The 29-year-old Kiwi remains with Jaguar for an eighth season in the all-electric championship, during which time he has challenged for the title on multiple occasions but always missed out on the ultimate prize.Along with fellow New Zealander and new team-mate Nick Cassidy, both Jaguar drivers were in strong formContinue Reading
Ticktum must “smile and get through this year” as ERT Formula E struggles loom
The 24-year-old Briton will return for his third season in the all-electric championship having spent the previous two campaigns with NIO 333, which has been rebranded as Electric Racing Technologies (ERT) for 2024.Ticktum finished in the points seven times last year, three of those on the bounce in the finalContinue Reading
Stefan Parsons to run NASCAR Trucks with Henderson
Parsons, 25, will drive the No. 75 Chevrolet Silverado for the team. It’s unclear how many races he will drive the truck. The truck will carry sponsorship from Food Country USA.He is the son of former racer and current broadcaster Phil Parsons, as well as the nephew of NASCAR HallContinue Reading
Estrella Galicia leaves Ferrari for McLaren return in F1 beer merry-go-round
In an unusual merry-go-round of beers, the Maranello team is in turn replacing the departed sponsor with Peroni, the top Italian non-alcoholic brand that was previously with Aston Martin for three seasons.Owned by brewer Hijos de Rivera, Estrella Galicia has long been associated with Carlos Sainz, having supported him fromContinue Reading
F1’s super-stiff ground effect cars ‘not great’, says Allison
As part of an effort by grand prix racing’s chiefs to improve overtaking, F1 switched to a ground effect rules concept from the start of the 2022 season. But the nature of the cars means that they produce their peak downforce close to the ground – which forces teams to haveContinue Reading
John Webb obituary: Former Brands Hatch circuit boss dies aged 92
Webb, who ran the track as its chief executive from 1964 to 1989, was a leading visionary in British motorsport whose entrepreneurial skills moulded its structure over nearly four decades.He was born on 10 February 1931 in Caversham, just outside Reading, the son of an accountant. Born with dislocated hips,Continue Reading
How Ferrari’s British star reached Le Mans-winning heights
Le Mans 24 Hours winner. That’s the tag that’s now nailed firmly ahead of the name James Calado, and has been since Ferrari’s victory in the centenary running of the French enduro last summer. Only it should really be, as the man himself points out, three-time Le Mans winner.When Calado,Continue Reading
Ye and Shwartzman to race AF Corse Ferrari Hypercar in 2024 WEC
AF confirmed on Friday that the pair will join the already-announced Robert Kubica in the car it will field alongside the two full-factory 499Ps this year.The announcement follows the news in December that Ye had joined Ferrari after leaving Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific, where he was a so-called selected driver,Continue Reading