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Aston Martin Racing Confirms IMSA Plans for North America

January 17, 2020 Staff Comments Off on Aston Martin Racing Confirms IMSA Plans for North America
Aston Martin Racing’s presence at the pinnacle of US endurance motorsport is to be significantly increased, with the British sportscar manufacturer returning to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD class in 2020. Two Aston Martin Vantage GT3s will contest the blue riband Rolex 24 at Daytona race next weekend (25-26 January), while new partner team Heart of Racing will run a full season program this year. Aston Martin Racing has entered a Vantage GT3 supported by NorthWest Healthcare in the Rolex 24, alongside Heart of Racing’s entry. This works-run #98 car will be driven by long-standing factory drivers Pedro Lamy (POR), Mathias Lauda (A) and Ross Gunn (GB) as well as new addition, the AMR Junior driver Andrew Watson (GB), who stands in for 2017 FIA WEC GTE Am world champion Paul Dalla Lana. The Canadian picked up a minor […]
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MINI JCW Team Wins Their First IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series Race

January 28, 2017 Staff Comments Off on MINI JCW Team Wins Their First IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series Race
The MINI JCW Team took the checkered flag earlier today at Daytona International Speedway, winning their first race ever in the Street Tuner class of the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge series. With LAP Motorsports Team Owner Luis Perocarpi on top of the pit box, drivers Mat Pombo and Derek Jones held off heavy pressure from a number of competitors for more than four hours in order to bring the #73 MINI JCW to victory lane. The 2017 season is only the second full season for the team in the series. We knew going into the race today that we were going to be fast and that we’d have a good chance to win this race. I am so proud of everyone on this team for their hard work. A win at the high banks of Daytona to start the […]
MINI USA Celebrates First Complete Season in IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series
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MINI USA Celebrates First Complete Season in IMSA

October 20, 2016 Staff Comments Off on MINI USA Celebrates First Complete Season in IMSA
MINI USA is proud to congratulate the MINI JCW Race Team and LAP Motorsports Team Owner Luis Perocarpi on completing their first full season of the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge series in the Street Tuner class. The first factory-supported race team for MINI in U.S. sports car racing had an amazing season, building on the momentum of the partial season last year that concluded with the #73 MINI JCW driven by Mat Pombo and Derek Jones on the podium with a second place finish at Road Atlanta. In true MINI fashion, the team was certainly the underdog among the fierce competition in a class that included well-funded race teams from Porsche, Honda, Audi, Mazda, Nissan and BMW. Under the direction of LAP Motorsports Team Owner Luis Perocarpi, the near-production MINI John Cooper Works Hardtops, three in total, lived up […]
The MINI John Cooper Works #37 car at Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida. (03/2015) Foster Peters Photography
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MINI John Cooper Works Gearing Up For 2016 IMSA Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge Series

January 28, 2016 Staff Comments Off on MINI John Cooper Works Gearing Up For 2016 IMSA Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge Series
MINI USA and LAP MotorSports LLC are gearing up the MINI John Cooper Works Team for the 2016 season of the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge(CTSCC), the first full season for the team. The team also today announced the addition of a third car and two new drivers – Ethan Lowe and James Vance. Building on the momentum of the team’s first podium at the season finale at Road Atlanta last year and a solid performance during three days of testing at The Roar Before the 24, the team is hopeful for more podium finishes during the 2016 season. The season kicks-off this Friday, January 29th, at Daytona International Speedway. The Indianapolis-based MINI John Cooper Works team owned and operated by racing veteran Luis Perocarpi will return this year with drivers Mat Pombo and Derek Jones. The racing duo, who […]
Aston Martin Valkyrie set for North American competition debut in world renowned 12 Hours of Sebring
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Aston Martin Valkyrie set for North American at Sebring

March 11, 2025 Staff Comments Off on Aston Martin Valkyrie set for North American at Sebring
The latest thrilling chapter in the Aston Martin story continues this weekend as the British ultra-luxury high performance brand’s all-new Valkyrie hypercar makes its IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship (IMSA) debut in North America’s most demanding endurance race, the legendary Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring.

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Kastner Cup 2024 – Sonoma, California

April 11, 2024 Staff Comments Off on Kastner Cup 2024 – Sonoma, California
The 2024 Kastner Cup is coming to Sonoma Raceway. Triumph will be the featured marque of the Sonoma SpeedTour. In addition to the Kastner Cup the weekend will feature Sportscar Vintage Racing under the auspices of SVRA, classic Corvettes, Alfas, Porsches, Historic F.1 and Indy cars racing on this legendary track. SpeedTour will also feature racers and cars from Trans Am, and International GT (IGT)

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Aston Martin Bidding Double Glory at Sebring 2022

March 15, 2022 Staff Comments Off on Aston Martin Bidding Double Glory at Sebring 2022
No less than six Aston Martin Vantage GT race cars will contest two of the biggest endurance races on the international motorsport calendar this weekend as the world-famous Sebring International Raceway plays host to the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

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Blink – Is It Really 2022?

February 28, 2022 Michael Carnell Comments Off on Blink – Is It Really 2022?
The last few years have been odd. To say the least. And a bit stressful. And for a lot of us they have also been very busy and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Things are changing rapidly and many of us, myself included, are just trying to keep up. And not always doing such a great job of it.

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GT3 Aston Martin Racing Returns to the Nürburgring

September 22, 2021 Staff Comments Off on GT3 Aston Martin Racing Returns to the Nürburgring
The Aston Martin Vantage GT3 will make a welcome return to the legendary Nürburging Nordschleife for Round 8 of the 2021 Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) this weekend as it competes at the German venue for the first time since the car made its formal competitive debut there three years ago.

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Aston Martin Vantage bids for Spa 24 hours glory with championship-winning partner team Garage 59
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Aston Martin and Garage 59 Bid for Glory at Spa

July 28, 2021 Staff Comments Off on Aston Martin and Garage 59 Bid for Glory at Spa
The Aston Martin Vantage GT3 will fight for honors in three classes of this weekend’s TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa, as the luxury sportscar brand and its partner team Garage 59 bid to record an outright victory in the famous Belgian endurance event for the first time.

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Aston Martin Vantage - 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship Monza, Italy 15th - 18th July 2021 Photo: Drew Gibson
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2 Impressive Aston Martin Vantage Wins in both USA and at Monza

July 19, 2021 Staff Comments Off on 2 Impressive Aston Martin Vantage Wins in both USA and at Monza
While Gunn and De Angelis were firmly placing The Heart of Racing squad into title contention in the USA, a trio of Aston Martin Vantage cars were in action at the legendary Monza circuit in Italy for the third round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship.

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Aston Martin Heart of Racing GT3 Victory

June 15, 2021 Staff Comments Off on Aston Martin Heart of Racing GT3 Victory
The Aston Martin Vantage GT3 recorded its maiden victory in the US (12 June), when partner team The Heart of Racing and drivers Ross Gunn (GBR) and Roman de Angelis (CDN) were declared the winners in the latest round of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship at the Belle Isle track in Detroit last Saturday.

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Aston Martin Partners Target Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona

January 28, 2021 Staff Comments Off on Aston Martin Partners Target Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona
Two Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3s will vie for podium honors in the IMSA GTD class of this weekend’s 2021 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, with partner teams The Heart of Racing and TF Sport each having entered strong line-ups for the first major endurance event of the international sportscar season.

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Successful Aston Martin Racing Switching Focus in 2021

December 23, 2020 Staff Comments Off on Successful Aston Martin Racing Switching Focus in 2021
World Endurance GT Champion and 24 Hours of Le Mans double-class winner Aston Martin Racing will switch the strategic focus of its Vantage GT motorsport program to concentrate on customer operations from 2021 onwards, bringing an end to a hugely successful nine-year run as a manufacturer team in the FIA World Endurance Championship

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