Miscellaneous

With a quick turn around after the visit to Circuit of The Americas, the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli teams return to Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta for the Atlanta SpeedTour November 19-22.

ollowing a successful debut in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Era Motorsport will return to the series in 2021 to contest in the Rolex 24 At Daytona in the LMP2 class.

Fast off Run Group victories two weekends ago at the Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Classic Daytona presented by IMSA, three of the winning competitors from the Classic 24 Hour HSR race have been confirmed for next month’s fifth running of the HSR Classic Sebring 12 Hour presented by the Alan Jay Automotive Network at Sebring International Raceway, December 3 – 6.

Some of the stresses NASCAR drivers have to deal with include trying to get the best out of the car and themselves, chasing the race leader, and trying to avoid crashing into other vehicles on the speedway.

Steven Aghakhani, Jacob Eidson and the No. 6 SADA Systems US RaceTronics Lamborghini Huracán team turned in a perfect performance this week at Sebring International Raceway where they took the battle for the 2020 series championship down to the wire with a dominating double victory in Friday's season-ending twin 45-minute races on the 3.74-mile road course.

The latest, updated version of the 2020 Trans Am presented by Pirelli Championship points XtremeGT class table makes happy reading for Ken Thwaits who, having notched three wins and three runner-up spots so far this season, sits at the top of the driver list with 218 points.

Tom Sheehan and the Damon Racing team head down to Braselton, Georgia next week for the Road Atlanta Grand Prix and Rounds 8 and 9 of the 2020 Trans Am presented by Pirelli TA2 Class Championship.

Under the banner of the previously announced joint venture between Team Hardpoint and Earl Bamber Motorsport, Team Hardpoint will return to principal Rob Ferriol’s roots for the 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Daytona (GTD) season.

The Stoner Car Care Racing fielded by Automatic Racing team had hoped to finish the season on a high note in the last of three home races for the Orlando-based team this year, as the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge took the checkered flag Friday in the Alan Jay Automotive Network 120 at Sebring International Raceway.

Team Hardpoint will start Saturday’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on the front row after Andrew Davis qualified the No. 30 GridRival/Team Hardpoint Audi R8 LMS GT3 second in Friday’s 15-minute qualifying session.