Day: September 9, 2020

Johnson signs Indycar deal

Jens Jensen

The seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has signed a deal, where he will race in the NTT IndyCar Series for the next two seasons. Johnson announced prior to the 2020 season, that this would be his final season in NASCAR, but one last shot at winning title number eight sadly didn’t happen since he didn’t make it to The Chase, where the title is decided. He was originally scheduled to test for Arrow McLaren Schmidt Peterson with Chevrolet engine earlier in the year, but that test was cancelled due to…

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IMSA with new schedule, category, and other bits

Jens Jensen

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship has announced their 2021 schedule, and other plans for the upcoming season. The biggest news of all is probably the entry of LMP3 cars at selected rounds, including the Daytona 24 Hours. It’s no secret that the grids in IMSA are declining, and especially the LMP2 category has less and less, plus we will lose Porsche GTLM next year. LMP3 cars are very popular other places in the world, and IMSA has lacked a secondary category for newcomers since the LMPC category shut down a…

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Phoenix Racing enters LMP racing

Jens Jensen

Phoenix Racing will expand their racing programme to include Le Mans Prototypes. The German team which is based in Meuspath near the Nürburgring, have bought an ORECA 07 LMP2 car, which they will run in the Asian Le Mans Series, this coming season. They are also working on getting an LMP3 car entered in the same series. The next step will be running in the European Le Mans Series, and then their ultimate goal – an entry to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The team has been a long-standing…

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