For a second consecutive race, the #25 BMW Team RLL pairing of Alexander Sims and Connor De Phillippi were triumphant, this time taking victory in the Continental Monterey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca.
Katherine Legge remains in the hunt for the GT Daytona Drivers’ Championship while Meyer Shank Racing are firmly in the battle for the Teams’ title after victory at Laguna Seca.
Luis Felipe Derani and Johannes van Overbeek took victory in Sunday’s Continental Monterey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, with the former doing the majority of the driving after the latter was struck down with illness.
With teammate Van Overbeek stepping out the Tequila Patron ESM after 2 racing laps, Pipo Derani put up a 2-hour spectacular stint to win at Laguna Seca.
Jordan Taylor in the Wayne Taylor-run Cadillac took overall pole with two British driver securing honours in GTLM and GTD in California.
Luis Felipe Derani will share driving duties with Felipe Nasr in the #31 Whelen Engineering Racing entry in 2019, with Eric Curran stepping back to race in just the four Michelin Endurance Cup races.
Bryan Sellers joins Katherine Legge at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for inaugural I-Pace eTrophy season
British driver Alexander Sims drove his BMW M8 GTE to a historic win in the GTLM class at the Michelin GT Challenge at VIRginia International Raceway.
Dominik Baumann hangs on for GTD victory at the Michelin GT Challenge at VIRginia International Raceway.
Jack Hawksworth took his fourth GT Daytona class pole of the season for 3GT Racing in the #15 Lexus RC F GT3 during qualifying for the 2018 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR.
Richard Westbrook was fastest in the #67 Ford GT during a the GTLM qualifying session for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Virginia International Raceway on Saturday afternoon.
Jeroen Bleekemolen led the way in his Mercedes in the GTD class during Friday practice at VIR, ahead of the impressive Robby Foley in the Turner-run BMW M6.
Antonio Garcia put in the fastest lap of the day by over a half a second in the #3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R at VIRginia International Speedway on Friday, ahead of the 2018 Michelin GT Challenge this weekend.
United Autosports will not field their Ligier JS P217 at Petit Le Mans as it would compromise their efforts in both the European and Asian Le Mans Series’.
Following the decision to split DPi’s and LMP2’s in 2019, Jackie Chan DC Racing will not go back to Daytona with their Oreca’s, and are instead looking at a package involving a DPi.
A new contract has been signed that will keep the Detroit Grand Prix on both the IndyCar and IMSA calendars until at least 2021. Race organisers have committed to minimising the negative impact on the Belle Isle park area as a part of the new deal.
The Nissan Onroak DPi will be made available to other teams and customers from next season after the exclusive deal with Extreme Speed Motorsports concludes at the end of 2018.
