Jan Magnussen

Garcia’s ‘most embarrassing moment’ of his career did not prevent him and Jan Magnussen claiming the GT Le Mans title at Road Atlanta, thanks mainly to the concerted efforts from the #4 Corvette to deny the #67 Ford the result they needed.

Extreme Speed Motorsports and Mazda Team Joest were fastest in practices three and four at Road Atlanta, Corvette finished 1-2 in GT Le Mans in both sessions, while Mercedes and Audi customers topped GT Daytona.

Championship contenders showed good pace in all three classes in the opening two practice sessions at Road Atlanta on Thursday.

Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia need a podium to clinch the GT Le Mans title for a second year in a row, but both are focused on taking the win at Petit Le Mans.

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.

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.

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.

Richard Westbrook and Ryan Briscoe won a hard-fought GT Le Mans victory in their Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT, having clashed with a GTD Ferrari and Nick Tandy’s Porsche 911 to grab the win in the closing moments.

Ford GT took victory in Lime Rock Park following a late-race error by Jan Magnussen while lapping traffic

Antonio Garcia delivered a stunning lap to take pole position for the Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock

A perfectly timed pit stop sends #67 Ford GT of Briscoe, Westbrook to victory at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP)

British Porsche star Nick Tandy has put the #911 Porsche 911 RSR on the GTLM pole at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

It was a clean sweep for Ford at Watkins Glen International. The Ford Chip Ganassi dominance was no surprise with the team entering the weekend with the most Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen victories among the entries with a total of five, including a GTLM victory at the track in 2016.

Corvette Racing will round off its 20th year of racing with a World Endurance Championship entry to help promote their new Redline special edition in China.

As the clock counts down to the first session of race week at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, we take a look at the GTE Pro class which looks set to be a fierce battle between Ford, Porsche, Ferrari, Aston Martin and BMW.