Prototype Challenge

CORE Autosport, one of North America’s most successful prototype racing teams, will start afresh in 2017 with a new Porsche GT programme.

The PR/1 Mathiasen Motorsports drivers need a top result at Road America this weekend to keep their IMSA PC championship hopes alive.

The Japanese manufacturer continued to call the shots during Friday practice with another 1-2 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Round three of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship saw Ricky and Jordan Taylor pick up their first win of the season with a strong performance on the streets of Long Beach.

In the first of two previews, The Checkered Flag looks at the 21 entries taking part in the Prototype and Prototype Challenge classes at this weekend’s Daytona 24 Hours.

The International Motor Sports Association releases details of a four day test, featuring five championships, to be held at Sebring International Raceway in February.

CORE autosport drivers Jon Bennett and Colin Braun talked to The Checkered Flag about their 2015 season which saw them take their fifth Prototype Challenge championship in a row.

As a temporary fix to the ageing ORECA FLM09, updates for the Prototype Challenge platform have been suggested for the 2016 season.

PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports and Turner Motorsport were the class winners as the United Sportscar Championship headed to Lime Rock Park for the Northeast Grand Prix.

After a disappointing start to the season, it was Starworks Motorsport who would take the PC win, with drivers Mirco Schultis and Renger van der Zande.

Corvette DPs will start from the top three positions in today’s Chevrolet Sports Car Classic in Detroit, with Performance Tech Motorsports and Paul Miller Racing leading the fields in PC and GTD.

After a month’s break, the Tudor United SportsCar Championship will return this weekend, with a race on the Belle Isle street circuit in Detroit for P, PC and GTD classes.

With the DP and PC cars set to leave the USCC at the end of next year, IMSA’s prototype future is uncertain.

In Prototype Challenge, the #11 of Chris Cumming and Bruno Junqueira dominated Sunday’s Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca.

The sun rose at the Daytona International Speedway for the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona as the drama of the night fell away and the usual suspects kept their strong…