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Porsche completes its first LMDh track test in Spain

Enlarge / The new Porsche LMDh car, about to leave its garage at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. (credit: Porsche) Porsche’s next race car is so new that it still doesn’t have an official name. It’s not even due to enter its first race for more than 11 months. But there are few things […]

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Acura wins overall, and GTD Pro delivers at the Rolex 24 at Daytona

Enlarge / The start of the 60th running of the Rolex twenty-four at Daytona International Speedway. (credit: Rolex) As is often the particular way with endurance racing, typically the 60th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona turned into a sprint race for this flag, following a safety car intervention with less than an hour […]

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Sportscar racing gets a bit less complicated—the end of GTLM

Enlarge / A pack of GT cars at the beginning of the 2021 12 Hours of Sebring. If you needed proof of sportscar racing being too complicated for the casual fan, consider the fact that the white #79 Porsche 911 RSR is actually radically different from the blue #16 Porsche 911 GT3 R right next […]

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What is LMDh and why are we so excited about sports car racing in 2023?

Enlarge / This sketch is all we’ve seen of Porsche’s forthcoming LMDh hybrid racer. But now we know that when it starts racing in 2023, it will be run by Team Penske. (credit: Porsche) In 2021, there is a real buzz building in the world of sports car racing. After many years of running incompatible […]

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Porsche and Penske: Two of racing’s most famous names join forces again

This sketch is all we’ve seen of Porsche’s forthcoming LMDh hybrid racer. But now we know that when it starts racing in 2023, it will be run by Team Penske. [credit: Porsche ] Porsche and Penske: two of the most storied names in racing. You could fill at least one library just with books about […]

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This electric touring car demo at Daytona is a sign of things to come

This is the Hyundai Veloster N ETCR, an electric racing car being developed for a new EV touring car category. [credit: LAT Images ] The annual 24-hour race at Daytona International Speedway in Florida got under way on Saturday afternoon. And this year’s race has been a pretty good one so far—although there are still […]