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IMSA – Northeast Grand Prix from Lime Rock Park

There are 3 Canadian drivers in Saturday’s WTSC race, all in the Prototype Challenge category. They qualified as follows:

3rd Kyle Marcelli/James French

7th Misha Goikhberg/Stephen Simpson

8th Remo Ruscitti/Mark Kvamme

In the Continental Tire series there are 4 drivers and the team of  Compass360 Racing. Qualifying as follows:

GS

1st Daniel Burkett/Marc Miller

2nd Scott Maxwell/ Billy Johnson

3rd #76 of  C360R

6th Cameron Cassels/Trent Hindman

ST

11th James Vance/Ethan Low

25th #74 of C360R

27th #75 of C360R

 

 

 

 

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(@IMSA) News – Canadians participating in the ROAR Before The Rolex 24

Pre-Event Provisional Entry List as of 12-30-15

The following is a list of Canadians participating in the Roar Before The Rolex 24

Prototype

01 Lance Stroll CAN Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Riley DP

Prototype Challenge

8 Chris Cumming CAN Starworks Motorsport ORECA FLM09

54 Mark Wilkins CAN Core Autosport ORECA FLM09

GTLM

25 Bruno Spengler CAN BMW Team RLL BMW F13 M6 GTLM

100 Kuno Wittmer CAN BMW Team RLL BMW F13 M6 GTLM

GTD

98  Paul Dalla Lana CAN Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3

ROAR BEFORE THE 24

Daytona International Speedway – Daytona Beach, Florida January 8-10, 2016

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C360R (@C360R) Launches CTSC GS Program with Ford Mustang GT350R-C

DEC 29, 2015 / NEWS
TORONTO, CANADA — Compass360 Racing (C360R) today released details of its much-anticipated return to the Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge GS-class. The squad will be the first customer team to compete with Ford’s new Mustang GT350R-C, and will field a full-season entry for drivers Paul Holton and Pierre Kleinubing.

“We’re honoured to have been selected by the folks at Ford to be the first team to run the new Mustang, and are looking forward to working closely with Multimatic in continuing to develop the platform,” remarked Team Principal Karl Thomson.

The announcement marks the return of both drivers to the squad. Holton impressed at the helm of one of the team’s Audi S3’s last year — his rookie season in CTSC — taking a dramatic win with co-driver Kyle Gimple in the season finale at Road Atlanta, having led the race for most of his stint. Kleinubing, meanwhile, is back for his third season with C360R, having taken two podiums in the squad’s GS-class Subaru with Ray Mason before leading the team’s GTD Audi R8 effort in 2015.

“This is an exciting program, and we know we’ve got a great driving line-up in a great car,” said Technical Director Ray Lee. “We’re expecting to be competitive right out of the box and run for the GS championship.” He continued, “it’ll be a big change in GS, going from a high-strung four-cylinder turbocharged Subaru to a big, thundering V8 in the Ford, and we’re up for the challenge.”

“I learned so much driving the C360R Audis last year, and am excited to be part of this new Mustang effort,” enthused Holton. “Our goal is to bring Ford a Manufacturer’s Championship in 2016.”

The No. 76 Mustang GT350R-C will continue the team’s ongoing support of the Children’s Tumor Foundation, and will wear a unique livery featuring a new painting by NF Hero and philanthropic artist Jeffery Owen Hanson, applied with unique AERO Advanced Paint Technology. “The Foundation is so grateful to our partner teams in the IMSA paddock,” noted CTF’s Racing4Research Program Director, Jill Beck. “Paul, Pierre and all the C360R drivers and crew are always so wonderful with the CTF kids, and we’re thankful to have the opportunity to extend our Art Car program with them for another year.”

The Ford program joins the team’s already-announced two-car ST-class Audi S3 program, and finalizes the C360R IMSA effort for 2016. The team will be at Daytona International Speedway for the ROAR, January 8-10 in preparation for the season opener, also at Daytona Jan 27-29.

 

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WTSC News – Prototype Challenge Champion CORE Autosport ( @COREautosport ) has finalized its driver lineup for the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

WGI_15-10Core Autosports Release:

ROCK HILL, S.C. (Dec. 18, 2015) – Five-time . Jon Bennett ( @jonbenn54 ) and Colin Braun ( @colinbraun ) will continue to drive the No. 54 Composite Resources/Flex Box ORECA FLM09 with Mark Wilkins  ( @MWilkins ) joining the pair for the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup races. Martin Plowman ( @Plowey ) rounds out the team’s roster for the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Bennett and Braun are now on their fifth season together as co-drivers and will be after their third-straight PC Drivers’ Championship. Since first pairing up for the 2012 American Le Mans Series season, the two have amassed 11 class wins together.

Wilkins has served as a support driver for CORE since 2012 and was part of the lineup that won the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2014. In addition to the Rolex 24, he will re-join Bennett and Braun at the three other rounds of the TPNAEC: Sebring, Watkins Glen and Petit Le Mans.

Plowman is new to CORE autosport, but not new to prototype racing. He’s driven with BAR1 Motorsports in 2014 and 2015, including last year’s Rolex 24. He also has two successful seasons of LMP2 racing under his belt, including a WEC LMP2 Championship in 2013 and a class win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans that same year.

Another change in the CORE lineup includes Jeff Braun as race engineer. Braun brings more than three decades of motorsports engineering to the table and numerous championships. Working with CORE gives Braun the opportunity to work closely with son Colin.

This quartet will suit up for the Roar Before the 24, an official IMSA test, January 8 – 10. It is a dress rehearsal for the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener: the Rolex 24 at Daytona, January 28 – 31.