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Enduro Motorsport have confirmed their plans for a full season entry into the 2021 Intelligent Money British GT Championship with a Pro-Am pairing of Morgan Tilbrook and Marcus Clutton.

The team, which was only founded in 2020 took part in a limited GT Cup Program last year pedalling a Mercedes-AMG GT4, and had been planning to race round by round in this during this years British GT Championship using that car. They have now upgraded their effort to a full season in GT3 following the acquisition of Balfe Motorsport’s McLaren 720S complete with race-winning pedigree.

Team founder Tilbrook confirmed to BritishGT.com: “Yep things have escalated pretty quickly! I’ve got some endurance racing experience from Fun Cup but obviously it’s a very different ball game in British GT.

“We’re expecting a steep learning curve but I founded Enduro with the intention of competing at the highest level, and that’s … Read the rest

For the first time ever, the NASCAR Cup Series‘ Next Gen cars have hit the track for a race. Kind of.

Hours after the seventh-generation Cup car was revealed, the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series introduced the cars for competition at Darlington Raceway. While the real-life cars won’t make their début until 2022 (though the cars are also now available for players to download), Erik Jones ushered in the “new era” by scoring the win.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. started on the pole ahead of Denny Hamlin; Earnhardt was one of three guest drivers alongside Bobby Labonte and Jesse Iwuji, the latter winning the Fan Vote for the second straight race.

In true Pro Invitational fashion, the race quickly descended into chaos as a multi-driver wreck occurred while the lap counter was still in the sigit digits. Kyle Busch found himself flipping after one crash, while Hamlin … Read the rest

Jordan Anderson, Bayley Currey, Kaz Grala, Timmy Hill, and B.J. McLeod have declared for NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points, Fox Sports’ Bob Pockrass reported Tuesday. All but Grala had been collecting Xfinity Series points for the first three months of the season, with Grala doing so in the Cup Series.

All of the aforementioned drivers minus Grala are on the entry list for Friday’s Truck race at Darlington Raceway. The event is Triple Truck Challenge round, which only drivers who have declared for Truck points may enter. Teams with Truck points-earning drivers also receive a larger sum in prize money and other benefits in the standings.

Anderson’s Xfinity Rookie of the Year campaign was quickly ruined by misfortune when he was locked out of the grid right from the beginning. Despite having a solid maiden run in his new #31 Jordan Anderson … Read the rest

NASCAR‘s upcoming weekend at Darlington Raceway will be the sanctioning body’s “throwback weekend”, a time for teams and drivers to celebrate history with special liveries. Niece Motorsports seems to be taking things to another level by having a throwback driver in the #45 Chevrolet Silverado for Friday’s Camping World Truck Series race: Erik Darnell, who last raced in NASCAR in 2012 and in the Trucks four years prior, is scheduled to drive the #45 in Friday’s LiftKits4Less 200. Northern Tool + Equipment will serve as sponsor.

“I’m excited to get back behind the wheel in the Truck Series, especially with an organisation of this caliber,” Darnell said in a team statement released Monday afternoon. “The support from Northern Tool + Equipment means so much to me. Darlington is a tough but fun track, so Friday night should be a good time. Thank you to (team owner) Al … Read the rest

After so many close calls, after coming tantalizingly close to winning so many times, Arrow McLaren SP‘s Patricio O’Ward finally becomes a race winner in the NTT IndyCar Series, stealing the Xpel 375 from Josef Newgarden to finish off the doubleheader weekend at Texas Motor Speedway in exciting fashion.

With twenty-four laps to go, O’Ward made his move on Josef Newgarden in turn three, not looking back as he quickly built up a gap of one second in a matter of laps and made fuel last to take the win.

Not only is this O’Ward’s first win, it’s McLaren’s first win since rejoining the sport last year. As an extra reward, per a deal with McLaren CEO Zak Brown, O’Ward will now get a chance to drive for the McLaren F1 Team at a post-season test.

The drama began coming to green with a shocking crash immediately … Read the rest