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[Monzanator 5,093]

Multiple V8 Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen wins the NASCAR Chicago street race in his first start in the series. That is a historic achievement

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Rally Poland returns to the WRC calendar for 2024  

 

It will be the 7th time the rally will be a part of WRC schedule (previously 1973, 2009, 2014-2017).

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Former WRC driver Kristian Solhberg landed here on Thursday to start coaching and working with 4-time Bulgarian Rally champion Miroslav Angelov. It was speculated, that Angelov was going to announce a WRC2 program for next year.

 

Today, on the second day of testing there was an accident and Miroslav has died  For some reason, on a high speed straight the car had crashed in a concrete wall and then caught fire. The navigator managed to pull Angelov and then rushed to the hospital, but to no avail..

 

 

[Olympian1010 8,297]

Rolex 24 at Daytona is underway. I haven't been following it much, but apparently there's been 6(!) wrecks in the first 1 1/2 hours 

 

I've always liked this race. I was a huge motorsports fan growing up, and this race always signaled the new year. Unfortunately, I kind of grew out of motorsports once I got into international sports.

Edited January 27, 2024 by Olympian1010

[Monzanator 5,093]

Penske wins Daytona 24 hours for the first time since 1969! The winning quartet in the #7 Porsche are:

 

Felipe Nasr

Dane Cameron

Matt Campbell

Josef Newgarden

[Olympian1010 8,297]

It's wild to see 19 entries in the hypercar class of the WEC after living through the LMP1 era. This new era has me very exicted for Le Mans this year.

[Speedy 99]

27.04 - Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia

 Dolnji Kraljevac

 

Final

1.   Jack Holder

2.  Jason Doyle

3.  Fredrik Lindgren

 

Reigning champion  Bartosz Zmarzlik, who is fighting for his 5th world title finished fourth.

 

Video from final: https://youtu.be/likjQ6L46l0?si=A_ChM8yLynFKSHoG

Edited April 28, 2024 by Speedy

[Olympian1010 8,297]

Newgarden  wins the weather delayed Indy 500 with a phenomenal third turn overtake!

[heywoodu 16,459]

6 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Newgarden  wins the weather delayed Indy 500 with a phenomenal third turn overtake!

Quite a bit of crashes this year, including one that took out three drivers in the very first turn of the race unfortunately. Nice comeback drive from Rinus van Kalmthout going from last, after a penalty due to a pitlane error, to 9th, while Kyle Kirkwood had a similar alternative strategy putting him in the fight for the top spots as well. Some mistakes for rookie Kyle Larson, but overall quite a decent debut, although he did miss the Coca Cola 600 due to the delay.

 

Much needed win for Newgarden as well, after a rough start to the championship.

[heywoodu 16,459]

At 16:00 CET today we have the start of the 24 hours of the Nürburgring, one of the biggest and most awesome races of the year  

 

Spotter's guide for the top class (SP 9):

https://spotters.guide/resources/2024_ADAC_24h_SG_v1.2-1.pdf