This photo makes me extraordinarily happy: Jaguar XJR-5, driven by Brian Redman and Hurley Haywood, circa 1985 at Road Atlanta. It was my first favorite IMSA GTP car and continues to hold that place in my heart.
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PODCAST: Ryan Briscoe on Ford GT Win in NY, Welcoming a New Daughter
Jul 6, 2016, 7:31 PM 0
Ryan Briscoe joins The Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss a crazy weekend at Watkins Glen that included winning the GT Le Mans class with Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, driving 20 hours back and forth to the hospital where his wife…
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PODCAST: Michael Shank on Le Mans Debut Lessons
Jul 1, 2016, 5:54 PM 0
Michael Shank, team owner of the Michael Shank Racing sports car team, recently returned from France where MSR took part in its first 24 Hours of Le Mans, and shares what he learned, what he liked, what left him…
Geoff Brabham, a 10-time Indy 500 starter, and his son Matt–a rookie in 2016–sit with me to discuss their family history, Geoff’s first 500, and goals for Matty’s Indy debut. Subscribe to The Marshall Pruett Podcast on iTunes and on…
Enjoy a deep gallery of images from Ford’s return to international sports car racing in 2016 with its twin-turbo V6-powered GT. The selection covers the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing team’s unveiling at Le Mans in June 2015, its public…
The site of IMSA’s first street race took place at Miami in 1983. Enjoy the black & white gallery below (which, like the race, encountered some foul weather), and the story about the event that was published on RACER.com…
I grew up in Northern California as the son of an Arkansas-born British and Swedish car mechanic who enjoyed building race cars and driving them in amateur events on the weekends. Many of my earliest memories–somewhere around 1974 or…