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It’s Official:  Oscar Piastri Signs with Mclaren

It’s Official: Oscar Piastri Signs with Mclaren

Oscar Piastri is officially a McLaren F1 driver.  After all the contract drama with Alpine heading into the summer break, a four-person Contract Recognition Board unanimously ruled in McLaren and Oscar Piastri's favor.  Soon after, McLaren confirmed Piastri on a multi-year deal.

By Winding Road Staff | September 06, 2022
ICYMI: Audi Enters Formula 1

From 2026, Audi will compete in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with a specially developed power unit.  The project will be based at Audi Sport’s facility in Neuburg near Ingolstadt.

By Winding Road Staff | August 30, 2022
Will Colton Herta be America’s Next F1 Driver?

Colton Herta is rumored to be on the verge of signing a contract with Red Bull Racing for an F1 seat at sister team, Alpha Tauri.  According to multiple reports, Herta poised to take the seat being vacated by Pierre Gasly.

By Winding Road Staff | September 06, 2022

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IMSA Expands “Budget” Prototype Racing For 2017

We were at Road America for IMSA’s recent announcement of a new prototype grouping for the 2017 season (and beyond).

By Winding Road Staff | August 23, 2016
Spec Miata: Justin Hille Wins Spirit Of Mazda Award

During the day, Justin Hille works at Roush Industries. On the weekends, he is one of the premier Spec Miata racers in the Northern Conference of the SCCA, where he won the conference championship this year.

By Winding Road Staff | August 16, 2016
Drennan Selected For MX-5 Cup Global Invitational

This past weekend, Winding Road Team TFB driver Mark Drennan was selected for the Global Invitational MX-5 Cup race weekend to be held September 9-11 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

By Winding Road Staff | August 09, 2016
McLaren 570S GT4 Announced With SRO Homologation

McLaren GT, the motorsports division of McLaren Automotive, announced, as expected, that the new 570S GT4 will be homologated to align with SRO GT4 rules. SRO…

By Winding Road Staff | August 01, 2016
Winding Road Racing Announces NCM Motorsports Park Partnership

Winding Road Racing, one of the leaders of motorsports equipment retailing, is excited to announce a new partnership with the National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park (NCM Motorsports Park) as the on-site retail provider of motorsports equipment. As part of the newly announced partnership, Winding Road Racing will be opening its third retail location, serving NCM Motorsports Park customers and Midwest-region road racers.

By Winding Road Staff | July 13, 2016
Excess Excitement: MX-5 Cup Race 1 Summary

Starting a new season in a new race class is hard on the nerves. You’re trying to figure out a new car, put together people who haven’t work together while learning new tracks. In Winding Road’s case, we’re running the SCCA Pro Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup series. We’ve got a new organization, Winding Road Team TFB, running five cars (plus a sixth rental car). And we’ve got a new car, the Global MX-5 Cup spec racer, based on the new ND generation Mazda MX-5.

By Winding Road Staff | May 05, 2016
One Of The Most Exciting Races We Can Remember: Battery Tender Global MX-5 Cup Race 2

See how intense the new MX-5 Cup series is in this double header of an archived IMSA broadcast along with experimental in-car livestream footage.

By Winding Road Staff | May 02, 2016
Simulator Pioneer Goes Pro: SM Champion Joins Winding Road Racing For Battery Tender MX-5 Cup

By now the story is familiar: A young talent spends extensive time on road racing simulators. He (or she) gets pretty good and enters a simulator competition. He wins the competition and gets sponsorship to drive a “real” racecar. And, surprise, he turns out to be quite talented racing in the physical word, just like in the photon world.

By Winding Road Staff | April 18, 2016
Get Discounted Track Day Admission at CoTA Courtesy of WR and Speed Ventures!

Speed Ventures is offering three days of open lapping nirvana on one the finest race tracks in North America – Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas from April 29th through May 1st.

By Winding Road Staff | February 29, 2016
UlitmateGT Announces Rulebook for Upcoming Series

The organizers of UltimateGT, a new North American GT racing series, have released the details of the three upcoming competition formats coming in 2016, which include a time attack-style class along with 2-hour and 4-hour endurance racing classes.

By Winding Road Staff | February 18, 2016
Get Discounted Pirelli World Challenge Tickets at CoTA Courtesy of Winding Road

The Pirelli World Challenge racing series is coming to the Circuit of the Americas on March 3rd, 2016, and we’ve got a special offer for Winding Road fans that knocks 20% off the ticket price!

By Winding Road Staff | February 17, 2016
Trans Am Series Restructures Production Racing Classes For 2016

In response to the popularity of production racing in the Trans Am series, organizers have announced several changes to the related class structures to provide more refined competition for participants.

By Winding Road Staff | January 21, 2016
SCCA Announces Another Historic Venue For 2017 Runoffs

For Club racers who never thought they’d get a chance to compete at the Brickyard, the SCCA has some very interesting news for you: Officials have just announced that the 2017 Runoffs will be held on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.

By Winding Road Staff | October 14, 2015
The 1972 Bandama Rally: The Race That No One Finished

During the 1960s, the East African Safari was one of the most popular rally events for speed enthusiasts who wanted to push themselves and their car to the limit. Held annually, the race took pilots thousands of miles over some of the most unforgiving terrain rural Africa had to offer.

By Ronan Glon | October 05, 2015
Winding Road Racing Forges New Partnership With the National Auto Sport Association

Winding Road Racing is excited to announce a new partnership with the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) as the new Official Motorsports Equipment Supplier of NASA. The newly announced program will provide NASA Members with a number of significant benefits including a Winding Road Racing Member Benefits Program, Contingency Programs for Road Racing as well as AutoX/TT, and special benefits available to participants graduating from NASA’s HPDE program with a TT or competition license.

By Winding Road Staff | June 23, 2015
WRR Broadcast Guide: June 17th – June 24th, 2015

Image: Sutton Motorsport Images   This weekend Formula One heads to the Red Bull Ring for the Austrian Grand Prix, and you can also catch…

By Winding Road Staff | June 15, 2015
WRR Broadcast Guide: June 9th – June 16th, 2015

This weekend we return to the Circuit De La Sarthe for the 83rd annual 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race and Formula One heads to the Red Bull Ring for the Austrian Grand Prix!

By Winding Road Staff | June 08, 2015
WRR Broadcast Guide: June 2nd – June 9th, 2015

This weekend Formula One heads to Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the Candian Grand Prix, the Blancpain GT Series action gets underway in Belgium, and IndyCar racing mixes it up at Texas Motor Speedway for the Firestone 500. You can also catch a delayed broadcast of the May 23rd Trans Am series race at Lime Rock as well.

By Winding Road Staff | June 01, 2015
WRR Broadcast Guide: May 26th – June 1st, 2015

Image: Pirelli World Challenge This weekend the streets of Detroit will be alive with the sound of race cars – Pirelli World Challenge and IndyCar are headed…

By Winding Road Staff | May 25, 2015
WRR Broadcast Guide: May 20th – May 26th, 2015

This week IndyCar heads to the Brickyard for the Indianpolis 500, Formula One is mixng it up on the streets of Monte-Carlo for the Monaco Grand Prix, and you’ll be able to catch re-broadcasts of Pirelli World Challenge and Blancpain GT Endurance series races on CBS Sports Network.

By Winding Road Staff | May 18, 2015
WRR Broadcast Guide: May 12th – May 19th, 2015

This week, the IndyCar series heads to Indiana for Indianapolis 500 qualifying sessions, V8 Supercars gear up for the Perth SuperSprint, and you’ll get a second chance to catch the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge action from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Fox Sports 1.

By Winding Road Staff | May 11, 2015

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