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IMSA’s New Mobile Game Mode Isn’t Trying to Simulate Racing. It’s Trying to Find Fans. Official Asphalt Legends x IMSA artwork showing a prototype and GT race car for the new IMSA Endurance Mode Spotlight game mode.

Official Asphalt Legends x IMSA artwork showing a prototype and GT race car for the new IMSA Endurance Mode Spotlight game mode.

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IMSA’s New Mobile Game Mode Isn’t Trying to Simulate Racing. It’s Trying to Find Fans.

Shawn Henry September 22, 2026

Starting September 15, players teaming up in Asphalt Legends can grab a Prototype or GT car, link...

Ferrari’s Engine Upgrade Was Free. The Grid Penalty for Using It Still Isn’t. Charles Leclerc's Ferrari Formula 1 car on track

Charles Leclerc's Ferrari Formula 1 car on track

Ferrari’s Engine Upgrade Was Free. The Grid Penalty for Using It Still Isn’t.

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Ferrari has spent most of 2026 insisting its power unit is the one part of the car...

Trident’s First 2027 F3 Move Fills the Seat Freddie Slater Is Leaving Behind Kean Nakamura-Berta poses in Williams F1 Driver Academy kit ahead of his 2027 FIA Formula 3 move to Trident

Kean Nakamura-Berta poses in Williams F1 Driver Academy kit ahead of his 2027 FIA Formula 3 move to Trident

Trident’s First 2027 F3 Move Fills the Seat Freddie Slater Is Leaving Behind

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Formula 3’s 2026 season was five days old in the history books when Trident put out the...

Shelby American Ties Trans Am’s 60th Anniversary to Real Prize Money, Not Just Nostalgia Blue Shelby GT350-style Ford Mustang parked on a race track apron with a control tower in the background

Blue Shelby GT350-style Ford Mustang parked on a race track apron with a control tower in the background

Shelby American Ties Trans Am’s 60th Anniversary to Real Prize Money, Not Just Nostalgia

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Trans Am’s 60th anniversary partnership with Shelby American, announced September 14, could have been just another two-logos...

Acura’s Farewell Livery Shows Up on the One Car Still Racing for a Championship preview-928x522

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Acura’s Farewell Livery Shows Up on the One Car Still Racing for a Championship

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

On Sunday, Meyer Shank Racing will roll the No. 93 Acura ARX-06 off pit lane at Indianapolis...

Formula Drift Calls Las Vegas a ‘Debut.’ The Track Explains Why That’s Not Spin. red and white ferrari f 1 on track

red and white ferrari f 1 on track

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Formula Drift Calls Las Vegas a ‘Debut.’ The Track Explains Why That’s Not Spin.

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

When Formula Drift announced its 2026 stop in Las Vegas, the series’ own event page skipped past...

Supercars Moves Gold Coast Qualifying to Friday, and It’s More Than a Timing Sheet Tweak Supercars touring cars racing side-by-side through a corner on a permanent circuit

Supercars touring cars racing side-by-side through a corner on a permanent circuit

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Supercars Moves Gold Coast Qualifying to Friday, and It’s More Than a Timing Sheet Tweak

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Supercars published the timing sheet for the 2026 Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 this week, and one...

The HSR Classic 10 Hour Isn’t Ten Hours of Racing. Splitting It Up Is the Whole Point. Vintage liveried Porsche 911 racing on a road course, similar to the classic cars competing in HSR's Classic 10 Hour at Road Atlanta

Vintage liveried Porsche 911 racing on a road course, similar to the classic cars competing in HSR's Classic 10 Hour at Road Atlanta

The HSR Classic 10 Hour Isn’t Ten Hours of Racing. Splitting It Up Is the Whole Point.

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta hosts the second running of the HSR Classic 10 Hour presented by Mission...

McLaren’s 2027 Calendar Just Solved the One Problem Standing Between Lando Norris and Le Mans Side detail of the McLaren MCL-HY livery reading F1 GTR alongside the names Lehto, Dalmas and Sekiya, the drivers who won Le Mans for McLaren in 1995

Side detail of the McLaren MCL-HY livery reading F1 GTR alongside the names Lehto, Dalmas and Sekiya, the drivers who won Le Mans for McLaren in 1995

McLaren’s 2027 Calendar Just Solved the One Problem Standing Between Lando Norris and Le Mans

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Zak Brown didn’t need many words to set off a fresh round of “will he, won’t he.”...

Here’s Your Morning Racing News Round-Up NASCAR stock cars packed together at the start of a race

NASCAR stock cars packed together at the start of a race

Here’s Your Morning Racing News Round-Up

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Good morning, and welcome back to the grid. Five stories crossed the wire at Backfire Racing on...