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Display to feature NSX GT3 race car atop a matching, custom fabricated trailer, towed by 2017 Acura MDX sporting an NSX GT3-inspired racing livery - NSX GT3 IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship and Pirelli World Challenge drivers to be announced at SEMA From the Formula One paddock to IndyCar pit lane and the temples of international sports car racing, Stefan Johansson is one of the most successful and respected racing drivers of all time. Johansson spent 11 years (1980-1991) in Formula One, driving for Audi’s announcement that it will be ending its factory LMP1 program at the end of this year’s FIA World Endurance Championship season has brought an end to one of the most successful eras in sports car racing history that included 13 victories in the hosting both NASCAR stock car racing as well as sports car and endurance racing and one single Formula One Grand Prix. The track was demolished in 1989 to make room for a shopping mall. IndyCar’s President of Competition and Operations Jay Frye had this to say about why the league chose to get involved with sportscar racing: When Mazda approached us regarding MX-5 Cup, we felt it would be a great opportunity for IndyCar to expand upon Action Express Racing has announced that the team's 2016 driver lineup in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship of Joao Barbosa, Dane Cameron, Eric Curran and Christian Fittipaldi will return to the team for the 2017 season. Cameron and Curran will .

Audi is pulling out of the Le Mans sports car race next year after almost two decades to focus on racing electric cars as part of a symbolic shift in strategy. With parent company Volkswagen still recovering from its emissions scandal, having recently The German marque has become a leading figure in sportscar racing during the last 18 years, winning the prestigious Le Mans 24 Hours on 13 occasions, while also taking out the WEC drivers’ and manufacturers’ crowns from 2012-2013. The news arrives as Over its 18 years in endurance racing, Audi won the 24 Hours of Le Mans 13 times, and won numerous championships both in the WEC and the American Le Mans Series. Other than Porsche, Audi remains the most successful sports car racing team of all time. In more basic terms, Audi’s dominating presence at Le Mans is over. Since its entry into top flight sports car racing, Audi hasn’t finished outside of the Le Mans 24-hour podium. It has won 13 of the 18 twice-round-the-clock races it has competed in. .