Andrew Crask

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Rovanpera ignites WRC title challenge with dominant Canary Islands victory

2 months ago | racer.com | Andrew Crask

Kalle Rovanpera reignited his quest for a third FIA World Rally Championship title by claiming a dominant and near-perfect victory at Rally Islas Canarias on Sunday. The 24-year-old Finn (above), who headed into the WRC’s fourth round 57 points adrift of the championship lead after a relatively slow start to his 2025 campaign, cut that deficit to 43 after a commanding start-to-finish performance vaulted him and co-driver Jonne Halttunen from sixth to second in the standings.
GT4 America: Auto Technic Racing wins Race 1; Blackdog and RAFA Racing win in Pro-Am and Am

2 months ago | racer.com | Andrew Crask

The opening race of the Pirelli GT4 America season was a precarious affair, as the field got their elbows out from the get-go. The opening half of the race took place under full course yellow following an incident on the opening lap involving multiple cars, which left debris on track that needed to be addressed. On the restart, there was another collision involving numerous drivers, including overall pole sitters Marco Polo Motorsports, and the full course caution emerged again.
Irazú, Szuch win in Ligier JFC at NOLA

2 months ago | racer.com | Andrew Crask

Gastón Irazú rebounded from a grid penalty to earn his first-career Ligier Junior Formula Championship (Ligier JFC) victory in his series debut during the season-opening race at NOLA Motorsports Park. After setting the second-quickest time in qualifying, Irazú (No. 42 Champagne Racing Ligier JS F4) rolled off seventh for the first race of the year after receiving a grid penalty for a tire infraction during official practice.
Ogier closes in on record-extending 10th Monte Carlo Rally win

Jan 25, 2025 | racer.com | Andrew Crask

Sebastien Ogier is on the verge of an unprecedented 10th Monte Carlo Rally victory after another flawless performance at the FIA World Rally Championship season opener on Saturday to further extend his lead of the iconic, French Alps-based event. The Frenchman (above) heads into Sunday’s final leg with a commanding lead of 20.3s in his factory GR Yaris Rally1, having delivered a measured and calculated drive through Saturday’s six challenging stages west of Gap.
Hoosier Supreme Tour preview

Jan 10, 2025 | bvmsports.com | Andrew Crask

On episode 207 of Inside the SCCA presented by RaceSchool.com, we take a sneak peek into what's ahead for the 2025 Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour. My announcing partner Gregg Ginsberg and DriversEye Live's Brendan Kaczmarek join me to talk about some of the rules changes and what will be new for this year's live race coverage. We also remember two friends who we lost last year.
Musella clinches JSF4 title with win, Popow also doubles up in COTA F4 U.S.

Nov 2, 2024 | racer.com | Andrew Crask

Winning Race 2 at Circuit of The Americas, Teddy Musella clinched the Ligier JS F4 Series (JS F4) 2024 Championship. The Scuderia Buell driver has been the one to beat all weekend, topping the speed chart in every session, and now winning both races en route to locking in the title. After setting the fastest lap in Race 1, Sacha van’t Pad Bosch (No. 27 Scuderia Buell Ligier JS F4) led the field toward the waving green flag to start the race.
Rothberg sweeps at Indy, O’Connell scores GT America title

Oct 6, 2024 | racer.com | Andrew Crask

The GT America Powered by AWS drivers were up bright and early for the last race of the season. Yesterday’s race was nothing short of action-packed, to the dismay of points leader Jason Daskalos, who saw the gap in the championship dwindle. He started Race 2 in first place in the standings, 6 points ahead of Johnny O’Connell. The title was still obtainable for young gun Justin Rothberg, who had clinched the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Pro-Am title in the Indy 8 Hour the night prior.
COTA introduces football/USGP combo ticket

Sep 25, 2024 | bvmsports.com | Andrew Crask

Keith Sutton/Motorsport Images Since the inception of the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas, the event's October date has had to co-exist with the college football season - a promotional obstacle in gridiron-crazed Austin, Texas.
McLaren’s Brown honored with IMRRC Cameron Argetsinger Award

Sep 13, 2024 | autos.yahoo.com | Andrew Crask

Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren Racing, was honored at a gala dinner on Thursday with the 10th annual International Motor Racing Research Center’s Cameron R. Argetsinger Award for outstanding contributions to motorsports. Returning to the site of the inaugural award dinner held at the Corning Museum of Glass which recognized multi-race team owner Chip Ganassi in 2014, Brown was presented with an etched glass trophy by founding member and past president of the IMRRC, J.C. Argetsinger.
Neuville grabs Saturday Acropolis Rally lead, boosts WRC title hopes

Sep 7, 2024 | racer.com | Andrew Crask

Thierry Neuville’s FIA World Rally Championship title hopes were bolstered on Saturday as the Hyundai ace (above) emerged from the plot twists of another punishing day at Acropolis Rally Greece with a commanding overall lead. The Belgian, who started the penultimate leg third, climbed to the top as his i20 N Rally1-driving factory teammates, Ott Tanak and Dani Sordo, suffered misfortunes in what has proven to be easily the season’s most brutal rally so far.