David Phillips

Aug 4, 2024 | sportstalkflorida.com | David Phillips

By David PhillipsFROM IMSA – YOUR BEST SOURCE SPORTS CAR RACING DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Every event on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is special. Latest case in point: the IMSA SportsCar Weekend set for this weekend at Road America. It may not be the first (or the last) time the series’ four classes – Grand Touring Prototype (GTP), Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), GT Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) and GT Daytona (GTD) – will duke it out in the same race together.

Jun 26, 2024 | fltimes.com | David Phillips

WATKINS GLEN — If there’s one thing we learned from the wild and wonderful Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen, it’s that anything can happen when unpredictable weather pays a visit to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Sunshine, spotty rain showers, suffocating humidity, brief and lingering deluges of epic proportion; rain tires, slicks; local yellows, full-course cautions, a red flag – and subsequent restart in the final hour.

Jun 22, 2024 | fltimes.com | Pete Lambos |David Phillips

WATKINS GLEN — All of a sudden, it’s nearly July. The NBA season is done, the NHL season is nearly there, three out of the four golf majors are played; Wimbledon is fast approaching, the European soccer championships are in full swing and the Olympics are right around the corner. In the world of motorsports, the 24 Hours of Le Mans is done, NASCAR is halfway through its season and though Go Bowling at The Glen is pushed back to September, it’s going to arrive soon.

Jun 6, 2024 | racer.com | David Phillips

Ask Jan Magnussen about his responsibilities in his role at MDK Motorsports and be prepared for a lengthy answer, almost as long as the team’s entry list across the spectrum of sports car series where MDK competes. What began a decade ago as an endeavor to become a gentleman racer in his 50s for team CEO Mark Kvamme has blossomed into a mega team fielding cars in four series — three sanctioned by IMSA.

Jan 4, 2024 | motorsportmagazine.com | Andrew Marriott |Simon Taylor |Gordon Kirby |David Phillips

Meanwhile I’d had little or no sleep. We’d embraced the US racing spirit by basing ourselves in a big American motorhome on the infield, which was a great idea until the track employed trucks fitted with jet engines to dry the ‘weepers’ through the night. It was like trying to kip at the end of a runway. Still, without more rainfall, Rockingham was finally fit for purpose on the Saturday morning when the 26 Champ Cars rolled out for a brief exploratory practice session. Wow, what a moment that was.