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IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Sets 12-Race Schedule
For 2014

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Category: Petit Le Mans

13 Oct

• IMSA Expanding Calendar With Increase Of Two Continental Tire Challenge Events
• New Logo For Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Unveiled

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida. (Oct. 11, 2013) – Expanding the sports car calendar to encompass more road racing circuits and serve more fans throughout the United States, the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) today announced a 12-event schedule for its premier development series, the production-based Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge.

The 12-event lineup will be an increase of two events from this season. The 2014 season will begin with the annual opening race at Daytona International Speedway on Jan. 24, running as a companion event to the 52nd Rolex 24 At Daytona set for Jan. 25-26. The Rolex 24 will be the first race for the new TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.

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Meet Miss Road Atlanta:
Brittney Leigh

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Category: Petit Le Mans

11 Oct

A native of Georgia, Brittney is a fulltime spokesmodel with an extensive portfolio including appearances in Maxim magazine, Seventeen magazine, Teen Prom magazine, the Atlantan, Wrangler Jeans catalog, Jezebel and many more!

There’s a good chance you have seen Brittney on billboards across the nation, in commercials, posters and in person at racing events, trade shows, and a wide variety of sporting events!

“I travel all over doing what I love! I couldn't be more blessed with such an amazing career. I'm also an avid outdoors girl. When I'm not working I'm outside hunting, fishing, camping, at the races, exercising, shooting guns and bows, 4-wheeling, playing with my dogs and much more."

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IMSA Announces Tentative Car Capacity Guidelines For 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship

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Category: Petit Le Mans

11 Oct

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (Oct. 11, 2013) – With unprecedented car counts expected for the inaugural TUDOR United SportsCar Championship in 2014, International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) officials today announced tentative car capacity guidelines for each of the TUDOR Championship’s four classes at each venue.

The maximum car capacity guidelines are based on space available at each venue. Series officials arrived at the car capacity for each class based on current projections, and the actual capacity per class may fluctuate as full-season entries are filed. IMSA will begin taking entry applications on Nov. 1.

“Based on the feedback we’ve received from our entrants, we expect full-season entries to put us at or near maximum capacity for every TUDOR Championship race next year,” said IMSA Vice President, Competition and Technical Regulations, Scot Elkins. “The issue of capacity has really come into focus since we announced our 2014 schedule last month and as our teams have begun to share their plans with us. Our projections have led us to make some additional adjustments.”

• The Prototype (P) class will have a tentative cap of 20 cars at five venues:  Sebring International Raceway, Long Beach, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Detroit’s Belle Isle and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The P class will be capped at 19 cars for all other venues on the 2014 schedule.

• The Prototype Challenge (PC) class will be tentatively capped at 10 entries for all TUDOR Championship events. PC competitors will race for the overall victory in a two-class race alongside the GT Daytona (GTD) class at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on May 4. A separate race will be held on the same day for the P and GT Le Mans (GTLM) classes, with FOX Sports set to televise both events.

• PC will also headline an event at Kansas Speedway – which hosted its first professional sports car events in August with the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge – on Saturday, June 7. PC will conduct doubleheader sprint races alongside IMSA’s Cooper Tires Prototype Lites powered by Mazda series at Kansas and at Virginia International Raceway (VIR). The class will have a total of 10 events in the 2014 TUDOR Championship, removing Detroit and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park from the previously announced schedule for PC.

• The GTLM class will have a tentative cap of 19 cars at VIR, 16 at Long Beach, 14 at Sebring and Indianapolis and 12 at all others. GTD will be tentatively capped at 19 cars for all events except for Detroit, where the class will have capacity for approximately 21 cars. 

Official test sessions for the 2014 TUDOR Championship are scheduled for Nov. 16-17 at Sebring International Raceway and Nov. 19-20 at Daytona International Speedway. The inaugural TUDOR Championship opens with the 52nd Rolex 24 At Daytona on Jan. 25-26, 2014.

2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship Schedule

• Jan 25-26        Daytona International Speedway 
• Mar 15   Sebring International Raceway
• Apr 12   Long Beach Street Circuit (P/GTLM Only)
• May 4   Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (Split P/GTLM and PC/GTD Events)
• May 31   Detroit Belle Isle (P/GTD Only)
• June 7   Kansas Speedway (PC Only)
• Jun 29   Watkins Glen International
• Jul 13   Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (P/GTLM/GTD Only)
• Jul 25   Indianapolis Motor Speedway
• Aug 10   Road America
• Aug 24   Virginia International Raceway (Split PC and GTLM/GTD Events)
• Sep 20   Circuit of The Americas
• Oct 4   Road Atlanta 

About IMSA
Beginning in 2014, and headquartered at the International Motorsports Center in Daytona Beach, Florida, the new International Motor Sports Association, LLC (IMSA) will be the sanctioning body of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship – the highly anticipated road-racing series resulting from the merger of the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón and the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series – as well as two development series: the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites powered by Mazda. In addition, IMSA also plans to continue sanctioning the following single-make series: Ferrari Challenge, Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge by Yokohama, Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin and Lamborghini Super Trofeo. IMSA is the exclusive strategic partner in North America with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) which operates the 24 Hours of Le Mans as a part of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The partnership enables selected TUDOR United SportsCar Championship competitors to earn automatic entries into the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans.

About TUDOR
TUDOR is a premium Swiss watchmaking brand appealing to people with an acute sense of style, a desire to be different and uncompromising quality expectations. Its price positioning sits in the premium segment that complements Rolex’s position in the high-end luxury segment. Since the brand name was registered for Hans Wilsdorf, founder of Rolex, in 1926, TUDOR has benefited from the Rolex’s outstanding watchmaking expertise, quality control and service. TUDOR was re-launched in 2007 with a distinctive personality and a high level of independence in its design, manufacturing and communication. TUDOR has been inspired by motorsports since the 1970s and, in addition to being the Title Partner of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, is also currently the World Timing Partner for both Ducati and the FIA World Endurance Championship.