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NBC Sports
6 days ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Formal: WTR's win at CTMP 'a long time coming'
Trent Hindman and Danny Formal never doubted their chances after an early spin at CTMP and knew they had "100 percent" to come back and score the GTD win in the Chevrolet Grand Prix.
NBC Sports
10-07-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
IMSA'S CHEVROLET GRAND PRIX AND PRO MOTOCROSS FROM SPRING CREEK HEADLINE NBC SPORTS' LIVE MOTORSPORTS COVERAGE THIS WEEKEND
IMSA from Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Begins Sunday Live at 2 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock Supercross Race Day Live Begins Saturday at 11 a.m. ET with Race at 2 p.m. ET Exclusively on Peacock STAMFORD, Conn. – July 10, 2025 – NBC Sports' motorsports weekend is headlined by IMSA's Chevrolet Grand Prix from Canadian Tire Motorsport Park this Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock and Pro Motocross from Spring Creek MX Park this Saturday at 2 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock. IMSA: CHEVROLET GRAND PRIX IMSA returns this week with the Chevrolet Grand Prix from Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, this Sunday, July 13, live at 2 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock. The two-hour-and-40-minute standard length sprint race is expected to feature 35 cars across the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO), and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) classes. With only 52 points currently separating the GTD PRO first and second place drivers, 60 points in GTD, and 94 points in LMP2, this week's race could see dramatic changes in the leaderboards across all three classes. No. 3 Corvette Racing, the GTD PRO points leaders, have earned three podium finishes in a row and look to defend their CTMP title from last year's edition of this race. Additionally, Canadian Roman De Angelis, one of only four drivers with multiple wins at CTMP racing this weekend, aims to win again on home soil. NBC Sports' Leigh Diffey will call the action alongside former IMSA GT driver and analyst Calvin Fish. Brian Till and Matt Yocum will serve as pit reporters. Live coverage of WeatherTech Championship qualifying will be presented this Saturday at 3:55 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock. Peacock will serve as the streaming home of the WeatherTech Championship with flag-to-flag live coverage of all races as well as exclusive coverage for portions of select endurance races. Click here for more information on the 2025 schedule. HOW TO WATCH TV – USA Network Streaming – Peacock PRO MOTOCROSS: SPRING CREEK The 2025 SMX World ChampionshipTM series and Pro Motocross season continues this Saturday, July 12, from Spring Creek MX Park from Millville, Minn., live at 2 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock. Race Day Live qualifying coverage this Saturday gets underway at 11 a.m. ET exclusively on Peacock. An encore presentation of the race will be presented this Sunday at 12 p.m. ET on USA Network. Jett Lawrence's impressive come-from-behind victory at RedBud last weekend gave him his sixth consecutive win and increased his lead atop the overall 450 Class standings (290 points). His brother, Hunter, took second place for the siblings' third consecutive 1-2 finish, while Justin Cooper finished in third for his second podium finish of the season. In the 250 Class, Jo Shimoda emerged victorious, with Jalek Swoll and Michael Mosiman rounding out the top three. NBC Sports' Jason Weigandt alongside SuperMotocross analyst James Stewart, a seven-time AMA champion, will call this weekend's action at Spring Creek. Jason Thomas and Katie Osborne will serve as reporters. 15-time AMA champion Ricky Carmichael and nine-time AMA champion Ryan Villopto recap last week's action at RedBud and preview Spring Creek on the latest episode of the Title 24 podcast here. All live Pro Motocross coverage, including races and qualifying, plus on-demand replays, will be available on Peacock this season. Click here for more details. BROADCAST TEAM Play by Play: Jason Weigandt Analyst: James Stewart Reporters: Jason Thomas, Katie Osborne Race Day Live: Jason Weigandt, James Stewart, Jason Thomas, Katie Osborne Streaming – Peacock (LIVE) Audio – SiriusXM NBC Sports Audio – Channel 85 *Encore presentation --NBC SPORTS--
Hamilton Spectator
03-07-2025
- Automotive
- Hamilton Spectator
Robert Wickens to drive Corvette at Canadian IMSA stop
The journey of Robert Wickens returning to auto racing has been a success story of the highest order. Not only has the 36-year-old from Guelph returned to his passion, his drive and determination have been an inspiration no matter what the sport. During a 2018 IndyCar race at Pocono, Wickens crashed and suffered a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed. With intense therapy, willpower and the help of modern technology, he was able to return to the race track in 2022, driving in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge with a Bryan Herta Autosport Hyundai. He had several podium finishes, including two victories, and earned the 2023 series title. A major factor in his success has been the implementation of hand controls developed by Bosch, which has continuously enhanced a system originally designed for car braking. 'I'm still learning the controls and continuing to get better,' said Wickens, who will drive a Corvette Z06 GT3.R for DXDT Racing during the upcoming IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park July 11 to 13 — the only Canadian stop on the IMSA tour. He has already raced the car in the Long Beach and Laguna Seca events this year and said he enjoys the Corvette with its power, but didn't dismiss the Hyundai. 'You can't underestimate the Hyundai,' he explained. 'It developed about 400 horsepower.' But the Corvette, a GT racing car developed by General Motors and Pratt Miller Engineering, competes around the globe, and its V8 engine produces about 600 horsepower for IMSA racing. The Hyundai was a front-drive car and the Corvette rear-drive. Wickens noted there are different driving styles with each, but the Corvette is quicker in all aspects of racing. Between racing at the upcoming CTMP event, Wickens and his team will present fan experience programs, and those interested can sign up at . When not behind the wheel, Wickens has returned to playing golf, an activity he enjoys with his wife Karli and a modified golf cart. He also said much of his off-track time is consumed with raising their three-year-old son, Wesley. While he has raced at many tracks, a return to CTMP is special to Wickens. 'There's a lot of nostalgia for me,' he said. 'I started out there on the kart track and raced in many series there. I'm really looking forward to returning.' Billed as Canada's biggest sports car race, the Chevrolet Grand Prix will feature races in the Michelin Pilot Challenge, the VP Racing Sportscar Challenge and the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin, along with the headlining IMSA WeatherTech event with LMP2 prototypes, GTD PRO and GTD classes. There will be a strong contingent of Canadian teams at the race, including Pfaff Motorsports (Lamborghini in GT3), AWA (Corvette Z06 GT3.R) and noted car builder Multimatic. Canadian drivers include Parker Thompson (Lexus RC F GT3), Orey Fidani (Corvette Z06 GT3.R), Roman De Angelis (Aston Martin Vantage GT3) and Misha Goikhberg (Lamborghini Huracán GT3). For more info and tickets, go to . Brantford's Yvonne Potter (second from right) and crew celebrate her Super Pro class win in her dragster during the Nitro Nationals weekend at Toronto Motorsports Park. Weekend winners: Dylan Westbrook and Ryan Turner had good weekends in southern Ontario Sprints competition. Westbrook, from Scotland, won the 25-lapper A Main at Ohsweken Speedway and $5,000 in the second round of the Gold Crown Super Series last Friday, while Dunnville's Turner took the third round of the series at Brighton Speedway Saturday and pocketed $5,000 … Kyle Cummins of Indiana, who drives for Glenn Styres Racing out of Ohsweken, finished third in one of the racing events at the Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway earlier this week. The race is part of the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship for USAC Midgets. Known as The Driven2SaveLives BC39, the races are 39 laps each and named in honour of the late four-time USAC Midget champion Bryan Clauson. A field of over 70 Midgets from three countries took to the temporary dirt oval set up at the Brickyard … Yvonne Potter of Brantford drove her dragster to a Super Pro class win during the recent Nitro Nationals at Toronto Motorsports Park. The victory was her first.
