A Trinidadian diamond trader in Antwerp. The journey from a team run out of a horsebox to Le Mans winner. Racing driver cramp. An errant camera man. The joke to cause all heart attacks. Strap yourself in for a Hollywood-movie level story.It’s the 20th anniversary of the Champion Racing team’s...

Former sports car powerhouse team Champion Racing will return from a 13-year hiatus to compete in this year’s 99th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.The team will campaign a Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport in the Time Attack 1 division with current Pikes Peak record holder Romain Dumas...

ABOVE: The Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro/Allan McNish Champion Racing Audi R8 at Le Mans in 2005.Following the loss of Champion Racing team owner Dave Maraj, three-time Le Mans winner Allan McNish and Brad Kettler -- one of Champion’s most tenured employees -- share their thoughts on Mr. Maraj’s impact and legacy...

The Pirelli World Challenge Series has hired Marcus Haselgrove (LEFT) as its next director of competition.Haselgrove is widely respected within the North American sports car scene, and leaves his position as Audi Sport Customer Racing North America's manager and engineer for its R8 support program to assume his new role.Haselgrove...

Wandering the paddock at the Circuit of The Americas road course this weekend for the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association National Championships will tease a gearhead's senses. Throaty blasts of old school Can-Am cars tickle eardrums; wind tunnel developed aerodynamics of LMP prototypes rivet the eyes and the scent of burning...

Nine-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Tom Kristensen has admitted to shock when he learned that long-time Audi teammate Allan McNish was hanging up his helmet.Kristensen, who was one of the first people to know of the decision that McNish set in stone last Thursday, said: "We are close to...