Andretti Global and General Motors Team Up in F1 Pursuit
Andretti Global and General Motors have announced their intent to pursue the opportunity to compete in the FIA Formula One World Championship. GM would be represented by the Cadillac brand. The Andretti Cadillac team would be based in the United States with a support facility in the United Kingdom.
F1 has seen consistent growth globally and most recently in the United States with 2023 races in Austin, Miami and Las Vegas. The Andretti Cadillac team is planning to submit an expression of interest when the FIA opens the formal process. If selected, the team is seeking to compete as soon as practical with at least one American driver.
Since 2017, Cadillac has been competing at the forefront of American sports-car racing in IMSA, achieving numerous wins, podiums and championships with the Cadillac DPi-V.R. Cadillac will continue in sports-car racing with the all-new hybrid Cadillac V-LMDh, which will compete globally in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship.
Andretti racing teams currently compete in seven different top-tier series worldwide and have found success in each avenue of competition. Andretti and GM last paired for the return of Chevrolet to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES in 2012, together capturing nine wins across two seasons. The pairing additionally claimed the Driver, Team and Manufacturer titles in 2012.
NHRA Releases 2023 Schedule for Nine-Race Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series
NHRA has announced the nine-race schedule for the 2023 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, which will feature a pair of Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum Hot Rod Reunions. The series will again feature racing action from the Nostalgia Top Fuel dragsters and Nostalgia Funny Cars.
This season opens with the Good Vibrations March Meet, March 2–5, at Famoso Dragstrip in Bakersfield, California. The NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series will then make its first-ever stop at Redding Motorsports Park in Redding, California, April 8–9, followed by the NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor Opener, which is reserved for Nostalgia Funny Cars at Firebird Raceway in Boise, May 6–7, and the Nostalgia Reunion at Sacramento Raceway, May 12–13. That leads into the National Hot Rod Reunion at Beech Bend Raceway Park, June 15–17.
The series resumes in August with a second trip to Firebird Raceway for the track’s Nightfire Nationals, August 4–6, followed by a pair of September races on back-to-back weekends. The Nitro Nationals takes place at Osage Casino and Hotel Tulsa Raceway Park, September 15–16, featuring Nostalgia Top Fuel, Funny Car and A/Fuel and a second 2023 event at Sacramento Raceway, the Governor’s Cup, will run September 22–23 and hosts Groups 1 and 2.
The California Hot Rod Reunion will close out the season, October 13–15 at Famoso Dragstrip, with Nostalgia Top Fuel competing for points at five events during the season (March Meet, National Hot Rod Reunion, Nightfire Nationals, Nitro Nationals and California Hot Rod Reunion). Nostalgia Funny Car will compete for points at six races (March Meet, Ignitor Nitro Opener, National Hot Rod Reunion, Nightfire Nationals, Nitro Nationals and California Hot Rod Reunion).
For more information about the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series, visit www.nhra.com/hotrodheritage.
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