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Photo Courtesy IMSA/Florida Sports Wire Photo by Henry Massey/Florida Sports Wire Photo by Henry Massey/Florida Sports Wire Photo by Henry Massey/Florida Sports Wire Photo by Henry Massey/Florida Sports Wire By Holly Cain SEBRING – Porsche Penske Motorsport wins again. It’s certainly become an enduring refrain at IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup races for IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship fans in recent seasons with the legendary make and famous Penske Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) team claiming its second consecutive Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring race victory Saturday – its third overall at the historic track (2008, 2025). The only real question on this warm, sunny, Florida spring day was which of the Penske team’s two Porsche 963s would take the checkered flag first at the venerable Sebring International Raceway. And that wasn’t fully settled until the dramatic final hour of the day-long race. Together the two Penske team cars combined to lead for all but 60 of the 343 total laps....

 By Don Coble, Special to Florida Sports Wire DAYTONA BEACH – Nobody knows racing better than Roger Penske. His 20 victories in the Indianapolis 500 are a milestone that won’t be matched. He also has 17 IndyCar Series championships and is the reigning car owner for the IMSA GT Prototype and NASCAR Series champions. A year ago, he watched as his four-driver tandem took the checkered flag at the Rolex 24 at Daytona after they completed 791 laps – about 2,816 miles – in a Porsche 963 to beat a Cadillac prototype by 2.112 seconds after racing for 24 hours. So what did the man motorsports calls “The Captain” do? Replaced three of the drivers. The only driver returning to the No. 7 Porsche is Brazilian Felipe Nasr. Gone were two-time defending Indy 500 Champion Josef Newgarden, Dane Cameron and Matt Campbell, replaced by Nick Tandy of Great Britain and Laurens Vanthoor of Belgium. The only thing that remained the same was that the car still had consistent speed. “This is the best time of...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., (Florida Sports Wire) – The Amelia, a leading global concours weekend known for its racing roots and luxurious setting at the beautiful Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, today announced Hélio Castroneves as honoree for 2025, continuing the event’s longstanding tradition as “the racer’s concours.” Castroneves’ wide-ranging racing and competition experience includes: 2001, 2002, 2009, and 2021 Indianapolis 500 wins 2020 IMSA championship with 4 victories and 4 pole positions with Acura Team Penske Minority partner and co-owner of Meyer Shank Racing Season 5 winner of ABC television series Dancing with the Stars in 2007 He was chosen as honoree for The Amelia in 2025 based on his dedication to excellence in racing as well as his unwavering competitive spirit that has made him one of the most successful drivers in IndyCar history. “Hélio Castroneves changed the history of IndyCar and represents everything that automotive racing should be about,” said Hagerty Vice Chairman...