SCCA Racing

         RealTime Racing returns to the SCCA Touring Car Championship in 2010, but will compete in a different class, the new GTS class.

         Peter Cunningham, eight-time SCCA Pro Racing champion will lead the Acura Motorsports team and also welcome back former RTR driver, Nick Esayian for another go-round.

         The SCCA season kicks of this weekend with the IndyCar Series on the Streets of St. Petersburg in Florida.

ALMS Racing

         Eibach Springs friend and supporting team of the Primetime Race Group debuted the new Oreca FLM09 Le Mans Challenge car in the 58th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring in Florida the weekend of March 17-20, with the main event on Saturday the 20th.

         Primetime Race Group debuted well with the new car in a new class for the organization, the LMP class. Drivers Joel Feinberg and Kyle Marcelli welcomed Tom Weickardt as the third driver for the event.

         Only 53 minutes into the race, Feinburg suffered an electrical glitch, resulting in Feinburg striking the turn three tire barrier and force the car into the pits for repairs. The damage was extensive enough for the team to take the No. 11 Braille Battery machine to the team trailer for three hours worth of repairs. Once the repairs were made, Marcelli would take the wheel for the team for 1 hour and 57 minutes before Weickardt piloted the machine for 2 hours and 20 minutes of the event.

         Marcelli returned to the wheel for the remaining 1 hour and 57 minutes of the race to put the Primetime Race Group No. 11 atop of the podium in the third position of LMP.

Dirt Track Racing

         A winter storm may have postponed the USMTS Casey's General Stores National Tour at West Siloam Speedway in West Siloam Springs, Okla., on the first official day of spring, but the previous night in Oktaha, Okla., racing took place with quite a familiar face landing in victory lane. You guessed it race fans, modified "hot shoe" Jason Hughes graced another USMTS frontstretch victory lane with his presence on Friday, March 19 at the Outlaw Motor Speedway. Hughes, who collected his fourth win in a row, can now boast a 4-0 start to his 2010 racing season. Hughes led all 30 laps in the feature event.

         Kelly Shyrock of Fertile, Ia., picked up the win in the Eibach Springs Heat Race No. 4.

         The USMTS Casey's General National Tour treks onto Nebraska and Junction Motor Speedway for the 7th Annual Nebraska Spring Thaw this weekend, March 26-27.

News and Notes

***Michael Lewis concluded another successful test in his Eurointernational BMW Europe team on March 21. This time Lewis took to and adapted quickly to the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. He was third fastest overall for the test.

***2010 Chili Bowl winner Kevin Swindell is announced as the driver of the No. 9 Esslinger-powered Nine Racing entry for the prestigious "Night Before the 500" at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Clermont, Ind., which will take place on Saturday, May 29.