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Central America isn't a place most people think of when they think of motorsports, at least not outside of there, but racing is there and the major series is honestly incredible. I was blown away when I came across this series.

GT Challenge de las Americas is a racing series that takes place on circuits in many Central American and Caribbean countries, such as Panama, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and more recently Guyana, which became the first English-speaking country to participate (another Caribbean country that comes to mind that could participate is Barbados).

The series features an impressive variety of cars and several classes, a crazy mix of GT3, TA2, classic Trans Ams, GT300s, and everything else that can compete with these cars, in addition to other separate classes, of course.

Toyota Gazoo Racing is there and a guy is racing this insane Supra against GT3s and Trans Ams, crazy!

I couldn't find any information about when the series started, so if anyone knows, please tell me here.

Of course, this isn't the only racing series in Central America or the Caribbean; there are other smaller ones in each country.

It's really cool to discover other racing series spread around the world outside of the US, Europe, and Japan.

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2026/05/21/kyle-busch-two-time-nascar-cup-series-champion-dies-at-age-41/

I was watching a race and the Dacia Logan in the shot looked both funny and weirdly cool at the same time, so I started looking for a canvas like this and somehow actually found one.

I’d never bought wall art before and honestly had no idea what to get for this empty wall, but this felt like the perfect mix of cool and a little goofy.

What do you guys think?

Hello guys, i'm a french youtuber going to make a video about Bellof's record at the Nordschleife.

To help me during my research, it would be cool to have some opinions and facts about him.

As far as i've been able to look into his career, i spotted many cool things to mention.

He was a crazy fast driver, who could have had a major impact in F1.

His career was certainly short, but amazing.

(don't hesitate to dm me on discord : celvik)

V8 Thunder is a Swedish racing series, also existing in Finland.

The series began in 1975 and has undergone considerable changes over time, being known for many years as the Camaro Cup, with only Chevrolet Camaros competing, a one-make brand series.

For a long time, the series ran as a support series to the more famous Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC).

In 2013 The series opened up to more brands to participate, with Chevrolet, Ford, and a few others joining since then.

Nowadays, these cars closely resemble American stock cars like those in NASCAR or Trans Am, boasting around 475 HP V8 engines.

Pretty cool! Nice to learn more about motorsports in Sweden and Scandinavia.

Much has been made of Max Verstappen’s ”threats” to quit Formula 1 and the Motorsport Storyteller shares his own thoughts on the topic, with the Dutchman having just finished his 24 Hours of Nürburgring adventure.

https://motorsportstoryteller.com/formula-1-does-not-need-max-verstappen-motorsport-does/

Abbi Pulling is one of the leading female prospects to watch out for in 2026.

In 2024 she dominated F1 Academy and gained herself a full series of the formula regional championship GB3 for 2025 paid for by F1 Academy.

In 2025 she showed consistency and gradual improvement across the year finishing 10th with a late podium.

As F1 Academy only pay for 1 season I expected her career to then be over but she has somehow found funding for another GB3 year in 2026 - this time with a year of experience of the car/tyres under her belt and set up knowledge for each track.

The opening round has happened and reports are of genuine front running pace mixed with poor luck.

She qualified 4th for the first race and 5th for the second race.

She was forced to retire from race 1 with a suspension failure.

She was in a genuine 3rd place in race 2 with 1 minute to go when another driver crashed into her and forced another DNF.

In race 3, the reverse grid, she finished 10th, promoted later to 8th.

While the final results did not reflect her full potential, Pulling left Silverstone with clear evidence of front-running pace. Across all three races, she had demonstrated the speed to fight consistently at the front, with misfortune denying her a likely podium finish.

https://www.racers-behindthehelmet.com/post/gb3-abbi-pulling-shows-front-running-pace-but-denied-podium-in-unfortunate-silverstone-opener?utm\_source=copilot.com

Daughter of Mikka Hakkinen and McLaren Junior driver, Ella Hakkinen is racing F4 Central European Zone (F4 CEZ).

The opening round is complete and she has recorded 8th, 11th and 12th place finishes putting her 14th out of 41 after round 1.

You might know these cars as Opel Vectra or Vauxhall Vectra, but in Brazil they were manufactured as Chevrolets, and GM raced silhouettes of these cars in Stock Car Brazil between 2000 and 2003.

I say silhouettes because from 2000 onwards, Stock Car Brazil cars became race cars built from scratch, with tubular chassis, only with a body shell that resembled the original car.

They started racing with V8 engines for the first time, which produced 450 HP at the time, weighed around 1320 kg, and had a bigger focus on downforce.

They were honestly pretty good for their time, they were quite fast. With 0-100 in 4.7 Seconds and 260kph top speed

This was also the last era in which Stock Car Brasil was a one-make racing series from GM, with them leaving the series in 2001, and Vicar becoming the company that manages the series.

From 2005 onwards, other manufacturers began to enter the series, although the cars are almost identical to have greater competitiveness and avoid high costs.

Hi all. Hope you can help. I took these photos at Donington at my first car meet. It’s what got me into motorsport. I went with my dad so I am thinking early 1980’s? I’d love to know the year and date if anyone has a good guess. Hope you enjoy the photos either way - not much in the way of safety fencing back then!