Motorsport Diary: Kiwis racing overseas this weekend

It’s all happening this weekend, with 11 Kiwis applying their trade overseas, split across three continents.

In the United States, Shane van Gisbergen is back for more oval racing, this time at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. In California, Scott Dixon, Scott McLaughlin and Marcus Armstrong return to their IndyCar campaigns and are joined by Callum Hedge in the Indy NXT field.

Kiwis are also competing in IMSA’s Six Hours of the Glen, the Porsche Carrera Cup North America, and the F4 US Championship.

In Asia, Jaxon Evans continues his busy run of race weekends at Fuji, while Louis Sharp is in action in the GB3 Championship in Hungary.

All the information you need, including NZ Times and viewing details, can be found below.

Enjoy the weekend!

Shane van Gisbergen: Xfinity Series

• Where? New Hampshire Motor Speedway
• NZ Times:
  • Qualifying: Saturday 8.35 am
  • Race: Sunday 7.30 am
• How to watch? Three Now (Race only)

Shane van Gisbergen is looking to bounce back from a tough weekend in Iowa, where he failed to finish.

The two-time Xfinity Series race-winner has already qualified for the playoffs and sits 12th overall in the regular season standings.

Scott Dixon, Scott McLaughlin & Marcus Armstrong: IndyCar

• Where? Laguna Seca, Monterey, California.
• NZ Times
  • Practice 1: Saturday 9.00 am
  • Practice 2: Sunday 5.00 am
  • Qualifying: Sunday 9.15 am
  • Final Warmup: Monday 7.00 am
  • Race: Monday 10.00 am
• How to watch? Sky Sport

Scott Dixon enters this weekend’s race at Laguna Seca just 11 points behind championship leader Will Power as the highest-ranked Kiwi in third overall.

Since his Round 1 disqualification, Scott McLaughlin has bounced back into championship contention and is fifth overall.

Marcus Armstrong is also working his way up the standings following his maiden podium in Detroit and now sits in 14th, 36 points outside the top ten.

Hunter McElrea: IMSA Six Hours of The Glen

• Where? Watkins Glen International, New York
• NZ Times:
  • Qualifying: Sunday 7.25 am
  • Race: Monday 3.00 am
• How to watch? Sky Sport (Race only)

Just one week after the 24 Hours of Le Mans, endurance racing returns across the Atlantic with IMSA’s Six Hours of the Glen.

Hunter McElrea is the sole Kiwi in the 56-car field, which includes 11 GTP Hypercars.

McElrea is partnering with Steven Thomas and Mikkel Jensen at TDS Racing in the LMP2 class.

Louis Sharp: GB3 Championship

• Where? Hungaroring, Hungary
• NZ Times:
  • Qualifying: Saturday 9.40 pm
  • Race 1: Sunday 4.10 am
  • Race 2: Sunday 8.10 pm
  • Race 3: Monday 2.50 am
• How to watch? Free live stream (YouTube)

The GB3 Championship heads to Hungary this weekend. Louis Sharp is third in the standings, 13 points behind leader Tymek Kucharczyk.

Sharp has taken four podiums, including one win, in this season’s eight races but had his last race cut short when he was taken out by another competitor at Spa.

Callum Hedge: Indy NXT

• Where? Laguna Seca, Monterey, California.
• NZ Times:
  • Qualifying: Sunday 4.00 am
  • Race 1: Sunday 7.25 am
  • Race 2:Monday 7.55 am
• How to watch? Paid live stream (IndyCar live)

Callum Hedge has worked his way up to sixth in the Indy NXT standings and is in a position to move into the top five during this week’s double-header at Laguna Seca following Nolan Siegel’s full-time shift to IndyCar for the remainder of the season.

The Tony Quinn Foundation Ambassador is exactly 100 points behind Championship leader Jacob Abel.

Jaxon Evans: GT World Challenge Asia

• Where? Fuji International Speedway
• NZ Times:
  • Qualifying: Saturday 12.05 pm
  • Race 1: Saturday 3.40 pm
  • Race 2: Sunday 2.00 pm
• How to watch? Free live stream (YouTube)

Fresh off a mixed weekend in Supercars’s Darwin Triple Crown, Jaxon Evans returns to action but in a Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) at Fuji International Speedway.

Evans is partnering with China’s Sun JingZu at Phantom Global Racing in the Pro-Am class.

Ryan Yardley & Madeline Stewart: Porsche Carrera Cup North America

• Where? Watkins Glen International, New York
• NZ Times:
  • Qualifying: Saturday 1.45 am
  • Race 1: Saturday 8.20 am
  • Race 2: Sunday 3.00 am
• How to watch? Free live stream (IMSA TV)

Ryan Yardley is looking to bounce back from a difficult weekend in Montreal that dropped him to seventh in the Porsche Carrera Cup North America standings. The Kiwi has achieved three podiums across six races in 2024 and is 48 points behind runaway championship leader Loek Hartog.

Madeline Stewart enters the round off the back of her first points of the season in Canada, which leaves her 16th in the standings.

Alex Crosbie: F4 US Championship

• Where? Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
• NZ Times:
  • Qualifying: Sunday 12.25 am
  • Race 1: Sunday 6.30 am
  • Race 2: Monday 12.00 am
  • Race 3: Monday 6.00 am
• How to watch: Free live stream (YouTube)

Southland’s Alex Crosbie returns to the F4 US Championship with Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport for the second round of 2024.

The Kiwi is sixth in the standings but only 27 points behind leader Nicolas Stati.

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