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JR Fastener, Cars-n-Convos, Geezzup Join Cox at Joliet Grand Prix

. Indianapolis racing driver Stephen Cox has finalized a two-race deal with Cole Morgan Racing for the Joliet Grand Prix at Autobahn Country Club near Chicago, June 13-14. The 8+7-hour doubleheader marks the eighth round of the 2026 Champcar Endurance Series schedule at a track where Cox scored podium finishes in 2023 and again in 2025. Cox will pilot the team’s Ford Mustang GT in both races, bringing additional Champcar endurance experience to a squad that has already proven its potential. Cole Morgan Racing made a strong debut at Watkins Glen in late May, winning the D class championship at Read More

Blue Thunder Update: Doors, Trim and the Home Stretch

. With the dash pad installed and the rear seats freshly reupholstered, it was time to tackle one of the most overlooked components of any Fox body interior restoration: the doors. Anyone who has owned a 1979-86 Mustang knows that the factory door panels are among the first casualties of age. After four-plus decades of elbows, sun damage and general neglect, Blue Thunder’s original panels looked rough. But they were salvageable, and saving original parts is always worth the extra effort when you can. The restoration process was tedious but straightforward. Each panel was sanded down, stripped, treated with soap Read More

Guest Appearance on Classic Car Corner Podcast

Indianapolis racing driver and automotive presenter Stephen Cox is the guest on the new Classic Car Corner Podcast with hosts Jason Paynter and Eric Bensel. The discussion covers topics including Cox’s work at NBC Sports and Motor Trend with Mecum Auctions, his recent auto racing wins and 2024 national title, the best Ford Mustangs ever built, who his favorite motorsports announcers are, Cox’s “Blue Thunder” Fox body Mustang and much more. Listen in at Spotify below, or also on iHeartRadio, iTunes, and wherever your get to enjoy the show! https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/S3XLkxw7SWb Read More

Sopwith & ATL Speedwerks Win by 0.663 Seconds

Nursing a threadbare left rear tire after overcoming two drive-through penalties, team driver Todd Lamb secured a spectacular comeback victory at Atlanta Motorsports Park in Sunday’s 7-hour Champcar AMP’d Up Duals endurance race in Dawsonville, Georgia, finishing three car lengths ahead of the Calvinball Motorsports BMW 325Ci. Lamb, along with team drivers Skyler Cottrell and Stephen Cox, stormed to the front early after starting 31st in the 40-car field only to be hit with a major setback in the form of a sound limit violation that resulted in a 20 mph pit lane drive through. Cottrell then took over the Read More

Cox to Vie for Landjager Cup at Road America

Indianapolis race driver Stephen Cox will return to Gorilla Sticker racing in late October for a pair of sportscar endurance races at Road America. The former GT Challenge Series road racing champion will join a team of four drivers for the Champcar Landjager Cup endurance races on Saturday and Sunday, October 21-22 at the famed 4-mile course. Saturday’s event will run 8 hours in length with another 7 hours of racing on Sunday. Sponsored by CarsandConvos.com and Geezzup.com classic car services, Cox is looking to score a third consecutive podium and his first victory of the season in the team’s Read More

Sneak Preview of Horton Classic Car Collection

Follow Stephen Cox and John Kraman as they peruse one of the finest collections in the south! Possessing some of the most highly respected and sought-after vehicles to ever grace the automotive market, The Horton Classic Car Museum Collection is an assemblage curated by a husband and wife duo who are passionate about collecting some of the rarest automobiles in the world. Hailing from the extravagant Horton Classic Car Museum in Nocona, Texas, the Horton collection of more than 100 museum-quality vehicles is prepared to impress bidders and onlookers alike as examples from makers like Ford, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Read More

Road Noise Features Blue Thunder

YouTube’s Road Noise producers recently visited the Sopwith Motorsports garage to film a short feature on the progress of Blue Thunder, a 1980 Fox body Mustang undergoing a frame-on restoration in stages. Click below to view content: Read More

Cox Joins CRS Super Trucks for Season Opener at Midvale Speedway

. Owner Billy Strehle welcomes a new driver to the Coyote Racing fold this season as Indianapolis driver Stephen Cox joins the team for his first race of the 2021 season this weekend. The CRS Super Truck Series holds its first points race on Saturday night at Ohio’s Midvale Speedway with a 50-lap headline event. Cox has found considerable success at Midvale in the past, scoring a win, a pole position, four Top-5 finishes and a new track record in stock cars between 2016 and 2019. “I’m excited to be back in trucks again,” said the former ARCA Truck Series Read More

104+ Performance Corvette to Test at Brainerd International Raceway

(Photo courtesy of Tim Kruse Sports Photography) In preparation for the belated start of the 2020 racing season, the 104+ Performance/Braunschweig Racing Corvette of driver Stephen Cox will get a shakedown this Thursday at Brainerd International Raceway’s 3.1-mile road course in Minnesota. Team owner Matt Peterson said, “We’re verifying that the recently freshened transmission is working right. We’re testing the new anti-lock braking system, the new dry sump system, and the differential and transmission cooling to make sure everything is working right without any leaks or other issues. Track time is unlimited. We have an open track all morning and Read More

Braunschweig Racing Signs Stephen Cox for GridLife Run

Braunschweig Racing, a Minneapolis-based sports car franchise with multiple endurance racing wins, has signed Indianapolis driver Stephen Cox to compete in the GridLife Music & Motorsports Festival series. With sponsorship from 104+ Horsepower, Cox will pilot Braunschweig’s Chevrolet Corvette in the Gridlife Midwest Festival, June 4-7, 2020 at Gingerman Raceway in South Haven, Michigan. This forges a reunion of the same team/car/driver combination that set the current World Racing League track record en route to a dominating win at the same track more than four years ago. “We’re really looking forward to getting Stephen back in the car after our Read More

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