Tuesday, March 21, 2017 – Highlands, NJ – After 12 hours of racing on the grueling circuit that is Sebring International Raceway, the Alex Job Racing team finished P15 in class on Saturday’s 65th Running of the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring. Although Frankie Montecalvo and teammates Townsend Bell and Bill Sweedler showed well in the four practice sessions leading up to the race, the No. 23 struggled to stay on the pace during the highly taxing 12 Hours […]
Monday, February 27, 2017 – Highlands, NJ – Alex Job Racing driver Frankie Montecalvo completed a successful two-day test with teammates Bill Sweedler and Townsend Bell at Sebring late last week. After finishing P6 in class on the high banks of Daytona at the Rolex 24 in January, the Alex Job Racing team is switching gears to get their #23 Audi R8 LMS ready for the flat, but bumpy 3.74-mile circuit that is Sebring International Raceway. “We just finished a […]
Thursday, April 28, 2016 – Highlands, NJ – It was a scramble to get the #66 Dime Racing Mercedes on track at Barber Motorsports Park for Rounds 6 and 7 of Pirelli World Challenge Championship, but the Dime Racing team was determined to get their machine and driver Frankie Montecalvo on track for the weekend’s events. The team worked endlessly after an incident at Long Beach damaged the rear end of the car, and were forced to miss the first […]
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 – Highlands, NJ – After a disappointing result at the Long Beach Grand Prix in 2015, Dime Racing driver Frankie Montecalvo was hopeful to turn his luck at Long Beach around and continue his podium streak at the fifth round of the Pirelli World Challenge Championship. When Montecalvo, 25, of Highlands, NJ got food poisoning the first day he arrived to Long Beach, he worried that his luck at the infamous street circuit had gotten worse. […]
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 – Highlands, NJ – After nearly a month break from last month’s street race at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Dime Racing Driver Frankie Montecalvo is ready to return to the streets at the Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix of Long Beach. Although Montecalvo has made several trips to the infamous Southern California street circuit in a PC car in the American Le Mans Series, this will mark the second appearance Montecalvo has made at […]
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 – Highlands, NJ – Dime Racing driver Frankie Montecalvo and his new team overcame a tremendous feat at last weekend’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. After racing at the Circuit of the Americas in a car with a broken differential and a new team only two weeks ago, Montecalvo and the Dime Racing crew had only days to get the car to St. Petersburg, Florida and set up for the 14-turn, 1.8 mile street circuit. Not only were […]
March 10, 2016 – Highlands, NJ – After an eventful weekend at the first event of the Pirelli World Challenge Championship, Frankie Montecalvo, with his new team Dime Racing, came away with a podium finish and lots of valuable points towards the 2016 championship. Races One and Two of the season were held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX. “The weekend was definitely a bit exciting. We had a new engine and gearbox for the car, but a […]
Have you listened to Frankie Montecalvo’s interview with the Drive4Diabetes.com Pirelli World Challenge Radio Show? Click the link below to listen to Frankie recap the season with Race Talk Radio and discuss his plans for 2016. There are so many great interviews during this show, but Frankie’s starts about an hour and nineteen minutes in. Listen here
Thursday, September 17, 2015 – Highlands, NJ – After 20 rounds at eleven different iconic circuits across the United States, DragonSpeed Racing Driver Frankie Montecalvo has officially won the 2015 Pirelli World Challenge GTA Driver’s Championship. “I still can’t even believe it,” stated Montecalvo. “I had really high hopes coming into the season this year, but never imagined it would have been this good, and that we would be able to actually seal the championship an entire race before the […]
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 – Highlands, NJ – After his double podium and race win at Sonoma Raceway, DragonSpeed Racing driver Frankie Montecalvo is officially the GTA class champion in the Pirelli World Challenge Championship! “The weekend went great! I couldn’t have asked for a better way to end the weekend other than two first place finishes, but clinching the championship is definitely a great feeling, and I couldn’t be happier with my first trip to Sonoma Raceway,” stated Montecalvo. […]