Abbate Drives to Top 20 Finish at VIR; Heading to Spring Mountain Next Weekend

Michele Abbate racing at VIRginia International Raceway with Trans Am in TA2

  The 11th round of the 2024 Trans Am National Championships took place at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, VA last weekend.  This historic track has been one of the favorites on the schedule for both racers and spectators.  As the final rounds of the year come to bring the season to an end, stakes… Continue reading Abbate Drives to Top 20 Finish at VIR; Heading to Spring Mountain Next Weekend

Another Great Finish for Abbate at WWT

Michele Abbate and Tomy Drissi at WWT for Trans Am. Chris Green | ChrisGreenPhoto.com

Round 10 of the Trans Am 2023 Championships headed to World Wide Technology Raceway in St. Louis last weekend. A new track for the schedule which brought on mixed emotions for many of the TA2 competitors. The weekend provided adequate testing time to get acclimated to the new track, and Michele found herself against some… Continue reading Another Great Finish for Abbate at WWT

Abbate Awarded as Shift Up Now Foundation Grant Recipient

Abbate chosen as one of the Shift Up Now Foundation Grant Recipients of 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM THE SHIFT UP NOW FOUNDATION: Shift Up Now Foundation Awards First-Ever Sponsorship Grants Indianapolis, IN – September 20, 2023 – The Shift Up Now Foundation is proud to announce that seven female racers, including six Shift Up Now Athletes, will be the recipients of the first-ever sponsorship grants from the organization.… Continue reading Abbate Awarded as Shift Up Now Foundation Grant Recipient

Abbate Earns Her Best TA2 finish at Watkins Glen

Michele Abbate in the #30 GHOST Energy x Lucas Oil Nitro Motorsports Ford Mustang at Watkins Glen. Photo by: Chris Green | ChrisGreenPhoto.com

  Shift Up Now Athlete Michele Abbate earned her best result of the season so far, finishing 12th in the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s Big Machine Vodka SPIKED Coolers TA2 Series at Watkins Glen International Raceway on September 8-10, 2023. After nearly eight weeks of being unable to compete, Abbate’s return to racing… Continue reading Abbate Earns Her Best TA2 finish at Watkins Glen

Michele Abbate Returns to TA2 Racing with Nitro Motorsports

Abbate Joins Nitro Motorsports for remainder of 2023

  Michele Abbate Returns to TA2 Racing with Nitro Motorsports Trans Am TA2 Driver, Michele Abbate is returning to the 2023 Trans Am National Tour Championship with Nitro Motorsports for the remainder of the 2023 season. Following her incident at Road America in July, Abbate underwent ankle surgery shortly after her return home and has… Continue reading Michele Abbate Returns to TA2 Racing with Nitro Motorsports

Bad Luck Continues for Abbate at Lime Rock

Abbate in the #30 GHOST Energy Lucas Oil TA2 Camaro |Photo by: Chris Green | ChrisGreenPhoto.com

  After the 6 week break in the Trans Am schedule, driver Michele Abbate was looking forward to regaining some valuable championship points as the Showtime Motorsports team headed to Lime Rock Park for the 4th round of the 2023 series. “We have spent this time away from the track working towards setting ourselves up… Continue reading Bad Luck Continues for Abbate at Lime Rock

Michele Abbate Announces 2023 Partners & TA2 Livery

Michele Abbate's #30 GHOST Energy x Lucas Oil Showtime Motorsports Camaro

  Trans Am TA2 Driver Michele Abbate is back in a bowtie and set to compete full-time in her second year of the National Tour Schedule with Showtime Motorsports.  She has announced her 2023 Co-Title Sponsors are Ghost Energy (www.ghostenergy.com) and Lucas Oil (www.lucasoil.com) with a brand new eye-catching livery on the #30 TA2 Chevy… Continue reading Michele Abbate Announces 2023 Partners & TA2 Livery

Michele Abbate Signs with Showtime Motorsports for Full 2023 TA2 Season Effort

Showtime Motorsports & Franklin Road Apparel Owner Ken Thwaits and TA2 Driver Michele Abbate Photo: Chris Clark

  Las Vegas, NEVADA (December, 12, 2022) –  As she completed her first year running the full Trans Am TA2 National Tour Schedule in 2022, driver Michele Abbate finished 21st out of 76 entrants for the championship season.  Learning nine new tracks and gaining the most experience she has in her career, she also came… Continue reading Michele Abbate Signs with Showtime Motorsports for Full 2023 TA2 Season Effort

Closing the 2022 Season at COTA

Michele Abbate takes on COTA in the #130 GHOST Energy Gen 5 Camaro

The final round of the 2022 Trans Am National Tour Championships presented by Pirelli was held at the iconic Circuit of the America’s track in Austin, TX. Boasting the largest TA2 field in Trans Am history, the 53 cars would take the green flag on Sunday and the TA2 championship was still up for grabs.… Continue reading Closing the 2022 Season at COTA

Top 20 finish for Abbate’s First Time at Watkins Glen

Michele Abbate leads a pack down of cars down the front straight at Watkins Glen in the #30 Ghost Energy TA2 Mustang

  Top 20 finish for Abbate at Watkins Glen The 10th round of the 2022 Trans Am National Tour Championship Series headed to the iconic Watkins Glen International Raceway. This would be another new track for Michele Abbate as she took to it in the #30 Ghost Energy Ford Mustang prepared by the BC Race… Continue reading Top 20 finish for Abbate’s First Time at Watkins Glen