Tom Suddard

By Colin Wood May 20, 2026 | Pikes Peak International Raceway Photograph courtesy Pikes Peak International Raceway “If you want a happy ending,” Orson Welles once said, “that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” For Pikes Peak International Raceway, its story concludes at the end of this year, confirmed by a Facebook post the track shared last night: What happens after 2026?

By Tom Suddard and Andy Hollis Seal the deal. That’s all we could think about as we drove our Elantra N into Blackhawk Farms, the last track on this year’s Tire Rack One Lap of America Presented by Grassroots Motorsports schedule. We’d have a remarkably consistent week, with overall finishes in the mid-20s and, more importantly, consistent first-place finishes in our six-car economy class. Now all we had to do was not screw up. One problem: Andy had been here, but Tom hadn’t.

Update by Tom Suddard to the Hyundai Elantra N project car May 8, 2026 | Hyundai, One Lap of America, Tire Rack, Hyundai Elantra N, Tire Rack One Lap of America Presented by Grassroots Motorsports Photography by Tom Suddard and Andy Hollis By Tom Suddard and Andy Hollis We’d finally made it: Six days into the Tire Rack One Lap of America Presented by Grassroots Motorsports, and we were driving into Road America in our Hyundai Elantra N.