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PAUL MILLER RACING RETURNS TO MID-OHIO AS CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS LEADERS

April 30, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Six weeks after a victorious performance at the Twelve Hours of Sebring, Paul Miller Racing enters the next round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship as the GTD class point leaders. With two podiums in as many races, the No. 48 Lamborghini Huracán race team will be a strong contender for victory at Sunday’s sprint race.

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PORSCHE FACTORY AND CUSTOMER TEAMS RETURN TO MID-OHIO

April 30, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will make its first appearance at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Sunday, May 6 to contest round four of the 2018 season. It is the first time major North American sports car racing will run at the Lexington, Ohio track since 2012.

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SPECTACULAR WEEKEND FOR BMW M MOTORSPORTS WITH STARTS IN THE FIA WEC, DTM AND THE IMSA SERIES

April 30, 2018 Charles Côté 0

FIA WEC, DTM and the IMSA series: Fans of BMW M Motorsport can enjoy action galore this weekend. The new BMW M8 GTE is set for its race debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) at Spa-Francorchamps (BEL).

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PODIUM SILVERWARE SQUARELY IN WALKINSHAW’S SIGHTS AS SUPER GT MAKES FIRST VISIT OF YEAR TO FUJI SPEEDWAY

April 30, 2018 Charles Côté 0

British racing driver Sean Walkinshaw returns to the scene of his maiden Super GT Championship race victory, Fuji Speedway in Japan, this week for the eagerly awaited second round of the 2018 season.

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FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS SCORES PODIUM IN VIRGINIA

April 30, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Flying Lizard Motorsports earned its 94th podium on Saturday at Virginia International Raceway at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Virginia. Mike Hedlund and the No. 45 Audi R8 LMS finished tenth overall in race two, scoring a second place finish in the GTSA class, Hedlund’s second podium of the 2018 season.

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POLE POSITION, WIN AND PODIUM: BWT MUCKE MOTORSPORT DO EXTREMELY WELL AT AUTODROM MOST

April 30, 2018 Charles Côté 0

With pole position, fastest lap, victory and podium, the opener at the Autodrom Most could not have gone better for BWT Mücke Motorsport. For this second round of the ADAC GT Masters season, the team travelled from Berlin to the Czech Republic, about 90 kilometres northwest of Prague, where the three Audi R8 LMS cars with the driver pairings of Jeffrey Schmidt and Stefan Mücke in the #26, Ricardo Feller and Christopher Haase in the #25 and Markus Winkelhock and Mike David Ortmann in the #24 racked up quite a few impressive performances.

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AUDI DRIVER FILIP SALAQUARDA: “MOST IS GOING TO BE A GREAT WEEKEND”

April 26, 2018 Charles Côté 0

What is only the second round of the season in Most this weekend will be the stand-out meeting of the year for Team ISR and driver Filip Salaquarda (34, CZ), who are making their debut in the ADAC GT Masters in 2018. The Czech outfit will be lining up in front of a home crowd with their Audi R8 LMS shared by the local favourite and the German Frank Stippler (43, GER) as the Super Sports Car League debuts in the Czech Republic.

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FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS PREPARED FOR SUCCESS AT VIR

April 25, 2018 Charles Côté 0

After a month break in the Pirelli World Challenge GTS calendar, Flying Lizard Motorsports returns to VIRginia International Raceway this weekend for rounds three and four of the SprintX championship with Mike Hedlund, Adam Merzon, and Ryan Eversley in the pair of Audi R8 LMS GT4 cars. In preparation for the event, the team has completed three days of testing at this particular track, in both dry and wet conditions, confident with the progress made entering into the next rounds of the championship.

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ONROAK AUTOMOTIVE, MODERN AND CLASSIC

April 25, 2018 Charles Côté 0

On Tuesday, the 1973 Ligier JS 2 from the Onroak Automotive workshops set off to tackle the French roads in the Tour Auto Optic 2ooo. While awaiting its return Onroak Automotive is hard at work preparing and restoring other cars for the next round of the Masters Endurance Legends, one of the curtain-raisers to the French Formula 1 Grand Prix in June at Paul Ricard, and Le Mans Classic in July.

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AUDI IN FORMULA E: THROUGH THE CITY OF LOVE WITH ELECTRIC POWER

April 25, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Motorsport in the heart of the city – no other venue symbolizes this motto like Paris does. The 1.92-kilometer circuit passes numerous sidewalk cafés and restaurants, and circles the spectacular Dôme des Invalides. From their garages, the teams have an clean view of the Eiffel Tower and before the track is closed for race day, buses with tourists travel through the pit lane. “For me, Paris is one of the most beautiful locations and a highlight for us drivers,” says Lucas di Grassi.

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JASON BELL TO TACKLE VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY THIS WEEKEND

April 25, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Floridian and Audi Sport customer racing driver Jason Bell will be competing in his next Pirelli World Challenge Series event this coming weekend at Virginia International Raceway (VIR). Traveling to Alton, Virginia and back for another round with M1 GT Racing, Bell will once again enter the GTSA division and is excited to get back to the VIR facility, one of his favorite tracks on the 2018 calendar.

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ACURA DPi PROGRAM BATTLING TOUGH COMPETITION IN WEATHERTECH CHAMPIONSHIP

April 24, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The first three races of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship have reinforced one thing about racing in the Prototype class: competition is really tough.

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GT SPORT MOTUL TEAM RJN SETS SIGHTS ON SILVERSTONE AFTER MONZA DEBUT

April 23, 2018 Charles Côté 0

GT Sport Motul Team RJN has its sights set on its “home” race at Silverstone next month after debuting the new 2018-spec Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 at Monza’s opening round of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.

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MARIO CORDONI COMPLETES PERFECT MONZA WEEKEND WITH BLANCPAIN GT SPORTS CLUB MAIN RACE VICTORY

April 22, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Mario Cordoni (#70 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3) was untouchable once again in the Blancpain GT Sports Club Main Race at Monza, as he completed a stylish double-victory, with Stephen Earle (#111 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3) producing a stunning drive from the pit lane to win in the Iron Cup class and finish fourth overall.

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OMAN RACING OVERCOMES CHASSIS DRAMAS TO END MONZA PRE-QUALIFYING FOURTH IN SILVER CLASS

April 22, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Outstanding teamwork from Oman Racing ensured Ahmad Al Harthy, Euan McKay and Charlie Eastwood could overcome an unexpected chassis problem to Pre-Qualify fourth fastest in class at Monza in Italy on Saturday, 21st April, ahead of the first race of the 2018 Blancpain Endurance Cup.

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WRIGHT MOVES INTO POINTS LEAD, JOINS CLAIRAY IN IMSA PROTOTYPE CHALLENGE WIN AT BARBER

April 22, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Kris Wright made a statement at Barber Motorsports Park – he is a title contender in the IMSA Prototype Challenge Presented by Mazda championship.

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Red Flag Hinders Claman De Melo’s Qualifying Effort

April 21, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Dale Coyne Racing’s Zachary Claman De Melo registered his best Verizon IndyCar Series qualifying result on Saturday. The Canadian placed 16th on the starting grid for Sunday’sHonda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, but it was a bittersweet result as he had the potential for more in a session that was cut short due to a Red Flag coming out for a car in the barrier.

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ALTOE AND VAN UITERT START THE TENTH EDITION OF THE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE WITH A WIN AT MONZA

April 21, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The tenth edition of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe got underway from Monza with a line-up of 48 cars, which was a record number of appearances on the Brianza circuit for the one-make series of the House of Sant’Agata Bolognese, which coincided with the continental debut of the new Huracán Super Trofeo Evo.

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CAR COLLECTION MOTORSPORT LEADS 12H NAVARRA AFTER THREE HOURS

April 21, 2018 Charles Côté 0

Three A6-Am runners head the field at the first-ever Hankook 12H NAVARRA, as the Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS (#34, Gustav Edelhoff / Elmar Grimm / Max Edelhoff) leads the PROsport Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#85, Charles Putman / Charles Espenlaub / Joe Foster) and the Swiss Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#15, Roberto Pampanini / Christoph Lenz / Mauro Calamia) after a dramatic opening three hours in northern Spain.

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HOFOR-RACING TAKES SHOCK POLE POSITION FOR FIRST-EVER 12H NAVARRA

April 21, 2018 Charles Côté 0

The Hofor-Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#1, Michael Kroll / Chantal Kroll / Roland Eggimann / Kenneth Heyer / Christiaan Frankenhout) has taken an astonishing pole position for the first ever Hankook 12H NAVARRA. Christiaan Frankenhout set the three fastest laps of the session, but lapped the 3.933 km Circuito de Navarra in 1m 39.161s to take the first A6-Am outright pole position of the 2018 24H SERIES powered by Hankook.

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