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MEYER SHANK RACING TAKES SECOND IN THE SIX HOURS OF THE GLEN

June 28, 2021 RNW Staff 0

After a late race caution eliminated the team’s 15 second leading advantage on the field, Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) finished second in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen on Sunday.

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HUTCHISON TO PARTNER GREEN AND TAMBAY IN SPA 24 HOURS

June 28, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Scotland’s Finlay Hutchison enjoyed a highly productive two-day test outing at Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps last week as preparations ramp-up for next month’s TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa – and the Sainteloc Racing driver’s team-mates for the big race are now confirmed too.

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PERFORMANCE TECH MOTORSPORTS’ EVENTFUL WEEKEND AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL

June 27, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Performance Tech Motorsports climbed and conquered a mountain this weekend at Watkins Glen International.

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WEATHERTECH RACING OUT EARLY AT THE GLEN

June 27, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Matt Campbell (Australia), and Mathieu Jaminet’s (France) IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen came to an early end just three laps into the race today.

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PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB WINS FOR HANAFIN AND MARTIN AS CAMMISH AND KING CLASH

June 27, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Porsche Carrera Cup GB – the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK – arrived at Brands Hatch with the promise of fireworks between double champion 2015 / 2016 Dan Cammish (Redline Racing) and reigning champion – Porsche GB 2020 / 2021 Junior – Harry King (Team Parker Racing). There was little to separate the pair throughout the weekend, Junior King emerged from Friday Practice ahead but Cammish had plenty of speed in hand, as did several other Pro category hopefuls including Lorcan Hanafin (JTR), Will Martin (Richardson Racing) and Rookie Kiern Jewiss (Team Parker Racing).

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Rallye Baie des Chaleurs 2021

June 27, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Le rallye Baie des Chaleurs 2021 se tiendra samedi le 3 juillet à New Richmond en Gaspésie. Une trentaine d’équipes devraient être présentes. A cause de la fermeture des frontières provinciales à cause de la Covid, plusieurs équipes de l’ouest et de l’Ontario ont tardé à s’inscrire. L’organisation du rallye espère que plusieurs d’entre elles […]

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BMW TEAM RLL QUALIFIES THIRD AND FOURTH FOR THE SIX HOURS OF THE GLEN

June 26, 2021 RNW Staff 0

BMW Team RLL will start from the second row of the GTLM class in tomorrow’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. Connor De Phillippi qualified the No. 25 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE third with a quick lap of 1:41.357-minutes around the 3.4-mile, 11-turn Watkins Glen International – 0.413 seconds in arrears of the polesitting No. 3 Corvette. John Edwards qualified fourth with a 1:41.932-minute lap in the No. 24 MOTUL BMW M3 GTE.

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WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS STARTS FROM THE FIRST GRID ROW OF THE GTD CLASS AT WATKINS GLEN

June 26, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The Porsche customer team Wright Motorsports has secured an excellent starting position in the qualifying for the six-hour race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in Watkins Glen. American Trent Hindman planted his No. 16 Porsche 911 GT3 R on the second grid spot of the GTD class. For the young amateur driver, this was the first qualifying session at the wheel of the 911 built to comply with the FIA GT3 regulations. At round five of the season, the identical 500+PS vehicles fielded by Pfaff Motorsports and Hardpoint EBM take up the GTD class from positions 9 and 13. In the GTLM category, the American Cooper MacNeil qualified WeatherTech Racing’s Porsche 911 RSR on position five.

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MEYER SHANK RACING QUALIFIES ON FRONT ROW FOR THE SIX HOURS OF WATKINS GLEN

June 26, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) driver Dane Cameron qualified the No. 60 Acura DPi on the front row for Sunday’s annual Sahlen’s Six Hours of Watkins Glen.

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BMW JUNIOR TEAM CLAIMS ITS FIRST VICTORY ON THE NORDSCHLEIFE WITH THE BMW M6 GT3

June 26, 2021 RNW Staff 0

After four extremely exciting hours of racing, a dream came true for the BMW Junior Team, its first overall victory on the Nordschleife with the BMW M6 GT3. Neil Verhagen (USA), Max Hesse (GER) and Dan Harper (GBR) won race four of the 2021 Nürburgring Endurance Series. A brilliant performance saw them prevail against stiff opposition, making them the youngest team in the history of endurances races to win at the Nürburgring (GER).

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RACE DEBUT OF THE NEW BMW M4 GT3 ON THE NORDSCHLEIFE POSTPONED

June 26, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The race debut of the BMW M4 GT3 has had to be postponed. The plan was for the new race car to take part in round four of the 2021 Nürburgring Endurance Series, on Saturday on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife (GER), but this has had to be cancelled at short notice. The car suffered damage in a crash during the closing stages of the test and set-up session on Friday evening and could not be repaired overnight. BMW M Motorsport is currently analysing the cause of the crash in detail.

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SPRINT CUP GRID HITS FOUR YEAR HIGH AS 29-CAR FIELD PREPARES TO TACKLE MISANO

June 25, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Sprint Cup will move into the second half of its season next weekend (2–4 July) when 29 cars tackle a pair of 60-minute races at Misano.

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PAUL MILLER RACING TAKES TO WATKINS GLEN FOR SIX-HOUR RACE

June 24, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The Paul Miller Racing IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship team is ready to tackle this weekend’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, the third of four Michelin Endurance Cup rounds, with an expanded three-driver lineup.

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ALLY RACING RETURNS TO ACTION AT WATKINS GLEN

June 24, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Drivers Jimmie Johnson (Mooresville, N.C.), Simon Pagenaud (France) and Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) return to action in the No. 48 Ally Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R for this weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International.

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BRSCC RACE WEEKEND SILVERSTONE MAZDA MX-5 PHOTO-SHOOT

June 24, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Last weekend for the BRSCC race weekend at Silverstone the weather turned a lot colder again, with spots of rain on Sunday turning in to drizzle. As well as the Mazda’s shown here, I also took pictures of the Fun Cup, which I’ve yet to go through and see what I have. Hopefully there will be enough to do a photo-shoot of them next week. We hope you like the pictures.

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CHEQUERED FLAG FALLS ON BUSY 24 HOURS OF SPA TEST DAYS

June 23, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The contenders for this year’s TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa have completed two days of extensive running to kick off the final phase of preparations for the twice-around-the-clock race (29 July–1 August).

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CADILLAC RACING TAKING MOMENTUM TO THE SIX HOURS AT THE GLEN

June 23, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is heading to upstate New York to Watkins Glen International Raceway for the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, June 24-27.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING READY FOR SIX-HOUR CLASSIC AT THE GLEN

June 23, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil), Felipe Nasr (Brazil) and Mike Conway (Great Britain) are ready for the

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PERFORMANCE TECH MOTORSPORTS TARGETS LOCKED AND LOADED ON WIN WITH NEW WATKINS GLEN TRIO

June 23, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Performance Tech Motorsports is on the hunt for its second win at the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen.

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ERA MOTORSPORT RETURNS TO AMERICA FOR THE SIX HOURS OF THE GLEN

June 22, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Three months have passed since Era Motorsport finished second at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, and since then, the LMP2 sports car racing team has made their European Le Mans Series debut, already completing the first three races of the season. This week, the Indianapolis-based team travels to Watkins Glen, New York for the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen with the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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