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ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE WINS AGAIN IN THE USA AS WEC TEAMS SHINE AGAIN AT MONZA

July 19, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Aston Martin Vantage GT3 team, The Heart of Racing and drivers Ross Gunn (GBR) and Roman De Angelis (CDN) surged to the top of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship points table after a second win from three races at the challenging Lime Rock circuit in Connecticut, USA, last weekend.

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FERRARI WINS LMGTE AM AT 6 HOURS OF MONZA

July 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The trio of Perrodo-Nielsen-Rovera claimed a splendid victory in the AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE in the LMGTE Am class at the 6 Hours of Monza, the third round of the FIA WEC World Championship, while Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado finished second in the LMGTE Pro. Enrico Galliera, Ferrari’s Chief Marketing and Commercial […]

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STANLEY NSX-GT WINS AT MOTEGI FROM POLE POSITION

July 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The MOTEGI GT 300km RACE, Round 4 of the 2021 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series was held on the afternoon of July 18 (Sun) at Twin Rings Motegi (one lap 4,801m x 63 laps) in Tochigi Pref. In the GT500 class, the No. 1 STANLEY NSX-GT (Naoki Yamamoto/Tadasuke Makino) came from behind after giving up the lead once to take its first win of the season. In the GT300 class, the No. 2 muta Racing Lotus MC (Hiroki Kato/ Ryohei Sakaguchi) took its first win as a new team.

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SIXTH PLACE FOR CARBAHN WITH PEREGRINE RACING AT LIME ROCK PARK

July 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

CarBahn with Peregrine Racing finished in sixth place after a red flag thwarted its podium pursuit.

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PODIUM FINISH FOR PAUL MILLER RACIN IN WEATHER-SHORTENED LIME ROCK PARK RACE

July 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The Paul Miller Racing team is leaving the Northeast with another podium finish, scoring second place in the weather-shortened Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park.

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TOYOTA GAZOO RACING LOCKS OUT MONZA FRONT ROW

July 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

World Champions TOYOTA GAZOO Racing locked out the front row after a dramatic and incident-packing qualifying session for the 6 Hours of Monza.

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WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS SCORES PODIUM AT LIME ROCK PARK

July 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Wright Motorsports braved sweltering temperatures and stifling humidity this weekend at Lime Rock Park, leaving the Northeast Grand Prix with a hefty points pull to go towards their Michelin Pilot Challenge championship endeavor. Lightning cut short the two-hour, 40-minute IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship sprint race, disappointing drivers and teams alike, eager to earn valuable championship points.

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WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES THIRD AT LIME ROCK PARK

July 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Mathieu Jaminet (France) finished third in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park.

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THIRD STRAIGHT FIA WEC POLE POSITION FOR PORSCHE

July 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Porsche takes up round three of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) from pole position on the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. In the ca. 515 PS 911 RSR, works driver Kévin Estre from France turned the fastest qualifying lap on the high-speed circuit in 1:45.412 minutes. With this third consecutive top qualifying time, the Porsche GT Team celebrates a flawless hat-trick in the GTE-Pro category. Estre shares the car with Neel Jani from Switzerland. At the wheel of the sister car, which followed a different tyre strategy, Gianmaria Bruni (Italy) posted the third quickest time on home turf in 1:45.844 minutes. For the race, he shares the cockpit with Austria’s Richard Lietz. In the GTE-Am class, a 911 RSR fielded by the Project 1 customer team starts from P4. This event marks the first time the FIA World Endurance Championship races on the storied 5.793-kilometre racetrack just outside Milan.

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DOUBLE FIA WEC FRONT ROW FOR FERRARI AT MONZA

July 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The top two Ferraris will start from second on the grid in the LMGTE Pro and Am classes at the 6 Hours of Monza, the third round of the FIA WEC World Championship. In the Pro class, Alessandro Pier Guidi and in the Am, François Perrodo, were the fastest 488 GTEs in qualifying on the Lombard circuit.

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YAMAMOTO IN THE STANLEY NSX-GT TAKES SUPER GT POLE POSITION AT MOTEGI

July 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The qualifying for the MOTEGI GT 300km RACE, Round 4 of the 2021 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series took place at Twin Rings Motegi in Tochigi Pref. on July 17 (Sat). In the GT500 class, the No. 1 STANLEY NSX-GT (Naoki Yamamoto/Tadasuke Makino) won pole position. In the GT300 class, Yasuda in the No.11 GAINER TANAX GT-R (Katsuyuki Hiranaka/Hironobu Yasuda) won his first SUPER GT pole position.

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FIFTH ON THE GRID FOR PAUL MILLER RACING AT LIME ROCK PARK

July 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The No. 1 Total lubricants-backed Lamborghini team notched a fifth-place position on the grid for today’s Northeast Grand Prix and Lime Rock Park.

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TOYOTA GAZOO RACING MAKING MONZA PROGRESS

July 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing completed the first practice session for the inaugural 6 Hours of Monza, as it began its quest for a third consecutive Hypercar victory to extend the new GR010 HYBRID’s 100% winning record.

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WEATHERTECH RACING QUALIFIES THIRD AT LIME ROCK PARK

July 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Mathieu Jaminet (France) will start tomorrow’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Northeast Grand Prix third on the grid.

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PAUL MILLER RACING RETURNS TO THE NORTHEAST AT LIME ROCK PARK

July 15, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The Paul Miller Racing team heads back to the Northeast this weekend for a GT-only round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Lime Rock Park.

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MATTEO CAIROLI AIMING FOR HOME SUCCESS AT MONZA

July 15, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Matteo Cairoli will head to Monza this coming weekend, 17th/18th July, for the third race of the FIA WEC season where he is determined to take the top of the LMGTE Am standings.

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CETILAR RACING ARE READY FOR MONZA AS LEADER OF FIA WEC LMGTE AM

July 14, 2021 RNW Staff 0

A month after the 8 Hours of Portimão, where the Cetilar Racing team led the #47 Ferrari 488 GTE to a class win hitting the maiden victory in the FIA World Endurance Championship, Roberto Lacorte, Giorgi Sernagiotto and Antonio Fuoco are now ready to face what they consider to be the most important race of the whole season together with the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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2021 IMSA CHAMPIONSHIP REACHES HALFWAY POINT AT LIME ROCK PARK

July 14, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The battle for each of the 2021 IMSA Championship titles heats up this weekend at Lime Rock Park for the next rounds of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and Michelin Pilot Challenge. The “Road Racing Center of the East” will host the condensed weekend, in which Wright Motorsports will enter a Porsche in each series, with both races taking place on Saturday, July 17th.

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PORSCHE TEAMS BRINGS MULTIPLE WINNERS TO NORTHEAST BULLRING

July 14, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Porsche customer teams come loaded with winners at the GT-only race on the road racing bullring known as Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut. The 2-hour, 40-minute Northeast Grand Prix, part of the 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, will feature four Porsche race cars on July 17. All Porsche 911-based race cars are entered by privateers with three previous winners split among the 17-car field comprised solely of the GTLM and GTD classes. WeatherTech Racing will pursue the top-step of the overall podium with a Porsche 911 RSR-19 racer in GTLM class while Pfaff Motorsports, Team Hardpoint EBM and Wright Motorsports each have a single Porsche 911 GT3 R race cars carrying the German sports car manufacturer’s flag in GTD class. Porsche holds the most wins by a manufacturer at Lime Rock with 20 victories.

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24 HOURS OF SPA REVEALS HIGH-CALIBRE 60-CAR ENTRY LIST FOR 2021 EDITION

July 14, 2021 RNW Staff 0

A field of 60 cars will aim to conquer the world’s most competitive GT race later this month when the TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa stages its eagerly anticipated 73rd edition.

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