RNW Staff

Mercedes-AMG had the first best showing of the weekend with Maro Engel (35, Monte Carlo), who set best time in first practice for this fourth round of the ADAC GT Masters at the Sachsenring. Klaus Bachler (29, AUT, Küs Team75 Bernhard) was second while P3 went to Frédéric Vervisch (34, BEL, Team WRT) in an Audi.

GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS will crown its first champions of 2020 next weekend (9-11 October) when the Sprint Cup stages its showdown event at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

United Autosports can confirm that they intend to enter the LMP3 class of the Rolex 24 At Daytona at the start of 2021, subject to an entry acceptance by IMSA.

Dundee racing driver Finlay Hutchison capped off a very busy few days of motorsport action with an excellent showing during this week’s all-important official Total 24 Hours of Spa test in Belgium, the Audi R8 LMS GT3 racer concluding the outing delighted with his performance and consistency.

GPX Racing made the ideal start to its bid for back-to-back wins at the Total 24 Hours of Spa by recording the fastest time during this week’s official test days with its #12 Porsche.

The fight for the GT4 America championship title in the SprintX Silver class has come down to the season finale event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This weekend, Nicolai Elghanayan and Mads Siljehaug, drivers of the No. 71 KTM X-BOW GT4 Evo, will participate in two final races of the 2020 season at the iconic circuit. The team will also run a second car for the weekend, with drivers Vincent Piemonte and Dieter-Heinz Kijora in the No. 74 KTM X-BOW GT4 Evo in the Am class.

The 2020 GT4 America championship will come to a close this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway where Flying Lizard Motorsports will put up a final fight for three championship titles. Michael Dinan, driver of the No. 210 Aston Martin Vantage GT4, secured the Sprint Am driver championship earlier this month at the Circuit of the Americas, leaving the Sprint Am team championship and SprintX Pro/Am driver and team championships still up for grabs. All three Flying Lizard machines will take place in the Sprint and SprintX double headers, with the No. 21 Aston Martin of Michael Dinan and Robby Foley and the No. 30 McLaren 570S GT4 of Erin Vogel and Michael Cooper racing in SprintX, joined by Dinan’s No. 210 Aston in Sprint.

Henrique Chaves had a very positive trip to Monza, where it held the fourth round of the 2020 International GT Open, leaving the historic Italian circuit with an important Drivers’ Standings lead.

K-PAX Racing is faced with a challenging but rewarding task within the next week, preparing for an across the world excursion for two of the season’s most anticipated endurance races in the month of October. The team, which has maintained an American-based operation while firmly stepping into Europe – all within World Challenge – will first continue its inaugural European tour by getting a first look at the TOTAL 24 Hours of Spa circuit with the series’ test days, followed by a detour back stateside to help extend the championship hopes for three of its drivers in Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli (IGTC).

Just two days after the Nürburgring 24 Hours, the course is set for the next long-distance classic from October 22 to 25: The three best Audi factory drivers from the DTM will contest the Spa 24 Hours together with nine drivers from Audi Sport customer racing in four different Audi R8 LMS. In addition to Audi Sport Team WRT and Audi Sport Team Saintéloc, the Attempto Racing squad will strengthen the brand’s line-up for the first time.

Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli blasts back into action at the inaugural Indianapolis 8 Hour this weekend (October 2-4) when a host of international teams and drivers take on America’s top GT racing talent.

Preparations for the 2020 Total 24 Hours of Spa will move into their final phase this week when 50 cars tackle two days of official testing at the Belgian venue (29-30 September).

Daniel Harper recorded a sensational class victory alongside his BMW Junior Team partners Max Hesse and Neil Verhagen in their first attempt at tackling the world-famous Nürburgring 24 Hour race this past weekend (26/27 September).

The unofficial half-time title is at stake – and there will be spectators there to see it won. When the Sachsenring hosts the fourth round of the 2020 ADAC GT Masters next weekend (2nd – 4th October), the main contenders in the Super Sports Car League will be looking to position themselves strongly for the run-in to the real title. Thanks to the biosecurity measures put in place by the Sachsenring in consultation with the ADAC GT Masters, the health authorities have agreed to a maximum of 6,000 spectators per day being admitted to the viewing facilities at the track. After securing their first victory of the season in the most recent fixture at Hockenheim, reigning champions Patric Niederhauser (28, CH) and Kelvin van der Linde (24, ZA, both Rutronik Racing) will travel to the Sachsenring as leaders in the standings for the first time this season. But the Audi duo have the pursuing bunch hot on their heels.

From the heat of Magny-Cours two weeks ago, GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS moved to the much cooler sea air of Zandvoort for a pair of Sprint Cup contests.

Having become the youngest driver ever to win a FIA World Endurance Championship title and the youngest British driver to win the LMP2 category in the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours, Britain’s Phil Hanson now targets re-writing the motorsport history books once again. The 21-year-old United Autosports driver is aiming to become the first driver ever to win a WEC title, Le Mans and the outright European Le Mans Series title in the same year.

GAINESVILLE, FL – September 28, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – On a special weekend that saw him share the winner’s circle with his son, Matt, multi-time world champ Rickie Smith raced to his first win of the 2020 E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series season on Sunday, beating Mike Janis in […]

GAINESVILLE, FL – September 28, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Defending Top Fuel world champion Steve Torrence vaulted into the points lead on Sunday at Gainesville Raceway, powering past his father, Billy, in the final round to win the AMALIE Motor Oil Gatornationals for the first time in his career. Ron Capps (Funny Car), […]

BMW Team RLL increased their podium finishing streak to four 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races with a third-place finish by the No. 25 BMW M8 GTE of Connor De Phillippi and Bruno Spengler in this afternoon’s two-hour-and-forty-minute Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio. Teammates John Edwards and Jesse Krohn finished fourth in the No. 24 BMW M8 GTE. The result was sixth podium finish at BMW Team RLL’s home track and 83rd total for the team since 2009.

What was shaping up to be a run to victory at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) drivers Matt McMurry and Mario Farnbacher took a dramatic turn with just 30 minutes remaining. But the determination and focus that the No. 86 Acura NSX GT3 drivers delivered resulted in a fifth place finish on Sunday.