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DXDT RACING BRINGS FULL SQUAD TO SONOMA RACEWAY FOR SRO AMERICA SEASON START

March 2, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The 2021 SRO America season begins this week at Sonoma Raceway with a series of double headers for the GT World Challenge America, GT America, and TC America, and DXDT Racing has a full squad of sports cars ready to hit the ground running. The team’s fleet of five cars will proudly sport the branding of longtime partner CrowdStrike Racing under their new mantra “Win as One.”

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JOHNSON, PAGENAUD, AND KOBAYASHI TO COMPETE FOR IMSA ENDURANCE CUP IN ALLY CADILLAC WITH ACTION EXPRESS RACING

March 2, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Action Express Racing (AXR) together with Jimmie Johnson (El Cajon, Calif.), Simon Pagenaud (France), and Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) will return in the No. 48 Ally Cadillac DPi-V.R to compete for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin Endurance Cup. Coming off of a second-place finish at the Rolex 24 At Daytona four weeks ago, Johnson, seven-time […]

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SCHUBERT MOTORSPORT PUTS FAITH IN BMW AGAIN IN ADAC GT MASTERS

March 1, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Schubert Motorsport is sticking with BMW in the ADAC GT Masters: the team from Oschersleben will continue to run the M6 GT3 in the German GT Championship in 2021. It also plans to expand its activities to include ADAC GT4 Germany. The ADAC GT Masters season kicks off from 14th to 16th May at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.

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GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM CONFIRMS ADAC GT MASTERS DRIVER LINE-UP

March 1, 2021 RNW Staff 0

We’re all set for the 2021 ADAC GT Masters. Bring it on! Spring is fast approaching and GRT Grasser Racing Team are more than ready for their first major offensive in this hard-fought GT3 series. The Austrian outfit will field four Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOs for the first time since its inception. The driver pairing for the car with start number 11, one of the team’s four entries, has just been confirmed with the signing of Mike David Ortmann and Clemens Schmid. They now complete the line up alongside the two Lamborghini Young Driver-protégés, Tim Zimmermann and Steijn Schothorst, in GRT Grasser Racing’s new junior team.

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KCMG RETURNS TO THE NORDSCHLEIFE WITH PORSCHE

March 1, 2021 RNW Staff 0

KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) will return to the Nordschleife in 2021 with a Porsche 911 GT3 R in the Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie (NLS) and 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

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KÜS TEAM BERNHARD SIGNS DEFENDING CHAMPION CHRISTIAN ENGELHART FOR 2021 ADAC GT MASTERS

February 28, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Küs Team Bernhard has a prominent newcomer: The racing team of two-time Le Mans winner and FIA World Endurance Champion, Timo Bernhard, has acquired the services of the defending champion in the ADAC GT Masters, Christian Engelhart (34/Starnberg). The German will share a Porsche 911 GT3 R with Porsche works driver Thomas Preining (22/A). The team disclosed this secret exclusively on Sunday in the latest edition of PS on Air – The Ravenol ADAC GT Masters Talk. The opening round of this season’s German GT Championship takes place from 14th to 16th May in Oschersleben.

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JOHN SCHAUERMAN AND WAYNE BOYD RETURN TO UNITED AUTOSPORTS MICHELIN LE MANS CUP TEAM FOR 2021

February 26, 2021 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports are delighted to confirm that John Schauerman will return to their Michelin Le Mans Cup team for 2021, racing alongside Wayne Boyd.

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SCHANDORFF RETURNS IN SEARCH OF INTERNATIONAL GT OPEN TITLE

February 26, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Frederik Schandorff will be back in the International GT Open paddock in 2021, chasing the overall crown with Vincenzo Sospiri Racing (VSR).

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LAND-MOTORSPORT TO FIELD TWO AUDI R8 LMS AGAIN IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS

February 25, 2021 RNW Staff 0

In 2021, fans of the ADAC GT Masters can once again look forward to watching Montaplast by Land-Motorsport and its Audi R8 LMS. The team from Niederdreisbach is sticking with a tried and tested formula and will again line up with two cars in the German GT Championship. Season 15 of the ADAC GT Masters kicks off from 14th to 16th May at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.

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FERRARI ENTERS THE LE MANS HYPERCAR ERA

February 24, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Ferrari announces the start of the Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) programme that from 2023 will see the manufacturer enter the new top class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

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TAYLOR HAGLER SET FOR ACURA NSX GT3 EVO TEST AT THE THERMAL CLUB

February 23, 2021 RNW Staff 0

After recently announcing her return to SRO America competition, Taylor Hagler will have her first official test in the the No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports Acura NSX GT3 Evo at The Thermal Club on February 26th ahead of the March season opener at Sonoma Raceway. Hagler joins the 2019 SRO World Challenge GT America Championship-winning Racers Edge Motorsports team alongside fellow HPD GT3 Driver Academy graduates Dakota Dickerson and Jacob Abel. Hagler will contest the full 2021 SRO season, which is set to open at Sonoma March 5-7.

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ASTON MARTIN RACING LICENSES MSAA AS EXCLUSIVE ASIAN DISTRIBUTOR FOR VANTAGE GT3 AND GT4 RACE CARS

February 23, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Aston Martin has selected Motorsports Services AMR Asia Limited (MSAA) to become its exclusive distributor of all variants of Vantage GT race cars, parts and technical support for China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and the south-east Asian region.

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RUTRONIK RACING COMPLETES ITS ADAC GT MASTERS LINE-UP

February 19, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Rutronik Racing is the first racing team in the ADAC GT Masters to announce its full driver line-up for 2021. In Dennis Marschall (24/Eggenstein) and newcomer Kim-Luis Schramm (23/Meuspath), the team has now confirmed the two men who will share the driving duties in its second Audi R8 LMS in the German GT Championship. The ADAC GT Masters kicks off its 15th season from 14th to 16th May in Oschersleben.

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JMF MOTORSPORTS SIGNS MICHAI STEPHENS AND MARCO KACIC

February 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

JMF Motorsports is a newly formed organisation based out of Buttonwillow, California. Founded by long time motorsport enthusiast John Farrow, they will field a Mercedes-AMG GT4 for two drivers starting in the NASA Western Endurance Racing Championship for 2021, and moving to SRO later in the year.

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1AIM VILLORBA CORSE ENTERS 2021 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES

February 12, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Scuderia Villorba Corse gets back to prototype racing and ACO / Le Mans events, among which the Italian team claims three participations in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The squad led by Raimondo Amadio unveils the first step of their renewed course in endurance racing taking part in the 2021 European Le Mans Series under the 1AIM Villorba Corse brand. This new racing program is born in the wake of the project started in 2019 with the ACE1 brand, which made its debut in the ELMS round of Barcelona and then participated in the entire Asian Le Mans Series taking a victory at the 4 Hours of Buriram (Thailand) in February 2020, exactly one year ago.

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WAYNE BOYD AND ROB WHELDON RETURN TO UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR LMP3 CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENCE CAMPAIGN

February 11, 2021 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports are delighted to confirm that Wayne Boyd and Rob Wheldon will return to their LMP3 team for the 2021 European Le Mans Series.

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CARBAHN WITH PEREGRINE RACING COMMIT TO FULL IMSA WEATHERTECH SPRINT CUP SEASON

February 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

CarBahn with Peregrine Racing is leveling up to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2021.

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ERA MOTORSPORT COMMITS TO FULL SEASON WEATHERTECH EFFORT

February 8, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Era Motorsport, recently crowned winner of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, has committed to the entire 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, competing in the LMP2 class in the No. 18 Oreca. Drivers Kyle Tilley and Dwight Merriman will race the seven-round championship and be joined by Ryan Dalziel for the remaining three North American Endurance Cup events.

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GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM SET FOR ANNIVERSARY SEASON: FOUR RAGING BULLS ON A MISSION TO SECURE TITLE HONOURS IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS

February 8, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The raging bulls at GRT Grasser Racing Team are sharpening their horns for the 2021 ADAC GT Masters. To mark their special anniversary in the Super Sports Car League, the Lamborghini team are set to launch their biggest offensive since first joining the series in the 2011 season. It’s been ten years since the Knittelfeld-based […]