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TEAM SAHLEN ACHIEVES 100 VICTORY MILESTONE IN 2020

January 21, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Team Sahlen, presented by honeybeeBase.com, reached their 100th Victory within Endurance Sports Car Racing during the 2020 Race Season. The 100th Victory came at Pittsburgh International Raceway Complex on October 4th. The event was with the Tire Rack – ChampCar Endurance Series. There were 62 entries for the 7 hour endurance race, that saw Team Sahlen secure […]

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GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM AIMING FOR VICTORY IN THE 24 HOURS OF DAYTONA

January 21, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The winter break is over for the GRT Grasser Racing Team. After finishing fourth in the Dubai 24 Hours, the Austrian outfit has one of the standout fixtures of the sports car season coming up this month. In the USA the 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship kicks off with the legendary 24 Hours of Daytona on the weekend of 28th – 31st January. Two Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO cars with all-star line-ups will be competing in the GTD class for the team’s third victory in the world-famous endurance classic.

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2021 IMSA SEASON COMES ALIVE WITH ANNUAL PRE-SEASON DAYTONA TEST

January 20, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Any sense of the familiar is a welcome sight in these “unique” times and the ROAR Before the Rolex 24 is a very familiar and welcome sight to start the new year. While the traditional first weekend of January date for the multi-day IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge open test has been moved to January 22 – 24, its importance as a tuning tool for teams and machines has remained. This weekend six Porsche customer race teams will ring the new year back into life with the sound of normally aspirated flat-six race engines in Daytona Beach, Florida to ready for the Rolex 24 At Daytona endurance race the following weekend.

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TOM GAMBLE MOVES TO UNITED AUTOSPORTS LMP2 TEAM FOR 2021 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES CAMPAIGN

January 20, 2021 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports are delighted to confirm that Tom Gamble will move across to their LMP2 team for the 2021 European Le Mans Series.

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BMW TEAM RLL STARTS THE IMSA ENDURANCE SEASON AT THE ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

January 19, 2021 RNW Staff 0

After two wins in the previous two years, BMW Team RLL is eager to bring home its next success at the Rolex 24 at Daytona (USA) in 2021. On 30th/31st January, two MOTUL BMW M8 GTEs with strong driver pairings will contest the GTLM class. In the #24 car, John Edwards (USA), Jesse Krohn (FIN) and Augusto Farfus (BRA) are eager to repeat their Daytona win from last year. They will be supported by BMW works driver Marco Wittmann (GER). In the #25 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE, Bruno Spengler (CAN), Connor De Phillippi (USA), Philipp Eng (AUT) and Timo Glock (GER) will take it in turns at the wheel. BMW Team RLL will contest only the four IMSA endurance classics at Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen and Road Atlanta (all USA) in 2021, which make up the Michelin Endurance Cup. Edwards and Krohn won that title in 2020.

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TOWER MOTORSPORT REVEALS LINEUP FOR ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

January 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

After closing out the 2020 race season with a second place finish at the Twelve Hours of Sebring, Tower Motorsport is back for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Challenge’s season opening event, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The No. 8 Tower Motorsport Oreca LMP2 07 will be driven by John Farano, Gabriel Aubry, Timothé Buret, and Matthieu Vaxiviere.

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EDOUARD CAUHAUPE JOINS UNITED AUTOSPORTS LMP3 TEAM FOR 2021 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES CAMPAIGN

January 18, 2021 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports are delighted to confirm that Edouard Cauhaupe will join their European Le Mans Series LMP3 team for the 2021 season.

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GPX Racing takes home win at the 2021 Hankook 24H DUBAI

January 17, 2021 RNW Staff 0

UAE-based GPX Racing has become only the second Emirati team to take outright victory at the Hankook 24H DUBAI after a commanding performance at the Dubai Autodrome this weekend.

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SOMETHING OLD AND SOMETHING NEW FOR PERFORMANCE TECH MOTORSPORTS AT THE ROLEX 24

January 15, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Performance Tech Motorsports is bringing a power-packed driver lineup for the Rolex 24 At Daytona.

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NTE SPORT RACES INTO 2021 WEATHERTECH SEASON WITH AUDI R8 LMS

January 15, 2021 RNW Staff 0

One year after making their IMSA debut in the Michelin Pilot Challenge, NTE Sport is climbing up the motorsport ranks to compete in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, racing an Audi R8 LMS in this month’s Rolex 24 At Daytona. The team, led by owner Paul Mata will run the No. 42 machine in the 24 hour endurance racing event, driven by Alan Metni, Andrew Davis, J.R. Hildebrand, and Don Yount.

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TOYOTA GAZOO RACING INTRODUCES GR010 HYBRID HYPERCAR

January 15, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The reigning World Champions and three-time Le Mans winners will defend those titles against new manufacturer competitors using a racing version of the upcoming hypercar road car, featuring powertrain technology developed in the TS050 HYBRID and highlighted via new Racing Hybrid branding.

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GLOBAL PROGRAM IN 2021 FOR AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER RACING

January 14, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Audi Sport customer racing will continue its international program in 2021 to complement its customers’ commitments. For the sixth year in succession, Audi will contest the Intercontinental GT Challenge, which will be held in Asia, America, Europe and South Africa next year. The Nürburgring 24 Hours will also be a fixture on the Audi Sport calendar for the 13th consecutive year. The brand will face the sporting competitions of the coming year with 15 Audi Sport drivers.

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RILEY MOTORSPORTS ENLISTS SPENCER PIGOT FOR THE ROLEX 24

January 13, 2021 RNW Staff 0

As the 2021 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona beckons, Riley Motorsports has enlisted Spencer Pigot (USA) to the No. 74 Ligier JS P320 alongside Gar Robinson (USA), Oliver Askew (USA) and Scott Andrews (AUS). Pigot will serve as a substitute for full season driver, Felipe Fraga, who remains in Brazil due to a COVID-19 related immigration issue.

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TEAM PARKER RACING BIDS FOND FAREWELL TO BENTLEY WITH STRONG PERFORMANCE AT GULF 12 HOURS

January 13, 2021 RNW Staff 0

After five successful years, Team Parker Racing’s Bentley racing programme has come to a close after making its debut appearance at the Gulf 12 Hours Bahrain last weekend (January 7-9).

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MADISON SNOW AND BRYAN SELLERS RETURN TO PAUL MILLER RACING ALONGSIDE COREY LEWIS AND ANDREA CALDARELLI

January 12, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Reigning Rolex 24 at Daytona winners and Michelin Endurance Cup champions, Paul Miller Racing, will be back to contest the full IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2021 with a quartet of race and championship-winning drivers.

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MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT GETS THE SEASON UNDERWAY WITH A PAIR OF 24-HOUR HIGHLIGHTS

January 12, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The start of the 2021 motorsport year already has some major events in store: with the Dubai 24 Hours (14-16 January) and the Rolex 24 At Daytona (28-31 January), Mercedes-AMG Motorsport and the Customer Racing Teams are facing two highlights right away. Strong driver and team line-ups are in place to make the start of the season, in which Mercedes-AMG will again be competing for race wins and titles all over the world, a successful one.

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SEAN CREECH MOTORSPORTS READY FOR WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP CAMPAIGN

January 10, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Sean Creech Motorsports (SCM) will contest the 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with a full-season campaign in the LMP3 class, starting with the Rolex 24 At Daytona.

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THIRTY SPANISH TEAMS JOIN GT WINTER SERIES AND GT4 SOUTH IN PORTIMAO

January 10, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The last round of the GT4 South and the first event of the GT Winter Series join forces in the Algarve with 29 teams. On the 23rd and 24th of January, GT4 South European will have its decisive last 2020 race. At the same time, the winter competition GT Winter Series 2021 will have its first 2021 race.

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MEYER SHANK RACING REVEALS 2021 ACURA DPi LIVERY

January 9, 2021 RNW Staff 0

New year, new car. Meyer Shank Racing is just two weeks away from returning to the top Prototype category in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with the No. 60 SiriusXM / AutoNation Acura ARX-05 DPi.

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MANUEL MALDONADO JOINS UNITED AUTOSPORTS

January 8, 2021 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports are delighted to confirm that Manuel Maldonado will join United Autosports for both the Asian Le Mans Series and the European Le Mans Series in 2021.

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