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WEATHERTECH RACING TO START FIFTH AT SEBRING

November 13, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) will start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season finale Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts from fifth in GTD.

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LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO NORTH AMERICA CHAMPIONSHIP TIGHTENS WITH RACE 1 RESULT AT SEBRING

November 13, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Befitting of the season-long close competition, two Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America class championships will be decided in the final race of the year following the first of the two races today at Sebring International Raceway.

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BMW TEAM RLL QUALIFIES SECOND AND THIRD FOR THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

November 13, 2020 RNW Staff 0

BMW Team RLL qualified a strong second and third for tomorrow’s Twelve Hours of Sebring, the final race of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. With a lap of 1:56116-minutes around the 3.74-mile, 17-turn Sebring International Raceway, Connor De Phillippi qualified the No. 25 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE on the outside of the GTLM class front row. De Phillippi will co-drive with Bruno Spengler and Colton Herta. Jesse Krohn qualified the No. 24 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE in the third starting position with a lap time of 1:56.316-minutes. He will co-drive with John Edwards and Augusto Farfus. The BMWs qualified within .660 and .860 seconds respectively of the polesitting Corvette C8.R.

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LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO NORTH AMERICA SEBRING PREVIEW

November 12, 2020 RNW Staff 0

An exciting and competitive Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America championship heads for its 2020 conclusion this week with a pair of 50-minute races at the historic Sebring International Raceway road course.

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PR1/MATHIASEN HEADING INTO SEASON FINALE FOR THE TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

November 12, 2020 RNW Staff 0

PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports is set and ready to face the last round of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, the 68th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring to be held this weekend at the Sebring International Raceway.

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LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE TITLES TO BE SETTLED AT PAUL RICARD

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The 2020 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe season will draw to a close this weekend at the Circuit Paul Ricard in the south of France, with the Pro and Am titles set to be decided across two 50-minute races.

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BMW TEAM RLL RACING TO CLINCH THE ENDURANCE CUP AT THE TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff 0

BMW Team RLL will close the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at this Saturday’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. With the GTLM class title decided in the last round, BMW has its focus set on a strong runner-up finish in the championship standings as well as winning the Michelin Endurance Cup title. Regardless of the ultimate outcome, the third season of IMSA competition for the BMW M8 GTE has been an outstanding one with a total of nine podium finishes, including victories at the Rolex 24 At Daytona and the six-hour Grand Prix at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

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OREGON TEAM CONFIRMS A TWO-CAR ASSAULT IN LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE FINALE

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe heads this weekend to the Circuit of Paul Ricard for the fifth and last round of the season. Oregon Team aims at the Pro title with the front runner Kevin Gilardoni who will be pairing again by Dorian Boccolacci, after the Frenchman missed the most recent event at Spa-Francorchamps.

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PORSCHE TARGETS THIRD WIN THIS YEAR FOR THE 911 RSR AT THE WEC SEASON FINALE

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Porsche aims to conclude the debut season of the new Porsche 911 RSR with a win. At the eight-hour race in Bahrain, which marks the final round of the 2019/2020 FIA WEC season, the factory squad will again field two ca. 515 hp vehicles in the GTE-Pro class. In the GTE-Am class, three customer squads campaign a total of five Porsche 911 RSR in last year’s spec. The race on the Formula 1 circuit in Sakhir is the second Bahrain event this season. At the first outing in December 2019, Porsche locked out the first grid row with its two vehicles, led the field, but ultimately was unable to reap the rewards of their good work at the finish line.

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PAUL MILLER RACING CHASING ENDURANCE CUP GLORY AT SEBRING

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The No. 48 Paul Miller Racing team will be chasing their first Michelin Endurance Cup this weekend as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship completes the 2020 season at the iconic 12 Hours of Sebring.

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K-PAX RACING LOOKS TO BRING HOME GOLD IN FINAL RACE OF ITS FIRST EUROPEAN EXCURSION

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The 2020 race season is nearing a close for K-PAX Racing, but the team’s final stop November 13-15 at Circuit Paul Ricard (Fra.) – coincidentally its first look at overseas competition within GT World Challenge Powered by AWS Endurance Cup – does not come without milestones. While the team had one previous experience in overseas endurance racing, this season marked the team’s first full campaign, which included an abbreviated season of four rounds in its series’ debut.

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WORLD CHAMPIONS ASTON MARTIN ON THE CUSP OF HISTORY AHEAD OF BAHRAIN 8 HOURS

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff 0

World GT Manufacturers’ champions Aston Martin embark on the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) finale – the 8 Hours of Bahrain – this weekend, aiming to record a level of title glory unprecedented in the British luxury sportscar brand’s history. Aston Martin has enjoyed its most successful endurance racing season since 1959, with the turbo-charged 4-litre V8 Vantage GTE.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING LOOKS FOR VICTORY THREE-PEAT AT SEBRING AND WILL RETURN FOR 2021 CHAMPIONSHIP

November 11, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Whelen Engineering Racing drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Felipe Nasr (Brazil) look to capture the team’s third straight win at Sebring International Raceway this weekend, as part of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts Nov. 12 – 14.

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GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM’S EFFORTS GO UNREWARDED IN THE FINAL OF THE 2020 ADAC GT MASTERS AT OSCHERSLEBEN

November 10, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The grand finale of the 2020 ADAC GT Masters last weekend did not have the triumphant ending that GRT Grasser Racing had been hoping for. For the last stop on the itinerary of this year’s Super Sports Car League, the team travelled to Oschersleben near Magdeburg. But the Austrian outfit was once again out of luck. Despite strong pace, the three Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOs were unable to muster a single top result between them from two problematic races. Tim Zimmermann’s title win in the Junior classification shone the only ray of light on a frustrating weekend.

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CETILAR RACING HEADS TO BAHRAIN FOR THE FIA WEC SEASON FINALE

November 10, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The curtain falls this weekend on FIA WEC championship that heads for the second time to Sakhir, in Bahrain, eight and the last round of a very long season that started from Silverstone on September 2019. Cetilar Racing – the only 100 per cent Italian team in the Sport Prototype category – has confirmed the presence fielding as usual the #47DallaraLMP2 car run […]

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GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES SET FOR 2020 DECIDER AT PAUL RICARD

November 10, 2020 RNW Staff 0

After five rounds in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium the GT4 European Series will conclude in France this weekend. The final of the 2020 season will take place at the 5.822 km Circuit Paul Ricard and the Silver Cup, Pro-Am Cup and teams’ titles are still to be decided in Le Castellet.

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WEATHERTECH RACING READY FOR IMSA SEBRING FINALE

November 10, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) are ready for the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts this weekend, November 12-14.

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BOTH WORKS-RUN PORSCHE 911 RSR FLY THE FLAG AT SEBRING

November 10, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The Porsche GT Team campaigns a pair of 911 RSR finished in special liveries to bid farewell to the GTLM-class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. At the final round of the season on 14 November at Sebring – the last race for the works team in the sports car series – the two ca. 515 hp vehicles will be decked out in an adaption of the American national flag. Emblazoned in letters on the underside of the rear wing is the sentiment “Thank You”.

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CADILLAC RACING HEAD TO SEBRING FOR IMSA FINALE

November 10, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is heading to Sebring International Raceway for the season finale Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, to run November 12-14.

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HEINRICHER RACING TAKES PODIUM MOMENTUM INTO TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

November 10, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring will close out the 2020 IMSA season for the No. 57 Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3. After a historic run to the podium at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the team is aiming to close out the season on a high note—ideally two steps higher […]

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