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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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THE SILVERSTONE CLASSIC 2021 SERVES UP A DOUBLE HELPING OF AUTOMOTIVE ANNIVERSARIES

January 8, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The Classic this summer (30 July – 1 August) is eagerly anticipated, serving up a double dose of automotive anniversaries with all of 2021’s major marque and model milestones added to those rolled over from last year’s postponed staging of the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival.

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COOL RACING TO RUN INDEPENDENTLY IN 2021

January 7, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Swiss outfit COOL Racing will run independently from 2021 for its various prototype and GT racing programmes, with team management headed by Alexandre Coigny and Nicolas Lapierre.

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HUTCHISON CONFIRMS DUBAI 24 HOURS RETURN AS PART OF IMPRESSIVE ATTEMPTO RACING LINE-UP

January 7, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Scotland’s Finlay Hutchison will make his fist race appearance of the New Year at the annual Hankook 24H Dubai, which gets underway at Dubai Autodrome next Friday, 15th January, after this morning confirming a deal with top Audi Sport squad Attempto Racing.

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WEATHERTECH RACING MOVES TO IMSA GTLM WITH PORSCHE AND PROTON COMPETITION

January 6, 2021 RNW Staff 0

WeatherTech Racing will move up to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTLM Class with Porsche and Proton Competition for the 2021 season.

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TEAM PARKER RACING DEBUTS AT THE GULF 12 HOURS WITH BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT3

January 4, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Team Parker Racing is delighted to announce that it will make its debut appearance at the challenging Gulf 12 Hours Bahrain as Derek Pierce, Andy Meyrick, and Euan McKay compete in a second-generation Bentley Continental GT3.

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FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THE 2020 ADAC GT MASTERS

December 29, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The 2020 ADAC GT Masters was a season of superlatives, with more race winners than ever before and the closest qualifying in history of the series. We take a look at the statistics and the results from the 14th Super Sports Car League campaign, in particular at the factors that contributed to Michael Ammermüller and Christian Engelhart in the Porsche of Team SSR Performance taking the title this time.

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PHIL HANSON AND JOB VAN UITERT TO RETURN TO UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR 2021 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES

December 22, 2020 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports are pleased to confirm that Phil Hanson and Job van Uitert will return to the team for the 2021 European Le Mans Series.

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AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR FOR THE BMW JUNIOR TEAM

December 22, 2020 RNW Staff 0

With Christmas approaching rapidly, BMW Junior Team can look back on an eventful first year of training. Dan Harper (GBR), Max Hesse (GER) and Neil Verhagen (USA) have overcome the challenges thrown up by the pandemic, which could not have been foreseen at the start of the year, have grown together as a team, and have achieved great sporting success. What started with a training camp with Formula Medicine in January reached its high point with class victory in the BMW M4 GT4 at the Nürburgring 24 Hours (GER). BMW Junior Team and its mentor Jochen Neerpasch are now looking forward to stepping up to the BMW M6 GT3 next season.

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K-PAX RACING AND LAMBORGHINI JOIN FORCES FOR 2021

December 21, 2020 RNW Staff 0

K-PAX Racing, entering its 15th season of operation, announced Monday an exciting extension of its legacy by transitioning to Lamborghini Squadra Corse for the 2021 season. The team will enter a two-car effort in the premiere Pro category of GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS, retracing its strong heritage back into the United States as the focal point for the season.

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CETILAR RACING PREPARES 24 HOURS OF DAYTONA ASSAULT

December 21, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Team Cetilar Racing is set for a new challenge, making its debut in the 24 Hours of Daytona scheduled for the last week of January. The race of Florida – IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2021 season opener – will mark the last official appearance of the #47 Dallara LMP2 carfielded by the Roberto Lacorte’s squad, following the FIA WEC campaign ended last month with the 8 Hours of Bahrain and four consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans participation.

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CHASE ELLIOT JOINS WHELEN ENGINEERING CADILLAC AND ACTION EXPRESS FOR ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

December 18, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Reigning NASCAR champion Chase Elliott will join Felipe Nasr, Pipo Derani and Mike Conway in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 At Daytona Jan. 29-31.

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FIRST EIGHT TEAMS CONFIRM THEIR ENTRIES ACROSS GT2 EUROPEAN AND GT REBELLION SERIES

December 18, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Eight teams representing 14 entries have already confirmed they will be taking part in GT Sports Club’s exciting new championships in 2021, with seven set to take part in the highly anticipated GT2 European Series and seven lining up in the GT Rebellion Series.

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