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MICHIMI QUALIFIES FOURTH AT ROAD ATLANTA FOR MEYER SHANK RACING

September 5, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Eight months out of the No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 didn’t phase Shinya Michimi as he made his first qualifying run on Friday since Daytona International Speedway in January. Michimi put the AutoNation Acura NSX GT3 fourth for Saturday’s six hour race at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

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WEATHERTECH RACING TO START EIGHTH AT ROAD ATLANTA

September 5, 2020 RNW Staff 0

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) will start the IMSA WeatherTech Championship race at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta from eighth in GTD.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING CADILLAC TO START ON THE FRONT ROW AT ROAD ATLANTA

September 5, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R will start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race from the front in second tomorrow at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

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PORSCHE TO START AT ROAD ATLANTA FROM POLE POSITION

September 5, 2020 RNW Staff 0

At round six of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the Porsche GT Team has claimed its fourth pole position of the season. Driving the No. 911 Porsche 911 RSR, Nick Tandy from Great Britain turned the fastest lap in the GTLM class at Road Atlanta setting a time of 1:16.167 minutes. His works driver teammate Laurens Vanthoor from Belgium planted the second works-RSR with the number 912 on position four. With this, Tandy added to his record in the North American sports car championship: The seasoned racing driver from Bedford has now secured a total of nine pole positions. In the GTD category, the Wright Motorsports customer squad takes up the six-hour race in the US state of Georgia from the third grid spot with the Porsche 911 GT3 R.

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Chad Green Eager to try to Win Two E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series Races During DENSO Spark Plugs U.S. Nationals at Indy

September 4, 2020 RNW Staff 0

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – September 4, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Chad Green will have the chance to do something unique at this weekend’s prestigious DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, and that’s win twice in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A […]

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GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES REVEALS PROVISIONAL CALENDAR FOR 2021 CAMPAIGN

September 4, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The GT4 European Series revealed its provisional six-round schedule for the 2021 season today at the Nürburgring, with Monza returning as the season-opener and Barcelona set to host the season finale.

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE CONFIRMS RETURN TO 10- ROUND CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2021

September 4, 2020 RNW Staff 0

GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS has revealed its provisional 2021 calendar, which will see the continent’s premier GT3 championship return to its familiar 10-round tour of world-leading race tracks.

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FERRARI CHASING GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE ENDURANCE CUP PODIUM AT NÜRBURGRING

September 4, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The Nürburgring will host the second round of the Endurance Cup of the GT World Challenge Europe this weekend. Five Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020s will be involved in the six-hour race. After the season debut at Imola where the Ferraris did less well than they deserved, with only the Sky Tempesta Racing car mounting the podium in the Pro-Am class, Prancing Horse teams will fight it out with forty-three other crews entered in the event.

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PROVISIONAL INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR ENTRY LIST REVEALED

September 3, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The provisional entry list for the inaugural Indianapolis 8 Hour has been revealed one month before the world-famous Brickyard welcomes Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli for the very first time on October 2-4.

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PORSCHE HEADS TO ROAD ATLANTA HIGHLY MOTIVATED

September 3, 2020 RNW Staff 0

The Porsche GT Team has big plans for the next highlight on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship calendar: At the upcoming sixth round of the season on 5 September at Road Atlanta in the US state of Georgia, the squad is determined to clinch the first win of the season with the two new Porsche 911 RSR. At the previous three races, the ca. 515 hp GTLM-sports car from Weissach was well on course to score its first class win of the year in North America, only to have bad luck strike every time. The race on the storied circuit near the town of Braselton runs over six hours and is regarded as a critical rehearsal for the classic Petit Le Mans event, which is held at the same venue in October. In the GTD category, the Wright Motorsports customer team fields a Porsche 911 GT3 R.

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ENDURANCE RACING RESUMES FOR ERA MOTORSPORT

September 3, 2020 RNW Staff 0

It has been eight months since the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship held and endurance race, but this weekend, the sports car racing series heads to Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. The No. 18 Era Motorsport Oreca earned a third place finish at the Rolex 24 At Daytona in January, and after a series of podium finishes in the subsequent sprint events, the team is ready to climb higher up the podium for this weekend’s endurance event.

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SCOTT HUFFAKER COMPLETES PR1/MATHIASEN MOTORSPORTS’ DRIVER LINEUP FOR ROAD ATLANTA

September 3, 2020 RNW Staff 0

PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports has announced their lineup for the IMSA raceat Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta consisting of drivers Simon Trummer, Patrick Kelly and rookie Scott Huffaker in the #52 Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2.

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K-PAX RACING EMBARKS ON LEGENDARY NURBURGRING

September 3, 2020 RNW Staff 0

K-PAX Racing is full speed ahead into the second round of GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Endurance Cup, bringing a slightly modified line-up to the famed Nürburgring for six hours of intense series action.

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Remaining 2020 NHRA Season Announced

September 3, 2020 RNW Staff 0

GLENDORA, CA – September 3, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – NHRA announced today the remainder of the 2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. In collaboration with all stakeholders, NHRA plans to hold six national events to complete the 2020 season. The 2020 NHRA season has looked very different due to the global […]

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California Hot Rod Reunion Canceled

September 2, 2020 RNW Staff 0

GLENDORA, CA – September 2, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – – The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum officials announced today the cancellation of the 2020 California Hot Rod Reunion presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif. “We made this difficult decision as we see the […]

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PERFORMANCE TECH MOTORSPORTS TO MISS THE 6 HOUR ENDURO AT ROAD ATLANTA

September 2, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Performance Tech Motorsports has withdrawn from the IMSA race at MICHELIN Raceway Road Atlanta due to circumstances surrounding COVID-19.

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K-PAX RACING ENTERS INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR

September 2, 2020 RNW Staff 0

K-PAX Racing will not have to look far to continue its season centered around endurance racing, setting its sights Midwest to “The Racing Capital of the World” for the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) Indianapolis 8 Hour October 2-4 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The team will enter one Bentley-Works driver line-up for its fourth IGTC appearance in the last five seasons.

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ByKOLLES UNVEILS NEW CAR LIVERY FOR THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

September 2, 2020 RNW Staff 0

ByKOLLES Racing has lifted the covers off the new car livery for the 24 Hours of Le Mans mid of September.

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BMW TEAM RLL READY FOR SIX HOURS AT ROAD ATLANTA

September 2, 2020 RNW Staff 0

With consecutive podium finishes (P3 – Road America and P2 – VIR) in the last two 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races BMW Team RLL has now amassed a total of 80 podium finishes since beginning its BMW racing program in 2009.The team is hoping to add a second season’s win at the six-hour Tirerack.com Grand Prix at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, in Braselton Ga. On Sept. 5th. BMW Team RLL triumphed at this year’s Rolex 24 At Daytona in January, the only event of 2020 not affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The six-hour race at Road Atlanta replaces the six-hour race at Watkins Glen International.

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BENTLEY MOTORSPORT CUSTOMERS JOIN FORCES FOR FULL INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE CAMPAIGN

September 2, 2020 RNW Staff 0

Bentley Motorsport will contest the full 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge via its global family of customer teams to challenge for the outright manufacturers’ title and enabling its works drivers to continue their championship-leading campaign.

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