HENRIQUE CHAVES READY TO START GT OPEN TITLE FIGHT
Henrique Chaves will begin the International GT Open season at the Hungaroring, Hungary, and pretends to start in way that allows him to celebrate at November.
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING BACK ON TRACK AT SPA
The team last competed back in February in Austin, with the following race at Sebring in March cancelled due to the worldwide circumstances. The scheduled races at Spa in April and Le Mans in June were postponed, with a new race in Bahrain added to replace Sebring.
EDOARDO LIBERATI RETURNS TO LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE
Edoardo Liberati returns to Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe this coming weekend. The Rome-based racer, who was the 2015 Asian Pro-Am champion and one of the series’ front-runners, will take part in the Misano opener.
After Entertaining Start to 2020, E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series will Award its First Winner of Season at Indy
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – August 6, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – By advancing to the final round of the first race of the 2020 season in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service, Jason Scruggs and Chad Green put themselves in position to win their first career race […]
LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO NORTH AMERICA CHARGES TOWARDS 2020 SEASON OPENER AT ROAD AMERICA
It took four months longer than planned due to the global pandemic, but the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America series is finally ready to wave the green flag on its season. And the field of drivers and teams that will take to Road America this weekend is ripe with talent and promise.
ANTONELLI MOTORSPORT SET FOR GT OPEN START AT BUDAPEST
There is no pause for team Antonelli Motorsport, set for the first of six International GT Open rounds at the Hungaroring track, after celebrating last Sunday a brilliant victory with the Mercedes-AMG GT3 shared by Lorenzo Ferrari and Daniel Zampieri pair at Misano in the Italian GT Sprint Championship opener.
NHRA Teams Amp Up for Third Event at Famed Lucas Oil Raceway
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – August 5, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – As NHRA continues its return to racing, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing series teams are gearing up for their third race at Lucas Oil Raceway for the Dodge NHRA Indy Nationals presented by Pennzoil, Aug. 6-9. In the Top Fuel division, veteran driver […]
LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE READY TO LAUNCH AT MISANO
The Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe championship returns to action this weekend for the opening round of the 2020 season at Misano Adriatico in Italy, with two 50’ races scheduled on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.
FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS LEAD PIRELLI GT4 AMERICA POINTS HEADED INTO HOME RACE WEEK AT SONOMA
Flying Lizard Motorsports has little distance to travel this weekend for the next three rounds of the Pirelli GT4 America championship. Sonoma Raceway, the team’s home track, will host rounds six, seven, and eight of the Sprint and SprintX championships. Flying Lizard currently leads the Sprint Am championship with driver Michael Dinan. Dinan will race the No. 210 Aston Martin Vantage, and the No. 21 Aston Martin in the SprintX triple header with Robby Foley. Erin Vogel and Michael Cooper will race alongside the pair in the SprintX championship in the No. 30 McLaren 570S GT4.
ERA MOTORSPORT KEEPS PODIUM STREAK ALIVE AT ROAD AMERICA
Era Motorsports endured an action-packed race on Sunday at Road America to secure a third consecutive third place finish in the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. The No. 18 Oreca raced strong all weekend long, surviving multiple hits and treacherous weather on Sunday to earn an additional podium finish in the team’s debut sports car racing season.
TOWNSEND BELL, FRANKIE MONTECALVO VICTORIOUS IN LEXUS RC F GT3 AT ROAD AMERICA
Townsend Bell and Frankie Montecalvo earned the third consecutive win for AIM VASSER SULLIVAN (AVS) in the No. 12 Lexus RC F GT3 in Sunday’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Road America. Bell battled in the closing laps under rainy weather conditions to score the first win in the Lexus RC F GT3 for the driver duo. The race was halted for nearly 22 minutes due to inclement weather before restarting for the final few laps.
GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES HEADS TO MISANO WITH 19-CAR GRID
The GT4 European Series heads to Italy again for the second round of the 2020 season. After the opening round of the championship at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola a fortnight ago, the series heads to the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli this weekend.
GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM SHOWS IMPRESSIVE FORM IN ADAC GT MASTERS OPENER
A rollercoaster ride for GRT Grasser Racing Team in the season opener of the ADAC GT Masters 2020 at the Lausitzring. After a long wait and intensive preparations, the three Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOs prepared by the Austrian outfit were back in action last weekend. The Knittelfeld-based team come away from the first round of the season in the Super Sports Car League having seen signs of promise yet with regret about what might have been. Thanks to impressive pace and a great display of teamwork, the squad scored points for all three cars in the first race. By contrast, Sunday did not go as hoped.
BWT MUCKE MOTORSPORT SHOW STRONG PACE IN ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON OPENER
The season opener of the ADAC GT Masters at the Lausitzring was a real scorcher. BWT Mücke Motorsport lined up to race at the 3.47-km circuit in temperatures of more than 30 degrees. The BWT Audi R8 LMS #26 was driven by experienced team member, Stefan Mücke, and young Ricardo Feller. Two newcomers to the series, Igor Walilko and Mike Beckhusen, were at the wheel of the BWT Audi R8 LMS #25.
STUART MIDDLETON HEADING STATESIDE WITH LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO NORTH AMERICA DEAL
Multiple Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe race winner Stuart Middleton is to head Stateside for the second half of 2020 after today, Monday, 3rd August, confirming an eleventh-hour deal with top team Wayne Taylor Racing to contest the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America.
RAIN AT ROAD AMERICA ENDS RACE EARLY FOR HEINRICHER RACING
A run that was gaining momentum at Road America for Heinricher Racing came to an early end on Sunday. The Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 was looking to capitalize on its strong pace in wet conditions after an intense rainstorm rolled through the area. Instead, the No. 57 Acura went off track and into the wall—ending the race for Alvaro Parente and Misha Goikhberg.
RAIN MAYHEM ROBS PORSCHE OF HOPES TO CLAIM FIRST IMSA WIN OF THE SEASON
A lap record in qualifying, pole position, and a commanding lead in the race: despite this, the dream of claiming the maiden victory for the latest generation of the Porsche 911 RSR in the IMSA SportsCar Championship at round four of this year’s North American series remains unfulfilled. After a strong performance from the number 912 vehicle driven by Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) and Earl Bamber (New Zealand), which culminated in a 20-second lead, torrential rain threw a spanner in the works about 50 minutes before the end of the 2:40-hour event. Bamber spun and slid from the track. At the wheel of the No. 911 Porsche, Frédéric Makowiecki (France) and Nick Tandy (Great Britain) at one point advanced to first place in the chaotic weather conditions, however, when the race restarted behind the safety car the vehicle had to pit. In a last-ditch effort to fight for class victory from third place under difficult conditions, Tandy slid from the track in the rain with no visibility. He and Makowiecki finished on fourth, with the sister car on fifth.
BMW TEAM RLL BACK ON THE PODIUM AT ROAD AMERICA
BMW Team RLL gave a much improved and more competitive performance in this afternoon’s two-hour-and-forty-minute IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar race at Road America, finishing third in the GTLM class with the No. 24 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE of John Edwards and Jesse Krohn. After spending much of the race in a top-three position Connor De Phillippi and Bruno Spengler finished sixth in the No. 25 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE following a rainstorm that came in the last 40 minutes of the contest and turned everything upside down.
UNITED AUTOSPORTS HEAD TO SPA FRANCORCHAMPS LEADING BOTH LMP2 AND LMP3 ELMS CHAMPIONSHIPS
United Autosports make their way to Spa Francorchamps in Belgium this week for round two of the 2020 European Le Mans Series and Michelin Le Mans Cup (7-9 August).
WEATHERTECH RACING FOURTH AT ROAD AMERICA
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland) finished fourth today in the IMSA WeatherTech Championship race at Road America.
