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MAGNUSSEN AND CORVETTE HOPE TO TRANSLATE 2019 MOMENTUM, PACE TO MID-OHIO RESULT

Danish Corvette Racing ace Jan Magnussen is looking to capitalize on a swing of positive momentum in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTLM class when the series heads to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

RECORD AUSTRALIAN GT PACE SEES MAJOR LIGHT UP BARBAGALLO

Peter Major lit up the night by setting the fastest ever lap time for a GT3 car around the Barbagallo circuit.

SUPER SEBRING WEEKEND TO RETURN IN 2020

The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) and the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) today jointly announced that following the tremendously successful combined race weekend at Sebring International Raceway in March, the event will return to the iconic circuit on March 18-21, 2020.

GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES INTRODUCE PIT STOP CHALLENGE

From Brands Hatch onwards, pit crews in the GT4 European Series will have something extra to fight for with the introduction of the official Pit Stop Challenge. The new competition will be supported by TM Performance.

WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING HEADS TO MID-OHIO

Fast but unlucky in the most recent IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Long Beach, Whelen Engineering Racing looks to return to the top of the podium in the Acura Sports Car Challenge at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Sunday, May 5.

PAUL MILLER RACING LAMBORGHINI SQUAD CHASING MORE MID-OHIO PODIUMS

Paul Miller Racing’s championship-winning Ohio native Bryan Sellers will be on home soil for the third IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD class round this week at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING HEADING TO MID-OHIO WITH WINNING MOMENTUM

Mustang Sampling Racing is looking to continue its winning ways in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition this weekend as the team eyes another strong run in the Acura Sports Car Challenge at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Sunday, May 5.

PERFORMANCE TECH RETURNS TO MID-OHIO

Performance Tech Motorsports returns to race action with a full fleet at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course May 3-5 running in both the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the IMSA Prototype Challenge series.

GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES RETURNS TO ACTION AT BRANDS HATCH

Round two of the 2019 GT4 European Series takes place this weekend at the 3.9km Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit (4 – 5 May). The series makes its third successive visit to the British circuit, with 34 cars entered for what promises to be a spectacular Bank Holiday weekend in the United Kingdom.

CADILLAC ROLL INTO MID-OHIO UNDEFEATED

Cadillac teams will be looking to keep the brand on the top step of the podium at his weekend’s round four of the IMSA WeatherTech Championship race at Mid-Ohio. The brand has posted wins at the first three races of the season at Daytona, Sebring and Long Beach. This win streak is mirroring that of the 2017 season when Cadillac won the first five events of the maiden IMSA DPi season.

MacNEIL AND VILANDER READY FOR MID-OHIO IN WEATHERTECH RACING FERRARI

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland) are ready for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio May 3-5.

BMW TEAM MTEK RETURNS TO THE WEC 6 HOURS OF SPA

BMW Team MTEK heads to the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (BEL), the penultimate round of the 2018/2019 World Endurance Championship (WEC) Super Season, next weekend (2nd to 4th May). The squad, headed by Team Principal Ernest Knoors, will be pushing for a strong result before the team returns to Le Mans (FRA) in June for the season finale.

AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP SET FOR ZHUHAI RETURN

The 2019 Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup is set for a thunderous return to China’s Zhuhai International Circuit for the series’ fourth visit in eight seasons. Joining the championship contenders for the double-header are a number of new faces, adding another layer of intrigue as title fights resume over the three-day May Day holiday event.

MEYER SHANK RACING READY FOR ACURA SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE AT MID-OHIO HOME EVENT

As the first round of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Challenge sprint races begins this weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) has plenty of reasons to get excited as the local team enters its 12th year of sports car competition at the 2.4-mile road course.

RATON RACING BY TARGET CLAIMS GT OPEN PRO-AM VICTORY AT PAUL RICARD

Raton Racing by Target kicked off its International GT Open campaign at the Paul Ricard Circuit claiming the PRO-AM victory in the first round of the season. Liang Jiatong and Raffaele Giammaria put their OPPO-backed outfit Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo on P5 overall in Race 2, clinching the class win, whilst their team-mates Alberto Di Folco and Christoph Lenz showed well in the other car as the Italian set the fastest lap in the second race too.

McLAREN 720S GT3 SCORES DOUBLE PODIUM ON EUROPEAN DEBUT

The McLaren 720S GT3 scored pole position and a triple podium on its International GT Open debut at Circuit Paul Ricard in southern France, as McLaren Customer Racing team Teo Martin Motorsport started its 2019 campaign. The team also took part in the new-for-2019 GT Open Cup Europe with a pair of 570S GT4s and claimed two Silver class wins.

KCMG ENJOYS SUCCESSFUL NÜRBURGRING 24 HOURS PREPARATIONS IN VLN 3

KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) wound up its preparations for the Nürburgring 24 Hours with a productive VLN weekend at the Nordschleife, in which the #39 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 recorded the fastest lap and drivers Joshua Burdon, Edoardo Liberati and João Paulo de Oliveira successfully acquired their Nürburgring permits.

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