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24 HOURS OF SPA PREPARATIONS ENTERS FINAL PHASE WITH CONCLUSION OF TWO-DAY OFFICIAL TEST

July 3, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The contenders for this year’s Total 24 Hours of Spa have completed two days of testing at the Belgian circuit to begin the final phase of preparations for this year’s race.

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STARWORKS MOTORSPORTS WITHDRAWS FROM UPCOMING NORTHEAST IMSA EVENTS

July 3, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Following a challenging first-half of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season, Starworks Motorsports has opted to withdraw its No. 8 Audi R8 LMS from the upcoming events at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and Lime Rock Park.

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BLANCPAIN GT SERIES WEEKEND ROUNDUP: MISANO

July 3, 2019 RNW Staff 0

It is often a cliché to say that a driver won by keeping their cool, but that was exactly what was required to succeed in last weekend’s Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe contest at Misano.

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THEY ARE BACK: BMW M1 PROCAR REVIVAL AT THE NORISRING

July 3, 2019 RNW Staff 0

As part of the DTM weekend at the

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING TARGETS PODIUM IN CANADA

July 3, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Whelen Engineering Racing looks to build on its solid record at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Sunday’s Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix.

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MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING CANADA BOUND

July 3, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Mustang Sampling Racing will be looking to get back to the top of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship podium in Sunday’s Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, the seventh race of the 2019 season.

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MEYER SHANK RACING HEADS TO CTMP WITH IMSA CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

July 2, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Coming off of a big victory at the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen last weekend, Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) heads straight into the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) race weekend for the Mobil 1 Sports Car Grand Prix presented by Acura on Sunday. The Acura sponsored race weekend marks the sixth race on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule for the GTD category.

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WEATHERTECH RACING HEADING TO CANADA

July 2, 2019 RNW Staff 0

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland) are ready for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix presented by Acura to run at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park this weekend, July 5-7.

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RAHEL FREY JOINS AUDI SPORT ASIA TEAM TSRT FOR BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA

July 2, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Fresh from her SP8 class victory at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, Rahel Frey enters the fray for the Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia with Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT. Audi Sport driver Frey will partner Audi Sport Asia counterpart David Chen as the championship embarks upon the second half of its 2019 season at Japan’s Fuji International Speedway from June 5 to 7.

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24 HOURS OF SPA DELIVERS RECORD BREAKING 72-CAR ENTRY LIST TO CONFIRM STATUS AS WORLD’S PREMIER GT RACE

July 2, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The Total 24 Hours of Spa will confirm its status as the world’s premier GT race at this year’s edition thanks to a phenomenal 72-car entry list.

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PORSCHE GT TEAM TRAVELS TO THE CANADIAN IMSA ROUND LEADING THE SERIES

July 2, 2019 RNW Staff 0

After four straight wins, the Porsche GT Team travels to round six of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Bowmanville as the leader of the manufacturers’ and drivers’ classifications. At the only Canadian event of the year, the North American works team fields two Porsche 911 RSR in the hotly-contested GTLM class. At the race in the Canadian state of Ontario, the ca. 510 hp nine-elevens from Weissach will again feature a livery reminiscent of the legendary North American customer team, Brumos Racing. In the GTD class, the customer teams Pfaff Motorsports and Park Place Motorsports each field a Porsche 911 GT3 R.

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STRAKKA RETURNS TO THE 24 HOURS OF SPA WITH TWO CAR ASSAULT

July 2, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Strakka Racing will field two Mercedes-AMG GT3 race cars in the Total 24 Hours of Spa on 27-28 July 2019. The team’s roster of drivers will contest the notoriously challenging endurance event, held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.

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BIRD, CALADO, AND PIER GUIDI TO START THE 24 HOURS OF SPA

July 1, 2019 RNW Staff 0

On the eve of the two days of testing for the 71st edition of the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, one of the world’s most prestigious endurance races, a new Ferrari crew has entered the fray.

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2019 Austrian Grand Prix – Sunday

July 1, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Valtteri finishes third with Lewis in fifth in the heat of Austria

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SEVENTH PLACE FINISH FOR WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING AT WATKINS GLEN

July 1, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Despite suffering from a puncture in the opening moments of the six hour race, Whelen Engineering Racing fought all the way to the finish in Sunday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, minimizing damage in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship battle. After losing three laps in an early incident, Felipe Nasr, Pipo Derani and Eric Curran fought back to finish seventh in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R.

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AL HARTHY READY TO SHINE DURING TWO-DAY 24 HOURS OF SPA TEST

July 1, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Championship challenging Blancpain Endurance Cup driver Ahmad Al Harthy and his Oman Racing team return to track action this week, at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, for two days of officially timed testing ahead of the biggest race of the season – July’s Total 24 Hours of Spa.

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AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER RACING EXPECTS MORE THAN TEN AUDI R8 LMS ON THE 24 HOURS OF SPA GRID

July 1, 2019 RNW Staff 0

For the 24 Hours of Spa from July 25 to 28, Audi Sport customer racing expects more than ten Audi R8 LMS on the grid. The 24-hour race is part of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. It is also the third in five rounds of the Intercontinental GT Challenge for which Audi Sport has nominated four race cars.

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LOTS AT STAKE IN THE 24H PORTIMAO

July 1, 2019 RNW Staff 0

For the third consecutive year, the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve serves as the venue for the Hankook 24H PORTIMAO. The event in Portugal is the first of two 24-hour races in Europe organised by Dutch agency CREVENTIC, counting towards the 24H SERIES Europe and the 24H SERIES Continents, both powered by Hankook. With the event featuring the GT division and the TCE division, a good mix of GTs and touring cars is expected for the Portuguese round. Both divisions will have separate starting groups and prize-giving ceremonies.

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WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES THIRD AT THE GLEN

June 30, 2019 RNW Staff 0

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) crossed the finish line in third in GTD in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen.

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MEYER SHANK RACING WINS WATKINS GLEN WITH ACURA

June 30, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) won the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen on Sunday as Trent Hindman, Justin Marks, and Mario Farnbacher scored a decisive victory in the No. 86 AutoNation / Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) Acura NSX GT3. The victory also extends the team’s provisional championship points lead (119-103).

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