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PARKER CHASE TO JOIN RENNTECH MOTORSPORTS FOR SRO AMERICA SEASON OPENER

February 26, 2019 RNW Staff 0

After winning the Pirelli World Challenge SprintX Pro/Am title in 2018, 18 year-old champion Parker Chase is returning to the series this week for the season opening event at Circuit of The Americas with RENNtech Motorsports. The season will kick off with a double header race event at the Austin circuit, where Chase, a Texas native, will share the driving duties of the No. 89 Mercedes-AMG GT4 with Reinhold Renger in Pirelli GT4 America‘s East Pro/Am class.

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Winter testing – Day 3 results

February 25, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Winter testing – Day 3 results

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BRENDON HARTLEY JOINS MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING FOR SEBRING 12 HOURS

February 25, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The racing shoes of the retiring Christian Fittipaldi are large ones to step in to, but Mustang Sampling Racing has secured an outstanding addition for the driver line up in the 2019 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring as Brendon Hartley has been confirmed with the team.

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JODY FANNIN JOINS FIST – TEAM AAI GT FOR 2019 CHINA GT

February 25, 2019 RNW Staff 0

2019 is going to be a busy year for Jody Fannin as he expands his programme to include the China GT Championship with FIST – Team AAI and their BMW M6 GT3. He will share the car with Betty Chen in her debut season.

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GARAGE 59 SWITCHES TO NEW ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT3

February 25, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Aston Martin has announced that leading GT squad Garage 59 will join its burgeoning partner team ranks for 2019, significantly bolstering the presence of the new Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.

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GUILLEM PUJEU MAKES SOLID PROGRESS WITH THE McLAREN 570S GT4

February 25, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Spaniard Pujeu completed the GT Open Open’s Winter Series at the Circuit Paul Ricard driving the brand-new Teo Martín Motorsport-run McLaren 570S GT4. Pujeu clocked extremely competitive lap times on day two.

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TIMOTHE BURET TO RACE PANIS-BARTHEZ COMPETITION LIGIER JS P217 IN THE EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES

February 25, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Following the previous Stevens/Canal/Binder line-up announcement for the Ligier JS P217 #23, the team is now ready to run a two-car effort in the upcoming European Le Mans Series season.

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ARROWS CONFIRMS FIRST BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA FULL-SEASON GT3 CAMPAIGN WITH HONDA

February 24, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Arrows Racing’s Honda NSX GT3 is returning to Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia full-time this year with an Am Cup driver line-up comprising Philip Ma and Alex Liu.

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BENTLEY ADDS SIGNIFICANT FIREPOWER WITH SIX NEW DRIVERS FOR 24 HOURS OF SPA ASSAULT

February 24, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Bentley Motorsport has revealed an impressive driver line-up for this year’s Total 24 Hours of Spa (25-28 July), where the British marque will add a further two cars to its regular roster as it chases the biggest prize in GT3 racing.

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TARGET SEE THE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO MIDDLE EAST TITLE AT ABU DHABI

February 24, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The Target Racing team clinched the win in Race 1 at the Yas Marina circuit, staking its bid for the title in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East 2019. After a triple win in Dubai, Timur Boguslavskiy and Frederik Schandorff dominated Friday’s racing in Abu Dhabi, taking the pole in qualifying and winning the first heat of the weekend.

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LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO TITLE TRIUMPH FOR TARGET IN ITS MIDDLE EAST SERIES DEBUT

February 24, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Timur Boguslavskiy and Frederik Schandorff have been crowned champions of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East, now in its third edition. After dominating the Dubai round, the crew of the Huracán Super Trofeo Evo no. 9 were untouchable at Abu Dhabi too, clinching the title for Target Racing on the team’s maiden season in the Middle East one-make series. Konrad Motorsport celebrated two title crowns: Axcil Jefferies and Ramez Azzam were victorious in the Pro-Am in car no. 29 while Vincent Schwartz secured the Am title behind the wheel of car no. 11. The Lamborghini Cup saw Gabriele Murroni take top honours with the Huracán Super Trofeo Evo no. 88, crowning his second season in the Super Trofeo Middle East.

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NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series 2019. Atlanta Motor Speedway. Last Laps

February 24, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series 2019. Atlanta Motor Speedway. Restart Crashes Red Flag

February 24, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series 2019. Atlanta Motor Speedway. Natalie Decker Spins

February 24, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series 2019. Atlanta Motor Speedway. Natalie Decker Spins again

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PETRONAS launches new range of PETRONAS Syntium with Toto, Lewis and Valtteri

February 22, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Motorsport joined PETRONAS Lubricants International (PLI) today as the lubricant specialists launched the new range of PETRONAS Syntium with °CoolTech™ at its state-of-the-art Research & Technology Centre in Turin, Italy. The new series is designed to fight excessive engine heat and perform in high-pressure conditions. It marks PETRONAS’ entry into the hybrid car engine lubricant market and is the latest example of Formula One technology making its way from the track to the road car world.

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2019 Pre-Season Test I, Day 4

February 21, 2019 RNW Staff 0

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport conclude the first week of pre-season testing in Barcelona with over 600 laps in four days

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B-QUIK RACING TO JOIN OPENING BLANCPAIN GT ASIA ROUNDS

February 21, 2019 RNW Staff 0

B-Quik Racing Co. Ltd. TM (“B-Quik Racing”) will contest the first two rounds of Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia 2019 with our soon-to-be-delivered new Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo. Henk Kiks and Daniel Bilski will share driving duties for both events.

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RAMOS-CRESTANI TO RACE SPS AUTOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE MERCEDES AMG GT3 IN THE GT OPEN

February 20, 2019 RNW Staff 0

SPS Automotive Performance have announced today that it will run two Mercedes AMG GT3 in the 2019 International GT Open. Miguel Ramos and Fabrizio Crestani will join Valentin Pierburg and Tom Onslow-Cole.