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SUPER SEBRING WEEKEND TO RETURN IN 2020

May 2, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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.

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GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES INTRODUCE PIT STOP CHALLENGE

May 2, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING HEADS TO MID-OHIO

April 30, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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.

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PAUL MILLER RACING LAMBORGHINI SQUAD CHASING MORE MID-OHIO PODIUMS

April 30, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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.

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MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING HEADING TO MID-OHIO WITH WINNING MOMENTUM

April 30, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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.

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PERFORMANCE TECH RETURNS TO MID-OHIO

April 30, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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.

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GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES RETURNS TO ACTION AT BRANDS HATCH

April 30, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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.

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CADILLAC ROLL INTO MID-OHIO UNDEFEATED

April 30, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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.

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

April 30, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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.

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BMW TEAM MTEK RETURNS TO THE WEC 6 HOURS OF SPA

April 30, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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.

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AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP SET FOR ZHUHAI RETURN

April 30, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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.

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

April 29, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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.

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

April 29, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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.

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McLAREN 720S GT3 SCORES DOUBLE PODIUM ON EUROPEAN DEBUT

April 29, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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.

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KCMG ENJOYS SUCCESSFUL NÜRBURGRING 24 HOURS PREPARATIONS IN VLN 3

April 29, 2019 RNW Staff 0

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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AUSTRALIAN GT HEADS WEST FOR PERTH SUPERNIGHT DAY-NIGHTER

April 29, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The second round of the 2019 CAMS Australian GT Championship will see the popular category in Western Australia for three 40-minute sprint races as part of the Perth SuperNight Supercars event, two of the races coming under lights for a spectacular return to Barbagallo Wanneroo Raceway.

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ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON OPENER MADE TO MEASURE: BWT MUCKE MOTORSPORT ON THE PODIUM AT OSCHERSLEBEN

April 29, 2019 RNW Staff 0

BWT Mücke Motorsport are going full throttle into their third ADAC GT Masters campaign. On the weekend of 26th – 28th April, those immortal words once again rang out: “Gentlemen, start your engines!” The illustrious Berlin-based outfit responded to the call and, after months of intensive preparation, arrived at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben with motivation running high.

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PORSCHE AIMS TO FURTHER EXTEND IMSA POINTS LEAD AT MID-OHIO

April 29, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The Porsche GT Team tackles round four of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in Lexington (Ohio, USA) as the leader of the manufacturers’ and drivers’ championship. After scoring wins at the traditional North American racetracks of Sebring and Long Beach, the sports car manufacturer would now like to further extend its lead at the race on the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. After the long-distance races at Daytona and Sebring followed by the Long Beach sprint race, round four of the season is the first event of the year that will run over the standard 2 hours and 40 minutes.

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FORD POSITIVE AHEAD OF TRADITIONAL LE MANS WARM-UP AT SPA

April 29, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The Ford Chip Ganassi Racing team will compete in the penultimate round of the marathon FIA World Endurance Championship Super Season this weekend. The 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps is the final rehearsal before the Le Mans 24 Hours, and the perfect event to make final preparations for Le Mans as the rollercoaster-like Spa circuit is an uncompromising test of man and machine.

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RENAUER AND PREINING IN SUNDAY ADAC GT MASTERS VICTORY FOR PORSCHE

April 28, 2019 RNW Staff 0

The title defence for Robert Renauer (34, GER) has got off to a great start. Last year’s champion and his new co-driver Thomas Preining (20, AUT, both Precote Herberth Motorsport) top the table after their victory in the Sunday race of the ADAC GT Masters opening weekend at Oschersleben. The Porsche pairing won the second of the 14 races to be contested this season ahead of runners-up Ricardo Feller (18, CH) and Dries Vanthoor (21, BEL, both Montaplast by Land-Motorsport) in an Audi and third-placed Rolf Ineichen (40, CH) and Franck Perera (34, FRA, both Orange1 by GRT Grasser) in a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo. “Definitely a very good curtain-raiser weekend,” said a delighted Renauer. “The season could not have started much better for us.”

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