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FUJI POLE POSITION AND DRAMA FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will start its home race from pole position after a dramatic afternoon saw top spot change twice due to stewards’ decisions in qualifying for the 6 Hours of Fuji, the fourth round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season.

SCHOLL, MENZEL TAKE GT4 SPRINT CUP EUROPE POLES AT HOCKENHEIM

Nicolas Schöll (Allied Racing) and Nico Menzel (Team Macrix Software by RN Vision STS) claimed pole positions for the two GT4 Sprint Cup Europe races. Schöll came out on top in the first part of qualifying, with Menzel securing pole for the second race in the second part of qualifying on the 4.574 kilometers long Hockenheimring.

HACKETT AND STOREY TAKE THE FLAG IN HAMPTON DOWNS AUSTRALIAN GT QUALIFYING RACE

Peter Hackett and Dominic Storey showed a clean pair of heels in the qualifying race ahead of the Hampton Downs 500.

TeamTGM CROWNED 2018 IMSA CONTINENTAL TIRE SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS

TeamTGM claimed the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge GS class championship with the No. 46 Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis (JKTG) Foundation / Camp Boggy Creek Mercedes-AMG GT4 on Friday following a steady 11th place finish for Hugh Plumb and Owen Trinkler at the finale event at Road Atlanta.

IMSA PETIT LE MANS QUALIFYING ROUND UP

BMW M8 GTE Scores GTLM Pole for Motul Petit Le Mans

Tight Championship Battles Entering Sunoco World Series

Off a rain-shortened race at Lee USA Speedway last weekend, the Granite State Pro Stock Series will make a stop at Thompson with just two races left in their championship points schedule. And as he looks for his first series championship, Devin O’Connell leads the standings by 20 points over Joey Doiron entering the 60-lap feature on Friday night.

SPS AUTOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE TAKES 12H SPA POLE BY JUST 0.013s

The SPS automotive performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#16, Valentin Pierburg / Tim Müller / Lance-David Arnold) has taken pole position for the 2018 Hankook 12H SPA by the narrowest of margins. Lance-David Arnold lapped the 7.004km Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in 2m 19.574s, just 0.013s faster than the PROsport Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#85, Charles Putman / Charles Espenlaub / Joe Foster / Adam Christodoulou). Incredibly, this is the second time in two races that Christodoulou has lost a 24H SERIES pole position in the closing moments and by less than two hundredths of a second.

BERN COMPLETES LIST OF CITIES ON FORMULA E CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR FOR SEASON FIVE

The ABB FIA Formula E Championship is bringing fully-electric racing to Bern next season for the Julius Baer Swiss E-Prix – scheduled to take place on June 22.

CREVENTIC PRESENTS CALENDARS FOR 2019 WITH EVENTS IN SEVEN COUNTRIES ACROSS THREE CONTINENTS

Dutch race organisers and promoters CREVENTIC used the final round of its 2018 European Championship season at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in the Belgian Ardennes to present the race calendars for 2019 for its various series and championships. With the 24H EUROPEAN Championship and the 24H Championship of the CONTINENTS, both for the GT and TCE divisions, the 24H PROTO Championship with six-hour races, the 24H MIDDLE EAST Championship and TCR Middle East, CREVENTIC will be organising races in seven countries across three continents. Of course, all series are ‘powered by Hankook’ to testify the long-standing partnership between the premium tyre manufacturer and the Dutch race organisation.

CREVENTIC PRESENTS CALENDARS FOR 2019 WITH EVENTS IN SEVEN COUNTIES ACROSS THREE CONTINENTS

Dutch race organisers and promoters CREVENTIC used the final round of its 2018 European Championship season at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in the Belgian Ardennes to present the race calendars for 2019 for its various series and championships. With the 24H EUROPEAN Championship and the 24H Championship of the CONTINENTS, both for the GT and TCE divisions, the 24H PROTO Championship with six-hour races, the 24H MIDDLE EAST Championship and TCR Middle East, CREVENTIC will be organising races in seven countries across three continents. Of course, all series are ‘powered by Hankook’ to testify the long-standing partnership between the premium tyre manufacturer and the Dutch race organisation.

MAGNUSSEN HUNTING FOURTH TITLE WITH CORVETTE RACING IN 20TH PETIT LE MANS START

Danish ace Jan Magnussen is knocking on the door of his fourth major American sportscar series title this weekend as Corvette Racing and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar championship heads to Road Atlanta for the 10-hour Petit Le Mans.

TOYOTA GAZOO RACING FASTEST ON FUJI FRIDAY

FIA World Endurance Championship leader TOYOTA GAZOO Racing made a strong start to its home event, setting the fastest lap times in both of Friday’s practice sessions for the 6 Hours of Fuji.

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