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UNITED AUTOSPORTS ACHIEVES TWO MORE TOP-NINE MLMC FINISHES

July 21, 2018 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports achieved a double top-10 finish in the latest two-hour Michelin Le Mans Cup race at the Red Bull Ring in Austria today (21 Jul) – the team’s fourth top-nine result in consecutive MLMC events. Naj Husain/Colin Braun (#32) and Jim McGuire/Matt Bell (#22) placed eighth and ninth respectively with the #23 Ligier finishing an unrepresentative 15th in class after a spin at mid-distance.

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WEATHERTECH RACING TO START FIFTH AT LIME ROCK PARK

July 21, 2018 RNW Staff 0

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Gunnar Jeannette (Salt Lake City, Utah) will start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park from fifth on the GTD grid this afternoon.

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PAUL MILLER RACING STARTING FOURTH AT HOME RACE

July 21, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Paul Miller Racing will start in fourth place in front of a home crowd on Saturday afternoon for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park. Bryan Sellers set a qualifying lap time of 51.838 seconds on the 1.5 mile road course.

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KCMG’s LIBERATI AND IMPERATORI HAND NISSAN BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA HOME VICTORY AT FUJI

July 21, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Yuke Taniguchi and Alex Imperatori gave Nissan and KCMG their maiden Blancpain GT Series Asia victories at Fuji this afternoon after fighting through from sixth on the grid. Nick Foster and Jono Lester’s HubAuto Corsa Ferrari was second after getting the better of pole-sitters Edoardo Liberati and Florian Strauss, who completed the podium aboard KCMG’s second GT-R NISMO GT3 despite serving a success penalty.

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ENGINE ISSUES CAN’T STOP TONY PERCY MAINTAINING TSS CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

July 21, 2018 RNW Staff 0

After his previous exploits in Buriram and now with an engine that had undergone a complete overhaul, both Tony and Unixx TR-Motorsport were in confident mood as they arrived early in the week at the Thai coastal town of Bang Saen.

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FASTEST LAP AND SECOND PLACE FINISH FOR VICTOR JENSEN AT BANGSAEN

July 21, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Unixx TR-Motorsport’s young Danish prodigy Victor Jensen was competing for the second time at Bang Saen, in 2017 the young Viking was racing a Toyota Vios in the One Make Race Series held during the Bang Saen Festival of Speed.

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KCMG’s LIBERATI AND IMPERATORI GIVE NISSAN BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA DOUBLE POLE AT FUJI

July 21, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Nissan’s new-for-2018 GT-R NISMO GT3 claimed its maiden Blancpain GT Series Asia pole positions at Fuji this morning thanks to Edoardo Liberati and Alexandre Imperatori. There was also Japanese success in the GT4 class where BMW Team Studie’s Sunako Jukuchou and Takayuki Kinoshita both topped their respective qualifying sessions.

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FRONT ROW START FOR TeamTGM AT LIME ROCK PARK

July 21, 2018 RNW Staff 0

TeamTGM had a nearly perfect start to the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge weekend at Lime Rock Park as the squad locked in a front row start in qualifying on Friday. Owen Trinkler posted a 55.167-seconds lap time during Friday’s qualifying session to score second on the grid as he posted the fastest time among the six Mercedes-AMG entries in the three-class field.

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MAGNUSSEN LOOKS TO ADD LIME ROCK GTLM WIN TO HIS RECORD BOOKS

July 20, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Corvette Racing star Jan Magnussen has his sights set on adding a GTLM class victory at Lime Rock Park to his already impressive record at the Connecticut venue.

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GRAND OPENING DAY OF ANOTHER EPIC SILVERSTONE CLASSIC

July 20, 2018 RNW Staff 0

The stage has been set for another memorable Silverstone Classic as a day of thrilling track action marked a flat-out start to the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival.

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CLASS GLORY ON THE LINE AT THE 24 HOURS OF SPA

July 20, 2018 RNW Staff 0

After the chequered flag has fallen on the 70th edition Total 24 Hours of Spa, five sets of drivers will spray the victory champagne and be crowned winners of their respective classes.

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INTERNATIONAL GT STARS PREPARE FOR BATTLE AT 24 HOURS OF SPA

July 20, 2018 RNW Staff 0

The world’s foremost GT racing competitors will descend on the Belgian Ardennes next week in preparation for their biggest challenge of the season: the 70th edition Total 24 Hours of Spa (26-29 July).

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WALKINSHAW ‘DELIGHTED’ TO RETURN TO SPECTACULAR 24 HOURS OF SPA WITH RJN MOTORSPORT

July 20, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Former Blancpain Endurance Cup racer Sean Walkinshaw is absolutely relishing his return to the world-renowned Total 24 Hours of Spa next weekend, 28th/29th July, where the Oxfordshire driver will link back up with top team RJN Motorsport for the biggest GT3 race on the globe.

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LEXUS RC F GT3s TO RACE AT LIME ROCK PARK

July 20, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Lexus and 3GT Racing are set to compete at Lime Rock Park on Saturday in one of two GT-only races during the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.

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AUDI AIMS FOR FIFTH VICTORY IN THE SPA 24 HOURS

July 20, 2018 RNW Staff 0

This year’s running of the Spa 24 Hours will be a race of superlatives: Audi Sport customer racing will meet with the sport cars from twelve other marques at the anniversary event of the iconic endurance race. 67 race cars in total will be on the grid in the Ardennes from July 26 to 29. […]

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WILL OWEN BACK IN EUROPE FOR THIRD ROUND OF ELMS

July 19, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Will Owen has made his way back to Europe for the third round of the European Le Mans Series with United Autosports to Austria for the 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring.

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ELLINAS AND ZAMPARELLI SQUARE UP FOR SECOND HALF OF PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB SEASON

July 19, 2018 RNW Staff 0

The Porsche Carrera Cup GB, the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK, enters the second half of an exciting and unpredictable 2018 season having seen six different winners from eight races. Following two eventful rounds at Oulton Park in Cheshire, the championship pendulum has now swung in favour of Tio Ellinas (Slidesports Engineering) and the second half of 2018 looks set for a title showdown between the former GP2 racer and Dino Zamparelli (Redline Racing).

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THE EXPERTS GUIDE TO THE 24 HOURS OF SPA

July 19, 2018 RNW Staff 0

The preparations are almost complete for well over 200 drivers and a support staff the size of a small army. The 70th edition Total 24 Hours of Spa is just around the corner.

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VILLORBA CORSE BACK TO ELMS WITH LACORTE, SERNAGIOTTO AND NASR

July 19, 2018 RNW Staff 0

After their incredible recovery at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Cetilar Villorba Corse is back to the 2018 European Le Mans Series for the third round of the season to be held at Red Bull Ring, Austria, from July 20 to 22.

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RLR MSPORT QUIETLY CONFIDENT ABOUT RED BULL PROSPECTS

July 19, 2018 RNW Staff 0

There’s a quiet confidence about RLR MSport, which will be targeting the podium when the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) and Michelin Le Mans Cup reconvene at Austria’s picturesque Red Bull Ring (21-22 July).

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