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TOP-10 BLANCPAIN GT RESULTS FOR LEXUS RC F GT3 AT MISANO

June 25, 2018 RNW Staff 0

The Lexus RC F GT3 maintained its run of strong performances in the Blancpain GT series with more points-scoring finishes at the weekend. Building on their endurance race victory at Paul Ricard, Emil Frey Lexus Racing made a successful debut at the Misano circuit in Italy, coming away with three top-10 results from two Sprint Cup races.

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P PAUL MILLER RACING AIMS TO CONTINUE PODIUM STREAK AND INCREASE POINTS LEAD AT WATKINS GLEN

June 25, 2018 RNW Staff 0

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is in full swing, and Paul Miller Racing has executed a perfect season thus far to create a four-race podium streak in as many races. With one win and three third place finishes, No. 48 Huracán GT3 leads the GTD class championship heading into the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen at Watkins Glen International Raceway.

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POINTS LEADING SUPER GT RACER WALKINSHAW TARGETING SILVERWARE AS SEASON RESUMES IN THAILAND

June 25, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Six long weeks since the Super GT Championship was last in action, the world-renowned series will resume this coming weekend at Chang International Circuit in Thailand where GT300 points leader Sean Walkinshaw is aiming to add to his 2018 haul of silverware.

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WATKINS GLEN NEXT CHALLENGE FOR UNITED AUTOSPORTS

June 25, 2018 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports will make their way back to America this week for the third round of the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup, as they take on the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen at Watkins Glen (30 June-1 July).

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PORSCHE HEADS INTO SECOND HALF OF THE IMSA SEASON AS POINTS LEADER

June 25, 2018 RNW Staff 0

A fortnight after winning the 24-hour classic at Le Mans, Porsche takes on the next challenge in the USA: The six-hour race at Watkins Glen on 1 July heralds the start of the second half of the IMSA SportsCar Championship season. At the traditional race in the U.S. state of New York, the Porsche GT Team fields two Porsche 911 RSR in the strongly represented GTLM class. After scoring victories at Sebring and Mid-Ohio, Porsche leads the manufacturers’ classification of America’s premier sports car series. In addition to the long-distance races at Daytona, Sebring and Petit Le Mans, Watkins Glen, too, counts towards the North American Endurance Cup. Porsche currently ranks second in the toughest and most important performance and reliability category in GT racing worldwide.

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SUZUKA BRACED FOR BIGGEST BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA ENTRY OF THE SEASON

June 25, 2018 RNW Staff 0

A season-high 31 supercars travel to Suzuka this weekend (June 30-July 1) for the first leg of Blancpain GT Series Asia’s Japanese double header.

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FLYING LIZARD RETURNS TO THE PODIUM AT GRAND PRIX OF ROAD AMERICA

June 25, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Sunday afternoon at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Road America, GTSA driver Mike Hedlund scored a third place finish, earning the 95th podium for Flying Lizard Motorsports. The No. 45 Audi R8 LMS GT4 drove to his fourth podium finish of the year, leading the team’s three car charge in the double header weekend.

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HANSON DETERMINED TO SCORE SECOND CONSECUTIVE U.S. TOP-FIVE

June 25, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Phil Hanson heads for the penultimate round of the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup bidding to overcome the odds and score a podium finish next Sunday (1 Jul). The British teenager who was out of luck in his second Le Mans 24 Hours (16-17 Jun), contests the Six-Hour race at Watkins Glen in New York State with Paul Di Resta (GB) and Bruno Senna (BR) in a United Autosports Ligier JS P217.

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BACK-TO-BACK WINS FOR IAN JAMES AND TEAM PANOZ RACING

June 24, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Team Panoz Racing returned to Road America aiming to re-claim the back-to-back wins enjoyed last year. Driver Ian James secured the mission in today’s sixth round of the GTS Championship at the challenging 4.048-mile, 14-turn road circuit.

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THE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE OFFERS ANOTHER SHOW AT MISANO

June 24, 2018 RNW Staff 0

The third round of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe, held at Misano, once again showed a great balance, with eight winning crews in the four classes. After the first two races held on Saturday night, the one-make series for the cars of the House of Sant’Agata Bolognese offered another exciting show, starting from the battle for victory among the PRO drivers that saw the duo of Imperiale Racing formed by Karol Basz and Vito Postiglione score their third win, after an exciting final sprint of the car of Antonelli Motorsport shared by Giacomo Altoè and Daniel Zampieri, who finished second and are leading the standings by only three points.

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THE GRT GRASSER RACING TEAM BACK IN ACTION WITH A PODIUM AT MISANO

June 24, 2018 RNW Staff 0

The GRT Grasser Racing Team completed a busy weekend by taking a podium in Race 1 for the 6th round of the Blancpain GT Series at the Misano World Circuit.

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BELGIAN AUDI CLUB TEAM WRT COMPLETES PERFECT WEEKEND WITH DOMINANT BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ONE-TWO FINISH AT MISANO

June 24, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Belgian Audi Club Team WRT completed a dominant Blancpain GT Series weekend at Misano with a one-two finish in this afternoon’s 60-minute Sprint Cup race. The podium was completed by the #25 Audi R8 LMS of Sainteloc Racing, with last year’s Total 24 Hours of Spa winners returning to form ahead of this year’s 70th edition of the endurance classic.

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EQUIPE VERSCHUUR CLAIMS COMMANDING GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES VICTORY AT MISANO

June 24, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Equipe Verschuur drivers Finlay Hutchison and Ricardo van der Ende secured their first GT4 European Series win of the season at the Misano World Circuit today. Starting from fourth on the grid, Hutchison moved into the lead early in the race, before handing the McLaren 570S GT4 to Van der Ende. The Dutchman then drove it to the finish, to claim Equipe Verschuur’s and McLaren’s first win in the series. RN Vision STS won Pro-Am, TFT Racing claimed victory in the Am class.

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UNSTOPPABLE LUIGI LUCCHINI SCORES FAULTLESS BLANCPAIN GT SPORTS CLUB MAIN RACE VICTORY AT MISANO

June 24, 2018 RNW Staff 0

After topping every session on Saturday, Luigi Lucchini (#7 BMS Scuderia Italia SRL Ferrari 458 GT3) took a lights-to-flag victory in the Blancpain GT Sports Club Main Race at Misano, with Klaus Dieter Frers (#3 Artega Rennsport Ferrari 488 GT3) proving equally dominant in the Iron Cup class.

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VICTORY FOR TEAM PANOZ RACING AT ROAD AMERICA

June 24, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Ian James returned to Road America this week aiming to repeat the back-to-back victories with the No. 50 Panoz Avezzano that the team achieved in 2017. Today, he put the beginning of that plan in motion and took Team Panoz Racing to the top step of the podium for the second time this season.

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TUJULA AND ORTIZ ARE THE KINGS OF THE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE MISANO NIGHT RACE

June 24, 2018 RNW Staff 0

The race weekend at Misano, which hosts the third of the six double rounds of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe, started with a Saturday night full of emotions. On the Romagna circuit, the two night races reserved quite a few surprises, starting from the first win of the duo of VS Racing formed by Felipe Ortiz and Tuomas Tujula, who also scored a class victory in the PRO category. In the AM, Manuel Lauck and Florian Scholze took their first win with the colors of Dörr Motorsport. In the PRO-AM, instead, Juan Perez and Loris Spinelli (Antonelli Motorsport) scored their fourth victory in a row and managed to increase their advantage in the class standings. Lastly, Joseph Collado took the win in the Lamborghini Cup.

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BELGIAN AUDI CLUB TEAM WRT SECURES CLOSE FOUGHT BLANCPAIN GT SERIES SPRINT CUP TRIUMPH AT MISANO

June 23, 2018 RNW Staff 0

The #1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT machine of Christopher Mies and Alex Riberas secured a close-fought victory from an entertaining Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup race at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli this evening.

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PIANA AND UMBRARESCU CLAIM THRILLING GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES RACE ONE AT MISANO

June 23, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Gabriele Piana and Razvan Umbrarescu picked up their first win of the season at the Misano World Circuit after a thrilling race this afternoon. The RN Vision STS drivers made no mistakes to take the top step of the podium. Markus Lungstrass and Hamza Owega won in Pro-Am, with Alessandro Giovanelli and Giuseppe Ghezzi claiming their third consecutive victory.

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GP of Road America PRAC1 Combined Classes

June 22, 2018 RNW Staff 0

By PWC Series Staff ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Recent 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Michael Christensen of Denmark continued his impressive GT performances Friday at famed Road America by driving the No. 24 Alegra Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R to the top position in the Pirelli World Challenge GT/GTS Practice 1 session. Christensen, winner […]

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K-PAX Racing Enters All-Pro Effort at Road America

June 22, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Seeking 50th career win in team history

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