RNW Staff, Author at RNW | RacingNewsWorldwide.com | Your latest racing news

SPORTSCAR

CRAFT-BAMBOO RACING SECURES TWO LE MANS WINNERS FOR SUZUKA 10 HOUR LINE-UP

June 22, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Craft-Bamboo Racing has secured two recent 24 Hours of Le Mans winners for their Suzuka 10 Hour driver line-up. This announcement comes only five days after Laurens Vanthoor and Kevin Estre took victory in the GTE Pro class at the world famous 24 Hours of Le Mans in the world’s most iconic Porsche, the ‘Pink Pig’. Completing the trio will be young Porsche driver, Mathieu Jaminet, who is best known for his domination of the Porsche Carrera Cup France. Both the team and drivers are solely focused on claiming victory in the ten-hour endurance event which will run from the 24th-26thof August as part of the SRO’s Intercontinental GT Challenge.

SPORTSCAR

SIX FERRARI CARS ON TRACK AT MISANO IN THE BLANCPAIN GT SPORTS CLUB

June 21, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Moving from its usual spot as the Blancpain GT Sports Club season-opener, the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli will welcome the grid for round three of the SRO Motorsports Group’s Bronze-only series. The Italian venue has been ever present on the calendar since the inaugural campaign in 2015, when current title challenger Mario Cordoni took a clean sweep of victories, and will welcome 13 drivers across the three classes as the championship closes in on the halfway stage. Five manufacturers will be represented this weekend, including Ferrari that will be represented by six cars.

SPORTSCAR

TDS RACING AND G-DRIVE RACING APPEAL THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS STEWARDS DECISION

June 21, 2018 RNW Staff 0

N°26 G-Drive Racing and n°28 TDS Racing have decided to appeal the decisions of the stewards pronounced last Monday after the 24 Hours of Le Mans in front of the FIA International Court of Appeal.

SPORTSCAR

FALKEN MOTORSPORTS ENTERS BOTH PORSCHE AND BMW IN A FURTHER FOUR VLN ENDURANCE RACES

June 21, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Falken Motorsports has confirmed it will enter both its BMW and Porsche in a further four of the seven remaining VLN races in the 2018 season. After Falken’s BMW and Porsche both finished the Nürburgring 24 Hours Race in the top 20 last month, the drivers have now set their sights on achieving more success in the German endurance race series.

SPORTSCAR

RAZVAN UMBRARESCU TO CONTINUE HIS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM AT MISANO

June 21, 2018 RNW Staff 0

The third stage of the European GT4 series will take place on the Misano-Marco Simoncelli circuit on June 23-24. Răzvan Umbrărescu will be returning this week to the circuit that marked his GT4 debut one year ago. Back then, he claimed the win in the Pro-Am category alongside Gabriele Piana, on a Porsche Cayman entered by RN […]

SPORTSCAR

HSCC SILVERSTONE INTERNATIONAL TROPHY HISTORIC RACE MEETING PHOTO-SHOOT

June 21, 2018 RNW Staff 0

On Saturday we attended the HSCC International Trophy historic race meeting at Silverstone. The day started with a walk around the paddock to take a close up look at the cars. After taking some pictures during qualifying we had a quick lunch in the Silverstone Club, and then headed out on track for the afternoons action. We hope you like the pictures.

PWC

Flying Lizard Motorsports Brings Three Car Effort to Elkhart Lake

June 21, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Road America Preview: Flying Lizard Motorsports Brings Three Car Effort to Elkhart Lake

PWC

CrowdStrike to Host Weekend of Cybersecurity Problem-Solving and Sportscar Racing

June 21, 2018 RNW Staff 0

By PWC Series Staff Sunnyvale, Calif. — George Kurtz, the co-founder and CEO of cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, is preparing for his next sprint race with the company-branded Audi R8 LMS GT4 in the rolling hills of Wisconsin. From June 22 through 24, Kurtz and CrowdStrike, the Official Cybersecurity Provider of the Pirelli World Challenge (PWC), […]

SPORTSCAR

SIX HOURS OF THE GLEN – ENTRY LIST NOTEBOOK

June 20, 2018 RNW Staff 0

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship returns to Watkins Glen International for the sixth round of the 12-race season, the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen on Sunday, July 1. The race also represents the third round of the four-race Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup season.

SPORTSCAR

GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES READY TO TAKE ON MISANO

June 20, 2018 RNW Staff 0

The GT4 European Series is ready for round three of the 2018 season at the Misano World Circuit this weekend. The grid will be packed again, with 44 cars set to compete on the 4.2 kilometer long track,

SPORTSCAR

THIRD PLACE ‘LIKE A VICTORY’ FOR MENEZES AFTER ‘MAGICAL’ LE MANS

June 20, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Gustavo Menezes has described his third-place finish in last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours as ‘like a victory’, after the talented young American led the Rebellion Racing charge in a captivating race full of unexpected twists-and-turns.

SPORTSCAR

LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE READY TO LIGHT UP THE NIGHT AT MISANO

June 19, 2018 RNW Staff 0

After 5 years, the Misano circuit will return to host the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe. The third of the six double rounds of the season will take place this weekend (June 23 and 24). After the Monza and Silverstone rounds, the continental series will be back in Italy to present another exciting challenge with a line-up of almost 50 cars and the absolute novelty of the two Saturday’s races taking place at night, in addition to an unusual subdivision that will group into a single line-up the AM and Lamborghini Cup classes and into a different one the PRO and PRO-AM categories.

SPORTSCAR

FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS BRINGS THREE CAR EFFORT TO ELKHART LAKE

June 19, 2018 RNW Staff 0

The Pirelli World Challenge is halfway complete, and this weekend, the series journeys to Elkhart Lake Wisconsin for the Grand Prix of Road America. Flying Lizard Motorsports will return to the fan favorite track with its two full season Audi R8 LMS GT4 sports cars in addition to a third entry of a Porsche 911 GT3 R, driven by Flying Lizard customer Andy Wilzoch.

PWC

GP of Road America: Weekend Preview

June 19, 2018 RNW Staff 0

By PWC Series Staff Tight GT and GTS Overall Series Point Battles Highlight This Weekend In Pirelli World Challenge Doubleheader at Road America Vilander, Hargrove 2 points apart in GT; Sofronas, Aschenbach 12 in GTS ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Pirelli World Challenge GT and GTS Overall point battles have become extremely close with the North […]

SPORTSCAR

ALEX LYNN – LE MANS 24 HOURS REVIEW

June 19, 2018 RNW Staff 0

I’ve just had a well-earned good night’s sleep after the Le Mans 24 Hours with Aston Martin Racing – my second Le Mans, but the first where I actually got to drive in the race!

SPORTSCAR

SERIES ELITE GEARS UP FOR ROCKINGHAM EVENT

June 19, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Series Elite looks ahead to the first major stepping stone since the launch of it’s new racing initiative for the over 50’s at Stratstone Jaguar, in Mayfair, London.

SPORTSCAR

LEXUS RC F GT3 READY FOR MISANO DEBUT IN BLANCPAIN GT SERIES

June 19, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Emil Frey Lexus Racing are looking to extend the run of success for the RC F GT3 with their debut appearance at the Misano circuit in Italy this weekend, contesting two Sprint Cup races in the Blancpain GT Series. With points scored at Silverstone and a sensational victory at the last meeting at Paul Ricard in France, the team are in second place in the overall championship and sixth in the Sprint Cup.

SPORTSCAR

CORVETTE RACING AT LE MANS: HARD-FOUGHT, FIFTH-PLACE FINISH FOR NO. 63 CORVETTE

June 19, 2018 RNW Staff 0

In 19 years of competing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Corvette Racing has experienced both disappointment and achievement. The constant in each case, though, is the drive of those on the program to give maximum effort each and every appearance.

SPORTSCAR

GABBY CHAVES JOINS MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING AT WATKINS GLEN

June 18, 2018 RNW Staff 0

Young open wheel pilot Gabby Chaves will make his return to IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar competition next weekend as he joins Mustang Sampling Racing for the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen. Chaves will team up with Filipe Albuquerque and Christian Fittipaldi in the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac Prototype as the team pursues a third consecutive victory in the prestigious event.

SPORTSCAR

REBELLION RACING FIRST NON-HYBRID TEAM AT THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

June 18, 2018 RNW Staff 0

At the end of a strong race, Team No. 3 REBELLION Racing finishes third overall and first Team non-Hybrid. The REBELLION R-13 No. 1 finishes fourth overall.

RNW Staff

Epic Crash videos and compilations

Share this video