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THE PORSCHE 963 BANKS ON POWERFUL DNA FROM THR RS SPYDER AND 918 SPYDER

January 25, 2023 RNW Staff 0

On 16 December 2020, Porsche announced its commitment to developing an LMDh prototype for racing from January 2023. The prospect of fielding a vehicle in both the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship proved to be the deciding factor for the Executive Board’s decision at Porsche AG. Less than five months later, Porsche divulged its close partnership with Team Penske. The new Porsche Penske Motorsport team for international racing was born. The squad operates out of two locations: The IMSA headquarters is in the American team’s home of Mooresville, North Carolina, with the WEC operations run from Mannheim, Germany. After the start of the active testing phase for the new prototypes in January 2022, the factory squad is about to celebrate its race debut in Daytona.

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MEYER SHANK RACING SEEKS REPEAT ROLEX 24 VICTORY IN NEW GTP ERA

January 25, 2023 RNW Staff 0

Defending IMSA DPi Champions and Rolex 24 At Daytona race winners Meyer Shank Racing are out to make history as the first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship winners of the GTP Era. The team has already written its name in the history books after earning pole position for the twice-around-the-clock race set to take the green flag on Saturday (1:30pm ET

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AO RACING REVS UP FOR WEATHERTECH DEBUT AT THE ROLEX 24

January 25, 2023 RNW Staff 0

The longest event on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship kicks off the 2023 sports car racing season this week, and AO Racing is revved up and ready for the series debut of the new No. 80 Porsche 911 GT3 R (type 992). Sporting a tribute livery inspired by the 1983 race-winning Porsche 935, AO Racing hopes to celebrate victory of their own in the Rolex 24 At Daytona, a 24-hour endurance event that will begin Saturday, January 28 and conclude the following afternoon.

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THE FERRARI 296 GT3 READY TO DEBUT AT THE ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

January 25, 2023 RNW Staff 0

The countdown to the debut of the Ferrari 296 GT3 is over, with Maranello’s newest model set to feature in the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 61st edition of America’s leading endurance race held at the Daytona International Speedway. The opening act of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship season will feature four 296 GT3 entrants, including the crew made up of official drivers Pier Guidi-Calado-Serra-Rigon in GTD Pro class, who will head off from ninth spot on the grid, as will Fuoco-Lacorte-Sernagiotto-Balzan in GTD class after an identical result in qualifying. The race gets the green light at 13.40 local time on Saturday, 28 January.

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MERCEDES-AMG CUSTOMER RACING TEAMS SET FOR THE 12 HOURS OF BATHURST

January 25, 2023 RNW Staff 0

Just two months after the 2022 finale in Abu Dhabi, the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) launches into an exciting new season with the Bathurst 12 Hour (3 – 5 February). The race at the Mount Panorama Circuit also marks the beginning of Mercedes-AMG’s title defence. Last year, the performance and sports car brand from Affalterbach won three of the four races on the calendar to claim not only the manufacturers’ title but also both drivers’ championships.

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WRIGHT MOTORSPORT POISED AND READY TO DEFEND ROLEX 24 WIN

January 25, 2023 RNW Staff 0

The Rolex 24 At Daytona has arrived with Wright Motorsports and the No. 16 Porsche entering the week armed and ready to defend the team’s 2022 win in the GTD class. Last week, the team completed the Roar Before the 24, conducting the first shakedown of the new Porsche 911 GT3 R (type 992) at Daytona International Speedway. With official testing complete, race week activities begin, and thus the assault on the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship title and the top honours in the iconic endurance event, January 28 – 29.

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ADAC GT MASTERS WITH PROVEN STRUCTURES AND A BIG PRIZE PURSE IN 2023

January 24, 2023 RNW Staff 0

The ADAC GT Masters lines up in the 2023 season with a tried-and-tested concept, events attracting big crowds, a prize purse of more than € 570,000, and successfully established sustainable fuel. Six race weekends are scheduled in Germany and Austria, each featuring two races. For the first time for 15 years, the series is back at the Norisring in Nuremberg. The season gets underway from 9th to 11th June with a special event in Hockenheim.

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BMW OF NORTH AMERICA CUSTOMER RACING PROGRAMS GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH IN 2023

January 24, 2023 RNW Staff 0

The 2023 IMSA season begins on Friday, January 27th with the four-hour BMW M Endurance Challenge At Daytona, followed by the 61st Rolex 24 At Daytona over the weekend where BMW of North America Customer Racing teams will be well-represented throughout the Daytona International Speedway paddock. For more than ten years, BMW of North America […]

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WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS No. 77 SQUAD READY FOR THE ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

January 24, 2023 RNW Staff 0

This weekend, the 2022 Michelin Pilot Challenge champions will make their IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut at the Rolex 24 At Daytona with Wright Motorsports. Alan Brynjolfsson and Trent Hindman advance to the top IMSA series, the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, racing the No. 77 Porsche 911 GT3 R (type 992) with Max Root and Kevin Estre.

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ASTON MARTIN TARGETS DAYTONA GLORY AS VANTAGE KICKS OF GLOBAL PROGRAMME OF GT RACING IN 2023

January 24, 2023 RNW Staff 0

Aston Martin’s multiple championship-winning Vantage begins the defence of its IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD class title this weekend, as three teams (including the 2022 IMSA GTD class champions Heart of Racing) field four Vantage GT3s in North America’s most famous endurance race – the season-opening Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona (FL).

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HARRY KING BATTLES TO MAIDEN ENDURANCE VICTORY IN ABU DHABI

January 23, 2023 RNW Staff 0

Harry King secured his first silverware of the 2023 season with a battling drive to victory in the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi.

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BMW M HYBRID V8 PROTOTYPES TO START FROM FOURTH ROW AT DAYTONA

January 23, 2023 RNW Staff 0

The ‘Roar before the 24’, the traditional three-day test event one week before the Rolex 24 at Daytona (USA) ended on Sunday with the qualifying sessions determining the starting grid for the 24-hour race. The two BMW M Hybrid V8 prototypes finished the GTP class session in seventh and eighth places and will start the season-opener of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from the fourth row of the grid next Saturday. BMW M works drivers Philipp Eng (AUT) and Nick Yelloly (GBR) were at the wheels of the #24 and #25 cars. BMW M Team RLL used the test sessions to get mileage on the newly developed cars and gain valuable experience with regards to the big challenge ahead.

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JMF MOTORSPORTS ANNOUNCES 2023 SRO DRIVER LINEUP

January 23, 2023 RNW Staff 0

JMF Motorsports is excited to announce that Michai Stephens and Jesse Webb will be teaming up to drive the #34 JMF Motorsports / Conquest Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 for the 2023 SRO America GT4 Championship.

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BWT LECHNER RACING SIGNS CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA CHAMPION FOR THE PORSCHE SUPERCUP

January 23, 2023 RNW Staff 0

Reigning Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Champion, Harri Jones, will join the championship-winning BWT Lechner Racing Team for the upcoming Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season.

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PAUL MILLER RACING TO START P11 FOR THE 2023 ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

January 23, 2023 RNW Staff 0

After a productive week of testing and qualifying at Daytona International Speedway, the Paul Miller Racing team is set to roll off 11th for the 61st Rolex 24 at Daytona.

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PORSCHE 963 TACKLES THE 24 HOURS OF DAYTONA FROM THE FRONT ROW

January 23, 2023 RNW Staff 0

The two Porsche 963 fielded by the Porsche Penske Motorsport factory squad have wrapped up their first qualifying session in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with varying degrees of success. Felipe Nasr from Brazil planted Porsche Penske Motorsport’s No. 7 car on P2 – a mere 0.083 seconds off pole position. His brand colleague Nick Tandy, however, was hampered by bad luck in the No. 6 car. On the way to setting pole, the UK driver lost the rear of his 963 while braking for the Bus Stop chicane and hit the tyre wall. In the GTD classes, the seven Porsche 911 GT3 R secured only mediocre grid positions.

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WEATHERTECH RACING ON GTD PRO POLE FOR THE ROLEX 24

January 22, 2023 RNW Staff 0

WeatherTech Racing will start from the pole position in GTD Pro for the next weekend’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona, Jan. 28-29.

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MEYER SHANK RACING SECURES POLE FOR THE ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

January 22, 2023 RNW Staff 0

Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) with Curb-Agajanian driver Tom Blomqvist captured the pole position for the 61st Rolex 24 in dramatic fashion on Sunday, with Blomqvist topping the charts with an all-or-nothing final lap of 1:34.031-seconds in the No. 60 MSR Acura ARX-06 LMDh.

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PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL FIRST DAY AT DAYTONA

January 21, 2023 RNW Staff 0

The 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Series opened the 2023 season on Friday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway with the Roar Before the 24, the annual preseason test session at the world famous racetrack. With a total of 61 cars on hand, including nine cars in the newly formed GTP class for LMDh cars, both Porsche Penske Motorsport 963s put their cars through the paces, showing good speed throughout the first day of testing.

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THE FERRARI 296 GT3 READY TO DEBUT ON THE INTERNATIONAL RACING STAGE

January 20, 2023 RNW Staff 0

The new Ferrari 296 GT3 steps onto the international racing stage, making its appearance at the Daytona International Speedway during the Roar Before the Daytona 24. The event is a three-day test session which includes the qualifying session set for the weekend of 22 January, the prologue to the famous endurance race that opens the American IMSA SportsCar Championship season: this will open on 28–29 January with four teams and eight official Ferrari Competizioni GT drivers taking part, who will christen the new 296 GT3.

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