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PORSCHE CUSTOMER TEAMS MAKE THEIR MARK IN THE DTM

October 9, 2022 RNW Staff 0

The Porsche customer teams have made an impression at the debut DTM season. At the same time, it was also the debut of the Porsche brand in the DTM. The 911 GT3 R fielded by SSR Performance and the Team 75 Bernhard achieved three victories in the storied German racing series. Works driver Thomas Preining turned heads recently with a strong result and spectacular overtaking manoeuvres. The Austrian concluded the 2022 DTM season fifth in the drivers’ championship. For the first time in DTM history, Dennis Olsen scored pole position for Porsche.

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INDY TOP-10 HIGHLIGHTED BY SUCCESSFUL “TRIPLE CROWN” DEFENCE FOR K-PAX RACING

October 9, 2022 RNW Staff 0

K-PAX Racing endured a challenging Indianapolis 8 Hour Saturday to conclude its 2022 season. But even through adversity, the team still managed to finalize its second-consecutive full sweep of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS Championship. In its third event appearance, which is shared with the Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli sister series, the team battled to a Top-10 class finish.

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WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS FINISHES SECOND IN THE GT WORLD CHALLENGE AMERICA CHAMPIONSHIP

October 9, 2022 RNW Staff 0

The 2022 season for the Fanatc GT World Challenge America powered by AWS came to a close this weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The three-wide battle for the championship title in the Pro/Am class concluded with Wright Motorsports finishing the endeavour in second place, narrowly missing the top honours by one position.

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THE NEW PORSCHE 911 GT3 R SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES FIRST TEST RACE

October 9, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Frédéric Makowiecki and Julien Andlauer have finished on the podium at the first trial run of the newly developed Porsche 911 GT3 R. The two Frenchmen achieved third place at round seven of the Nürburgring Endurance Series. The new 911 GT3 R is the second racing car from Porsche based on the 992 generation.

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LOVE, TALBOT TAKE SHORTENED PORSCHE CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA BATHURST ROUND AS TITLE BATTLES GO TO GOLD COAST FINALE’

October 9, 2022 RNW Staff 0

AARON LOVE and Liam Talbot have claimed the big trophies in the seventh round of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship at Mount Panorama.

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CRAFT-BAMBOO WINS INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR TO SEAL INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE MANUFACTURERS’ CROWN FOR MERCEDES-AMG

October 9, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Mercedes-AMG has clinched the 2022 Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli manufacturers’ title, as well as its fourth-straight IGTC victory, by winning the Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS at the Brickyard this evening.

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DTM VICTORY FOR LUCAS AUER AT HOCKENHEIM

October 8, 2022 RNW Staff 0

DTM is facing a heart-stopping finale on Sunday: with his victory in the Saturday race, Austrian Lucas Auer has reduced the gap to championship leader Sheldon van der Linde to only two points. With the WINWARD Mercedes-AMG, Auer claimed pole position and went on to score his second race win of the season. South African Sheldon van der Linde saw his chances in danger of being reduced after he was dropped from sixth to 16th place in qualifying following a rule infringement by his team Schubert Motorsport. However, in an action-packed race, the 23-year-old BMW works driver charged all the way up to second place. Third place on the podium in DTM Hockenheimring powered by AUDI went to two-time DTM champion Marco Wittmann (GER) with the Walkenhorst BMW.

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GOUNON AND WINWARD SEAL INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR POLE FOR MERCEDES-AMG

October 8, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Mercedes-AMG starts this year’s Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS from prime position after Winward Racing’s Jules Gounon beat the Conquest Ferrari of Alessandro Balzan to Pole Shootout’s fastest time by just 0.052s.

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SHELDON VAN DER LINDE AND MARCO WITTMANN TO START AT DAYTONA AND SEBRING IN THE BMW M HYBRID V8

October 7, 2022 RNW Staff 0

During a media forum ahead of this weekend’s finale of the DTM season in Hockenheim (GER), BMW M Motorsport unveiled initial details of the future race programme for BMW M works drivers Sheldon van der Linde (RSA) and Marco Wittmann (GER). Both drivers will be involved when the BMW M Hybrid V8 makes its debut in the GTP class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at the 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) in January and will also compete at the 12 Hours of Sebring (USA) in March 2023. This means that all three of the BMW M works drivers currently racing in the DTM will be incorporated in the new LMDh programme. Philipp Eng (AUT) had previously been announced as one of the four regular drivers who will contest the full IMSA season.

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LOVE, TALBOT PREVAIL IN BATHURST WET TO CLAIM PORSCHE CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA ROUND 7 OPENER

October 7, 2022 RNW Staff 0

AARON LOVE has stormed to his sixth win from the last seven races in a wet and wild Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Round 7 opener at Mount Panorama on Friday.

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IMSA CHAMPIONS BLOMQVIST & JARVIS CONTEST 2023 WEC CHAMPIONSHIP WITH UNITED AUTOSPORTS

October 7, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Tom Blomqvist has joined multi-series winning United Autosports for an assault on the 2023 FIA World Endurance LMP2 Championship title while Oliver Jarvis has re-signed to race once again with previously announced Josh Pierson in the #23 Oreca-07.

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PORSCHE CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA CELEBRATES MILESTONE 400th CHAMPIONSHIP RACE

October 6, 2022 RNW Staff 0

The Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship celebrates its milestone 400th championship race as part of a massive Repco Bathurst 1000 event at Mount Panorama this weekend.

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DXDT RACING AIMS FOR PRO CLASS WIN AT INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR

October 6, 2022 RNW Staff 0

The final fight for top honours in the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS takes place this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and though not in the championship fight, DXDT Racing will contest for the overall and am-class wins with a pair of revised lineups. The No. 08 and No. 63 Mercedes AMG GT3 will participate in the eight-hour endurance event, racing against 24 other entries in four classes.

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LOVE SMASHES BATHURST RECORD TO TAKE PORSCHE CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA POLE POSITION

October 6, 2022 RNW Staff 0

THE quickest lap in one-make Porsche history at Mount Panorama has delivered Aaron Love pole position for the seventh round of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship, at the Repco Bathurst 1000.

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GRAND DTM SEASON FINALE FOR BMW M MOTORSPORT AT HOCHENHEIM

October 6, 2022 RNW Staff 0

This weekend (7th to 9th October), the DTM season 2022 will draw to a close with the traditional finale at the Hockenheimring (GER). BMW M works driver Sheldon van der Linde (RSA) and the BMW M Motorsport Team Schubert Motorsport are battling for the title in the DTM drivers’ and team championships. They are heading to the finale at the top of the standings in both competitions. The CO2-reducing RoL E20 fuel from BMW M Motorsport Partner Shell will be used for the first time in the BMW M2 Cup. In the DTM Classic Cup, BMW M works driver Bruno Spengler (CAN) will again be competing in a historic BMW race car for the Schnitzer Classic team.

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BRICKYARD BECKONS FOR INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE MANUFACTURERS

October 5, 2022 RNW Staff 0

14 Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli entries are set to contest the Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS this weekend when SRO Motorsports Group’s globe-trotting GT3 series joins Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS at the Brickyard.

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SSR PERFORMANCE WITH A CHANGED LINE-UP AT THE DTM FINALE

October 5, 2022 RNW Staff 0

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FLYING LIZARD CONCLUDES PORSCHE SEASON WITH FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES

October 4, 2022 RNW Staff 0

The 2022 season for the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama concluded last weekend at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, and professional sports car racing team Flying Lizard Motorsports finished the year proudly adding two more driver and two more team championship titles to the team’s illustrious resume. Drivers Mike Gaulke and Chris Bellomo defended their 2021 titles in their one-make series, earning back-to-back championships in their respective classes.

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TEN WAY BATTLE FOR THE DTM TITLE IN THE HOCKENHEIM FINALE

October 4, 2022 RNW Staff 0

Ten drivers can still become DTM champion at the Hockenheimring this weekend. Never before in the long history of this race series, there were so many title candidates prior to the finale. At the top of the points’ table, it is super close: only 16 points separate the first five, the circle of the hot title candidates, five works drivers spread out across five manufacturers. During DTM Hockenheimring powered by AUDI from 7 till 9 October, there are still 58 points to be won. The races on Saturday and Sunday start at 1.30pm CEST.

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K-PAX RACING DOTTING THE “I” IN INDY RETURN

October 4, 2022 RNW Staff 0

K-PAX Racing enters the 2022 Indianapolis 8 Hour having secured multiple titles in the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS (GTWCA) Championship, but it will be “business as usual” for the multi-year winners. In fact, this year’s edition October 7-9 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is motivated mostly by “unfinished business.”

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