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UNITED AUTOSPORTS HEAD TO GERMANY FOR ROUND FIVE OF THE GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES WITH CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

August 31, 2021 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports are preparing for round five of the 2021 GT4 European Series, at the Nürburgring from 3-5 September. The team will travel to the German circuit with the championship lead in the Silver teams standings after a successful weekend at Spa, last month.

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ASKEW AND DALZIEL RETURN TO WORLD CHALLENGE PODIUM AT ROAD AMERICA

August 30, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The heat turned up this weekend at Road America in the championship fight for the GT World Challenge America Series. DXDT Racing drivers David Askew and Ryan Dalziel returned to the podium this weekend after picking up a third place finish on Sunday afternoon in the No. 63 Mercedes AMG GT3.

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GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES BACK TO ACTION WITH 42-CAR GRID AT THE NURBURGRING

August 30, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The GT4 European Series is back in racing action at the Nürburgring next weekend when a 42-car grid will tackle the German venue’s 5.1km Grand Prix circuit.

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE ENDURANCE CUP BATTLE READY TO RESUME WITH 44-CAR FIELD SET FOR NURBURGRING CHALLENGE

August 30, 2021 RNW Staff 0

The battle for the Endurance Cup will take centre stage this weekend (3-5 September) when Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS travels to the Nürburgring for a three-hour race on the German venue’s 5.1km GP-Strecke layout.

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WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS RETURNS TO VICTORY CIRCLE AT ROAD AMERICA

August 30, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Wright Motorsports secured two victories this weekend at Road America, scoring wins in both SRO GT World Challenge America and SRO GT America with its pair of Porsche race cars. Points leader Charlie Luck celebrated his sixth win this season in the No. 45 Porsche 911 GT3 R on Saturday in GT America, then the pair of Fred Poordad and Jan Heylen followed suit the following day, driving the No. 20 Porsche 911 GT3 R to first in class, third overall.

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FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS QUICK TO CLAIM CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS AT ROAD AMERICA

August 30, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Flying Lizard Porsche and TKO Motorsports Bentley made a splash at Road America in SRO’s GT America. Andy Wilzoch, driver of the No. 460 Porsche 911 GT3 R secured two class podiums and an overall win, and Memo Gidley, driver of the No. 101 TKO Motorsports with Flying Lizard Bentley Continental GT3 secured second place in class and overall on Saturday.

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FOUR PODIUMS HIGHLIGHT K-PAX RACING RUN AT ROAD AMERICA

August 30, 2021 RNW Staff 0

In the last three trips to “America’s National Park of Speed,” K-PAX Racing has demonstrated the ability to not only get up to speed quickly, but also use the regular Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS stop as an opportunity to gain valuable championship points late in the season. In the seventh and eighth rounds of the 2021 championship, the team collected four podiums with its Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOs – a victory to keep the streak alive, as well as tighten its hold on the championship.

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE TITLES DECIDED ON DRAMATIC WEEKEND OF SPRINT CUP RACING AT BRANDS HATCH

August 29, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Team WRT has sealed a record-extending eighth Sprint Cup title, while Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts are the provisional drivers’ champions for a second year in succession following a day of action and drama at Brands Hatch.

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TREBLE PODIUM FOR TEAM PARKER RACING IN PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB AT THRUXTON

August 29, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Team Parker Racing enjoyed a trio of podium finishes at Thruxton in the Porsche Sprint Challenge GB, as Matt Armstrong recorded his maiden top three in race one and followed up with second in race two, while Tim Harvey took third on his modern racing return.

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WILKINSON UNHURT AND LOSES CHANCE OF FIRST GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE WIN ON HOME TURF

August 29, 2021 RNW Staff 0

OIlie Wilkinson was thankfully unhurt in a major accident in which his JOTA McLaren 720S GT3 was speared out of the race lead in the closing minutes of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Sprint Cup outing at Brands Hatch.

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PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB CHAMPIONS CROWNED AS TIM HARVEY STARS AT THRUXTON

August 29, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Porsche Visit Cayman Islands Sprint Challenge GB returned to Thruxton and its position as part of the TOCA package in support of the British Touring Car Championship for its penultimate weekend of 2021. In addition to provisionally resolving two championship category battles the weekend was notable for the addition of the most successful driver in Porsche Carrera Cup GB history, 1992 British Touring Car Champion Tim Harvey, as guest driver. Harvey made his return to Porsche one-make racing after a decade away, racing in the Pro category with Team Parker Racing .A dry qualifying session on Saturday afternoon resulted in Jack Bartholomew (Redline Racing) securing his third pole position of the season, championship rival Theo Edgerton (TCR) would join him on the front row of the grid for Round 9. Ian Humphris (Valluga) started his weekend by qualifying as the fastest Am in an impressive fourth place overall. Guest driver Tim Harvey (Team Parker Racing) made a single qualifying run which was good enough to put him on the fourth row of the grid.

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TAYLOR HAGLER CLAIMS FIRST SRO WIN AT ROAD AMERICA

August 29, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Taylor Hagler and Dakota Dickerson gave Racers Edge Motorsports its first Pro Am victory in Fanatec World Challenge America powered by AWS with a visit to the overall podium on Saturday at Road America.

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K-PAX RACING RISING TO THE TOP UNDER PRESSURE

August 29, 2021 RNW Staff 0

During nearly a two-month break in the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS Championship, K-PAX Racing showed no signs of easing back on the throttle. In fact, after an extensive and strategic testing program between events, the team’s two Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVOs hooked right up Saturday for the seventh round – two podiums in the event opener at Road America, including one victory from pole.

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MARCIELLO AND BOGUSLAVSKIY SECURE GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE POLES AT BRAND HATCH

August 28, 2021 RNW Staff 0

AKKA ASP will start both of tomorrow’s Sprint Cup races at Brands Hatch from pole position after Timur Boguslavskiy and Raffaele Marciello topped their respective qualifying sessions at the British circuit.

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THE PORSCHE SUPERCUP CONTESTS ITS 300th RACE AT SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS

August 27, 2021 RNW Staff 0

This weekend, the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup celebrates a milestone at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium: As support to the Belgian Grand Prix (27 to 29 August 2021), the international one-make cup founded in 1993 holds its 300th race. A 32-strong field of ca. 375 kW (510 PS) 992-generation 911 GT3 Cup cars is expected to contest round five of the 2021 season. When it premiered 28 years ago in Imola, Italy, the series 964 model 911 had an output of 202 kW (275 PS).

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TIM HARVEY RETURNS TO PORSCHE ONE-MAKE RACING AT THRUXTON

August 26, 2021 RNW Staff 0

After a decade away, the most successful driver in Porsche Carrera Cup GB history, 1992 British Touring Car champion Tim Harvey, will make his return to Porsche one-make racing. Harvey will join the Porsche Visit Cayman Islands Sprint Challenge GB grid as a guest driver for rounds 9 and 10 at Thruxton alongside the British Touring Car Championship over the weekend of 28 and 29 August.

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FILIPE ALBUQUERQUE RETURNS TO UNITED AUTOSPORTS LMP2 TEAM FOR SIXTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

August 26, 2021 RNW Staff 0

United Autosports are delighted to confirm that Filipe Albuquerque will return to the team for the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship, marking his sixth year with the team.

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K-PAX RACING IN PRIME POSITION FOR SECOND-HALF OF 2021 CAMPAIGN

August 25, 2021 RNW Staff 0

In the last six rounds across three states, K-PAX Racing has finished at the top of the podium five times. Nearing the halfway mark of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS season, the team will continue its strong push to gain points towards the with the Drivers, Team and Manufacturers Championship.

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BRITISH AUTOMOBILE RACING CLUB SILVERSTONE PHOTO-SHOOT

August 25, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Last weekend I was able to spend a few hours at Silverstone for the BARC race meeting.

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WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS BACK IN WISCONSIN FOR SRO AMERICA WEEKEND AS POINTS LEADERS

August 24, 2021 RNW Staff 0

Wright Motorsport heads to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for the second time this month, this time to compete in the Fanatec GT World Challenge and GT America series. The Batavia, Ohio-based Porsche customer racing team enters the weekend as the points leaders in both series, looking to continue a season of consistent execution to expand the point leads.

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