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DINAMIC MOTORSPORTS MAKES ITS ADAC GT MASTERS DEBUT

August 12, 2022 RNW Staff

The level of interest in the ADAC GT Masters remains high. Dinamic Motorsport will be the latest team to make its debut in the German GT Championship when it makes a guest appearance at round five of the season. The Italian team will line up with Klaus Bachler (31/AUT) and Adrien De Leener (33/B) in a Porsche 911 GT3 R in races nine and ten, which feature as part of the Family & Friends Festival at the DEKRA Lausitzring.

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ERA MOTORSPORT ACHIEVES BACK-TO-BACK VICTORIES AT ROAD AMERICA

August 9, 2022 RNW Staff

Era Motorsport revisited the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship victory circle at Road America this weekend, successfully defending their 2021 LMP2 class victory. Drivers Dwight Merriman and Ryan Dalziel drove a strong race in varying weather conditions, once again optimizing strategy and performance to celebrate their second consecutive win at the fan-favourite road course.

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IMSA SPRINT CUP SECURED FOR PAUL MILLER RACING

August 8, 2022 RNW Staff

The Paul Miller Racing team achieved their 2022 objective of winning the IMSA Sprint Cup Championship by finishing fourth at Road America.

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WEATHERTECH RACING SEES HIGHS AND LOWS AT ROAD AMERICA

August 8, 2022 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill) and Daniel Juncadella (Spain) finished 11th in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship IMSA Fastlane Sportscar Weekend at Road America.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING FINISHES SIXTH AT ROAD AMERICA

August 8, 2022 RNW Staff

Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Olivier Pla (France) finished sixth under caution in Sunday’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Fastlane SportsCar Weekend at Road America.

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FOURTH PLACE FINISH FOR MEYER SHANK RACING AT ROAD AMERICA

August 8, 2022 RNW Staff

Meyer Shank Racing’s (MSR) quest for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship DPi title continued into the Road America race weekend for Sunday’s IMSA Fastlane SportsCar Weekend.

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MERCEDES-AMG DOMINATES THE ADAC GT MASTERS AT THE NURBURGRING

August 7, 2022 RNW Staff

Drago Racing Team ZVO, and drivers Jules Gounon (27/F) and Fabian Schiller (24/Troisdorf), won a thrilling eighth race of this season’s ADAC GT Masters at the Nürburgring on Sunday. Schiller took the chequered flag in the #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo after 42 laps of racing to claim the second win of the ADAC GT Masters race weekend for Mercedes-AMG. “It was a great race. Our car was fantastic and we had good pace. We finished third on Saturday, now the win – I am totally happy,” said the 24-year-old. 23,500 fans witnessed spectacular and exciting motorsport, enjoyed action-packed racing in the support series, and set another crowd record in the German GT Championship at the Nürburgring.

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THE KEEPER TOM’S GR SUPRA TEAM WINS IN SUPER GT AT FUJI

August 7, 2022 RNW Staff

The FUJIMAKI GROUP FUJI GT 100 Lap RACE, Round 4 of the 2022 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, took place on August 7th at Fuji Speedway (one lap 4,563 m x 99 laps) in Shizuoka Prefecture. In the GT500 class, the two young drivers of the No. 37 KeePer TOM’S GR Supra (Sacha Fenestraz/Ritomo Miyata) got a felicitous first win, while the GT300 class the No. 61 SUBARU BRZ R&D SPORT (Takuto Iguchi/Hideki Yamauchi) got their first win of the season.

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SEVENTH PLACE START FOR PAUL MILLER RACING AT ROAD AMERICA

August 7, 2022 RNW Staff

The Paul Miller Racing team will roll off seventh for the IMSA Fastlane SportsCar Weekend race tomorrow at Road America.

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BMW M TEAM RLL TO START FOURTH IN GTD PRO AT ROAD AMERICA

August 7, 2022 RNW Staff

John Edwards qualified the No. 25 MOTUL BMW M Team RLL BMW M4 GT3 fourth in the GTD PRO class for tomorrow’s two-hour-and-forty-minute IMSA Fastlane Sports Car Weekend race. Edwards posted a 2:06.289- minute lap around the 4.0-mile, 14-turn Road America circuit and will share the car tomorrow with Connor De Phillippi. The pair stands sixth in GTD PRO class driver point standings with a season’s-best third place finish at Laguna Seca earlier this year.

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MEYER SHANK RACING QUALIFIES THIRD AT ROAD AMERICA

August 6, 2022 RNW Staff

Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) will start the IMSA Fast Lane Weekend from third on the grid at Road America on Sunday.

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MARCIELLO AND ENGEL WIN IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS AT THE NURBURGRING

August 6, 2022 RNW Staff

Raffaele Marciello (27/I) leads the ADAC GT Masters at the halfway point of the season. After impressing in this morning’s qualifying, the pole-sitter from Mann-Filter Team Landgraf was on top form again in Saturday afternoon’s race at the Nürburgring. Together with his partner Maro Engel (36/Monte Carlo) in the #48 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, Marciello won the seventh of the 14 races in the German GT Championship to claim his first victory of the season and move to the top of the championship standings. “I am obviously very happy today and delighted with the win. However, there is always room for improvement. We must also perform well in the coming races,” said Marciello, who goes into the second half of the season on Sunday as championship leader.

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WEATHERTECH RACING TO START FROM THE FOURTH ROW AT ROAD AMERICA

August 6, 2022 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill) and Daniel Juncadella (Spain) will start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship IMSA Fastlane Sportscar Weekend from eighth on the GTD Class grid at Road America for tomorrow’s early start.

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THE WEDSPORT ADVAN GR SUPRA WINS ITS THIRD STRAIGHT SUPER GT POLE POSITION

August 6, 2022 RNW Staff

Official Qualifying for the FUJIMAKI GROUP FUJI GT 100 Lap RACE, Round 4 of the 2022 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, took place on August 6th at Fuji Speedway (one lap 4,563 m) in Shizuoka Prefecture. The GT500 class Pole Position was won by Sakaguchi in the No. 19 WedsSport ADVAN GR Supra (Yuji Kunimoto/Sena Sakaguchi) for the second straight time at Fuji since Round 2 and its 3rd consecutive time this season. The GT300 class pole was taken by Gamou in the No. 65 LEON PYRAMID AMG (Naoya Gamou/Takuro Shinohara). These two teams will start from the front of their respective class grids in tomorrow’s race on August 7th.

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PAUL MILLER RACING RIDING WIN MOMENTUM INTO ROAD AMERICA

August 4, 2022 RNW Staff

Winners of the last IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race in Lime Rock, Paul Miller Racing are looking to capitalize on the momentum of victory when the series rolls into the National Park of Speed—Road America.

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MEYER SHANK RACING TAKES CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD TO ROAD AMERICA

August 3, 2022 RNW Staff

MSR is riding a wave of five-consecutive second-place finishes, and enters the IMSA Fastlane SportsCar Weekend at Road America with a 56-point lead atop the DPi championship standings. Oliver Jarvis and Tom Blomqvist began the campaign by winning the 60th Rolex 24 At Daytona, and are now focused on winning the championship with only two races remaining in 2022.

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ERA MOTORSPORTS RETURNS TO ROAD AMERICA TO DEFEND 2021 WIN

August 3, 2022 RNW Staff

This weekend Era Motorsport’s LMP2 sports car racing program returns to Road America, the site of the first win for drivers Dwight Merriman and Ryan Dalziel together as a sprint-race pairing in 2021. Facing even stronger competition this season, the race-winning duo will ardently fight to defend last year’s win in the IMSA Fastlane SportsCar Weekend on Sunday, August 7.

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BMW M TEAM RLL READY TO RETURN TO GTD PRO PODIUM AT ROAD AMERICA

August 2, 2022 RNW Staff

BMW M Team RLL heads to Road America, in Elkhart Lake, Wis., looking to regain its winning ways at the track that has set the stage for many of the team’s victories in previous seasons.

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MARO ENGEL IS BACK IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS

August 2, 2022 RNW Staff

Great news ahead of the fourth event of the ADAC GT Masters season at the Nürburgring: Maro Engel (Monte Carlo) is returning to compete in the German GT Championship. The Mercedes-AMG Performance driver will be the new team-mate for Raffaele Marciello (27/I), driving the #48 “Mamba” for the Mann-Filter Team Landgraf. Engel will benefit from his extensive experience. The 36-year-old has already completed 50 races in the ADAC GT Masters, finishing the 2020 and 2021 seasons in third place.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING LOOKS FOR REPEAT WINNING PERFORMANCE AT ROAD AMERICA

August 2, 2022 RNW Staff

Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Olivier Pla (France) return to Road America for what the team hopes will be a repeat winning performance in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Fastlane SportCar Weekend Aug. 4-7. The team won this race last year from the pole position.

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