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UNITED AUTOSPORTS TO FINISH THE YEAR WITH DOUBLE RACE WEEKEND IN BAHRAIN AND ABU DHABI

December 10, 2019 RNW Staff

United Autosports are preparing for their final two races of the 2019 season, with both their LMP2 and LMP3 teams heading to the Middle East on the same weekend (13-14 December).

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HEINRICHER RACING READY FOR 2020 IMSA WEATHERTECH GTD CAMPAIGN

December 10, 2019 RNW Staff

Heinricher Racing, the only female-owned team in IMSA competition, is ready to kick off the 2020 season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship alongside 2019 championship winner Meyer Shank Racing (MSR). Heinricher Racing will again field the No. 57 Acura NSX GT3, this year with full-season drivers Misha Goikhberg and Alvaro Parente. Trent Hindman will serve as endurance driver for the No. 57 Acura while AJ Allmendinger will return for the Rolex 24 At Daytona.

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CONWAY JOINS WHELEN ENGINEERING CADILLAC LINEUP FOR ROLEX 24

December 10, 2019 RNW Staff

Mike Conway will rejoin Action Express Racing for the fourth consecutive year when he co-drives the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R in the Rolex 24 At Daytona on January 25-26, 2020.

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TEAM HONG KONG CRAFT-BAMBOO RACING CONFIRMS ENTRY FOR THE 2020 DUBAI 24 HOURS

December 10, 2019 RNW Staff

Craft-Bamboo Racing confirms a single Mercedes-AMG GT3, four-driver entry in the coveted Dubai 24 Hours. The around-the-clock endurance race will be run on the 9th to 11th of January at the Dubai Autodrome, and is expected to be a thriller with 23 entries in the top GT3 class out of a 76 car field.

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TOYOTA GAZOO RACING BACK IN BAHRAIN

December 6, 2019 RNW Staff

The team returns for the 8 Hours of Bahrain as World Champions and in pole position to retain both drivers’ and teams’ titles, with two wins to their credit so far and five races remaining.

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WEATHERTECH RACING ROLLS OUT NEW FERRARI 488 GT3 EVO

December 5, 2019 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing rolled out the team’s new Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo this morning at the Ferrari Fiorano test track in Maranello, Italy.

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DATE CONFIRMED FOR LANDMARK 30th ANNIVERSARY SILVERSTONE CLASSIC

December 5, 2019 RNW Staff

Next summer’s Silverstone Classic is now confirmed for the weekend of Friday 31 July to Sunday 2 August.

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PERFORMANCE TECH MOTORSPORTS GIVES THANKS FOR THE 2019 SEASON

December 5, 2019 RNW Staff

Performance Tech Motorsports is throwing it in reverse to look back on the 2019 calendar.

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SHANGHAI 888 HEADLINES GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA’S REVAMPED 2020 CALENDAR

December 4, 2019 RNW Staff

One of the region’s biggest endurance races, the Shanghai 888, will headline GT World Challenge Asia’s fourth season next year following confirmation of the championship’s 2020 calendar.

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PEUGEOT TO ‘REBEL’ IN ENDURANCE RACING

December 4, 2019 RNW Staff

PEUGEOT and REBELLION Corporation are pleased to announce that they will be joining forces to tackle the challenges of the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) and the Le Mans 24 Hours.

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McLAREN, MERCEDES-AMG AND AUDI SET HOT PACE AT BATHURST

December 3, 2019 RNW Staff

With almost four hours of dedicated Australian GT track time on Bathurst’s iconic Mount Panorama Circuit and a chance to take a run at the GT3 lap record, a number of the leading teams lined up for the inaugural Pirelli AGT SuperSprint intent on making an impression.

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FLYING LIZARD RETURNS FOR FIFTH CONSECUTIVE 25 HOURS OF THUNDERHILL

December 3, 2019 RNW Staff

Flying Lizard Motorsports is returning to Willows, California next month to compete in their fifth consecutive NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill Presented by HAWK Performance. The reigning champions of the last four years have put together a last minute effort to defend their title, entering an Audi R8 GT4 in the GT Challenge class.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING’S ERIC CURRAN LEAVES DPi RACING ON A WINNING NOTE

December 2, 2019 RNW Staff

After capturing a pair of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship titles and back-to-back runner-up finishes in the Rolex 24 At Daytona, Eric Curran is stepping away from his role as a Daytona Prototype international driver for Whelen Engineering Racing. But Curran, who scored the 2016 and 2018 IMSA WeatherTech driver championships for Whelen Engineering Racing, has no plans of slowing down.

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BALFE MOTORSPORT CONTINUES McLAREN ASSOCIATION WITH DUAL GULF 12 HOURS ENTRY

December 2, 2019 RNW Staff

Balfe Motorsport will travel to Abu Dhabi in December for a two-car entry in the prestigious Gulf 12 Hours with a pair of McLaren 570S GT4 machines, the first time the UK brand has entered the car in the race.

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AUDI SPORT DRIVER LINEUP COMPLETE FOR 2020

December 2, 2019 RNW Staff

Audi Sport customer racing is taking on a challenging international program with a strengthened driver squad. Two new signings will complement the Audi Sport GT driver lineup in strategic commitments and customer programs next year.

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ENTRIES OPEN FOR 2020 GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES

December 1, 2019 RNW Staff

The full-season entry process for the 2020 GT4 European Series has officially opened today.

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SNOW AND SELLERS REUNITE FOR PAUL MILLER RACING FOR 2020

November 30, 2019 RNW Staff

The 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD title-winning duo of Madison Snow and Bryan Sellers will reunite in 2020 aboard the Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini for a full-season assault.

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GERRY KRAUT AND SCOTT ANDREWS JOIN UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR 2020 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP CAMPAIGN

November 30, 2019 RNW Staff

United Autosports are pleased to announce that Gerry Kraut and Scott Andrews will join their Michelin Le Mans Cup team for the 2020 season.

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AYHANCAN GUVEN IS THE NEW PORSCHE JUNIOR IN THE 2020 SUPERCUP

November 30, 2019 RNW Staff

Porsche Motorsport supports another talented young driver for the coming season: Ayhancan Güven from Turkey will contest the international Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in 2020 as a Porsche Junior. At the three-day selection process in Portimão in Portugal, the 21-year-old beat eleven other candidates, who had been nominated by their respective national Porsche one-make cups. Güven travelled to the shootout as the reigning champion of the Porsche Carrera Cup France.