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LEXUS SCORES HISTORIC FIRST NORTH AMERICAN VICTORY FOR THE RC F GT3

May 6, 2018 Charles Côté

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Lexus put forth the dominating performance it had been dreaming of since entering the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Daytona (GTD) class in 2017 Sunday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

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CADILLAC RACING TEAM MUSTANG SAMPLING FOURTH AT MID-OHIO

May 6, 2018 Charles Côté

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Cadillac V-Performance Racing team Mustang Sampling Cadillac finished fourth today at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio. The No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R finished fifth and the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R came home in eighth.

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WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES EIGHTH AT MID-OHIO

May 6, 2018 Charles Côté

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WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Alessandro Balzan (Italy) drove to an eighth place finish in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio.

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TOYOTA GAZOO RACING READY FOR THE 24 HOURS OF THE NURBURGRING

May 4, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will compete in the 46th 24 Hours of Nürburgring Endurance Race, which takes place at the Nürburgring in Germany from May 10 to 13, 2018. The Nürburgring 24 Hours Endurance Race is a demanding event that takes place over the course of 24 hours on a circuit that is 25km in length, … Continue reading → ...

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2018-19 FIA WEC SEASON KICKS OFF WITH FIVE FERRARI CREWS

May 3, 2018 Charles Côté

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The Super Season of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) kicks off this weekend. The championship will last more than a year, concluding in about 13 months with the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours. Next year’s proceedings will open with a race at Sebring, followed by the second race at Spa-Francorchamps in May and the Le Mans 24 Hours in June.

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THE BMW PEOPLE BEHIND THE MACHINE: TEAM AND DRIVERS PREPARING FOR THE 2018 WEC SEASON

May 3, 2018 Charles Côté

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The Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (BEL) on Saturday are the season opener in the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) for the new BMW M8 GTE. The entire BMW M Motorsport team, BMW Team MTEK and the BMW WEC drivers have completed an intensive and strenuous programme. The focus was not just on the development of the new BMW M8 GTE – the people behind the machine have also been hard at work, meticulously preparing for the FIA WEC entry.

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ESM BRINGS NISSAN PROTOTYPES TO MID-OHIO

May 2, 2018 Charles Côté

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Following a second place finish last month at the Long Beach Grand Prix, Tequila Patrón ESM will travel to Lexington, Ohio this weekend for the next round in the IMSA WeatherTech series, the Acura SportsCar Challenge at Mid-Ohio SportsCar Course. The No. 2 Nissan Onroak DPi and the No. 22 Nissan Onroak DPi have each celebrated podium finishes in the last two races, and will look to carry that momentum into round four of the championship.

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CITY CENTRE GT3 PARADE AND AWA-TORA FAN FESTIVAL CONFIRMED FOR SUZUKA 10 HOURS

May 2, 2018 Charles Côté

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The inaugural Suzuka 10 Hours will include a GT3 supercar parade through the city centre on August 23 ahead of Asia’s Intercontinental GT Challenge round.

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ACURA DPi PROGRAM BATTLING TOUGH COMPETITION IN WEATHERTECH CHAMPIONSHIP

April 24, 2018 Charles Côté

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The first three races of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship have reinforced one thing about racing in the Prototype class: competition is really tough.

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BUTEL GETS HIS LMP3 SEASON OFF TO A STRONG START AT DONINGTON

April 24, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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Jerseyman Jack Butel made a strong start to his UK LMP3 Cup assault at the weekend (21/22 April). The Channel Islander got behind the wheel of the Speedworks Ligier JS P3 LMP3 at Donington Park for two, one-hour long races. Butel was joined by new teammate Dominic Paul and pair notched up seventh and fifth … Continue reading → ...

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WRIGHT MOVES INTO POINTS LEAD, JOINS CLAIRAY IN IMSA PROTOTYPE CHALLENGE WIN AT BARBER

April 22, 2018 Charles Côté

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Kris Wright made a statement at Barber Motorsports Park – he is a title contender in the IMSA Prototype Challenge Presented by Mazda championship.

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CAR COLLECTION MOTORSPORT LEADS 12H NAVARRA AFTER THREE HOURS

April 21, 2018 Charles Côté

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Three A6-Am runners head the field at the first-ever Hankook 12H NAVARRA, as the Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS (#34, Gustav Edelhoff / Elmar Grimm / Max Edelhoff) leads the PROsport Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#85, Charles Putman / Charles Espenlaub / Joe Foster) and the Swiss Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#15, Roberto Pampanini / Christoph Lenz / Mauro Calamia) after a dramatic opening three hours in northern Spain.

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HOFOR-RACING TAKES SHOCK POLE POSITION FOR FIRST-EVER 12H NAVARRA

April 21, 2018 Charles Côté

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The Hofor-Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#1, Michael Kroll / Chantal Kroll / Roland Eggimann / Kenneth Heyer / Christiaan Frankenhout) has taken an astonishing pole position for the first ever Hankook 12H NAVARRA. Christiaan Frankenhout set the three fastest laps of the session, but lapped the 3.933 km Circuito de Navarra in 1m 39.161s to take the first A6-Am outright pole position of the 2018 24H SERIES powered by Hankook.

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ISAAC TUTUMLU TO CONTEST NAVARRA 12 HOUR

April 18, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

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Spaniard Isaac Tutumlu will take part in second European 24H GT Series race, which is to be held at the Circuito de Navarra in Los Arcos. Tutumlu will team up with Aly Çapan, Peter Schmidt and Dirg Parhofer in a Car Collection Motorsport-entered Audi R8 LMS. The 12-hour race starts at noon and ends at … Continue reading → ...

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WILL OWEN CLAIMS FIRST TOP TEN FINISH OF 2018 ELMS SEASON

April 16, 2018 Charles Côté

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Will Owen and United Autosports achieved their first top-ten finish of the 2018 European Le Mans Series over the weekend during the 4 Hours of Castellet where they placed 9th out of the 18 total entries in the LMP2 category.

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TDS RACING SECOND AT THE 4 HOURS OF LE CASTELLET

April 16, 2018 Charles Côté

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rench Team TDS Racing has entered the 2018/2019FIA WEC Super Season as well as three European Le Mans Series races in 2018. For this reason, the team was present at Le Castellet for the last ten days, first of all to meet all the WEC competitors during the Prologue and then for the ELMS season launch test. During four full days of hard testing, François Perrodo, Loïc Duval and Matthieu Vaxivière worked on the car’s setting and the team was ready to start their 2018 race season.

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OUTSTANDING OPENING ROUND LMGTE VICTORY FOR MACDOWALL ON EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES RETURN AT PAUL RICARD

April 16, 2018 Charles Côté

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British racer Alex MacDowall produced an absolutely sensational performance on his return to the European Le Mans Series at Paul Ricard in France on Sunday, 15th April, and played a pivotal role in securing LMGTE class victory for reigning champions JMW Motorsport in the first race of 2018.

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FLAWLESS RLR MSport RACES TO LONG AWAITED VICTORY IN ELMS 4 HOURS OF LE CASTELLET

April 16, 2018 Charles Côté

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RLR MSport raced to a flawless and controlled victory in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) 4 Hours of Le Castellet at Circuit Paul Ricard (Sunday 15 April).

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING FINISHES SEVENTH AT LONG BEACH

April 15, 2018 Charles Côté

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The No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R of drivers Felipe Nasr (BRA) and Eric Curran (USA) showed impressive race pace on Saturday but saw the chances of victory evaporate after contact from a competitor late in the race.

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ESM RETURNS TO PODIUM AT LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX

April 15, 2018 Charles Côté

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Strong strategy, fast pit stops, and commanding passes from the Tequila Patrón ESM squad earned the team a second place finish Saturday afternoon at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s BUBBA burger SportsCar Grand Prix at Long Beach. Scott Sharp and Ryan Dalziel piloted the Nissan Onroak DPi to a second place finish, earning the No. 2 car’s first podium of the 2018 season.

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