UNITED AUTOSPORTS TO ENTER ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA IN LMP3 CLASS
United Autosports can confirm that they intend to enter the LMP3 class of the Rolex 24 At Daytona at the start of 2021, subject to an entry acceptance by IMSA.
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POSITIVE TWO-DAY TEST FOR HUTCHISON IN PREPARATION FOR THE 24 HOURS OF SPA
Dundee racing driver Finlay Hutchison capped off a very busy few days of motorsport action with an excellent showing during this week’s all-important official Total 24 Hours of Spa test in Belgium, the Audi R8 LMS GT3 racer concluding the outing delighted with his performance and consistency.
GPX RACING PORSCHE FASTEST OVERALL AS CHEQUERED FLAG FALLS ON 24 HOURS OF SPA TEST DAYS
GPX Racing made the ideal start to its bid for back-to-back wins at the Total 24 Hours of Spa by recording the fastest time during this week’s official test days with its #12 Porsche.
MARCO POLO MOTORSPORTS MAKES FINAL GT4 AMERICA DRIVER CHAMPIONSHIP BID AT INDIANAPOLIS
The fight for the GT4 America championship title in the SprintX Silver class has come down to the season finale event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This weekend, Nicolai Elghanayan and Mads Siljehaug, drivers of the No. 71 KTM X-BOW GT4 Evo, will participate in two final races of the 2020 season at the iconic circuit. The team will also run a second car for the weekend, with drivers Vincent Piemonte and Dieter-Heinz Kijora in the No. 74 KTM X-BOW GT4 Evo in the Am class.
GT4 AMERICA CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE TO BE DETERMINED AT INDIANAPOLIS FOR FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS
The 2020 GT4 America championship will come to a close this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway where Flying Lizard Motorsports will put up a final fight for three championship titles. Michael Dinan, driver of the No. 210 Aston Martin Vantage GT4, secured the Sprint Am driver championship earlier this month at the Circuit of the Americas, leaving the Sprint Am team championship and SprintX Pro/Am driver and team championships still up for grabs. All three Flying Lizard machines will take place in the Sprint and SprintX double headers, with the No. 21 Aston Martin of Michael Dinan and Robby Foley and the No. 30 McLaren 570S GT4 of Erin Vogel and Michael Cooper racing in SprintX, joined by Dinan’s No. 210 Aston in Sprint.
HENRIQUE CHAVES GETS CLOSER TO GT OPEN TITLE
Henrique Chaves had a very positive trip to Monza, where it held the fourth round of the 2020 International GT Open, leaving the historic Italian circuit with an important Drivers’ Standings lead.
K-PAX RACING BALENCES MUlTI-CONTINENTAL OPERATION WITH TIGHT SCHEDULE ACROSS BORDERS
K-PAX Racing is faced with a challenging but rewarding task within the next week, preparing for an across the world excursion for two of the season’s most anticipated endurance races in the month of October. The team, which has maintained an American-based operation while firmly stepping into Europe – all within World Challenge – will first continue its inaugural European tour by getting a first look at the TOTAL 24 Hours of Spa circuit with the series’ test days, followed by a detour back stateside to help extend the championship hopes for three of its drivers in Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli (IGTC).
TWELVE DRIVERS AND A NEW TEAM FROM AUDI SPORT AT THE SPA 24 HOURS
Just two days after the Nürburgring 24 Hours, the course is set for the next long-distance classic from October 22 to 25: The three best Audi factory drivers from the DTM will contest the Spa 24 Hours together with nine drivers from Audi Sport customer racing in four different Audi R8 LMS. In addition to Audi Sport Team WRT and Audi Sport Team Saintéloc, the Attempto Racing squad will strengthen the brand’s line-up for the first time.
STAGE SET FOR INAUGURAL INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR
Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli blasts back into action at the inaugural Indianapolis 8 Hour this weekend (October 2-4) when a host of international teams and drivers take on America’s top GT racing talent.
24 HOURS OF SPA PREPARATIONS ENTER FINAL PHASE WITH OFFICIAL TEST DAYS
Preparations for the 2020 Total 24 Hours of Spa will move into their final phase this week when 50 cars tackle two days of official testing at the Belgian venue (29-30 September).
DANIEL HARPER SCORES CLASS WIN ON NURBURGRING 24 HOURS DEBUT
Daniel Harper recorded a sensational class victory alongside his BMW Junior Team partners Max Hesse and Neil Verhagen in their first attempt at tackling the world-famous Nürburgring 24 Hour race this past weekend (26/27 September).
ADAC GT MASTERS AT THE SACHSENRING: ‘WHO’S IN LINE FOR THE HALFTIME TITLE’?
The unofficial half-time title is at stake – and there will be spectators there to see it won. When the Sachsenring hosts the fourth round of the 2020 ADAC GT Masters next weekend (2nd – 4th October), the main contenders in the Super Sports Car League will be looking to position themselves strongly for the run-in to the real title. Thanks to the biosecurity measures put in place by the Sachsenring in consultation with the ADAC GT Masters, the health authorities have agreed to a maximum of 6,000 spectators per day being admitted to the viewing facilities at the track. After securing their first victory of the season in the most recent fixture at Hockenheim, reigning champions Patric Niederhauser (28, CH) and Kelvin van der Linde (24, ZA, both Rutronik Racing) will travel to the Sachsenring as leaders in the standings for the first time this season. But the Audi duo have the pursuing bunch hot on their heels.
GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE ZANDVOORT WEEKEND ROUNDUP
From the heat of Magny-Cours two weeks ago, GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS moved to the much cooler sea air of Zandvoort for a pair of Sprint Cup contests.
HANSON AIMING FOR HISTORIC “TRIPLE CROWN” IN SPORTCAR RACING
Having become the youngest driver ever to win a FIA World Endurance Championship title and the youngest British driver to win the LMP2 category in the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours, Britain’s Phil Hanson now targets re-writing the motorsport history books once again. The 21-year-old United Autosports driver is aiming to become the first driver ever to win a WEC title, Le Mans and the outright European Le Mans Series title in the same year.
BMW TEAM RLL FINISHES THRIRD AND FOURTH AT MID-OHIO
BMW Team RLL increased their podium finishing streak to four 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races with a third-place finish by the No. 25 BMW M8 GTE of Connor De Phillippi and Bruno Spengler in this afternoon’s two-hour-and-forty-minute Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio. Teammates John Edwards and Jesse Krohn finished fourth in the No. 24 BMW M8 GTE. The result was sixth podium finish at BMW Team RLL’s home track and 83rd total for the team since 2009.
MEYER SHANK RACING RECOVERS TO FINISH FITH AT MID-OHIO
What was shaping up to be a run to victory at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) drivers Matt McMurry and Mario Farnbacher took a dramatic turn with just 30 minutes remaining. But the determination and focus that the No. 86 Acura NSX GT3 drivers delivered resulted in a fifth place finish on Sunday.
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING CADILLAC FINISHES SECOND AT MID-OHIO
The Whelen Engineering Cadillac of Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr finished second in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech Championship Acura Sportscar Challenge at the Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course. The Konica Minolta Cadillac came home third.
A PAIR OF TOP TEN RESULTS FOR MERCEDES-AMG IN THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS
Mercedes-AMG fell short off of the high goals it had set itself for this year’s ADAC TOTAL 24h-Rennen. The season highlight at the Nürburgring was marked by extreme weather conditions that led to retirements for the favourites including the race-leading Mercedes-AMG GT3 cars and resulted into the race being suspended over nine hours. Once the racing had resumed, Patrick Assenheimer (GER), Dominik Baumann (AUT), Maro Engel and Dirk Müller (both GER) of the Mercedes-AMG Team HRT AutoArenA finished in eighth place, the best result for the GT3s from Affalterbach. The HRT team’s sister car with Nico Bastian (GER), Yelmer Buurman (NED), Hubert Haupt (GER) and Philip Ellis (SUI) behind the wheel finished in ninth place. In the SP8T category, Black Falcon Team Textar celebrated second place in class with its Mercedes-AMG GT4.
SECOND PLACE FOR AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER RACING AT THE NURBURGING
Fighting for its sixth overall victory in the turbulent 48th running of the Nürburgring 24 Hours, Audi Sport customer racing had to admit defeat by just a few seconds. Audi Sport drivers Mirko Bortolotti, Christopher Haase and Markus Winkelhock in the Audi R8 LMS crossed the finish line in the most adverse conditions in the Eifel region as runners-up. They achieved this result as a squad of three after their team-mate Robin Frijns, who had originally been planned to race with them in Audi Sport Team Car Collection, was unable to compete due to an infection with the common cold.
MOISEEV/NESOV END THE INTERNATIONAL GT OPEN ROUND AT MONZA WITH A VICTORY AND A SECOND POSITION
After claiming their second consecutive Am victory in race one at Monza, following the Austrian triumph only two weeks ago, the Antonelli Motorsport duo Alexander Moiseev, Alexey Nesov showed great pace on Sunday’s race two.
