UNITED AUTOSPORTS TO ENTER 2020 ROAD TO LE MANS WITH FOUR LIGIER JS P320s
United Autosports will run four Ligier JS P320s in the Road to Le Mans event on 16-19 September, as the team enter the event for the fifth time.
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K-PAX RACING SIXTH IN SECOND GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE ENDURANCE CUP RUN
K-PAX Racing was fully introduced into the GT World Challenge Powered by AWS Endurance Cup in mid-July, and using the lessons learned, was able to carry steam into the second round of action at Nürburgring (Germany). The team scored a top-10 finish in its second series showing, making steady improvement during an event highlighted by an intense six-hour showdown.
RLR MSPORT TO PUT JAKOBSEN AND DAYSON ON ‘ROAD TO LE MANS’
RLR MSport will run a sole Ligier JSP320 LMP3 for its European Le Mans Series (ELMS) regulars Malthe Jakobsen and James Dayson in the 24 Hours of Le Mans-supporting Michelin Le Mans Cup ‘Road to Le Mans’ (16-19 September).
SPRINT CUP CAMPAIGN REACHES HALFWAY MARK AS GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE HEADS FOR MAGNY-COURS
The 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS season will reach its halfway mark this weekend (11-13 September) with a pair of one-hour Sprint Cup contests at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.
SILVER CUP TOP FOUR FOR HUTCHISON AT NURBURGRING ON AUDI RETURN WITH ATTEMPTO RACING
Scotland’s Finlay Hutchison produced a strong performance at the Nurburgring in Germany on Sunday, 6th September, en-route to a hard-earned top four Silver Cup finish during the six-hour second round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.
LAMBORGHINI RACER MIDDLETON TAKES THIRD PODIUM OF 2020 AT ROAD ATLANTA
British Racing Drivers’ Club ‘Rising Star’ Stuart Middleton claimed his third outright podium of the 2020 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America season at Road Atlanta in Georgia over the weekend, 5th/6th September, with a top three finish in round five of the campaign.
EARLY DAMAGE SPOILS TEAM PARKER RACING’S CHANCES IN GERMANY
Team Parker Racing travelled to the Nürburgring with its Bentley Continental GT3 for round two of the GT World Challenge Endurance Cup at the weekend (September 4-6), but contact from another car in the opening laps cost any chance of a good result.
SECOND SILVER CUP PODIUM IN AS MANY RACES FOR MACDOWALL DURING SIX-HOUR NURBURGRING SPECTACULAR
Alex MacDowall celebrated his second Silver Cup podium finish in as many GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup races during round two of the season at Germany’s Nurburgring on Sunday, 6th September, with a hard-earned second place in the action-packed six-hour encounter.
CHANGE RACING WINS ALL CLASSES IN LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO NORTH AMERICA ROAD ATLANTA WEEKEND
Change Racing came to race in the second half of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America doubleheader at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, fielding winners in all four classes Sunday. Among them was overall and Pro class victor Madison Snow, who completed a pivotal sweep of the two weekend races to vault into the championship lead.
DINAMIC MOTORSPORT CONQUERS THE NURBURGRING TO GIVE PORSCHE GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE HOME WIN
Dinamic Motorsport took a resounding win in today’s GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS race at the Nürburgring to give Porsche an immensely satisfying victory on home soil.
ALLIED RACING TAKES OVERALL GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES WIN AT THE NURBURGRING
Allied Racing driver duo Jan Kasperlik and Bastian Buus took the overall and Pro-Am race win in the second GT4 European Series race at the Nürburgring this morning. AGS Events’ Theo Nouet and Valentin Hasse-Clot won the Silver Cup, while SRT’s Bob Herber scored another win in the Am class.
HEINRICHER RACING BATTLES BACK FROM EARLY DAMAGE TO FINISH SEVENTH AT ROAD ATLANTA
The race saw several highs and lows for the No. 57 Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing squad on Saturday. The six-hour endurance event brought together Misha Goikhberg, Alvaro Parente and Trent Hindman who fought through early damage to the race car to bring home a seventh-place result at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.
MEYER SHANK RACING VICTORIOUS AT ROAD ATLANTA
It was the first endurance race in eight months for Mario Farnbacher, Matt McMurry and Shinya Michimi, but the strength of the Meyer Shank Racing-prepared Acura NSX GT3 did not disappoint as the team claimed its first victory of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech season on Saturday at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. The win is the sixth for MSR in IMSA competition with the Acura NSX since first moving to the category with the GTD platform in 2017.
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING CADILLAC FINISHED THIRD AT ROAD ATLANTA
The Whelen Engineering Cadillac team finished third in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.
BMW TEAM RLL BACK ON TOP WITH VICTORY AND DOUBLE-PODIUM FINISH AT ROAD ATLANTA
For a third consecutive IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race weekend, BMW Team RLL performed at a podium level. The No. 25 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE of Connor De Phillippi and Bruno Spengler took top honours at the race, held at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. The No. 24 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE of John Edwards and Jesse Krohn finished third.
PORSCHE SECURES GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE FRONT-ROW LOCK OUT AT THE NURBURGRING
GPX Racing will lead a Porsche one-two at the start of tomorrow’s six-hour GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS contest at the Nürburgring after narrowly beating Dinamic Motorsport in a highly competitive qualifying session.
BONALDI RECORD SECOND WIN OF THE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE YEAR IN NURBURGRING RACE 1
Bonaldi Motorsport’s Dean Stoneman and Kikko Galbiati claimed victory in the first Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe race of the weekend at the Nürburgring, beating Target Competition’s Miloš Pavlović and Raul Guzman by just over four seconds. It was Stoneman’s second win in succession this year after his Race 2 victory in the opening round at Misano, while Galbiati secured yet another triumph at the German circuit following his double victory for Imperiale Racing in 2019.
NM RACING TEAM CLAIMS SECOND VICTORY OF THE GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES SEASON AT THE NURBURGRING
Lluc Ibanez and Xavier Lloveras gave NM Racing Team victory in the first GT4 European Series race at Nürburgring, claiming their second victory of the 2020 season. Victory in Pro-Am went to Allied Racing, while AGS Events won the Am class.
MICHIMI QUALIFIES FOURTH AT ROAD ATLANTA FOR MEYER SHANK RACING
Eight months out of the No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 didn’t phase Shinya Michimi as he made his first qualifying run on Friday since Daytona International Speedway in January. Michimi put the AutoNation Acura NSX GT3 fourth for Saturday’s six hour race at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.
WEATHERTECH RACING TO START EIGHTH AT ROAD ATLANTA
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) will start the IMSA WeatherTech Championship race at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta from eighth in GTD.
