CADILLAC RACING TEAMS READY FOR ROAD ATLANTA
The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is heading to Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta for the TireRack.com Grand Prix to run this weekend, September 4-5.
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WHELEN ENGINEERING AND THE THREE FE(I)LIPES READY FOR ROAD ATLANTA
Whelen Engineering Racing drivers Pipo (Felipe) Derani (Brazil), Felipe Nasr (Brazil) and Filipe Albuquerque (Portugal) are ready this weekend’s six-hour IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, as part of the Grand Prix race weekend, Sept. 4-6.
DANIEL HARPER CONTINUES NURBURGRING EDUCATION WITH FOURTH PLACE FINISH
Daniel Harper continued to show eye-catching speed and consistency around the Nürburgring Nordschleife as he fought to a fourth place class finish with his BMW Junior Team stablemates in the latest round of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (29th September).
IMSA CHAMPIONSHIP FOCUS FOR MEYER SHANK RACING AT ROAD ATLANTA
Heading to Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta tied for both the team and driver championships, the No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 squad is hoping to move into the sole lead following the six hour race on Saturday as the team looks to follow up its run to the 2019 IMSA championship with another title in 2020.
FOUR IN FOUR FERRARI CHALLENGE UK WINS FOR KHERA
Lucky Khera wins the fourth race of the season at Donington Park, with Graham de Zille winning in the Coppa Shell.
FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS SWEEPS AGAIN IN GT4 AMERICA AT ROAD AMERICA
Flying Lizard celebrated another victorious weekend in the GT4 America series at Road America, clinching five more wins to add to the team’s celebrated record. The Wisconsin road course mostly treated the team well, in another triple header event with the No. 21 and No. 210 Aston Martin Vantage GT4s of Michael Dinan and Robby Foley, and the No. 30 McLaren 570S GT3 of Erin Vogel and Michael Cooper.
WILKINSON READY FOR NÜRBURGRING McLAREN DEBUT
Ollie Wilkinson can tick off another item on his bucket list come 5th-6th September, as the McLaren Professional Driver takes on the Nürburgring in Germany for the first time, in the second round of the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup.
SEVENTH IN LMGTE AT LE CASTELLET 240 FOR EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES RACER HUTCHISON
Ferrari F488 GTE EVO racer Finlay Hutchison again delivered impressive speed and racecraft during the third round of the European Le Mans Series at Paul Ricard in France on Saturday, 29th August, on his way to seventh in the LMGTE class with the JMW Motorsport team.
PORSCHE GB JUNIOR IS ‘KING’ OF THE HILL
Porsche Carrera Cup GB – the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK – headed north to Scotland for Rounds Seven and Eight of the 2020 season. Friday’s Practice sessions were conducted in dry weather conditions on the short and challenging 1.26-mile Fife circuit. Porsche GB 2020 / 2021 Junior Harry King (Team Parker Racing) continued his impressive run to head both morning and afternoon sessions, championship rival Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing) finished third in both. Pro category drivers Sam MacLeod (JTR) and Scott McKenna (Redline Racing) showed strong form, each finishing a session as the highest placed Rookie. Esmee Hawkey (Team Parker) was Friday’s fastest Pro-Am category driver, John Ferguson (Team Redline Racing) topped Am.
COOL RACING CLAIMS BACK-TO-BACK LE MANS CUP WINS AT LE CASTELLET
Maurice Smith and Matt Bell made it back-to-back victories in the Michelin Le Mans Cup for COOL Racing in the #69 Ligier JS P320. The sister #37 car of Nicolas Maulini and Édouard Cauhaupé took a penalty for not respecting the minimum driving time which put it fifth.
FERRARI FIRST AND THIRD PLACE ELMS FINISH AT LE CASTELLET
A double podium for the Ferrari 488 GTE crews at the European Le Mans Series on the Paul Ricard circuit at Le Castellet, which began amid downpours and finished with the floodlights illuminating the track. Four intense hours which saw Spirit of Race take the top honours with the crew of Duncan Cameron, Matthew Griffin and Aaron Scott, while the all-female Iron Lynx squad made up of Manuela Gostner, Michelle Gatting and Rahel Frey claimed third spot.
RLR MSPORT DENIED LE CASTELLET 240 PODIUM BUT SCORES CRUCIAL POINTS FOR ELMS TITLE BID
Another podium was snatched from RLR MSport’s grasp when the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) raced deep into the night in the Le Castellet 240 at Circuit Paul Ricard (28-29 August).
UNITED AUTOSPORTS SCORE FIRST LE MANS CUP PODIUM OF 2020 AT PAUL RICARD
United Autosports finished third in the Michelin Le Mans Cup race at Paul Ricard yesterday (29 August) after Daniel Schneider and Andy Meyrick brought their #24 Ligier JS P320 home in very wet conditions. John Schauerman and Wayne Boyd finished 9th after a difficult race.
UNITED AUTOSPORTS CLAIM THIRD 2020 ELMS WIN IN A ROW
United Autosports have won the Le Castellet 240 ELMS race after Phil Hanson and Filipe Albuquerque brought their #22 Oreca 07 home in first place after a tough race in mixed weather conditions at Paul Ricard (Saturday 29 August). The pair started on pole after Filipe scored the team’s fifth consecutive ELMS pole position.
FERRARI WINS CLASS, REGAINS GT WORLD CHALLENGE AMERICA POINTS LEAD AT ROAD
The Squadra Corse Ferrari took its third SRO GT World Challenge America victory of the season Saturday, regaining the lead in the Pro Am championship in a 90-minute race at Road America.
FIRST AND THIRD PLACE FOR FERRARI AT THE SIX HOURS OF NÜRBURGRING
Living up to the hype, the ROWE 6 Stunden ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen gifted spectators with a thrill-packed show as Racing One celebrated a spectacular win in the SP9 AM class, with Octane 126 scooping third place in the Pro category.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR PORSCHE AT REHEARSAL FOR THE 24-HOUR HIGHLIGHT ON THE ’RING
Round five of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) concluded on Saturday with positions nine and ten for the two best-placed Porsche contenders. The season highlight of the NLS also served as the final test run before the 24-hour race on the storied racetrack, which has been postponed to September 26-27. Over the last few metres of today’s six-hour race on the combination of the short Grand Prix circuit and the revered Nordschleife, Dennis Olson (Denmark) in his No. 18 KCMG car managed to catch the No. 31 Frikadelli Porsche. Both benefited from a four-minute time penalty that had thrown Manthey Racing’s 911 GT3 R from fourth to 13th at the flag.
A PAIR OF TOP TEN RESULTS AND FIFTH CONSECUTIVE CLASS WIN FOR MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT IN THE NLS
Saturday’s six-hour race of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) was the final test race prior to the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring (24th-27th September). Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed crossed the finish line in fourth place with its #2 Mercedes-AMG GT3. The #17 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT entry also scored a top ten result with its sixth-place finish. BLACK FALCON Team TEXTAR scored what already was the fifth consecutive class win with the Mercedes-AMG GT4 and therefore remains unbeaten at the legendary circuit in the Eifel this year.
THREE TEAMS AND MANY BMW WORKS DRIVERS TO COMPETE IN THE BMW M6 GT3 AT THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS
The Nürburgring 24 Hours (GER) will take place on 26th/27th September, several months later than originally planned. Although the 50th anniversary of the endurance classic on the Nordschleife will be held in difficult circumstances, BMW M Motorsport still fields a strong contingent as it looks for overall victory number 20 for BMW. Some of the best BMW works drivers in GT racing will be at the wheel of the five BMW M6 GT3s which will be run by BMW Team Schnitzer, ROWE Racing and Walkenhorst Motorsport. This weekend’s ROWE 6 Stunden ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen serves as a dress rehearsal for the teams and drivers.
GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SET FOR SIX-HOUR SHOWDOWN AT THE NURBURGRING
The Eiffel Mountains will come alive to the sound of GT3 engines next weekend (5/6 September) when GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS tackles a six-hour contest at the Nürburgring.
