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GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE HITS FULL SPEED AS SPRINT CUP RETURNS AT MISANO

July 31, 2020 RNW Staff

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GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS will hit full speed next weekend (7-9 August) when the Sprint Cup campaign kicks off with a trio of races at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli.

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PORSCHE TARGETS FIRST WIN OF THE IMSA SEASON AT ROAD AMERICA

July 30, 2020 RNW Staff

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At round four of the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Road America, the Porsche drivers will fight for the first win of the season with the 911 RSR. The North American factory squad fields two ca. 515-hp RSR racers in the GTLM class. Porsche is the only manufacturer by now to have climbed the podium at every IMSA WeatherTech round this season. At Elkhart Lake, the sports car manufacturer aims to bring home the first victory in the USA for the latest version of the 911 RSR. In addition to the two works cars from Weissach, a customer vehicle will tackle the race over two hours and 40 minutes: Wright Motorsports contests the GTD category with a Porsche 911 GT3 R.

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ADAC GT MASTERS WITH FUTURE TECHNOLOGY: STEER-BY-WIRE MAKES ITS DEBUT

July 30, 2020 RNW Staff

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 We will get a glimpse of the future of technology at the weekend when the ADAC GT Masters season opens at the Lausitzring (31st July to 2nd August). For the first time, KÜS Team75 Bernhard will operate a Porsche 911 GT3 equipped with Space Drive steer-by-wire technology from Schaeffler Paravan on behalf of Schaeffler Technologie GmbH & Co KG R. With Space Drive technology, there is no mechanical link between steering wheel and steering rack, which is a basic requirement for future technologies such as autonomous driving or for new interior designs. Space Drive Racing is a development platform set up by Schaeffler Paravan in collaboration with various teams for steer-by-wire racing cars made by various manufacturers.

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PR1/MATHIASEN AIMS TO SECURE SECOND WIN AT ROAD AMERICA

July 30, 2020 RNW Staff

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PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports is headed to the 2020 IMSA SportsCar Weekend at Road America with their LMP2 entry in the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship this weekend.

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ROBERT MEGENNIS COMPLETES RLR MSPORT’S ELMS SPA LINE-UP

July 30, 2020 RNW Staff

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The American young gun will take the seat vacated by Ryan Harper-Ellam, partnering ELMS podium finishers Malthe Jakobsen and James Dayson in the #15 Ligier JSP320 LMP3 in the Belgian leg of the truncated 2020 season (7-9 August).

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OREGON TEAM ANNOUNCES ITS LINE UP FOR THE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE 2020 SEASON

July 30, 2020 RNW Staff

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With almost one week to the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe opener at Misano, 8th/9th August, Oregon Team has announced its drivers’ line-up for the 2020 season.

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BMW TEAM RLL RECHARGED AND READY FOR ROAD AMERICA

July 29, 2020 RNW Staff

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BMW Team RLL is planning a renewed attack on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar GTLM class championship beginning at this weekend’s IMSA Championship SportsCar Weekend at Road America, in Elkhart Lake, Wis. The race will see the BMW M8 GTE on its best footing since the Rolex 24 At Daytona in January – a race won by BMW Team RLL for the second consecutive year.

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PERFORMANCE TECH MOTORSPORTS SET FOR ROAD AMERICA

July 28, 2020 RNW Staff

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Performance Tech Motorsports is back in its groove with the IMSA summer racing schedule continuing at Road America, July 31-Aug. 2.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING TAKES WINNING MOMENTUM INTO ROAD AMERICA

July 28, 2020 RNW Staff

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Whelen Engineering Racing drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Felipe Nasr (Brazil) are fresh off a solid win at Sebring two weeks ago and the team looks to carry that winning momentum into this weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Road America July 31 – Aug. 2.

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SILVER CUP POLE POSITION AND P4 FOR TECH1 RACING IN THE GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE AT IMOLA

July 27, 2020 RNW Staff

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The Tech1 Racing team came to the Imola circuit last weekend for the GT World Challenge Europe season debut, postponed due to the Covid 19 pandemic. After claiming pole position in the Silver Cup on Saturday (7th overall), Aurelien Panis, Thomas Neubauer and Timothe Buret finished the race in P4. The final result is well […]

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MEYER SHANK RACING BRINGS PODIUM MOMENTUM TO ROAD AMERICA

July 27, 2020 RNW Staff

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With the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule back on track, Meyer Shank Racing drivers Mario Farnbacher and Matt McMurry head to Road America for the team’s third round of racing action this Sunday.

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LOSS OF LUCK COSTS TEAM PARKER RACING SHOT AT IMOLA PODIUM

July 27, 2020 RNW Staff

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Team Parker Racing opened the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup season in Italy at the weekend (July 24-26), but unfortunately some bad luck cost the team a shot at silverware.

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K-PAX RACING SHOWS SPEED IN EUROPEAN DEBUT

July 27, 2020 RNW Staff

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After more than 200 races stateside, K-PAX Racing was able to make its long-awaited SRO GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Endurance Cup debut, entering its two staple Bentley Continental GT3s in a field of nearly 50 cars assembled worldwide in the series’ restart at Imola. The team, proven as a top team in America, showed that it can contend amongst the series’ best globally in the season-opening event – the first stop of its maiden journey across Europe.

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ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON READY TO OPEN AT THE LAUSITZRING

July 27, 2020 RNW Staff

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The hunt is on! Can Patric Niederhauser (28, CH) and Kelvin van der Linde (24, ZA, both Rutronik Racing) in the Audi become the first drivers ever to defend the ADAC GT Masters title, or will the opposition strike back? The first round of the highly competitive GT racing series, featuring more than 30 super sports cars, will start at the Lausitzring this weekend (31st July to 2nd August).

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SILVER CLASS VICTORY FOR MACDOWALL AND BARWELL WITH SUPERB OPENING ROUND PERFORMANCE AT IMOLA

July 27, 2020 RNW Staff

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Successful GT racing driver Alex MacDowall made the perfect start to the delayed 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup campaign at Imola in Italy on Sunday, 26th July, with a sensational Silver class victory during the opening three-hour race of the season.

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FRUSTRATION FOR HUTCHISON AT IMOLA AS CAR FIRE PREVENTS ALL-BUT CERTAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE PODIUM

July 27, 2020 RNW Staff

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Finlay Hutchison watched an all-but certain podium finish stolen from his grasp during the opening round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup season at Imola on Sunday, 26th July, when a car fire at the beginning of the final hour forced retirement from the Silver class lead.

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KCMG WITHDRAWS FROM THE SUPER TAIKYU SEASON

July 27, 2020 RNW Staff

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) has withdrawn from the 2020 Pirelli Super Taikyu Series.

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OLIVER WEBB COMPLETES ByKOLLES LINE UP FOR SPA AND LE MANS

July 27, 2020 RNW Staff

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ByKOLLES is happy to announce the re-signing of Oliver Webb into the team for Spa and Le Mans FIA WEC 2020 season. Oliver has been with the team for the previous four years and brings both speed, consistency and reliability into a great driver line up joining Tom Dillmann and Bruno Spengler.

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BELGIAN AUDI CLUB WRT BACK ON THE TOP STEP AS GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE RETURNS TO IMOLA

July 26, 2020 RNW Staff

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Belgian Audi Club Team WRT took a resounding victory in today’s Endurance Cup opener at Imola as GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS competition resumed in spectacular fashion.

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE PODIUM AND REGRET FOR FERRARI AT IMOLA

July 26, 2020 RNW Staff

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The opening round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, held at the Enzo and Dino Ferrari Circuit in Imola ended with a Ferrari on the podium in the Pro-Am class and a heap of regrets.

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