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BATHURST 12 HOUR QUALIFYING MARKED BY HIGHS AND LOWS FOR R-MOTORSPORT

February 1, 2020 RNW Staff

R-Motorsport’s qualifying at Bathurst was a roller-coaster of disappointment tinged with optimism. While Jake Dennis, Scott Dixon and Rick Kelly made it through into the pole shootout for the top ten starting positions, their team-mates’ race weekend ended prematurely. 25-year-old Marvin Kirchhöfer was involved in an accident in Q2 which badly damaged the team’s #62 Aston Martin Vantage GT3. He was uninjured but could not continue, and Luca Ghiotto and Olli Caldwell were left on the sidelines because of the damage.

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MATT CAMPBELL SECURES FIRST POLE POSITION FOR PORSCHE AT BATHURST

February 1, 2020 RNW Staff

An ideal qualifying for the Porsche customer team Absolute Racing at the opening round of this year’s Intercontinental GT Challenge: Porsche works driver Matt Campbell (Australia, No. 911) turned the fastest lap of the day (2:03.554 minutes) in qualifying for the Bathurst 12 Hour, thus handing Porsche its first pole position at the Mount Panorama Circuit. In the identical, 500+hp Porsche 911 GT3 R, Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium, No. 1) secured the fifth grid spot for Earl Bamber Motorsport (EBM) on Saturday.

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BATHURST 12 HOUR HOSTS OPENING ROUND OF THE AUSTRALIAN ENDURANCE SEASON

February 1, 2020 RNW Staff

The opening round of the 2020 Australian Endurance Championship gets underway this weekend as part of the annual Bathurst 12 Hour event, with registered teams competing in the GT3 Pro-Am and Silver categories, the Invitational MARC II cars and GT4.

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LIBERATI RETURNS TO BATHURST TARGETING PODIUM

January 30, 2020 RNW Staff

Following the brilliant last year’s debut when he secured the seventh overall position, Edoardo Liberati returns this weekend to Bathurst 12 Hour, first round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. Once more the Rome-based racer will contest the Australian event driving a KCMG-run Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 car, sharing the duties with Swiss Alexandre Imperatori and Brazil’s João Paulo de Oliveira in an all-Pro crew.

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RECORD NINE FULL-SEASON MANUFACTURERS NOW CONFIRMED AS FERRARI COMMITS TO IGTC

January 30, 2020 RNW Staff

Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli will feature a record-breaking nine full-season manufacturers in 2020 after Ferrari reconfirmed its commitment to the world’s only global GT3 series ahead of this weekend’s season opener at Bathurst.

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AMAC MOTORSPORT RETURNS FOR THIRD GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA SEASON WITH LAMBORGHINI

January 30, 2020 RNW Staff

Australian squad AMAC Motorsport will compete in GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS’s GT3 Am Cup category for a third consecutive season this year.

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PR1/MATHIASEN MOTORSPORTS FINISHES SECOND IN THE ROLEX 24

January 29, 2020 RNW Staff

PR1/Mathiasen finished first in round one of the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup and second in the LMP2 class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener at the 58th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 started on pole position after setting the fastest lap time of 01:37.446 during qualifying.

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MAZDA DRIVES TO SECOND PLACE IN ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

January 28, 2020 RNW Staff

Two Mazda RT24-Ps battled over 24 hours of racing at Daytona International Speedway to record the company’s best overall finish at the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

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ERA MOTORSPORT EARNS PODIUM SUCCESS AT IMSA DEBUT IN DAYTONA

January 28, 2020 RNW Staff

Era Motorsport, the little sports car team that could, raised eyebrows this weekend at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The premier sports car racing series in North America began its 2020 season with the 24 hour long endurance race, and newly formed team Era Motorsport not only persevered, but put on an impressive performance to secure a third place finish in the No. 18 Oreca 07 in the LMP2 prototype class.

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FIVE PORSCHE 911 GT3 R AIM FOR A SUCCESSFUL START TO THE IGTC SEASON AT BATHURST

January 28, 2020 RNW Staff

Porsche launches its Title Defence Mission in the Intercontinental GT Challenge at Bathurst, Australia. In 2019, the sports car manufacturer claimed the IGTC titles in the manufacturers’ and drivers’ classifications. The gruelling twelve-hour race (January 31 to February 2) traditionally marks the start of the most important championship for GT3 sports cars. In the race at Mount Panorama, five Porsche 911 GT3 R face strong opposition from vehicles from ten other manufacturers. Last year, Porsche won the long-distance event at Bathurst for the first time in its history thanks to the customer squad EBM (Earl Bamber Motorsport).

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CANTO, DENYER AND TALBOT SPEARHEAD TROFEO MOTORSPORT’S BATHURST 12 HOUR ASSAULT

January 28, 2020 RNW Staff

After an Am-Cup podium in 2017 and two outright top ten finishes at the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour in three years, Trofeo Motorsport returns to the mountain this year with a new-look team to challenge for their maiden assault on the Silver category in the stunning #29 Lamborghini Huracan GT3.

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CARBAHN MOTORSPORTS WIH PEREGRINE RACING SHOWCASES STRENGTH AND CONSISTENCY IN IMSA SEASON OPENER

January 25, 2020 RNW Staff

CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing seized every opportunity at Daytona International Speedway to finish fourth.

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NEW AND RETURNING TEAMS REVEAL PLANS FOR GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE

January 24, 2020 RNW Staff

Fresh talent will feature prominently on this season’s GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS grid following announcements of several new programmes for the 2020 campaign.

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MAZDA AGAIN CAPTURES DAYTONA POLE POSITION

January 24, 2020 RNW Staff

For the second straight year, Oliver Jarvis has claimed pole position for the Rolex 24 at Daytona in the No. 77 Mazda RT24-P.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING CADILLAC TO START FOURTH IN ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

January 24, 2020 RNW Staff

The No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R will start from the second row for this weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 Hour At Daytona, January 25-26.

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WEATHERTECH RACING FERRARI QUALIFIES SECOND IN GTD FOR THE ROLEX 24

January 24, 2020 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) will start from the front row in the GTD class in the 58th running of the IMSA WeatherTech Rolex 24 At Daytona January 23-26 at Daytona International Speedway.

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PAUL MILLER RACING READIES TO RACE IN ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

January 24, 2020 RNW Staff

The Paul Miller Racing No. 48 Lamborghini team battled stiff IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition and changing track conditions to notch an eighth place start for the 2020 Rolex 24 at Daytona.

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THE NEW PORSCHE 911 RSR LOCKS OUT THE FRONT GRID ROW AT US DEBUT

January 24, 2020 RNW Staff

The new Porsche 911 RSR has made an impressive North American debut in qualifying for the 24-hour race at Daytona by claiming positions one and two on the grid. During the 15-minute session on the Daytona International Speedway, Nick Tandy (Great Britain) in the No. 911 vehicle and Belgium’s Laurens Vanthoor in the No. 912 sister car fought a heated duel for the fastest lap time.

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MEYER SHANK RACING SET ON ROLEX 24 GRID

January 24, 2020 RNW Staff

Making his first official IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT-Daytona qualifying start with Meyer Shank Racing, Matt McMurry put the No. 86 AutoNation / SiriusXM – LaSalle Solutions Acura NSX GT3 ninth for the start of the 58th annual Rolex 24 At Daytona on Saturday.

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SECOND-ROW START AT DAYTONA FOR CORVETTE C8.R DEBUT

January 24, 2020 RNW Staff

Corvette Racing will roll off third and fourth in the first race for the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R following GT Le Mans (GTLM) qualifying for Saturday’s Rolex 24 At Daytona. A three-time winner of the Rolex 24, the Corvette Racing program hopes to start the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with a debut victory for the mid-engine Corvette.

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