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THAILAND SUPER SERIES ANNOUNCES EXPANDED 2023 CHAMPIONSHIP_63ef5b9d5d010.jpeg

Thailand Super Series (TSS), the premier race series in ASEAN, is pleased to announce its 2023 season schedule which builds on last year’s return to the full status championship and now further expands regionally with the return of a round at Sepang International Circuit.

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WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS TAKES ON GT AMERICA BID WITH RETURN OF LUCK AND HEYLEN

February 15, 2023 RNW Staff

After an exciting 2022 race season that saw the battle for the Fanatec GT World Challenge America championship title come down to the final race, Wright Motorsports will return in 2023 for another shot at clinching the top honors. Armed with the new No. 45 Porsche 911 GT3 R (type 992), drivers Charlie Luck and Jan Heylen will return for a second chance at the Pro/Am class title in the sports car racing series.

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NISSAN RETURNS TO GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA WITH RUNUP SPORTS

February 15, 2023 RNW Staff

Super GT squad RUNUP SPORTS will make its Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS debut this season with Nissan.

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COURTNEY PRINCE JOINS PORSCHE CENTRE MELBOURNE MOTORSPORT FOR CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA ASSAULT

February 14, 2023 RNW Staff

The colour pink is coming to Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship with a newly formed partnership between BWT Australia, Courtney Prince and Porsche Centre Melbourne Motorsport.

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FLYING LIZARD RETURNS TO LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO NORTH AMERICA WITH EXPANDED EFFORT

February 14, 2023 RNW Staff

Following a thrilling championship-winning debut in Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America in 2022, Flying Lizard Motorsports will return this year for its sophomore season in the series with an expanded four-car Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2 effort. Tom Tait will be back in the red and green No. 64 Emerald Center entry, and LB Cup Champion Slade Stewart will advance to the Pro/Am class with Andy Lee, racing the No. 14 pink unicorn Lamborghini. Longtime Lizards Chris Bellomo and Johannes van Overbeek will team up in a singular entry in the No. 68, and Paul Nemschoff and Marc Miller will round out the team’s lineup, racing together in the Pro/Am class.

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JOE WARHURST JOINS TEAM PARKER RACING FOR PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB TITLE RUN

February 14, 2023 RNW Staff

Team Parker Racing is delighted to announce that talented young racer Joe Warhurst will join its line-up in the Porsche Sprint Challenge GB for the 2023 season, with his eyes firmly on the championship title.

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KCMG TO RETURN TO GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA

February 13, 2023 RNW Staff

KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) is set to compete in the 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia campaign, with KCMG founder Paul Ip and Edoardo Liberati teaming up at the wheel of a Honda NSX GT3.

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Inter Europol Impress to take second round of the ASIAN LE MANS series

February 12, 2023 Michael widdowson

A comeback drive that thrusts the team into the lead to take the win in race 2 of the series. Walkenhorst Motorsport make it 2 out of 2.

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Algarve Pro win Round 1 of the 2023 ASIAN LE MANS series

February 11, 2023 Michael widdowson

Battles raged throughout the field in all classes in the first 4 hours with Algarve Pro taking LMP2 honours. MV2S runaway with the LMP3 class win with Walkenhorst Motorsport dominating in GT.

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Inter Europol on Pole for both Races in Dubai

February 11, 2023 Michael widdowson

Inter Europol on pole for both races in Dubai thanks to Charles Crews. Walkenhorst BMW take GT pole in the hands of Thomas Merrill.

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PORSCHE ANNOUNCES 2023 PORSCHE CARRERA CUP NORTH AMERICA SCHEDULE

February 8, 2023 RNW Staff

Porsche Motorsport North America is set to contest its most dynamic Porsche Carrera Cup North America season to date. The premier one-make race series in the United States and Canada will be renamed the Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America while also expanding its stage in 2023. The Carrera Cup North America will join Formula 1® twice, NASCAR once and the IMSA/IndyCar doubleheader at Long Beach in the upcoming season. These marquee events come in addition to three of IMSA’s most popular rounds. Highlighting the calendar will be the championship’s appearance at the Porsche Rennsport Reunion VII in Monterey, California. Entering its third season, Porsche and the International Motorsports Association (IMSA) signed a continuing alliance with North America’s top road racing organizer to remain the official sanctioning partner for Carrera Cup North America on this continent. Eight event weekends will host 16, 40-minute rounds of the all-Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car championship starting at Sebring, Florida in March. All events will be streamed live to an international audience of Porsche and motorsport enthusiasts.

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SCHUBERT MOTORSPORT AND PROJECT 1 TO CONTEST THE 2023 DTM SEASON WITH THE BMW M4 GT3

February 7, 2023 RNW Staff

The new era of the DTM under the leadership of the ADAC is set to enter the 2023 season with four BMW M4 GT3s and the combined BMW M works driver power of six title wins in the starting field. Schubert Motorsport and BMW M works driver Sheldon van der Linde (RSA) will continue their strong partnership and defend their 2022 titles in the driver and team standings. The second seat at the team champions goes to René Rast (GER). The three-time DTM title holder is set to make his debut in the BMW M4 GT3 in the upcoming season after switching to BMW M Motorsport. As a new DTM team, Project 1 will be competing with two BMW M4 GT3s, with two-time DTM champion Marco Wittmann (GER) at the wheel of one of the cars. The second driver will be selected in close consultation between the team, BMW M Motorsport and the ADAC and will be announced at a later date.

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BMW M TEAM WRT FINISHES THE BATHURST 12 HOUR IN FOURTH AND SIXTH POSITIONS

February 5, 2023 RNW Staff

BMW M Team WRT competed its first race in the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge, the Bathurst 12 Hour (AUS). The endurance classic also marked the first official outing of the team together with BMW M Motorsport. After twelve hours of racing, held in sunny summer weather, the #32

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SUNENERGY1 AND MERCEDES-AMG GO BACK-TO-BACK IN RECORD-BREAKING BATHURST 12 HOUR

February 5, 2023 RNW Staff

SunEnergy1 and Mercedes-AMG defended their LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 crown in epic fashion and made the perfect start to this year’s Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli campaign by beating Manthey EMA and GruppeM Racing to victory in Australia’s International Enduro.

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TWO CLASS VICTORIES FOR AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER TEAMS AT THE BATHURST 12 HOUR

February 5, 2023 RNW Staff

As many as four Audi Sport customer teams were on the podium at the Bathurst 12 Hour 2023: After a strong recovery, the three Australians Chaz Mostert, Fraser Ross and Liam Talbot won the Pro-Am class in the Audi R8 LMS. Close behind, Audi Sport drivers Christopher Mies and Ricardo Feller with privateer driver Yasser Shahin for The Bend Motorsport Park finished second. In the Silver Cup standings, Daniel Gaunt, Dylan O’Keeffe and Andrew Fawcet prevailed, with third place going to David Crampton/Trent Harrison/Glen Wood. The three Audi Sport drivers Mattia Drudi/Christopher Haase/Patric Niederhauser lost any chance of a good overall result as early as on lap 13 when an opponent hit their Audi R8 LMS hard, causing it to crash into the barrier.

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ENGEL MAKES HISTORY EN ROUTE TO BATHURST 12 HOUR POLE RECORD

February 4, 2023 RNW Staff

GruppeM Racing and Mercedes-AMG’s Maro Engel clinched his second Allan Simonsen Pole Position Trophy by setting the fastest lap ever recorded at the LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour during this afternoon’s Pirelli Top-10 Shootout.

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CALLUM HEDGE TO DRIVE FOR TEAM PORSCHE NEW ZEALAND IN 2023

February 2, 2023 RNW Staff

Porsche New Zealand and Earl Bamber Motorsport have announced that Callum Hedge is confirmed to drive for Team Porsche New Zealand for another Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia season in 2023.

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AO RACING RELISHES CHARACTER BUILDING IMSA WEATHERTECH DEBUT

February 1, 2023 RNW Staff

The longest and possibly the most challenging race on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship concluded on Sunday afternoon, and new sports car racing team AO Racing took great pride in facing adversity to finish the Rolex 24 At Daytona. In some ways, the team faced a stacked deck with challenging regulations, but also, the normal demands of the endurance race came into play, giving the team quite the dose of adversity in their series debut.

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BATHURST 12 HOUR GEARS UP FOR INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE SEASON OPENER

February 1, 2023 RNW Staff

Season eight of Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli gets underway Down Under this weekend when the globe-trotting GT3 series visits Mount Panorama and the LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour (February 3-5).

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BMW M TEAM WRT READY FOR THE BATHURST 12 HOUR

January 31, 2023 RNW Staff

Mount Panorama is calling. Next weekend (3rd to 5th February), BMW M Team WRT will make its first official appearance together with BMW M Motorsport at Bathurst, Australia. The team, led by principal Vincent Vosse, will be competing in the classic Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race at the Mount Panorama Circuit with two BMW M4 GT3s. A strong line-up with six BMW M works drivers will alternate in the cockpits of the two cars.

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