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MEYER SHANK RACING WINS IMSA SPRINT CUP TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

September 16, 2019 RNW Staff

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After fighting to an eighth place finish during the Monterey SportsCar Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the No. 86 Acura NSX GT3 of Meyer Shank Racing secured the IMSA WeatherTech Team Sprint Cup Championship title on Sunday with drivers Trent Hindman and Mario Farnbacher.

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PAUL MILLER RACING DOMINATES IMSA ROUND AT LAGUNA SECA

September 16, 2019 RNW Staff

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The Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini squad dominated today’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship round at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca with a flag-to-flag victory.

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SPA FRANCORCHAMPS NEXT ON THE CALENDAR FOR UNITED AUTOSPORTS

September 16, 2019 RNW Staff

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United Autosports head to the legendary Spa Francorchamps circuit in Belgium this weekend for the penultimate rounds of the European Le Mans Series and the Michelin Le Mans Cup (20-22 September).

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BORTOLOTTI AND ENGLEHART KEEP ADAC GT MASTERS TITLE FIGHT ON THE BOIL WITH THIRD VICTORY

September 14, 2019 RNW Staff

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The Lamborghini pairing of Mirko Bortolotti (29, ITA) and Christian Engelhart (32, GER, both Orange1 by GRT Grasser) secured a third win of the season in Saturday’s ADAC GT Masters race at Hockenheim (Baden-Württemberg) to keep themselves in contention for the title in the Super Sports Car League. Second place went to Indy Dontje (26, NL) and Maximilian Götz (33, GER, both Mann-Filter Team HTP) in a Mercedes-AMG. Finishing third were pole-sitter Dennis Marschall (23, GER) and Carrie Schreiner (21, GER, both HCB-Rutronik Racing) in the best of the large Audi contingent. “A perfect day,” said Bortolotti. “I am very happy with our third win of the season. This success was extremely important to us.”

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PAUL MILLER RACING LOOKS TO TURN LAGUNA SECA QUALIFYING PACE INTO RESULT

September 14, 2019 RNW Staff

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Paul Miller Racing has its sights set on turning its WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca qualifying pace into race results this weekend in the penultimate round of the 2019 championship.

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R-MOTORSPORT UNVEIL ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE CUP

September 14, 2019 RNW Staff

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In a press conference today at the Nürburgring, AF Racing AG announced a new key component of their international motor racing programme which has been strengthened even further. While planning to continue in the DTM and Blancpain GT3 race series’s, the Swiss company also announced that they will establish the new Aston Martin Vantage Cup by R-Motorsport series. Further plans with details for the motorsport future will be announced at a later stage.

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LEXUS RACING AIMS FOR VICTORY AT LAGUNA SECA

September 14, 2019 RNW Staff

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Lexus and AIM VASSER SULLIVAN (AVS) have just two races remaining on the 2019 schedule as they travel to the West Coast to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for Sunday’s two hour and 40-minute IMSA race.

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CHRISTOPHER MIES OPENS ADAC GT MASTERS HOCKENHEIM WEEKEND WITH BEST TIME

September 14, 2019 RNW Staff

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Audi driver Christopher Mies (30, GER, Montaplast by Land-Motorsport) made a superb start to the penultimate race weekend of the ADAC GT Masters at Hockenheim. The 2016 champion was fastest in FP1. Porsche driver Matteo Cairoli (23, ITA, Küs Team75 Bernhard) took second place from Jimmy Eriksson (28, SWE, Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing) in the fastest Mercedes-AMG GT3. 

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MAGNUSSEN CHASING MORE SUCCESS AT LAGUNA SECA

September 12, 2019 RNW Staff

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Jan Magnussen and the No. 3 Corvette Racing team have their sights set on chasing more Monterey success this weekend at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca.

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MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING LOOKS TO ADD CALIFORNIA SUCCESS AT LAGUNA SECA

September 11, 2019 RNW Staff

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The last time Mustang Sampling Racing competed in the state of California, the team won April’s event on the streets of Long Beach.

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PORSCHE HEADS TO PENULTIMATE ROUND OF THE IMSA SEASON WITH EXTRA MOTIVATION

September 11, 2019 RNW Staff

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Championship leader Porsche is eager to continue its impressive streak in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at the penultimate round of the season. At the upcoming race on the Laguna Seca Raceway (USA), the factory squad face a special challenge with its two ca. 510 hp Porsche 911 RSR. The tradition-steeped circuit in California is the only racetrack on the calendar where victory has so far evaded Porsche since the factory returned to the North American sports car series in 2014. In the GTD class, Pfaff Motorsports and Park Place Motorsports will each field a Porsche 911 GT3 R.

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MAZDA BRINGS MOMENTUM TO MONTEREY

September 11, 2019 RNW Staff

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Mazda Team Joest arrives at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for this weekend’s Monterey SportsCar Championship race as winners of the previous three IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING LOOKING TO CLOSE TITLE GAP AT LAGUNA SECA

September 11, 2019 RNW Staff

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Whelen Engineering Racing will be looking to battle back into IMSA title contention in Sunday’s Monterey SportsCar Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

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R-MOTORSPORT PLEASED WITH DEBUT BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SEASON

September 8, 2019 RNW Staff

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R-Motorsport’s first season in the Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe ended with the team’s guest appearance at Hungary’s Hungaroring. The Swiss outfit has had a very eventful, roller-coaster of a year in this hotly contested championship.

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LAMBORGHINI DUO CALDARELLI AND MAPELLI CROWNED BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE CHAMPIONS

September 8, 2019 RNW Staff

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Orange1 FFF Racing Lamborghini duo Andrea Caldarelli and Marco Mapelli are the inaugural Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe drivers’ champions after emerging victorious from a gripping season-long battle with the Black Falcon squad and its #4 Mercedes-AMG crew.

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SIXTH PLACE FOR HENRIQUE CHAVES AT SILVERSTONE

September 8, 2019 RNW Staff

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Henrique Chaves ended the second race of the fifth International GT Open’s round, staged in Silverstone, in sixth after a contact from another driver that spun the Teo Martín Motorsport’s McLaren 720S GT3.

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WILKINSON & TURNER DENIED GT OPEN HOME SUCCESS AT SILVERSTONE

September 8, 2019 RNW Staff

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BRDC Rising Star Ollie Wilkinson and Optimum Motorsport team-mate Darren Turner were cruelly denied a home race podium result at Silverstone this afternoon, capping a weekend to forget on the sole UK leg of the International GT Open series.

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HENRIQUE CHAVES REASSUMES GT OPEN TITLE FIGHT

September 6, 2019 RNW Staff

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Henrique Chaves will be back to racing next weekend, continuing the 2019 International GT Open title fight at Silverstone, where will be held the season’s fifth round.

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THE LIGIER JS2 R RUN BY NORDSCHLEIFE RACING ENJOYED A SUCCESSFUL FIRST OUTING IN THE 24H SERIES

September 6, 2019 RNW Staff

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The Ligier JS2 R had its first 24-hour race in the 24H BARCELONA with Nordschleife Racing. It was a successful baptism of fire for the Ligier JS2 R and the team. Equipped with its endurance kit and shod with slick tyres, the car showed off its overall performance by fighting in the top 20 and […]

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AUSTRALIAN GT PREPARES FOR DEDICATED GT4 EVENTS IN 2020

September 6, 2019 RNW Staff

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The promoters of the CAMS Australian GT Championship have revealed they are looking at a push towards increasing the size of the GT4 fields in Australia after a recent survey uncovered more than a dozen cars in the country, with more on the water due to arrive in coming weeks.

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