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K-PAX RACING RECHARGED AND READY FOR WATKINS GLEN

August 27, 2019 RNW Staff

K-PAX Racing continues its charge toward multiple Blancpain GT World Challenge America Championship crowns at a track where it saw electricity in its first year with Bentley Motorsport. With six rounds remaining in the series schedule, the perennial title-contender will set its sights on Watkins Glen International – with both its second-generation Bentley Continental GT3s making a convincing case for the team’s fifth championship since the team’s successful inaugural 2007 run.

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WEC TITLE DEFENCE MISSION BEGINS FOR PORSCHE WITH FOUR-HOUR RACE AT SILVERSTONE

August 27, 2019 RNW Staff

The new Porsche 911 RSR celebrates its race debut at the season-opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The first race of the 2019/2020 season will be held on the weekend of 30 August to 1 September at the Formula 1 racetrack at Silverstone (Great Britain). The Porsche GT Team, which tackles the FIA WEC as the reigning manufacturers’ world champion, fields two ca. 515 hp sports cars from Weissach in the race over four hours. In the GTE-Am category, the customer teams Project 1, Gulf Racing and Dempsey Proton Racing campaign a total of five of last year’s Porsche 911 RSR models.

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UNITED AUTOSPORTS SET FOR DOUBLE HEADER HOME RACE AT SILVERSTONE

August 27, 2019 RNW Staff

United Autosports make their way to Silverstone this weekend for both their FIA World Endurance Championship debut and round four of the European Le Mans Series (30 Aug-1 Sept).

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KCMG SCORES BEST 2019 INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE RESULT AT SUZUKA 10 HOURS

August 27, 2019 RNW Staff

KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) scored its best result of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge season at the Suzuka 10 Hours, finishing sixth during an intense battle for the overall podium at Nissan’s home event.

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DARREN LAW TO JOIN CP RACING FOR 24H BARCELONA

August 27, 2019 RNW Staff

Darren Law, former full time driver and now program manager and team owner at Flying Lizard Motorsports, will return to the driver’s seat this weekend for the 24H Barcelona with CP Racing. Replacing Shane Lewis, Law will race in the No. 85 Mercedes AMG GT3, alongside Charles Putman, Charles Espenlaub, and Joe Foster in the A6-AM class.

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TOYOTA GAZOO RACING BEGINS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENCE

August 26, 2019 RNW Staff

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing returns to action for the last season of the iconic TS050 HYBRID car, which features eight races on four continents and concludes at La Sarthe on 14 June 2020.. For the start of its fourth and final season, the TS050 HYBRIDs will compete in high-downforce specification, giving a race debut to the […]

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MERCEDES-AMG TEAM CRAFT-BAMBOO RACING FINISH P4 IN THE SUZUKA 10 HOURS AFTER FLAWLESS TEAM EFFORT

August 26, 2019 RNW Staff

Going into the Suzuka 10 Hours weekend, the team were optimistic of a strong result despite it being Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing crews’ first endurance race with the Mercedes-AMG GT3. Factory Mercedes-AMG drivers Maximilian Götz, Luca Stolz and Yelmer Buurman were drafted in to give the team a best possible chance at fighting at the front. Despite limited dry running all weekend, the team’s preparation and focus meant that after a hard-fought 10 hour race which saw no mistakes and a great team effort, Craft-Bamboo Racing finished in 4th position, just missing out on a podium spot by 3 seconds at the end.

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PAUL MILLER RACING FAST BUT UNLUCKY AT VIR

August 26, 2019 RNW Staff

Paul Miller Racing has its sights set on the penultimate round of the championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca after a frustrating day at VIRginia International Raceway.

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WEATHERTEC RACING FINISHES THIRD AT VIR

August 26, 2019 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland) finished third today in GTD at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin SportsCar GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway (VIR).

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SIXTH IMSA WIN AT ROUND NINE FOR THE PORSCHE GT TEAM

August 26, 2019 RNW Staff

With a one-two result, Porsche continues its winning streak in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. At the third to last race of the season, Patrick Pilet (France) and Nick Tandy (Great Britain) crossed the finish line in the Porsche 911 RSR as the overall winners. Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) and Earl Bamber (New Zealand) finished second driving the number 912 sister car and, thanks to their victories Long Beach, Mid-Ohio, and Canada’s Bowmanville, continue to hold the lead. The winners of the rounds at Sebring and Watkins Glen, Pilet and Tandy, managed to reduce the gap with their third win to eleven points in the drivers’ classification. In the GTLM class, Porsche also holds a clear lead the manufacturers’ classification with 304 points.

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HARD WORK BRINGS PODIUM FINISH FOR MEYER SHANK RACING AT VIR

August 26, 2019 RNW Staff

A weekend that started off leaving Meyer Shank Racing wanting more, ended in the team’s favor after Mario Farnbacher and Trent Hindman brought home a second place finish with the No. 86 AutoNation Acura NSX GT3 at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) on Sunday. The all GT weekend marked the ninth round of GTD competition in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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BMW TEAM RLL FINISHES SEVENTH AND EIGHTH AT VIR

August 26, 2019 RNW Staff

BMW Team RLL had a difficult race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway (USA), ultimately finishing seventh and eighth in the GTLM class. Having finished first and third there last season, the team could not equal the pace of the other GTLM competitors this time. The #96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 finished 11th in the GTD class after an early race incident.

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AUDI SPORT TEAM WRT CLAIM DOMINANT SUZUKA 10 HOURS VICTORY

August 25, 2019 RNW Staff

Audi Sport Team WRT have claimed victory in the penultimate round of 2019’s Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli campaign at the Suzuka 10 Hours this evening thanks to a dominant performance by Kelvin van der Linde, Dries Vanthoor and Frederic Vervisch.

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DIFFICULT SUZUKA 10 HOURS FOR FERRARI

August 25, 2019 RNW Staff

The second edition of the Suzuka 10 Hours, the fifth round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, ended with the Ferrari of Car Guy Racing placed just outside the top ten.

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PORSCHE ON THE SUZUKA 10 HOURS PODIUM AFTER STONG CHARGE THROUGH THE FIELD

August 25, 2019 RNW Staff

Porsche has finished the ten-hour race at Suzuka (Japan) on the podium. Dirk Werner (Germany), Matt Campbell (Australia) and Dennis Olsen (Norway) mounted a charge back up the order that ultimately netted them third place at the flag. Putting in a flawless drive, the pilots of the number 912 car fielded by Absolute Racing were able to make up places thanks to the tactics of their team. Japan’s Team LM corsa celebrated a podium finish in the Pro-Am category.

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FIFTH PLACE FOR BMW TEAM SCHNITZER AT THE SUZUKA 10 HOURS

August 25, 2019 RNW Staff

The BMW Team Schnitzer just missed out on the first podium finish of the season in the penultimate race of the Intercontinental GT Challenge season, the Suzuka 10 Hours (JPN). After Augusto Farfus (BRA) had secured pole position on Saturday in the #42 BMW M6 GT3, he and his team-mates Martin Tomczyk (GER) and Nick Yelloly (GBR) were involved in the battle for the podium for long periods. The trio completed the race in fifth place after 275 laps.

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CLEAR SKIES AHEAD FOR PAUL MILLER RACING’S VIR ASSAULT

August 25, 2019 RNW Staff

After a rainy day at VIRginia International Raceway for final practice and qualifying, Paul Miller Racing duo Corey Lewis and Bryan Sellers are expecting clear skies for tomorrow’s latest round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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HEINRICHER RACING QUALIFIES FIFTH AT VIR

August 25, 2019 RNW Staff

Making her North American racing debut, Alice Powell placed the Heinricher Racing No. 57 Caterpillar Acura NSX GT3 with Meyer Shank Racing on the third row for Sunday’s Michelin GT Challenge.

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BMW TEAM RLL QUALIFIES 7th AND 8th AT VIR

August 25, 2019 RNW Staff

BMW Team RLL will start from the seventh and eighth GTLM class positions in tomorrow’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin GT Challenge at VIR. With a lap of 1:41.703 minutes around the 3.27-mile, 17-turn Virginia International Raceway, John Edwards qualified the No. 24 BMW M8 GTE seventh – 1.073 seconds from the pole sitting No. 912 Porsche 911 RSR. Connor De Phillippi, the winner of this race last year (along with Alexander Sims), qualified the No. 25 BMW M8 GTE in the eighth spot with a 1:41.772 minute lap. Edwards will share the No. 24 machine with Jesse Krohn, the duo finishing third here in 2018. De Phillippi will co-drive with Tom Blomqvist in the No. 25 M8.

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PORSCHE GT TEAM ON IMSA POLE IN VIRGINIA

August 25, 2019 RNW Staff

Track conditions proved to be difficult at the qualifying for the ninth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. With the surface drying up slowly after a rain shower, the Porsche GT Team claimed the first and sixth spot on the starting grid during the 15-minute qualifying. Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) lapped the 5.263 kilometre circuit with the ca. 510 hp Porsche 911 RSR in 1:40.630 minutes and secured pole position for the team. Nick Tandy (Great Britain) put the vehicle with starting number 911 on sixth. Vanthoor’s pole position is the fifth for the Porsche GT Team so far this season.

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