WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING AIMS HIGH FOR ROAD ATLANTA
Whelen Engineering Racing will be heading to the season-ending Motul Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta with its usual goal of winning the 10-hour race on Saturday, Oct. 13.
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ROAD ATLANTA FINALE FOR MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING
Mustang Sampling Racing will look to race for the victory in the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season-ending Motul Petit Le Mans, set for Saturday, Oct. 13 at Road Atlanta. Mustang Sampling Racing drivers Filipe Albuquerque and Christian Fittipaldi will be joined by Tristian Vautier for the ten-hour race.
SANTIAGO SET TO RETURN IN SEASON FIVE OF FIA FORMULA E CHAMPIONSHIP
Santiago will once again play host to the ABB FIA Formula E Championship in season five – featuring a new track in the surroundings of Parque O’Higgins for the second running of the Antofagasta Minerals Santiago E-Prix on January 26.
BMW M MOTORSPORT HEADS TO FUJI FOR THE FIRST OF TWO ASIAN WEC ROUNDS
With the first European rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) Super Season complete, BMW Team MTEK is making the 9,500 kilometre journey to the Fuji International Speedway in Japan for the “Six Hours of Fuji”, the first of two rounds in Asia.
KODRIC AND LIND LEAD SEVEN-WAY BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA TITLE SCRAP TO NINGBO SEASON FINALE
Ningbo International Speedpark in south-eastern China plays host to the Blancpain GT Series Asia season finale this weekend (October 13/14) when a total of five championship titles will be decided.
ASTON MARTIN HEADS EAST IN HUNT FOR WEC GLORY
Aston Martin Racing’s new FIA World Endurance Championship challenger – the Vantage GTE – heads East in search of its first podium this weekend, as the Super Season goes racing at Fuji Speedway in Japan.
WEC CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER PORSCHE AIMS FOR PODIUM IN FUJI
The Porsche GT Team is keen to extend its lead in the GTE-Pro category of the FIA World Sports Car Championship WEC. After scoring a double victory at Le Mans, as well as podium finishes at the season-opener in Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium) and Silverstone, Great Britain, Porsche now leads the manufacturers’ and drivers’ classifications. Round four of the 2018 season is contested on the Fuji Speedway in Japan on 14 October. On the tradition-steeped 4.563-kilometre racetrack at the foot of Mount Fuji, the Porsche GT Team fields two ca. 510 hp 911 RSR race cars. Four identical vehicles will be campaigned by customer teams in the GTE-Am category at the fourth race of the 2018/2019 WEC Super Season.
IMSA GTD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE SHOWDOWN IN STORE FOR PAUL MILLER RACING
After ten rounds of racing, the battle for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship has come down to the final event of the season. Paul Miller Racing has led the GTD class points for the last nine races, looking to clinch the championship title in round eleven, Petit Le Mans. In honor of the matte black livery in which the team celebrated their 2014 Petit Le Mans victory, the team will trade in their traditional red, black, and silver colors for a black livery with Lamborghini green highlights, showcasing the sleek body of the No. 48 Huracán GT3.
NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 IN TITLE CONTENTION IN BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA
The KCMG Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 squad enters the final round of the Blancpain GT Series Asia at Ningbo International Speedpark, China this weekend still in the title fight.
TeamTGM READY FOR BATTLE AT ROAD ATLANTA
Just over ten quick months after TeamTGM made its race debut with the all new Mercedes-AMG GT4 platform at Daytona International Speedway, the team heads to the final race of the season this weekend at Road Atlanta in contention for the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar GS Championship.
SHOWDOWN AT SPA AS CREVENTIC EUROPEAN SEASON ENDS WITH 12H SPA
After last year’s successful inaugural edition, the CREVENTIC SERIES powered by Hankook are returning to the world-famous Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Last year’s race was for touring cars only, but this time, GTs will be on track as well as the European championship season for the 24H GT SERIES and the 24H TCE SERIES will come to an end in the Belgian Ardennes. That is setting the stage for a real showdown in the battle for the various titles. Excitement is therefore guaranteed!
PANOZ GTR-1 AND THE DELTAWING ON-TRACK AT PETIT LE MANS
Panoz, LLC. returns to Motul Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, not to race, but to pay tribute to the late Don Panoz. A visionary entrepreneur, Panoz was most famous for reviving North American sports car racing by founding the American Le Mans Series. The series ran its first season in 1999 which included the Petit Le Mans race, but the inaugural Petit Le Mans was in 1998 at the Panoz-owned Road Atlanta. In 1998, after catching the endurance racing bug at Le Mans, Panoz created a partnership with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, the organizers of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and began a 10-hour race in the spirit of Le Mans. For these reasons, there couldn’t be a better track or race to celebrate the significance of Panoz’s racing endeavors and achievements.
PORSCHE GT TEAM FIELDS CARS WITH LEGENDARY DESIGN AT ROAD ATLANTA
Porsche tackles the final round of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2018 in Braselton, Georgia (11 to 13 October) with its cars sporting the historic factory livery from 1998. Painted with the distinctive blue and red-orange stripes, the two Porsche 911 RSR racers evoke memories of the 911 GT1, which scored overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1998. Twenty years ago, an identical model started from pole position in the famous Road Atlanta race. It was at the inaugural running of the event under the name “Petit Le Mans”. Facing Ferrari, BMW, Ford and Chevrolet, the Porsche GT Team now aims to build on those unforgettable successes with the two 510 hp race vehicles from Weissach.
FORD FOCUSED ON MAXIMUM WEC POINTS IN JAPAN
The FIA World Endurance Championship commences the Asian leg of the 2018-19 Super Season this week with the 6 Hours of Fuji, held at Fuji Speedway, south-east of Tokyo.
ROB SEVERS TAKES RACE VICTORY AND GT4 CENTRAL EUROPEAN CUP CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE IN ZANDVOORT
Zandvoort played host to the final race of the GT4 Central European Cup in 2018. With little separating the championship contenders in both the Pro-AM Cup and Am Cup classes, both title battles remained tense right up to the final lap.
ROB SERVERS TAKES RACE VICTORY AND GT4 CENTRAL EUROPEAN CUP CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE IN ZANDVOORT
Zandvoort played host to the final race of the GT4 Central European Cup in 2018. With little separating the championship contenders in both the Pro-AM Cup and Am Cup classes, both title battles remained tense right up to the final lap.
WINNING WEEKEND FOR AUDI IN CHINA
The Chinese lucky number eight proved to be just that today as the #888 Audi R8 LMS GT3 of Audi Sport Asia driver Martin Rump and Chinese talents Bao Jinlong and Yuan Bo took victory from pole in the inaugural SIC888 endurance race in Shanghai. Absolute Racing teammates Adderly Fong, Cheng Congfu and Sun Jingzu crossed the line in second, making it an Audi customer team one-two.
ALLIED RACING TAKE LIGHTS-TO-FLAG GT4 CENTRAL EUROPEAN CUP VICTORY IN ZANDVOORT
After sixty minutes of exciting on-track action, it was Porsche drivers Nicolas Schöll and Rob Severs (#43 Allied Racing) who took a commanding victory in Zandvoort. In the Am Cup class, Polish driver Maciej Marcinkiewicz (#7 eSky WP Racing Team #7) secured the class win and finished third overall.
ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT3 STARS ON NÜRBURGRING DEBUT
The new Aston Martin Vantage GT3 has starred on its debut at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, recording pole position and finishing fourth overall in Round 8 of the VLN Endurance Championship..
SUN SHINES IN SHANGHAI: AUDI SPORT R8 LMS CUP ROUND EIGHT WIN FOR SUN JINGZU
On-form Sun Jingzu of China took his second Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup win of the season today, sweeping to victory in round eight at the Shanghai International Circuit. The Absolute Racing driver did not put a wheel wrong after snatching the lead off the start from pole-sitter and Cup returnee, Alex Au of KCMG. Just over three-tenths of a second behind Sun across the line was The BEND – Motorsport Park’s Yasser Shahin, concluding an impressive Shanghai debut for the Australian.
