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Gabriele Piana and Razvan Umbrarescu picked up their first win of the season at the Misano World Circuit after a thrilling race this afternoon. The RN Vision STS drivers made no mistakes to take the top step of the podium. Markus Lungstrass and Hamza Owega won in Pro-Am, with Alessandro Giovanelli and Giuseppe Ghezzi claiming their third consecutive victory.

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GP of Road America PRAC1 Combined Classes

June 22, 2018 RNW Staff

By PWC Series Staff ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Recent 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Michael Christensen of Denmark continued his impressive GT performances Friday at famed Road America by driving the No. 24 Alegra Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R to the top position in the Pirelli World Challenge GT/GTS Practice 1 session. Christensen, winner […]

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K-PAX Racing Enters All-Pro Effort at Road America

June 22, 2018 RNW Staff

Seeking 50th career win in team history

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MEYER SHANK RACING UNVEILS NEW LIVERY

June 22, 2018 RNW Staff

Known to showcase eye catching liveries that quickly become fan favorites, Meyer Shank Racing is continuing its tradition with the striking Fourth of July-themed Acura NSX GT3 for the annual Shalen’s Six Hours of the Glen next weekend.

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THE KESSEL RACING FERRARI 488 GT3 ON TRACK AT MISANO IN THE BLANCPAIN GT SERIES SPRINT CUP

June 22, 2018 RNW Staff

Following back-to-back Endurance Cup events, attention shifts back to short-format Sprint racing when a closely-matched field of 22 cars tackles the 4.2km Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. With little over a month remaining before the 24 Hours of Spa, the meeting takes on added significance by providing teams and drivers with a final chance to flex their competitive muscles before the most important event of the year.

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CORVETTE RACING ENTERS THE 6 HOURS OF SHANGHAI

June 22, 2018 RNW Staff

Chevrolet announced today that Corvette Racing will close its 20th season of competition in grand style by competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) 2018 race in Shanghai. The C7.R race car, which will wear a special Redline livery for the competition, will be the first factory-run Corvette to race in Asia.

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CRAFT-BAMBOO RACING SECURES TWO LE MANS WINNERS FOR SUZUKA 10 HOUR LINE-UP

June 22, 2018 RNW Staff

Craft-Bamboo Racing has secured two recent 24 Hours of Le Mans winners for their Suzuka 10 Hour driver line-up. This announcement comes only five days after Laurens Vanthoor and Kevin Estre took victory in the GTE Pro class at the world famous 24 Hours of Le Mans in the world’s most iconic Porsche, the ‘Pink Pig’. Completing the trio will be young Porsche driver, Mathieu Jaminet, who is best known for his domination of the Porsche Carrera Cup France. Both the team and drivers are solely focused on claiming victory in the ten-hour endurance event which will run from the 24th-26thof August as part of the SRO’s Intercontinental GT Challenge.

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SIX FERRARI CARS ON TRACK AT MISANO IN THE BLANCPAIN GT SPORTS CLUB

June 21, 2018 RNW Staff

Moving from its usual spot as the Blancpain GT Sports Club season-opener, the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli will welcome the grid for round three of the SRO Motorsports Group’s Bronze-only series. The Italian venue has been ever present on the calendar since the inaugural campaign in 2015, when current title challenger Mario Cordoni took a clean sweep of victories, and will welcome 13 drivers across the three classes as the championship closes in on the halfway stage. Five manufacturers will be represented this weekend, including Ferrari that will be represented by six cars.

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TDS RACING AND G-DRIVE RACING APPEAL THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS STEWARDS DECISION

June 21, 2018 RNW Staff

N°26 G-Drive Racing and n°28 TDS Racing have decided to appeal the decisions of the stewards pronounced last Monday after the 24 Hours of Le Mans in front of the FIA International Court of Appeal.

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FALKEN MOTORSPORTS ENTERS BOTH PORSCHE AND BMW IN A FURTHER FOUR VLN ENDURANCE RACES

June 21, 2018 RNW Staff

Falken Motorsports has confirmed it will enter both its BMW and Porsche in a further four of the seven remaining VLN races in the 2018 season. After Falken’s BMW and Porsche both finished the Nürburgring 24 Hours Race in the top 20 last month, the drivers have now set their sights on achieving more success in the German endurance race series.

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RAZVAN UMBRARESCU TO CONTINUE HIS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM AT MISANO

June 21, 2018 RNW Staff

The third stage of the European GT4 series will take place on the Misano-Marco Simoncelli circuit on June 23-24. Răzvan Umbrărescu will be returning this week to the circuit that marked his GT4 debut one year ago. Back then, he claimed the win in the Pro-Am category alongside Gabriele Piana, on a Porsche Cayman entered by RN […]

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HSCC SILVERSTONE INTERNATIONAL TROPHY HISTORIC RACE MEETING PHOTO-SHOOT

June 21, 2018 RNW Staff

On Saturday we attended the HSCC International Trophy historic race meeting at Silverstone. The day started with a walk around the paddock to take a close up look at the cars. After taking some pictures during qualifying we had a quick lunch in the Silverstone Club, and then headed out on track for the afternoons action. We hope you like the pictures.

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Flying Lizard Motorsports Brings Three Car Effort to Elkhart Lake

June 21, 2018 RNW Staff

Road America Preview: Flying Lizard Motorsports Brings Three Car Effort to Elkhart Lake

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CrowdStrike to Host Weekend of Cybersecurity Problem-Solving and Sportscar Racing

June 21, 2018 RNW Staff

By PWC Series Staff Sunnyvale, Calif. — George Kurtz, the co-founder and CEO of cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, is preparing for his next sprint race with the company-branded Audi R8 LMS GT4 in the rolling hills of Wisconsin. From June 22 through 24, Kurtz and CrowdStrike, the Official Cybersecurity Provider of the Pirelli World Challenge (PWC), […]

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Le Mans 2018 Photo’s from Paul Foster

June 21, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

Some great photos from Paul Foster

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SIX HOURS OF THE GLEN – ENTRY LIST NOTEBOOK

June 20, 2018 RNW Staff

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship returns to Watkins Glen International for the sixth round of the 12-race season, the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen on Sunday, July 1. The race also represents the third round of the four-race Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup season.

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ROAD AMERICA IS NEXT FOR 17-YEAR-OLD PARKER CHASE

June 20, 2018 David Martin

After a double podium, including a victory at the most recent Pirelli World Challenge event at Lime Rock Park, Parker Chase will return to the seat this coming weekend at the iconic Road America. Taking place in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Chase will pilot the #19 Vertical Bridge / New Braunfels Convention and Visitors Bureau / ProBalance Protein Water / Music Movement Audi R8 GT3 LMS in his quest to continue the success he has garnered in 2018.

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GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES READY TO TAKE ON MISANO

June 20, 2018 RNW Staff

The GT4 European Series is ready for round three of the 2018 season at the Misano World Circuit this weekend. The grid will be packed again, with 44 cars set to compete on the 4.2 kilometer long track,

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THIRD PLACE ‘LIKE A VICTORY’ FOR MENEZES AFTER ‘MAGICAL’ LE MANS

June 20, 2018 RNW Staff

Gustavo Menezes has described his third-place finish in last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours as ‘like a victory’, after the talented young American led the Rebellion Racing charge in a captivating race full of unexpected twists-and-turns.

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LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE READY TO LIGHT UP THE NIGHT AT MISANO

June 19, 2018 RNW Staff

After 5 years, the Misano circuit will return to host the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe. The third of the six double rounds of the season will take place this weekend (June 23 and 24). After the Monza and Silverstone rounds, the continental series will be back in Italy to present another exciting challenge with a line-up of almost 50 cars and the absolute novelty of the two Saturday’s races taking place at night, in addition to an unusual subdivision that will group into a single line-up the AM and Lamborghini Cup classes and into a different one the PRO and PRO-AM categories.

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