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THE BMW M HYBRID V8 TO ENTER THE NEXT PHASE OF TESTING IN THE USA

September 2, 2022 RNW Staff

Since its roll-out on 25th July at Varano de‘ Melegari (ITA), the BMW M Hybrid V8 has got important kilometres under its belt during a number of tests at European racetracks. BMW M Motorsport engineers have obtained valuable basic data and sorted out any initial teething troubles. The result is a good basis on which to further intensify preparations of the car in the USA from September, ahead of the start of the season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Daytona (USA) in January 2023.

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The Classic enjoys the Bank Holiday Weekend

August 30, 2022 Michael widdowson

The Classic enjoys the Bank Holiday Weekend sunshine as the move to a new date proves a massive hit with fans and drivers.

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GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES READY TO BREAK NEW GROUND AT HOCKENHEIM

August 30, 2022 RNW Staff

A near-capacity field will roar into Germany for the GT4 European Series’ first-ever visit to the Hockenheimring this weekend as the season enters crunch time for the championship contenders.

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MEYER SHANK RACING RETAINS BLOMQVIST FOR 2023 ACURA LMDh PROGRAM

August 29, 2022 RNW Staff

Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) has continued to prepare for the debut season of LMDh competition in 2023, and is pleased to announce that Tom Blomqvist has been retained to drive the No. 60 Acura ARX-06 LMDh entry for the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.

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WINNING WEEKEND FOR B-QUIK ABSOLUTE RACING AS THAILAND SUPER SERIES VISITS BURIRAM

August 29, 2022 RNW Staff

An amazing weekend for B-Quik Absolute Racing at Chang International Circuit in the second round of Thailand Super Series 2022, which we capped off with a superb 1-2 finish in last Sunday’s Super Car GT3 Race 2, our all-Australian line up of Daniel Bilski and Philip Massoud in the #27 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo 2 bouncing straight back after a torrid Race 1 the previous day to lead home the sister #25 Audi shared by Sandy Stuvik and Akash Nandy, the Thai-Malaysian pairing making it an impressive two runner up finishes from the two races.

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WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES SIXTH AT VIR

August 29, 2022 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill) and Jules Gounon (France) finished sixth in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway (VIR).

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PAUL MILLER RACING FINISHES IMSA SPRINT CUP SEASON WITH A PODIUM

August 29, 2022 RNW Staff

The No. 1 Quartz Engine Oil-backed Paul Miller Racing team closed out the IMSA Sprint Cup season with a third place finish at VIRginia International Raceway.

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BMW M TEAM RLL FINISHES FIFTH IN GTD PRO AT VIR

August 29, 2022 RNW Staff

The No. 25 BMW M Team RLL BMW M4 GT3 finished fifth in the GTD PRO class in today’s two-hour-and-forty-minute Michelin GT Challenge at VIR, the result not indicative of the team displaying a much more competitive day than shown in the last few rounds of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Connor De Phillippi and John Edwards completed 86 laps around the beautiful 3.27-mile, 18-turn VIRginia International Raceway, finishing 54 seconds behind the class winning Porsche 911 GT3R. Ultimately, a costly delay for a bad wheel nut on the final pit stop cost valuable seconds that extinguished a chance at the podium.

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CALSONIC IMPUL Z SCORES A GRAND COME-FROM-BEHIND SUPER GT WIN AT SUZUKA

August 28, 2022 RNW Staff

The FUJIMAKI GROUP SUZUKA GT 450km RACE, Round 5 of the 2022 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series took place at Suzuka Circuit (1 lap 5,807m) in Mie Prefecture on August 28 (Sun.).In the GT500 class, the No. 12 CALSONIC IMPUL Z (Kazuki Hiramine/Bertrand Baguette) started from the last position of 15th on the staring grid to charge ahead in magnificent style and take the win. In the GT300 class, the No. 4 GOODSMILE HATSUNE MIKU AMG (Nobuteru Taniguchi/Tatsuya Kataoka) executed a skillful race strategy to take its first win in five years.

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LUCA STOLZ WINS IN THE DTM FOR THE FIRST TIME

August 28, 2022 RNW Staff

The second DTM gala at Nürburgring: following the first-ever 1-2 for brother pairing Sheldon and Kelvin van der Linde in DTM history on Saturday, Luca Stolz scored his maiden win in the long-standing series on Sunday. The 27-year-old, living in Brachbach in the German Westerwald region, secured a much-celebrated home win in the DTM […]

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WEATHERTECH RACING TO START ON FIFTH ROW AT VIR

August 28, 2022 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill) and Jules Gounon (France) will start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin GT Challenge from the fifth row in GTD today.

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THIRD PLACE START FOR PAUL MILLER RACING AT VIR

August 28, 2022 RNW Staff

Madison Snow and the Paul Miller Racing team notched a second-row start for the Michelin GT Challenge at VIRginia International Raceway.

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BMW M TEAM RLL TO START FOURTH IN GTD PRO AT VIR

August 28, 2022 RNW Staff

Connor De Phillippi qualified the No. 25 MOTUL BMW M Team RLL BMW M4 GT3 fourth in the GTD PRO class for tomorrow’s two-hour-and-forty-minute Michelin GT Challenge at VIR race. De Phillippi recorded a 1:44.791- minute lap around the 3.27-mile, 18-turn VIRginia International Raceway circuit. The Californian will share the car tomorrow with John Edwards. The pair stands fifth in GTD PRO class driver point standings with a season’s-best third place finish at Laguna Seca earlier this year.

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THE FIRST SUPER GT POLE POSITION FOR THE NEW Z CAR GOES TO THE MOTUL AUTECH Z AT SUZUKA

August 27, 2022 RNW Staff

The qualifying for the FUJIMAKI GROUP SUZUKA GT 450km RACE, Round 5 of the 2022 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series took place at Suzuka circuit (1 lap 5,807m) in Mie Prefecture on August 27 (Sat.). In the GT500 class, Quintarelli in the No. 23 MOTUL AUTECH Z (Tsugio Matsuda/Ronnie Quintarelli) took the first pole position for the new Nissan Z and his first since 2019. In the GT300 class, Okusa in the No. 10 TANAX GAINER GT-R (Ryuichiro Tomita/Riki Okusa/Yusuke Shiotsu) won the class pole position for the first time.

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE KICKS OF DECISIVE PART OF THE SEASON WITH MAIDEN VISIT TO HOCKENHEIM

August 26, 2022 RNW Staff

Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS will launch the final phase of its 2022 season next weekend (2-4 September) with a maiden appearance at historic German venue Hockenheim.

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PAUL MILLER RACING READY FOR FINAL SPRINT RACE OF 2022

August 25, 2022 RNW Staff

The Paul Miller Racing team is ready to wrap up the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sprint Cup, as they roll into VIRginia International Raceway as champions-elect for the title.

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BMW M TEAM RLL READY FOR VIR

August 23, 2022 RNW Staff

BMW M Team RLL will race at VIRginia International Raceway, in Alton, Va., this weekend in the Michelin GT Challenge at VIR, the second GT class-only race of the season after Lime Rock Park and the penultimate event of the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar season. An 18-car GTD and GTD PRO field is entered.

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WEATHERTECH RACING HEADS TO VIR

August 23, 2022 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill) and Jules Gounon (France) are headed to Virginia International Raceway for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin GT Challenge to run Aug. 26-28.

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B-QUIK ABSOLUTE RACING READY FOR ACTION AS THAILAND SUPER SERIES HEADS TO BURIRAM FOR ROUND 2

August 23, 2022 RNW Staff

B-Quik Absolute Racing is headed for Buriram’s Chang International Circuit this week for Round 2 of Thailand Super Series (TSS) 2022 with an unchanged line up across our four-car entry of Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo 2 racecars in the headlining Super Car GT3 category plus a brace of cars in Super Car GTC and further entries across the supporting categories.

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RENE RAST TO DRIVE FOR BMW M MOTORSPORT IN 2023

August 22, 2022 RNW Staff

A big name is set to join the squad of drivers at BMW M Motorsport in 2023: René Rast (GER) will be in action at the wheel of BMW M racing cars from next season. A host of opportunities to go racing await the three-time DTM champion and winner of the 24-hour races at Spa-Francorchamps (BEL) and the Nürburgring (GER). Details of which cars, series and individual events Rast will race in will be announced together with the programmes of all other BMW M works drivers.

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