Team Panoz Racing kicked off its 2018 PWC GTS Championship campaign this weekend at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg with drivers Ian James and Preston Calvert showing solid pace in the Nos. 50 and 51 Panoz Avezzano GT race cars.
In an exciting new homage, this summer’s Silverstone Classic (20-22 July) will honour the famous 24 Hours of Daytona with Saturday evening’s three retro sports car showdowns all celebrating the history of America’s legendary endurance race under the ‘Daytona at Dusk’ banner.
After making a noteworthy debut at Daytona with a pair of brand-new Mercedes-AMG GT4 machines, TeamTGM is prepared and ready to go for the second race of the 2018 IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge season with Friday’s two-hour Alan Jay Automotive Network 120 at Sebring International Raceway.
TR Motorsport has a proud history of nurturing young driving talent and has developed the careers of several drivers over the years helping them to realise their motorsport dreams, not only in Thailand but also throughout the world. Recent success stories from the TR Motorsport development program are Sandy Stuvik and Jack Lemvard who have both now become professional racing drivers.
With a new team running the program, a radically changed Mazda RT-24P and a new driver lineup, hopes for Mazda Team Joest were high for the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the first round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Things unfortunately didn’t go as planned, but the team has regrouped, continued testing and expects to be ready for the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 17.
Phil Hanson starts the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday (17 Mar) eager to add his name to the historic race’s impressive Roll of Honour. The 18-year-old Briton shares the United Autosports Ligier JS P217 LMP2 sports-prototype with ex-Formula 1 and DTM champion Paul Di Resta (GB) plus Alex Brundle (GB) in the Florida race being run for the 66th time.
The Pirelli World Challenge debut of the Callaway Competition USA Corvette C7 GT3-R was hailed a success on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida on Sunday afternoon. Driver Daniel Keilwitz earned a top five finish and a second place finish during the double header, moving him to second position in the championship standings.
Blancpain GT Series competitors will undertake final preparations for the 2018 season at Circuit Paul Ricard (13/14 March). Running is scheduled to begin on Tuesday at 09:00 CET with a four-hour morning session. The afternoon session will start at 14:00, concluding at 17:00. Wednesday’s running will follow the same schedule. Both days will be covered […]
Flying Lizard Motorsports closed out their first race weekend of the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge season Sunday morning, leaving the Grand Prix of St Petersburg with a podium and an additional top five finish.
By PWC Series Staff Lawson Aschenbach Records Double Wins at St Pete GTS Openers; 5-time Pirelli World Challenge Champion Strong in Chevy Camaro Top 6 Finishes in 6 Different Makes in Round 2 Sunday ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Veteran Lawson Aschenbach of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., took the advantage in turn one Sunday and held […]
This coming week, the BMW M8 GTE will complete its final endurance test at Aragón (ESP) ahead of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) official prologue which takes place at Le Castellet (FRA) on 7th April. This will be the first time that the BMW M8 GTE will meet the GTE Pro class rivals that will … Continue reading → ...
Red Camel-Jordans.nl (#303, Ivo Breukers / Rik Breukers / Konstantins Calko) has won a frenetic opening round of the 2018 European Championship at Silverstone in the UK, an event heavily affected by changeable weather and track temperatures. Having already competed in the GT and PROTO-exclusive 12-hour race earlier in the weekend, Rik Breukers took the … Continue reading → ...
Spaniard Tutumlu delivered another strong performance despite his Silverstone 12-hour race came to an early end following clutch issues in his Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS.
The Simpson Motorsport Ginetta G57 (#4, Steve Tandy / Bob Berridge / Mike Simpson / Charlie Robertson) has claimed victory in the PROTO division at the first-ever Hankook 12H SILVERSTONE after a fighting drive, while the ROFGO Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#31, Roald Goethe / Stuart Hall / Daniel Brown) has secured overall GT honours. Simpson … Continue reading → ...
By PWC Series Staff Pirelli World Challenge Announces Live Video Streaming Format through World-Challenge.com Worldwide Live Viewing Ability for All 2018 PWC Races AUSTIN, Tex. – WC Vision, producer of the Pirelli World Challenge road racing series, announced that its live video streaming format in 2018 will be produced through its World-Challenge.com website. All […]
NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing (#175, Gijs Bessem / Harry Hilders / Ronny Jost / Fabian Danz) currently leads the 2018 Hankook 24H SILVERSTONE after a weather-affected opening few hours. The Dutch-based outfit had qualified 7th fastest of the TCR runners, but smooth running around the 5.891km Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit during tricky opening … Continue reading → ...