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Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS history was made at Suzuka today when Comet Racing’s Yusuke Yamasaki and Yorikatsu Tsujiko became the first Am crew to win a race outright, while Honda also scored its first-ever series victory.

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COZZOLINO’S SLICK WORK HELPS CARGUY AND KIMURA CLEAN UP IN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA AT SUZUKA

July 16, 2022 RNW Staff

Kei Cozzolino staged quite possibly the greatest stint in Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS history en route to a sensational victory in Race 1 at Suzuka earlier today after the Ferrari he shares with Takeshi Kimura made up 60 seconds and 12 positions over the final 30 minutes.

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WEATHERTECH RACING TO START FROM THE FIFTH ROW AT LIME ROCK

July 16, 2022 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill) and Jules Gounon (France) will start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship FCP Euro Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park from the fifth row tomorrow.

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PAUL MILLER RACING ROLLING OFF SEVENTH AT LIME ROCK

July 16, 2022 RNW Staff

The Paul Miller Racing team will be hoping for some help tomorrow at Lime Rock Park, with the No. 1 Quartz Engine Oil-backed BMW M4 GT3 qualifying seventh.

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QUALIFYING WAS NO WALK IN THE PARK AT LIME ROCK FOR BMW M TEAM RLL

July 16, 2022 RNW Staff

Connor De Phillippi qualified the No. 25 BMW M Team RLL BMW M4 GT3 third in the GTD PRO class but following a failure of post-qualifying technical inspection will start at the rear of the 15-car GT class field in tomorrow’s two-hour-and-forty-minute Northeast Grand Prix. De Phillippi posted a 51.227- minute lap around the 1.5-mile, 7-turn Lime Rock Park circuit, only .148 seconds behind the pole-sitting No. 9 Porsche 911 GT3R. The BMW was moved to the rear of the field for failing to meet the minimum ride height. De Phillippi will co-drive with John Edwards tomorrow. The pair stands sixth 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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PAUL MILLER RACING BACK TO THE BULLRING AT LIME ROCK PARK

July 15, 2022 RNW Staff

The Paul Miller Racing team is headed to the shortest circuit on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship calendar—and the home race for the Paul Miller Auto Group—Lime Rock Park.

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AUDI IS AIMING FOR THE FIFTH VICTORY OF THE R8 LMS AT SPA

July 14, 2022 RNW Staff

Audi Sport customer racing wants to continue its winning streak at the 74th edition of the Spa 24 Hours, from July 28 to 31. The goal: The R8 LMS is already aiming for its third overall 24-hour victory this year. In addition, valuable points and decisive championship positions in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS are at stake for drivers and teams in various classes. No less than twelve Audi R8 LMS entries are set to compete in the world’s biggest GT3 race in the Belgian Ardennes.

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WEATHERTECH RACING READY FOR LIME ROCK PARK

July 12, 2022 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill) and Jules Gounon (France) are headed to Lime Rock Park for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship FCP Euro Northeast Grand Prix to run July 15-16.

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BMW M TEAM RLL LOOKING FOR A TURN AROUND AT LIME ROCK PARK

July 12, 2022 RNW Staff

BMW M Team RLL will look to change its recent spate of bad luck at this weekend’s FCP Euro Northeast Grand Prix, at Lime Rock Park, in Lakeville, Conn. The last two rounds of the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship have seen the No. 25 MOTUL BMW M4 GT3 disqualified from a win at Watkins Glen International and suffer an uncompetitive fifth place finish at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

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UNITED CLAIM FIFTH PLACE IN MONZA AFTER UNLUCKY BREAKS ROB THEM OF PODIUMS

July 11, 2022 RNW Staff

United Autosports finished fifth in the 6 Hours of Monza today (10 Jul) – unlucky breaks robbing the US-flagged team’s pair of ORECAs of likely podium finishes. Alex Lynn/Oliver Jarvis/Josh Pierson swept their #23 ORECA from the very back of the field earning United its fifth FIA World Endurance Championship LMP2 top-six result of the season.

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DOUBLE MONZA PODIUM FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING

July 11, 2022 RNW Staff

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing earned a dramatic double podium finish in the 6 Hours of Monza after an exciting but ultimately frustrating fourth round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

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SUZUKA AND FUJI PRIMED FOR INAUGURAL JAPAN CUP EVENTS

July 11, 2022 RNW Staff

The first of back-to-back Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS events takes place this weekend at Suzuka International Circuit where 17 of the 25 entries will also contest the all-new Fanatec Japan Cup.

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DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING WINS THE 6 HOURS OF MONZA GTE-Am CLASS

July 10, 2022 RNW Staff

The Porsche 911 RSR fielded by Dempsey-Proton Racing has won the GTE-Am class at the six-hour race of the FIA WEC in Monza. In the No. 77 car, team owner Christian Ried and the two UK drivers Sebastian Priaulx and Harry Tincknell beat the opposition over the line. In the GTE-Pro class, the two works cars took the flag in positions four and five.

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BEST PORSCHE 911 RSR TACKLES MONZA TEMPLE OF SPEED FROM THE SECOND GRID ROW

July 9, 2022 RNW Staff

The best Porsche 911 RSR in the GTE-Pro class tackles the six-hour race in Monza (Italy) from position four. At the wheel of the No. 91 car, local hero Gianmaria Bruni was 0.220-seconds faster than his brand colleague Michael Christensen (Denmark). In the GTE-Am category, Christian Ried planted the No. 77 car fielded by Dempsey-Proton Racing on the third grid spot.

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14 MERCEDES-AMG GT3’S WITH HIGH CLASS LINE-UPS TO COMPETE IN THE 24 HOURS OF SPA

July 7, 2022 RNW Staff

From 28th till 31st July, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in the Belgian Ardennes once again serves as the venue for the legendary TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa. This year, the entry list for the world’s biggest GT3 race includes 66 cars from nine renowned manufacturers, competing in five different classes. Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing aims at the maximum in all the various categories during the 74th running of the endurance racing highlights and is therefore entering an accordingly impressive line-up with 14 Mercedes-AMG GT3s for the race. The Mercedes-AMG Teams AKKODIS ASP, GetSpeed and GruppeM are racing in the Pro category in the prestigious 24-hour event and will receive extended works support from Affalterbach to do so.

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PORSCHE AIMS TO REPEAT LAST YEAR’S WEC WIN AT THE TEMPLE OF SPEED AT MONZA

July 6, 2022 RNW Staff

Porsche travels to round four of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC in Monza leading the series. The factory squad is determined to repeat last year’s victory in Italy. The clear goal this year is to claim the world championship title for the Porsche 911 RSR’s swan-song season in the GTE-Pro class.

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ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE PARTNER TEAMS RESUME WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE AT MONZA

July 5, 2022 RNW Staff

The Aston Martin Vantage GTE returns to the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship [WEC] fray as the series resumes with the 6 Hours of Monza this weekend, following Aston Martin’s glorious GTE Am victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with TF Sport in June.

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UNITED AUTOSPORTS SECOND IN WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP AND GOING FOR GOLD

July 5, 2022 RNW Staff

United Autosports are preparing for round four of the 2022 World Endurance Championship at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

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PODIUM HAUL FOR B-QUIK ABSOLUTE RACING AT THE BANGSAEN GRAND PRIX

July 5, 2022 RNW Staff

B-Quik Absolute Racing emerged with a hat full of podium finishes as Thailand Super Series (TSS) 2022 kicked off last weekend with the Bangsaen Grand Prix, the iconic race finally returning after a three-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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PODIUM FINISH FOR WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING AT CTMP

July 4, 2022 RNW Staff

Whelen Engineering Cadillac drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Olivier Pla (France) finished third in Sunday’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Chevrolet Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

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