SILVERSTONE TO CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF GROUP C AT THE CLASSIC
Silverstone will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the legendary Group C sportscar era at The Classic next month (26-28 August).
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GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES TITLE FIGHTS SET TO RAGE AT SPA
The Fanatec GT2 European Series heads into its flagship event of the season, SRO Speed Week at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, with both the Pro-Am and Am class title fights still too close to call going into the second half of the season. The field of 2022 heads to Belgium off the back of an intense third-round […]
THRILLING LAST-TURN, LAST-LAP VICTORY FOR PAUL MILLER RACING AT LIME ROCK
The Paul Miller Racing team added another trophy to their trophy cabinet this weekend, scoring a fantastic last-turn, last-lap victory at Lime Rock Park.
PFAFF MOTORSPORTS EARNS OVERALL WIN AT LIME ROCK
Porsche customer team Pfaff Motorsports won overall at Saturday’s Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park. The victory, the fourth for Porsche in the GTD Pro class and sixth total for the 911 GT3 R race car thus far in the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, came in the all-GT car feature event at the Lakeville, Connecticut race track. This is the first overall win for the German sports car manufacturer this year. Pfaff will have its next chance at the overall win when the second of two GT3-spec only races is run at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR), August 25 – 28.
WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES SEVENTH AT LIME ROCK
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill) and Jules Gounon (France) finished seventh in GTD at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship FCP Euro Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park today.
AM DUO MAKE GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA HISTORY AT SUZUKA
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.
COZZOLINO’S SLICK WORK HELPS CARGUY AND KIMURA CLEAN UP IN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA AT SUZUKA
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.
WEATHERTECH RACING TO START FROM THE FIFTH ROW AT LIME ROCK
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.
PAUL MILLER RACING ROLLING OFF SEVENTH AT LIME ROCK
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.
QUALIFYING WAS NO WALK IN THE PARK AT LIME ROCK FOR BMW M TEAM RLL
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.
PAUL MILLER RACING BACK TO THE BULLRING AT LIME ROCK PARK
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.
AUDI IS AIMING FOR THE FIFTH VICTORY OF THE R8 LMS AT SPA
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.
WEATHERTECH RACING READY FOR LIME ROCK PARK
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.
BMW M TEAM RLL LOOKING FOR A TURN AROUND AT LIME ROCK PARK
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.
UNITED CLAIM FIFTH PLACE IN MONZA AFTER UNLUCKY BREAKS ROB THEM OF PODIUMS
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.
DOUBLE MONZA PODIUM FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
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).
SUZUKA AND FUJI PRIMED FOR INAUGURAL JAPAN CUP EVENTS
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.
DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING WINS THE 6 HOURS OF MONZA GTE-Am CLASS
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.
BEST PORSCHE 911 RSR TACKLES MONZA TEMPLE OF SPEED FROM THE SECOND GRID ROW
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.
14 MERCEDES-AMG GT3’S WITH HIGH CLASS LINE-UPS TO COMPETE IN THE 24 HOURS OF SPA
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.
