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GLOBAL QUEST FOR PORSCHE PENSKE MOTORSPORT WITH THE NEW 963_62b607192fd03.jpeg

The Porsche Penske Motorsport team sends the new Porsche 963 to hunt for overall victories in the world’s greatest endurance races. From 2023, two of the hybrid LMDh-spec prototypes will be fielded in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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BACK TO ENDURANCE RACING FOR PAUL MILLER RACING AT WATKINS GLEN

June 23, 2022 RNW Staff

Paul Miller Racing is going endurance racing yet again, with the No. 1 BMW M4 GT3 machine taking part in this weekend’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen.

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Second win at soaked Silverstone

June 22, 2022 Michael widdowson

Wayne Marrs and Tom Jackson take their second win at a soaked Silverstone.

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24 HOURS OF SPA PREPARATIONS ENTER FINAL PHASE AS CHEQUERED FLAG FALLS ON TEST DAYS

June 22, 2022 RNW Staff

The contenders for the 2022 TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa have completed two days of testing at the revamped Belgian circuit to begin the final phase of preparations for this year’s race. More than 60 cars were present on Tuesday and Wednesday for 16 hours of track action during the two official test days. It […]

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BMW M TEAM RLL READY FOR THE SIX HOURS OF THE GLEN

June 22, 2022 RNW Staff

BMW M Team RLL will be back in action for a fast stretch of three races in four weeks beginning with this weekend’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, at Watkins Glen International. The race is the fifth round of the championship and the third endurance race of the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech Championship season. The […]

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ALLY CADILLAC RETURNS FOR THE SIX HOURS OF THE GLEN

June 21, 2022 RNW Staff

Ally Cadillac drivers Jimmie Johnson (El Cajon, Calif.), Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) and Mike Rockenfeller (Germany) return to IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition for the third endurance race of the 2022 season. The trio are set to do battle in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International June 23-26. The Ally teammates […]

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IMPRESSIVE 65 CAR ENTRY LIST FOR THE 2022 24 HOURS OF SPA

June 21, 2022 RNW Staff

A 65-car field will gather to contest the toughest event in GT3 racing next month when the TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa stages its 74th edition on 28-31 July. The full entry list for the twice-around-the-clock race has been revealed during this week’s official test days (21-22 June) where preparations for the Ardennes classic are […]

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING READY FOR THE SIX HOURS OF WATKINS GLEN

June 21, 2022 RNW Staff

Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil), Olivier Pla (France) and Mike Conway (Great Britain) head to New York state’s Finger Lakes region for this weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen June 23-26 at Watkins Glen International. This will be the third of four endurance races on the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech schedule.

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WEATHERTECH RACING HEADS TO THE GLEN

June 21, 2022 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill), Maro Engel (Germany), and Mikael Grenier (Canada) are ready for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen to run at Watkins Glen International, June 24-26.

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MEYER SHANK RACING TAKES DPi POINTS LEAD TO WATKINS GLEN

June 20, 2022 RNW Staff

Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) returns to Watkins Glen International holding the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship DPi points lead heading into the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen on Sunday, June 26.

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GRT EXTENDS POINTS SCORING STREAK IN SUNDAY’S DTM RACE AT IMOLA

June 20, 2022 RNW Staff

GRT was presented with a challenging Sunday at the Lamborghini home race in Imola. After his spectacular fightback to a podium finish on the previous day, Mirko Bortolotti achieved a hard-fought tenth place in the second race. Clemens Schmid and the Lamborghini factory driver had taken P5 and P10 in qualifying with the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO despite carrying extra weight. In a turbulent race, Mirko Bortolotti’s points result proved to be the maximum for Grasser Racing. In the driver standings, the Italian is in second position after three of eight race weekends. GRT is currently in fourth place in its debut year in the DTM.

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K-PAX RACING SWEEPS VIR

June 20, 2022 RNW Staff

Rounds 5 and 6 of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS took place at VIRginia International Raceway, known to the racing community as “Heaven on Earth”, which translated to “fairytale” in describing the way the weekend ended up going for K-PAX Racing.

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MARCIELLO AND BOGUSLAVSKIY TAKE GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE VICTORY AT ZANDVOORT

June 19, 2022 RNW Staff

Akkodis ASP earned a third Fanatec Sprint victory of 2022 thanks to another perfect team performance from the #89 Mercedes-AMG of Raffaele Marciello and Timur Boguslavskiy in today’s race at Zandvoort.

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FELLER CLAIMS MAIDEN DTM RACE WIN

June 19, 2022 RNW Staff

A lot of action, a lot of overtaking, and two new faces on the DTM podium at the end: 22-year-old Swiss Ricardo Feller claimed the maiden win of his still young DTM career. Following René Rast’s victory on Saturday, it was the second win for the ABT Sportsline Audi team in Imola. Dev Gore finished […]

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K-PAX RACING CAPTURES VICTORY AND DOUBLE PODIUM AT VIR

June 19, 2022 RNW Staff

After a week of testing in extreme heat at VIRginia International Raceway, the weather turned friendly for Saturday’s Round 5 of Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS. The beautiful day was capped off with victory from the pole for Andrea Caldarelli & Michele Beretta, who share the No. 1 K-PAX Racing Lamborghini Huracán […]

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GRT SHINES AT LAMBORGHINI HOME RACE IN THE DTM

June 18, 2022 RNW Staff

Forza GRT! The Austrian Lamborghini team celebrated their best result to date in the legendary racing series in Saturday’s DTM race at Imola. In a fiercely contested heat battle at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Mirko Bortolotti and Clemens Schmid kept their cool until the chequered flag and took third and sixth place. Lamborghini factory driver Mirko Bortolotti made up no less than 13 positions in the field of 28 GT3 cars driving the #63 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO. Clemens Schmid had a strong start into the day with fourth place in qualifying and subsequently scored the first points of his DTM career in the race. In the overall standings, Mirko Bortolotti and Grasser Racing remain in second place.

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WEERTS AND VANTHOOR SEIZE GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIP ADVANTAGE WITH ZANDVOORT VICTORY

June 18, 2022 RNW Staff

Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts are back on top of the Fanatec Sprint standings after the #32 Team WRT Audi crew earned a comfortable victory in the weekend’s opening race at Zandvoort.

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RAST WINS DTM RACE 1 AT IMOLA

June 18, 2022 RNW Staff

René Rast is definitely back in DTM! After a one-year break in the 2021 season and a first podium finish at Lausitzring, the three-time champion secured his first race win after 587 days at Imola. Back then, in November 2020, the German had cemented his third title win at Hockenheim. In the Italian heat with […]

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HOT DTM ACTION IN IMOLA AS NICO MULLER LEADS THE WAY IN FREE PRACTICE

June 17, 2022 RNW Staff

It could hardly have been closer: from the fastest driver of the day, Nico Müller (SUI, Team Rosberg, Audi), down to Canadian Mikaël Grenier, who ended up in 22nd place with the Mercedes-AMG run by the GruppeM Racing team, the lap times of the DTM drivers in second free practice at the 4.909 kilometres long Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola ranged within just one second. With his time of 1m 40.909s, Müller was the only driver to post a sub-1m 41s lap time and thus ended up as the fastest on the practice day of the DTM round in the Emilia Romagna region.

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BMW PRESENTS THE NEW M4 GT4

June 17, 2022 RNW Staff

With the official presentation in the run-up to the SRO race weekend at the VIRginia International Raceway (USA), BMW M Motorsport has rung in the sales phase of the new BMW M4 GT4, which is set to continue its predecessor’s run of success in the internationally established GT4 category as of the 2023 season. The car was on display with the BMW M Motorsport design for the first time on Friday, having previously successfully completed a test race in camouflage livery at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife (GER). The new BMW M4 GT4 goes on sale with plenty of technical highlights. Production is set to start in October 2022, to allow the first cars to be delivered to teams in time for the start of the 2023 season.

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