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ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE CLAIMS FIRST SEBRING WIN AND MILESTONE 50th FIA WEC VICTORY

March 21, 2022 RNW Staff

The Aston Martin Vantage claimed a glorious GTE-Am class one-two finish and a maiden Sebring success at the opening round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship in a dramatic, weather-shortened, 1000 Miles of Sebring on Friday.

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ERA MOTORSPORT RETURNS TO THE PODIUM IN CHALLENGING SEBRING TWELVE HOUR

March 21, 2022 RNW Staff

Era Motorsport returned to the podium at Sebring International Raceway for the second consecutive year on Saturday evening, braving hot temperatures to finish third place at the always challenging Twelve Hours of Sebring. Drivers Dwight Merriman, Ryan Dalziel, and Kyle Tilley raced all twelve hours of the second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship without air conditioning in the No. 18 Oreca, surviving a calamity-filled race to earn their first podium of the 2022 season.

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JAPANESE TEAMS COMET AND GTO CONFIRM GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA ENTRIES

March 21, 2022 RNW Staff

Two more Japanese teams – Comet Racing and GTO Racing Team – have confirmed plans to contest this year’s Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS campaign.

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WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS REBOUNDS FROM EARLY RACE CHALLENGE FOR TOP TEN SEBRING FINISH

March 20, 2022 RNW Staff

The Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday was a character-building race for Wright Motorsports. The Ohio-based team managed to rebound from an early-race setback to earn a top-ten finish in the No. 16 Porsche 911 GT3 R. After twelve punishing hours at the Sebring, Florida raceway, drivers Ryan Hardwick, Jan Heylen, and Zacharie Robichon brought the car home in tenth-place.

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MEYER SHANK RACING SETTLES FOR FIFTH IN HARD-FOUGHT SEBRING 12 HOUR

March 20, 2022 RNW Staff

In the fight for a podium position for the entire race, Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) had to settle for fifth in Saturday’s Twelve Hours of Sebring, Round 2 of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING FINISHES THIRD IN 70th TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

March 20, 2022 RNW Staff

Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil), Tristan Nunez (Boynton Beach, Fla.) and Mike Conway (Great Britain) captured their first podium finish of the season in Saturday’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Twelve Hours Sebring at Sebring International Raceway.

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ALLY CADILLAC FINISHES SIXTH AT SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

March 20, 2022 RNW Staff

Ally Cadillac drivers Kamui Kobayashi (Japan), Mike Rockenfeller (Germany), and José María López (Argentina) finished sixth the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring at Sebring International Raceway.

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UNITED AUTOSPORTS DELIVER FAULTLESS DRIVE IN THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING

March 20, 2022 RNW Staff

United Autosports crossed the line fifth in the LMP2 class today at the 70th Anniversary Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring International WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race.

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SEBRING PODIUM FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING

March 19, 2022 RNW Staff

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing started the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with a podium finish from an eventful and ultimately frustrating 1000 Miles of Sebring, which finished early due to a thunderstorm.

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PORSCHE WINS THE GTE-PRO CLASS AT THE WEC SEASON OPENER AT SEBRING

March 19, 2022 RNW Staff

The Porsche GT Team has kicked off the new season of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with a victory at the Sebring International Raceway. Michael Christensen from Denmark and Frenchman Kévin Estre won the GTE-Pro class at the 1,000-mile race in the US state of Florida ahead of the Corvette crewed by Nick Tandy (Great Britain) and American Tommy Milner. Richard Lietz from Austria and Italy’s Gianmaria Bruni finished third with their ca. 378 kW (515 PS) 911 RSR. The eight-hour WEC race had to be halted and ultimately discontinued a good 60 minutes before the end of the race due to a thunderstorm warning. In the GTE-Am class, American Brendan Iribe and the two British racing drivers Ollie Millroy and Ben Barnicoat finished third with the identical 911 fielded by the Project 1 customer team.

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UNITED AUTOSPORTS WIN IN SEBRING

March 19, 2022 RNW Staff

United Autosports have won the opening round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship at Sebring as Josh Pierson, Oliver Jarvis and Paul Di Resta finished first in the #23 Oreca 07.

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MEYER SHANK RACING ON THE THIRD ROW FOR THE TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

March 18, 2022 RNW Staff

Meyer Shank Racing will start from the outside of the third row for Saturday’s 70th anniversary running of the Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday.

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BMW CUSTOMER RACING TEAMS QUALIFY AT THE SHARP END OF THE SEBRING IMSA GTD FIELD

March 18, 2022 RNW Staff

Proving that it’s all about customer satisfaction, BMW Customer Racing Teams Turner Motorsport and Paul Miller Racing qualified the all-new BMW M4 GT3 in the second and fourth GT Daytona class starting positions for tomorrow’s 70th annual 12 Hours of Sebring.

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PORSCHE TACKLES THE SEBRING 12 HOUR FROM POLE POSITION

March 18, 2022 RNW Staff

The Porsche 911 GT3 R showed its full strength in qualifying for the 12 Hours of Sebring. At the wheel of the No. 16 car fielded by the customer team Wright Motorsports, Zacharie Robichon turned the fastest lap in the GTD class. For the race, the Canadian shares driving duties in the nine-eleven with Jan Heylen from Belgium and Ryan Hardwick from the USA. In January, the trio had won the 24 Hours of Daytona with Porsche works driver Richard Lietz (Austria) and thus took the lead of the championship. The two 911 GT3 R in the GTD-Pro class qualified on positions five and ten.

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WEATHERTECH RACING TO START NINTH AND TENTH AT SEBRING

March 18, 2022 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing will start the 70th running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts from ninth and tenth on the GTD Pro grid.

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VAN BERLO SWEEPS PORSCHE CARRERA CUP NORTH AMERICA AT SEBRING

March 18, 2022 RNW Staff

Kay van Berlo (Netherlands) successfully swept the first two rounds of the 16-race Porsche Carrera Cup North America Presented by the Cayman Islands season. The second-year Pro class driver of the No. 3 Kelly-Moss Road and Race Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car charged from pole position to victory lane in both the 40-minute season-opening rounds today at Sebring International Raceway. Rookie driver Mark Kvamme (Columbus, Ohio) was also a green-to-checkered winner for the Am class in both rounds piloting the No. 43 MDK Motorsports Porsche. Kelly-Moss teammates Alan Metni (Austin, Texas) in the No. 99 and Efrin Castro (Dominican Republic) in the No. 65 split the Pro-Am class victories in Sebring, Florida on March 17.

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PORSCHE SCORES TENTH STRAIGHT WEC POLE POSITION

March 18, 2022 RNW Staff

The Porsche GT Team has locked out the first grid row with the two 911 RSR for the season-opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC. Works driver Michael Christensen turned the fastest qualifying lap in the GTE-Pro class for the 1,000-mile race on the Sebring International Raceway in the US state of Florida. The ca. 378 kW (515 PS) Porsche 911 RSR remains unbeaten after topping the timesheets in a WEC final qualifying session for the tenth time in a row. Christensen shares the No. 91 nine-eleven racer with Frenchman Kévin Estre. In the No. 91 sister car, Gianmaria Bruni posted the second quickest time just 0.15 seconds off the polesitter. This season, the Italian again joins forces with Richard Lietz from Austria. In the GTE-Am class, the American Brendan Iribe set the best time, planting the 911 RSR fielded by the Project 1 team on the third grid spot.

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NAGAI AND KAMIMURA RETURN FOR JAPAN CUP ASSAULT WITH PORSCHE

March 17, 2022 RNW Staff

Hiroaki Nagai, Yuta Kamimura and Porsche Center Okazaki are the latest Japanese GT3 combination to confirm a Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS entry for the coming campaign.

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PETER KYLE- HENNEY MAKES PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB RETURN WITH TORO VERDE GT

March 17, 2022 RNW Staff

Toro Verde GT is very happy to announce that series regular Peter Kyle-Henney will be making his return to the Porsche Carrera Cup GB with the team for the 2022 season, after sitting out the past two seasons.

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VAN BERLO, CASTRO AND KVAMME EARN CLASS POLE POSITIONS FOR PORSCHE CARRERA CUP NORTH AMERICA SEBRING OPENER

March 17, 2022 RNW Staff

Porsche Carrera Cup North America Presented by the Cayman Islands qualifying for the season opening round is complete. Kelly-Moss Road and Race picked-up where it left-off last season earning the overall pole position for Round 1 at Sebring International Raceway with Kay van Berlo (Belgium) taking Pro honors and Pro-Am with 2021 class champion Efrin Castro (Dominican Republic). The new MDK Motorsports program guided Mark Kvamme (Columbus, Ohio) to the top spot in the Am class. The quickest laps for each class will lead the grid of 43 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race cars to the green flag tomorrow, Thursday, March 17, for the 40-minute Race 1 at 9:15 a.m. ET.

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