MEYER SHANK RACING ON THE THIRD ROW FOR THE TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING
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
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.
PORSCHE TACKLES THE SEBRING 12 HOUR FROM POLE POSITION
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.
WEATHERTECH RACING TO START NINTH AND TENTH AT SEBRING
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.
VAN BERLO SWEEPS PORSCHE CARRERA CUP NORTH AMERICA AT SEBRING
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.
PORSCHE SCORES TENTH STRAIGHT WEC POLE POSITION
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.
NAGAI AND KAMIMURA RETURN FOR JAPAN CUP ASSAULT WITH PORSCHE
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.
PETER KYLE- HENNEY MAKES PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB RETURN WITH TORO VERDE GT
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.
VAN BERLO, CASTRO AND KVAMME EARN CLASS POLE POSITIONS FOR PORSCHE CARRERA CUP NORTH AMERICA SEBRING OPENER
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.
KCMG RETURN TO NÜRBURGRING 24 HOURS AND SELECTED NLS ROUNDS IN 2022
KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) is set to return to the demanding Nordschleife for the opening three rounds of the 2022 Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie (NLS), ahead of the gruelling ADAC TotalEnergies Nürburgring 24 Hours.
BMW M MOTORSPORT TEAMS WITH A FOUR-STRONG M4 GT3 CONTINGENT AT THE SEBRING 12 ENDURANCE CLASSIC
The 70th staging of the 12 Hours of Sebring (USA) this weekend represents the next endurance classic in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The BMW M Motorsport teams compete with a strong contingent of four new BMW M4 GT3s. BMW M Team RLL will field two cars in the GTD-PRO class. As well as Turner Motorsport, Paul Miller Racing will also run BMW M Motorsport’s new GT3 flagship in the GTD class.
ERA MOTORSPORT SEEKS CONTINUED SUCCESS AT SEBRING
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship LMP2 class team Era Motorsport heads to Sebring International Raceway for the legendary Twelve Hours of Sebring, the second round in the 2022 championship. The Era Motorsport trio of Dwight Merriman, Ryan Dalziel, and Kyle Tilley will again pilot the No. 18 Oreca LPM2 car, eager to return to the podium and better last year’s second-place finish.
TWO CAR PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB ENTRY FOR TEAM REDLINE RACING
Following a title-winning first season together last year, Team Redline Racing will host an expanded two car entry from Duckhams Yuasa Racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB this season, with Adam Smalley and Oliver White behind the wheel.
WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS AIMS TO CONTINUE SEBRING STREAK WITH MOMENTUM FROM ROLEX WIN
Following a monumental race win at the prestigious Rolex 24 At Daytona, this weekend Wright Motorsports heads into the next round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: the Twelve Hours of Sebring. The Porsche customer racing team leads the GTD class points in both the team and driver standings after securing the biggest win in the team’s history to date. The Rolex 24-winning drivers Ryan Hardwick, Jan Heylen, and Zacharie Robichon will pilot the No. 16 Porsche. The John Wright-owned operation is determined to maintain the team’s 2022 success, as well as continue the two-year podium streak the team holds at Sebring International Raceway.
UNITED AUTOSPORTS IMSA LMP2 TEAM PREPARE FOR 12 HOURS OF SEBRING
United Autosports are preparing for the 70th annual 12 Hours of Sebring this weekend, the second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
PORSCHE CUSTOMER TEAMS AIM FOR CLASS VICTORIES AT THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING
Porsche customer teams head to the 12 Hours of Sebring as the leaders of the GTD-Pro and GTD classes. Four Porsche 911 GT3 R racing cars will tackle round two of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Pfaff Motorsports and WeatherTech Racing will contest the GTD-Pro category. Wright Motorsports and the Hardpoint squad have entered their 500+PS nine-elevens in the GTD class. The 70th running of the endurance classic in the US state of Florida counts towards the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup, which also includes the races at Daytona, Watkins Glen and Road Atlanta.
CETILAR RACING HEADS TO SEBRING FOR IMSA TWELVE HOURS
Team Cetilar Racing is set for its first appearance at the Twelve Hours of Sebring as the 3.74-mile track in Florida hosts this coming weekend (18/19 March) the second out of four IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup rounds.
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING HOPES TO RETURN TO WINNER’S CIRCLE IN THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING
In 2019, Whelen Engineering/Action Express Racing won the 12 Hours of Sebring. Coming off the team’s Championship season from a year ago, drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil), Tristan Nunez (Boynton Beach, Fla.) and Mike Conway (Great Britain) look to return to the winner’s circle in this year’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Twelve Hours of Sebring March 16-19 at Sebring International Raceway.
ASTON MARTIN BIDS FOR GLORY AS 2022 FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS WITH SEBRING DOUBLE BILL
No less than six Aston Martin Vantage GT race cars will contest two of the biggest endurance races on the international motorsport calendar this weekend as the world-famous Sebring International Raceway plays host to the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship – the 1000 Miles of Sebring – on Friday, followed by the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship blue riband race – the Sebring 12 Hours – the next day.
WEATHERTECH RACING PORSCHE READY FOR SEBRING
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill), Julien Andlauer (France), and Alessio Picariello (Belgium) are ready for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Twelve Hours of Sebring to run March 16-19.
