FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS LEAVES A MARK ON INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Sportscar racing team Flying Lizards Motorsports left another mark on both Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) and GT America
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60 CARS HEAD TO LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO WORLD FINALS AT MISANO
The Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli on the Adriatic coast of Italy will play host to the traditional season-ending Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Finals, as well as the final round of both the European and North American championships. Following a year on the sidelines – the 2020 edition was cancelled due to Covid-19 – the World Finals returns with feverish anticipation, with the overall Pro and other class titles still very much up for grabs over the course of the weekend.
A TITLE DECIDER FOR NIELSEN RACING IN THE LE MANS CUP
Nielsen Racing head to the Michelin Le Mans Cup season finale at Portimao with an 11-point advantage in the championship race. The paring of Tony Wells and Colin Noble have enjoyed a great season to date aboard their #7 Ligier JS P320, securing victories at both Le Castellet and Le Mans to put them in pole position for the title in Portugal.
FOUR PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB PODIUMS AND ENTRANTS’ TITLE FOR TEAM PARKER RACING ON HOME SOIL
Team Parker Racing wrapped its first full season in the Porsche Sprint Challenge GB in style at the weekend (October 16/17) as it claimed four podiums with drivers Matt Armstrong, Harry Foster, and Kurt Leimer, and secured the Entrants’ Championship title in the process.
DOUBLE PODIUM FOR TAYLOR HAGLER AT THE BRICKYARD
Taylor Hagler closed the 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS (GTWCA) season with a double podium result in the Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS on Sunday.
THRILLING TITLE RACE: HOME STRETCH IN THE GERMAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP IN HOCKENHEIM
It doesn’t get much closer than this: Championship leaders Ricardo Feller (21/CH) and Christopher Mies (31/Düsseldorf, both Montaplast by Land-Motorsport) hold a slender two-point lead going into the penultimate race weekend of this season’s German GT Championship. The title race looks set to become even hotter in Hockenheim this weekend (22nd to 24th October). Fans can look forward to a thrilling race weekend, at which Aston Martin returns with the Vantage GT3, adding to the diversity in the field of roughly 30 super sports cars. Fans can follow the races from the grandstands and the open, fan-friendly paddock.
MERCEDES-AMG MOTORSPORT SCORES SECOND PLACE AND CLASS WIN IN THE INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR
In the second event of the 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge, Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP scored a podium finish with its starting number 89 entry. In the 8-hour race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Timur Boguslavskiy (RUS), Daniel Juncadella (ESP) and Raffaele Marciello (ITA) crossed the finish line in second place. SunEnergy1 Racing also finished in the top ten with Mikael Grenier (CAN), Kenny Habul (AUS) and Martin Konrad (AUT) in tenth place, securing victory in the Pro-Am class.
UNITED AUTOSPORTS PREPARING FOR FINAL ROUND OF THE EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES AND LE MANS CUP AT PORTIMAO
United Autosports will make their way to Portimao, Portugal for the final rounds of the 2021 European Le Mans Series and Michelin Le Mans Cup this weekend (22-24 October).
WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS WINS GT AMERICA, GT WORLD CHALLENGE TITLES AT INDIANAPOLIS
Wright Motorsports has ended the 2021 SRO America race season as victors, collecting every eligible championship title between its two race programs in SRO GT America and GT World Challenge America. Charlie Luck and the team behind the No. 45 Porsche 911 GT3 R race car clinched both the Masters class and overall Drivers’ Championship, as well as the GT3 Team Championship in GT America. In GT World Challenge America, the team on Fred Poordad and Jan Heylen’s No. 20 Porsche 911 GT3 R secured the 2021 Team Championship on Sunday afternoon, accompanying the Drivers’ title acquired two weeks ago at Sebring International Raceway.
TEAM REDLINE RACING DOMINATE PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB FINALE WITH VICTORY QUADRUPLE
Team Redline Racing signed off the 2021 Porsche Sprint Challenge GB season with their best ever weekend in the championship, securing a clean sweep of class victories and a total of seven podium finishes across two races at Donington Park.
K-PAX RACING BATTLES TO THIRD IN SEASON FINALE AT INDY
K-PAX Racing may have clinched a Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS Championship – three titles across the board for two of its core drivers, the team and for Lamborghini in its first year of partnership – but it did not divert the newly crowned champs from bringing an equally as motivated program to “Racing Capital of the World.” The team entered its traditional two-car Huracán GT3 EVOs in the Indianapolis 8 Hour, with extended three-driver line-ups that welcomed two Lamborghini Factory Drivers to a total K-PAX Racing-Lamborghini effort.
SAINTELOC RACING SENDS AUDI SPORT TO VICTORY LANE IN THE INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR
Saintéloc Racing emerged on top following a wild finish to the Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS to give Audi Sport a commanding advantage at the top of the Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli manufacturers’ standings.
RETURNING CHAMPION DORLIN DOMINATES AT PORSCHE CHALLENGE GB SEASON FINALE
Porsche Visit Cayman Islands Sprint Challenge GB returned to the British GT package for its 2021 season finalé at Donington Park. With champions in both categories already crowned, the return of 2020 Pro category champion James Dorlin (Redline Racing) and the addition of talented new drivers, the weekend in Leicestershire was an exciting “gloves off” affair.
PIER GUIDI MAINTAINS SELLER FORM TO GIVE AF CORSE POLE FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR
Ferrari will lead the field to the green flag at tomorrow’s Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS after Alessandro Pier Guidi gave AF Corse pole position at the Brickyard.
LI CHAO TAKES GTSCC PODIUM IN ZHUHAI FOR PORSCHE
Li Chao secured a maiden GT Super Sprint Challenge (GTSSC) podium in Race 1 at the Zhuhai International Circuit. The Absolute Racing driver took second place in the #910 Porsche 911 GT3 R in the penultimate round of the amateur-focused series’ inaugural season.
ASTON MARTIN IS BACK IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS
James Bond is back in the cinema, and the preferred car manufacturer of the world’s most famous secret agent is back in the German GT Championship. The Prosport Racing team, from the Eifel region of Germany, will field an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in the sixth race of the season at the Hockenheimring next weekend (22nd to 24th October). In a field of roughly 30 super sports cars, the addition of Aston Martin makes for an even wider range of manufacturers. Fans can look forward to an exciting race weekend with an entertaining programme both on the track and in the open paddock.
SRO DOUBLE DUTY FOR TAYLOR HAGLER AT INDIANAPOLIS
The final stop on the 2021 SRO schedule brings Taylor Hagler to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) for the Indianapolis 8 Hour presented by AWS. Hagler returns to TC America competition in addition to her Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS duty.
JACK AITKEN COMPLETES INJURY COMEBACK IN BARCELONA
Following an injury lay-off of nearly 10 weeks, Jack Aitken completed his return to racing in fine style last weekend, finishing a creditable sixth place in the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS season-finale in Barcelona.
PORSCHE CUSTOMERS SET TO TAKE ON ZHUHAI IN PENULTIMATE GTSSC ROUND
Porsche will be represented by a trio of GT3 cars in the penultimate round of the inaugural GT Super Sprint Challenge (GTSSC) season as the series travels to the Zhuhai International Circuit this weekend.
SHAUN AND MAX LYNN TO RACE FOR UNITED AUTOSPORTS IN 2022 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP
United Autosports are delighted to confirm that Shaun and Max Lynn will join their Michelin Le Mans Cup team for the 2022 season.
