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The #51 Iron Lynx Ferrari crew of Alessandro Pier Guidi, Côme Ledogar and Nicklas Nielsen survived a nerve-wracking Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS season finale at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya to capture the Endurance Cup drivers’ title, while Team WRT snatched the teams’ championship during a dramatic closing stint.

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UNITED AUTOSPORTS CROWNED 2021 GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES CHAMPIONS IN SEASON FINALE

October 10, 2021 RNW Staff

United Autosports have been crowned Silver Drivers’ Champions at the final round of 2021 GT4 European Series, to go with their Teams’ Championship win secured at the previous round at the Nürburgring. Bailey Voisin and Charlie Fagg in the #23 McLaren 570S crossed the line sixth in class yesterday, sealing the Drivers’ Championship with one race to go.

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AUDI IN DTM TITLE FIGHT UNTIL THE FINALE

October 10, 2021 RNW Staff

The 2021 DTM season has come to an end at the Norisring with an exciting final weekend and the title not being decided until the very last of 16 races. Kelvin van der Linde celebrates third place overall in Team ABT Sportsline’s Audi R8 LMS, while the first prominent newcomer for 2022 has already been confirmed: Audi driver and three-time DTM champion René Rast returns to the grid.

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DTM TITLE SLIPS AWAY FROM LAWSON AT THE NORISRING

October 10, 2021 RNW Staff

Liam Lawson suffered a bitter conclusion to the last round of the DTM, held today at the Norisring. Setting off from pole, the Red Bull AF Corse driver saw all his hopes of becoming the German series’ youngest ever champion dashed after a collision at the first turn. In a move similar to the one made in Race-1, Kelvin Van der Linde collided with Lawson once again, damaging the steering arm and almost pushing him into the wall.

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DONINGTON PARK WEEKEND SENDS PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLES DOWN TO THE WIRE

October 10, 2021 RNW Staff

Porsche Carrera Cup GB – the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK – arrived at Donington Park for the penultimate weekend of the season. Dan Cammish (Redline Racing) and Lorcan Hanafin (JTR) were separated by just three points in what would prove a crucial weekend in deciding the 2021 championship. The weekend was also notable for the arrival of Am category newcomer Ian Humphris (Valluga Racing), Humphris progresses up the Porsche Motorsport GB pyramid from Porsche Visit Cayman Islands Sprint Challenge GB.

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GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES SEASON FINISHES WITH VICTORIES FOR ALLIED RACING, AKKA ASP AND TEAM FULLMOTORSPORT

October 10, 2021 RNW Staff

The curtain came down on the 2021 GT4 European Series at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this afternoon with victories for Allied Racing (Porsche), AKKA ASP (Mercedes-AMG) and Team Fullmotorsport (Audi).

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PORSCHE CARRERA CUP NORTH AMERICA BATTLE INTENSIFIES IN VIRGINIA AS VAN BERLO RETURNS TO VICTORY LANE

October 10, 2021 RNW Staff

The Porsche Carrera Cup North America Presented by the Cayman Islands championship battles intensified in Virginia as Kay van Berlo (Netherlands) earned the Pro class victory in Round 12 of the 16-round premier one-make championship. 28 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race cars took the green flag in the first of two, 45-minute races at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) on Saturday, October 9 across three classes – Pro, Pro-Am, Pro-Am 991 – at the classic Alton, Virginia race track. The 3.27-mile, 17-turn track will host Round 13 on Sunday.

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PODIUM FINISH NUMBER SEVEN OF 2021 FOR PAUL MILLER RACING

October 10, 2021 RNW Staff

The Paul Miller Racing team duo of Madison Snow and Bryan Sellers notched the team’s seventh podium finish of 2021, with a second place at VIRginia International Raceway.

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STEPHANE RATEL DETAILS CURRENT AND FUTURE PROJECTS DURING ANNUAL SRO MOTORSPORTS PRESS GROUP CONFERENCE

October 10, 2021 RNW Staff

Stéphane Ratel conducted his annual SRO Motorsports Group press conference during the 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS finale at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (8-10 October). Traditionally part of the TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa build-up, this year’s event took place later in the season to allow the full complement of calendars to be discussed.

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WEATHERTECH RACING FINISHES THIRD AT VIR

October 9, 2021 RNW Staff

Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Kevin Estre (France) finished third in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway (VIR).

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AF CORSE ARE 2021 DTM TEAM CHAMPIONS

October 9, 2021 RNW Staff

Liam Lawson’s third place and Nick Cassidy’s fifth in Race-1 of the final round of the DTM at the Norisring street circuit saw Red Bull AlphaTauri AF Corse claim the team title with a race to spare in its debut season in the German series.

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GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES WINS FOR ALLIED RACING, SAINTELOC RACING AND TEAM FULLMOTOSPORT IN BARCELONA

October 9, 2021 RNW Staff

Allied Racing (Porsche), Saintéloc Racing (Audi) and Team Fullmotorsport (Audi) claimed victories in the first race of the GT4 European Series finale at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Bastian Buus was the first to take the chequered flag at the 4.675km Barcelona track, securing a win on his return to the series with Allied Racing, while United […]

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GRUPPE M PUSHING FOR STRONG END TO MAIDEN DTM SEASON

October 9, 2021 RNW Staff

Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing is aiming to end its first DTM season on a high note at the unique and demanding Norisring street circuit.

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WEATHERTECH RACING TO START THIRD AT VIR

October 9, 2021 RNW Staff

Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Kevin Estre (France) will start tomorrow’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) from third in GTLM. The No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche RSR was fast straight off the trailer at the 3.27-mile, 17-turn VIR rolling road course today. The duo of […]

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RECORD 41 CARS PRIMED FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR

October 8, 2021 RNW Staff

The largest-ever entry for an Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli round in North America assembles at the world-famous Brickyard next weekend (October 15-17) when 41 cars tackle the Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS.

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ROOT RETURNS TO INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR WITH WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS

October 8, 2021 RNW Staff

The season finale of the Fanatec GT World Challenge America presented by aws takes place October 15 – 17 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Wright Motorsports has completed its driver lineup for the eight-hour endurance event. Fred Poordad and Jan Heylen, the 2021 Pro/Am Driver Champions, will be joined by 2020 Champion Max Root for the SRO Indianapolis 8 Hour in the No. 20 Porsche 911 GT3 R.

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GT1 SPORTS CLUB SET TO LAUNCH WITH TWO-DAY PROLOGUE AT CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA

October 8, 2021 RNW Staff

Some of the world’s most incredible hyper sportscars will join together on-track this weekend when GT1 Sports Club Powered by Curbstone Events stages its inaugural meeting at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

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PAUL MILLER RACING RIDES WIN MOMENTUM INTO FINAL SPRINT RACE AT VIR

October 7, 2021 RNW Staff

Fresh off of their win on the streets of Long Beach, Paul Miller Racing heads to VIRginia International Raceway for the final Sprint Cup race of the 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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K-PAX RACING CONCLUDES 2021 WITH INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOURS

October 7, 2021 RNW Staff

Since its championship campaign in 2016, K-PAX Racing has annually tested the limits by competing in both sprint-race formats as well as adding endurance-focused events, which included a full schedule of longer races seen in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup in 2020. After a nearly complete season of racing the 90-minute race format in SRO’s American-based series, the team will again be competing in the longer-form racing, entering a two-car Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO effort for its second consecutive appearance October 15-17 at the Indianapolis 8 Hours held in the “Racing Capital of The World.”

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SMITHSON, KEATING, AND MERRILL JOIN DXDT RACING FOR INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR

October 7, 2021 RNW Staff

The 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge America presented by aws championship draws to a close next week at the hallowed grounds of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, ending the season with the longest race of the year, the Indianapolis 8 Hour. Three Mercedes AMG GT3 cars will represent DXDT Racing in the season finale, expanding from their two-driver lineups to three as the teams prepare for the endurance event. Scott Smithson, Ben Keating, and Thomas Merrill will join the team, completing the lineups on the team’s trio of Mercedes AMG GT3 race cars. CJ Moses will also return to race his Mercedes AMG GT3 in GT America, and Kevin Boehm will close out his TC America season in the No. 9 Honda Civic Type R.

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