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POLE POSITION FOR PAUL MILLER RACING AT LONG BEACH
Madison Snow scores pole position at the famed Long Beach Grand Prix, notching Paul Miller Racing’s second pole position of the year in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
JOTA MCLAREN AND MERCEDES-AMG TEAM TOKSPORT WRT SHARE OVERALL POLES FOR SPRINT CUP FINALE AT VALENCIA
Mercedes-AMG was the brand to beat in qualifying at Circuit Ricardo Tormo Valencia after earning five pole positions from a possible six, but it will be the #38 JOTA McLaren that leads the field away for Sunday’s first Sprint Cup contest thanks to a blistering lap from Ben Barnicoat.
BMW JUNIOR TEAM RACES TO THE PODIUM AT NLS 8
In beautiful late summer weather, the BMW Junior Team finished round eight of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife (GER) on the podium. After four hours of racing, Neil Verhagen (USA), Dan Harper (GBR) and Max Hesse (GER) crossed the finish line in third place in the # 44 BMW M6 GT3. In the end, the trio was only 14 hundredths of a second short of second place. The new BMW M4 GT3 took the chequered flag in fifth place. The #55 car was driven by Philipp Eng (AUT) and Augusto Farfus (BRA).
WEATHERTECH RACING TO START THIRD AT LONG BEACH
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Mathieu Jaminet (France) will start from the second row in GTLM for tomorrow’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Acura Long Beach Grand Prix.
SECOND ROW START FOR MEYER SHANK RACING AT LONG BEACH
The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach (AGPLB) stages a big weekend of racing for Meyer Shank Racing’s (MSR) IMSA WeatherTech and INDYCAR SERIES programs. Dane Cameron was the first of the MSR squad to qualify for the AGPLB on Friday which will see him start fourth in the No. 60 Acura ARX-05 DPi.
PORSCHE MOTORSPORT GB PREVIEWS BIGGEST SEASON YET FOR 2022
Porsche Motorsport GB today unveiled its 2022 plans at the Porsche Experience Centre, Silverstone in advance of the final part of the 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup GB season. Teams, guests and sponsors were presented a mix of established ideas and exciting new initiatives designed to continue the focus on ensuring strong grids and close, exciting, racing for the season ahead – encompassing both Porsche Carrera Cup GB and Porsche Sprint Challenge GB.
ADAC GT MASTERS LOCAL FAVOURITES LOOK FORWARD TO THE DEMANDING SACHSENRING
The local boys are out to show how things are done in Saxony when they line up at their home event in the German GT Championship at the Sachsenring (1st to 3rd October). Drivers and teams from the free state are traditionally very strongly represented in the ADAC GT Masters: Corvette driver Marvin Kirchhöfer (27/Leipzig, Callaway Competition) and Lamborghini driver Maximilian Paul (21/Dresden, T3 Motorsport) are determined to give their fans every reason to celebrate on the weekend of German Unity Day. As well as the local drivers, the T3 Motorsport (Dresden) and Yaco Racing (Plauen) teams can also rely on the support of the fans: not only are spectators welcome at the Sachsenring, but they can also experience the series up close and personal in the paddock.
PAUL MILLER RACING TAKES TO THE SUNNY STREETS OF LONG BEACH
Madison Snow, Bryan Sellers, and the entire Paul Miller Racing team head down to Long Beach this weekend for a 100-minute race on the city streets.
WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS READY TO PARTY ON THE STREETS OF LONG BEACH
The California swing of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship takes Wright Motorsports to the streets of Long Beach this weekend. The 46th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach will feature 100 minutes of tight competition on the temporary street course circuit, never failing to provide both fans and competitors with an exciting sprint racing event. The No. 16 Porsche 911 GT3 R is on a roll with two back-to-back podiums, intensifying the 2021 championship battle with three races remaining.
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING TAKES TO THE STREETS OF LONG BEACH
Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Felipe Nasr (Brazil) are set to do battle on the streets of Long Beach this weekend in the penultimate round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
ASTON MARTIN RACING RETURNS TO THE NURBURGRING WITH VANTAGE GT3
The Aston Martin Vantage GT3 will make a welcome return to the legendary Nürburging Nordschleife for Round 8 of the 2021 Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) this weekend as it competes at the German venue for the first time since the car made its formal competitive debut there three years ago.
SKEEN JOINS GILBERT/KORTHOFF MOTORSPORT AT VIR
Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports makes its return to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with a new addition to its driver lineup for the Michelin GT Challenge, set for Oct. 9 at Virginia International Raceway.
CADILLAC LOOKING TO CONTINUE LONG BEACH STREAK
The trio of Cadillac Racing teams have stayed on the west coast for this weekend’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Long Beach Grand Prix, Sept. 24-25.
WEATHERTECH RACING READY FOR THE STREETS OF LONG BEACH
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Mathieu Jaminet (France) are ready for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race through the streets of Long Beach this weekend, Sept. 24-25.
PORSCHE CUSTOMER TEAMS HEAD TO LONG BEACH
North America’s largest Porsche market will increase by five this weekend as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship travels to Southern California with a quintet of Porsche customer programs on the entry list. The five Porsche race cars entered in the Grand Prix of Long Beach matches the largest number of 911-based race cars to compete this season in the GTLM and GTD classes of the North American race series. The 100-minute race is tabbed for September 25 on the temporary street course through the Long Beach, California community. It marks the return of the street race after the event was put on a one-year hiatus in 2020.
CARBHAN WITH PEREGRINE RACING FACES 36 HOUR SPRINT IN LONG BEACH
CarBahn with Peregrine Racing is taking to the streets of Long Beach for the penultimate round of the IMSA WeatherTech Sprint Cup.
WILZOCH FLIES THE LIZARD PORSCHE TO TWO GT AMERICA PODIUMS AT WATKINS GLEN
Flying Lizard Motorsports returned to the podium at Watkins Glen International once again this weekend, following a standout performance from driver Andy Wilzoch in the No. 460 Porsche 911 GT3 R in GT America powered by AWS. Wilzoch, who has recently returned to the series to finish out the season, earned two podium finishes after two exciting races in Upstate New York.
SWEET SUCCESS AT HOME FOR TEAM REDLINE RACING AT CROFT
Team Redline Racing left their home event at Croft this past weekend (18/19 September) with a trio of Porsche Carrera Cup GB podium finishes to their name, including a brilliant overall victory thanks to Dan Cammish.
COOPER MURRAY WINS CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA NOMINATION FOR PORSCHE JUNIOR SHOOTOUT
Porsche Cars Australia (PCA) has announced Cooper Murray as the winner of the Porsche Michelin Junior Australia Programme for 2021 and as a result their nomination for Porsche Junior Shootout globally later in the year.
