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Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Matt Campbell (Australia), and Mathieu Jaminet’s (France) IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen came to an early end just three laps into the race today.

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PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB WINS FOR HANAFIN AND MARTIN AS CAMMISH AND KING CLASH

June 27, 2021 RNW Staff

Porsche Carrera Cup GB – the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK – arrived at Brands Hatch with the promise of fireworks between double champion 2015 / 2016 Dan Cammish (Redline Racing) and reigning champion – Porsche GB 2020 / 2021 Junior – Harry King (Team Parker Racing). There was little to separate the pair throughout the weekend, Junior King emerged from Friday Practice ahead but Cammish had plenty of speed in hand, as did several other Pro category hopefuls including Lorcan Hanafin (JTR), Will Martin (Richardson Racing) and Rookie Kiern Jewiss (Team Parker Racing).

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BMW TEAM RLL QUALIFIES THIRD AND FOURTH FOR THE SIX HOURS OF THE GLEN

June 26, 2021 RNW Staff

BMW Team RLL will start from the second row of the GTLM class in tomorrow’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. Connor De Phillippi qualified the No. 25 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE third with a quick lap of 1:41.357-minutes around the 3.4-mile, 11-turn Watkins Glen International – 0.413 seconds in arrears of the polesitting No. 3 Corvette. John Edwards qualified fourth with a 1:41.932-minute lap in the No. 24 MOTUL BMW M3 GTE.

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WRIGHT MOTORSPORTS STARTS FROM THE FIRST GRID ROW OF THE GTD CLASS AT WATKINS GLEN

June 26, 2021 RNW Staff

The Porsche customer team Wright Motorsports has secured an excellent starting position in the qualifying for the six-hour race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in Watkins Glen. American Trent Hindman planted his No. 16 Porsche 911 GT3 R on the second grid spot of the GTD class. For the young amateur driver, this was the first qualifying session at the wheel of the 911 built to comply with the FIA GT3 regulations. At round five of the season, the identical 500+PS vehicles fielded by Pfaff Motorsports and Hardpoint EBM take up the GTD class from positions 9 and 13. In the GTLM category, the American Cooper MacNeil qualified WeatherTech Racing’s Porsche 911 RSR on position five.

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MEYER SHANK RACING QUALIFIES ON FRONT ROW FOR THE SIX HOURS OF WATKINS GLEN

June 26, 2021 RNW Staff

Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) driver Dane Cameron qualified the No. 60 Acura DPi on the front row for Sunday’s annual Sahlen’s Six Hours of Watkins Glen.

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BMW JUNIOR TEAM CLAIMS ITS FIRST VICTORY ON THE NORDSCHLEIFE WITH THE BMW M6 GT3

June 26, 2021 RNW Staff

After four extremely exciting hours of racing, a dream came true for the BMW Junior Team, its first overall victory on the Nordschleife with the BMW M6 GT3. Neil Verhagen (USA), Max Hesse (GER) and Dan Harper (GBR) won race four of the 2021 Nürburgring Endurance Series. A brilliant performance saw them prevail against stiff opposition, making them the youngest team in the history of endurances races to win at the Nürburgring (GER).

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RACE DEBUT OF THE NEW BMW M4 GT3 ON THE NORDSCHLEIFE POSTPONED

June 26, 2021 RNW Staff

The race debut of the BMW M4 GT3 has had to be postponed. The plan was for the new race car to take part in round four of the 2021 Nürburgring Endurance Series, on Saturday on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife (GER), but this has had to be cancelled at short notice. The car suffered damage in a crash during the closing stages of the test and set-up session on Friday evening and could not be repaired overnight. BMW M Motorsport is currently analysing the cause of the crash in detail.

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SPRINT CUP GRID HITS FOUR YEAR HIGH AS 29-CAR FIELD PREPARES TO TACKLE MISANO

June 25, 2021 RNW Staff

The Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Sprint Cup will move into the second half of its season next weekend (2–4 July) when 29 cars tackle a pair of 60-minute races at Misano.

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PAUL MILLER RACING TAKES TO WATKINS GLEN FOR SIX-HOUR RACE

June 24, 2021 RNW Staff

The Paul Miller Racing IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship team is ready to tackle this weekend’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, the third of four Michelin Endurance Cup rounds, with an expanded three-driver lineup.

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ALLY RACING RETURNS TO ACTION AT WATKINS GLEN

June 24, 2021 RNW Staff

Drivers Jimmie Johnson (Mooresville, N.C.), Simon Pagenaud (France) and Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) return to action in the No. 48 Ally Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R for this weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International.

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BRSCC RACE WEEKEND SILVERSTONE MAZDA MX-5 PHOTO-SHOOT

June 24, 2021 RNW Staff

Last weekend for the BRSCC race weekend at Silverstone the weather turned a lot colder again, with spots of rain on Sunday turning in to drizzle. As well as the Mazda’s shown here, I also took pictures of the Fun Cup, which I’ve yet to go through and see what I have. Hopefully there will be enough to do a photo-shoot of them next week. We hope you like the pictures.

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CHEQUERED FLAG FALLS ON BUSY 24 HOURS OF SPA TEST DAYS

June 23, 2021 RNW Staff

The contenders for this year’s TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa have completed two days of extensive running to kick off the final phase of preparations for the twice-around-the-clock race (29 July–1 August).

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CADILLAC RACING TAKING MOMENTUM TO THE SIX HOURS AT THE GLEN

June 23, 2021 RNW Staff

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is heading to upstate New York to Watkins Glen International Raceway for the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, June 24-27.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING READY FOR SIX-HOUR CLASSIC AT THE GLEN

June 23, 2021 RNW Staff

Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil), Felipe Nasr (Brazil) and Mike Conway (Great Britain) are ready for the

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PERFORMANCE TECH MOTORSPORTS TARGETS LOCKED AND LOADED ON WIN WITH NEW WATKINS GLEN TRIO

June 23, 2021 RNW Staff

Performance Tech Motorsports is on the hunt for its second win at the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen.

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ERA MOTORSPORT RETURNS TO AMERICA FOR THE SIX HOURS OF THE GLEN

June 22, 2021 RNW Staff

Three months have passed since Era Motorsport finished second at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, and since then, the LMP2 sports car racing team has made their European Le Mans Series debut, already completing the first three races of the season. This week, the Indianapolis-based team travels to Watkins Glen, New York for the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen with the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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CARBAHN WITH PEREGRINE RACING BRANCHES INTO ENDURANCE RACING

June 22, 2021 RNW Staff

CarBahn with Peregrine Racing is headed to the Northeast for a ten-day event at Watkins Glen International Raceway.

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PORSCHE PRIVATEER QUARTET LOOKS TO PERFORM ON SIX-HOUR STAGE

June 22, 2021 RNW Staff

A quartet of Porsche privateer race teams look to continue the German marque’s success on the great stages of North American endurance racing. This upcoming weekend at one of the United States’ most historic road courses, WeatherTech Racing, Team Hardpoint EBM, Pfaff Motorsports and Wright Motorsports each bring a class-specific Porsche 911-based race car (911 RSR-19 or 911 GT3 R) to the third of the four major IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship endurance races of the season. Watkins Glen International will host the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen on June 27. Porsche currently holds the lead in the GTD class Manufacturers Point Standings for the Michelin Endurance Cup after two rounds.

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UNITED AUTOSPORTS LMP2 AND LMP3 TEAMS READY FOR NEXT IMSA RACE AT WATKINS GLEN

June 22, 2021 RNW Staff

United Autosports are preparing for the next IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Watkins Glen this weekend – the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen – on 25-27 June.

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BMW TEAM RLL LOOKING TO MAINTAIN PODIUM STREAK AT WATKINS GLEN

June 22, 2021 RNW Staff

BMW Team RLL is ready for the third endurance race of the 2021 season, the Six Hours of the Glen at Watkins Glen (USA) this coming Sunday, 27th June. As they look to defend the 2020 GTLM class Michelin Endurance Cup title, the team has already scored three podium results with its MOTUL BMW M8 GTEs in the first two races of the year. A third-place finish at the Rolex 24 At Daytona (USA) to start the season was followed by a double-podium (second and third places) at the 12 Hours of Sebring (USA) in March. BMW Team RLL now aims to continue this podium streak, in the final season of competition of the BMW M8 GTE, at Watkins Glen.

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