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Just two days after the Nürburgring 24 Hours, the course is set for the next long-distance classic from October 22 to 25: The three best Audi factory drivers from the DTM will contest the Spa 24 Hours together with nine drivers from Audi Sport customer racing in four different Audi R8 LMS. In addition to Audi Sport Team WRT and Audi Sport Team Saintéloc, the Attempto Racing squad will strengthen the brand’s line-up for the first time.

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STAGE SET FOR INAUGURAL INDIANAPOLIS 8 HOUR

September 28, 2020 RNW Staff

Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli blasts back into action at the inaugural Indianapolis 8 Hour this weekend (October 2-4) when a host of international teams and drivers take on America’s top GT racing talent.

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24 HOURS OF SPA PREPARATIONS ENTER FINAL PHASE WITH OFFICIAL TEST DAYS

September 28, 2020 RNW Staff

Preparations for the 2020 Total 24 Hours of Spa will move into their final phase this week when 50 cars tackle two days of official testing at the Belgian venue (29-30 September).

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DANIEL HARPER SCORES CLASS WIN ON NURBURGRING 24 HOURS DEBUT

September 28, 2020 RNW Staff

Daniel Harper recorded a sensational class victory alongside his BMW Junior Team partners Max Hesse and Neil Verhagen in their first attempt at tackling the world-famous Nürburgring 24 Hour race this past weekend (26/27 September).

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ADAC GT MASTERS AT THE SACHSENRING: ‘WHO’S IN LINE FOR THE HALFTIME TITLE’?

September 28, 2020 RNW Staff

The unofficial half-time title is at stake – and there will be spectators there to see it won. When the Sachsenring hosts the fourth round of the 2020 ADAC GT Masters next weekend (2nd – 4th October), the main contenders in the Super Sports Car League will be looking to position themselves strongly for the run-in to the real title. Thanks to the biosecurity measures put in place by the Sachsenring in consultation with the ADAC GT Masters, the health authorities have agreed to a maximum of 6,000 spectators per day being admitted to the viewing facilities at the track. After securing their first victory of the season in the most recent fixture at Hockenheim, reigning champions Patric Niederhauser (28, CH) and Kelvin van der Linde (24, ZA, both Rutronik Racing) will travel to the Sachsenring as leaders in the standings for the first time this season. But the Audi duo have the pursuing bunch hot on their heels.

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE ZANDVOORT WEEKEND ROUNDUP

September 28, 2020 RNW Staff

From the heat of Magny-Cours two weeks ago, GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS moved to the much cooler sea air of Zandvoort for a pair of Sprint Cup contests.

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HANSON AIMING FOR HISTORIC “TRIPLE CROWN” IN SPORTCAR RACING

September 28, 2020 RNW Staff

Having become the youngest driver ever to win a FIA World Endurance Championship title and the youngest British driver to win the LMP2 category in the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours, Britain’s Phil Hanson now targets re-writing the motorsport history books once again. The 21-year-old United Autosports driver is aiming to become the first driver ever to win a WEC title, Le Mans and the outright European Le Mans Series title in the same year.

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Multi-Time World Champ Rickie Smith Claims First Win of 2020 E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series Season with Win at Gainesville

September 28, 2020 RNW Staff

GAINESVILLE, FL – September 28, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – On a special weekend that saw him share the winner’s circle with his son, Matt, multi-time world champ Rickie Smith raced to his first win of the 2020 E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series season on Sunday, beating Mike Janis in […]

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S. Torrence, Capps, Laughlin and M. Smith Pick Up Victories at 51st Annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway

September 28, 2020 RNW Staff

GAINESVILLE, FL – September 28, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Defending Top Fuel world champion Steve Torrence vaulted into the points lead on Sunday at Gainesville Raceway, powering past his father, Billy, in the final round to win the AMALIE Motor Oil Gatornationals for the first time in his career. Ron Capps (Funny Car), […]

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BMW TEAM RLL FINISHES THRIRD AND FOURTH AT MID-OHIO

September 28, 2020 RNW Staff

BMW Team RLL increased their podium finishing streak to four 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races with a third-place finish by the No. 25 BMW M8 GTE of Connor De Phillippi and Bruno Spengler in this afternoon’s two-hour-and-forty-minute Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio. Teammates John Edwards and Jesse Krohn finished fourth in the No. 24 BMW M8 GTE. The result was sixth podium finish at BMW Team RLL’s home track and 83rd total for the team since 2009.

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MEYER SHANK RACING RECOVERS TO FINISH FITH AT MID-OHIO

September 28, 2020 RNW Staff

What was shaping up to be a run to victory at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) drivers Matt McMurry and Mario Farnbacher took a dramatic turn with just 30 minutes remaining. But the determination and focus that the No. 86 Acura NSX GT3 drivers delivered resulted in a fifth place finish on Sunday.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING CADILLAC FINISHES SECOND AT MID-OHIO

September 28, 2020 RNW Staff

The Whelen Engineering Cadillac of Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr finished second in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech Championship Acura Sportscar Challenge at the Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course. The Konica Minolta Cadillac came home third.

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A PAIR OF TOP TEN RESULTS FOR MERCEDES-AMG IN THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS

September 27, 2020 RNW Staff

Mercedes-AMG fell short off of the high goals it had set itself for this year’s ADAC TOTAL 24h-Rennen. The season highlight at the Nürburgring was marked by extreme weather conditions that led to retirements for the favourites including the race-leading Mercedes-AMG GT3 cars and resulted into the race being suspended over nine hours. Once the racing had resumed, Patrick Assenheimer (GER), Dominik Baumann (AUT), Maro Engel and Dirk Müller (both GER) of the Mercedes-AMG Team HRT AutoArenA finished in eighth place, the best result for the GT3s from Affalterbach. The HRT team’s sister car with Nico Bastian (GER), Yelmer Buurman (NED), Hubert Haupt (GER) and Philip Ellis (SUI) behind the wheel finished in ninth place. In the SP8T category, Black Falcon Team Textar celebrated second place in class with its Mercedes-AMG GT4.

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SECOND PLACE FOR AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER RACING AT THE NURBURGING

September 27, 2020 RNW Staff

Fighting for its sixth overall victory in the turbulent 48th running of the Nürburgring 24 Hours, Audi Sport customer racing had to admit defeat by just a few seconds. Audi Sport drivers Mirko Bortolotti, Christopher Haase and Markus Winkelhock in the Audi R8 LMS crossed the finish line in the most adverse conditions in the Eifel region as runners-up. They achieved this result as a squad of three after their team-mate Robin Frijns, who had originally been planned to race with them in Audi Sport Team Car Collection, was unable to compete due to an infection with the common cold.

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MOISEEV/NESOV END THE INTERNATIONAL GT OPEN ROUND AT MONZA WITH A VICTORY AND A SECOND POSITION

September 27, 2020 RNW Staff

After claiming their second consecutive Am victory in race one at Monza, following the Austrian triumph only two weeks ago, the Antonelli Motorsport duo Alexander Moiseev, Alexey Nesov showed great pace on Sunday’s race two.

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BMW CLAIMS 20th OVERALL VICTORY AT THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS

September 27, 2020 RNW Staff

Anniversary win for BMW in the ‘Green Hell’: the ROWE Racing team won the Nürburgring 24 Hours (GER) to present the Bavarian manufacturer with its 20th overall victory at the endurance classic. 50 years after the inaugural Eifel marathon, the #99 BMW M6 GT3 crossed the finish line in first place after 85 laps of racing. Nick Catsburg (NED), Alexander Sims (GBR) and Nick Yelloly (GBR) alternated at the wheel in an eventful and wet race, which was interrupted for roughly nine hours in the night due to heavy rain. The trio fought back strongly on Sunday to earn BMW’s first overall victory since 2010. At the end of a nerve-racking climax, Catsburg crossed the finish line 15.452 seconds ahead of the second-placed Audi. BMW Team Schnitzer completed the podium in third place, with drivers Augusto Farfus (BRA), Jens Klingmann (GER), Martin Tomczyk (GER) and Sheldon van der Linde (RSA).

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GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE PODIUM CHALLENGE FRUSTRATED FOR HUTCHISON & SCHOLL AT ZANDVOORT

September 27, 2020 RNW Staff

Attempto Racing’s Finlay Hutchison watched hopes of a Silver Cup podium challenge frustratingly go awry during a one-off outing in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup at a rain-hit Zandvoort on Saturday, 26th September – the Scottish driver ending the event with a best finish of sixth in class.

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ALLIED RACING PORSCHE SWEEPS GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES WEEKEND AT ZANDVOORT

September 27, 2020 RNW Staff

Bastian Buus and Jan Kasperlik scored their sixth class win of the season and the third consecutive overall victory at the Zandvoort circuit in the Netherlands for the Allied Racing Porsche team. The Toyota GR Supra GT4 took its first class win in the GT4 European Series in the hands of Gael Castelli and Stéphane Lémeret (CMR), with Selleslagh Racing Teams’s Bob Herber taking the Am honours at Zandvoort.

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PORSCHE GB JUNIOR KING DOMINATES AT SILVERSTONE

September 27, 2020 RNW Staff

Porsche Carrera Cup GB – the fastest single marque GT racing championship in the UK – began a crucial stage of the 2020 season at Silverstone with two races on the short and fast 1.6-mile National circuit. Rookie teammates Matthew Graham (Redline Racing) and Scott McKenna (Redline Racing) topped the combined Practice times on Friday – just one-second covered the top 15 cars following two dry sessions. Esmee Hawkey (Team Parker) maintained her category advantage as the fastest Pro-Am, Lucky Khera (Simon Green Motorsport) was the quickest Am.

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Millican, Hagan, Kramer and M. Smith all Claim No.1 Spots at 51st Annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway

September 27, 2020 RNW Staff

GAINESVILLE, FL – September 27, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – In the first NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series race outside of Indianapolis since February, Top Fuel’s Clay Millican powered to the No. 1 spot in qualifying during Saturday’s 51st annual AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway. Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Deric […]

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