Targa Newfoundland Planning For The Future
With 16 years of experience to draw upon, Targa Newfoundland organizers are now relatively comfortable with the annual requirements and are now thinking ‘long-term’ in an effort to increase efficiency, not only for themselves, but for the competitors, the support staff, municipal partners, the volunteers, as well as potential and existing race sponsors.
WHELEN ENGINEERING READY FOR LAGUNA SECA
With the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship entering its final stages, points-leading Whelen Engineering Racing will be looking to score its third-consecutive podium finish at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in the America’s Tire 250 this Sunday.
MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING HEADS WEST TO MONTEREY
Mustang Sampling Racing will look to make the most out of the penultimate round of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship as the team looks forward to Sunday’s Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix featuring America’s Tire 250 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
CADILLAC RACING TEAMS HEAD TO LAGUNA SECA
Cadillac V-Performance Racing teams are heading west to California’s WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for the penultimate round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix featuring America’s Tire 250 this weekend, September 7-9.
BLANCPAIN GT HUNGARORING WEEKEND ROUND UP
Two thrilling Sprint Cup races brought the Blancpain GT Series back to life with a bang at the Hungaroring. The drivers rose to the challenge of treacherous track conditions by displaying supreme skill, while remarkable battles for two class championships unfolded at the Hungarian venue.
WEATHERTECH RACING HEADING WEST TO LAGUNA SECA FOR PENULTIMATE IMSA ROUND
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Gunnar Jeannette (Salt Lake City, Ut.) are heading to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for the penultimate round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, September 7-9.
CREVENTIC LAUNCHES THREE-ROUND 24H MIDDLE EAST SERIES
As the initiators of the Hankook 24H DUBAI, the original endurance race in the Gulf region, Dutch agency CREVENTIC has unparalleled experience in organising and promoting endurance races in the Middle East. Therefore, it is only logical that CREVENTIC is now making the next step in launching the 24H MIDDLE EAST SERIES powered by Hankook, spread over three events at Dubai Autodrome and Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit on three consecutive weekends in late January and early February, 2019. “Racing in the Middle East is a perfect alternative to testing in Europe and by setting up the new series, we are responding to great demand from teams and drivers,” CREVENTIC’s Ole Dörlemann explains. The meetings will be held together with rounds of the 2019 TCR Middle East Series, also organised by CREVENTIC.
MEYER SHANK RACING LOOKING TO CLOSE IN ON IMSA CHAMPIONSHIP HEADING TO LAGUNA SECA
Sitting just 13 points from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD championship lead (275-262), Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) will continue its hunt to close the gap at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for Round 10 of the 2018 GTD season.
PORSCHE GT TEAM CHASES THIRD WIN OF THE IMSA SEASON
The Porsche GT Team travels to the tenth and penultimate round of this year’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Monterey in California (September 7-9) with a pair of Porsche 911 RSR. At the Laguna Seca Raceway, the two 510 hp race cars from Weissach will go up against manufacturers BMW, Chevrolet and Ford. Porsche pursues its third win of the season in the GTLM class. The Porsche customer team Wright Motorsports aims to continue its podium streak in the GTD class with the Porsche 911 GT3 R after claiming its first IMSA victory this season at Road America in Elkhart Lake on August 5. The team Park Place Motorsports fields another 911 GT3 R in this class. Unlike at the recent round in Danville, the competitors in the prototype category will be back on the grid for the Monterey race.
CREVENTIC SERIES RESUMES AFTER SUMMER BREAK WITH 24H BARCELONA
The summer break is over, so it is time for action to resume in the CREVENTIC SERIES powered by Hankook with the Hankook 24H BARCELONA (7-9 September, 2018). This year’s edition of the 24-hour race at the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya in Montmeló marks the 20th running of the event, locally referred to as ’24 Hores de Barcelona – Trofeu Fermí Vélez’. It is the fifth round of the 2018 European Championship in the 24H GT SERIES powered by Hankook and the fourth round of the 24H TCE SERIES powered by Hankook. With only one more round coming up after the event in Spain, it could very well be that the first champions can already be crowned at the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya.
Bourdais’ Amazing Weekend Ends with Podium Finish at Grand Prix of Portland
Round 17, the finale of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series, will be the Grand Prix of Sonoma, September 14-16, at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, CA.. The race will be broadcast live on NBCSN at 6:30 p.m. ET. It is also available on radio: XM 209 and IMS IndyCar Radio as well as online: IndyCar.com and Verizon IndyCar 15 app.
Ontario Legends Series Books a Grand Bend Speedway Double-Header
Andrew McFadden, who along with Jeff Drimmie and Kevin Foisy make-up the Ontario Legends team of officials, says everyone will be looking to solidify their point positions as they head into the 2018 season finale at Peterborough Speedway’s Autumn Colours Classic.
HEADING TO LAGUNA SECA, TeamTGM TARGETS 2018 IMSA CHAMPIONSHIP
After scoring its third consecutive podium and second win at Virginia International Raceway (VIR), TeamTGM is looking to show continued strength in the final two races of the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge season. The team has grown its IMSA championship advantage to 17 points ahead of this weekend’s visit to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for the penultimate race of the championship.
BENTLEY MOTORSPORT WINS PWC CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE
Bentley Motorsport and American partner team K-PAX Racing have secured their first championship win together – the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge GT teams’ title – following a consistently strong season and dominant series finale.
ADAC GT MASTERS AT THE SACHSENRING: PENULTIMATE ROUND SETS UP THRILLING BATTLE
The title fight in the ADAC GT Masters has reached a critical stage. In the run-up to the penultimate round of the season at the Sachsenring this coming weekend (7th – 9th September), Mercedes-AMG drivers Markus Pommer (27, GER) and Maximilian Götz (32, GER, both Mann-Filter Team HTP Motorsport) have a lead in the overall standings of only eight points on Porsche rivals Robert Renauer (33, GER) and Mathieu Jaminet (23, F, both Precote Herberth Motorsport). And the Corvette pairing of local driver Marvin Kirchhöfer (24, GER) and Daniel Keilwitz (29, GER, both Callaway Competition) is in striking distance with a 19-point deficit.
CHALLENGING WEEKEND AT RAIN-HIT HUNGARORING SETS-UP TENSE GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWDOWN FOR MIDDLETON & TREGURTHA
British duo Stuart Middleton and Will Tregurtha, erstwhile points leaders of the GT4 European Series, head into the category finale a fortnight from now provisionally just two points shy of the top of the championship after a challenging visit to Hungary over the weekend, 1st/2nd September.
