SIX HOURS OF THE GLEN – ENTRY LIST NOTEBOOK
The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship returns to Watkins Glen International for the sixth round of the 12-race season, the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen on Sunday, July 1. The race also represents the third round of the four-race Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup season.
TEAM BENIK ENTERS ROAD AMERICA WITH COOK AND D’ORLANDO
Skipping the Lucas Oil Raceway Oval event at the end of May, Team BENIK will return to the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda this weekend in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Taking on the famed Road America circuit alongside the complete Mazda Road to Indy program and the Verizon IndyCar Series, Team BENIK will enter Sabré Cook and Michael d’Orlando in their quest for race wins and podium results at the picturesque facility.
ROAD AMERICA IS NEXT FOR 17-YEAR-OLD PARKER CHASE
After a double podium, including a victory at the most recent Pirelli World Challenge event at Lime Rock Park, Parker Chase will return to the seat this coming weekend at the iconic Road America. Taking place in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Chase will pilot the #19 Vertical Bridge / New Braunfels Convention and Visitors Bureau / ProBalance Protein Water / Music Movement Audi R8 GT3 LMS in his quest to continue the success he has garnered in 2018.
GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES READY TO TAKE ON MISANO
The GT4 European Series is ready for round three of the 2018 season at the Misano World Circuit this weekend. The grid will be packed again, with 44 cars set to compete on the 4.2 kilometer long track,
THIRD PLACE ‘LIKE A VICTORY’ FOR MENEZES AFTER ‘MAGICAL’ LE MANS
Gustavo Menezes has described his third-place finish in last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours as ‘like a victory’, after the talented young American led the Rebellion Racing charge in a captivating race full of unexpected twists-and-turns.
LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO EUROPE READY TO LIGHT UP THE NIGHT AT MISANO
After 5 years, the Misano circuit will return to host the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe. The third of the six double rounds of the season will take place this weekend (June 23 and 24). After the Monza and Silverstone rounds, the continental series will be back in Italy to present another exciting challenge with a line-up of almost 50 cars and the absolute novelty of the two Saturday’s races taking place at night, in addition to an unusual subdivision that will group into a single line-up the AM and Lamborghini Cup classes and into a different one the PRO and PRO-AM categories.
FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS BRINGS THREE CAR EFFORT TO ELKHART LAKE
The Pirelli World Challenge is halfway complete, and this weekend, the series journeys to Elkhart Lake Wisconsin for the Grand Prix of Road America. Flying Lizard Motorsports will return to the fan favorite track with its two full season Audi R8 LMS GT4 sports cars in addition to a third entry of a Porsche 911 GT3 R, driven by Flying Lizard customer Andy Wilzoch.
JASON BELL HEADS TO ROAD AMERICA WITH GLOBAL MOTORSPORTS GROUP
After making the switch to the Global Motorsports Group (GMG) race team just before the last event at Lime Rock Park, Jason Bell heads north to Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for the next rounds of the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge program. Piloting an Audi R8 GT4 LMS, Bell will look to get back to his podium winning ways from the beginning of the season as he becomes more accustomed to his new outfit.
GP of Road America: Weekend Preview
By PWC Series Staff Tight GT and GTS Overall Series Point Battles Highlight This Weekend In Pirelli World Challenge Doubleheader at Road America Vilander, Hargrove 2 points apart in GT; Sofronas, Aschenbach 12 in GTS ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Pirelli World Challenge GT and GTS Overall point battles have become extremely close with the North […]
ALEX LYNN – LE MANS 24 HOURS REVIEW
I’ve just had a well-earned good night’s sleep after the Le Mans 24 Hours with Aston Martin Racing – my second Le Mans, but the first where I actually got to drive in the race!
SERIES ELITE GEARS UP FOR ROCKINGHAM EVENT
Series Elite looks ahead to the first major stepping stone since the launch of it’s new racing initiative for the over 50’s at Stratstone Jaguar, in Mayfair, London.
LEXUS RC F GT3 READY FOR MISANO DEBUT IN BLANCPAIN GT SERIES
Emil Frey Lexus Racing are looking to extend the run of success for the RC F GT3 with their debut appearance at the Misano circuit in Italy this weekend, contesting two Sprint Cup races in the Blancpain GT Series. With points scored at Silverstone and a sensational victory at the last meeting at Paul Ricard in France, the team are in second place in the overall championship and sixth in the Sprint Cup.
CORVETTE RACING AT LE MANS: HARD-FOUGHT, FIFTH-PLACE FINISH FOR NO. 63 CORVETTE
In 19 years of competing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Corvette Racing has experienced both disappointment and achievement. The constant in each case, though, is the drive of those on the program to give maximum effort each and every appearance.
GABBY CHAVES JOINS MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING AT WATKINS GLEN
Young open wheel pilot Gabby Chaves will make his return to IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar competition next weekend as he joins Mustang Sampling Racing for the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen. Chaves will team up with Filipe Albuquerque and Christian Fittipaldi in the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac Prototype as the team pursues a third consecutive victory in the prestigious event.
REBELLION RACING FIRST NON-HYBRID TEAM AT THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS
At the end of a strong race, Team No. 3 REBELLION Racing finishes third overall and first Team non-Hybrid. The REBELLION R-13 No. 1 finishes fourth overall.
MISANO BECKONS FOR ROUND THREE OF 2018 BLANCPAIN GT SPORTS CLUB
Moving from its usual spot as the Blancpain GT Sports Club season-opener, the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli will welcome the grid for round three of the SRO Motorsports Group’s Bronze-only series.
SILVERSTONE CLASSIC: THE RACE ON THE RUNWAYS
It is exactly 70 years since Silverstone hosted its very first Grand Prix and that’s a magical milestone that will be celebrated in style at next month’s magnificent Silverstone Classic (20-22 July).
UNITED AUTOSPORTS ACHIEVES FINE TOP-FIVE PLACING AT LE MANS
While United Autosports recorded a fine LMP2 top-five in this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours that finished this afternoon (17 Jun) the Anglo-American team also endured massive disappointment. Having achieved an amazing fourth in class and sensational fifth overall on its twice-around-the-clock French race début last year, the Leeds-based outfit this time around took the chequered flag in fifth in LMP2 courtesy of Juan Pablo Montoya (COL)/Hugo De Sadeleer (CH)/Will Owen (US) who brought their Ligier JSP217 sports-prototype home ninth overall. But a podium for this car with less than two hours to run had looked a distinct possibility while the “sister” United Ligier of Filipe Albuquerque (POR)/Phil Hanson (GB)/Paul Di Resta (GB) had also seemed destined for a class podium too but crashed out of the race with less than five-hours remaining.
GINETTA CELEBRATE RESULT IN THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS
The Ginetta G60-LT-P1 LMP1 car made its competitive race debut at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 June with the customer TRSM Racing team. With support from Ginetta factory engineers and technicians, the team celebrated taking the chequered flag in the most gruelling endurance race in the world.
