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NAOTO TAKEDA AND TAKUYA SHIRASAKA CLOSE IN ON BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA AM TITLE

Naoto Takeda and Takuya Shirasaka of KCMG wrapped up a perfect weekend in the Am Cup of Blancpain GT Series Asia, taking two class wins to leave them just two more victories away from the title. For the other five Audi R8 LMS customer teams, the double header at the Fuji International Speedway in Japan was a challenging one, with only four points-scoring finishes across rounds seven and eight.

PAUL MILLER RACING VICTORIOUS AT LIME ROCK PARK

Paul Miller Racing celebrated a special win Saturday evening at Lime Rock Park, celebrating victory in front of their home crowd, also extending their championship points lead in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The No. 48 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 claimed its second victory and sixth podium in seven races, extending their championship lead from three to ten points.

THREE IN A ROW: FORD CHIP GANASSI RACING TAKES COME-FROM-BEHIND VICTORY

Shortly after the race’s final pit stops with just over an hour to go, Joey Hand was 12 seconds down to the race leader.  But in the spirit of Ford Chip Ganassi Racing’s “never say die” attitude, Hand charged to the front, passing the leading Corvette with 13 minutes left and taking his and Dirk Mueller’s No. 66 Ford GT to an overall win in the Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park today.

PODIUM FOR PORSCHE AT LIME ROCK PARK

Porsche clinched a podium spot at round seven of the IMSA SportsCar Championship in Lakeville. The Mid-Ohio winners Laurens Vanthoor from Belgium and New Zealander Earl Bamber finished third in the GTLM class with the Porsche 911 RSR. Driving the sister car, Patrick Pilet from France and Britain’s Nick Tandy, the winners of this year’s Sebring 12-hour race, took the flag in fifth place after two hours and 40 minutes. Vanthoor and Bamber had been running in second place over a long stretch and managed to gradually close the gap to the leader. However, two mistakes cost the 510-hp sports car with the starting number 912 valuable time and one position. In the overall classification, Porsche still ranks third in the manufacturer’s category. 

TeamTGM WINS AT LIME ROCK

TeamTGM executed a near perfect weekend to earn the team its first career win with an outstanding run to victory at Lime Rock Park on Saturday. The triumph was the first win in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge competition for the Mercedes-AMG GT4.

CMR SWEEPS GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES QUALIFYING AT SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS

CMR drivers Stéphane Tribaudini and Pierre-Alexandre Jean set the pace in today’s qualifying sessions at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. The two French drivers, driving the brand new Alpine A110 GT4, were fastest in their respective sessions. Racing One’s Markus Lungstrass and Bullitt Racing’s Andy Meyrick claimed the Pro-Am poles for this weekend’s races, with Muehlner Motorsport’s Moritz Kranz and CMR’s David Loger setting the fastest times in the Am qualifying sessions.

UNITED AUTOSPORTS ACHIEVES TWO MORE TOP-NINE MLMC FINISHES

United Autosports achieved a double top-10 finish in the latest two-hour Michelin Le Mans Cup race at the Red Bull Ring in Austria today (21 Jul) – the team’s fourth top-nine result in consecutive MLMC events. Naj Husain/Colin Braun (#32) and Jim McGuire/Matt Bell (#22) placed eighth and ninth respectively with the #23 Ligier finishing an unrepresentative 15th in class after a spin at mid-distance.

KCMG’s LIBERATI AND IMPERATORI HAND NISSAN BLANCPAIN GT SERIES ASIA HOME VICTORY AT FUJI

Yuke Taniguchi and Alex Imperatori gave Nissan and KCMG their maiden Blancpain GT Series Asia victories at Fuji this afternoon after fighting through from sixth on the grid. Nick Foster and Jono Lester’s HubAuto Corsa Ferrari was second after getting the better of pole-sitters Edoardo Liberati and Florian Strauss, who completed the podium aboard KCMG’s second GT-R NISMO GT3 despite serving a success penalty.

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