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ESM EARNS BREAKTHROUGH DPi WIN AT ROAD AMERICA

Tequila Patrón ESM celebrated a breakthrough performance Sunday afternoon at Road America, earning the first Nissan DPi win of the 2017 season, while also netting a third place finish. The No. 22 Nissan Onroak DPi clinched the win, the teams seventh under the IMSA sanctioning body.

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HEARTBREAK AT ROAD AMERICA FOR MICHAEL SHANK RACING

August 7, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

It was a rollercoaster of a weekend for Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian as the team entered Round 9 of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Road America. Having entered the event third in the championship standings, the team hoped to continue its IMSA championship charge with another positive outing for the double Acura NSX

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CADILLAC DPi-V.R SECOND AT ROAD AMERICA

August 7, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Cadillac V-Performance racing team Konica Minolta Cadillac finished second in todays running of the IMSA WeatherTech Championship Continental Tire Road Race Showcase at Road America. The race marked the end of Cadillacs undefeated season at seven straight wins in eight races. The No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R finished fourth and the No. 5 Mustang

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WEATHERTECH RACING PORSCHE FINISHES NINTH AT ROAD AMERICA

August 7, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Gunnar Jeannette (Salt Lake City, Utah) finished ninth in the GTD class in Sundays IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Continental Tire Road Race Showcase at Road America. MacNeil started 11th on the GTD grid in the No. 50 WeatherTech Porsche.

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STEVENSON MOTORSPORTS EARNS SECOND PODIUM OF THE SEASON AT ROAD AMERICA

August 7, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Stevenson Motorsports delivered another podium performance this weekend, scoring a third-place finish at Road America in Round 9 of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The result not only added to the team record of success with the Audi R8 LMS, but it also moved Stevenson Motorsports into third in the provisional championship standings.

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FIFTH FOR VISIT FLORIDA RACING IN LIGIER DEBUT AT ROAD AMERICA

August 7, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

It was a big weekend for VISIT FLORIDA Racing at Road America as the team debuted the No. 90 VISIT FLORIDA Racing Ligier JS P217 powered by Gibson. Marc Goossens and Renger van der Zande combined to take fifth in the event on Sunday which marked Round 8 of the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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PORSCHE 911 RSR SECOND AT ROAD AMERICA IN A HEART STOPPING FINALE

August 7, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The new Porsche 911 RSR continues on the road to success in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. A fortnight after its maiden victory at Lime Rock, the 510 hp racer from Weissach clinched second in the GTLM class in a heart-stopping finale on the legendary Road America racetrack. After the 2:40-hour race on the 6.515-kilometre circuit

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BMW TEAM RLL FINISHES 6th AND 8th AFTER A TOUGH DAY AT ROAD AMERICA

August 7, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

A number of forced and unforced errors made BMW Team RLL’s finishes in this afternoon’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Continental Tire Road Race Showcase a disappointing sixth and eighth. With the weather forecast changing towards a more favorable one than predicted yesterday, the green flag flew to start the race.

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CORVETTE RACING AT ROAD AMERICA: NO. 3 CORVETTE RETAINS POINTS LEAD

August 7, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Corvette Racing’s Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen extended their GT Le Mans (GTLM) Driver’s Championship lead Sunday with a fourth-place finish at Road America in the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase.

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Derani & Van Overbeek Deliver For Nissan

August 6, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Pipo Derani and Johannes van Overbeek broke a seven-race win streak for Cadillac, co-driving their No. 22 Tequila Patrón Nissan to victory at Road America.

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KRISTOFFERSSON WINS #CANADARX

August 6, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The victory is Kristoffersson’s third event win in a row – and fourth of the season – and has seen the Swede extend his lead at the top of the driver standings by 35 points. It is also the first time in World RX history that a driver has finished on the podium in seven consecutive events.

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Hand & Mueller End Ford GT Drought

August 6, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Ford ended a six-race winless drought to close the points deficit in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Le Mans class on Sunday at Road America.

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HINDMAN AND AGOSTINI DELIVER THIRD CONSECUTIVE LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO WIN IN RACE 2 AT ROAD AMERICA

August 6, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Trent Hindman and Riccardo Agostini maintained their near-perfect form in Road America Sunday, claiming the second of two wins as Lamborghini Super Trofeo visited the famous Wisconsin track. With the two wins at Road America, following on from a similarly decisive result at Watkins Glen International

Formula 3

Ahmed makes it 10 as Mahadik claims maiden success in the UK’s premier single-seater category

August 6, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The sixth round (5/6 August) of the 2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship came to an action-packed conclusion on Sunday at Brands Hatch, with championship leader Enaam Ahmed claiming his 10th victory of the season in race three, and doing so in lights-to-flag fashion.

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POMMER AND VAN DER LINDE CLAIM ADAC GT MASTERS VICTORY FOR AUDI AT THE NURBURGRING

August 6, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The Audi pairing of Markus Pommer (26, DEU) and Kelvin van der Linde (21, ZA) took the win in Sundays ADAC GT Masters race at the Nürburgring and thereby also secured a maiden victory in the Super Sports Car League for Aust Motorsport. Nick Catsburg (29, NL) and Philipp Eng (27, AUT, both BMW Team

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Kristoffersson leads Canada RX overnight

August 6, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Sweden’s Johan Kristoffersson won Q2 in the eighth round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship at Trois-Rivieres to be TQ (top qualifier) on Saturday evening.

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IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge: Podium for Jesse Lazare and Chris Green in Wisconsin !

August 6, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Once again this season, Montreal drivers Jesse Lazare and Chris Green earned a podium spot in the North American Endurance series IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, after finishing in third place this weekend on the Road America track in Elkhart, Wisconsin.

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ARTA NSX-GT AND ARTA BMW M6 GT3 ACCOMPLISH SUPER GT POLE-TO WINS AT FUJI

August 6, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The FUJI GT 300km RACE, Round 5 of the 2017 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, was held at the Fuji Speedway (one lap 4563 m x 66 laps) on August 6. Victors for the GT500 class and the GT 300 class were the No. 8 ARTA NSX-GT (Tomoki Nojiri/Takashi Kobayashi) and the No.55 ARTA BMW M6

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SECOND POLE OF THE ADAC GT MASTERS SEASON FOR BMW DRIVER PHILIPP ENG

August 6, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

BMW driver Philipp Eng (27, A, BMW Team Schnitzer) set a new ADAC GT Masters qualifying record at the Nürburgring and secured pole position for Sundays race in the Super Sports Car League, putting him in the top spot on the grid for the second time this season.

FORMULA 1

Analysis: Wehrlein’s future in jeopardy as Sauber exit nears

August 6, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Bounced between backmarker teams, overlooked in the midfield, Pascal Wehrlein has not had the easiest progression in his F1 career. But, if recent reports about the Sauber team are to be believed, the German could already be about to drop off the grid entirely in this year’s round of contract negotiations.

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