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Audi customer teams and drivers will be gunning for glory as the Blancpain GT Series Asia heads to Japan’s iconic Suzuka Circuit for rounds five and six this weekend. Six Audi R8 LMS GT3s are set to line up on the grid, as the teams relaunch their title tilts during the highly-anticipated double-header, which marks the halfway point of the 2018 season.

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“IT’S THE BIG ONE” – MATTHEW WILSON DISCUSSES BENTLEY TEAM M-SPORT’S PREPARATIONS FOR THE 24 HOURS OF SPA

June 28, 2018 RNW Staff

Three teams are fielding new-spec cars in the full 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. Ahead of this year’s Total 24 Hours of Spa, we spoke to the team bosses who will oversee their efforts at the blue riband race.

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WILL OWEN JOINS AFS/PR1 MATHIASEN AT WATKINS GLEN AFTER PODIUM AT 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

June 28, 2018 RNW Staff

AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports welcomes Will Owen to join Sebastian Saavedra and Gustavo Yacaman to take on the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen in the #52 Liger JS P217. The event marks the halfway point of the 2018 IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship, being the sixth round of the 12-race season.

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STARS AND STRIPES FOR WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING AHEAD OF WATKINS GLEN

June 27, 2018 RNW Staff

The No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing DPi-V.R will carry a new and unique look tied to the 4th of July celebrations as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is set to stage a pair of back to back events, starting with the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen this Sunday. The Watkins Glen International race will be quickly followed by a trip north of the border for the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park round of IMSA WeatherTech action on July 8th.

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MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING LOOKING FOR VICTORY AT WATKINS GLEN

June 27, 2018 RNW Staff

Even though the team will sport a different look and different driver line up, Mustang Sampling Racing will still look for the same result this weekend as the team targets a third consecutive victory in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen.

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CORVETTE RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: BACK ON FAMILIAR GROUND

June 27, 2018 RNW Staff

Following another appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Corvette Racing is back on American soil as it returns to competition in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship this weekend at Watkins Glen International. The classic 3.4-mile, 11-turn road course in the Finger Lakes region of New York is a fitting stop for Corvette Racing, which is celebrating its 20th season of competition.

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MEYER SHANK RACING: 6 WAYS TO WIN AT THE GLEN

June 27, 2018 RNW Staff

1. A Record of Success

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ESM NISSAN DPis SEEK TO CONQUER UNFINISHED BUSINESS AT WAKTINS GLEN

June 27, 2018 RNW Staff

As the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship reaches the halfway point in the 2018 season, the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup resumes this weekend at Watkins Glen International. The Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen is the third race in the four races that make up the TPNAEC, an endurance championship within the existing calendar. While a win at Watkins Glen International has eluded Tequila Patrón ESM, the prototype team has dominated qualifying the last two years, earning pole positions in 2016 and 2017.

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BLANCPAIN GT SERIES WEEKEND ROUND UP: MISANO

June 27, 2018 RNW Staff

Following back-to-back Endurance events, the Blancpain GT Series returned to Sprint Cup competition last weekend with a pair of 60-minute contests at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. The #1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT machine emerged victorious from both outings, though not before seeing off a severe challenge from AKKA ASP Team.

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BAPTISTA / BUENO TO MAKE GT OPEN DEBUT WITH DRIVEX MERCEDES

June 26, 2018 RNW Staff

Drivex will enter a second Mercedes AMG GT3 for the remainder of the International GT Open season. Brazilian aces Ricardo Baptista and Carlos Eduardo “Cacá” Bueno will join Drivex to seek strong results in the remaining races at Hungaroring, Silverstone, Monza and Barcelona.

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WEATHERTECH RACING READY FOR SIX HOURS AT THE GLEN

June 26, 2018 RNW Staff

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Jeff Segal (Miami, Fla.) and Gunnar Jeannette (Salt Lake City, Ut.) are ready to for six hours of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship racing at this weekend’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen.

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CADILLAC RACING TEAMS HEAD TO THE GLEN

June 26, 2018 RNW Staff

Cadillac V-Performance Racing teams Mustang Sampling Cadillac, Whelen Engineering Cadillac, Konica Minolta Cadillac and Spirit of Daytona Cadillac are headed to upstate New York for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, June 29-July 1.

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HIGH HOPES FOR NISSAN AS SUPER GT HEADS TO THAILAND

June 26, 2018 RNW Staff

Super GT heads to Thailand this weekend with Nissan hoping to replicate its impressive pace from last year when former GT Academy winner Jann Mardenborough starred.

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PERFOMANCE TECH MOTORSPORTS RETURNS TO WATKINS GLEN

June 26, 2018 RNW Staff

Performance Tech Motorsports has spent the 2018 season proving it is possible to be both humble and hungry.

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PERFOMANCE TECH MOTORSPORTS RETURNS TO WATKINS GLEN

June 26, 2018 RNW Staff

Performance Tech Motorsports has spent the 2018 season proving it is possible to be both humble and hungry.

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WATKINS GLEN AND CANADIAN TIRE MOTORSPORT PARK UP NEXT FOR BMW TEAM RLL

June 26, 2018 RNW Staff

During the first four races of the 2018 season, the BMW M8 GTE scored a second place finish at the 12 Hours of Sebring (USA) with the #25 car of Bill Auberlen (USA), Connor De Phillippi (USA) and Alexander Sims (GBR) after starting from De Phillippi’s first GTLM class pole. A second pole by Edwards in the #24 BMW M8 GTE and De Phillippi and Sims’ second place finish in the #25 BMW M8 GTE at the most recent race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (USA) in early May showed the programme’s continuing competitiveness.

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TeamTGM SET FOR RETURN AT WATKINS GLEN

June 26, 2018 RNW Staff

TeamTGM returns to race action this weekend at the legendary Watkins Glen International for the four-hour Continental Tire 240 at The Glen. The race is Round 4 of the 2018 IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge season.

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CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD AND FOURTH PODIUM OF YEAR FOR GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES RACERS MIDDLETON AND TREGURTHA

June 25, 2018 RNW Staff

Ginetta Driver Development Programme racers Stuart Middleton and Will Tregurtha moved back to the top of the GT4 European Series championship standings in Italy over the weekend, 23rd/24th June, after yet another successful outing in the prestigious endurance racing category.

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TOP-10 BLANCPAIN GT RESULTS FOR LEXUS RC F GT3 AT MISANO

June 25, 2018 RNW Staff

The Lexus RC F GT3 maintained its run of strong performances in the Blancpain GT series with more points-scoring finishes at the weekend. Building on their endurance race victory at Paul Ricard, Emil Frey Lexus Racing made a successful debut at the Misano circuit in Italy, coming away with three top-10 results from two Sprint Cup races.

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P PAUL MILLER RACING AIMS TO CONTINUE PODIUM STREAK AND INCREASE POINTS LEAD AT WATKINS GLEN

June 25, 2018 RNW Staff

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is in full swing, and Paul Miller Racing has executed a perfect season thus far to create a four-race podium streak in as many races. With one win and three third place finishes, No. 48 Huracán GT3 leads the GTD class championship heading into the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen at Watkins Glen International Raceway.

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