IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Archives - RNW | RacingNewsWorldwide.com | Your latest racing news https://racingnewsworldwide.com/tag/imsa-continental-tire-sportscar-challenge/ Motorsports news from around the world Thu, 08 Feb 2018 20:08:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-web-optmizedbig-Rm1-32x32.jpg IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Archives - RNW | RacingNewsWorldwide.com | Your latest racing news https://racingnewsworldwide.com/tag/imsa-continental-tire-sportscar-challenge/ 32 32 152545424 “Driver and Machine” Aligning Early for BimmerWorld Racing https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/imsa/driver-and-machine-aligning-early-for-bimmerworld-racing/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/imsa/driver-and-machine-aligning-early-for-bimmerworld-racing/#respond Thu, 08 Feb 2018 16:10:44 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=116026 The 2018 BMW Endurance Challenge at Daytona International Speedway will go down as one of the most successful weekends ever for longtime IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge team BimmerWorld Racing.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/imsa/driver-and-machine-aligning-early-for-bimmerworld-racing/feed/ 0 116026 Pumpelly & Machavern Deliver For RS1 At Daytona https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/imsa/pumpelly-machavern-deliver-for-rs1-at-daytona/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/imsa/pumpelly-machavern-deliver-for-rs1-at-daytona/#respond Sat, 27 Jan 2018 02:05:21 +0000 https://speedsport.com/?p=255183 RS1 tasted victory on Friday in the opening round of the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge season, capturing the Grand Sport portion of the four-hour BMW Endurance Challenge at Daytona Int'l Speedway.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/imsa/pumpelly-machavern-deliver-for-rs1-at-daytona/feed/ 0 111206 Pumpelly Puts RS1 Porsche On Pole At Daytona https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/pumpelly-puts-rs1-porsche-on-pole-at-daytona/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/pumpelly-puts-rs1-porsche-on-pole-at-daytona/#respond Fri, 26 Jan 2018 00:51:04 +0000 https://speedsport.com/?p=255134 Spencer Pumpelly put the RS1 No. 28 Porsche Cayman GT4 MR on the pole for Friday's IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge opener at Daytona Int'l Speedway.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/pumpelly-puts-rs1-porsche-on-pole-at-daytona/feed/ 0 110917 Pumpelly Continues RS1’s Momentum with Motul Pole Award https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/imsa/pumpelly-continues-rs1s-momentum-with-motul-pole-award/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/imsa/pumpelly-continues-rs1s-momentum-with-motul-pole-award/#respond Fri, 26 Jan 2018 00:36:50 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=110961 Following the team’s second consecutive championship-winning season in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, RS1 will start the first race of the season on the pole position after Spencer Pumpelly posted the fastest lap in the Grand Sport (GS) qualifying session on Thursday.

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RS1 is picking up where they left off – on top.
Following the team’s second consecutive championship-winning season in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, RS1 will start the first race of the season on the pole position after Spencer Pumpelly posted the fastest lap in the Grand Sport (GS) qualifying session on Thursday.
Driving the No. 28 Porsche Cayman GT4 MR, Pumpelly’s time of one minute, 55.136 seconds (111.306 mph) bested the previous track record, set last year by Dean Martin in a Ford Mustang, by .618 seconds.
“Big thanks to Daniel Morad,” Pumpelly said. “I got a little tow from him coming across the start-finish, and I followed him all the way through the first half. He had a little issue coming out of the infield, and I thought maybe it would slow me up, but sure enough, he slid right out of my way, so it was a big advantage. The rest of it was just trying to maintain what I gained and we were able to do that. It was a good lap, a good team, a good car and I’m excited for tomorrow.”
The new year marks Pumpelly’s fourth season with RS1, which coincidentally won its first race of Continental Tire Challenge competition – at Daytona – in 2015.
“Right away, I knew the team had some good, solid foundation underneath it,” said Pumpelly, who with Luis Rodriguez, Jr. brought home the victory in 2015. “But any new team is going to have some area where they’re rough around the edges and I think our first year, we fought mechanical reliability. But...

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/imsa/pumpelly-continues-rs1s-momentum-with-motul-pole-award/feed/ 0 110961 TEAM TGM HEADS TO DAYTONA FOR BMW ENDURANCE CHALLENGE https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/endurance/team-tgm-heads-to-daytona-for-bmw-endurance-challenge/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/endurance/team-tgm-heads-to-daytona-for-bmw-endurance-challenge/#respond Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:53:30 +0000 http://sportscarracingnews.com/?p=49480 With a new year comes new changes, and that is particularly true for TeamTGM in 2018 as the team looks forward to the four-hour IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge season-opener at Daytona International Speedway this Friday.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/endurance/team-tgm-heads-to-daytona-for-bmw-endurance-challenge/feed/ 0 109776 TEAM TGM ANNOUNCES 2018 DRIVER PAIRINGS https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/imsa/team-tgm-announces-2018-driver-pairings/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/imsa/team-tgm-announces-2018-driver-pairings/#respond Mon, 15 Jan 2018 20:04:13 +0000 http://sportscarracingnews.com/?p=49365 After a productive Roar Before the 24 weekend of testing its new Mercedes-AMG GT4, TeamTGM has announced its driver pairings for the 2018 IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar championship season.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/imsa/team-tgm-announces-2018-driver-pairings/feed/ 0 105743 Motorsports In Action Unites Former GT3 Cup Challenge Drivers for 2018 Effort https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/motorsports-in-action-unites-former-gt3-cup-challenge-drivers-for-2018-effort/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/motorsports-in-action-unites-former-gt3-cup-challenge-drivers-for-2018-effort/#respond Mon, 15 Jan 2018 18:44:08 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=105695 After buttoning up its rookie season with a season-finale win at Road Atlanta last year, Motorsports In Action returns to the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge with a nearly identical look for its second year. The Canada-based team is back with two McLaren GT4s, the Nos. 68 and 69, with three of four drivers returning – Jesse Lazare, Kenny Wilden and Rod Randall. It was Lazare, with then-co-driver Chris Green, who brought home the team’s first win in October.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/motorsports-in-action-unites-former-gt3-cup-challenge-drivers-for-2018-effort/feed/ 0 105695 Stacked Continental Tire Challenge Field Roaring into Daytona https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/stacked-continental-tire-challenge-field-roaring-into-daytona/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/stacked-continental-tire-challenge-field-roaring-into-daytona/#respond Thu, 04 Jan 2018 14:46:22 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=98993 The Roar Before the Rolex 24 will bring a wealth of Continental Tire Challenge teams to the World Center of Racing for testing ahead of the series’ season opener – the four-hour BMW Endurance Challenge on January 26.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/stacked-continental-tire-challenge-field-roaring-into-daytona/feed/ 0 98993 Team TGM Confronts Adversity During Tough Season https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/team-tgm-confronts-adversity-during-tough-season/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/team-tgm-confronts-adversity-during-tough-season/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2017 18:00:51 +0000 https://speedsport.com/?p=243898 It’s hard to argue that any other team in the Grand Sport class of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge has had worse luck this season than Team TGM.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/team-tgm-confronts-adversity-during-tough-season/feed/ 0 43028 Stevenson Team Carrying Momentum Into Lime Rock https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/imsa/stevenson-team-carrying-momentum-into-lime-rock/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/sportscar/imsa/stevenson-team-carrying-momentum-into-lime-rock/#respond Thu, 20 Jul 2017 20:00:02 +0000 https://speedsport.com/?p=239609 Stevenson Motorsports recently became the first team to win both an IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at the same racetrack on the same event weekend.

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