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PR1/MATHIASEN WINS PETIT LE MANS AND LMP2 CHAMPIONSHIP

October 14, 2019 RNW Staff

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PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports won the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship title in the LMP2 category at the 22nd annual Motul Petit Le Mans, after being forced to retire at the halfway point of the event.

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WILL OWEN HAS STRONG RUN WITH JUNCOS RACING AT PETIT LE MANS

October 14, 2019 RNW Staff

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Will Owen finished in 10th place with Juncos Racing after a power steering issue at the Motul Petit Le Mans, the final round of the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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LEXUS AND AIM VASSER SULLIVAN FINISH FIRST RACING SEASON TOGETHER

October 14, 2019 RNW Staff

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Lexus and AIM VASSER SULLIVAN (AVS) concluded their first season together racing two RC F GT3 entries in Saturday’s Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. The AVS Lexus RC F GT3 entries combined to earn two wins, five podiums, nine top-fives and 16 top-10 results during the 2019 IMSA season.

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WEATHERTECH RACING FIFTH AT PETIT LE MANS

October 13, 2019 RNW Staff

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WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) drove to a fifth-place finish in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Motul Petit Le Mans to end the season.

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LATE RACE HEARTBREAK FOR MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING AT ROAD ATLANTA

October 13, 2019 RNW Staff

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Despite holding the lead of the ten hour Motul Petit Le Mans with less than 20 minutes to go, it was a third heartbreaking chapter for the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi-V.R at Road Atlanta on Saturday.

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CORVETTE RACING AT PETIT LE MANS: TOUGH FIGHT TO CLOSE C7.R ERA

October 13, 2019 RNW Staff

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Corvette Racing ended its run with the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R on Saturday with fourth- and seventh-place class finishes in the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship’s Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

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JAN MAGNUSSEN READY TO FINISH OUT 2019 SEASON WITH CORVETTE RACING

October 9, 2019 RNW Staff

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With just one more race to go in 2019, Danish ace Jan Magnussen is looking to end the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on a high note when the series rolls into Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta for Motul Petit Le Mans.

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LEXUS SECURES SECOND IN INAUGURAL IMSA SPRINT CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

September 17, 2019 RNW Staff

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Lexus finished second in the inaugural IMSA GTD Sprint Cup Manufacturer’s Championship following a ninth-place result by Jack Hawksworth and Richard Heistand in the No. 14 RCF GT3 on Sunday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

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MAGNUSSEN CHASING MORE SUCCESS AT LAGUNA SECA

September 12, 2019 RNW Staff

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Jan Magnussen and the No. 3 Corvette Racing team have their sights set on chasing more Monterey success this weekend at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca.

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PORSCHE HEADS TO PENULTIMATE ROUND OF THE IMSA SEASON WITH EXTRA MOTIVATION

September 11, 2019 RNW Staff

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Championship leader Porsche is eager to continue its impressive streak in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at the penultimate round of the season. At the upcoming race on the Laguna Seca Raceway (USA), the factory squad face a special challenge with its two ca. 510 hp Porsche 911 RSR. The tradition-steeped circuit in California is the only racetrack on the calendar where victory has so far evaded Porsche since the factory returned to the North American sports car series in 2014. In the GTD class, Pfaff Motorsports and Park Place Motorsports will each field a Porsche 911 GT3 R.

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MAZDA BRINGS MOMENTUM TO MONTEREY

September 11, 2019 RNW Staff

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Mazda Team Joest arrives at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for this weekend’s Monterey SportsCar Championship race as winners of the previous three IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races.

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SIXTH IMSA WIN AT ROUND NINE FOR THE PORSCHE GT TEAM

August 26, 2019 RNW Staff

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With a one-two result, Porsche continues its winning streak in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. At the third to last race of the season, Patrick Pilet (France) and Nick Tandy (Great Britain) crossed the finish line in the Porsche 911 RSR as the overall winners. Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) and Earl Bamber (New Zealand) finished second driving the number 912 sister car and, thanks to their victories Long Beach, Mid-Ohio, and Canada’s Bowmanville, continue to hold the lead. The winners of the rounds at Sebring and Watkins Glen, Pilet and Tandy, managed to reduce the gap with their third win to eleven points in the drivers’ classification. In the GTLM class, Porsche also holds a clear lead the manufacturers’ classification with 304 points.

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HARD WORK BRINGS PODIUM FINISH FOR MEYER SHANK RACING AT VIR

August 26, 2019 RNW Staff

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A weekend that started off leaving Meyer Shank Racing wanting more, ended in the team’s favor after Mario Farnbacher and Trent Hindman brought home a second place finish with the No. 86 AutoNation Acura NSX GT3 at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) on Sunday. The all GT weekend marked the ninth round of GTD competition in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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HEINRICHER RACING QUALIFIES FIFTH AT VIR

August 25, 2019 RNW Staff

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Making her North American racing debut, Alice Powell placed the Heinricher Racing No. 57 Caterpillar Acura NSX GT3 with Meyer Shank Racing on the third row for Sunday’s Michelin GT Challenge.

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BMW TEAM RLL QUALIFIES 7th AND 8th AT VIR

August 25, 2019 RNW Staff

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BMW Team RLL will start from the seventh and eighth GTLM class positions in tomorrow’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin GT Challenge at VIR. With a lap of 1:41.703 minutes around the 3.27-mile, 17-turn Virginia International Raceway, John Edwards qualified the No. 24 BMW M8 GTE seventh – 1.073 seconds from the pole sitting No. 912 Porsche 911 RSR. Connor De Phillippi, the winner of this race last year (along with Alexander Sims), qualified the No. 25 BMW M8 GTE in the eighth spot with a 1:41.772 minute lap. Edwards will share the No. 24 machine with Jesse Krohn, the duo finishing third here in 2018. De Phillippi will co-drive with Tom Blomqvist in the No. 25 M8.

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BIG IMPROVEMENT PLACES MEYER SHANK RACING FOURTH ON THE GRID AT VIR

August 24, 2019 RNW Staff

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Meyer Shank Racing driver Trent Hindman made his ninth qualifying run this season, placing the No. 86  Acura NSX GT3 fourth on the grid for the Michelin GT Challenge on Sunday.

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JAN MAGNUSSEN RETURNS TO THE SITE OF LAST CORVETTE RACING VICTORY

August 23, 2019 RNW Staff

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Reigning 2017 and 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar GTLM Champion Jan Magnussen returns to the site of his last victory with the No. 3 Corvette Racing team when the series rolls into VIRginia International Raceway.

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LEXUS AND AIM VASSER SULLIVAN SPRINTING TO THE FINISH

August 23, 2019 RNW Staff

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Lexus and AIM VASSER SULLIVAN (AVS) head to Virginia International Raceway (VIR) this weekend to compete in the second GT-only IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race on Sunday.

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PORSCHE KEEN TO EXTEND IMSA LEAD AT VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

August 21, 2019 RNW Staff

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The Virginia International Raceway hosts round nine of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship this coming weekend (23-25 August). The Porsche GT Team travels to the storied racetrack as the leader of the manufacturer and driver classifications. With five victories as well as podium finishes at every IMSA race so far this season, the works driver crews, Earl Bamber (New Zealand) and Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) in the No. 912 car, as well as Patrick Pilet (France) and Nick Tandy (Great Britain) in the No. 911 vehicle, currently rank first and second respectively in the GTLM class. Porsche leads the manufacturers’ classification with a 21-point advantage. 

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NINE DOWN, THREE TO GO: MEYER SHANK RACING HEADS TO VIR IN IMSA CHAMPIONSHIP HUNT

August 19, 2019 RNW Staff

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With just three races left in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season, Trent Hindman and Mario Farnbacher are looking froward to the next outing at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) for the Michelin GT Challenge.

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