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Racing weekend review week 34 of motorsports racing

RNW Staff — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 11:30:52 +0000

With 11 racing events including MotoGP, NASCAR TRUCK, and INDYCAR taking place during the 34th racing week of 2019 it can be difficult to follow all the high-speed action. So to get you up to speed here are some of the major highlights from the 34th motorsports racing week.

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PORSCHE GT TEAM STRIVES FOR OUTRIGHT VICTORY IN VIRGINIA

David Martin-Janiak — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:22:48 +0000

The Porsche GT Team fields two 911 RSR at round nine of the IMSA SportsCar Championship season on the Virginia International Raceway on 19 August. The 510-hp racer from Weissach, which has already notched up victories at the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Mid-Ohio race so far this season, tackles the infamously cutthroat GTLM class against strong opposition from BMW, Chevrolet and Ford. In the GTD class, Porsche’s customer team Wright Motorsports campaigns the 911 GT3 R, which recently celebrated its first win this year in the USA at Road America. The prototypes will be absent at the venerable 5.263-kilometre racetrack close to Alton in the US state of Virginia for the second time this season. This means that overall victory will go to a GT car.

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PODIUM FOR PORSCHE AT LIME ROCK PARK

RNW Staff — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 07:40:25 +0000

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.

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PORSCHE FACTORY AND CUSTOMER TEAMS RETURN TO MID-OHIO

Charles Côté — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 18:32:18 +0000

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will make its first appearance at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Sunday, May 6 to contest round four of the 2018 season. It is the first time major North American sports car racing will run at the Lexington, Ohio track since 2012.

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STRONG PERFORMANCE FOR PORSCHE GOES UNREWARDED AT LONG BEACH

David Martin-Janiak — Sun, 15 Apr 2018 08:03:01 +0000

After the Porsche 911 RSR celebrated its first win of the IMSA SportsCar Championship season at the 12 Hours of Sebring, the situation at Long Beach looked just as promising for a long time. At the shortest race of the year on the narrow street circuit in California, Earl Bamber (New Zealand) dominated the field … Continue reading → ...

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BOTH PORSCHE 911 RSR LOCK OUT SECOND GRID ROW AT DAYTONA

Charles Côté — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 09:50:40 +0000

Good starting positions for the Porsche 911 RSR at the Daytona 24-hour race: The 510 hp race cars from Weissach fielded by the Porsche GT Team take up the world-famous long distance classic in Florida from the second grid row on Saturday.

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Porsche Goes Back To The Future With 2018 Lineup

Charles Côté — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 18:00:42 +0000

Porsche factory drivers Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy have been linked together since 2015. That year, they made up two-thirds of the driver lineup for the No. 19 Porsche 919 Hybrid at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which they won alongside F1 racer Nico Hulkenberg.

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24 HOURS OF DAYTONA: STRONG PORSCHE CONTINGENT AT ANNIVERSARY RACE IN FLORIDA

Charles Côté — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 09:59:27 +0000

Porsche celebrates a very special anniversary at the 24-hour race at the Daytona International Speedway: It is 50 years since Vic Elford, Jochen Neerpasch, Rolf Stommelen, Jo Siffert and Hans Herrmann, at the wheel of the 907LH (Longtail), claimed the first of 22 overall victories for Porsche at the world-famous endurance race in Florida.

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PORSCHE GT TEAM AND CUSTOMER EFFORTS CLOSE ROLEX 24 TEST

David Martin-Janiak — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 19:55:44 +0000

Official pre-season testing for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship has completed at Daytona International Speedway. A pair of Porsche 911 RSRs fielded by the “works” Porsche GT Team and three Porsche 911 GT3 R customer cars ran six sessions over the course of three days in preparation for the Rolex 24 At Daytona later this … Continue reading → ...

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EARL BAMBER AND NICK TANDY TO CONTEST PETIT LE MANS WITH THE PORSCHE GT TEAM

David Martin-Janiak — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:56:59 +0000

For the Petit Le Mans long-distance classic, the Porsche GT Team has taken on reinforcements in the 911 RSR: The Le Mans overall winners Nick Tandy (Great Britain) and Earl Bamber (New Zealand) will tackle the season finale of the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Road Atlanta on 7 October with the newly developed race car.

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